NOVPUBTo her, when it comes to dating a romantic partner, the man must be polite, gentle and affectionate. But naturally, he must also look at her with great fascination.
At least it should be similar to how her Third Brother looks at Lin Lan!
It couldn’t be worse than that!
However, Liu Haozhe didn’t seem to be falling heads over heels for her, at least based on what she could see. Instead, it seemed to feel more like he was settling on any marriage prospect at this point due to his growing age.
But of course she wouldn’t show her frustration on her face. After all, she didn’t want to be laughed at by Lin Lan.
On the other hand, Lin Lan never even entertained the thought of teasing the younger girl. By contrast, she was looking forward to having the girl wedded off. Seeing that Han Jinyu seemed to be satisfied with Liu Haozhe and the latter’s interest towards the girl, Lin Lan felt that they would most definitely get married for sure.
All she wanted to ask for was to make sure Han Jinyu no longer caused any trouble at home after her marriage. Without someone to fuel the flames and give terrible ideas, Old Lady Han might calm down a little as well. By then, perhaps Eldest Brother would be able to go home and live with his family.
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The flood season had recently arrived. With several heavy rains in succession, the water made the roads muddy and the rivers overflowed. The chickens at home have been hiding in the chicken coop, but the ducks still play in the pen, fluttering happily.
During the rainy period, schools were on holiday and employees were off work. Lin Lan also restrained the children from going into the water. Therefore, the kids were obsessed with looking for cicadas. After the rain, the soil became soft and there were even nests of cicadas. The insects would crawl out on their own and the kids would just catch them easily.
Lin Lan took advantage of the rain limiting the workforce by organising Dong Huaihua and Liu Chuncai to publicise some of their work to the Commune members. Now, she mainly educated the adults to pay attention to their personal qualities and character. The core content was to be civilised and ethical, including the teaching to not simply relieve themselves in public— especially not in front of the opposite gender.
Naturally, no one would like people dryly talking about boring rules, so Lin Lan would instead make up stories and skits for Liu Chuncai and the others to perform.
Liu Chuncai was now a very smooth talker, “When I was a child, my father told me a bunch of nonsense all the time. He has a brother named Zhang San who loved to go wherever there were women and girls. From there, he would scare them on purpose by relieving himself in front of them. Plus, he especially fancied adolescent girls in particular. One evening, he spotted a young girl by the side of the road after a torrent of rain. Approaching her, he told her that he could show his prized junior to her. The girl remained unafraid and even taunted him, daring him to show it to her. Then, he brought out his ‘weapon’ to flaunt at the girl and asked proudly if she was impressed. The girl merely laughed and said, ‘though it looks a bit horrendous, I’ll be borrowing this since my tail is gone.’ “
