Chapter 654: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 654: Du Xiaojuan's Arrangements

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

After frying the sugar-ring dumplings, it was already past seven in the evening.

Li Xiulan poured the hot oil used to fry the sugar-ring dumplings into a ceramic jar to store it.

This peanut oil used for frying New Year's goods couldn't be wasted; using it to stir-fry greens later would be fragrant, and cooking fish or chicken with it would remove the fishy smell better than ordinary oil.

As for whether it was healthy or not, Li Xiulan felt it definitely was.

After all, it was peanut oil produced at home, definitely healthier than what was outside.

On this side, Wang Erhai and Wang Xiaohua were carrying the fried sugar-ring dumplings to the living room to cool down.

On that side, Li Xiulan had already washed the pot and started making dinner for tonight.

Wang Xiaohua returned to the kitchen to help his mother tend the fire.

Wang Erhai, meanwhile, picked up a sugar ring, gnawing on it while calling Wang Dashan.

"Hello, Big Brother, have you eaten dinner yet?"

"Just ate, how about you?"

"I just got back to my hometown not long ago, just fried a batch of sugar-ring dumplings, haven't eaten yet. You guys should come back for the New Year this year, right?"

"That... we should go back, but I still have to ask Xiao Juan." Wang Dashan on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat hesitant.

Because last time Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan came to Guangzhou to stay, they caused some unpleasantness, so Du Xiaojuan had some opinions about Wang Zhanggen. Therefore, regarding the matter of going home for the New Year, Wang Dashan had never dared to bring it up and discuss it with Du Xiaojuan, still thinking he would wait until tomorrow to see what Du Xiaojuan thought.

If she didn't want to go back, then Wang Dashan would probably stay in Guangzhou for the New Year, and return to his hometown once after the first day of the Lunar New Year.

"Can't you make your own decision on this? Why do you have to ask Eldest Sister-in-law about everything?" Wang Erhai looked somewhat speechless on his face, feeling his big brother had changed, no longer as opinionated as before, now listening to Eldest Sister-in-law about everything. To be honest, this behavior made people look down on him a bit.

"Hehe, this kind of thing is still better to discuss..." Wang Dashan laughed dryly.

Wang Erhai said at this time:

"Fine, fine. If you guys don't come back, I don't have any objections either. After all, you and Eldest Sister-in-law bought such a beautiful big villa in Guangzhou, so how could you still miss this shabby house back home? But if you do come back, don't go straight to Shanggou Village. This year we plan to spend the New Year together in the County Town."

"Spend the New Year in the County Town? Are Mom and Dad also going to the County Town?" Wang Dashan was stunned.

"Yes, Mom and Dad, Third Brother, my wife and I, are all spending the New Year in the County Town."

Wang Dashan nodded:

"That's pretty good. The County Town is much more convenient than the hometown. If we spent the New Year in the hometown, with so many of us going back together, even bathing and using the toilet would be a problem."

Then he added:

"I'll discuss it with Xiao Juan later. Once we've discussed it, I'll tell you on WeChat."

Wang Dashan hung up Wang Erhai's phone and immediately got up to go to the kitchen.

Du Xiaojuan was washing the bowls and chopsticks from the two of them finishing their meal.

"Xiao Juan, this year my parents are going to my second brother's place in the County Town for the New Year. Why don't we also go back for the New Year? Living in the County Town is quite convenient."

Du Xiaojuan frowned slightly:

"I don't want to go back. It's not because your hometown Shanggou Village has a bad environment, but because of your father. With his stinky temper, seeing me he'll probably say all sorts of things about me again."

Wang Dashan's face was full of embarrassment, and he could only explain:

【37 "He wants us to have a child early, but it's actually for our own good."

"He wants us to have children early, but it's actually for our own good."

Du Xiaojuan, however, said:

"Is this for our own good? His head is full of continuing your Wang Family lineage. For the sake of holding a grandson, he completely disregards the actual situation! Additionally, he's so superstitious, so ignorant. A fortune teller casually said we have wealth without children, and after he heard it, he exploded. He dislikes me to no end. I haven't even disliked him yet, and he has the nerve to dislike me!"

