Although Zhang Guilan felt that what her mother-in-law said made sense, she still felt uncomfortable.
"I can't explain the big truths you are saying, mother, but I just can't stand people like Deng Jinxiu. They don't interact with each other on weekdays, but they just show up because it's good for our family. It's disgusting."
"These people are all looking for profit. Besides, when Dad Guoqing was still here, our relationship was still good, but we didn't have much contact with each other later."
After Zhang Guilan heard what her mother-in-law said, she couldn't say anything more and pursed her lips.
"You, stop worrying about the old Xia family's daughter-in-law, and quickly tidy up the assigned land, cut more wheat straw and pick out some mud." Li Xiu'e said.
Zhang Guilan thought about building a house and sighed, "Hey, we still have to carry a lot of water and mud. I will ask Father Gouzi to go to the mountains to cut some trees to make pillars and beams. I will be busy."
"There is no rush when it comes to cutting down trees. We must first make the foundation beams and then cut down the trees."
"How are we going to do this foundation and beams? I've never built a house before. I've seen others do it before, but I didn't look carefully." Zhang Guilan asked.
Li Xiu'e told her her experience in building an earth house in detail, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted for a long time.
In the south room, Xia Tiesheng sat opposite Jinbao and couldn't help but ask: "Can I pinch your face?"
"It's not a big deal..."
"Why? I will pinch it very gently and it won't hurt at all."
Jin Bao shook his head, "That won't work either."
"Okay, then I won't pinch your face and let's chat, okay?" Xia Tiesheng pulled the low chair closer.
Jin Bao nodded, "Okay, what about chatting?"
"Shh! I'm only telling you this secret. My sister likes your brother. She secretly told me that she wants to marry him when she grows up."
Jinbao blinked his big eyes twice, looked in the direction of Xia Qiaoqiao, and saw that she was clinging to her fifth brother, feeding the rabbits together.
"Oh, Jiang Zi." The little baby's expression didn't change much.
She had heard her grandparents mention Xia Qiaoqiao before, saying that she liked to stick to her fifth brother.
When I heard the name, I thought she was a well-behaved and sensible little girl, but I didn't expect she had such a bad temper...
But as for children, they are all childhood sweethearts who are marrying and marrying. They are childhood sweethearts, and they may not know who they will marry in the future.
"Jin Bao..."
Xiao Jinbao asked, "Huh?"
"When you grow up, will you be my wife?" The little boy looked innocent.
"Ah?" Jin Bao was stunned for a moment.
Xia Tiesheng promised: "I will love you as much as my father loves my mother, and I will give you all the delicious food first."
Yao Hua clenched his fists tightly, and before little Jinbao could speak, he said excitedly: "Jinbao is my wife, she will not marry you!"
"Are you and Jin Bao already married?" Xia Tiesheng looked at Yao Hua and asked.
"Of course not."
"You are not married yet, how can she be your wife?"
Yao Hua has always been eloquent, but now he was a little speechless when he was asked.
Gritting his teeth, he said: "Although we are not married yet, we will get married when we grow up!"
"Jin Bao is still so young. It will take more than ten or twenty years for her to grow up. Maybe I will be the one she wants to marry then?" Xia Tiesheng put his hands on his hips.
"Absolutely impossible!"
"Why is it impossible? How can any girl like you when you look like this?"
When he said this, Xia Tiesheng sounded disgusted.
The first time Yao Hua was told that he "looks like this", he didn't understand what he looked like?
He touched his face in confusion.
Doesn't he look quite normal?
"Is there something wrong with the way I look?"
Xia Tiesheng nodded, "Of course! Your face is so white and powdery, you don't look like a boy at all, you look like a girl."
"I just don't get much sunlight, so I have less melanin and my skin looks whiter. What does this have to do with being a boy or a girl?"
"Anyway, you just don't look good. No girl would like you like this!"
After Xia Tiesheng finished speaking with great certainty, he called to his sister, "Sister, come here."
"What are you doing?" Xia Qiaoqiao was still feeding the rabbit grass, and she was happily feeding it.
"Come here, hurry up!"
Although the siblings usually bicker and fight, they still have a pretty good relationship.
If anyone in the village dared to bully Tiesheng, Xia Qiaoqiao would be the first to not spare him.
In her words, she is the only one who can bully her brother. If anyone else dares to touch him, she will blow his head off.
With his sister's strong care, Xia Tiesheng, although thin and small, has never been bullied by the boys in the village.
"What's wrong?" Xia Qiaoqiao put down the rabbit grass and walked to her brother.
Seeing the two boys standing face to face with hostile expressions on their faces, Xia Qiaoqiao frowned and glared at Yao Hua, asking her brother, "Did he bully you?"
"No, sister, I called you here just to ask you a question."
"Problem? What problem?"
Xia Tiesheng pointed at Yao Hua, "Girls won't like boys like him, right? Look at his face, he's not as handsome as Brother Xiao Wu at all."
"Why is he competing with Xiao Wu? Look at his pale face, that's what the aunts in the village said. By the way, he's so pale. He's so ugly."
Xia Qiaoqiao walked up to Yao Hua and shook her head, "It's so ugly. Who would marry him? I hate pretty boys the most."
Yao Hua said angrily: "I'm not a pretty girl, I just have fairer skin."
"Anyway, I advise you to stay less with Xiao Wu, otherwise it will be too embarrassing. Xiao Wu is the most handsome boy in our village!"
Xia Qiaoqiao put down these words and happily ran back to the rabbit nest to continue feeding the rabbits with Xiao Wu.
"Now do you know how ugly you are?"
Xia Tiesheng patted Yao Hua on the shoulder and said, "Jin Bao is so beautiful. It is absolutely impossible for her to marry you when she grows up. Just give up on this idea."
"You're talking nonsense! I don't believe what you and your sister said."
After Yao Hua finished speaking, he turned around and squatted in front of little Jinbao, asking her pitifully, "Jinbao... you, do you think I'm ugly?"
Although everyone's aesthetics are different, Yao Hua and the word "ugly" have absolutely nothing to do with each other, right?
Two slanting eyebrows and tall mountain roots, coupled with eyes that seem to be filled with little stars...
The curvature of his eyes is also very beautiful. His double eyelids have a large curvature, the tail of his eyes is slightly raised, and the outer corners of his eyes are thin and curved, as if he has an air of nobility.
With his looks, he will be an invincible handsome young man when he grows up!
However, people in this generation do seem to dislike his exquisite appearance, and think it is too feminine.
The Xia siblings said he was ugly, but most likely they thought men looked better if they were rugged and heroic.
After all, living in rural areas requires high labor intensity, and those dark, tall, and strong men are very good at farm work, which makes people feel particularly safe...
Seeing Jin Bao staring at him for a long time without saying anything, Yao Hua began to feel inferior.
Is he really ugly? What should I do? Maybe he is not worthy of Jinbao at all.
Just when his self-confidence was about to hit rock bottom, Xiao Jinbao said in a sweet and waxy voice: "It's beautiful, Brother Huahua, it's the best."