Chapter 6: Maintenance
“That is, a ger, who looks tall and does not look like a ger, no one wants him, and he still wants to marry into the county.”
“Oh, don’t say that, they are all here to buy needles and threads, maybe they are making wedding dresses to marry.”
“Who wants to marry him!”
“Xiang’er, this is not necessarily true, if you want to marry- a widow, or a lame man, choose one of them to marry.”
“You still have a point, Qingqing.”
Two people speaking words of yin and yang came over, and the three girls who walked towards Zhou Yuan- the others had colorful skirts and powdered faces, and beautiful and pretty faces, and they were also slim girls, but the words they said were like those of village gossips, ugly and malicious.
The first ones were Zhou Qingqing and Zhou Xiang’er, and the two were holding arms. The one who didn’t speak and looked soft and lovely was Zhou Xiuyun.
They are good-looking girls from Qinghe Village. They grew up being sought after by men in the village, and the men who chased after them would try their best to give them whatever they wanted, which made their vanity even more inflated, and they acted very arrogantly.
Who made them look beautiful, the family members also pamper them and don’t let them do much work. They only need to dress up and show off, and they all have thoughts of, ‘My daughter is beautiful, and she will definitely marry a wealthy family in the future.’
They would target Zhou Yuan because they looked down on him. They would question the education of his family members, compare themselves with him, and trample him down in front of others. Moreover, there are also good-looking gers in the village, and there are also gers who are sought after by men in the village. When they see this, their hearts are not balanced, and they dislike him for being a ger even more.
“Zhou Xiang’er, Zhou Qingqing, put away your stinky mouths, one can smell it from a long distance, even if you don’t think it stinks, I do- if I were you, I would be ashamed to open my mouth, lest the stink spreads all over the street.”
Zhou Qiu is also angry when she speaks, and she is absolutely impolite when she is angry, bullying Zhou Yuan in front of her- there is no way they’ll get away with it.
Zhou Xiang’er has a fiery temper, so how can she tolerate Zhou Qiu scolding her, pointing at Zhou Qiu, “Zhou Qiu, you are the one who stinks, and the most stinky mouth is your mouth.”
Zhou Qingqing likes to put on a show, coaxing his words, “Zhou Qiu, things about Zhou Yuan are spread all over the village, but we didn’t scold him. He made shame and ruined the reputation of the village. Aren’t we just stating facts?”
Zhou Qiu stood directly in front of the two of them, “Facts, what facts, I think you are jealous, jealous of Yuan Yuan’s blind date with county people, you have never even been on the pagoda of the teahouse before.”
“You………”
Zhou Xiang’er and Zhou Qingqing blushed angrily as if Zhou Qiu’s words were expressing their deepest thoughts.
They were not jealous of Zhou Yuan, but resentful. Zhou Yuan was able to have a blind date with someone from the county, but they had never met someone from the county before. They were beautiful village girls, and they couldn’t compare to an ugly ger who no one wanted. How could they not be resentful? They were just using the rumors in the village to step on him a few times to vent their anger.
“Qingqing, Xiang’er…” Zhou Xiuyun called softly, Zhou Xiang’er and Zhou Qingqing turned around, they had always flattered Zhou Xiuyun.
Zhou Xiuyun’s family is a wealthy family in the village, and her elder brother is a child student. She even claims to be noble and looks down on others. She usually doesn’t talk to them as she feels that it lowers her status.
This time, they didn’t know what she meant.
“Zhou Qiu, we are all girls, and we all know how to keep ourselves clean. Zhou-ger, no matter his family background or himself, will people in the county marry a ger casually? The blind date is your wish, but you have a high ambition to lick the boots of other people. Other people from other villages now think that Qinghe Village is shameless, isn’t this discrediting Qinghe Village? Qingqing, Xiang’er spoke rudely, but she did not distort the facts.”
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Zhou Xiuyun didn’t even look at Zhou Yuan and Zhou Muzi, she only looked at Zhou Qiu, her expression was gentle, her words were very gentle, and what she said seemed like it was well-founded.
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If Zhou Qiu hadn’t seen how she treated her cousin with vicious words and used her cousin’s family as servants, she would not have known what she was like. Fortunately, her cousin’s family has finally been separated, so she doesn’t have to work hard for her family.
“Xiuyun still has a way to stop you from talking.” Zhou Xiang’er is being proud now, “If you want me to say the truth, isn’t it simple, that Wei Cheng and Zhou Yuan had a blind date, but one of them was having too high of an ambition and doesn’t know how to hold back their shamelessness.”
“Are you talking about me?”
A male voice interjected.
Zhou Xiang’er and the others had their backs on Wei Cheng, and they didn’t know that Wei Cheng was approaching. Zhou Yuan and the others only noticed Wei Cheng’s approach when he spoke.
