The next morning, after breakfast, Su Ziling was about to go out when he saw his third uncle's wife coming to the door.

Seeing Su Ziling carrying a backpack, she exclaimed, "Huh? Xiaoqing, are you guys going out?"

"Third uncle, you're here?" Su Ziling put the backpack back. "It's not a big deal. My grandma and mother are all at home."

Then she called into the house, "Grandma, my third uncle's wife is here."

"Third sister is here? Come in and sit down, come in and sit down." Grandma Su came out and asked with a smile, "How come you have time to come up and sit down today? I usually pass by the door and call you several times, but you are willing to come in and sit down."

"Hey, now we're not busy anymore," the two went into the house to chat. Seeing that there was nothing for Su Ziling to do, she went into the kitchen and got a pot of water.

"Lu Yan, Lu Yan, it's time to go!" She called out twice, but got no response. She muttered, "Strange, where did they go?"

Grandma Su stepped forward and said, "He said he would be back soon and asked you to wait for him."

"Oh." Su Ziling responded. Lu Yan hadn't come back yet, so she couldn't go alone. She simply went into the house and listened to Grandma Su and the others chatting.

Seeing her come in, the third uncle asked, "Where are you going?"

"We talked about the olives being ripe at breakfast this morning, but we didn't see anyone from Olive Hill delivering the olives, so we decided to go over and take a look."

The third uncle nodded. "There are indeed many olives on the Olive Hill side. The olives are much bigger than ours, and the pits are easier to remove. Have you told them that you are collecting olives?"

"I told you, I was harvesting sweet potatoes last year and happened to pass by, so I told the village chief." Su Ziling picked up the fruit plate and handed it to his uncle's wife.

She grabbed a handful and said, "I guess they didn't take it seriously. After all, it's so sour and astringent. Who would have believed it was so valuable? People don't eat it on weekdays. At most, they chew two to quench their thirst when they go up the mountain without water."

"That's what I thought, so I decided to go for a trip."

Having said this, Su Ziling stopped talking and just listened to Grandma Su chatting with her.

Grandma Su seemed to be chatting happily, but it was obvious that Third Uncle's wife was a little absent-minded.

She kept looking outside, "Is your cousin not back yet?"

Su Ziling was stunned and didn't realize who she was talking about.

"Oh, you kid, you are Xiao Lu!"

Su Ziling was confused for a moment, and when she heard her say it was Lu Yan, she became even more confused. When did Lu Yan become her cousin?

After thinking for a long time, the corners of her mouth twitched, as if, in everyone's eyes, he was indeed her cousin.

When he first came to the Su family, they told others that Lu Yan was Su Ziling's cousin in charge of choosing a house.

"Oh, him, not yet. Auntie, do you have anything to do with him?"

"It's nothing serious," Third Uncle smiled and continued to talk to Grandma Su, "The Yu family upstairs, the girl's marriage seems to have been settled."

"Determined?" Su Ah-nai was obviously a little surprised, then she thought of her age and nodded, "That's good, after all, she is 20 years old this year, and she is eating the food of a 21-year-old. If she doesn't settle down now, it will be more difficult in the future."

"Do you know which family it is?"

"It's quite far away, I think it's in Tongmu Village. The conditions seem pretty good. It's said that the family has a big blue brick and tile house. There are four brothers and a lot of land. The eldest is a carpenter, the second is a waiter in a restaurant in the county, and the third helps with farming at home. The Yu family has decided to marry the fourth brother."

"I heard from the matchmaker that he is a scholar, 25 years old this year, a student, and will be married next year."

After hearing what Third Uncle's wife said, Grandma Su was even more surprised, "Tongmu Village? That's quite far."

"Not really. You know the girl from the old Yu family. She's so famous that she probably won't be able to meet anyone in the neighborhood."

The third uncle's wife was so thirsty that she drank a sip of tea and continued, "You are so close to me, don't you know about this?"

Grandma Su shook her head, "I really don't know. They didn't come to our house to tell us. You know, there are always people coming and going in this house. Even if they entertained the guests, we probably wouldn't know."

"That's right." The Third Uncle's Wife grabbed another handful of melon seeds, "That's not right. We invited her family, so why didn't we invite you?"

Su Ziling listened for a long time, and only then did the old Yu family react, "Third Uncle, are you talking about the one above? Sister Manqing?"

"is her."

Su Ziling touched his nose and said, "I may know why they didn't come to treat us."

Seeing the two men looking at her, she told them what happened last year.

Grandma Su frowned, "Why haven't I heard you say that? Zhang Guihua is the same, her mouth is getting more and more talkative."

The third uncle's wife was also puzzled. "It stands to reason that with her reputation, she has been offered such a good marriage. Is there a trick? I don't understand it, but many people in the village say so."

Grandma Su knew a little about this kind of thing. "If it's really like what you said, with such good conditions, either there's something wrong with that man, or the wives in his family are not easy to deal with."

"If that's the case, then wouldn't the Yu family's daughter be in trouble if she married into the family? This affects the daughter's whole life. Doesn't the Yu family know how to inquire about it?"

Grandma Su: "After hearing these conditions and the matchmaker's words, they are probably eager to get the marriage done right away. After all, it's really hard to find such a good marriage even if you search with a lantern."

"After all, we are all from the same village..."

"Third Auntie, please don't tell that," Third Auntie was interrupted by Su Ziling just before she finished speaking.

"If you tell her that, given Aunt Guihua's temper, she'll probably think you're jealous of her daughter finding a good family, and you're deliberately trying to sabotage her."

"Don't tell me, it's really possible. These past few days, she's been talking about her son-in-law, who is a student at school, to everyone she meets. He's so good to her daughter and has given her all kinds of good things. I've gotten calluses on my ears from hearing it all."

At this point, the third uncle's wife changed the subject and said, "By the way, do you know if Xiao Lu has promised to kiss you?"

Su Ziling's eyes widened instantly. Why did she feel that all those things just now were secondary? This was the ultimate big news!

"Xiao Lu?" Grandma Su's first reaction was to look at Su Ziling, wanting to see how she would react. Who knew that this girl rested her chin on her hand, her ears perked up, and looked at them with sparkling eyes, as if she was afraid of missing any news.

Su A Nai: "..."

"I don't know about this, and I haven't asked. Why are you asking this? Are you going to propose marriage to him?"

The third uncle's wife smiled and said, "It's like this. I went back to my parents' home a few days ago. My third brother's wife's daughter is fifteen years old this year, about the same age as Xiaoqing. The family members are looking for a date. Our village is doing well now, so they wanted me to see if there is anyone of the right age in our village. Xiaolu was not the first person I thought of."

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