Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute-Chapter 57 - Xu Haiyang

Chapter 57: Chapter 57 Xu Haiyang

Chapter 57 -57 Xu Haiyang

He Nan casually took a box of malted milk from the car and handed it to her, “Take this and drink it.” If you nourish yourself now, there’s still hope for your height.

Shen Mianmian felt the object in her hand was a bit too hot to handle, “Big Brother He… I…” He had already helped her too much, she couldn’t keep accepting things from him for no reason.

“If I give it to you, you keep it.”

Without giving Shen Mianmian the chance to refuse again, he took the New Year’s goods and went straight to Zhao Village Lai’s home.

Looking at the malted milk in her hand, Shen Mianmian’s eyes reddened. In her past life and this one, it was the first time someone had been so kind to her without expecting anything in return.

Shen Mianmian was aware of the temperaments of Aunt Zhou Lanfang and her cousin. When Shen Jianhua was home, it was alright; he could keep them in check to some extent. Now that Shen Jianhua wasn’t at home, it was their world.

That was also the reason she had been more compliant these last few days, and she was relieved that both of them liked to watch TV. Every night after dinner, they would go out to watch TV with the neighbors, and by the time they came back, she would be asleep, allowing her to quietly do her homework and read books in peace.

This malted milk definitely couldn’t be discovered by Zhou Lanfang, otherwise, there wouldn’t be any left for her.

Luckily, the military coat was bulky, so tucking it inside, it wouldn’t be noticeable unless someone looked closely.

The front door of the house was bolted but not locked; as expected, Aunt Zhou Lanfang and her cousin had gone to watch TV again. According to their habits, they wouldn’t return before dinner.

Shen Mianmian was about to enter the house when someone suddenly greeted her from behind, “Mianmian, where have you been?”

Shen Mianmian turned her head and saw the neighbor, Aunt Liu, standing at the doorway smiling at her, with a plump woman who looked about her age and a rather plain-looking man about eighteen or nineteen years old standing next to her.

The scene seemed familiar, but it had been too long, and she couldn’t remember who the man was right away.

“I went out to play,” Shen Mianmian replied softly.

The man hadn’t been paying attention to her, but upon hearing her crisp voice, he couldn’t help but look her way, his eyes suddenly lighting up and resting on her for quite some time without moving away.

The plump woman ‘coughed’ to draw back the man’s gaze, gave him a glare, and then said goodbye to Aunt Liu with a smile, “Aunt Liu, we have things to do at home and need to leave now. I’ll come back later to chat.”

Aunt Liu graciously bid them farewell, even accompanying them to the village entrance.

After putting the malted milk in her backpack in her room, Shen Mianmian came out just in time to see Aunt Liu return. She couldn’t help but ask, “Aunt Liu, are they your relatives?”

“No,” Aunt Liu explained smilingly, “That’s Matchmaker Li from the next village, she’s introducing a prospect to Erni.”

“A prospect for Sister Erni?” Shen Mianmian suddenly remembered something, “Aunt Liu, is his name Xu Haiyang by any chance?”

“How did you know?” Aunt Liu looked at her curiously. Xu Haiyang was from Shanghe Village, a good ten miles away.

Oh no, in her excitement, she had blurted out the question.

She quickly made up an excuse, “He is a relative of one of my classmates.”

Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu immediately brightened up; she had been worried about not having a way to find out more about the Xu family.

“I think that young man is not bad, tall and strong, speaks well too. The only thing is I don’t know what his parents are like. Mianmian, could you help your aunt find out a bit more?”

After thinking it over, she added a reminder, “Don’t bring up the matchmaking, or people definitely won’t tell the truth. Once you find out, Auntie will buy you some candy.”

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In that era, most marriages of children were arranged by matchmakers. After both families approved of one another, the bride’s family would usually find out a bit more about the groom’s family background in secret.

To prevent their daughter from suffering hardships after getting married.