Reborn as Tycoon's Wife in the Countryside
Chapter 348 - 332 Get to the point (Third post)

Chapter 348: 332 Get to the point (Third post)

Su Peng drove Ye Cheng’s car back to Lihua Village, her mother had asked her to catch a few more chickens in preparation, to avoid a frantic rush when the time for delivery came.

Just as she turned right from the station, a woman suddenly stopped her car.

"Hey, brother." Yin Li bent over slightly, her voice lazy as she looked at the person.

Su Peng looked at the face that had suddenly come close to the car window and rolled down the window.

The woman in front of him was dressed in a black cotton-padded jacket, not particularly beautiful but with a cold, featureless expression, devoid of any smile.

She was tall, about as tall as he was.

You should know, he was the tallest guy in the village. It was rare for a man to be as tall as him, let alone a woman.

"Miss, can I help you?"

"I want to ask, is this the road to Lihua Village?"

"That’s right." Su Peng nodded his head, she was asking for directions: "Follow this road straight ahead, pass Shili Village, and you’ll reach our Lihua Village."

"Are you from Lihua Village?" The other person sized up Su Peng, who was robust and well-built, very much like a local.

"Yes, are you going to Lihua Village for work or to find someone?" There was a processing factory in Lihua Village, which was not uncommon in the town, and there were young people who thought about working in the factory.

"For work." Yin Li answered simply.

"You want to find work, right." Su Peng glanced at her, her tall figure quite eye-catching: "The factory belongs to my sister. If you’re looking to go there, I can take you, but whether you get the job or not is up to you."

"Your family owns the factory." Yin Li glanced at the car body; people who could afford to drive here definitely had money: "I have a sister who also wants to go. I’ll wait for her, and we’ll go together. By the way, is there a woman named Su Xiaofeng in your village?"

Being asked about his own sister made Su Peng more vigilant: "Do you know Su Xiaofeng?"

"Don’t know her, just heard of her." Yin Li’s mouth twitched slightly.

"If you don’t know her, why are you asking about her?"

"I just heard she’s very capable, so I was admiring her, brother, thank you." Yin Li waved at Su Peng, signalling that he could leave.

Su Peng felt it odd, as she spoke Mandarin, definitely not a local, and even her way of addressing him was somewhat strange.

It was uncommon for a woman to call a man brother.

After returning home, Su Peng spoke about a woman stopping him on the road to ask for directions: "She was very tall, about as tall as me, spoke Mandarin, not our local dialect, and even inquired about you?"

"Doesn’t that seem normal?" He Ximei felt it was usual: "Xiaofeng has opened a factory in our village; now people from all the villages around are asking whether our factory is hiring, they all want to come over if we are."

"She did mention wanting to find factory work." Su Peng couldn’t quite put his finger on it, but he just felt that the woman didn’t quite seem like someone looking for factory work.

"Big brother, it’s okay, if someone wants to work at the factory, just introduce them to it," Xiaofeng said nonchalantly: "Nowadays, there’s a lot of movement of people, speaking Mandarin isn’t strange."

To Xiaofeng, she was just another person looking for a job, not something to ponder over much.

"Ye Cheng is arriving tomorrow, right?" He Ximei remembered something important: "Where will he get off? Why don’t we have Pengzi pick him up?"

"He will come on his own." Ye Cheng always arrived and left silently, she didn’t dwell on how Ye Cheng came or left.

"I see you don’t care about him at all; Haicheng is so far away from here. It wouldn’t hurt to show some concern whether he’s hungry or tired on the way," He Ximei glanced at Xiaofeng, feeling that she was indifferent to her man.

"Mom, it’s his turn to care about me now. They say that during the ten months of pregnancy, a woman is like an Empress. I’ll just enjoy being the Empress for these ten months." The problem was, she wanted to care but couldn’t.

"My sister has a lot of absurd ideas," Su Peng laughed heartily: "Mom, you can’t argue with my sister."

"How can I argue with her." He Ximei also laughed: "I’m just afraid she might take advantage of Ye Cheng."

Ye Cheng was such a good young man, and Xiaofeng wasn’t taking any interest in him. She was worried that some girl from another family would snatch him away.

Ah, Xiaofeng just lacked a sense of crisis. No matter how much she was reminded, she didn’t take it to heart, and her mother was almost worried sick.

...

"Brother Cheng," Xiaonian was sitting in the backseat, leaned forward a bit, "you really stayed there for three years, huh? If I had known earlier, I definitely would have come to hang out with you."

