"Hey, I'm standing right here, and yet you're talking bad about me."
"Do you think I'm a tree or something?"
"Da Bao, Xiao Bao, let's go."
Just as Da Bao was glaring fiercely at the child, ready to make excuses, a gentle voice came from beside them.
Da Bao and Xiao Bao cheerfully followed behind Yun Xiaoxiao, leaving the place of conflict.
A few children remained, looked at the last child arriving, and then dispersed all at once.
However, the word spread quickly.
It was a small village, and many things didn't need until afternoon to become common knowledge.
Da Bao and Xiao Bao wore new clothes.
Unaware of this, Yun Xiaoxiao and her three children headed toward their homestead, not far from where they lived.
"Mom, this is our land. I often bring my brother here to pull weeds,"
Da Bao was already five years old but hadn't gone to school yet.
Nowadays, children usually started school at seven or eight.
While it was cosy picking vegetables on one side, it wasn't so peaceful on the other.
"Third Brother, we're going to make a big profit this time," said a somewhat dark-skinned young man, speaking to another healthy-looking, handsome young man beside him.
This Third Brother was the male lead, Zhao Tianlei, the third oldest, standing at six feet tall. Even in plain clothes, he was not to be underestimated.
"Third Brother, is sister-in-law still causing trouble?" another young man asked Zhao Tianlei. This man was Zhao Tianlei's grandfather's brother's grandson, Zhao Tianhe.
Honestly, it was no fault that Third Brother fell for her at first sight since sister-in-law became the prettiest Educated Youth in the Educated Youth Institution the moment she relocated to the countryside.
But after Yun Educated Youth married Third Brother, although they split from the family, the four of them still managed to make their modest life quite decent.
Who could have known that once the college entrance exams were reinstated, sister-in-law, failing twice, would lash out at Third Brother and scold both nephews.
After this autumn harvest, they planned to go out and earn money, which was also risky.
Third Brother was even injured once.
"She wants to go back to the city."
He could understand not wanting to stay in the countryside any longer.
City life was more convenient—going out in the countryside was troublesome during rainy days, winters were cold, and shopping wasn't easy.
"Third Brother, I think you should take the kids and visit sister-in-law's parents' home. After all, she hasn't been back since moving to the countryside, and she probably misses home," said the man, who was slightly frail, about five foot seven, had lived with his grandmother after his parents died, and only reached middle school before running out of funds to continue, but he was smarter and served as the male lead's advisor, Fang Chaoyang.
"Once we sell this batch of goods, buy some things for sister-in-law that city girls use to appease her," continued Fang Chaoyang.
The first young man to speak was Cao Dali; his grandfather had fled famine and came to the corps, married a local girl, and settled here.
"Yeah, that sounds good. I once gave my girlfriend Cuihua a hairpin, and she was really happy about it."
Zhao Tianhe and Fang Chaoyang both gave Cao Dali a deep look, controlled by his girlfriend.
Zhao Tianlei thought about how it had been half a month since he left home. Was she still angry?
When he returned, he would buy her more things to appease her.
But as they went out to sell their goods, they encountered people wanting to challenge them; Zhao Tianlei was not afraid of their greater numbers.
The group faced them head-on, and a fight ensued.
This scene had happened several times already.