21: Chapter 21 Silly Siblings (Please Vote and Add to Favorites) 21: Chapter 21 Silly Siblings (Please Vote and Add to Favorites) “Unless the sun rises from the west, and the mountains wear away to nothing, only then might there be a slight possibility!”
After Jianjun finished speaking, Chuxia pinched his ear and twisted it a full half-turn.
Is this really my blood brother?
Where is the promised doting and spoiling?
It’s just her own sister he’s picking on!
Jianjun tilted his head and, not daring to toss his sister aside, could only hop up and down where he stood.
When Jianguo arrived, he just happened to witness this scene and instantly three black lines appeared on his forehead.
How old are they, still clowning around .
“Alright, you two stop messing around already, what exactly are you thinking about today’s matter?”
Jianguo sat down in front of his younger siblings and started munching on the beef jerky Chuxia had passed him.
Chuxia let go of her second brother’s ear and flexed her arm, “No grand plans, but I really don’t want to let Wanqiu have her way, it’s so irksome!”
She wasn’t the original character, nor a saint; and since they were prepared to embarrass her, they better be ready for the backlash.
Jianguo grunted in agreement while Jianjun, rubbing his ear and clearly annoyed, said, “Have her way, my ass, whether she’s a member of the Tang Family or not, if she dares to neglect sisterly affection for the sake of a man, just write her off!”
This is Jianjun, Chuxia’s second brother.
Jianguo didn’t scold his always inappropriate younger brother but turned to Chuxia instead, “You should visit grandma’s place tomorrow, dad gave the cultural troupe job to Wanqiu, and grandma has berated you saying you reject striving for better because you lack ambition!”
Chuxia nodded her head.
She was well aware of this.
“As for your assignment to the countryside, I’ve thought it over, and to be safe, we should have a backup plan.
Arrange the job as soon as possible, and if that doesn’t work out, get married.
Once I’ve explained everything clearly to our parents, I’ll take you back and find you an obedient man to marry, how about that?”
Jianguo believed his soldier was the best choice, but before he’d finished talking, Jianjun cut him off, “Big Brother, you dare to let little sister marry a soldier, mom could break your legs!”
The reason he said this was because all three brothers in their family were soldiers, with their elder sister-in-law managing everything herself all year round, not seeing her husband for months when he was busy.
With the frailty of Chuxia’s body, they really couldn’t bear to let her suffer alone.
Chuxia kept silent, not daring to interrupt.
She believed she could manage anyhow; going to the countryside wouldn’t be as tragic as it was for the original character, but it would still be best to avoid it since she really hadn’t done any farming before.
As for marriage, if it were to marry someone like Beihuai, then she might consider it, as a handsome man deserves some preference, but marrying just for the sake of marriage, that was out of the question!
Yet she dared not voice these concerns, for fear of being chastised by the two brothers before her.
“Oh right, mom said that Wanqiu is the daughter of dad’s first love and former fiancée, do you think Wanqiu’s father knows?”
Chuxia’s mouth curved into a smile, her face full of cunning schemes.
Jianguo raised his hand and landed a flick on Chuxia’s forehead.
“What bad ideas are you coming up with now?”
Chuxia giggled, “I’m just a little girl, what kind of sinister thoughts could I have?”
She rubbed her hands together and then mischievously suggested, “Why don’t we find out, ask why our dad was jilted back in the day?
We can’t let our mom keep fretting over it, right?”
Tang Jianguo, looking at his beaming younger sister, had a bad premonition and suddenly felt a surge of sympathy for his own father.
“Little sister, take it easy, that’s our biological dad!”
Tang Jianjun threw in a word of caution, and Tang Chuxia nodded obediently, “I will, but it’s so annoying to be outsmarted, even if it’s something I don’t want, it’s not hers to take!”
A typical remark from Tang Chuxia, only more domineering.
But what her two elder brothers didn’t realize was that Tang Chuxia wasn’t so naive as to go ask their father directly; she had more than just that in mind.
That day, because Tang Jianjun had come back home, Madam Tang had prepared many dishes, and during the family dinner, she sighed, “Only Third Brother is not home, how long has it been since the family was all together?”
Tang Chuxia glanced at Tang Wanqiu, “Mom, if Third Brother could come back, he definitely would.”
Compared to Second Brother Tang, who might still get a vacation, Third Brother Tang was truly a mystery, often carrying out missions with no known whereabouts.
Presumably, this was the only meal that Wanqiu found particularly joyless.
“Tomorrow, Little Four, you take Wanqiu to the cultural troupe dormitory!”
After dinner, Father Tang spoke to Tang Jianbing, who nodded.
Among them, he was a little more familiar with Tang Wanqiu; elder brother and second brother certainly wouldn’t be the ones to take her.
At night, Tang Jianbing quietly brought back a stove he had made and assembled it together with Tang and Second Brother Tang.
After testing and lighting it, they finally discovered its wonderful features.
“Little sister, you’ve done a good job with this!
You might as well come work with me at the mechanical factory!”
Tang Jianbing was thrilled.
After getting the blueprints, he managed to create it in just one day using some spare material from the mechanical factory’s storage.
The stove not only looked good, but they had also discovered that it was not only excellently sealed but also highly functional – a true multifunctional stove.
Tang Jianjun immediately retorted bluntly, “Little Four, you’re dreaming!”
With Tang Chuxia’s physique, going to the mechanical factory would be like asking for her life, wouldn’t it?
Tang Jianguo naturally disagreed too; the mechanical factory was full of burly men and certainly not suitable for Tang Chuxia.
As for Tang Chuxia’s opinion, they hadn’t even thought to ask.
But Tang Chuxia just looked at a piece of paper that fell out of Tang Jianbing’s pocket, wrote on it for a while, and then handed it back to him.
Tang Jianjun leaned over to look and saw some foreign words he didn’t understand on the paper, and below were some words written by Tang Chuxia that seemed to be a translation.
Stunned, Tang Jianbing looked at Tang Chuxia, “You can understand this?”
At the mechanical factory, they were having problems with some of the equipment purchased from Germany.
The technical barriers, coupled with the fact that the engineers didn’t provide any manuals and even used jargon in conversation, left them with no opportunity to learn.
This manual was something they had managed to copy stealthily after much effort.
But it was neither German nor English, nor any language they recognized.
They hadn’t expected Tang Chuxia to translate it.
“It’s a kind of writing habit, it’s still German, just encrypted.
Just need to convert it,” said Tang Chuxia nonchalantly, receiving shocked looks from her three brothers.
“Don’t be so surprised; you know I used to play on the farm to the east as a child and met a few old men who taught me!”
Tang Chuxia bluffed casually.
After all, who could clearly remember the things from childhood?
However, she wasn’t wrong about one thing – she had indeed learned it!
Let’s not talk about how Tang Jianbing excitedly ran off to find his master; Tang Jianguo spoke to Tang Chuxia seriously, “You’re not allowed to scare people like that in the future!”
The serious atmosphere was ruined by Tang Jianjun, who suddenly blurted out, “Little sister, tell Second Brother the truth, you aren’t really thinking of marrying Gu Beihuai, are you?”