Country Love: Xie Dajiao, 37, is pregnant!

"Moreover, his family is quite well-off, so the young couple won't have to worry about anything in the future. All that's missing is a wife to bring into the family and settle down. People from Daguo are hardworking and capable. They can do laundry and cook at home. If Xiaomeng marries into his family, she can just stay at home and enjoy a peaceful and happy life."

Li Daguo sat to the side, nodding in agreement, glancing at Wang Xiaomeng every now and then, deliberately trying to show off:

"My aunt is absolutely right. I've always liked down-to-earth and honest girls, and Xiao Meng is so pretty... If she's not gentle and capable, I'm extremely satisfied."

Wang Laoqi sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and said with a smile:

"The young man from the big country does look energetic. As long as he is down-to-earth and hardworking, that's good. We rural people don't ask for great wealth and status. We just ask for reliable people and people who can work together to make a living."

No matter how lively the three people around her were chatting, Wang Xiaomeng kept her head down, her fingers fidgeting with the hem of her clothes, her expression indifferent.

Xie Dajiao deliberately turned to look at her and started a conversation:

"Xiao Meng, say something too. Don't keep your head down. Let's chat and get to know each other better."

Wang Xiaomeng then slowly raised her head, glanced at Li Daguo indifferently, and quickly lowered her head again, her voice light and airy, offering only a perfunctory reply:

"Um."

That one word killed the conversation again.

Xie Dajiao scratched her head awkwardly and hurriedly tried to find a topic to defuse the situation. For the next half hour, Xie Dajiao and Li Daguo talked back and forth the whole time, while Wang Xiaomeng did not interact at all, answering only one question at a time, with a distant and indifferent attitude.

Li Daguo gradually realized that Wang Xiaomeng looked down on him from the bottom of her heart. The smile on his face slowly froze, and he felt a surge of anger in his heart. His expression became increasingly ugly.

Seeing that there was no turning back from this blind date, and that staying any longer would only make things more awkward, Xie Dajiao had no choice but to get up and take her leave.

"Alright, it's getting late. We won't keep you busy any longer. Da Guo, you and Xiao Meng can exchange phone numbers and chat privately when you have time. Relationships are built up gradually."

After exchanging numbers, Xie Dajiao, along with the still-unrepentant Li Daguo, prepared to leave Wang Laoqi's house.

Once everyone had left, Wang Laoqi turned to his daughter, sighed, and asked softly:

"Xiao Meng, tell your father the truth, what do you really think of Da Guo? He seems capable, and his family is well-off."

Wang Xiaomeng gently shook her head, without the slightest hesitation, and said in a similarly soft voice:

"Dad, it really won't work. I feel awkward even talking to him. We're not on the same wavelength at all."

These words made it perfectly clear that this blind date was doomed to fail from the very beginning.

……

At the same time, Liu Neng's house at the east end of the village was in complete chaos, with grain piled up like a small mountain in the yard, which had to be taken to the grain station to be sold that day.

Liu Neng paced back and forth in the yard with his hands behind his back, going around and around, but he still couldn't see Zhao Yutian. He was so anxious that he stamped his feet and kept muttering to himself:

"Where did Yutian go? There's so much work to do at home, and I can't find him anywhere!"

Just then, Liu Ying came out of the house carrying a bowl and chopsticks. Liu Neng immediately rushed forward and grabbed his daughter, his face ashen and his temper flaring.

"Liu Ying, tell me, where is Yutian? There's a pile of grain at his house waiting to be loaded onto the truck and taken away. Where has he gone to wander off to?"

Liu Ying said directly:

"Dad, didn't I tell you? Yutian went to supervise the construction at Brother Lin Chen's old house. He can't leave."

These words immediately broke Liu Neng's defenses. He put his hands on his hips and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Nonsense! Absolutely nonsense! He's not doing his own work at his father-in-law's house, but running off to be a free supervisor for some outsider? I married my daughter to him so he could work for our Liu family, not so he could curry favor with a boss who came back from the city!"

