There was no one around, so Huo Lindong tapped the tip of her nose. As expected, the delicate skin quickly turned red and cherry pink due to his gentle touch. Like a fresh and juicy peach, it makes people want to take a bite.
Huo Lindong was not teasing the little girl. He was afraid that if he continued teasing her, he would make her cry. Such a good little girl must be very cute when she cries.
He seemed to be getting more and more perverted. Suppressing the strange thoughts surging in his heart, Huo Lindong slowly walked in front, prepared to take the little fool back to Jiang’s house, and built a favorable impression in front of Jiang Baozong.
Since he has taken a liking to Jiang Wu, he naturally wants to make her his. In this case, Jiang Baozong’s attitude is particularly important.
Huo Lindong has not forgotten the rumors in the village that the Jiang and Lin families are related to each other. It is not easy to marry Jiang Wu.
“Ah—”
Again with hindsight, Jiang Wu followed for a few steps and suddenly realized that Huo Lindong had just ‘beat’ her.
She is someone who doesn’t know how to lose her temper, or in other words, there is nothing related to losing her temper in ‘Jiang Wu’s’ memory. So now Jiang Wu realizes that she seems to have been bullied. She doesn’t even blame him except for babbling and pouting.
When she got home, she had to tell her father. The vengeful little girl muttered a few words in a low voice, thinking that she would be able to see her father later.
Immediately, her eyebrows and eyes were curved, and her smile was like the pink cherry blossoms hanging on the treetops in early winter. It was trembling, making people’s hearts feel as fast as the cherry blossoms, for fear of being blown away by the wind.
Huo Lindong felt at this moment that maybe making the little fool laugh would be more beautiful than making her cry.
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“Ah Wu is back. But, who are you?”
As soon as Huo Lindong and Jiang Wu entered the door, they saw Mrs. Ding1*婆子, pózi: old woman; servant woman who was using boiling water to remove the feathers of chickens in the yard.
The Jiang family are all kind. Although Mrs. Ding is a servant of the Jiang family, she does not need to address Jiang Baozong and Jiang Wu with honorifics. She has no children. Mrs. Ding came to work in the Jiang family when Jiang Wu was four years old. She treats Jiang Wu as if she is her own granddaughter.
Mrs. Ding is a quiet old woman who does her job. She doesn’t like to deal with the outside world on weekdays. Apart from purchasing food, she spends most of her time at Jiang’s house, looking for various jobs for herself. Therefore, even though she has been here for almost ten years, she still doesn’t recognize some of the faces in the village.
Huo Lindong came to Ping Village in the past few years. He is not an outgoing person. He often works in the Diao family and the book school. Mrs. Ding does not know each other, which is normal.
“My surname is Huo. My Aunt is the head of Diao’s Pork Stall, and Mr. Jiang is my teacher. Today, I see my sister from the Jiang family sitting by the river, all alone. I was worried that she was in danger, so I took her back.”
Mrs. Ding did not know Huo Lindong, but when he mentioned Sister Diao, Mrs. Ding immediately knew who he was.
The Jiang family has a rich family background. In the past, the Jiang family was also a frequent visitor to the pork stall. Jiang Wu loved to drink pork bone soup. Every two days, Mrs. Ding will come to the pork stall to buy pork leg bones and take them home.
Mrs. Ding was obviously thinking more at this time. During the day, Sister Diao invited a matchmaker to come to Jiang’s house to arrange a marriage. The girl she wanted to settle on was Ah Wu, which was arranged for the eldest son of her family, the young man in front of her.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Ding could not help but look at Huo Lindong a few more times.
The young man is thin and tall, and his body bones do not look that strong. However, she heard that Sister Diao’s husband is a scholar, and few scholars are fat.
Mrs. Ding subconsciously compared Huo Lindong with Lin Pingchun, who occasionally came to ask Jiang Baozong for advice. Lin Pingchun was also on the weak side, so the two were evenly matched.
As for appearance…
At this moment, Huo Lindong had restrained his gloomy and low aura, and he looked like an exceptionally handsome young man with delicate features and eyes. In terms of appearance, Huo Lindong was slightly better.
Choosing a man is different from choosing fabrics. Excellent appearance is just the icing on the cake and has nothing to do with his essence. In Mrs. Ding’s view, her family’s Ah Wu situation is special.
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