"Little sister is getting prettier and prettier," Ji Shuyuan appraised Xu Nianhua and said, "and livelier than before."
Ji Shuyuan, resembling his mother a bit more, gave off a refined and elegant impression,
"Brother Shuyuan is also growing handsomer,"
Xu Nianhua’s smile was radiant; she was always grateful to those who had once helped her.
After greeting her younger uncle, Xu Nianhua went out to relieve herself, probably because she had eaten quite a bit of watermelon in the afternoon and kept feeling the need to use the restroom.
Since the restroom at home was crowded, and Xu Nianhua was in a hurry, she had no choice but to go to the nearby Cai Family’s restroom, where she found Cai Xiu and went back to Cai’s house with her.
After taking care of her urgent needs, she felt completely refreshed. She talked with Cai Xiu all the way, who was also Cai Feng’s sister and was one year younger than Xu Nianhua.
"That Doctor Du’s family is really rich!"
"Heard that the car belongs to his grandson, but it’s a pity, his grandson’s legs don’t work."
"Didn’t they say it could be cured?"
"I know this Doctor Du, he opened a Du Family clinic on Bado Road. He has a grandson who is incredibly handsome, but since before the New Year, his legs haven’t been working."
"Ah, before the New Year? So it’s been almost half a year and still not cured?"
"What a pity, what’s the use of just being good-looking, without legs, how is that different from being disabled?"
"Exactly, such a shame for that face."
A few women sat there gossiping about Pei Yicheng, especially since Pei Yicheng had arrived in the village by car today, making everyone talk about him. That handsome face could make all the girls in the village swoon. However, the mere fact that he sat in a wheelchair was enough to make them hesitate.
"Xiuxiu, did you know? Doctor Du’s grandson is a college student," Xu Nianhua’s voice rose high, even while speaking to Cai Xiu, her gaze kept drifting to those aunties who gossiped behind others’ backs.
As soon as she mentioned Doctor Du’s grandson, those aunties almost pricked up their ears to listen.
Those people thought to themselves, what’s the big deal about being a college student if he has no legs?
"He’s really impressive," Cai Xiu seriously praised. As a student herself, she knew how difficult it was to get into college.
"His legs, because of an accident, can’t stand. But that doesn’t deny his excellence. He’s still doing a medicinal herbs business. Compared to some people who spend their days gossiping, he is a hundred, a thousand, even ten thousand times more outstanding!"
Xu Nianhua’s voice varied in tone, resonating with conviction. She looked at Cai Xiu and then glanced over the aunties, continuing, "Actually, those who mock him for not being able to stand are the truly disabled—morally and psychologically."
"Who’s disabled, Xu Nianhua? You better make yourself clear,"
Even if those aunties were slow, they could tell Xu Nianhua was scolding them.
With a serene smile, Xu Nianhua said, "Aunties, I didn’t curse you. Why are you so agitated?"
"Could it be, you mocked him?" Xu Nianhua spoke pensively.
Her eyes, when they twinkled with mirth, curved like crescent moons, as if they held stars.
The aunties glared at her, puffing with anger, naturally not admitting that they mocked him. To speak behind someone’s back is one thing, but to bring it up to their face? How embarrassing would that be?
Besides, to bring it up would mean admitting to being disabled themselves, wouldn’t it?
Although they didn’t understand what Xu Nianhua meant by moral and psychological disabilities, they were sure it was an insult.