The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man-Chapter 80: Second Aunt

Gu Jiaojiao knew Aunt Zhao meant well, so she immediately agreed.

She felt uncomfortable being stared at by Aunt Leng, but they had already cut ties, so she couldn’t be bothered with her.

Aunt Zhao also disliked Aunt Leng.

Everyone in the village knew about the Leng Family’s affairs. Old Mrs. Leng and her two other sons had not only seized the house left behind by her eldest son, but they had also driven out his only child.

Many villagers found this behavior shameful.

If they hadn’t forced him out, why else would Leng Yuan have moved to the foot of the mountain?

And what kind of place was the foot of the mountain?

The most dangerous place in the village.

Every winter, when food grew scarce on the mountain, starving wild boars would run down the slopes.

Living at the foot of the mountain, Leng Yuan was in the most danger.

After all, there were many people in the village who could help each other out. But Leng Yuan lived there all alone. If something happened in the middle of the night, no one would even know.

The more miserable Leng Yuan’s situation was, the worse the reputation of Second Uncle Leng and Third Uncle Leng became.

Even Grandma Leng, that biased old woman, found that none of the other old ladies wanted to associate with her. Their families were afraid she would be a bad influence.

Aunt Leng couldn’t care less what others thought, mainly because there was nothing she could do about it even if she did care.

She could only secretly resent that bastard Leng Yuan for being so cunning.

It looked like they had taken the house and gotten the better end of the deal, but Leng Yuan had completely destroyed their reputation. It made the villagers view them differently, and no one even wanted to work with them.

Besides, it wasn’t like they had forced Leng Yuan to move to the foot of the mountain. He went of his own free will. What did it have to do with them?

They felt deeply wronged.

The most infuriating part was that when they said this, nobody believed them.

Old Mrs. Leng didn’t come to the grain distribution this time; only the couples from the second and third sons’ families showed up.

When Aunt Leng walked over, she saw Gu Jiaojiao. She had seen Gu Jiaojiao before, so she recognized her at a glance.

After all, she was so beautiful and had the air of a city person. She stood out so much, it would have been hard not to notice her.

Studying her closely, Aunt Leng realized that Gu Jiaojiao was even more beautiful than before.

The old Gu Jiaojiao had been pretty, yes, but she was arrogant and looked down her nose at people. With such a harsh demeanor, no one could appreciate her beauty.

It was different now.

Her entire complexion had improved. With rosy lips and pearly teeth, her skin was even smoother than before. Her eyes held a smile, giving her a gentle and virtuous air. Standing there with her back straight, her every move was breathtakingly graceful.

This Gu Jiaojiao... it was like she had become a completely different person.

Aunt Leng grumbled to herself before rolling her eyes at Gu Jiaojiao. ’She has no taste,’ she thought.

’Isn’t my son better than Leng Yuan? For Gu Jiaojiao to choose Leng Yuan over my son... she has absolutely no taste!’

Gu Jiaojiao had no memory of ever rejecting Aunt Leng’s son. Right now, she was watching Aunt Zhao distribute the grain.

Aunt Zhao had one son and three daughters. The eldest daughter was married and had moved away, while the two younger ones, both around seventeen or eighteen, still lived at home.

They all worked in the fields for work points.

Aunt Zhao and Uncle Zhao were very capable, so they had earned over four thousand work points. They received 1,300 jin of coarse grain, 20 jin of fine grain, and two hundred yuan.

Gu Jiaojiao stepped forward to help Aunt Zhao, but just as she reached out her hand, someone lifted her up and set her aside.

Gu Jiaojiao was speechless.

She turned around to see Leng Yuan standing behind her.

The man placed a handful of roasted chestnuts in her palm and patiently instructed, "You stay here. I’ll go help."

With that, he walked away.

Gu Jiaojiao was so annoyed.

’She wasn’t a baby chick! Being lifted up in public like that... did she have no dignity?’

Gu Jiaojiao’s wide eyes glanced around. When Chen JianShe, who had been covering his mouth to hide a snicker, saw her looking, he immediately wiped the smile off his face. He adopted a blank expression and stared straight ahead, but his body kept twitching. You’d think he was having a seizure!

Gu Jiaojiao was speechless.

’If you were a little more convincing, I might actually believe you.’

Faced with the teasing glances from the people around them, Gu Jiaojiao decided to just give up. ’Forget it,’ she thought. ’He’s just a brute. I won’t lower myself to his level.’

Besides, the chestnuts were still warm. It would be a shame not to eat them.

Gu Jiaojiao ignored the gazes from the crowd and watched Leng Yuan help while she ate.

’I have to admit, my man is seriously strong.’

Other people carried one sack of grain at a time. A sack could weigh anywhere from one hundred to one hundred and fifty jin, as the bags weren’t all the same size.

He carried a 150-jin sack of grain with just one hand, looking completely effortless.

’Gu Jiaojiao glanced at her own small frame. She didn’t even weigh a hundred jin!’

’No wonder Leng Yuan could lift me up so easily...’

Aunt Zhao’s family had a flatbed cart, so it wasn’t too much trouble; they just needed to load all the grain onto it.

In just a short while, the dozen or so sacks of grain were all loaded.

It was mainly because Leng Yuan was so capable.

Carrying a sack in each hand, he loaded more than half of it in just a few trips.

Zhao Tiezhu was also impressed. He wasn’t good with words, so he just smiled and expressed his thanks, "Leng Yuan, thank you so much. I’ll head back first and push the cart over to you in a bit."