Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 139: I’m Marrying In

She sighed, resigned to get up and wash her face.

"Remember to finish the brown sugar water."

As these words fell, she disappeared behind the door.

Liu Dongmei was uneasy, "Aunt, is Chichi upset?"

"No."

Actually, Aunt Ma wasn’t sure either, but seeing Liu Dongmei’s anxious look, she felt it necessary to comfort her, so she asserted, "Chichi is very magnanimous, she’s not the petty kind, don’t overthink it."

Worried her words weren’t convincing, she added, "See, she didn’t even scold you."

Yi Chichi, returning after washing her face, just happened to overhear this, and wanted to say she never scolds people, she’s just good at using her hands.

A shadow cast from the doorway, and Aunt Ma, ready to speak, turned her head to see Yi Chichi’s face draped with water droplets and laughed, "Chichi, what a lovely face you have."

Holding a cup drinking the brown sugar water, Liu Dongmei looked over, the porcelain-white face draped in water droplets half-lit and half-shadowed, and under the long thick lashes, clear eyes seemed to look straight into your heart, indeed very beautiful.

However, her focus was on Yi Chichi’s skin.

"I didn’t notice before, but today I realize Chichi’s skin is really nice."

Touching her own face, Liu Dongmei curiously asked, "Chichi, have you used that...snow cream?"

"No."

What she used was all homemade, an imperial secret recipe for whitening and softening the skin, made purely from Chinese herbs, without any additives, usable on the whole body.

Except for the short shelf life, there were no other issues.

She hadn’t used snow cream before, didn’t know if it was any good.

Naturally, she had no plans to try it.

In her previous and current life, she never used other skincare products.

"You didn’t apply anything?"

"Well, I did use something."

"What did you use?"

"My own homemade ointment."

With these words, Liu Dongmei remembered something, "Was it you who gave Lanlan the ointment for her hands?!"

No secrets between close friends, Liu Dongmei knew this about Yi Chichi and didn’t find it strange.

She hummed, "Yes, it was me." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Can I have some?"

"I don’t have any right now, I’ll let you know when I do."

"Alright."

A cup of brown sugar water and a needle later, Liu Dongmei felt entirely revived.

Just as a smile appeared on her face, it froze.

Then, Yi Chichi and her companions saw her standing awkwardly, "I’ll just, I’ll just head back, I’ll come back later to pay, alright?"

"Alright, no rush."

Since they were all from the same team, Yi Chichi wasn’t worried she would run away.

So, Liu Dongmei, legs clamped together, walked out.

As she passed by Yi Chichi, she caught a strong scent of blood.

Instantly she understood, no wonder she looked like that, turns out it was a heavy period.

After Liu Dongmei left, Yi Chichi picked up the trowel again, ready to use Aunt Ma as a long-term laborer, but the harsh reality didn’t let her wish come true.

Liu Xiaocao and Qian Ping’an emerged.

The young man and woman came out one after another, who knows how they talked, but the aura that surrounded them went from initially distant and unfamiliar to somewhat sticky and ambiguous.

Their eye contact became more evasive and bashful.

Yi Chichi and Aunt Ma exchanged a glance, knowing that it was settled.

Sure enough, Qian Ping’an approached Aunt Ma with a smile and asked, "Aunt, could you help us pick a date?"

"Sure, definitely."

But—

"Ping’an, do you not need to inform your parents?"

"No need."

Qian Ping’an’s gaze turned cold, "I’m marrying into their family."

Liu Xiaocao took a deep breath, as if gathering courage, stood beside him, "I’ll marry you, I’ll treat you well."

Initially, her voice was small, but it grew louder and more assertive.

Yi Chichi, ...

☆(ゝω･)v

What misfortune, having to witness people showering affection like this!

"Chichi, grab the calendar."

Aunt Ma was all excited as if invigorated, and Yi Chichi responded and handed her the calendar.

Then, she watched as Aunt Ma started flipping through it.

Page after page was turned, then she smacked it down on the table with a snap, "There are two good days, one is the 6th of next month, and the other is three months later, which one do you want?"

Qian Ping’an and Liu Xiaocao exchanged a glance and spoke in unison.

"Next month."

The time was quite tight, as it was already August 26, barely half a month away from September 6.

"Where will you have the wedding?"

Since Qian Ping’an was marrying in, and Liu Xiaocao had been staying with different families in the team temporarily, it wouldn’t be right to borrow a house for the wedding too.

They exchanged a glance, and Qian Ping’an said, "We’re planning to temporary borrow the house next to the team’s cowshed for the wedding room, and move back once the house is built."

Aunt Ma found it feasible.

"Let’s go, I’ll take you to Old Liu."

"Thanks, Auntie."

Qian Ping’an politely thanked her, then greeted Yi Chichi before he and Liu Xiaocao followed Aunt Ma away.

Yi Chichi looked at the trowel in her hand, and with a resigned sigh, it seemed she was destined to have no laborer to use.

There was a little kid in the house, but unfortunately, she had a mental block about using child labor.

She wondered what Xiao Jiu was doing now.

She put down the trowel, walked to the room door, opened it, and went in, the child seriously practicing calligraphy at the desk looked up, a big smile on his face.

"Aunt!"

"Hey!"

Yi Chichi responded, came to the desk, picked up the calligraphy he practiced, and praised, "Not bad, but there are still a few characters you need to practice more."

She took a pen and circled a few poorly written characters, the child glanced, furrowing his little brows, looking distressed, "Sigh, these characters have too many strokes."

Yi Chichi laughed, "Practice more, and it’ll be fine."

She said as she patted the child’s head, "Are you hungry?"

"I have cookies."

He handed over a cookie box, "Auntie, have some too."

"Aunt wants to eat noodles."

She smiled, "Xiao Jiu, want to come with Auntie to cook noodles?"

"Yeah!"

The kitchen was in the backyard, surrounded by an earthen brick wall, Xiao Jiu was free to move around in the backyard.

So, the aunt and nephew went to the backyard.

Da Li lay sprawled on the lounge chair sleeping, Shanzhu was doing the air kneading motion with its paws, looking utterly content.

"Da Li, I’m cooking noodles, do you want some?"

Da Li’s ear tips twitched, lazily mewing without even glancing at her.

Yi Chichi took this to mean no.

Da Li was a genuine carnivore, adept at hunting, keeping itself in glossy and muscular shape, even bringing back prey for Uncle Yaozi.

This resulted in it being uninterested in most human food.

Still interested in fish and meat.

Besides this, it had another quirk.

Regardless of what Yi Chichi and the others were eating, it had to come over and sniff, like checking if they were sneaking something tasty behind its back.

Today was no exception. After Yi Chichi cooked the noodles and called Qin Jiu over for a meal, Da Li followed along, jumped onto a stool, stood on its hind legs, and held the table with its front paws, its little nose twitching as it sniffed.