Chapter 354

"You two siblings are deeply affectionate, and I'm the only one who's superfluous," Aunt Song said unhappily.

Song Xiwei knew her eldest sister felt sorry for her, so she stuffed a candy into her mouth and laughed, "I didn't say that. Aren't you the one sulking with us?"

"Who's sulking with you?" Aunt Song chewed the candy, glared at her little sister, and upon meeting the smile on her face, couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.

"In the blink of an eye, the children are all married."

Song Xiwei said lightly: "My grandson is already in elementary school."

Aunt Song's expression froze.

She had forgotten that Zhaozhao had married early.

"You were also willing to marry Zhaozhao off so early; you weren't afraid she would meet a villain."

"Not afraid," Song Xiwei said. "With me here, villains wouldn't dare bully my daughter."

As one of the people protected by her, Aunt Song believed her words, "... That's true."

Song Xiwei was thinking about her husband, and seeing her eldest sister's mood improve, she didn't stay long, said a word to her, and left the room.

"..."

The Lin family and Song Yuncheng, who represented the Song family at the wedding, didn't stay in the village long, heading lively toward the county seat, with the Li family as their destination.

In the county seat, the Li family courtyard.

Li Fen and her whole family were dressed very festively. She was all smiles, her face glowing, and she smiled at everyone she saw; anyone could see the joy in her heart.

Li Song marrying a country girl was something the Li family's neighbors didn't understand, and they gossiped about it quite a bit behind their backs, but none of them dared to say it in front of Li Song.

Li Song didn't take it to heart; they were just neighbors. Even if they were relatives by blood, he wouldn't allow them to gossip about his wife.

He rode his new bicycle to welcome his new bride, followed by a group of his good brothers; this scene was rarely seen and looked extraordinarily grand.

"Li Song really attaches importance to the bride; he mobilized so many bicycles to pick her up. It's rare to see so many bicycles even for weddings in the city."

"Who says it isn't? My son used a flatbed cart to pick up his bride."

"A country girl, is it worth attaching so much importance..."

Another person bumped her arm, looking left and right cautiously, "You can't say things like that."

"Oh, oh, no one's here; thank goodness no one noticed."

The Li family's neighbors were whispering, but when the newlyweds approached, they showed smiles on their faces and said auspicious words.

They could whisper whatever they wanted in private, but they couldn't slap people in the face to their faces; that was asking for hatred.

"Li Song married a beautiful bride."

"Li Fen can finally be happy; the smile on her face hasn't faded all day. I don't know how happy she'll be when she has a nephew."

"Li Yin is also giggling; she's not afraid her sister-in-law will find her unpleasant and kick her out of the house." The Li Yin mentioned by this person was Li Fen and Li Song's own younger sister, twenty-two years old this year, black and strong, who hadn't been married off yet, and was a girl who was repeatedly gossiped about.

"Yinyin has a job and can support herself; what is she afraid of?"

Yes, because of her merit in saving the factory from a fire, Li Yin had been made a permanent worker, and now she was a glorious worker, the kind no one could squeeze out.

Li Fen didn't notice the situation here; seeing her brother and sister-in-law being sent into the bridal chamber, her smile deepened.

"Eldest sister, I'm going to take food to my sister-in-law," Li Yin said with a smile.

"Go, talk to your sister-in-law, don't leave her alone. If anyone says anything unpleasant, talk back; don't be afraid. No one can bully anyone in our family," Li Fen said.

Her brother was a real man who valued her and her sister, and her in-laws were good too, so she had plenty of confidence; she wasn't afraid of anyone, no matter how unreasonable!

After Li Yin received praise from the factory, she became more and more confident, her black eyes flashing with bright light, "I know, I will help my sister-in-law adapt to our family."

"Good girl." Li Fen patted her sister's head, and hearing someone call her, she hurried to meet them.

Li Yin touched her forehead, chuckled, and went to her sister-in-law's room.

When she arrived, she heard someone spreading rumors about her brother.

The tall girl walked quickly into the room, put down the bowl, and said very quickly: "Sister-in-law, my brother has never dated anyone, and he has never promised anyone anything! Sister-in-law, what I said is true; if you don't believe me, I'll go call my brother."

Li Yin was afraid her sister-in-law would misunderstand, her face full of anxiety, making a move to go out and call someone.

Yuan Xiang hurriedly pulled her back, "I believe you, I believe you, I didn't say I didn't believe you."

She was very confused.

She was just observing the bridal chamber, when suddenly someone broke in and said some ambiguous things. She hadn't had time to speak when her sister-in-law broke in and said all that.

"I am a normal person with a brain; I'm not so easily provoked. Compared to the words of outsiders, I certainly believe my own man." Yuan Xiang pulled her sister-in-law, who had been busy for several days, to sit down, poured her a glass of water, and continued: "Sit down and rest, drink some water. I heard from Li Song that you've been working around the clock for several days; you've worked hard these past few days."

