Chapter 52 : Adding Fuel to the Fire

Seeing how relaxed she was, Sun Dabishi asked suspiciously, “Su Xieqiu, do you think Cao Min and Sun Yuexian would be willing to marry both of us?”

“Are you playing a trick on us?” Zhang Quezi also reacted and looked at Su Xieqiu unkindly.

“Everyone knows that our two families aren’t well off. Even the widows in the village don’t want to marry us, let alone the girls from the city. How could those two fairies be interested in us?”

Su Xieqiu mocked them with disdain, “Anyone knows they won’t agree. Don’t you think of a way? Do you really think your wife will just crawl into your bed?”

After hearing her words, the two men’s eyes lit up, and Sun Dabishi immediately asked flatteringly “Su Xieqiu, do you have any good ideas to make them willingly become our wives?”

Su Xieqiu raised her eyebrows and said meaningfully, “As long as I can marry her home, what does it matter whether she’s willing or not?”

Zhang Quezi’s eyes turned, and he didn’t know what he was thinking. With a sly look, he asked Su Xieqiu, “What do you mean, Su Xieqiu? Like you and Han Zhenyu?”

Su Xieqiu didn’t refute his words, and pretending to be proud, she said to the two of them “Although we two were together by accident, aren’t we living a good life now?”

“As long as a man and a woman get married and have a baby, even if the woman is not happy about it, she will have to live with you wholeheartedly for the sake of the child.”

Seeing their eyes shining and eager to make a move, Su Xieqiu said nonchalantly 

“Now that the weather is hot, everyone likes to go to the river to wash clothes. Cao Min and Sun Yuexian are afraid of being exposed to the sun, so they usually go there to wash clothes in the morning. There aren’t many people around at that time. If one of them steps on something and falls into the water, you two could come and save her. Wouldn’t that be a good thing?”

Zhang Quezi asked blankly “But I can’t swim, how can I save her?”

Su Xieqiu cursed him in her heart, “Don’t you have anyone else in your family? Get her ashore and carry her back to the village. Not only will you get a wife for free, but everyone will also praise you as a hero.”

She glanced at the silent Sun Dabishi and knew that he had listened.

He was smarter and more scheming than Zhang Quezi. It seemed that it was only a matter of time before he brought Cao Min home as his wife.

Before Su Xieqiu left, she added fuel to the fire, “I heard that the boys in the Youth Academy and several outstanding young men in the village also like them. If you’re slow to act, who will the wife belong to?”

The two of them looked at her receding back and both thought that this woman was really amazing.

After a long while, Sun Dabishi finally whispered, “Cripple, luckily we ran fast last night, otherwise we wouldn’t know how we would have ended up.”

Zhang Quezi also nodded thankfully, and suddenly thought of Han Zhenyu, the gangster, and was so scared he almost wet his pants.

“Sun Da, do you think that woman will tell her husband about the two of us trying to break into the house last night?”

Sun Dabishi didn’t say anything, meaning, is there even a need to ask?

Zhang Quezi kicked the tree next to him with his lame foot and cursed, “Damn it, what bad luck. Why did we listen to those two women’s instigation and provoke that gangster’s wife? Isn’t this just asking for a beating?”

“It’s too late to say this now.” Sun Dabishi said viciously, “Since the offending act has already been done, we can’t let the wife we have gotten away.”

The two men discussed the matter in Zhang Quezi’s room for half the night, and at dawn, they went to the riverside to wander around and scout the area.

After Su Xieqiu met with the two, she no longer cared about the progress of the matter.

Those two men would definitely try every possible means to get a wife.

Grandpa Du tasted a piece of cookie before going to bed yesterday. The sweet and rich taste made him reluctant to eat a second piece. Even Uncle Du only tasted some crumbs.

As soon as Su Xieqiu arrived in the morning, Grandpa Du called her aside to talk.

“Zhenyu’s wife, where did you buy those cookies? How much were they? I don’t like to eat them either. Why don’t you ask your uncle to sell them on the black market? You can use the money to buy some things for your home.”

“Ah, you sold it?” Su Xieqiu was very surprised, thinking that he couldn’t get used to the taste, and said with a smile “Grandpa, don’t you like that kind of snack? Then I’ll buy you some peach cakes and biscuits next time I go to the city.”

When Grandpa Du heard her say she wanted to buy more, he quickly waved his hand and said, “Don’t buy it. Don’t buy it. I don’t like those things.”

Su Xieqiu also understood that the old man didn’t dislike eating it at all, he just couldn’t bear to eat it.

She smiled and said, “Grandpa, this thing is not expensive and won’t sell for much. If you really don’t like it, let my uncle eat it. The weather is hot now. If I sell it to someone else and they get sick, it will be troublesome.”

“It’s not bad. I ate one yesterday, and it tasted really good. It will definitely sell for a good price on the black market.”

When Grandpa Du saw Su Xieqiu looking at him with a smile, he realized that he had let the cat out of the bag.

He could only smile and say, “Zhenyu’s wife, don’t buy such expensive things in the future. When you have a baby, there will be many places to spend money. As a female comrade, don’t go to the black market. It’s very dangerous.”

Hearing that every word he said was for her and Han Zhenyu, Su Xieqiu respected him even more and explained with a smile.

“Grandpa, I didn’t go to the black market. I bought this at the supply and marketing cooperative. This snack is not too expensive. It’s about the same price as peach cakes.”

“You and my uncle help build the house during the day, and have to stay here at night. It’s so hard, you should eat something good to replenish yourself.”

Grandpa Du smiled and shook his head and said, “Why is this kind of work so hard? It’s not as tiring as during the busy farming season. You are a thoughtful child.”

Su Xieqiu said, “Grandpa, don’t mention that you are here to build a house for us. Even if you don’t come to help, Zhenyu and I should be filial to you.”

After hearing what she said, Grandpa Du nodded happily.

Su Xieqiu pursed her lips and smiled, “Grandpa, I’ll go cook.”

“Go ahead.” Grandpa Du looked at her from behind and said with relief, “What a good child! Our Zhenyu is blessed.”

Su Xieqiu saw a bag next to the water jar, so she opened it and took a look. It was filled with vegetables.

There were eggplants, peppers, beans, and a few cucumbers.

It should have been brought by her uncle.

Han Zhenyu’s uncle and two cousins had been working here for a few days and had brought over a lot of food and vegetables.

Su Xieqiu kept all of this in mind and prepared to find an opportunity to take some things out of the space and give them to them.

She couldn’t finish the food inside and couldn’t sell it, so she just took out some suitable items to do favors, killing two birds with one stone.