Chapter 45 - 044: Won’t Let You Be Wronged
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"I won’t go back there, I’ll listen to Great Aunt," said Zhang Shanni, wiping away her tears and nestling up to the slightly corpulent body of the elderly woman, coquettishly. "Welcome, of course you’re welcome, don’t listen to your Great Aunt, I’ll have Aunt Zhi Ming make you something delicious!" Seeing his grandniece show her girlish charm, Zhang Hongqiang immediately spoke up, cutting in front of his wife.
"You old man, is there any need to snatch the conversation like that!" Zhou Dahua helplessly patted her husband on the shoulder, then turned back to pat Zhang Shanni comfortingly on the back, finally sighing: "Silly Ni, it’s better not to come back to Shanglin Village for the next couple of years. Wait until they have accepted the reality before you do. You are now Mrs. Xie, don’t take the matters over there to heart, understand?"
Zhou Dahua knew that Zhang Shanni was talking about the custom of returning home after marriage, but she had declined it. If Zhang Shanni really did go to their house during her return visit, it was inevitable that Zhang Zhiguo’s family would make a scene. On such a joyful occasion, she truly didn’t want to bring about such distressing issues.
"But..." Zhang Shanni didn’t think as much as her Great Aunt. With her capability, where couldn’t she go? However, after all, her Great Aunt was a shrewd person living in this era, and her thoughts represented the mindset of most rural women of the time.
She wasn’t afraid of trouble, but who would seek it out if it could be avoided?
"Right, right, Shanni, don’t listen to Uncle. For the next two years, don’t come back to Shanglin Village. After things have calmed down in a couple of years, your uncle will personally come to invite you, so as to not give them the opportunity to gloat!"
Zhang Zhiming, who could take over as village head in his old age, had both the mentality and ability. Therefore, he thought more than his father.