I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Seeing his sincerity, and considering that the courtyard was in need of manpower, Su Banxia was thinking of finishing the construction before the busy farming season.

This way, she wouldn't have to delay her own work, nor would she have to delay her fellow villagers from going to the fields, so Su Banxia nodded in agreement without thinking.

When Wei Kezhi saw that Su Banxia had agreed, he was delighted and became much more efficient at starting the fire. In no time, the pot was burning brightly.

Seeing Su Banxia and Wei Kezhi chatting and laughing so well together, and feeling completely unable to get a word in edgewise, Su Mo stamped her feet in frustration.

Turning her head, she saw Wang Guihua busy helping the workers mix mud not far away. A plan immediately formed in her mind. She smiled and walked over to Su Banxia, ​​speaking softly:

"Sister, Mother just asked you to come over and help. I'll cook today."

As she spoke, Su Mo pointed in Wang Guihua's direction. Su Banxia felt that Su Mo was acting strangely today. She never called her "sister" normally, nor did she speak to her in such a gentle tone.

Although he felt strange, the thought that Wang Guihua needed to see him made him put down his work and say to Wei Kezhi:

"You don't need to make the fire so big, or you'll burn the pot. You stay here and help Su Mo cook. I'll be right back."

After saying that, without waiting for Wei Kezhi's reply, she put down the plate in her hand and walked towards Wang Guihua.

Seeing Su Banxia leave, Su Mo was even happier and hurriedly bent down to cook. While cooking, she acted coyly, deliberately pressing close to Wei Kezhi and speaking softly:

"Brother Wei, let me show you my cooking skills today. My skills are no worse than my sister's. It's just that you'll have to help me start the fire."

Wei Kezhi hated being touched by strangers. Seeing Su Mo's words, he immediately stood up a little further away, brushed the dirt off his hands, and said coldly:

"Since you don't need my help, I'll go help Banxia first."

After that, he left without looking back.

Su Mo glared angrily at Wei Kezhi's retreating figure and called out anxiously:

"Hey, hey, Brother Wei, don't go! You still need to help me start the fire!"

To Su Mo's surprise, Wei Kezhi completely ignored her. The more Su Mo called out, the faster Wei Kezhi walked away. Frustrated, Su Mo threw the spatula in her hand into the pot.

"Hmph, what's so great about Su Banxia? Why do you all flock around her? Can't you see a good girl like me? Are you blind?"

Although she was angry, so many workers were waiting for their meals. Su Mo had driven Su Banxia away herself, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and cook.

She was constantly busy, squatting down to tend the fire, standing up to flip the pot, and even taking time to wash dishes and chop vegetables. She was like a spinning top, never stopping.

Su Banxia stayed by Wang Guihua's side to help her mix the mud, while Wei Kezhi also quietly stayed by Su Banxia's side to help make mud bricks.

Su Banxia was thinking of enclosing the backyard a bit larger and building a pigsty to raise a few pigs. They could also slaughter the pigs for the New Year, which would be convenient whether for selling pork or for their own consumption.

So we need to make more mud bricks now and let them dry, so we can save them for later use.

When Su Banxia came over and saw that Wang Guihua hadn't contacted her at all, she realized that Su Mo had played a trick, so she deliberately didn't go over to help Su Mo.

Watching Su Mo busily cooking all by herself, Su Banxia felt very happy. Moreover, Wei Kezhi had abandoned Su Mo to help her, instead of Su Mo, which made Su Banxia quite pleased.

It seems that Wei Kezhi also looks down on Su Mo. For some reason, seeing Wei Kezhi following behind her and busying herself like this, Su Banxia felt inexplicably at ease.

Su Mo had been busy for most of the day and finally finished preparing the meal. She then hurriedly came over to invite Wei Kezhi to eat. After everyone was seated, Su Mo picked out a large bowl of good rice and dishes and handed it to Wei Kezhi.

Although no one said it aloud, everyone knew perfectly well what was going on. Anyone who didn't know better would think this man was Su Mo's lover. Some even joked:

"Su Mo, why isn't there enough meat in our bowls?"

"Exactly, is this guy your lover? Why are you treating him like this?"

Upon hearing this, Su Mo blushed again and lowered her head, feigning shyness and giggling.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Wei Kezhi, fearing some misunderstanding, quickly pushed his bowl to the person who had been egging him on and said in a deep voice:

"I'm not familiar with Su Mo, don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing the two of them acting so awkwardly, everyone assumed they were shy and started teasing them with laughter:

"It's normal for young people to be shy; everyone was young once!"

Seeing everyone's reaction, Wei Kezhi quickly glanced at Su Banxia before explaining:

"I am a member of Banxia."

Su Banxia, ​​who was eating in silence, nearly choked on her food upon hearing this. She turned and glared at Wei Kezhi, signaling him to be quiet. Although these villagers worked diligently...

However, they also spare no effort in spreading rumors. Wei Kezhi's words are ambiguous now, and who knows how they will be spread tomorrow.

The villagers, who had originally intended to tease Wei Kezhi and Su Mo, burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"Oh, so you're one of Banxia's people."

"We misjudged them."

Wei Kezhi no longer seemed anxious as before, and appeared to enjoy being associated with Su Banxia. Su Banxia blushed, cleaned her bowl of food, and then quickly got up to avoid the probing gazes of the crowd.

Meanwhile, Su Mo clenched her fists in anger. She had planned to let the villagers see her intimate contact with Wei Kezhi, and then spread rumors about her and Wei Kezhi.

At that point, Wei Kezhi would have no choice but to marry her, but things are not going according to plan at all.

She couldn't understand why Wei Kezhi, who was usually quiet and reserved, would suddenly want to have a hundred mouths to explain himself when faced with such a situation, as if he was afraid others wouldn't know he could talk.

Thinking this, Su Mo glanced up at Su Banxia standing not far away. All of this was because of Su Banxia's presence; that's why Wei Kezhi was unwilling to see any benefits for himself and always tried to consider Su Banxia's feelings in everything he did.

If only Su Banxia could be married off quickly, then Wei Kezhi would have no choice but to look at her more often.

Su Mo stared at Su Banxia's retreating figure, lost in thought for a long while, then let out a cold laugh and murmured to herself:

"I think you, as the older sister, should marry Su Feng and suffer in my place..."