The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 221 Arrogant Guo Cuicui_1

Chapter 221: Chapter 221 Arrogant Guo Cuicui_1

Qi Ergou’s marriage arrangement had been his doing, and if the wedding fell through because of Qi Ergou going to university, he would lose face before his sworn brothers!

Zhao Dajiao hesitated; she had no intention of calling off the wedding, nor would she allow Qi Ergou to do so.

"Xiuxiu is such a good girl, can you really bear to see her suffer at home?" Secretary Qi continued, "And you know my relationship with Secretary Yang; we’re as close as brothers who would die for each other. You were the one who begged me to propose on your behalf. If this wedding is called off, our families’ relations will also be affected. You need to think this through."

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhao Dajiao gritted her teeth and said, "Alright, since the wedding isn’t far off, we’ll fix the marriage before Ergou goes to college. With Ergou not around, the two of us, old man and old lady, feel lonely. Xiuxiu is also a good girl; we can’t let her be wronged."

"That’s right, thinking like that is correct. Ergou is a good kid, he’s grown up right before my eyes and I wish the best for him," Secretary Qi stated. "Now that you agree, I’ll go meet with the in-laws tomorrow and see to it that the children’s wedding is settled sooner."

"Please take the trouble then, Uncle," Zhao Dajiao, always quick-tempered, immediately started making wedding preparations once she got home.

Upon hearing this, Qi Xiaoyan exclaimed joyfully, "That’s great, Sister Xiuxiu and Brother Ergou are getting married."

He Tiantian looked at Qi Xiaoyan with a tilted head, teasing, "Hehe, are you jealous? Do you want me to take care of you and Brother Dajun too?"

Qi Xiaoyan was startled and immediately stretched out both hands, scratching He Tiantian’s ticklish spots.

"Take that for making fun of me!" Qi Xiaoyan was quite strong, sending He Tiantian ducking and dodging all over.

"Spare me, spare me," He Tiantian begged for mercy. The two of them played around for quite some time before stopping.

After a while, Qi Xiaoyan, having caught her breath, said, "Sister Tiantian, how is your Brother Yingjie doing? At least Brother Dajun and I can see each other every few days. You only see each other once a year and can only write letters; don’t you miss him?"

Turning to Qi Xiaoyan, He Tiantian said earnestly, "I miss him, miss him terribly. But his work is highly confidential; I can’t go to see him, and he’s too busy to visit me."

"How pitiful," Qi Xiaoyan sighed. "Fortunately, you’re still young and can see each other at New Year."

"Yes, that’s what I tell myself," He Tiantian said with a smile. "You two have it much better."

Qi Xiaoyan hesitated and then said, "I feel so happy now; I kind of don’t want to leave, nor do I want to try for the cultural performance troupe anymore."

This was a personal matter of feelings between Qi Xiaoyan and Niu Dajun, and He Tiantian didn’t think it was her place to comment.

After she had helped Qi Xiaoyan get rid of that scum Li Mingkai, she wouldn’t interfere too much in Qi Xiaoyan’s life.

After all, it was Qi Xiaoyan’s life, not He Tiantian’s. Interfering too much wasn’t good.

"You better discuss it with your family and Brother Dajun," He Tiantian suggested, letting Qi Xiaoyan make her own choice.

Spring plowing hadn’t started yet, and Zhao Dajiao had called Qi Xiaoyan and He Tiantian along to the county town to buy things for her son and daughter-in-law-to-be. Of course, Qi Ergou was the one driving the ox cart. Once they reached the county town, they went straight to the co-op and shopped according to the list.

Even with He Tiantian and Qi Xiaoyan’s help, it still took Zhao Dajiao over an hour to make the purchases and check them.

Initially, the sales clerks assumed Zhao Dajiao and her group were unremarkable country folk and didn’t serve them eagerly. But once they saw Zhao Dajiao buying so much, they realized that this family was not simple! Although their service wasn’t extremely enthusiastic, their attitude improved.

However, while Zhao Dajiao was picking out a few pieces of cloth for Yang Xiuxiu, they ran into another group of people doing the same.

He Tiantian pretended not to notice and accidentally stepped on another woman’s foot, she quickly apologized, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it."

"Are you blind? There’s a living person standing right there, and you didn’t even see." The woman said irritably, not even listening to He Tiantian’s explanation, "You’ve dirtied my shoes, you don’t need to wipe them, just compensate me with a new pair!"

When He Tiantian turned around to see who it was, about to continue apologizing, she suddenly froze.

Oh my god, why is it her?

"I’m talking to you, what are you daydreaming about!" The woman said arrogantly, "Compensate me for the shoes."

Zhao Dajiao frowned and also came over, feeling that this arrogant girl seemed familiar, but couldn’t recall who she was right away.

But now that the girl was speaking so rudely, Zhao Dajiao didn’t care if she had met her before or not, stepping forward to say: "I say, girl, why do you talk like that! She stepped on your foot and has already apologized. You’re not letting it go, and you even demand your shoes be wiped. You must be acting like those landlords and their ladies of the past. Let me tell you, it’s the people who are in charge now, this kind of thinking won’t get you anywhere!"

After all, being an official for many years, her consciousness was indeed elevated, speaking from a moral high ground of the times with just a few words.

It was really a minor issue, just a step on the foot, which wasn’t even broken, and He Tiantian had sincerely apologized, too.

But this girl just wouldn’t let it go.

"Who are you calling a rich landlord? You’re the rich landlord; your whole family are rich landlords!" The girl was not to be outdone and wanted to argue with Zhao Dajiao.

Ah, this is interesting, Zhao Dajiao rolled up her sleeves. Usually, she’d talk reason, but today she was ready to cast aside her restraint and scold away.

It was a man beside that woman, holding her hand and saying, "Enough, don’t stoop to their level, we’ve got things to do, let’s go."

"I won’t go..." The woman continued to be defiant, turning her head to argue with Zhao Dajiao again.

The man clearly didn’t want the argument to continue and, dragging her away while constantly coaxing her softly, he finally managed to pull the woman away.

He Tiantian stood there with her mouth agape!

Now the situation had heated up!

Seeing He Tiantian gape, Zhao Dajiao approached with a smile and asked, "Girl Tian, you weren’t scared silly by that person, were you?"

He Tiantian smiled sheepishly, saying, "No... my courage isn’t that small!"

"Then why the daze?" Zhao Dajiao asked, puzzled. She had long noticed that He Tiantian was not an ordinary girl and wouldn’t be scared by such a quarrel.

Guo Cuicui, ah, wrongdoing will always backfire! With your arrogance, no one can blame her for stirring up trouble.

He Tiantian frowned, and seeing Qi Xiaoyan buying other things nearby, whispered, "I just heard that man call that woman ’Cuicui’, and I also heard they’re from the Guojia Village. Isn’t that woman Guo Cuicui?"

"Guo Cuicui?" Zhao Dajiao blinked, "If it’s Guo Cuicui from Guojia Village, then could that woman be Rong Jun’s girlfriend?"

Zhao Dajiao was recalling the woman’s appearance!