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âThe one I have is much better-looking than yours. It gave birth to a litter of four puppies. Once theyâre weaned, Iâll catch one for you,â
âNo need.â She said, âRaising one is enough.â
âTrue, the Xiao Family has no fields or land. Even raising one more dog requires food.â Wang Cuihua thought, âOr maybe, you should just stop raising this mixed-haired dog; itâs a waste of food⦠â
Su Qingyue looked back at the little mixed-haired dog guarding the shore; the little fellow didnât understand human words and wasnât aware that someone was suggesting not to raise it.
Seeing its owner looking over, it made a pleasing âhowlâ sound.
Su Qingyue shifted her gaze back to washing clothes, âLetâs keep it. Once I decided to raise it, I canât abandon it halfway; itâs a living being too.â
âThatâs true, having a dog to guard the house is not bad.â
A few village girls and women washed clothes by hitting them with a wooden stick, but Su Qingyue preferred to use her hands to scrub.
Ding Erâs wife said, âWife of the Xiao Family, why donât you use a wooden stick to beat the clothes? Menâs clothes are dirty; using a stick saves energy.â
In modern times, Su Qingyue didnât wash clothes at all. She didnât like having strangers in her home, and although she didnât hire a nanny, she had a part-time cleaner doing the laundry with a washing machine. Modern technology is indeed more convenient. She honestly said, âWe donât have a clothes-beating stick at home.â âWhat did you use to wash clothes before?â
It was obvious that the original owner of the body didnât wash clothes after coming to the Xiao Family. Otherwise, she wouldnât have looked so disheveled, âI just washed them casually.â
âQingyue, Iâm done washing.â Wang Cuihua handed her the clothes-beating stick, âHere. We have another one at home. You can keep this one.â
âAlright.â Su Qingyue took the wooden stick, which was a little longer than her elbow and had one big and one small end. It was smooth, not valuable at all. She saw other girls mixing soap pod liquid with wet clothes and beating them with sticks, so she followed suit.
She looked up and saw Wang Cuihua standing beside her, so she asked, âDidnât you say you were done?â
âIâm waiting for you to finish so we can go together.â
Su Qingyue said, âYou can go first. Our homes are not together.â
âNo, itâs fine. I have nothing to do at home today.â Wang Cuihua showed no intention of leaving.
One by one, the others finished washing their clothes and left. Only when they were alone did Wang Cuihua say, âQingyue⦠â
âHmm?â She asked while washing clothes.
âWellâ¦â Wang Cuihua squatted beside her, âLast time, when I took you back home, and my Grandma asked you to pay the debt⦠I knew she would press you for it, but I just couldnât stand her scolding. Sheâs really petty and unwilling to suffer losses⦠Iâm really sorry.â
âItâs okay.â She smiled, âYou donât need to keep thinking about it. I didnât take it to heart.â
âYouâre really too kind.â Wang Cuihua wanted to help her wash clothes, but it would be inappropriate for an outsider to wash her husbandâs clothes, so she simply chatted beside her, âQingyue, do you know that people in the village are talking about you?â
âWhat are they saying about me?â She wasnât too concerned. Perhaps her face was even thicker than third brotherâs, and she didnât mind being talked about. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âItâs about the matter of you asking around yesterday about whoâs better-looking between your third brother and fourth brotherâ¦â Wang Cuihua said, âI thought you only asked at my house. Turns out, many people in the village mentioned that you asked them too. They all say you really are⦠â
She became curious, âReally are what?â
âReally shameless. Asking others such questions, some people say harsh things like youâre lustful.â All three men in the Xiao Family were Qingyueâs husband, so if she wants her husband, thereâs not much for the villagers to say..