The 70s Novel: The Supporting Character Just Wants to Lie Down-Chapter 48: The Big Bad Wolf Lures the Little White Rabbit

Since the matchmaking that day, Yang Zhigang has been walking on air, wanting to finalize the engagement right away. Unfortunately, he couldn’t persuade his future bride to agree.

His work kept him busy, with a mission to find spies requiring his urgent attention.

Until the engagement was secured, he couldn’t rest easy, so he found time amidst his busyness, bringing gifts at mealtimes to Shanghuang Village several times.

With his repeated visits, more villagers noticed, and since Liu Yulan didn’t specifically hide it, the news of Yang Zhigang and Wang Pandi dating spread quickly, reviving old gossip topics.

Everyone noticed that Yang Zhigang no longer limped, and upon inquiry, discovered his foot had recovered through rehabilitation, allowing him to walk like a normal person. Everyone suddenly understood...

Then, there were various speculations, regrets, envy...

In this crowd, Li Yinfeng felt the most uncomfortable, with a heavy heart...

The man who used to be lame had become perfect, and this perfect man might have been her niece’s husband...

Thinking about her own niece, who was separated from the family and living with her husband in a solitary small house surrounded by weeds, without any lively atmosphere, no table inside, incomplete furniture, lacking even bowls, chopsticks, pots, and pans...

This was the situation she saw when she visited Wang Zhaodi after she moved. Her eyes turned red at the sight of such a simple home.

Discovering that Zhaodi had to pay five yuan monthly for ’elderly support’ after separating from the family, she was furious, wanting to scold them. Five yuan a month, sixty a year, could those old folks really need that much? It wouldn’t kill them!

Although dissatisfied, Wang Zhaodi stopped her. Upon calming down, she realized that scolding wouldn’t change anything; it would only ease her own discomfort while her niece would still suffer and only gain a bad reputation.

Paying elderly support after separating from the family was traditional; no one dared to challenge it, and the Zhu Family’s elders weren’t afraid either.

Despite the separation, Wang Zhaodi preferred to live independently, willing even to pay a quarter of Zhu Zicheng’s salary every month, finding it worthwhile.

She only desired to be the master of her own home, living her little life without anyone dictating her actions or constantly judging her.

Li Yinfeng wasn’t pleased, and seeing Yang Zhigang once again riding Cheng Liang’s bicycle with a piece of pork hanging from the handlebars, ringing his bell as he passed by the group of women, who praised and envied Wang Family for getting a good son-in-law and complimented Pandi for her luck — she couldn’t help but sourly remark, "Just a lame person, nothing special; only the Wang Family would value him... Zhaodi didn’t want him and gave him to Pandi. After all, Pandi is so skinny like a monkey, who would be interested in her? Only what’s left by Zhaodi, like this lame man..."

"Li Yinfeng, you black-hearted witch, I’ll beat you to death..." From the back of the crowd, Liu Yulan rushed over, grabbed her hair, and gave her a fierce slap.

She had just returned from the fields, hurriedly rushing home upon seeing Yang Zhigang’s figure in the distance, eager to welcome her prospective son-in-law.

Upon reaching the group of gossips, she overheard their conversation, and Li Yinfeng’s words instantly enraged her.

All she wanted was to thoroughly teach her a lesson, tearing her filthy mouth to shreds!

Yang Zhigang had just parked his bike, retrieving the meat from the handlebars when he heard a loud voice behind him say..."Brother-in-law!" He couldn’t help but grin.

"Hey, Jia Bao, you’re back. Where have you been playing?" It’s the first time Jia Bao called him brother-in-law, recognition from his brother-in-law delights him...

Wang Jia Bao approached with a bucket, eyes fixed on his bike, "Brother-in-law, can I have a ride on the bike?" Having dreamt of a bike ticket today, he now longed to experience it for real, hoping it would be as cool as he imagined.

Yang Zhigang raised an eyebrow, realizing the intention... "Sure, do you know how to ride?"

He stepped forward to take the bucket from him, which contained some loaches, small fish, and crayfish. Where had they been playing, in a muddy pond?

"I, I don’t know how." Wang Jia Bao was a bit shy yet excited and unwilling to give up, "Brother-in-law, could you teach me?"

"Sure, I’ll carry these inside, and later I’ll teach you." Saying this, he took the bucket and meat into the Wang Family’s house, leaving Wang Jia Bao excited, touching and examining the bike all around.

In the back kitchen, Wang Miaomiao and Wang Zhaodi were preparing dinner, cooking amidst heavy kitchen smoke and heat, sweat dripping down. Wang Miaomiao sat on a small stool, feeding the stove fire, fondly recalling modern gas stoves, range hoods, air conditioning, and fans...

"Pandi..." Yang Zhigang walked into the back kitchen, seeing his beloved fiancée wiping sweat with one hand and cooking with the other, feeling heartache. He stepped forward, taking the spatula from her, "Let me do this. Go wash your face, you look so hot."

"No need, why are you here again? And why did you buy meat again..."

Wang Pandi, feeling his concern, blushed and felt her heart racing upon seeing him. She noticed the meat he casually placed down and the bucket she recognized as their own, "Where’s Jia Bao?"

"He’s playing outside." Yang Zhigang skillfully stir-fried the dish while keeping his eyes fixed on Pandi, his affection slipping out, "I think about you every day, wishing I could see you daily. What about you? Have you missed me?"

"Oh, what nonsense, be serious." Wang Pandi, flustered, gave him a fleeting glance, picked up the meat to prepare, knowing it had to be cooked as fresh meat wouldn’t last in this heat.

"I’m serious, Pandi, when will you agree to get engaged? I like you, and as long as I’m unable to finalize things with you, I can’t get a good night’s sleep..." Yang Zhigang’s fervent gaze seemed to set Wang Pandi’s heart aflame...

Just as she was blushing shyly, overwhelmed...

"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, do no evil... form is emptiness, emptiness is form..." From behind the stove, Wang Miaomiao rescued her.

"Hehe, little sister-in-law is here..." Yang Zhigang awkwardly laughed, eagerly suggesting, "The kitchen is hot, how about I tend the fire while you go catch some fresh air?"

"Hmph, I don’t dare leave. We have a cute little white rabbit at home, and I need to guard her, or she might get snatched away by cunning big bad wolves." Wang Miaomiao peeked out, watching Wang Pandi with amusement in her eyes.

Feeling uncomfortable under her gaze, Wang Pandi blushed with embarrassment, "I’m not that weak; sweet words can’t fool me..."

Yang Zhigang... sigh!