Seeing her mother's eyes widened with surprise on her face, Su Xiaomeng stepped forward and said, "Why are you talking about her? What happened?"
Dagouzi explained: "Grandma asked who in the village liked my little uncle. Xiao Wu said that there was someone named Dongmei who liked him, so everyone was guessing which Dongmei it was."
When Su Xiaomeng heard this, his face turned red, "Mom, don't listen to this kid Xiao Wu's nonsense. What are you talking about?"
"Isn't it just nonsense?" Li Xiu'e raised her hand and poked Xiao Wu on the head, "If you keep talking nonsense, your little uncle will really not be able to get a wife."
"I'm not talking nonsense! She asked how old my uncle is, whether there is a girl she likes in the village, and whether she has been engaged. If she doesn't like my uncle, why is she asking this?"
After Su Xiaowu finished speaking, everyone in the room choked on their words and remained stunned for a long time.
Su Changzhu was the first to react.
He raised his stick and hit Su Xiaomeng.
"Ouch, dad, what are you doing? Why are you hitting me?" Su Xiaomeng shouted while hiding.
"You brat, if I don't hit you for hooking up with a married woman, who will I hit?"
Su Xiaomeng shouted that she was being unfairly accused, "Who hooked up with her? I have never spoken to her. Dad, you can't just accuse someone casually."
"If you don't seduce her, why is she, a married woman, asking these questions?"
Su Xiaowu said from the side: "My little uncle is tall and handsome. Maybe he will fall in love with him at first sight and want to dump his husband."
"Fart!" Su Changzhu yelled.
Li Xiu'e is quite satisfied with the appearance of her youngest son, "What Xiao Wu said is not impossible. In our village, when it comes to appearance and physique, Xiao Meng says he is second, but no one dares to say he is first."
"Okay, old lady, please stop talking nonsense. Rumors have spread that Lao Wu is going to get married?"
Thinking of her younger son's unresolved life-long issues, Li Xiu'e stood on a united front with Grandpa Jinbao this time.
"No one in our family is allowed to mention what this winter plum is called again!"
After she finished speaking, she said to the fifth child: "When the family is separated this time, Xiaomeng, you come back to live, and my mother will find you a considerate and capable daughter-in-law, and you can start a family."
Su Xiaomeng gets upset every time she hears her parents talk about getting married, "I don't need you to find her for me. If I meet someone I like, I will chase her myself."
"What are you chasing?" Su Changzhu said angrily, "You don't still want to chase that Dongmei, do you? My husband won't break your legs if he finds out."
"Oh, Dad, why are you talking about Xu Dongmei again? I have nothing to do with her."
"It doesn't matter, just marry a decent girl and don't think about all that mess."
Su Xiaomeng felt like he was talking to a duck, playing the piano to a cow, and walked out angrily.
"Little uncle," Jin Bao suddenly called him, his voice sweet and authentic, "No, you're angry."
Su Xiaomeng stepped back from the threshold.
Looking into Xiao Jinbao's big, spiritual eyes, he felt much better.
"I'm not angry."
Thinking of the news about the gray wolf that everyone had heard about today, he stepped forward and took Jinbao from his mother's arms, and asked, "Did Jinbao really drive away the wolf today?"
Jin Bao blinked his eyes twice and nodded, "The wolf is obedient..."
That the wolf would be so obedient was both unexpected and expected.
She didn't know how to explain it. She felt the same as when she saw venomous snakes before. She didn't think wolves were scary animals at all. Instead, she felt an inexplicable closeness to them and felt that they would listen to her.
It was strange. This was a feeling she had never had in her previous life. It seemed like an innate ability.
Su Siyong was also surprised at this time.
When he heard Xiao Meng talk about wolves before, he thought that Big Gouzi was exaggerating, but just now Jin Bao himself said, "The wolf is obedient."
"Jinbao, next time you and your fourth uncle can go up the mountain? Okay?" Su Siyong said suddenly.
He said that he wanted to hug Jin Bao, but Li Xiu'e snatched Jin Bao back first, "What kind of mountain are you going to? Fourth brother, don't even think about taking advantage of Jin Bao."
"What do you mean by taking advantage of this?"
Su Siyong explained: "I couldn't work in the production team anymore, so I wanted to go hunting in the mountains, but Songjiang Mother didn't agree, because she was afraid that I would be bitten to death by wolves. If Jinbao could make the wolf obey, Songjiang Mother would not disagree."
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"Everyone can do well in the production team, why can't you?"
"That's right, do you have a shotgun? You are still hunting. Besides, can you hunt in the mountains all your life? Don't think about all these things. Work hard in the production team, and one day you will be able to succeed."
Su Siyong clenched his fists angrily, "What are you doing? Even if you stay in the production team for the rest of your life, you won't be able to have a full meal!"
"That's when you were fighting with others..."
"You think I want to fight? I just want fairness! We agreed that work points would be exchanged for wages, so why should I use sweet potatoes as payment?"
When it came to the production team, Su Siyong became angry, "I can't bear it when others swallow their anger! I want money, I don't want sweet potatoes! What did I say wrong? I just want my own wages, and the captain actually gave me
All my work points have been deducted."
Li Xiu'e sighed, "Hey, it's not easy for everyone now. Things will be better in a few years."
"How many years will it take? One year, two years, five years, ten years, or a hundred years? What if it doesn't get better? What if it gets worse as time goes by?"
The more Su Siyong talked, the angrier he became.
Just when he was furious, Xiao Jinbao suddenly said: "It will be fine."
Her voice was milky and soft, and she said, "We are getting richer and richer, and our days are getting better and better every year... We have enough to eat, and we wear warm clothes."
"Did you hear me, Fourth? Our little lucky star said that life will get better and better, and we will get richer and richer! Everyone will be able to have enough food and clothing to live a good life."
Su Siyong, who was originally very emotional, heard Jin Bao say this, and his angry face softened.
This day was extremely hopeless, but Xiao Jinbao's words made him full of hope in an instant.
"Really?" He looked at his little niece.
Jinbao nodded, "Yeah!"
Seeing tears in Fourth Uncle's eyes, she raised her little hand to wipe the corners of his eyes and said sweetly: "Come on, Fourth Uncle."
Su Siyong was even more moved. For fear of tears falling, he hurriedly raised his head.
"Really, there's sand in my eyes."
Everyone saw through it but did not say anything. Su Changzhu smiled and said: "Okay, you guys quickly find a chair and sit down. When the fish is ready, we will go over and eat."
"I see there is almost no water in the water tank. Jin Bao still needs to wash her face, brush her teeth and take a bath. How can there be enough water in the two tanks? I will fetch water for you." Su Siyong said.
His mother hurriedly grabbed him and said, "It's almost dark today. Why are you carrying water? Don't go."
"I have no other strengths, but I am strong and quick on my feet. I can carry the water up before it gets dark."
After Su Siyong said this, he ran to fetch water. His fifth brother said, "I'll go too," and the two brothers carried the buckets down the mountain together.
"Oh, these two brothers..."
Before Li Xiu'e could continue to sigh, Su Changzhu said with a smile: "With the help of the fourth and fifth sons, our four water tanks will not be short of water in the future."