Chapter 4452

This was an old woman in her fifties, her hair a bit messy and gray, wearing a gray plaid shirt and brownish-gray pants. Her face was covered with wrinkles like gullies. She gently opened the courtyard gate. Her eyes caught a glimpse of Zhao Desan standing next to Sun Xiaoqin, and a look of doubt couldn't help but appear on her face. Then she smiled and asked Sun Xiaoqin, "Xiaoqin, how did the matter go?"

Sun Xiaoqin looked around and saw several old women in the village who loved to gossip pointing and gesturing not far away, so she said to her mother-in-law, "Mother-in-law, let's go inside and talk!"

The old woman nodded, looked at Zhao Desan with hostility, and asked Sun Xiaoqin doubtfully, "Xiaoqin, who is this?"

Sun Xiaoqin then remembered Zhao Desan standing beside her, so she smiled awkwardly, expressed her apologies to him, and explained to the old woman, "Mother-in-law, this is my university classmate. His name is Zhao Desan."

"Hello, Auntie!" Zhao Desan nodded politely to the old woman to greet her.

The old woman also nodded with a smile and said, "Since he is Xiaoqin's classmate, then come in." Although she said this, the hostility in her eyes did not decrease at all.

Once inside the house, Sun Xiaoqin poured a glass of plain water for Zhao Desan and said awkwardly, "We don't have tea leaves at home, so just make do with this!"

Zhao Desan took the water glass and said with a smile as if nothing had happened, "It doesn't matter, I don't like drinking tea!" As he spoke, his eyes scanned the room and found some spider webs hanging in the corner of the gray-white wall. The floor of the main room was actually paved with floor tiles. He thought, in this poor and remote mountain village, a family that could pave floor tiles was also a symbol of wealth. Seeing that the decoration in her house was a bit old, he could still vaguely see the former glory and style of this family.

"Kin marrying kin" was one of the causes of their cousin marriage. The most important reason was that Sun Xiaoqin's parents saw that the Deng family's conditions were good and hoped that their daughter would enjoy happiness after marrying over. But they didn't expect that they would give birth to a disabled daughter after marriage, and the originally wealthy family became increasingly destitute.

The old woman sat on the stool opposite, glanced at the "unknown" Zhao Desan, and then shifted her gaze to Sun Xiaoqin, asking her, "Xiaoqin, how did the talk about the fish pond at the Zhenzheng Prefecture go?"

"Mother-in-law, this matter..." Sun Xiaoqin was just about to explain what happened at the Zhenzheng Prefecture when she was interrupted by her mother-in-law: "Xiaoqin, actually, I know even if you don't say it. That Mayor Qi at the Zhenzheng Prefecture is your Aunt Hehua's older brother. The Zhenzheng Prefecture can't possibly help us. Sigh..."

As the old woman spoke, a glimmer of helplessness flashed in her eyes, and her words were mixed with helplessness.

"Mother-in-law, I..." Sun Xiaoqin saw her mother-in-law's self-pitying expression and was about to explain when she was interrupted by the old woman again: "Xiaoqin, your father-in-law went to contact other fish ponds today."

Zhao Desan saw the old woman interrupting Sun Xiaoqin's words one after another. Although it was a bit funny and ridiculous, he could still hear her helplessness regarding the "officials protecting officials" from their words.

"Mother-in-law, where is Xiaojun?" After being interrupted one after another by her mother-in-law, Sun Xiaoqin didn't continue to explain but looked around the room and didn't find her honest and simple husband, Deng Xiaojun.

The old woman said, "Xiaojun went out with your father-in-law to talk about the fish pond." As she spoke, the old woman glanced at Zhao Desan again, and the hostility in her eyes grew stronger. She didn't understand why Sun Xiaoqin brought this strange man home, but she was too embarrassed to ask.

Just at this moment, the sound of messy footsteps came from outside the door. The old woman said to the outside, "Old man, you're back?" Seeing that it was only the old man and not her son, she asked nervously, "Where is Xiaojun?"

The old man walked slowly into the main room with his hands behind his back. He scanned the room, discovered Zhao Desan, raised an eyebrow, and said softly, "He is at the fish pond and will be back in a while."

Zhao Desan noticed the old man in front of him. He looked to be in his fifties, of medium build, and his face was also covered with wrinkles. His straight, sword-like eyebrows and sharp eyes made people feel cold. Thinking of the former glory of his family, although it was a bit destitute now, this old man was definitely not an ordinary person.

"Who is this?" The old man asked, looking at Zhao Desan.

The old woman explained with a smile, "He is Xiaoqin's university classmate." Although the old woman had a smile on her face, her heart was still full of hostility toward Zhao Desan. It would be strange if a mother-in-law didn't care when her daughter-in-law brought a strange man home.

The old man shifted his gaze to Sun Xiaoqin. He smiled strangely at Sun Xiaoqin, which made Zhao Desan feel a bit strange, thinking that this shouldn't be the look a father-in-law should have when looking at his daughter-in-law. Sun Xiaoqin hurriedly dodged her father-in-law's gaze. Such an action made Zhao Desan feel extremely strange, thinking, "Could it be that there is some intriguing relationship between this old man and his daughter-in-law, Sun Xiaoqin?"

(Chapter 2411: Let Me Take You)! ===== CHAPTER 4453 =====