Transmigrated Leftover Woman in Rural Style

Behind them, Sister-in-law Xu Yan was shouting and cursing at the top of her lungs. Meanwhile, Wang Huangshi was gently explaining something to the three women. Seeing that the show was over, the two men turned and walked out of the village, not even bothering to go into the mountains.

Mrs. Su returned home angrily and told Mr. Li everything. At the end, she grabbed a broom and started whipping the steps with it. Mr. Li listened quietly, his furrowed brows betraying his displeasure.

The old lady stood at the doorway, sighing as she looked at Li Xiaonuan. Luckily, Xiaoyang and Xiaogang weren't home, otherwise who knows what those two might have done. Li Xiaonuan, on the other hand, acted as if nothing had happened, staring at her trouser leg with disgust.

After Su finished venting, Li Xiaonuan finally found a chance to interject: "Mom, why are you getting angry with those ignorant shrewish women? If you ask me, let's just laugh and watch them make a scene. Who knows, they might get angry at us instead."

Madam Su dropped the broom, pointed a finger at Li Xiaonuan's forehead, and said, "Oh dear, I'm only doing this for your own good. You heartless girl, why don't you help me scold them a bit more?"

Father Li chimed in, "Xiao Nuan is right. Those people are obviously putting on an act. You're so naive to have fallen for their trick; that would be a laughingstock."

"But I can't stand by and watch them slander Xiaonuan's reputation like this," Su said, feeling wronged.

The old lady snorted and said, "Is reputation something that can be so easily ruined? Besides, after everything that's happened, do you think Xiaonuan's reputation is still any good?"

Upon hearing this, Su lowered her head and began to wipe away her tears. Li Xiaonuan was most afraid of Su crying, so she quickly comforted her, "Mother, why are you crying? Just wait and see, that Wang Huangshi is definitely going to suffer. She doesn't even know who Sister-in-law Xu Yan is, yet she's so eager to invite her to act together."

These words made Su think of Xu Yan's difficult nature, and she stopped crying. Li's father gave Li Xiaonuan a thumbs up. The old lady still sighed and said, "I'm going to Sister Yu's place. I won't be back for lunch."

The three of them quickly agreed and saw the old lady off. Su, seemingly lost in thought, stopped dwelling on what had just happened and headed to the kitchen. As she walked, she said, "I need to cook something nice for Xiao Yang, so he doesn't overwork himself."

Li Xiaonuan asked in confusion, "Mom, I hired someone to cook for the people clearing the land. And there's plenty of meat and eggs. If you cook this separately and send it to Xiaoyang, people will think we eat dragon meat every day and look down on those coarse foods."

Without turning her head, Su replied, "What do you know? Even if it's the same meat, homemade always tastes better. Besides, the sun is so strong, Xiaoyang is already getting sunburned. I need to make some of the mung bean soup you mentioned and take it to him."

Upon hearing what Su said, Li Xiaonuan suddenly realized that she hadn't even considered using mung bean soup to cool off in the summer. She quickly followed Su into the kitchen, saying she was going to make a big pot of mung bean soup to send to those people.

Hearing the mother and daughter arguing about who should use the pot first, Li's father chuckled and reminded them, "Xiao Nuan, why don't you take the beans over there and cook them? It'll save you the trouble of bringing them from home."

Li Xiaonuan slapped her forehead and scolded, "Oh dear, what a pig-headed person I am! How could I be so stupid? Dad, thank you."

Mrs. Su shook her head and found a small cloth bag for Li Xiaonuan, telling her to go to the storeroom to fill it with mung beans. Li Xiaonuan first went back to her room to change her dirty pants, then filled the bag with beans, and was about to go out. Li's father called out to the kitchen, "Honey, Xiaonuan and I are going to check on the fields."

Su responded. The father and daughter went out together, and Li Xiaonuan said to her father, "Dad, don't worry. In two months, we will definitely let you work in the fields. You won't be able to slack off."

Father Li smiled at Li Xiaonuan without saying a word. Li Xiaonuan chuckled twice and then began to tell Father Li about the land reclamation.

"Dad, you don't know, there are a lot of poisonous snakes in that pile of weeds, they look terrifying. Also, there were bird eggs and wild chicken eggs hidden in the haystacks, but those naughty kids snatched them all."

Father Li laughed even harder and asked, "Were those kids brought by Hei Dou? That kid is just like his father when he was a kid, very mischievous and loves to cause trouble."

Li Xiaonuan nodded: "Yes, it was Heidou who brought it. He also brought Liang Ge's sheep, which Jingjing brought back."

Just as Li's father was about to say a few words to Hei Dou, someone called out, "Uncle Li, Xiao Nuan."

The father and daughter looked in the direction of the sound and saw Wang Tu standing at the crossroads, bowing to them. Father Li glanced at Wang Tu with displeasure, grunted, and pulled Li Xiaonuan down another path.

Seeing this, Wang Tu stepped forward and said, "Uncle Li, please let me finish. I know my mother has caused trouble again. I came here specifically to apologize; I'm truly sorry." After saying this, he bowed.

Father Li stopped, frowning as he looked at Wang Tu. After Wang Tu finished bowing and stood up straight, Father Li asked, "Are you finished? We'll be leaving now."

Wang Tu reached out again to stop Li's father and daughter, saying, "Uncle Li, Xiao Nuan, I know you don't like me, but I just wanted to apologize to you. I will also try to persuade my mother. But as you know, that's just her personality. So please understand her."

Li Xiaonuan spoke before her father could: "Wang Tu, I remember telling you on the day the engagement was called off that you should guide your mother onto the right path. But judging from the rumors last time and what happened today, you haven't fulfilled the role of a good son."

"Go back and tell your mother not to mess with me again, or I won't hold back. And you, stop acting like such a spineless coward, making your mother come up with this kind of scheme to get you a wife, it's shameful."

"Dad, let's go. These are irrelevant people; we can just nod to them when we meet again." After saying that, Li Xiaonuan pulled her father and walked past Wang Tu.

Wang Tu hadn't expected Li Xiaonuan to be so direct. He blushed crimson with embarrassment and stared blankly at her, speechless. Only after Li Xiaonuan left did he manage to stammer out to her back, "Xiaonuan, Uncle Li, I know what to do from now on. You just wait and see."

The father and daughter walked on without looking back, their steps never faltering. Some people are like that; they take others' coldness as encouragement and deliberately try to make others uncomfortable.

Only after Wang Tu was out of sight did Father Li anxiously ask Li Xiaonuan, "Xiaonuan, what will you do if Wang Tu comes back and bothers you?"

Li Xiaonuan said nonchalantly, "With someone like him, daring to bother me, I'll tell his mother to discipline him. What's so scary about a child who hasn't been weaned?"

Father Li shook his head and chuckled helplessly, then followed Li Xiaonuan into the wasteland.

On the way, they encountered a group of children running back with their clothes tucked in. Li Xiaonuan looked at the dark-skinned boy leading the group and grinned.