Qin Ying had no choice but to agree: "I will think about it carefully."

Only then did Zhou Yu make way.

Qin Ying hurried home.

Aunt Zhao is feeding the chickens.

The chickens at home are brooding, and there are more than twenty furry little chicks. There are also six little rabbits in the rabbit house. An An is unable to take care of them all by himself.

Even with the Zhou sisters joining in, things were still a bit chaotic.

Besides, she was reluctant to let them do things like cleaning the chicken coop and rabbit hive.

At this time, the Zhou sisters went to catch insects and dig wild vegetables under An An's leadership.

Seeing Qin Ying's hurried steps and red face, Aunt Zhao hurriedly called her: "Yingzi, what's wrong with you?"

Qin Ying couldn't calm down for a long time, and said hurriedly: "Mom, I'm going to drink some water first."

I went into the kitchen and drank a gulp of cold boiled water, and then I calmed down. I went out to help Aunt Zhao clean the chicken coop and the rabbit house, washed my hands, and went to pick vegetables.

Aunt Zhao looked at her expression and asked again, "Yingzi, what trouble have you run into? Didn't you say you were going to talk to Mr. Zhou about finding someone else to take over the rabbit farm?"

"Not going well? Lord Zhou doesn't want you to let go? Otherwise, I'll go talk to Uncle Jiu and ask Aunt Wang for help. Lord Zhou is not an unreasonable person..."

"No," Qin Ying shook her head, "Master Zhou agreed and let me choose the person myself."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Aunt Zhao smiled happily, but then frowned again. "Then what are you doing... is Master Zhou leaving?"

Qin Ying sighed, "Mom, I told you I guessed it right...Mr. Zhou..."

Aunt Zhao's mind moved. She looked around and leaned close to Qin Ying and whispered, "Did Mr. Zhou mention this to you? In person? Oh my God! How could he mention such a thing to your face!"

Qin Ying's face flushed again. She lowered her head and said softly, "Master Zhou has no elders around, and the fewer people who know about this, the better."

"That's true," Aunt Zhao expressed her understanding. "Few people know about it, so even if it doesn't work out in the future, there won't be any rumors.

"My daughter, what are you thinking? Lord Zhou... Alas! Mother doesn't know what to say. Lord Zhou is a very, very good person. He is good to Hu Zi and even better to An An.

"But...ah! What you said the other day has made me feel very nervous..."

Qin Ying smiled bitterly, "Master Zhou said he wanted to fight for himself. He also asked me, is he not even as good as a dying person?

"I don't know how to answer..." She simply repeated what Zhou Yu had said to Aunt Zhao.

Aunt Zhao was stunned. After a long pause, she said, "What Mr. Zhou said is not wrong! Yingzi, tell me honestly, what do you think of Mr. Zhou...what do you think of him?"

Qin Ying's cheeks flushed, but she was frank: "Mr. Zhou is a rare good man in this world. In public, he has worked tirelessly for the people of Qin County, doing many things personally. He even came to us and contacted our family in order to find a way out for the people of Qin County.

"Privately, he has done a lot for our family and for me, both openly and covertly. Sometimes he has thought of and accomplished things that I could never have imagined...

"Mom, I'm not a rock, how can I not feel it? I just...

"Well, to put it bluntly, I feel awkward. In our language here, I'm hypocritical, or I'm timid, afraid of everything."

"Yingzi," Aunt Zhao held her hand, "Master Zhou is not Guo Wen. You won't suffer any loss if you stay with Master Zhou.

"Let's take a step back and say, even if Lord Zhou does end up deceiving you, what's there to be afraid of? We can just start over!"

Qin Ying frowned: "But..."

"But what is it?" Aunt Zhao patted her on the shoulder, "My dear, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. Your damn Uncle Zhao and I were a young couple, right?

“But to be honest with you, I forgot what he looked like after he died two years ago.

"We met once on a blind date, and he passed away three years after we got married. Things weren't going well for us when he was alive. Not long after I got married, his widowed mother passed away. He said it was my fault, without even considering that his mother was seriously ill when I got married. If I hadn't taken care of her, how many more months could she have lived?

"He even wanted to attack me, but I was pregnant at the time! If I hadn't been so strong and willing to take risks, would I have been bullied?

"I couldn't even cry when he died! I was actually happy!

"The reason I didn't find anyone for so many years wasn't to keep him company. Back then, I was a young widow, so why didn't I want to find someone to rely on?

"I'm young and raising a tiny child. Am I not suffering? I can't rely on my husband's family, and I can't rely on my own family either.

"Widows have a bad reputation. Those who are after me are all shady people. Jumping into the fire pit once is enough. How can I jump into it a second time?

"So if anyone dares to say something dirty to me, I'll beat the hell out of him. I'm a woman, and I can't compare to men in strength, so I'll swing a stick, a hoe, and specifically hit them in the lower parts.

"As time goes by, everyone knows that I'm not someone you can mess with. If you want to call me a shrew, go ahead and call me that. I'm not going to lose any of my meat anyway, so I'll just not suffer any loss!

"My parents wanted me to remarry, and they had already found a new husband. But I gave my heartless brother a slap in the face, and we stopped all contact from then on. That didn't work out."

This was the first time Qin Ying had heard of these things. She couldn't help but lean towards Aunt Zhao and held her hand, "Mom..."

Aunt Zhao patted her hands, smiled, and looked very calm: "My daughter, I am not telling you this to make you feel that my life is miserable. I don't feel it is miserable either.

"After all, life is just one thing! I tell you this because I want to tell you that you have to be brave for yourself at least once in your life.

"If I hadn't been so bold back then, wouldn't I have been married off again by my parents?

"What kind of family can they find for me? Won't they torture me to death? I still have a son named Hu Zi!

"Hey, isn't it good enough for me to take care of Hu Zi by myself? Why do you have to be so desperate and serve someone else's whole family?

"Your situation is different from mine. Who is Lord Zhou? If we miss him, will we ever meet him again in this lifetime?

"My daughter, even if it's a dream, it's a beautiful dream. Just do it! Don't let yourself regret it!"

Qin Ying was stunned. She really didn't expect Aunt Zhao to take such a turn.

Aunt Zhao raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "If mother were twenty years younger and a man like this fell in love with me, I would marry him immediately!

“要是成了亲,跟从前表现出来的不一样,我就揍他,揍服帖了,日子照样能过,没有那些个情情爱爱的,难道还没有实惠了?”

Qin Ying was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Aunt Zhao patted her hands again and said, "My daughter, I'm not good at preaching, but my words are reasonable. Think about it carefully.

"You scholars understand a lot of profound principles, but you also tend to get stuck in ruts. You must always be open-minded so you don't narrow your path."

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