When I woke up, it was already the thirty-first day of the lunar year, the most important day for families in rural China.

All unpleasant things and estrangements will be temporarily diluted today.

Apart from naughty children, almost everyone else is very careful.

From preparing offerings for ancestral graves in the morning to sticking couplets, having a grand feast in the afternoon, and even the rice cakes and candies needed for New Year's greetings at night...

Every matter is carefully prepared.

"Qing'er, I have everything ready here. Please run to the old house and see how your grandparents are doing. If they're well, let's all set off to the mountain to burn incense together."

After breakfast, Yang Huazhong was busy packing things into a basket. Seeing Yang Ruqing idling around, he entrusted her with this task.

Yang Ruqing nodded happily. This morning, she didn't have to go up the mountain.

Old Yang's side was with his father and two younger brothers following their grandfather to the main force. His in-laws' side was where Tang Ya Zi and Luó Tiějiàng went.

Her main task today was to start preparing the ingredients for dinner in the late morning, so she was very free right now.

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Yang Ruqing had just reached the doorway when she saw Liu, who was also idle like herself, poking her head out and looking around.

"Auntie Si, why don't you go inside? What are you doing lurking around out here?" Yang Ruoqing asked.

At this time, Liu was pouting her buttocks and pressing half of her face against Yang Yongxian's door to listen.

Hearing Yang Ruqing's voice suddenly coming from behind, Liu shi jumped in fright.

She quickly turned to Yang Ruqing's side and made a gesture to silence her.

Then, he rushed over and grabbed Yang Ruohong's arm, pulling her to the doorway.

"Little voice, there's someone in your big brother's room." Liu pressed her voice low.

"Some people are just some people, that's all. It doesn't have to be so mysterious..."

Before Yang Ruqing could finish her words, she was interrupted by Liu shi.

"Li Xiu Xin, it's Li Xiu Xin back!" Liu shi said.

“Ah?” Even Yang Ruohui was surprised now.

On closer inspection, Li Xiuxin's impulsive return to her natal home lasted for two whole years.

Last year, Yang Yongxian would go to Li Jia Cun every few days to apologize and pay respects.

Li's mother not only refused to relent but also demanded that Tan personally go and apologize with gifts, otherwise no one else from the Lao Yang family would be taken seriously.

Moreover, she later sent Li XiuXin to a relative's house in the county seat, deliberately to keep Yang Yongxian from seeing her, so that he would become anxious.

While Li Xiu Xin, as an adult, not only lacked her own thoughts but also followed her mother's arrangements.

This matter gradually chilled Yang Yongxian's heart.

When it came to last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Yang Yongxian didn't go back to Li Jia Village anymore. He also didn't go back for the Lunar New Year.

He didn't go, and Li Xiuxin didn't come back, but over the next year, Li's mother used every means possible to

Someone went around spreading rumors in the village, saying that someone had come to propose marriage again.

When these rumors got back to Lao Yang's house, Lao Yang was beside himself with worry.

On the spot, Yang Yongxian was asked to leave home again and apologize with a gift to Li Xiuxin's family, bringing her back.

He was rejected by Yang Yongxian.

Yang Yongxian's reason is that if it's meant to be, it will happen. If not, forcing it won't work.

He had tried his best.

He hasn't given up on what he strives for.

If the distance between two people is a hundred steps, he is willing to take ninety-nine steps towards her.

But for this last step, he hoped that Li Xiuxin would take it.

But Li Xiu Xin never did, Yang Yong Xian gave up completely.

He just hadn't written a letter of divorce out of face. He was waiting for Li Xiu Xin to find someone more suitable, and then he would write the letter when she came asking for it, officially letting go and blessing them.

"It's been two years, why are you just coming back now?" Yang Ruqing muttered.

"When are you coming back?" she whispered to Liu shi. Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate! ?

Liu said, "He's back from eating breakfast. He's carrying two bundles, it looks like he's moving back."

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Then Yang Ruqing asked, "Will they know if I give them a night feeding?"

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Liu said, "When Li XiuXin entered the room, Yongxian was in the backyard having breakfast with your grandmother. He would definitely know!"

Yang Ruqing nodded and glanced at Yang Yongxian's tightly closed door. Faint sounds of hushed voices came from inside.

But I couldn't hear very well, it sounded like Li Xiuxin was speaking. She kept talking and I barely heard Yang Yongxian's voice.

“Auntie Four, you’d better not eavesdrop anymore. Let them have a good chat on their own! Come on, let’s go to the backyard together.”

Yang Ruqing, without a word, grabbed Liu Shi's hand and went to the backyard.

Liu shi was unwilling, but she couldn't resist Yang Ruohua's strength.

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In the backyard, Lao Yangtou and Tan Shi were in the dining hall of the main house, along with Yang Yongjin's couple, Yang Yongzhi's couple, and Yang Huaizhou.

When Yang Ruqing walked into the dining hall, her eyes immediately landed on an eight-immortal table. Several bamboo baskets were neatly placed on it, filled with firecrackers, offerings, incense paper, and liquor.

While everyone else was huddled around Old Yang's seat at the other table, they seemed to be discussing Yang Yongxian and Li Xiu Xin.

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It was mainly Tan's indignant voice that spoke.

"To be honest, the Li family are shameless," the old woman said.

“When other couples fight, they make up by the end of the day. I've never seen someone leave for two whole years like this! She doesn't take us seriously at all.”

“They don't take our Yang family seriously at all, do they? Think our Yang family is a vegetable garden, free to come and go as we please? There's no such easy thing!” said Mrs. Tan.

Yang Yongjin said, "Sister-in-law, at the beginning, we all felt that we had wronged her."

>“But later, this trip lasted for two years. Our elder brother also bent over and bowed his head three or four times.”

"As my older brother, a studious man, I've never seen him stoop so low to someone else, showering them with praise like this before."

“Though my sister-in-law still hasn’t returned, I'm starting to get a little annoyed,” Yang Yongjin said.

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Yang Yongzhi took over the conversation and said, "Second brother, I have the same idea as you."

You're doing a bit better, since you spend less time in the village and most of your time at county taverns.

“When I’m at home, I see more than you. It's clear as day that my older brother has been through a lot these past two years being alone.”

"As for clothes, Liu'er wanted to take care of them, but he was too proud and insisted on washing them himself. In the end, they weren't clean."

Later, Liu'er had no choice but to beg me. I secretly made a copy of the key from Big Brother's house.

“Every three or five days, I sneak in and wash his dirty clothes, and air out his bedding. It's really hard for a man to live alone. And his sister-in-law doesn't even care about him, oh well!” Yang Yongzhi sighed.

Zhao Liuer said, "Big sister-in-law is back now, this must be because she knows how to feel sorry for our big brother. As younger siblings and sisters-in-law, we should still persuade them to make up. As long as they live a good life together in the future!"

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