"Mom, if you have any questions, just tell me. I'm not young anymore." Bai Banxia said.
She will be nineteen next year, and almost everyone her age in the village is married.
"I..." Zhang Lingzhi was still hesitating.
"Are you afraid that my grandma and grandpa will look down on my father?" Bai Banxia asked.
"It's contempt, but that's not all." Zhang Lingzhi pursed her lips, "One time when I went back, I heard someone gossiping with your aunt, saying that I would always take you back to your parents' home, and you would not be able to get married in the future.
I want to force it on some cousin."
Bai Banxia was stunned. She hadn't thought that it was related to her. The person who said this was really a bitch.
"Then what?" she asked.
Zhang Lingzhi said angrily: "Your aunt said it's impossible, doesn't it mean she doesn't despise you? I also despise her three sons!"
"When did it happen?" Bai Banxia asked.
"Just last year during the Chinese New Year, don't tell anyone. I didn't even tell your father. After all, we are from my mother's family and I want to save face." Zhang Lingzhi said a little aggrievedly.
No wonder I remembered that her mother refused to go back to her parents' home this year. It turned out that this matter was involved.
"Mom, why do I think that my aunt didn't mean what she said about the impossible thing?" Bai Banxia thought about it carefully. In his memory, his aunt loved her predecessor very much and never meant to look down on her.
"What else does that mean? Don't you think we are poor?" Zhang Lingzhi shook his head, "Even if there is no other meaning, I think we should avoid suspicion."
"It's impossible for you to force me on some cousin. My aunt means that you are not that kind of person. I think it is even more unnecessary to avoid suspicion. We can't alienate our relatives because of other people's gossip, right?"
Bai Banxia persuaded patiently.
Zhang Lingzhi was a little dumbfounded, "Are you telling the truth?"
"Isn't this how misunderstandings between people come about? If you don't believe it, you can ask your aunt when we go back tomorrow. No matter whether she means that or not, you can just express your attitude. Besides, I will not marry my cousin.
My master said that it is not good to marry close relatives." Bai Banxia once again brought up her "master", which is really useful.
Zhang Lingzhi's attitude relaxed, "Then I'll ask your father tomorrow morning."
Early the next morning, Zhang Lingzhi told Bai Tian. Bai Tian thought his daughter's proposal was good, so he told the old man and the old lady that Zhang Lingzhi's parents were worried when they heard about the wolf, and asked someone to send a message asking them to go back and stay for two days.
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They had just planned it here, but unexpectedly Zhang Lingzhi's family actually sent someone to inquire about the situation.
Here is Bai Banxia's third cousin Zhang Tongshan. He and his second cousin Zhang Tonglin are twins. They were born half a year earlier than Bai Banxia. They often played together when they were young, and they both loved Bai Banxia's sister.
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Zhang Tongshan has a Zhang Guo-shaped face and looks very upright, but his personality is quite clever and adaptable.
"Aunt, uncle, are you all okay?" Zhang Tongshan asked after meeting and bowing.
Bai Tian poured him a bowl of water and said, "Nothing's wrong. Look, you're sweating profusely and you're not walking well, right?"
Zhang Tongshan laughed loudly and drank the water in one gulp. "I ran all the way here to see you as soon as possible. Is your arm okay?"
When he saw Bai Tian's arms hanging, he was a little worried.
"It doesn't matter, Banxia said not to touch it and it won't get worse." Bai Tian said and called Bai Banxia to come out.
Facing her third cousin's concerned gaze, Bai Banxia felt that her guess was right and that her mother had really misunderstood her aunt.
"My cousin has grown taller and lost weight. She has really transformed into a woman, and she is becoming more and more beautiful." Zhang Tongshan is also very eloquent and can praise others fluently.
"Third cousin, you have grown taller and look very strong. I will definitely not be able to outrun you." In my memory, third cousin is a running enthusiast. He just runs when he goes out and never walks if he can run. In modern times, he will definitely add a
Running groups and the like.
I guess the Zhang family's running genes are really good, just look at how fast her mother rushes out every time.
Zhang Tonglin laughed, "When have you ever defeated me?"
"Then let's compete again today." Bai Banxia's fighting spirit was stimulated, "We will go back to grandma's house with you later, and we will compete on the way."
"Okay, let's leave now!" Zhang Tonglin said happily.
It was definitely impossible to leave immediately, so Bai Banxia asked her mother to go to Aunt Fang's house to buy some eggs and catch two chickens.
"I'll go too." Qi Zhen stood at the door of Xiaocao's house and said, "I'll hold Xiaocao and I'll get the things."
His expression seemed to be that he was afraid of being left behind. Bai Banxia was amused, but she originally planned to take Qi Zhen with her, otherwise how could she give him an injection? And he was injured, so why not put him under the radar?
rest assured?
But seeing Qi Zhen's pitiful appearance, she couldn't help but have bad intentions.
"My third cousin can hold Xiaocao and pick up things. We are going back to my grandma's house, why are you going there?" she said, suppressing a smile.
"Then I am also your cousin now. I should go meet your other cousins." Qi Zhen said seriously.
"I'm a real cousin, but you..." she lowered her voice, "and it's not convenient for you to go out."
The corners of Qi Zhen's mouth drooped and he was silent for a moment before finally holding back three words, "I don't care."
Ouch, this sounds like coquettishness.
"Okay, stop teasing him. You've already put on his clothes and you said you won't take him with you." Bai Tian couldn't stand it any longer and put his daughter on the spot.
In an instant, the corners of Qi Zhen's mouth raised and his smile bloomed, as if the flowers around him were blooming.
"How does this big brother laugh..." Zhang Tonglin was dumbfounded. Only then did he know that the Bai family had such a distant relative who came to join him, but this distant relative looked too handsome when he smiled, right?
"You look like a bad guy when you smile." Bai Banxia interrupted him and winked at him.
Zhang Tonglin didn't quite understand it, but he felt that his cousin had become much livelier and more confident than before, and he was very happy for her from the bottom of his heart.
Zhang Lingzhi picked up the small bundle, smiled and glared at her daughter, "You bullied Xiao Qi again. She is an honest child. You saved me and your father that day."
"Obviously I saved him." Bai Banxia pouted. His parents were about to be ripped apart and abducted, but he actually helped him speak.
Qi Zhen had already happily hugged Xiaocao and helped Zhang Lingzhi carry the small baggage, looking excited about visiting relatives.
"Cousin, aren't you trying to compete? Let's run to the front and wait?" Zhang Tonglin only wanted to run.
"Okay, parents, please walk slowly, we will wait for you halfway." After Bai Banxia finished speaking, she ran out first. Her third cousin ran fast, and she couldn't underestimate the enemy.
Zhang Tonglin hurriedly chased him out, "Cousin, this is called sneaking away!"
Bai Banxia laughed, "You are not afraid of deceit, but you are not focused enough."
Seeing the backs of the two children running further and further away, Bai Tian burst into laughter. Zhang Lingzhi said with disgust that he was covered in stinking sweat, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face.
