CHAPTER 77: CHAPTER 74: THE BOSSY MOON KICKS BIG BROTHER INTO THE RIVER

"Little Yue!"

The old lady clearly had something to say, so Jiang Mingyue invited her inside and offered her a seat, but Granny Jiao didn’t move. Her hand, dry like kindling, grabbed hold of Mingyue’s and was surprisingly warm.

"Grandma, if there’s anything you want to say, just say it."

"Ah! You really are an insightful child. I’m actually fine. After taking the medicine you gave me, my whole body is much better. If it weren’t for my daughter-in-law worrying about my old bones and not letting me work in the fields, I’d be able to keep up with the young folks. It’s all thanks to you, Yueyue!"

After a pause. "Little Yue, the whole village is saying that your big brother got engaged to Hehua from the neighboring village?"

Engagement?

Jiang Mingyue was utterly bewildered.

Clearly, yesterday Hehua was driven away by her own shame, so where did this engagement story come from?

"That Wang Guihua said it when she was standing in line at the village to get a sickle this morning. She told the story vividly, claimed they were already engaged. She said yesterday your big brother even invited the girl to your house as a guest. When she arrived at the entrance of the village, she saw your mom had twisted her ankle and even carried your future mother-in-law back home. They said your mom was quite satisfied with Hehua, and the wedding date was already set.

The strange part is that someone did see Hehua carrying your mom back."

Jiang Mingyue: "..." This is quite some nonsense!

"Yueyue, there’s more news. This morning Hehua went to the fields to find your brother. Thankfully, it wasn’t in front of everyone. Your brother was assigned to dig a drainage ditch by the river today, and it was just your big brother and Ah Can. That girl must have been hiding there early on, taking advantage of when Ah Can left to carry the stones.

Your Cousin Ah Can heard those rumors this morning, so he listened to Aunt Jiao’s advice to be more observant. When he noticed someone, he pretended to leave and then hid behind the stone hill to watch. He happened to see Hehua and your big brother hugging each other..."

Jiang Mingyue: "..." This makes me so angry!

"But I guess it was that girl who seduced him. Your brother is such a big guy, in the prime of his youth, how could he resist her deliberate seduction? Anyway, I’m just letting you know so you’re prepared. That girl is no good. Jiao Can took leave to come back and tell me to pass this on to you."

It’s quite convoluted, but remembering how conservative people were in this era, Jiao Can was probably doing it for her own good.

"Thank you, Granny Jiao, for telling me this. I braised a chicken last night, and I’ll give you half of it to take back for Brother Jiao Can to eat." With that, she hurriedly ran to the kitchen, the old lady couldn’t stop her in time.

When Mingyue came out, she had a big bowl of fragrant braised chicken in her hands, its aroma irresistible even to Granny Jiao who had intended to leave.

Hugging each other? Hugging each other? This greatly depressed Jiang Mingyue. Could it be that with her intervention, Jiang Family’s eldest would still walk the path of a lamenting widow-like existence in the previous life?

No way, until the last moment, who can say for sure?

Jiang Mingyue immediately went to the fields and headed to the place Granny Jiao mentioned, and fortunately, she was riding a bicycle, which allowed her to quickly find her big brother’s location.

"Big brother," Jiang Mingyue called out to her big brother who was sweating profusely, immediately getting off the bicycle.

Seeing Jiang Mingyue, Jiang Jian Country was overjoyed and immediately put down the hoe to come over to her, but in the next second he thought of something and backed off with a guilty conscience, not daring to even look at her.

Jiang Mingyue approached him with a smile: "Brother, look, I brought you some chocolate and water. I knew you weren’t working with second brother and the others."

Jiang Jian Country couldn’t decide whether to take it or not, he felt so guilty. He had clearly promised his sister.

"Brother, if you still like Hehua..." To avoid selling out Cousin Jiao Can, Jiang Mingyue chose to be indirect.

Big brother indeed looked pleasantly surprised: "Sis, what did you say? You, you really are willing to accept Hehua?"

What is he saying? Is it her who doesn’t accept Hehua?

Hold back! Smile: "So, big brother still likes Hehua, huh?"

Hearing this, Jiang Jian Country couldn’t bear to lie to his gentle Little Yueliang: "Yes, Hehua just came to find me. It’s not her fault that something happened, it’s because that scoundrel bullied her. Sister, I’ve let it go. It’s really not Hehua’s fault. Otherwise, what would you have a girl do?"

What a fool! My brother.

Jiang Mingyue couldn’t hold back anymore, she got straight to the point: "Big brother, I heard the whole village knows you’re engaged to her?"

As soon as the rumor spread, certainly people would come to ask, big brother couldn’t possibly not know.

"You should be able to figure out how those rumors appeared so quickly and so twisted, why?"

On the way here, she used spiritual power to probe. The biggest news in Qingshan Village now was her brother’s sudden engagement to the village’s flower from Lotus Village.

It was a coincidence that she sensed Jiang Beishan meeting with a woman called "Guihua." Jiang Mingyue thought of the Wang Guihua that Granny Jiao mentioned, it must be her. Listening in on their conversation, sure enough, she was Wang Guihua, and Jiang Beishan got her to spread it. It started last night, just not as well-known as this morning. Even Hehua spread it throughout Lotus Village herself.

"Yueyue, it’s impossible that those words came from Hehua. But I also don’t want to refute the rumors."

He finally revealed his stance.

"So, big brother, you really want to marry Hehua?"

"Yes, I’ll go to Matchmaker Zhao when I get back. Yueyue, don’t we still have some good stuff at home? Give brother a can of malted milk, two boxes of canned food, a pound of chocolate, and another twenty pounds of rice. Once Matchmaker Zhao brings me good news, I’ll go with mom to propose."

Jiang Mingyue almost laughed coldly: You really are my good brother! She won’t be stingy with her family, but Liu Yinghe, that woman, don’t think of getting a single thing from her. Those were gifts from Yan Jinzhi and Manager Zhuang back then.

Jiao Can, who had been hiding on the side, now wanted to give a thumbs up to this big fool. To make Yueyue this angry, that’s one of a kind, be careful or she’ll kick you into the...

"Bang!" A loud sound, and several splashes arose from the nearby river.

It wasn’t until he landed on the riverbed’s pebbles that Jiang Jian Country realized what had happened.

"Yueyue..."

But Jiang Mingyue pretended not to hear.

He climbed up, only to be kicked back down.

Jiang Mingyue turned into a bully, and the foolish big brother became a small pitiable figure.

On the side, Jiao Can was so shocked that he couldn’t close his mouth: "..." Don’t offend Little Yueyue, why is she so likable?

That fool Jiang Jian Country deserved to be dealt with like this. Blind as a bat not to see how inappropriate that Hehua is, a country man just wants a wife to live a good life with, that kind of siren, marry her and it’s asking for trouble.

Finally, Jiang Mingyue dragged Jiang Jian Country onto the bicycle, not even allowing him to change his clothes, and directly took him to the city.

For a full kilometer, Jiang Jian Country was in a daze.

"Yueyue, are you angry?"

Jiang Mingyue: "..." Isn’t it obvious?

"Yueyue, I’m sorry! I can’t just ignore her. She saved me once. I’ve always remembered it. Now that something’s happened to her, I have to protect her."

Jiang Mingyue also recalled the book mentioning that youthful encounter, and her heart softened.

"Big brother is a real man, I admire that, but what if Liu Yinghe has been lying to you all along?"

"Impossible?"

"How about we agreed to go to the city to find out the truth?"

"But Hehua’s home is in Lotus Village."

"Big brother, there’s something I’ve never told you..."