"Yeah, Ningning, listen to your fourth aunt, have so food before you go, the chickens and pigs won’t starve to death in one al," Gao Daniu chid in, putting down his work.
An Ning forced a smile, "No, maybe next ti."
When she ca, she was already aware that it would be difficult to explain her and An Dafu’s situation to the Yans.
But she didn’t expect it to escalate to a point where they parted on bad terms.
Seeing An Ning leave without a pause, Mrs. Zhou walked into the third room puzzled, "Third sister-in-law, I noticed Ningning didn’t look happy when she left. Are you and your daughter having a quarrel?"
"Not much, I just said a couple of things she didn’t like," Yan always found Erlaizi’s matters a bit odd, but she couldn’t quite talk about it to others.
"The child is already obedient enough. She said she bought a few hens to raise at ho and even brought you so eggs. Why do you have to scold her like that..."
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhou couldn’t help but try to diate.
But how could she know that things were far more complicated than she imagined!
Just as An Ning stepped out of the main gate, Gao Daniu caught up with her.
"Second sister..." Gao Daniu called out from behind.
An Ning finally stopped walking, "What’s up, brother?"
"Did sothing happen? Do you need help?" Having lived together for two years, although An Ning mostly kept to herself, their relationship was quite good.
"Nothing much, if I need help, big brother will be the first to know." An Ning smiled.
"Then why are you quarrelling with mom?" Gao Daniu asked.
An Ning hesitated, unsure if she should talk about it.
But after thinking it over, she had never intended to hide it from the start, after all, it was no secret, and she didn’t mind one more person knowing.
"Here’s the thing, I’m planning to partner with Uncle Erlai next door for a joint farming venture. I know, in the past his reputation wasn’t great, but now he sincerely wants to change, so I think we should give him a chance, not always judge him by his past. What do you think, brother?"
She knew Erlaizi was An Dafu; their relationship didn’t need validation from anyone, yet she yearned for soone to support her.
She didn’t want, whenever her ties with An Dafu were ntioned, to face only disapproval and criticism.
"Uncle Erlai’s reputation isn’t good, but if mom is just worried because of this, it’s not worth it, mom’s just concerned about you."
"I know mom is worried about ."
Hearing Gao Daniu’s words, An Ning already knew what he was going to say next.
However, she didn’t want to hear another word.
"Alright, brother, go back to your work, I also have to go back and feed the chickens," An Ning said.
"An Ning, you used to not go out much or talk to others, so maybe you don’t know.
Erlai has a wife and a daughter, but because he was annoyed that Aunt Erlai gave birth to a girl, he used to beat and scold them daily.
Later, Aunt Erlai had a miscarriage, I heard it was severe, she wouldn’t be able to have kids anymore, so Erlai wanted to sell them off, leaving her no choice but to sneak back to her family with her daughter, but her family had long been gone, and the clan didn’t want to deal with her issues.
Eventually, Aunt Erlai and her daughter returned once, probably because they weren’t doing well with the clan either, but Erlai drove them out after a beating.
It’s been several years, we have no idea how Aunt Erlai and her daughter are doing now.
Ningning, you say, how could mom be okay with you being close to a man who can’t even accept his own wife and child?
Moreover, you’re a girl, and he’s a thirty-sothing grown man. If you get too close, people will gossip."
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