Feng Yifan drove back home very quickly, but Lu Cuiling, who was walking with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, was much slower.
Moreover, Lu Cuiling felt extremely proud to walk in the village with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter hand in hand.
Especially after entering the village, walking on the streets of the village, under the shade of trees on both sides of the road, some villagers were sitting in front of their houses to enjoy the shade. When they saw Lu Cuiling and her group, many people would take the initiative to greet her.
"Hey, Old Feng's family, who are these two?"
Faced with such a question, Lu Cuiling naturally responded proudly: "This is my daughter-in-law and granddaughter, they just came back from the city."
"Oh, this is the daughter-in-law of Yifan's family that you often talk about, Aunt Ling? This little girl is Yifan's daughter, right? Both mother and daughter are so beautiful."
Hearing such direct praise, Su Ruoxi was a little embarrassed and responded with a smile: "Thank you."
Feng Ruoruo shouted openly: "Thank you."
Seeing Feng Ruoruo's boldness, the people in the village also found it very interesting.
"Brother Yifan's daughter seems to be quite courageous and not afraid of strangers at all."
"Yes, she doesn't look like Yifan, but more like Cuiling."
"Hahaha, now that you mention it, she really does look like my Aunt Cuiling. Look at her eyebrows and eyes, she really does look like Aunt Cuiling."
"If she's like Cuiling, she'll definitely be a very powerful woman in the future."
Hearing what some people in the village said, Lu Cuiling stared and said, "What are you talking about? What's wrong with my granddaughter looking like me? What are you all saying? As if it's not good for my granddaughter to look like me?"
Seeing Lu Cuiling glaring, the villagers immediately put on a smile.
"No, no, it's a good thing for you, Cuiling."
"Yes, that's a good thing. If you can be like Aunt Cuiling, you will definitely be very powerful in the future."
"I think my sister will become as amazing as Grandma Ling in the future."
"Yes, I will be a strong woman in the future."
Hearing what these people said, Lu Cuiling felt that something was getting off-putting. But since her daughter-in-law and granddaughter were here, she felt it was not right to get angry with them.
In the end, I could only ignore it.
Continuing walking along the road, they came to a small courtyard on the side of the road in front. A burst of "ga ga ga" sounds from the courtyard immediately attracted Feng Ruoruo.
The little girl looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of ducklings in the small yard.
"Oh, grandma, mom, look, there are so many little ducks over there."
Su Ruoxi looked over and saw that there was indeed a group of ducklings fighting for food inside a small fence in the yard.
"There are really a lot of ducklings. They look like they were born not long ago."
Feng Ruoruo found it very interesting and turned to her grandmother and mother and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Su Ruoxi didn't know anyone in the village, so she naturally didn't dare to agree to go over and take a look. She could only look at her mother-in-law.
Lu Cuiling smiled and said, "Come on, let's go and have a look. You can go to any house in the village if you want to go. People in the village are not so particular. You can go to any house you want. It's not like in the city where neighbors close their doors and don't come in contact with each other."
As she spoke, Lu Cuiling took her granddaughter and led her daughter-in-law towards the house.
When she reached the door, Lu Cuiling called inside, "Is Mr. Hu home?"
Soon, a woman came out of a room in the courtyard: "Who is it? It's Aunt Cuiling, come in and have a seat, who are these two?"
Lu Cuiling introduced them to each other with a smile: "This is Yifan's daughter-in-law, and this is Yifan's daughter."
Then he introduced Su Ruoxi: "Ruoxi, this is Hu Yan, she used to be Yifan's classmate, and now she is in charge of the sales and after-sales of our vegetable base."
When Hu Yan heard that they were Feng Yifan's wife and daughter, she was a little surprised. After a moment's pause, she quickly greeted them.
"Is this the daughter of sister-in-law and Brother Yifan? Come in and sit down quickly."
Inviting everyone to come in, Feng Ruoruo went straight to the group of ducklings surrounded by a fence in the middle of the small courtyard. She was very curious about the ducklings in the fence.
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "I'm sorry, city kids have never seen ducklings before, so they are quite curious."
Hu Yan moved the stool and said, "It's okay. Children are all like this."
Feng Ruoruo was very well behaved. She didn't reach out to the ducklings in the fence, but just stood beside the fence and stretched her head to look.
After everyone was seated, Hu Yan turned around and ran to the main room in the middle of the courtyard, and quickly brought out tea on a tray, as well as some fresh fruits and even some candies.
"Come on, Aunt Cuiling and Sister-in-law, drink some water and eat some fruit."
Then he said to the little girl standing by the fence, "Little girl, do you want some candy?"
