Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Can’t Be Your Daughter-in-Law

Chapter 36 -36: Can’t Be Your Daughter-in-Law

Chapter 36: Can’t Be Your Bride

“Captain, I never expected to find such a sprightly young girl in a small mountain village like this,” a team member with a round face and large eyes, who appeared to be only about seventeen, chuckled as he brushed grass clippings off his clothes.

The young girl he referred to was naturally Chiang Xiao.

The man called Captain was about twenty-two or twenty-three years old, very tall—close to one meter ninety—and his physique was nearly perfect, tall and straight like a pine tree. Just one glance was enough to give people a sense of enormous security.

His eyebrows were raised as if flying, his eyes dark and deep, and his thin lips tightly pressed together as he watched the figures of the grandchildren and their grandparent fade away.

After a moment, he withdrew his gaze and glanced at the team member.

“No matter how sprightly, she’s still just a child and can’t be a bride.”

“Captain,” the team member jumped, hastily distancing himself, “I only meant she was sprightly, I didn’t mean in that way!” Although he had long harbored thoughts of taking a wife, that girl named Chiang Xiao looked to be only about twelve or thirteen. He wasn’t such a beast!

Would he still be human if he pinched such a bloom of the motherland?

“Alright, let’s move on.”

The team captain took the lead, heading toward a narrow path behind the mountain.

They were just passing by this small mountain village called Siyang Village and had unexpectedly witnessed a rather exciting scene. That was all.

Chiang Xiao and her grandparents returned home, their stomachs growling.

But despite the problem having been resolved, the mood of the three was quite good.

“Little, why don’t you sit down and rest for a bit, grandma will chop some green onions to mix into your porridge,” Ge Liutao hurried to the stove to get busy.

She had gotten up early to cook a small pot of porridge, which also simmered an egg, prepared to nourish Chiang Xiao. However, plain porridge was tasteless, so they could only have it with some homemade pickles.

Chiang Xiao liked green onions. Usually, she would chop up a couple of green onions and mix them into the porridge while it was still steaming hot, turning the plain porridge into a bowl of fragrant scallion porridge.

The Chiang family was poor, and this was all they could afford for breakfast each day.

“You two eat first, I’ll go to Ding Daqiang’s house to get some eggs,” Chiang Songhai said, now knowing that Ding Dani had pushed Chiang Xiao into the creek and not wanting to be polite with them any longer.

He had to get back what was owed to them. Worried that the Ding Family might not give him eggs, he also took a small bamboo basket with him.

Chiang Xiao didn’t stop him, nor did she plan to follow.

The decision had been made by Secretary Yao. No matter how reluctant Ding Daqiang and Guiying were, they would have to hand over the eggs, otherwise, they would be crossing Secretary Yao.

Sure enough, after a while, Chiang Songhai returned with a small basket of eggs.

“No more, no less, twelve eggs.”

Chiang Xiao glanced at the small basket of eggs. Each was very small, about half the size compared to the eggs from the poultry farms she would buy later.

Although homegrown eggs tended to be smaller, Chiang Xiao guessed that Guiying must have carefully picked out the smallest ones to send to them.

In fact, smaller eggs might taste better.

Chiang Xiao didn’t care to argue with that family over such matters.

“Grandma, starting tomorrow, let’s cook three eggs every day, one for each of us!” Chiang Xiao emphasized again that each person should get one, fearing that her grandmother would cook only one again.

All three members of their family had weak constitutions; they needed to nourish themselves properly.

“Alright, alright, whatever you say, Little,” Ge Liutao responded with a smile.

After breakfast, both grandparents went off to water the vegetable garden. Grandpa would likely pick some herbs after that, leaving Chiang Xiao alone at home.

Chiang Xiao closed the courtyard gate and sat down on the flagstones beneath the Chinese toon tree. With her grandparents not home, she had to be on guard against Song Xiyun.

Sitting under the tree, Chiang Xiao sorted out her thoughts.

She had managed to turn the most crucial step of this life around, but she had no idea in which direction her life would now head.

Unconsciously, she reached out and picked up a medicinal herb her grandfather had stacked to the side. Suddenly, her consciousness rippled, and then she saw a small patch of dark soil.