The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man

Chen JianShe was sure he hadn’t said anything wrong.

But he also sensed that Chen Ruoyu’s attitude was a little off.

Just as he was pondering this, Leng Yuan walked over.

"Chen JianShe, go borrow three more tables."

With that, he handed him some candy and melon seeds.

Now that Chen JianShe had a task, he immediately scurried off to borrow the tables, completely forgetting about the matter with Chen Ruoyu.

Leng Yuan then went to the woodshed and pulled a few fish out of the water.

It wasn’t easy to produce more meat, but luckily, he still had a few fish, so he decided to take them all out.

Gu Jiaojiao had just mentioned the other Educated Youth.

She thought they were all pretty decent. Setting aside personal grudges, none of them had ever really harmed her.

Since they all meant well, Gu Jiaojiao felt this was a good opportunity to build a relationship with them.

Leng Yuan had no objections; he was happy to go along with whatever his wife wanted.

He gave the fish to Mrs. Chen and told her that the other Educated Youth would be coming. Mrs. Chen was surprised.

She had heard that Gu Jiaojiao didn’t get along with the other Educated Youth and that they all ostracized her. But looking at it now, that must have been just a rumor.

’Weren’t they all coming now?’

’If they didn’t get along, would they really come to the feast?’

However, this meant things were about to get busy.

Eight tables’ worth of food with limited ingredients would require some careful preparation.

Chen JianShe went to the homes of a few of the neighborhood aunties he was friendly with and borrowed three tables. He gave each household a large handful of melon seeds and seven or eight pieces of milk candy.

This was a rare treat. People usually only gave a couple of candies for borrowing a table, but that generous Leng Yuan had given them seven or eight.

All of them happily lent him their tables.

Some villagers on the road saw this and couldn’t help but frown.

"Didn’t they already move five tables? Why do they need three more?"

These old women at the village entrance always knew more about other people’s business than their own. They had been gossiping about Leng Yuan’s party all morning.

’Given Leng Yuan’s social circle, two tables should be more than enough.’

’But the man set out five tables, which was already a lot. Now he’s borrowed three more. Could there possibly be that many people coming?’

’If several tables are empty by then, won’t Leng Yuan become a laughingstock?’

"What do you all think? Can he really fill that many tables?"

"Fill them? With who? Leng Yuan has cut ties with the Leng Family. Only the Chen Family, the Zhao family, the Brigade Leader, and the Village Chief will go. There’s no way he can fill them. Just wait! Leng Yuan is bound to make a fool of himself."

The one speaking was Liu Xiqing, the same woman who had been talking badly about Leng Yuan last time and gotten a scare from Gu Jiaojiao.

She was also Wang Daniu’s grandmother.

She still held a grudge over what happened, and now, at the prospect of Leng Yuan being embarrassed, she was gossiping more enthusiastically than anyone.

The other old women didn’t dare to speak ill of Leng Yuan. After all, the last time they did, Gu Jiaojiao had approached them with a smile and said that if there was anything they didn’t know, they should just ask her, since she was the real expert on all of Leng Yuan’s gossip.

From that moment on, they knew that this Gu Zhiqing was not someone to be trifled with.

So this time, they didn’t dare say anything.

Inwardly, however, they felt Liu Xiqing was right.

Leng Yuan’s housewarming party was practically a wedding banquet. For no one to show up to your wedding banquet was a deeply shameful thing.

Leng Yuan had set up eight tables just to keep up appearances. When they couldn’t be filled, it would be even more humiliating.

The village’s old women, along with Liu Xiqing, sat on the main path to Leng Yuan’s house, waiting to watch the embarrassing spectacle.

Chen JianShe was pushing the flatbed cart back when he ran into Xu Chongfeng and Xu Chongshan on the road. The two men hurried to catch up with him.

They had originally planned to come over earlier to help.

But Xu Wenwan had come down with a fever early in the morning.

It was strange—the night before, she had been full of spirit despite her beating, but this morning she had a high fever that wouldn’t break.

Even though they disliked their sister, they couldn’t just stand by and let her die from the fever. The two brothers immediately put her on the flatbed cart and rushed her to the County Town.

By the time they got back, it was already late. Without even stopping to rest, they had rushed over to help.