Du Xiaojuan got angrier the more she spoke.

Just thinking about how last time she had warmly welcomed Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan's arrival, but Wang Zhanggen didn't give her any face at all, treating her with such an attitude, she felt very chilled.

Although she didn't directly retort to Wang Zhanggen at the time, this matter left a thorn in her heart. Afterwards, the more she thought about it, the less she liked this old thing Wang Zhanggen.

So this year, she had long planned not to go back home for the New Year with Wang Dashan.

And she had already told Wang Dashan about this matter long ago.

Wang Dashan just told Wang Erhai that he hadn't discussed it with Du Xiaojuan yet; that was just a tactful way of saying it.

"Xiao Juan, this time we're not going back to Shanggou Village, but to my second brother's house. We'll spend the New Year at my second brother's house. My parents are also guests there. He definitely shouldn't be so unscrupulous as to say unpleasant things."

Wang Dashan persuaded patiently, and also said:

"We'll go back on New Year's Eve afternoon, have the New Year's Eve dinner, stay one night, and return to Guangzhou on the first day of the Lunar New Year. What do you say?"

Du Xiaojuan hesitated a bit in her heart.

She knew Wang Dashan actually also disliked his biological father Wang Zhanggen, but Wang Dashan definitely also wanted to go back and get together with his two brothers.

After going out to work, everyone was busy with their own things. The relationship between the brothers was no longer as close as before.

She also wanted Wang Dashan's relationship with his two brothers to be closer. His second brother now had connections established in the County Town, which was a way out for them in the future. As long as his second brother sat firmly in the County Town, then even if something happened later and they couldn't make it in Guangzhou, they could still go to the County Town to rely on Wang Erhai.

And their relationship with Wang Xiaohua had a great possibility of raising their upper limit in life. Wang Xiaohua was now studying at Tsinghua University, and his emotional intelligence wasn't low. After graduation, his future was definitely limitless.

As the saying goes, when one person attains the Arrive, even the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. And the probability of Wang Xiaohua "attaining the Arrive" in the future was probably not small.

Wang Dashan persuaded again at this time:

"Xiao Juan, if you really don't want to go back for too long, then we'll go back tomorrow afternoon. After eating the New Year's Eve dinner, we'll return to Guangzhou. That should be fine, right? We've only been married for the first year. If we don't go back, it always feels not quite good, and it might even make Dad's opinion of you worse."

Du Xiaojuan let out a long breath of turbid air, and finally compromised:

"Fine, fine. Then we'll go back tomorrow afternoon. We've agreed: after eating the New Year's Eve dinner, we leave."

Hearing this, Wang Dashan was immediately overjoyed:

"Wife, I knew you were the most reasonable. I love you! Let me help you wash the dishes!"

Wang Dashan hurried to help wash the dishes.

Du Xiaojuan smiled:

"I just don't want our relationship affected because of your father, just as I don't want ours affected because of my parents — it's the same principle."

Du Xiaojuan reminded:

"But you need to find an excuse to leave in advance. After we finish the New Year's Eve Dinner, your younger brother and his wife will surely ask us to stay overnight."

Wang Dashan thought for a moment, then said:

"Why not say your parents have come to Guangzhou, and we have to return to Guangzhou to pick them up?"

Du Xiaojuan shook her head:

"What if they ask us to bring my parents back to the County Town to celebrate the Spring Festival together?"

Wang Dashan was stunned: "This..."

Du Xiaojuan pondered for a moment, then said:

"How about this: I'll contact Xiao Xueqing, communicate with her in advance, and see if we can visit her tomorrow night. After we finish the New Year's Eve Dinner at your younger brother's house, we'll go visit Xiao Xueqing, saying Xiao Xueqing invited us to eat at her home. She's the Deputy County Magistrate, so we have no reason to refuse. With that excuse to leave, I imagine neither your younger brother nor your parents can force us to stay."

Wang Dashan, hearing this, immediately nodded in agreement:

"Fine, I'll listen to your arrangements."