Li Yin scratched her head, her smile honest, "It's not hard work; my eldest sister always says I have the strength of an ox, I'm not tired."

Seeing the food on the table and remembering the purpose of coming over, she urged: "Sister-in-law, you must be hungry, hurry up and fill your stomach."

Yuan Xiang hadn't eaten all day, and her stomach was already empty and rebelling, so she didn't stand on ceremony with her sister-in-law and started eating delicately.

What Li Yin brought was a bowl of braised vegetables, which contained many types of vegetables, including cabbage leaves, mushrooms, tofu, sweet potatoes, carrots, and vermicelli, along with several large slices of meat, smelling fragrant.

"Have you eaten yet?" Yuan Xiang asked with concern.

Li Yin felt a warmth in her heart and nodded, "I've eaten. Sister-in-law, do you want chili? If you do, I'll go get it for you."

"No need, it's already very fragrant like this." Yuan Xiang had been in contact with her sister-in-law before and had a good impression of her; she was a thoughtful and kind girl, the only shortcoming being... she was too desperate to get married.

The sisters-in-law were affectionate, as if they didn't see the person who was trying to provoke their family relationship.

The thin female comrade felt like she had punched cotton, her heart feeling very blocked, and she was a bit broken.

She was breathing heavily.

"You..."

Li Yin looked at her, "Why haven't you left yet?"

Her brows were tightly locked, and she said very seriously: "Sister Dahua, what you just said to my sister-in-law, I will tell my brother."

Dahua's face turned pale.

Li Yin felt sympathy, but she was a family with her brother and sister-in-law, so she continued: "I feel sorry for your experience, and I also feel heartache for you, but you really can't enter our family's door. It's not because you are a widow and have a child, but because my brother doesn't like you. Also, stop hanging the fact that my brother and you were childhood sweethearts on your lips. My brother left with the army when he was ten; he didn't even remember your name. What kind of childhood sweethearts are like that? Besides, my brother's dreams were in the distance, and he didn't play much with the children around him..."

Her words were bluntly hurtful.

Dahua covered her face and ran away.

Seeing this, Li Yin sighed.

"Sister-in-law, I think Sister Dahua should have given up."

She hesitated for a moment and said: "Don't take her words to heart; she is a pitiful person. Wanting to marry my brother is also because... she has no other way."

Yuan Xiang took a sip of soup, her eyes brightened slightly, and she asked very curiously: "What's the matter?"

"If you're curious, sister-in-law, I'll tell you," Li Yin saw that her sister-in-law didn't care, a smile bloomed on her face, and her tone was light and fast.

She was big and tall, and her skin was black, but her voice was very clear and pleasant, making everyone who saw her feel strange.

"Tell me about the neighbors," Yuan Xiang said.

Zhaozhao said that when you come to a new environment, you must first collect information, so that if someone finds fault... you know where to poke them, where it hurts the most!

Li Yin also loved gossip, but she had a rigid brother. Seeing that her sister-in-law was the same type of person as her, her heart surged, she moved her stool closer, and started talking eloquently.

When Lin Zhao and the others arrived, they saw Yuan Xiang and her sister-in-law with their shoulders leaning against each other, talking excitedly, their two pairs of eyes shining like lamps. It seemed that when they reached the most critical point, Yuan Xiang's cheeks were red, as if she had applied rouge.

"What are you talking about, talking so excitedly." Lin Zhao stepped into the bridal chamber with her right foot, looked around at the layout of the bridal chamber, and had a new understanding of the Li family's satisfaction with this marriage.

Yuan Xiang invited Lin Zhao to sit down.

"Gossip, come and listen together."

Li Yin looked at Lin Zhao without blinking, her eyes not blinking at all, and after a while, she said, "You are so beautiful; you must be liked by many people. If I had grown up to look like you, I would have been married long ago, maybe my baby would be several years old..."

She was truly envious, genuinely envious, without a hint of jealousy.

Lin Zhao saw that she was a person with a pure heart, her red lips turned up, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of pleasure.

"You're not bad either, very spirited, tall, and look particularly dashing."

Li Yin had been hit by many blind dates and had long recognized the fact that she was a clown, so she smiled bitterly: "Don't comfort me; I know all the male comrades dislike me, I'm so hard to marry off..."

Yuan Xiang saw the lively little girl looking like a frost-beaten eggplant and comforted her: "Those who dislike you are blind. I think you are very good; you would be very popular in our countryside."

"Really?" Li Yin's eyes brightened, and she subconsciously straightened her back.

Yuan Xiang's personality was honest, unlike her cousins who would find ways to be lazy. She was very hardworking, never sloppy in her work, tanned dark, didn't eat that well, and was thin and dark, like a monkey, only showing a bit of human form, and her appearance really couldn't be called good-looking.

