Yang Qiu did not expect Xiaocui to call her.

She had been back in the village for some days now, but she was unfamiliar with Xiaocui.

Although Xiaocui was engaged to her fourth brother, it had not changed her relationship with Xiaocui.

Because she was just back and forth between home and the workshop, her path rarely crossed with Xiaocui’s. The main reason was that, like the others in her family, she was indifferent to the people from Aunt Lan Hua’s family, and indifferent to Xiaocui.

However, since her fourth brother had agreed, the youngest in the family couldn’t say anything.

She turned around and found Xiaocui calling her, somewhat surprised, and before she could say anything, Xiaocui had run up to her, saying, "Yang Qiu, are you busy? Let’s chat, huh?"

Xiaocui, acting all familiar, took Yang Qiu’s hand, leaving her no choice but to follow Xiaocui into the courtyard.

This was the first time Yang Qiu had come to Xiaocui’s home. It was very rundown, but Yang Qiu was not surprised or disdainful; she had lived in places even worse than this before and never felt qualified to look down on others.

After sitting down, Yang Qiu asked, "Xiaocui, what’s up?"

"Oh, nothing much, just wanted to chat with you, not keeping you, right? If you have things to do, go ahead." Xiaocui continued to speak with polite words.

Yang Qiu had just sat down and couldn’t just leave immediately, feeling a little awkward, she replied, "Oh, I’m alright."

Then Xiaocui held Yang Qiu’s hand and said, "Yang Qiu, I’ve always wanted to find a chance to get to know you, but never had the opportunity. Now that I’m engaged with your fourth brother, when I marry in, you’ll be my little sister-in-law."

"Hmm." Faced with Xiaocui’s friendliness, Yang Qiu simply nodded; Yang Qiu was not someone adept at saying polite words.

"Though I’m still young now and can’t marry into your family yet, it’ll be my birthday in a few days, and I’ll be fifteen. I’ve heard your third sister-in-law also married into your family at fifteen, so after my birthday, it should be about time, and by then, we’ll truly be family."

Xiaocui was subtly dropping hints to Yang Qiu. Mentioning the birthday, Yang Qiu couldn’t just stay silent, so she asked, "When’s your birthday?"

"Day after tomorrow," Xiaocui replied.

She hadn’t planned on saying, but having been unable to get money from her mother, she had to try a different approach.

Seeing Yang Qiu, she thought that if she told Yang Qiu about her birthday, perhaps Yang Qiu might do something about it, even if she didn’t, she would surely tell her fourth brother, then maybe Yang Dong would do something, and perhaps the matter of the money would be resolved.

Now she felt grateful that her birthday was in a few days; otherwise, she wouldn’t know what reason to use.

And besides, having mentioned the birthday, she could mention that her third sister-in-law married at fifteen, perhaps Yang Qiu might tell her parents, and maybe her wedding date could be brought forward.

So, thinking it over, Yang Qiu was the most suitable person to drop hints to.

Because, among the Yang Family members, none of them were easy to approach, only Yang Qiu, who was of similar age and also waiting to marry, was likely indecisive, unlike the other three sisters-in-law.

Those three sisters-in-law, even though the eldest hardly speaks, being older, surely has more thoughts, while the second and third, that goes without saying.