Deep within the dense forest.
Cheng Loanloan emerged, followed by her three children.
She walked up to Sun Shuqin and said, "I just heard you say that that idiot Zhao has been pestering you. This boy is usually honest and good-natured; I never thought he'd do something like this. If this is grain he shouldn't have given you, then I, as your aunt, will return it for you and throw it right in his face."
She reached out to take the grain back, but Sun Shuqin reluctantly let go.
She clutched the large bag of grain tightly, stammering, "Auntie, Auntie, I, I..."
"Miss Sun, our Er Gou likes you, and you like Er Gou, so why not settle this marriage soon?" Cheng Loanloan continued. "You're beautiful, and I'm sure the people pursuing you aren't just that idiot Zhao. After you two get engaged, if anyone dares to pester you, they'll be going against our Zhao family, and I'll tear their face off."
Hearing this, Zhao Er Gou's face instantly turned crimson.
After meeting Sun Shuqin for the first time, he had already thought about how to organize the wedding, and even the names for their future children were decided. His greatest wish was to marry Sun Shuqin.
Sun Shuqin lowered her head, her fingers nervously twisting. After a long while, she finally replied, "I, after I marry in, where, where will I live?"
She had been to Dahe Village many times and knew the Zhao family's situation like the back of her hand. The house only had three rooms. Unless Zhao Er Gou's elder brother and sister-in-law moved out, she and Er Gou wouldn't be able to live together. Otherwise, she would have to squeeze into the same room with her mother-in-law, which would truly be a nightmare.
"Still worried about not having a place to live?" Cheng Loanloan laughed. "I've already prepared. I'll build a grass hut for Er Gou next door. We can build as many as you want. Later, when you have children, there will also be a place to live..."
Sun Shuqin's eyes widened: "Grass, grass hut..."
Even though her own family was poor, their house was built of wood. She didn't need a house with a tiled roof, but it at least couldn't be worse than her home before marriage. Zhao Er Gou's face was moved: "Mother, you are so good to me. From now on, Shuqin and I will definitely be filial to you..."
He had thought his mother would make him and his wife sleep in the main house or on the ground. To have a grass hut of his own was something he had never imagined.
"Forget about being filial, I'm still very healthy," Cheng Loanloan smiled gently. "After Shuqin marries in, there's no need for rules. Your elder sister-in-law is pregnant and it's inconvenient for her to work. From now on, the laundry, cooking, and other chores in the house will all be given to Er Gou's wife..."
Sun Shuqin's expression grew increasingly stiff.
She clutched the large bag of grain tightly in her hand, two tears glistening in her eyes: "Auntie, Auntie, it's not what you think... I, Er Gou Gege and I have nothing going on. I see Er Gou as my own brother, and I've never thought about marrying into the Zhao family..."
Cheng Loanloan's lips curved. She hadn't expected to hear this kind of "brother-sister" green tea language even in ancient times.
She glanced at the idiot Er Gou, only to see his eyes wide with disbelief. Even at this point, he was still fantasizing.
She opened her mouth and asked, "Miss Sun, do you really not want to marry into the Zhao family?"
Sun Shuqin quickly nodded, tears glistening in her eyes as she said, "This is just a misunderstanding... I truly only see Er Gou as my older brother..."