Chapter 1373 - 1375: Long Time No See_1
"Ah? Wasn’t Uncle Number Two going to handle this? Why is his wife still making a fuss?"
"My dad has been out lately, he isn’t at home," said Wang Pingtao. Otherwise, his mother wouldn’t be causing trouble now. She was thinking about using the time when his dad was away to break him and his wife up, then taking the opportunity to make him marry Xiaoqing. By the time his dad returned, it would be a done deal, beyond changing.
"So where did Uncle Number Two go, and when will he be back?"
At this moment, Ye Zi’an was incredibly sympathetic to his cousin. Having a mother like that was truly awful. Every wife has her own feelings, yet his mother insisted on breaking them apart. That old lady really had a problem with her mind.
"Your Uncle Number Two, he won’t be back until summer. He said there’s road construction at the county government office, they provide wages and cover food and lodging, so he went there."
Ms. Wang then said, "Your Uncle Number Two is also someone who can’t stay idle. He always wants to work. He was even reluctant to go help out at the shop when your dad asked him to."
"Wasn’t Uncle Number Two in partnership with Uncle Number One doing some business? Why isn’t he doing that anymore?" Yang Chuxia remembered it that way. The two families would trade goods from other places and sell them in Quanya, making some silver throughout the year. Why would Uncle Number Two need to go out and work?
Hearing his family’s matters being discussed, Wang Pingtao said, "The business is all being taken care of by my eldest uncle’s family. Ours doesn’t handle it anymore, we just get some silver each year. When I’m at home, I go with Eldest Uncle to trade goods. My dad is someone who can’t stay still. Whenever he finishes the household chores, he looks for work wherever it’s available."
"I see."
"Yes!" Speaking of this, Wang Pingtao was truly frustrated. "I didn’t know he was leaving, otherwise, I wouldn’t have let him go no matter what. Once he left, my mother started her antics. She even brought Xiaoqing home and is trying every day to couple us together. It’s so annoying."
"That’s not right, cousin!" Yang Chuxia laughed. "I clearly remember you used to like Qian Xiaoqing, so why do you feel this aversion now?"
She remembered that when they were younger, it was said that Wang Pingtao himself liked Qian Xiaoqing, and that’s why Ms. Liu of Wang Family didn’t stop Ms. Qian of Wang Family from wanting to marry Qian Xiaoqing to Wang Pingtao.
"Hey, big cousin, don’t tease me about that, okay? Wasn’t that just me being young and ignorant?" Wang Pingtao felt quite embarrassed when he brought up the past.
"That’s right, you little devil, why bring up the past?" Ms. Wang also spoke up. "Let’s go eat first, we can chat slowly after eating."
But what she hadn’t expected was that Ms. Qian of Wang Family was so persistent. It seemed she had calculated that Wang Pingtao would come to Yangshu Village, and sure enough, the next afternoon, she arrived at Yangshu Village with Qian Xiaoqing.
Having not seen Qian Xiaoqing for many years, Yang Chuxia was surprisingly find that Qian Xiaoqing hadn’t changed much from before, and didn’t have any of the worn looks of a widow.
Oh, but that was wrong; this girl has always been fierce. Marrying a disabled man in replacement marriage, she probably couldn’t wait for him to die early, so why would she feel worn out by it?
Qian Xiaoqing was also surprised to see Yang Chuxia. She had always heard that Yang Chuxia and Ye Zi’an had gone to take up positions, and didn’t expect her to be back now.
If she had known, she wouldn’t have come, to avoid Yang Chuxia seeing her and laughing.
"Qian Xiaoqing, long time no see!" It was customary to greet an acquaintance when one met them.
"Hehe," Qian Xiaoqing laughed but didn’t speak, just stood behind Ms. Qian of Wang Family.
However, Ms. Qian of Wang Family had always harbored grievances against Yang Chuxia for not helping Wang Yunlian with the selection process in the past and was quite displeased with Yang Chuxia.