Chapter 33

Hearing Zhang Caihong’s words, Song Wen frowned. He didn’t want to go on a blind date at this time in the first place, and this made him even more disgusted.

He stepped into the door and nodded solemnly, “Dad, Mom, Aunt.”

After greeting the elders, he walked over to the stool against the wall and sat down, far away from his so-called blind date.

After sitting down, he slowly spoke: “My family will not let my little sister exchange a high betrothal gift for my marriage. I’m sorry to bother you with a wasted trip today.”

This means direct rejection.

Song Ruan was delighted.

Zhang Caihong was stunned: “That’s not what I meant, don’t misunderstand me.”

There are many reasons why Zhang Caihong is still unmarried at the age of 21, but one of the biggest reasons is that she has high standards.

I don’t know if it’s because she has a big frame and is strong since she was a child, but she has always liked men who are a bit thin and elegant. There are too few of this type in the countryside.

However, when Song Wen walked in against the light just now, the fragments of sunlight sprinkled on him, and the elegant appearance of a gentleman with a scholarly air really touched all her hearts.

Otherwise, with her temper, if Song Wen dared to speak like that, she would have immediately turned her face away and left.

The matchmaker who has been acting as a matchmaker for many years quickly came out to laugh it off.

“Hey, Song Wen, take Zhang Caihong to your village and have a look around. Although Xishui Village and Dongshui Village are separated by only a mountain, it takes a long time to go around the mountain. Caihong should not have been here, right?”

“Yeah, I haven’t been here before.” Zhang Caihong hurried down the hill with a hint of shyness on her face, “Then I’ll trouble Brother Song Wen to show me around.”

For a steady and polite person like Song Wen, the words he just said were already very serious, and it would be difficult for him to refuse now.

Song Wen didn’t say anything, just turned around and walked out. Seeing this, Zhang Caihong hurriedly followed him out.

“I’ll look around with you, too.”

Song Ruan quickly stood up and followed her elder brother. She had to be on guard against her elder brother falling in love with Zhang Caihong.

“Why are you joining in the fun?” Ye Hongmei held her back.

“Mom…” Song Ruan looked at Ye Hongmei aggrievedly.

Ye Hongmei sighed and said to her in a low voice, “Be obedient. If two people go out to meet their lover, why would you follow them? Go and cook dinner with me, and let them have breakfast before you go back.”

Song Ruan: “…Oh.”

“Mom, then you and Dad can stay and talk to Auntie. I can cook by myself.” Song Ruan sighed and had to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

She had no intention of preparing a sumptuous dinner for Zhang Caihong. She was now hoping that Zhang Caihong would be dissatisfied with their family and not like her elder brother.

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So, for dinner, she only prepared to make a dumpling soup with some wild vegetables in it, and she was not even willing to put eggs in it. Then she prepared to stir-fry two dishes of wild vegetables and steam a pot of sweet potatoes, and that was about it.

While the meal was cooking, Ye Hongmei came in to take a look. She was puzzled to see that the meal her daughter had prepared was so vegetarian.

“Is this all you cooked?”

Song Ruan kept working and glanced at her mother: “Mom, what you said is just capitalist. It’s not the autumn harvest yet, and every family is short of food. Most of them have wild vegetable porridge and steamed buns. We are considered very good.”

Ye Hongmei thought about it and couldn’t help but nodded with a smile: “That’s true, it’s because my mother has been spoiled by her own daughter.”

Her daughter always gets good things from time to time to add fuel to the family’s debt, so she has become accustomed to it. It’s really like what her daughter said about capitalism.

However, she also noticed that her little girl seemed to particularly dislike Zhang Caihong.

“Mom, take these dishes out. I’ll go call my eldest brother back for dinner.”

“Aren’t you going to take some of this red date cake out to eat?”

Song Ruan shook her head: “Of course not, I want to sell this red date cake for money, I can’t give it to her.”

Ye Hongmei smiled and said, “How much can this be sold for?”

“A piece of red date cake can be sold for 20 cents.”

“How much?” Ye Hongmei thought she had heard wrongly.

Song Ruan held up two fingers and said, “A piece of red date cake can be sold for 20 cents.”

Ye Hongmei stared at the red date cake, which was only the size of a palm, with her eyes wide open.

“Just a small piece like this for 20 cents?”

Song Ruan nodded: “Yes, and every time I made a bamboo basket, my second brother was able to sell it all.”

“Oh my god.” Ye Hongmei was full of disbelief. “Two cents can buy four eggs. Who would be willing to spend that much money on a piece of red date cake?”

“Are the people in the supply and marketing cooperative stupid? They actually received the goods like this.”

“I didn’t sell it to the supply and marketing cooperative. I sold it on the black market… um…”

Song Ruan covered her mouth with her hand. She seemed to have let something slip…

“What are you guys talking about?”

Just as the mother and daughter were staring at each other, Zhang Caihong suddenly made a sound that startled them.

Ye Hongmei patted her chest and paused for a while before asking, “Are you guys back from shopping?”

“Yes.” Zhang Caihong said as she walked into the kitchen.

“What did you do? It smells so good!”

As Zhang Caihong spoke, she reached out and lifted the lid of the pot beside her.

“Hey, what are you doing?” Song Ruan frowned and held her hand.

“Wow, what is this? Red date cake? It has a strong red date flavor. It smells so good.”