"Dad, Brother Lin Chen is a good person. He promised to give him 40 yuan a day. Yu Tian promised to keep an eye on the construction site all day, but he left halfway through and didn't keep his word," Liu Ying whispered, defending Zhao Yu Tian.

40 yuan? For a day?

Liu Neng's anger grew. Why wasn't he offered this good job? Zhao Yutian hadn't given him a single clue.

"Can credit put food on the table? I don't care... I don't care about any of that. You ride your bicycle over there right now and call Zhao Yutian back immediately! The grain must be loaded onto the truck and sent away before dark today! If he dares not to come back, he can forget about ever setting foot in my Liu family's house again. I'll disown him as my son-in-law!"

Liu Ying was so yelled at by Liu Neng that she dared not utter another word in rebuttal. She could only silently push her bicycle out of the yard and head towards the Lin family's house with her head down.

At this moment, Zhao Yutian was squatting on the ground at the construction site, checking the gaps between the floor tiles one by one with the construction workers. He was meticulous in his work, afraid of making any mistakes.

Liu Ying pushed her bicycle to the construction site, grabbed Zhao Yutian's sleeve, and tearfully recounted the whole story of what had happened at home.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yutian's face immediately showed difficulty, his brows furrowed tightly, and his expression was full of trouble:

"You saw it too, the whole house was tiled today. I promised Brother Chen I'd supervise the whole process. Now that I'm leaving, what if the workers cut corners and the site is unsupervised? You can't break your promise."

"I know you keep your word, but my dad is really furious and he's said some really hurtful things."

Liu Ying said, choking back tears:

"Yutian, I'm begging you, please come back with me, okay? We'll come right back after we load the grain onto the truck, it won't take too long. If you don't come back, my dad really won't let you into the house."

Zhao Yutian was caught in a dilemma. In desperation, he could only ask Lin Chen for leave. After searching for a long time, he finally found Lin Chen playing cards with the old man.

He scratched the back of his head, sounding very embarrassed:

"Brother Chen, I'm so sorry, my father-in-law insists I go back to help load the truck, so I'll be gone for a bit. I'll definitely be back soon. The construction site here..."

Lin Chen showed no displeasure whatsoever, and waved his hand with a smile to comfort him:

"It's no big deal. Your family emergency comes first. Go back and help out. Drive carefully on the road and always remember safety first. I'll personally oversee the construction site. Just come over first thing tomorrow morning."

Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhao Yutian thanked him repeatedly, feeling very grateful. Without delay, he immediately took Liu Ying home to get the car.

Lin Chen watched the two walk away and planned to go home to check on them. As soon as he reached the fork in the road, he saw a large crowd gathered there, making a lot of noise and creating a chaotic scene.

Ever since he came back, he has developed a good habit of watching excitement. He stepped forward and squeezed into the crowd, and immediately saw what was going on.

Li Daguo's half-destroyed car was lying across the middle of the road. The car, which was originally full of Wang Laoqi's grain, had now been roughly unloaded onto the dirt road. Xie Dajiao stood with his hands on his hips, his face flushed red, his chest heaving, and he was angrily confronting Li Daguo.

The surrounding villagers were all talking at once:

"This Li Daguo is so inconsiderate. He was asked to help transport grain, but he refused to help at all. What kind of behavior is it to abandon his post halfway through the journey?"

"Exactly, it's a small matter if the blind date doesn't work out, but this is too petty."

"I saw it all just now. Daguo stopped the car and started unloading grain. Aunt Dajiao tried to persuade him for a long time, but he wouldn't listen at all."

After the blind date, Li Daguo wanted to salvage the situation, so he offered to help Wang Laoqi transport the grain to the grain station for free. Wang Xiaomeng agreed out of politeness.

But as soon as the car drove out, Wang Xiaomeng privately and frankly told Li Daguo that the two of them were incompatible and there was absolutely no possibility of them dating.

One sentence completely shattered Li Daguo's self-esteem. He was furious and immediately stomped on the truck to a stop, and began unloading the grain without saying a word.