"Xiaonian." Mrs. Quan scolded lightly, "Sit properly."

Xiaonian had no choice but to return to her seat, "Mom, my heart is thumping so wildly, it’s intense. Is it possible that my sister isn’t dead at all? Maybe she’s living a happy life with some farmer right now."

"Do you think I don’t wish for that?" Mrs. Quan’s eyes filled with sorrow when her eldest daughter was mentioned, "Your dad saw it with his own eyes, how could it be fake?"

Quan Sifang gently held Chu Qing’s hand, comforting each other.

"Yecheng," Chu Qing, afraid she would cry in front of her child, tried to change the subject, "I really had no idea that you were married. How could you, this child, go and get married without saying a word to your parents?"

"My grandfather approved. Once grandfather agreed, their objections were useless," Ye Cheng, sitting in the passenger seat, said with a faint smile, "Grandfather said, since the young lady had cured your illness, it was only right for you to repay her with a commitment."

"Brother Cheng, what illness did you have?" Xiaonian was puzzled, wasn’t Brother Cheng a doctor? Why would he need someone else to cure his illness?

"What’s with all these questions, child?" Xiaoyan glanced at his sister.

"As if you’re an adult," Xiaonian retorted, unconvinced, both being minors, why should he call her a child?

Chu Qing ignored the two of them, "Your wife must be a decent person, otherwise you and grandpa definitely wouldn’t have approved."

Chu Qing knew Uncle Liuhao too well, his standards were high, and not any ordinary girl could catch his eye. For instance, the Xu Family – it was so obvious that the Xu Family wanted to have a marriage alliance, yet Uncle Liuhao flatly refused.

She must have some admirable qualities, in terms of her background or the way she conducts herself; otherwise, Uncle Liuhao might misjudge, but Yecheng certainly wouldn’t.

If both grandfather and grandson had taken a liking to her, it meant that the young lady definitely had some exceptional qualities.

Talking about his wife, a smile spread across Ye Cheng’s face, "I find her quite alright. In a few days, it will be her due date, so Mr. and Mrs. Quan, my wife and I might not be able to accompany you around."

"My goodness," hearing this news, Chu Qing was utterly amazed, "I was already shocked to hear you were married, and now you’re about to become a father."

"You rascal, you really are too much, sharing such important news only now. If we had known earlier that your wife was about to give birth, we certainly wouldn’t have come with you, wouldn’t we? Aren’t we causing you a delay?" Quan Sifang was also extremely surprised.

The way the Gu Family handled things became more and more inconspicuous; not a hint of news about the upcoming addition to the Gu Family had leaked.

Feeling somewhat excited, it seemed they might be the only outsiders, other than the Gu Family itself, who knew about this.

"No, she’s quite easygoing," Ye Cheng glanced at Xiaonian, "She’s about the same size as Xiaonian. If you look from behind, their silhouettes are somewhat similar."

"No way, so many people look like me," Xiaonian immediately objected upon hearing she had such a common appearance, "Last time in Haicheng, my brother also said there was a girl who looked a lot like me. He almost mistook her for me, didn’t he?"

"Her figure is similar to Xiaonian, but their faces are not alike," Xiaoyan interjected, "I was a bit anxious at the time, so I mistook her for Xiaonian."

"Enough, Yecheng was talking about his wife, why are you causing trouble," Chu Qing was at a loss with her daughter’s bubbliness, "Yecheng, how old is your wife?"

"She will be twenty after the new year," using nominal age.

"That’s not very old." Although the legal marriage age for women in the fictional China is eighteen, while she may be young, she is of marriageable age.

"Brother Cheng," Xiaonian was extremely curious about what her future sister-in-law looked like, "Is my sister-in-law as pretty as me? Let’s put it this way, who is prettier, me or my sister-in-law?"

"Xiaonian," Chu Qing scolded coldly, "Sit properly."

...

"Miss, I have found out everything clearly. This Su Xiaofeng unexpectedly became pregnant over half a year ago. Young Master Gu was living in the neighboring village, and after coming and going, the two became acquainted."

Xiao’ou gave Yin Li a signal with her eyes, "Captain Yin, just get to the point."

"Everything I’m about to say is important. If the miss wants to hear it, I’ll tell her, but if the miss doesn’t want to listen, I’ll just tell her where the other party is now." She found all this out with just a casual inquiry while wandering half a circle around the street.

Everyone was quite familiar with the name Su Xiaofeng; as soon as it was brought up, people could talk about it at length.