At this time, Feng Ruoruo was staring at the little duck intently and had no time to pay attention to other things.
Seeing her daughter remained silent, Su Ruoxi shouted, "Feng Ruoruo, come here. Auntie is talking to you. It's very rude of you to ignore her like this."
When Feng Ruoruo heard her mother's words, she reluctantly left the duckling fence and quickly returned to her mother.
Then the little girl looked at Hu Yan and greeted her: "Hello, Auntie."
Hu Yan smiled and responded: "Hello, too. Your name is Feng Ruoruo? How old are you?"
Feng Ruoruo answered very obediently: "My name is Feng Ruoruo, and I am six years old."
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "I am six years old in my age, but I am actually only five now. I will be six next year."
Hu Yan immediately said, "So it's almost time to go to school?"
Before Feng Ruoruo's mother could speak, the little girl immediately rushed to say, "Yes, mom said that Ruoruo will go to school next year."
Without giving her mother and grandmother a chance to speak, the little girl continued, "Dad bought Ruoruo a new house, a building. Next year, Ruoruo will live in the new house and go to the same elementary school as Xixi and Feifei."
Hearing that her daughter was speaking directly, Su Ruoxi reached out to hold her daughter and said to Hu Yan with a smile, "I'm sorry, she's been spoiled by her father. Once she starts talking, she won't stop."
Hu Yan, on the other hand, found it very cute and couldn't help laughing and said, "Hahaha, it's okay, it's okay. I think Ruoruo is really cute. Brother Yifan used to be the type of person who didn't talk much. I didn't expect Brother Yifan's daughter to be so eloquent."
Lu Cuiling laughed and said, "That's right. Once this little chatterbox in our family starts talking, he can't stop."
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When Hu Yan heard this, she looked at Lu Cuiling, and then smiled even more happily.
After laughing, Hu Yan said carefully: "Aunt Cuiling, I have something to say, you can't hit me."
Lu Cuiling was stunned at first, and then she roughly guessed what Hu Yan was going to say.
"Okay, I know. You want to say that my little granddaughter is like me, right? I'm afraid you want to say that I just nag and never stop, right?"
Hu Yan smiled and said, "Yes, Auntie, you can't hit me."
Lu Cuiling said nonchalantly, "Of course my granddaughter will look like me, so I won't hit you."
Feng Ruoruo was silent for a while in her mother's arms, and then she couldn't help asking, "Auntie, are those ducklings yours? How come there are so many?"
Hu Yan smiled and replied: "Yes, it's mine. It's the child of our old duck. Your grandparents know that your aunt's mother likes to raise these things, so they keep them at home."
Lu Cuiling said to her granddaughter, "Yes, your aunt Hu Yan's mother, that is, your great aunt, especially likes to raise chickens and ducks, and they are all free-range in nature. The chicken that grandma is going to cook for you tonight was bought from your aunt Hu Yan's house."
Feng Ruoruo pouted and asked in confusion: "Grandma, should I call you auntie or auntie?"
Hu Yan immediately said, "Call me auntie, call me auntie dear."
Lu Cuiling also said, "Yes, just call her aunt, not auntie. Calling her auntie seems distant. We are from the same village. Your father and this auntie have been classmates since childhood. Your father is half a year older than this auntie, so he is considered to be her brother. So Ruoruo should call her auntie."
After hearing all this, although Feng Ruoruo didn't understand the specific relationship between her father and this aunt, she still understood that she should call her "Aunt" from now on.
"Hello, auntie."
Hu Yan smiled and responded, "Okay, Ruoruo."
The little girl was very happy to get the response, and then asked her mother: "Mom, can I go see the duckling again?"
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "You should ask my aunt. The little duck belongs to my aunt."
Feng Ruoruo immediately turned around and asked, "Aunt, can I go see the little duck?"
Hu Yan smiled and responded: "Sure, go and have a look."
Feng Ruoruo immediately walked happily from her mother's arms towards the group of ducklings surrounded by the fence.
Seeing her daughter's happy look, Su Ruoxi also smiled and said, "You haven't thanked your aunt yet."
Hu Yan quickly said, "It's okay, you're welcome."
But Feng Ruoruo still said, "Thank you, aunt."
Hu Yan responded, then turned to Su Ruoxi and said, "Ruoruo is so well-behaved. It's great that you and Brother Yifan have such a lovely daughter."
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "Thank you. Actually, she is usually quite naughty, especially after her father came back, he spoiled her more, so this little girl is a little lawless now. Sometimes I still have to restrain her and not let her temper run wild."
Hu Yan continued: "I think this is good. Little girls should be more innocent. Being naughty will be fine in the future when they go to school."
