Seeing Chu Lian reminded them of this year’s cabbage harvest.

These past couple of days, families started digging up cabbages, and by all accounts, they should be ready to be harvested.

But there hasn’t been much activity, and everyone is a bit uncertain. They’ve planted more than in previous years, hoping to earn a bit more silver to have a good New Year.

There were rumors that this year’s pickled cabbage and spicy cabbage would be handled by Yang Dazhu and Yang Sizhu’s families, but there hasn’t been any movement from those two families either.

Seeing Chu Lian, they couldn’t help but ask.

"Mister Chu, are you still doing the pickled and spicy cabbage thing this year? Why hasn’t there been any activity?"

"Yeah, yeah, the cabbages have all been harvested these past few days, just waiting to be sold."

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"..."

Chu Lian also realized he might have arrived a bit late, sensing the villagers’ anxiety. He quickly reassured them, "I came this time specifically for this matter, rest assured everyone, the cabbages will be collected on time."

At the entrance, Xiaoxiao noticed the commotion, especially when she heard them mentioning cabbages. She guessed it was Chu Lian, so she went to check, and sure enough, she saw Wang Xiangxiang and Chu Lian.

She waved to them, "Sis, brother-in-law, you’re here, come on in."

Everyone made way when they saw Xiaoxiao, and Wang Xiangxiang and Chu Lian followed Xiaoxiao into the courtyard.

Wang Xiangxiang, being naturally impatient, immediately asked upon seeing Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, what’s this about opening a school? I thought it was you who was opening it, but just now I heard the villagers talking, and it doesn’t seem so? If not you, then what are you doing here?"

Xiaoxiao chuckled, "Sis, it’s not me opening it, it’s a girlfriend of mine. I’m here to help. Come, inside, I’ll introduce you."

Wang Xiangxiang was quite puzzled; since when did Xiaoxiao meet a girlfriend? She followed Xiaoxiao in with her doubts.

They saw many people gathered in the courtyard, likely where the children were being registered. Vaguely, they saw a woman inside, writing on paper, occasionally chatting with the villagers, but she was hard to see clearly due to the crowd.

"Sis, brother-in-law, wait here a moment. I’ll call her over."

With that, Xiaoxiao went over and called Li Chuntao out, leaving Yang Wuzhu to handle things there first.

"Chuntao, let me introduce someone, the adopted daughter recognized by the Yang Family, my sister and brother-in-law."

Just like that, Li Chuntao was brought out by Xiaoxiao to meet Chu Lian and Wang Xiangxiang. Upon seeing each other, both sides were filled with surprise and opened their mouths in astonishment.

Li Chuntao: "Why is it you guys?"

Wang Xiangxiang: "Why is it you?"

Neither Wang Xiangxiang nor Chu Lian expected that the girlfriend Xiaoxiao mentioned was the girl they had clashed with last time at Yuelai Restaurant.

In this situation, Xiaoxiao suddenly recalled that they might have met before, because Li Chuntao had told her she had gone to argue on her behalf.

Just when she was pondering how to explain things to prevent Chu Lian and Wang Xiangxiang from overthinking, 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Li Chuntao spoke. She scratched her head slightly, with a playful tone, "Sis, brother-in-law, about last time, I’m really sorry. I thought brother-in-law’s name was Yang Ming, and seeing you two being so close, I couldn’t help going up to argue. Who would have thought it was entirely my mistake because Xiaoxiao had pointed Yang Ming out to me on the street before, but my brain short-circuited and assumed brother-in-law was him, since brother-in-law you are more striking than that Yang Ming."