Chapter 188: Chapter 184: Xiao Chenye Full of Schemes

Yes, Xiao Chenye, who was stuck in the Wild Boar Team, was holding back a belly full of tricks.

To be precise, he had gone to the hometown of Matchmaker Zhou, Zhou Wei’s family home.

Just thinking about it, the marriage he had struggled to secure was nearly ruined by these two old hags, Xiao Chenye felt his anger boil.

Has it been easy for him?

At such an age, he finally found someone he liked. If it wasn’t for his mother being so supportive, his wedding would have been messed up by these two rotten bastards.

“Hey, young man, you’ve been hiding here all afternoon, what’s up?”

Xiao Chenye chuckled foolishly and pulled out a handful of sunflower seeds from his pocket, “Hehehe, it’s nothing much, just thought I’d come over and check things out.”

He handed out the sunflower seeds to the gossip central of the team, sincerely saying, “I just got caught up listening to you aunts chatting.”

The fragrant roasted sunflower seeds were a rare treat.

As the saying goes, “A soft mouth when taking, short hands when accepting.”

Once they had the fragrant sunflower seeds in hand, their attitude toward Xiao Chenye shifted.

“Hehehe, young man, you look quite impressive. Where’s your family? Are you married?”

Xiao Chenye grinned and showed his big white teeth, being honest, “My surname is Li, and I’m called Li Xiaodao, living in the county town.”

“Oh, from the county town, no wonder you ride a bike. So what are you doing now?”

“Oh, I work at the cotton textile factory, my parents are both at the canning factory.”

Upon hearing this, the aunts eyed Xiao Chenye with a look as green as jade.

“Good lad, your family’s not bad.”

“Are you married? My aunt has a daughter, quite the beauty, famous in all the surrounding villages.”

Xiao Chenye coughed lightly, “Ladies, there’s no rush on that. What I’m concerned about now is my brother’s matter. He’s taken a liking to a girl from your team.”

What?

The crowd exchanged glances, somewhat in disbelief.

Whose girl here is so impressive to catch the eye of someone from the county town?

The reality was, people from the county town were generally unwilling to be with rural girls.

The reason was quite practical.

Grain supply.

After marriage, the child’s household registration follows the mother, which means the mother and the child won’t have grain supply.

She would have to work tirelessly alone, and the whole family eats modestly.

But, in Li Xiaodao’s case, all could be resolved!

Both parents working, oh wait, all three are working, how could they not support a wife and some kids?

Everyone wanted to impress Xiao Chenye, each chipper and eager, “Oh wow, we understand, you’re here to inquire about the situation of the girl’s family.”

“Hehehe, anything you want to know, we assure you, we’ll tell you everything we know.”

“Oh~” Xiao Chenye flattered the aunt a bit, “Didn’t expect the aunt to be cultured!”

“Not really, but which family’s information are you seeking?”

“Surname’s Zhou,” Xiao Chenye smiled, “named Zhou Wei.”

Upon hearing Zhou Wei’s name, the aunts all furrowed their brows in unison, probing, “Are you sure it’s Zhou Wei?”

“Yes, she’s quite fair-skinned, courteous, and speaks softly, but there’s one downside,” Xiao Chenye complained, “quick to cry, isn’t it annoying?”

“Oh my, you really have a keen eye.”

Then came a chorus of critique against Zhou Wei from the aunts.

How can you put it, they’re all old foxes, why play at ghost stories?

Some tricks were what the aunts played with and left behind in their younger days, and could almost see right through.

But spotting them didn’t help at all.

Their sons, each one of them, acted like infatuated fools, eager to please.

“Oh, you wouldn’t know, that girl from the Zhou family always hangs her tears out, making it seem like we bully her.”

“What’s most frustrating is, if you don’t fancy our son, just say so early. But she keeps quiet, lowers her head and blushes when asked.

Yet if anyone goes to propose, they’re asking for trouble.”

This, all came from the bitter experience shared among them.

Xiao Chenye noted down everything, planning to sort and retaliate later.

Don’t say he’s petty, grudging against women.

She was the one who acted foolish first.

Besides, if he really adhered strictly to not fighting women or not retaliating against them, he figures he would have long bitten the dust traveling back and forth.

“By the way, I did hear that lately Zhou Wei has been behaving because some punk from the county town has taken a liking to her.” Xiao Chenye cautiously mentioned.

“What exactly is going on here? If she’s truly involved with a county town punk, I’d better advise my brother.

Plenty of pretty girls in the world, don’t waste the rest of your life because of a worn-out shoe.”

As Xiao Chenye said this, the aunts giggled along, “Isn’t that right? Once she’s out, her backside sways, truly promiscuous.

Likely putting on airs before us, but might have already been rolling around in the cornfield.”

“Hahaha, such talk is too bold.”

“Hm, I’m not making wild claims, look at the things she does, they’re shamefully embarrassing to spread!”

As everyone kept chiming in, Xiao Chenye felt his head grow large.

“A county town punk?”

“Yes,” said the grandmother, wearing a blue headscarf, confidently, “my nephew knows that punk, heard it straight from him.”

At this mention, the blue headscarf disdainfully rolled her eyes, “It’s strange, she doesn’t have any interest in him, yet she still takes his stuff!

Snow cream, red hair ties, sometimes even goes to a movie and popcorn together, let’s judge this, isn’t it dating, what else is it?”

Seeing the crowd’s emotions boiling, the blue headscarf added with a sour tone, “Even when dating, we didn’t have such flair! But the Zhou Family is skillful.

Takes all the advantage, but when you mention dating, sorry, we’re just friends, did you misunderstand something?”

Everyone was shocked, “Goodness, that Zhou Family is indeed unreasonable, used to just tell our sons to work a bit.”

“Yes, yes, and just ate our eggs.”

“Heavens, it seems I’m the most unfortunate? My foolish son gave the Zhou Family five taels of pork once!”

“Wow~”

“Hahaha, but compared to the punk from the county town, that seems like nothing.”

Xiao Chenye grabbed the blue headscarf, “What’s the punk called?”

“Seems he’s called Da Yong, works as a boiler operator at the cotton textile factory.”

Cotton textile factory…

This place is familiar to him.

Going over Zhou Wei’s information in his mind, Xiao Chenye made a plan, soon sneaking away while everyone was engrossed in their chatter.

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