Lu Cuiling also said, "Yes, children, it's better to be free and not restrict too much."
Su Ruoxi then looked around and found that some houses in the village had courtyards like the one in front of her, but some did not. Instead, they were built as two-story or even three-story small Western-style buildings.
Seeing her daughter-in-law's curiosity, Lu Cuiling smiled and explained: "Isn't it strange that every household in our village has a different house?"
Hu Yan smiled and helped explain: "This was requested by each family when the building was first renovated."
It turned out that after the vegetable base was built in the village, the whole village became prosperous and every household began to rebuild their houses.
Some young people who have returned from working away from home like those small two- or three-story houses.
Some elderly people who stay in the village prefer old-style courtyards.
After discussing with the township, the village decided to let each household freely choose the overall style of black tiles and white walls, but each household could decide whether to build a two- or three-story house or an old-style courtyard. The only principle was that it could not exceed the scope of the original old house.
Lu Cuiling said to her daughter-in-law: "That's how it is. Most of the families in the village who came back from outside have built those Western-style houses. Only our families still have this old-style courtyard."
Hu Yan said: "My brother originally wanted to build a small building, but my mother thought it was inconvenient to go up and down the stairs, so she didn't let my brother change it."
Su Ruoxi nodded suddenly, and then said: "I think this old-style courtyard is good."
Lu Cuiling said with a smile: "Sure enough, she is my daughter-in-law. She is just like what I thought. I also like this kind of courtyard, a spacious courtyard in the middle, surrounded by houses on both sides. The houses can also be higher, which makes the space look larger. There can also be a loft for storing things. How great."
Hu Yan smiled and said, "Maybe this kind of building is a bit old and doesn't fit the aesthetic taste of my brother and other people who have been to the city."
Su Ruoxi said quickly: "No, city people like this kind of house now, but there is no place to build such a house in the city."
Lu Cuiling said: "So this is why we think it's good when we can't get it. Villagers live in this kind of houses too much, so they yearn for buildings in the city. People in the city live in buildings too much, so they also yearn for small courtyards like this."
Su Ruoxi smiled and nodded: "Really, I really yearn for this kind of small courtyard."
Lu Cuiling patted her daughter-in-law's hand and said, "Then stay a little longer this time when you come back."
As they were talking, Feng Ruoruo suddenly ran back quickly and snuggled into her mother's arms.
When the three adults saw this situation, they all felt a little strange. They all looked at the little girl who had snuggled in her mother's arms. For a moment, they didn't know what was going on.
Hu Yan asked first: "What happened to Ruoruo? Was she bitten by the duck?"
Lu Cuiling reached out and touched her granddaughter's head: "Come and let grandma see if you were really bitten by the duck?"
Su Ruoxi lowered her head and asked softly, "Didn't mom tell you not to reach out? Were you really bitten?"
When the three adults were all worried, Feng Ruoruo suddenly raised her head and said, "No one was bitten."
Hearing this, the three adults all breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Cuiling then reached out and slowly pulled her granddaughter into her arms and said, "It's good that you weren't bitten. Ruoruo, tell grandma what happened to you."
Feng Ruoruo hugged her grandmother's neck and whispered in her grandmother's ear: "Grandma, those little ducks are so cute, can we take one home?"
After hearing what her granddaughter said, the grandmother finally understood.
Little Feng Ruoruo thought the little duck was fun, so she wanted to ask someone for one to take home and play with. But after she jumped into her mother's arms, she didn't know how to tell her mother.
The little girl didn't know how to get her mother's agreement. As a result, she didn't know what to say for a moment and could only lie in her mother's arms without moving.
After listening to her granddaughter's request, Lu Cuiling whispered in her ear, "If Ruoruo likes it, then grandma will ask auntie for one for Ruoruo. But Ruoruo must take good care of it. You can't throw the duck away after playing with it for two days, okay?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay, Ruoruo will definitely take good care of him."
After hearing what her daughter said, Su Ruoxi actually understood.
Hu Yan naturally understood and said with a smile: "Haha, it's okay. If the child likes it, then take one home to raise it. Anyway, my ducks are usually raised in the village."
Su Ruoxi was a little embarrassed: "How can I feel embarrassed? I don't know how to raise a child. I just want to have fun."
Hu Yan smiled and said, "It's okay, they are just kids."
In the end, Su Ruoxi had no choice but to agree.
Lu Cuiling and her daughter-in-law chatted for a while at Hu Yan's house until Hu Yan's mother came back. They said goodbye and left after meeting each other. When she left, Feng Ruoruo happily held a little duck in a paper box.