Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 1187 - 1161. Tian Tian and Sun Ziqiang

As the year-end approaches, more and more villagers are returning home. With the heavy snow these days, nothing can be done, so everyone visits each other from one house to another.

In the midst of this, the spacious fire-warming room of the Song Family has become the gossip center for most people.

About this, Wu Lan, who has been busy all year, expressed: She loves to listen!

Not just her, even Song Tan actively brought out a tray of dried sweet potatoes, dried chestnuts, and corn stalks for everyone to munch on. Watching the ladies and aunties tilting their heads, ferociously trying to peel chestnuts or dried sweet potatoes with their molars while intermittently exchanging gossip...

Ah, there’s almost no time to think about Lun Chuan.

Of course, Secretary Xiaozu also had his share of ideas in this.

"Your big villa is so grand, your house so cozy, it gives the villagers a basic idea. Later, when we’re talking about how much money they can earn by following you, it’ll be more convincing."

"This way, it’s like you guys helping ease my pressure while chatting."

Otherwise, it’s quite troublesome to call each family for a meeting to persuade them for the New Year.

Only when the entire village becomes an unbreakable community of interests can everyone’s development direction be united.

And the current topic among everyone gathering naturally revolves around the young, single, and beautiful Song Tan.

Aunt Zhang Hong kept slapping her thigh: "Back then, I said I’d introduce a match for you, your mom said no rush, and you said you had to wait until the summer harvest for me to gather a group to pick from... Well, Song Tan, you just deliberately stalled me! During the harvest, everyone is off to work in the ten miles and eight villages, where would I pick from?"

"Now, all of a sudden, I hear from your mom that you have someone... How is he, he must be a particularly outstanding young man, right?"

Song Tan wasn’t shy in the slightest; instead, she openly showed the photo: "He’s not particularly outstanding, just quite good at making money, cooks well, and most importantly, he’s good-looking."

The bunch of experienced folks collectively shrugged: "A face can’t be eaten as food, people say a good man has no good wife, a fool marries a delicate one—Oh! He’s really good-looking!"

Everyone passed around the phone carefully, taking it very seriously unlike their earlier claim that "a face can’t be eaten as food," and finally, Aunt Zhang Hong sighed:

"So handsome! Indeed, don’t be picky, marrying someone like him, even if you argue after getting married, you won’t be able to, life will be hopeful!"

"Right, right, whether he can make money or not doesn’t matter, our Tantan can earn too."

"Exactly, I heard he’s from the Imperial City, and he’s willing to come to our village... what’s there to be picky about!"

"Yes, Wu Lan, you are truly blessed! Won’t this son-in-law treat you like his own parents?"

As everyone continued chatting, the topic shifted to Qiaoqiao:

"What about Qiaoqiao? Planning to find someone for him?"

The chatting aunt cautiously asked.

Given Qiaoqiao’s situation, it seems he naturally cannot marry. Yet both in rural and urban areas, many people bring a diligent wife home...

In the past, bringing this up made Wu Lan feel a pang of sadness thinking of Qiaoqiao’s situation.

But now!

She could be heard laughing heartily: "This silly kid has never really grown up! What’s he talking about getting a wife? His dad and I still feel pretty good physically and can take care of things for another thirty years."

"Anyway, he can feed himself, knows to run home when it rains, and can cook, so he won’t starve."

In the middle of the conversation, Qiaoqiao could be seen laboriously rolling a big snowball outside, meticulously sculpting it with a shovel, evidently planning to make another row of snowmen.

Everyone watched for a moment, then instinctively moved closer to the stove: "Really a kid, not afraid of the cold at all."

Aunt Zhang Hong quickly changed the topic: "That Zhou Tianyu from Lan Family, didn’t he go on a blind date with Tian Tian in autumn but it didn’t work out? Are they doing well now?"

Wu Lan thought about it but hadn’t heard Li Lanhua mention it, so she shook her head: "Probably not."

That’s how it is with rural folks drifting toward big cities, local families look down on it, and outsiders don’t want to return to this remote backwater either.

If they were working in factories, it would be easier to find someone. Everybody’s working, you go to this factory, I also go to this one.

But it’s those working in offices who find it hard to succeed neither here nor there.

Aunt Zhang Hong sighed: "That time, didn’t Tian Tian seem like such a good girl, at first they said the family pressure was big, now I see her thriving on her own... Hey, I heard she’s dating someone who helps you guys?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Lan beamed with joy: "Yes! The young man is from the Songshu Town area, very honest and capable, owns an excavator and makes some money, it’s nice!"

"I know, I know!" In rural communities, everyone across ten miles and eight villages is somewhat related, soon someone in the crowd spoke up: "From the village under Songshu Town, from the Sun Family! I know!"

"But, young people are good, the elders there aren’t good."

Huh?

Wu Lan instantly became alert: Today, Tian Tian isn’t here, Sun Ziqiang isn’t here, Song Tan’s pickup truck isn’t here either because Tian Tian’s home is going to Sun Ziqiang’s to visit their family!

If the visit succeeds, the marriage is basically settled, but if the elders aren’t good, this, this!

Song Tan also perked up: "What’s being said? I vaguely heard it was favoritism towards the youngest son."

"Oh my! It’s not favoritism, the whole family is planning for the youngest... You might not know, but I heard the youngest son has someone, and the family seems to be saving money to buy a house in the urban area!"

"If the eldest gets married, the dowry might cost ten thousand, and the bride price might need sixty or eighty thousand, and they’d need to buy gold jewelry, how would they save for the youngest son’s house then?"

Oh!

Wu Lan suddenly grew worried.

On the contrary, Song Tan was full of confidence, quietly reassured: "Don’t worry, Tian Tian alone can support the whole family, would she let herself be taken advantage of?"

Wu Lan thought so too since it’s different now, it’s not like before when parents’ refusal would ruin a marriage. Young people have many ideas nowadays!

Full of confidence, the mother and daughter had so much gossip until everyone dispersed.

Who would have thought the next morning, Brother Xiaosun drove over to return the car, looking extremely downcast.

"What’s wrong?" Song Tan asked: Could it be that his parents messed up so badly that the young couple argued on the spot?

After some thought, she said, "Brother Xiaosun, if you want to organize the wedding quickly but find finances tight, I can lend you money."

"But you have to discuss it with Tian Tian."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Tian Tian also forced a smile as she got out of the car from the passenger seat.

"No, the issue isn’t on his end."

She tugged at the corner of her mouth: "It’s on my side; I argued with my parents yesterday."

What???

Everyone gathered around was taken aback.

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