“Who are you?” Zhou Xiang’er said angrily without seeing the person clearly.
“I’m Wei Cheng!”
Zhou Xiang’er who turned around was stunned.
This person is Wei Cheng?
Tall and slender, with handsome facial features, well-dressed, looking like a dignified gentleman.
This man named Wei Cheng turned out to be so good-looking, Zhou Qingqing and Zhou Xiang’er showed shyness, and they thought to themselves if they can match up with Wei Cheng … Both of them are making up their minds.
“I don’t know why these girls were talking about me.” Wei Cheng asked.
“We are in the same village as Zhou Yuan. My name is Qingqing. Zhou Yuan had a high-profile date with Young Master Wei before. We were only saying that it is right for Young Master Wei to look down on him.” Zhou Qingqing didn’t speak harshly and looked at Wei Cheng in a gentle and shy tone.
Wei Cheng didn’t look at her, and said in a serious tone, “Girl, you’re wrong. The last time Zhou-ger had a blind date with me, it wasn’t that I didn’t like Zhou-ger, it was because Zhou-ger didn’t like me.”
When he said that, everyone was dumbfounded!
What kind of thing was this?!
Zhou Qingqing and the others didn’t believe it.
Zhou Yuan couldn’t believe that Wei Cheng would defend him, and he was self-deprecating. He wanted to say something, but Wei Cheng stopped him with a look. Let him watch, and he will deal with it.
“Young Master Wei, are you joking?” Zhou Xiang’er said.
“Do I look like I am joking?” Wei Cheng said with a straight face.
He was very angry when he heard what these girls said when he came back from shopping to find someone. He was not so angry even when his girlfriend cheated on him in his previous life. After all, it was just an ordinary relationship. But the person he cared about was pointed at and slandered, and Wei Cheng felt distressed.
“Besides, a woman’s tongue, you know, shouldn’t say right and wrong casually, this is what a sharp-tongued woman will do, I didn’t know that these several girls have the essence of a sharp-tongued woman.”
The three of them blushed in embarrassment and anger, Zhou Qingqing was so angry that she couldn’t speak, Zhou Xiang’er pointed at Wei Cheng with a trembling hand, “You…”
When did Zhou Xiuyun ever get humiliated like this? She bit her lip, feeling very wronged, and looked at Wei Cheng with tears in her eyes, with a look of asking for pity.
She doesn’t like Wei Cheng, Wei Cheng is handsome, but she can tell from his clothes that Wei Cheng is not a rich man- and she doesn’t believe that with her beauty, Wei Cheng will not take a look and not pity her.
Wei Cheng really didn’t look at them, even looking at them out of the corner of his eye made him feel annoyed, the more people gathered to watch, the more Wei Cheng didn’t entangle with them, lest they falsely accuse him of bullying women.
Wei Cheng handed the things in his hand to Zhou Yuan, “Zhou-ger, this is for you.”
Zhou Yuan was startled, this…is this for him?
“Zhou-ger, I apologize for being so abrupt just now with a small gift.”
“No, I can’t!”
“Take it.”
Seeing that the person didn’t want it, Wei Cheng wants to stuff it into his hands but can’t do something that will hurt his reputation in public, “There are not many things, you can take them.”
Zhou Yuan still refused.
Everyone else was dumbfounded. Wei Cheng was carrying large and small bags in his hand. They were wrapped in oiled paper and couldn’t be seen clearly but the box was packaged with a name on it, and it was a package by a known pastry shop. Although this shop is not as expensive as the ones in the county, in the suburbs, it’s not something a countryman would buy a piece of so casually, let alone several large boxes.
So much, you can’t buy it without spending a few hundred wens.
Zhou Xiang’er and Zhou Qingqing were resentful in their hearts, wishing that the things in Wei Cheng’s hands were for them, their family lived well in the village, they were girls, and they also had a lot of pursuits for men, so they would buy some small gifts and snacks to please them, but no one gave them so much at one time.
Zhou Xiuyun didn’t feel resentment, but she was also jealous in her heart, her expression was not obvious, but she still looked soft.
Her family is rich in the village, and they once bought such pastries, but after her brother became a child student, he asked for money more frequently at home, she had less pocket money than before, and she did not dare to buy things lavishly, looking at it now, how could she not be jealous.
Three people have different ideas.
Zhou Yuan’s two friends were so surprised that their jaws dropped, and they were happy for their good friend in their hearts. So many things, karma must be angry with Zhou Xiang’er and Zhou Qingqing, if they go back to the village, see how the people in the village can still say that Zhou Yuan is disgraced, Wei Cheng said that it was Zhou Yuan that can’t look at him, it’s not that Zhou Yuan is disliked.
