Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 176: Little Aunt

Jiang Chengxu went to see Xu Qinghuan, she didn’t even give him a glance.

Manman watched Jiang Chengxu’s gaze towards Xu Qinghuan, feeling truly uncomfortable inside. He’s about to marry her, Xu Qinghuan is already engaged to someone else, but he still can’t let go of Xu Qinghuan?

And Xu Qinghuan is really shameless. For so many years, she’s been occupying the place in the Xu Family that’s supposed to be hers, yet she doesn’t appreciate her at all, living in the big brick house but not willing to let her and her brother move in. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Now that she has achieved such merits with the harvester, she can’t go back to the city. If she’s given the quota to return to the city, she’d better let her have it.

Seeing Xu Qinghuan going back, Manman couldn’t bother with work and quickly chased after Xu Qinghuan, "Sister, stop!"

Xu Qinghuan ignored her, and Manman quickly shouted, "Xu Qinghuan, stop!"

She blocked Xu Qinghuan on the field ridge, Jiang Chengxu also came over, hearing Manman say, "Sis, I’m just concerned about you. You’ve made such a big merit with the harvester; did anyone say how they would reward you?"

Xu Qinghuan smiled, "They did!"

Manman’s heart was racing, she was extremely nervous, "What did they say?"

Jiang Chengxu also held his breath, ears perked up, afraid to miss a word.

"Of course, it’s a reward to return to the city!" Xu Qinghuan, like a parasite in their minds, knew what they were thinking and deliberately said.

Manman felt her throat dry and uncomfortable, and asked, "Sis, are you going back to the city?"

"No!" Xu Qinghuan laughed, "Why would I go back to the city? If I were going back, why would I have given up my job at the lighting factory back then?"

It was Jiang Chengxu who was clever, asking, "Were you only rewarded one quota to return to the city?"

"Of course not!" Xu Qinghuan’s attitude was uncharacteristically kind, she deliberately acted very distressed, "Originally, the organization wanted to reward me with four job quotas, but I only took three, too many is not good."

She did ask for four, but probably won’t get that many, at most she can keep three.

But for her, getting three quotas to return to the city is really easy, she has plenty of opportunities to get official work quotas in the city.

Manman laughed, feeling the world was broad and vast. Three job quotas, Xu Qinghuan had to stay to fulfill her marriage agreement, which meant she got three quotas for her, Jiang Chengxu, and Xu Hongtu.

Considering Xu Qinghuan’s tactfulness, she decided not to hold a grudge against Xu Qinghuan for their past conflicts for now.

"Sis, are you sure you won’t go back to the city with us?" Manman made a painful expression, "If you stay in the countryside, we won’t be at ease and we’ll miss you. You should come back to the city with us!"

Xu Qinghuan just found it very amusing, "Are the three of you returning to the city? When did the documents come down? Does the city have jobs reserved for you?"

Jiang Chengxu was stunned for a moment, "Weren’t the three job quotas gotten for me, Manman, and Hongtu? If there were four, you could come back with us, why do you insist on staying here?"

Manman also nodded, looking quite justified.

"Are the three job quotas for you? Why?" Xu Qinghuan thought these two refreshed her understanding of their shamelessness once again, actually daring to dream such dreams.

"Then who do you plan to give them to?" Manman blocked Xu Qinghuan’s path, "Aren’t we your closest people? You have job quotas, if not for us, who would you give them to?"

"Certainly not to you!" Xu Qinghuan chuckled, "Closest people, do you not find it laughable to say that? Besides, going back to Shen City, how can you two have the nerve to go back?"

Manman thought she was referring to the incident with her and Jiang Chengxu being caught, and didn’t care much, "Why can’t we go back? Brother Chengxu and I now have a marriage agreement, why would we have no face?"

Xu Qinghuan laughed, "Oh, I heard your behind is fat, white, and big, Jiang Chengxu, are you enjoying it?"

Jiang Chengxu gnashed his teeth, glaring at her fiercely, "You... you’re so shameless!"

Xu Qinghuan laughed a little, feeling good as she went back. She didn’t need to go to work, just came back to sign in at the team leader’s place, while Jiang Xingye had to stay and work in the field.

As soon as she entered the village, Zuanzi led a group of children over, "Fairy Sister, you’re back?"

"Fairy Sister, you went to the county, we missed you so much!"

"Fairy Sister, I picked the best mulberries for you to eat!"

"And me, I have wild grapes, they’re really sweet!"

These little guys were very familiar with where the fruits were at the foot of the mountain, basically knowing which day they’d ripen, and would pick the ripe fruits before the birds could.

Now they all presented the fruits to Xu Qinghuan like treasures.

The fruits were washed clean, some were wrapped in the corner of clothes, some held in hands, all squeezed in front of Xu Qinghuan, pairs of clear eyes full of innocent childish play, looking at her with anticipation.

There was no way she could refuse.

She ate two mulberries, then took a bite of wild grapes, and there were deep red raspberries, truly delicious.

"I’ve had enough, thank you all! I brought some tasty things from the county for you, come, line up and get them one by one!"

Xu Qinghuan pretended to take tasty treats from the canvas bag, but actually took out a pack of rice sticks from her space.

These were snacks sent from the Xuzhou area during a past business trip, she didn’t feel like eating them at the time, so she just put them in her space casually.

Rice sticks are made of glutinous rice mixed with bean flour, steamed in a pot, pounded in a mortar, then rolled into a round shape, dried and fried in oil, finally dipped in a paste made of plum blossom, pine flower, sesame, and other bean paste.[1]

Rice sticks are one of the eight specialties of Xuzhou, and later, one of the most popular snacks throughout the country and the south.

In the Northeast, there are confectionery factories that make rice sticks, plus Xu Qinghuan came from Shen City, bringing southern snacks like rice sticks is not unreasonable.

There were many children, each got two sticks.

The rice sticks were covered in a layer of sugar frosting outside, sweet, the children reluctant to eat them, some just held onto the rice sticks, carefully licking the sugar outside.

Xu Qinghuan called Er Ya, giving her an extra rice stick, "How are great-grandpa and great-grandma?"

"They’re doing great; great-grandpa and great-grandma even came out by themselves yesterday, grandpa said little aunt’s medicine is really effective."

The words "little aunt" made Xu Qinghuan a little shy, she coughed slightly, "Don’t you call me sister? I do quite like being called Fairy Sister."

Er Ya smiled innocently, "I call little aunt Fairy Sister with Zuanzi and them, but at home I have to call ’little aunt,’ uncle said if we call it he’ll give us a reward."

Xu Qinghuan said "ah," pretending to be mysterious, "Can you tell me, what reward did uncle give you?"

Er Ya, eager to please Xu Qinghuan, without guilt sold Jiang Xingye out, "Uncle said he would give us candy, and his tomatoes in the vegetable garden are delicious, he’d pick them for us to eat."

Xu Qinghuan couldn’t help but chuckle softly, ruffling Er Ya’s hair, Tian Jinhua always wanted a son, but never neglected her daughters, keeping them very clean.

Elder Jiang and his wife were relaxing under the date tree in the yard, the afternoon sun still very hot, the wind coming from the valley carrying mountain freshness, for the two elderly who couldn’t get up for years, getting out for fresh air was such a luxury.

"Grandpa, Grandma!" Xu Qinghuan went over to greet them.

Seeing her, the two elders were also very happy, "Heard you and Xingye went to the county, back so soon? Did Xingye buy you some treats?"