She was dumped, and those gossips couldn't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth, all favoring that bitch Huang Kang.

Yuan Xiang understood the feeling of being scolded as an ugly monster behind her back the best.

Meeting her sister-in-law's eyes, she nodded seriously, "Really."

Li Yin looked at Lin Zhao again.

Lin Zhao also nodded, "Yes, there's no need to deny yourself because of the preferences of some people. Everyone has shining points. You are a particularly likable girl; I felt you were a good girl the first time I saw you, and I like you very much."

She had heard many things about Li Yin from Li Fen; this girl was very good, and she could make life bloom no matter whose door she entered.

Li Yin held her face and laughed. Being so big and making such a move didn't look pretentious at all, but instead looked cute.

A great beauty praised her; even if it was a lie, her heart felt beautiful.

"Sister-in-law, what do you think... if I set my mind on finding a country partner?" After sharing the gossip, Li Yin felt she was one of her own with her sister-in-law and said without any restraint.

Afraid that her words would make her sister-in-law uncomfortable, she hurriedly explained, "I don't look down on country people; I just heard from my sister-in-law... that someone like me... is quite popular in the countryside. Although I don't fit the aesthetic of most male comrades, at least I have a job that can support the family. That's a plus, right?"

Li Yin was uneasy, afraid that as she got older, she wouldn't be able to find a job.

Her brother and sister-in-law didn't dislike her now, but what about three or five years later, when the nephews and nieces grew up, and the house wasn't big enough... would they dislike her for occupying a room then?

"Marrying into the village?" Yuan Xiang frowned, not because she looked down on the countryside, but, "I don't understand household registration matters. If you marry into the village, can you still eat commodity grain? This is very important. Yinyin, I won't lie to you, life in the village is very bitter."

Lin Zhao: Not necessarily, there are exceptions, like her.

"To marry, you have to find someone who is very good themselves. Whether they are from the city or the countryside doesn't matter, as long as the person is very good, even if the start is bad, they can make life bloom," Lin Zhao said.

Li Yin pondered, then said: "That makes so much sense."

But she was in a hurry.

"Sister Zhaozhao, my sister-in-law was introduced to my brother by you, and they get along very well, and they reached the step of marriage very smoothly. I think you have a knack for matchmaking; why don't you introduce me to a partner?" She looked at Lin Zhao expectantly; this thought hadn't been there for just a day or two, she had thought about it long ago.

Lin Zhao: "!!!"

It felt like she had broken into some weird track.

"My sister and your brother are... sick and rushing to the doctor, and it was also a coincidence, so it can't be used as a reference."

Li Yin cried, "Just have another coincidence."

Lin Zhao couldn't laugh or cry; this was too anxious, but she could understand, after all, this girl had hit many walls.

"I'll keep an eye out, but I can't guarantee anything."

Li Yin was full of joy, "Just keeping an eye out is enough, keeping an eye out is enough; I've asked many people to help me keep an eye out."

Lin Zhao was amused by her honesty; no wonder Sister Fen shook her head whenever she mentioned this sister, looking like she didn't want to bring it up. She probably knew all about Li Yin's operations.

As they were talking, the four cubs entered the door, with Dadan and the others following behind.

"Mother, is it time to roll on the bed? How do we roll?" Hengbao asked excitedly.

Lin Zhao didn't understand those requirements, so she let Dadan go call Li Fen.

Not long after, Li Fen hurried over, and seeing the room full of little radishes, her cheeks ached from laughing.

"What requirements are there now? Just take off your shoes and get on the bed, and roll back and forth," Li Fen looked at Lin Zhao's four children and loved them so much.

Yubao, Hengbao, and the others didn't wait, nimbly taking off their shoes, climbing onto the bed, lying on their backs with their limbs in the air, rolling around, having a great time.

"Mother, what about us? Why don't you let us roll?" Li Fen's children saw them playing happily and squeezed forward to join the fun.

Li Fen said: "You wait, wait for them to finish rolling, then you roll again!"

"Why? This is my uncle and aunt's new bed; we should be the ones to roll first..." Li Fen's stubborn son was full of dissatisfaction.

"You ask why? Because they are brothers who came out together!" Li Fen felt her son was annoying.

The stubborn boy curled his lips, "It's your problem that you couldn't give birth to me and my sister together; what does it have to do with us? We hadn't even come out yet, and you put the blame on us; we're so wronged."

"Bang!" Li Fen gave her son a light slap on the back of the head.

"Stop being a smart aleck; don't make me slap you on such a big happy day," she scolded with a smile.

"..."

Lin Zhao looked at the way Sister Fen and her son got along and smiled slightly.

"Yubao, Hengbao, bring your younger brother and sister down; just doing it for the sake of it is enough, don't keep occupying the new bed."

The twins laughed, responding in a light voice, "Coming down, coming down."