The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 100 - 98: Clever Hongguo & Bold Antelope Team

Chapter 100: Chapter 98: Clever Hongguo & Bold Antelope Team

Hongguo suddenly felt guilty, "Sis, you saw it, huh."

"You’ve got quite the strength. I saw the veins on your neck popping out."

Xiao Chenye: "?"

Hongguo sheepishly said, "I was just afraid it would run away. Besides, if the Water Buffalo Team talks about it, they’d be at fault if the roe deer escaped."

Wen Ran lovingly rubbed her head, "Little girl looks so well-behaved, yet she’s quite clever."

"Of course!" Hongguo’s sweet mouth started to act spoiled while hugging Wen Ran’s arm, "If I wasn’t smart, I wouldn’t stick to you~

In the crowd, at first glance, my sis stands out for being capable, beautiful, and kind-hearted!"

"Hahaha, such a sweet talker."

"It’s like honeyed words!" Hongguo snuggled next to Wen Ran, smiling to please, "Sis, I found a beehive in the woods. We can collect honey in a few days, it’s very sweet."

"Okay~"

The two were so affectionate, while Xiao Chenye silently shed a tear of bitterness, wondering when he could get the same treatment. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Upon arriving at the Xiao Family, though they weren’t quite sure about Hongguo’s background, the elderly couple and Xiao Chenxing still warmly welcomed her.

After a hot bath and a bowl of warm noodles, Wen Ran and Hongguo were pushed into Xiao Chenxing’s room, "Hurry up and sleep, talk after you wake up."

"Alright."

The two squeezed onto the kang, their cheeks flushed as they slept.

Of course, Xiao Chenye didn’t get such treatment. The three of them dragged him to get the details of what happened before they let him go to rest.

Hetao, upon seeing Wen Ran, hadn’t had a chance to snuggle before being held back by the door, with a big question mark on its little head.

Xiao Chenye, finally free, intended to have a good sleep, but was startled by Hetao sprawled at the door.

"Oh my, Hetao is getting uglier as he grows."

Mrs. Xiao was shocked, "You’re criticizing dogs now too?"

Xiao Chenxing hurriedly hugged Hetao, covering his ears, murmuring, "Don’t listen, don’t listen, he’s the one who’s ugly, our Hetao is..."

Faced with Hetao’s increasingly wild and abstract appearance, Xiao Chenxing paused, then sheepishly said, "The cutest doggy."

"Amazing!"

Xiao Chenye gave Xiao Chenxing a thumbs up, "Truly lost your conscience."

"Get out of here!"

...

Upon waking up, it was already dark. Stepping out the door, the team leader was in the Xiao family’s main room.

Seeing Wen Ran, the team leader’s face was full of wrinkles from smiling, "Had enough sleep?"

What little drowsiness Wen Ran had instantly disappeared.

She scratched her head, "Slept enough."

"You’re a good one. If it weren’t for you this time, it would’ve been another hassle."

Although he hadn’t seen it firsthand, Zhao Tiezhu’s description made the previous night’s events sound quite thrilling.

He said solemnly, "Your kindness, the team remembers."

"Ah," Wen Ran was about to say it was nothing, not worth mentioning, but...

She rolled her eyes, "Hey, Uncle, we’re so familiar already, remembering it feels distant!"

Pulling Hongguo forward to the team leader, "Call him Uncle."

Knowing Wen Ran wouldn’t set her up, Hongguo’s call of "Uncle" was so loud it nearly deafened him, "Oh my, such a powerful voice."

"Oh, about the household registration..."

"The household registration is right here!"

A brand new page was handed to Wen Ran, the team leader bragging, "Went to the commune for harvest delivery today, mentioned it casually, and got it done so fast.

See, Uncle’s reliable!"

"You’re reliable, Uncle!"

The household registration page was freshly minted, still giving off a faint ink scent. Wen Ran handed it to Hongguo, "Take a look."

Hongguo took it and scrutinized it.

After a while, she scratched her head in confusion, "Sis, I can’t read."

Wen Ran: "..."

Actually, she’d figured it out.

Standing behind Hongguo, Xiao Chenxing silently reached out to adjust the angle of the registration page, concisely stating, "It’s upside down."

"Oh, oh, like this," Hongguo blinked at it, "Still don’t understand."

"Alright," Wen Ran took back the registration, "We’ll learn to read later."

The team leader also consoled, "No worries, our team has a primary school, we can learn to read together later."

Just unsure if she could bring herself to join.

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old in a group averaging eight or nine...

"Really?"

"Really."

Mrs. Xiao made Wen Ran some malted milk and handed a bowl to Hongguo too, "Drink up."

"Mm, thank you, Auntie."

Mrs. Xiao looked at Hongguo tenderly, "So skinny, just like when your sister first came to the countryside."

Hongguo blinked, her face full of a simple smile.

Seeing Wen Ran awake now, the team leader shifted to the main topic, "A good harvest this time, especially that wolf, the meat went to the commune, and the pelt, they took that too."

Wen Ran nodded, "Alright, follow orders."

"I kept a wolf pelt for you personally. You don’t know how to handle it, so I’ll have my wife prepare it and send it over."

"Then please thank Auntie for me, Uncle."

"It’s nothing."

Wen Ran received fifty kilos of wild boar meat and a complete wolf pelt, feeling quite content.

Then the team leader mysteriously pulled out a jar, "Guess what this is?"

Wen Ran laughed, "Malt sugar, they made it?"

"Yeah, they did, thanks to you."

"It’s nothing," Wen Ran candidly said, "I just spoke a little, did nothing much."

"It’s different," the team leader looked at Wen Ran, full of kindness, "You saved lives. Just wait, Uncle’s going to get you something good this time.

You like certificates, right? Uncle will fetch you a couple!"

"Alright!"

Life can be either tumultuous or plain, but anyway, Wen Ran was becoming more popular with the team, to the extent that people would warmly greet Hongguo on the street too.

The Zheng Family came by, bringing ten kilos of malt sugar, offering profuse thanks, with Zheng Chunyan joining in, competing with Hongguo to do chores in the yard, unstoppable.

After everyone left, the team leader looked thoughtfully at the Zheng Family’s departing figures.

"Uncle, what are you looking at?"

"Oh, nothing. You know what?" The team leader lowered his voice, "The Antelope Team is nominating you as a model worker this year."

Wen Ran: "?"

What the heck?

Firstly, she’s lazy.

Secondly, she’s not from the Antelope Team.

The team leader sighed, "Really, old Zheng is smitten with you, huh? Your lazy demeanor, even I wouldn’t nominate you as a model worker, but he dares."

Wen Ran silently glanced at the team leader, "Uncle, why do I feel there’s more to your words?"

"Ha, praising you."

The team leader chuckled, "But next year when hunting in the mountains, we can replace the Water Buffalo Team and go with the Antelope Team."

Wen Ran glanced sideways, "What, not using the Water Buffalo Team?"

"Ah, the current in-charge is no good, not genuine. Going to the mountains is serious business. If a few troublemakers come, it’ll be a disaster."

Without a sense of gratitude, what good can they be?

Hehe, not playing with you anymore!