Although they all knew that this was Wei Cheng’s words of defense, at least they could restore Zhou Yuan’s reputation in the village. Zhou Qiu and Zhou Muzi were happy.
Seeing that Zhou Yuan insisted on not wanting it, Wei Cheng thought about it and passed the other boxes to Zhou Qiu and Zhou Muzi, first giving some to Zhou Yuan’s friends, Zhou Yuan would definitely not be able to refuse.
If you don’t have a teacher to please your sweetheart, you must first please the people around your sweetheart.
Wei Cheng stuffed Zhou Qiu and Zhou Muzi with a box, “This is for you.”
Zhou Qiu and Zhou Muzi subconsciously took over.
They also have one?
Both of them were stunned. They looked at the box of pastries in their hands. They couldn’t take them because they were so valuable. They were about to give them back to Wei Cheng, but Wei Cheng said to Zhou Yuan, “Zhou-ger, your friends have taken it, you can’t not take it, this was specially bought for you.”
Zhou Qiu and Zhou Muzi knew each other very well, they silently took back the things they wanted to return and understood what Wei Cheng meant, this was a pastry for bribing them, so they were not embarrassed to take it, instead, they persuaded Zhou-ger instead.
Zhou Yuan insisted on refusing to take it. He couldn’t take Wei Cheng’s things. If it was a small bag, he wouldn’t be able to shirk it but Wei Cheng bought too much, so how could he take it?
“If you don’t take it, the people around us gather even more, you push it back to me in front of them, are you rejecting me in order to embarrass me?” Wei Cheng simply threatened.
Looking around, Zhou Yuan saw that there were more people, and explained in a panic, “No, I didn’t mean that.”
Wei Cheng was trying to scare him, but he didn’t want Zhou-ger to misunderstand him. Taking advantage of his flustered thoughts, Wei Cheng directly stuffed something into his hand, and the two of them would inevitably touch each other with their fingers.
As soon as they touched hands, Zhou Yuan was even more flustered and at a loss. Wei Cheng was very satisfied when he touched his sweetheart’s hand, en, the touch was very soft, but it was a pity that he only touched it once. It would be great if he could hold it tightly!
Wei Cheng looked at Zhou-ger who was blushing and at a loss, with a smile on his brows and eyes, “I’m fine, you go shopping.”
Although he still wanted to stay, because of Zhou Yuan’s reputation, he had no choice but to leave.
The three of Zhou Qingqing’s group didn’t leave. Looking at the person they didn’t like, each of them had food in their hands, feeling jealous and resentful in their hearts, and secretly scolded Wei Cheng for being blind.
So good to a ger.
“Hey, you haven’t left yet, do you want to have a piece?” Zhou Qiu said proudly.
“It’s just a box of pastries, and it’s not like I haven’t eaten it before, who cares!”
The three women left angrily.
They waited for the three to go away.
Zhou Qiu excitedly said to Zhou Yuan, “Yuan Yuan, this Wei Cheng is definitely interested in you. He is handsome and gentle and considerate to you. You have to take good care of him.”
Zhou Muzi was also happy for his friend, “Yuan Yuan, Wei Cheng really cares about you, he even gave us cakes to please you.”
“That’s right! For your sake, Muzi and I have a good time.” If they took a box of pastries home, the family must be happy.
Zhou Yuan murmured, “Wei Cheng, he didn’t mean that.”
Oh really?
I wanted to say ‘good job’ but ZY still hesitates! You need to work harder, WC! ٩(｡•ㅅ•｡)و
Thank You for the new chapter (´,,•ω•,,)♡
Cute cute cute!
Thanks for the chapter <3
Zhou Qiu really told that stinky girl!! ٩(๑˃́ꇴ˂̀๑)۶ She’s gonna one of my favorite characters now!!
The politeness of a ger still amazes me. Such shyness is so cute!
I m a bit confused about the name, how can all the male sure name wei and all the ger and lady sure name zhou.
I think males who were surnamed Wei in this chapter is a different kind of ‘Wei’ chinese character, I guess? While for the Zhou parts, I’m not sure either😭 maybe it’s the same thing as the males, it’s Zhou but a different chinese character?
after reading more chapter, I think I understand a bit🤣 the setting is in the dynasty that not even ever get mentioning, so one village usually still from one big family means they are sharing sure name. (besides maybe the author is too lazy to make them from different family 😂)
Yeah, maybe that too 😅
Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️
Thanks for the chapters!
Thanks for the chapter!
suddenly calling yuan his sweetheart? ooohh
Bro just met him once and even planned for future.. lol..
But isn’t the Ger almost half of his actual age, hmm ??? 🤔 Man of culture 🤣