Countdown to Awakening

When Chen Juan heard the village chief say they could attend the banquet for free, she was so happy that she pretended to say, "Oh, this... this is so embarrassing! Let's not go, to avoid gossip..."

village head:"……"

Just now he said he couldn't pay, but now that he heard that he could still have a meal even if he didn't pay, his tone changed and he's still pretending? Aren't you afraid of gossip? Now he says he's afraid of gossip?

The village chief was helpless, fearing that the couple would speak ill of Pan Di behind her back, which they might actually do. So he could only continue, saying, "You are Pan Di's parents, you should go."

Unexpectedly, Chen Juan got so angry that she said, "Village chief, there are so many eyes watching us in this village. If I go... I don't know how others will look at me... I think we should not go. I will feel uncomfortable if I go without paying..."

Chen Juan thought, even if I have to pretend, I might as well try.

But the village chief couldn't stand it any longer. He kept saying things one after another, telling them to go or not.

"Chen Juan, I asked you to pay but you refused. Now I'm offering you a free meal and you're still pushing it back and forth. What? You want me to treat you, right? I'm putting it this way today. It's up to you two to go or not. If you think it's just to keep gossiping, you pay. How could I not know what kind of people you are? Stop pretending in front of me!"

Seeing that this trick was useless, Chen Juan wanted to say something, but then she changed her mind and realized that she was not a fool and would not take the free meal... Besides, the man in front of her was the village chief, and she would need his help with many things in the future.

Never mind, just decorate a little...

So she changed the subject and said, "Village Chief, I was just joking. Why did you take it so seriously? Oh, how could I really not go to my daughter's graduation party? My family really doesn't have money. Since the Village Chief said so, then we have no choice but to go, right? Village Chief, please don't be angry."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the village chief, fearing that he would change his mind and not let them go.

The village chief looked at her and said nothing more, "Okay, that's settled then."

Chen Juan was overjoyed after hearing this. She was just about to say that if they weren't allowed to go, it would be hard to say what would happen. If they really weren't allowed to go, they would probably say something in the village...

The village chief left immediately. Then, Sun Degui came out of the house. He looked out the door and said, "We'll have free meals soon."

Chen Juan looked displeased: "All you know is hiding in the house and not coming out? All you know is playing dead. Now you know how to come out?"

"So what if I came out just now? You've already said that. What good would it do for me to come out?" Sun Degui snorted coldly after he finished speaking. Then both of them fell silent.

"The idea you came up with really made me lose face... I'm not the kind of woman who sells myself, and you actually asked me to do that with Ma Hui..." Chen Juan seemed to blame Sun Degui.

Sun Degui took one look at her and started cursing, "You've raised me, my good daughter! If that money-loser doesn't want to go, then why are you the one going? Besides, there's nothing to lose, so why are you complaining?! Ma Hui has been without a woman for so many years, and now he's comfortable, and our family's debts have been cleared. What else are you dissatisfied with?! Humph!"

If anyone is embarrassed, it's Sun Degui who should be embarrassed! If he didn't owe money, why would he ask his wife to do that?

Then, Chen Juan slowly spoke again, "This money-loser wanted her to get married but she refused. She even wants us to pay for this banquet. I just don't want to pay, but look at the village chief, he's embarrassed enough to let us go. Why is the village chief so concerned about this money-loser?"

"If you ask me, who should I ask?" Sun Degui said unhappily.

"Deguier, what do you think we should do with the banquet when our son gets admitted to university? I will definitely hold it in a grand manner, much more grand than this money-losing banquet! Let them see that my son is the best! So that they won't have to keep talking about that money-losing banquet in front of me..." Chen Juan fell into longing again.

Sun Degui thought about it and remembered what the master said.

"Didn't that expert say our son has the potential to be an official? Then he'll definitely be able to get into a better university! At least it'll be much better than that money-losing kid."

Chen Juan was also very happy to hear him say this.

Sun Pandi listened to all this outside the door, and then she went back to her room.

What did she hear? Could it be that Chen Juan was trying to pay off her debt with Ma Hui...? No way?

Oh my God! ...She thought that asking her to marry Ma Hui was already the extreme...

Sun Pandi shook her head and stopped thinking about it.

Even though she'd heard those words since she was little, she still felt a little sad. She didn't know why her parents had never liked her since she was little. It seemed like all the girls in the village were like that. Except for Qi Yuanyuan.

The names of the girls in the village are all Zhaodi, Pandi, etc., but Qi Yuanyuan's name is the best. It has a meaning and is not as ugly as theirs.

Maybe the other girls in the village envy Qi Yuanyuan as much as she does?

She and Qi Yuanyuan grew up together. She had been to Qi Yuanyuan's home and her parents treated her very well, just like their own daughter. It was a pity that she was not the daughter of the Qi family.

She rarely uses her own name when her parents speak. Qi Yuanyuan is different; her parents always call her by her first name. She doesn't have to worry about her parents marrying her off to someone they don't like.

Unlike herself, if Qi Yuanyuan and Zheng Haifeng hadn't come, she might have already become Yingdi's sister?

Sun Pandi lay in bed for a long time, unable to fall asleep. It was truly rare that the village was willing to pay for her, Qi Yuanyuan, and Zheng Haifeng to host a wedding banquet together. If it were the Sun family, they would definitely not support her hosting a wedding banquet.

I guess it was because of her that they co-hosted it? Otherwise, given Yuanyuan and Zheng Haifeng's families, they could have held it for them.

After thinking for a long time, Sun Pandi closed her eyes.

……

the next day.

After finishing breakfast, Qi Yuanyuan stood in front of Liang Xiaocui and Qi Rongfeng. Liang Xiaocui nodded repeatedly, muttering, "Not bad. Go ahead."

She looked at her plaid skirt and felt a little uncomfortable. This skirt seemed to belong to Liang Xiaocui...

I can’t believe Liang Xiaocui also has such a skirt... Then she shouldn’t have looked ugly when she was young, and she should have been quite elegant.

"This is my only dress. Yuanyuan, if you don't mind, I'll give it to you. I can't wear it at my age. If nothing else, you look a lot like me when I was young..."

As Liang Xiaocui spoke, her image as a young girl gradually emerged in her mind.

Liang Xiaocui could see that Qi Yuanyuan's body and face were the same as hers before.

So no matter what time, she and Liang Xiaocui are a bit similar. It's just that there is no makeup here, otherwise it will definitely look better.

Qi Yuanyuan set off with the invitation.

Along the way, she could feel other people looking at her with certain eyes, but she didn't care.

Finally arrived at my uncle's house.