Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me
Chapter 87 - 86: A Family Showing Off

Chapter 87: Chapter 86: A Family Showing Off

The old lady’s words clearly meant to prevent Liu Guimei from lending grain to Xu Guilan out of soft-heartedness.

Liu Guimei also conveniently found a reason to refuse Xu Guilan; the old lady was the head of the household, and with the things under her control, Liu Guimei dared not voice any objection.

After delivering the goods, Xu Niannian had intended to go home with Yang Cuihua, even buying a big rooster, planning to make a small chicken and mushroom stew tonight.

But Yang Cuihua stubbornly sat in the house, refusing to leave until she had dinner there, even urging the old lady to cut some meat for stir-frying.

The old lady was generous, without a word she sliced almost a pound of meat to fry.

Xu Sisi and Xu Doudou, knowing they were going to have meat, lit up with excitement, with Xu Sisi in particular hovering around the old lady in the kitchen throughout the process.

Xu Niannian was truly helpless about Yang Cuihua’s desire to stay for a meal before leaving.

When the meat dishes were served, Xu Niannian barely touched them, while the rest of the family, aside from the old lady, wolfed down the meat greedily.

Xu Erhong, while eating, heartily exclaimed, "Delicious."

Each one of them ate with greasy mouths, and just having a meal with meat brought a satisfied expression to the faces of the entire family.

Xu Niannian looked on with a bit of heartache.

Actually, her second uncle’s family was also having a tough time getting by.

The old lady didn’t take much of the meat dishes, but Yang Cuihua eagerly heaped meat into her bowl, performing the role of a fawning sycophant to perfection, leaving Xu Niannian both amused and dismayed.

Her mother always managed to make her laugh.

Liu Guimei glanced over at Xu Niannian several times during the meal, feeling so guilty that she regretted being so petty.

After dinner, Xu Niannian wiped her mouth with a napkin and noticed that her second uncle and aunt, the old lady, and her mother, all had greasy lips.

Xu Niannian was about to ask why they didn’t wipe their mouths when she heard the old lady say, "You all stay inside; I’m going to take a walk outside."

Then Xu Erhong went out, followed by Liu Guimei, and finally Yang Cuihua.

Xu Niannian and her mother went home together, only to find that they encountered quite a few villagers along the way. It was summer, dinner was early, and it was not yet dark, so whenever villagers saw her grandmother’s family, they would stop to gather around.

And then her grandmother and second uncle would immediately smile and tell people they had had a meaty meal.

That immediately garnered a lot of admiration from the villagers.

Xu Niannian watched with a numb expression as Yang Cuihua joined the group showing off.

A journey that should have taken less than ten minutes ended up taking more than half an hour to complete.

Once they reached home, Xu Niannian curiously asked Yang Cuihua, "Mom, when our family ate meat before, you told us to do it secretly, didn’t you?"

So why are you showing off this time?

Xu Niannian didn’t finish the sentence, but Yang Cuihua understood her perfectly.

"Are you silly? The meat we ate before, wasn’t that bought with money you earned? Of course, we couldn’t let the villagers know, otherwise what if they all find out how profitable trading is and start competing with you?"

"Today’s pork was brought by my son-in-law. Who doesn’t know our Baby Nian is betrothed to Xiao Jin, this rich and well-status man? It’s a clear and rightful good thing to eat in public, so why not flaunt it?"

Xu Niannian: "..."

It seemed so logical that she found herself unable to argue.

Consequently, the next day, the entire village knew Yang Cuihua had taken ten pounds of pork and many other things from Xu Erhong’s home.

Everyone envied Yang Cuihua for having a daughter who found such a good man.

When Xu Niannian heard about this, she sighed while sitting in front of her dressing table.

It was over; after her mother’s display, she really worried that if she were to break off the engagement in the future, how many people would point at her and call her a fool.

"Ah... it’s worrying."

"Sister, what are you worrying about?" Xu Duoyu asked with a Liuyue Su in her mouth, smiling and sticking close to Xu Niannian, asking in a childish voice.