70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 93: Worried Zhao Family Couple

When Xu Mumu was about to leave, she saw Zhao Ximei under the locust tree, shyly looking at Huo Qingze.

Xu Mumu raised her eyebrows slightly. So this is what her mother was talking about—Ximei really got involved with Huo Qingze?

Wasn’t Huo Qingze supposed to be Xu Xue’s? What’s going on with these two?

"Comrade Zhao Ximei, we’re not suitable. I think you’ve misunderstood something." Huo Qingze looked at the woman in front of him with some impatience.

"Huo, why don’t you want to accept me? Don’t you want to return to the city?" Zhao Ximei looked hurtly at Huo Qingze, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I do want to return to the city, but not by marrying you to get there," Huo Qingze said blandly. There were rumors all around saying that the captain’s family built a house for him so he could marry Zhao Ximei.

He and Zhao Ximei had nothing between them, how did it become like this? Looking at the girl in front of him, was it the Zhao Family that spread the rumor? With that thought, Huo Qingze felt even more displeasure towards Zhao Ximei.

Constantly hearing these messy gossips, Xu Mumu felt quite desperate too.

If Xu Mumu knew what Huo Qingze was thinking right now, she would have cried out injustice for Zhao Ximei, because all of the gossip came from her mother, Li Caixia’s mouth.

With Li Caixia’s big mouth, could she really keep a secret about such gossip?

From Li Caixia to Liu Cuixia, then spread to the entire brigade, it was simply a piece of cake for Li Caixia and Liu Cuixia.

Not wanting to listen any further, Xu Mumu quickly left, fortunately, neither of them noticed her.

Returning home, it was still relatively early then. To her surprise, Xu Minghui had brought back a rabbit, although it was quite thin. The family didn’t plan to sell it and decided to eat rabbit in the evening.

On that side of the second house, there was still the lingering scent of pastries, something Xu Mumu was long accustomed to.

A few little ones looked a bit greedy, but fortunately, Xu Mumu would occasionally bring out some snacks to coax them.

"This rabbit skin is nice. When it gets cold, I’ll make a hat for Mumu; it’ll surely be warm." Madam Chen cleaned the skin. The fur of the wild rabbit was gray, not pure white, so it had no market.

But for rural folks, it’s a fantastic thing. In winter, when it’s very cold, the fur is warm.

"I think I already have a hat." She thought of a rabbit-fur hat she had in her cabinet. Although the style wasn’t great, it was truly warm.

"Then make it into clothes lining. However, the skin seems a bit small, let your brother catch more rabbits, strive to make a set of lining before winter." Madam Chen said with a smile.

"Grandma, no need, I’m not afraid of the cold." Xu Mumu twitched her mouth. Now her body was excellent, combined with her superpower, she could endure cold and heat much better than ordinary people.

"Not possible." Madam Chen refused.

On the side, Xu Minghui twitched his mouth. The rabbits on the mountain run very fast, it’s not easy to catch them. Although there are traps, they often end up empty. His grandma was speaking without considering the difficulty.

However, Xu Minghui did not retort, catching rabbits would be left to chance.

At the time when the villagers were discussing Ximei and Huo Qingze’s matter, the captain personally came out to refute the rumors.

Although some still didn’t believe, they had nothing more to say.

Rejected by Huo Qingze, Ximei stayed in her room crying for a long time alone.

"Sis, mom and dad already said that marrying a city youth isn’t ideal, why are you so troubled?" Zhao Qing looked at his sister’s red eyes, feeling some pain. He had only one sister.

"But I just like Huo." Ximei continued to cry, "Huo is good-looking and so talented."

"Sis, if you guys really get married, and he can return to the city, what if he leaves you, what will you do then?" Zhao Qing felt troubled. There were so many men in the village, and their family’s condition was good enough, they could even marry her off into the county; there was no need to cling to Huo Qingze.

These educated youths don’t have their roots here. They can’t stay as educated youths forever. Some with connections can still get the return-to-city quotas.

He had met Huo Qingze a few times, honestly, he thought his sister was not suitable for Huo. Huo Qingze was not a simple person, his sister was too naive. If Huo Qingze really wanted to harm Ximei, Ximei wouldn’t be able to compete with him.

"He wouldn’t, he’s not that kind of person." Ximei shook her head, refusing to accept her brother’s guess.

"It’s just a hypothesis, more importantly, he doesn’t like you, sis; forcefully twisted melons aren’t sweet." Zhao Qing seriously said.

While Zhao Qing was persuading his sister, Zhao Guodong and his wife were also troubled.

"Child’s father, what do we do?" Zhao Qing’s mother, Lin Fangcao, was extremely worried.

"Keep an eye on her for now, don’t let her go out. Wait until the matter calms down, then find her a match. I absolutely won’t agree to her marrying Huo." Zhao Guodong said seriously.

"Alright, that’s all we can do for now, sigh." Lin Fangcao sighed. She didn’t expect her daughter to be so stubborn, wanting to marry Huo Qingze despite the rejection, even wanting Zhao Guodong to use his role as the captain to force Huo to marry her.

"Try to guide her more, so she doesn’t obsess over random thoughts. She’s grown up, yet still so thoughtless." Zhao Guodong grumbled gruffly. He spent more effort on the brigade, and inevitably neglected his children’s upbringing. Unexpectedly, this matter came up.

"Should I send her to my parents’ place for two months? My parents live far away, so it’ll be troublesome for Ximei to come back and she won’t be able to see Huo." Lin Fangcao suggested after thinking for a while.

"Alright, take some stuff when you go, give them some money to avoid complaints from your elder brother." Zhao Guodong nodded, realizing there were no good solutions at the moment.

"I know." Lin Fangcao replied.

The couple went to sleep with heavy hearts, Zhao Guodong even planned to talk properly with Huo tomorrow, telling him to stay away from his daughter.

The next morning, Ximei was taken to her grandparents’ by her mother, even bringing her food supplies.

No matter how unwilling, under her father’s iron-willed demeanor, she had no choice but to obediently go. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

When Xu Mumu returned from school, she heard her mother talking about the matter, Li Caixia, who loved a lively scene, even specifically went to see Ximei, who had left the brigade crying.