Chapter 127: Snowball Fight

　　The Huo family left, and the people who came to watch the fun also dispersed. Jiang Youtao followed Han Taorui to her room. Han Taorui was still a little unresponsive.

　　"Did I really beat Huo Jingshuang?"

　　Xu Manqiu trembled and said, "Yes, I hit her, I hit her too."

　　Huo Jingshuang looked at her with a fierce look, and Xu Manqiu was a little scared. Jiang Youtao touched her shoulder, and Xu Manqiu suddenly felt confident.

　　Han Taorui clapped her hands, her face full of joy: "Great! I've wanted to beat her up for a long time."

　　Han Taorui was full of complaints when she talked about Huo Jingshuang: "I don't know what's wrong with her. I don't know when it started, but she looks at us like we're trash. She's so high and mighty that she even speaks to us with contempt."

　　"She always comes to my house to block my brother. My brother has said that he doesn't want to date anymore and has clearly rejected her, but she still clings to him like a plaster."

　　Han Taorui felt that her family was too proud, so when they met Huo Jingshuang, a woman who had no shame at all, they really had no idea what to do.

　　Han Yanqing couldn't possibly not go home just to avoid her, right? Why?

　　Jiang Youtao asked the melon-eating system to put a broadcasting device on Huo Jingshuang. She always felt something was strange about what Huo Chengyu had just said to her.

　　She looked at Han Taorui: "Taorui, what is your relationship with her brother?"

　　Han Taorui didn't expect the topic to return to her. She groaned and said, "I don't know either."

　　Han Taorui has also been troubled by this problem for a long time: "He treats me very well, even better than his sister. He gives me all the good things. Sometimes, he gives me things that Huo Jingshuang doesn't even have."

　　Han Taorui has never had a boyfriend. Because of her strict family rules and the different perceptions of boys and girls, she stopped playing with boys after she turned ten.

　　From childhood to adulthood, the boy she has come into contact with the most is her brother.

　　Huo Chengyu is tall and handsome, and his attitude towards her is different from his attitude towards other women. It is hard for Han Taorui not to be moved.

　　Moreover, every time He Jinzhi saw her, she said that she wanted a daughter-in-law like her, and always spoke well of Huo Chengyu in front of her, which led to Han Taorui feeling particularly good about Huo Chengyu.

　　Huo Chengyu would send her something from time to time.

　　This is also one of the reasons why the Han family tolerates Huo Jingshuang so much.

　　In the past, Han Taorui would blush and her heart would beat fast because of a look or a word from Huo Chengyu, but after moving to the staff housing estate recently, that feeling has become less common.

　　Now, she no longer felt that the things Huo Chengyu gave her were so precious.

　　In fact, those things are not valuable. Sometimes it is a leaf with a unique shape, sometimes it is a colorful flower, and sometimes it is a particularly round pebble.

　　There are also some things from his time in the army, a tank made of bullet shells, a gun made of bullet shells, and a ring made of bullet shells.

　　The streets are full of leaves, flowers, and stones. Yangping County, with its proximity to mountains and water, has no shortage of these things. There are also many ornaments made of bullet shells in their homes.

　　Han Yanqing also served in the army. The handicrafts he made with bullet shells were more beautiful. Han Taorui would receive one such exquisite handicraft every year on her birthday.

　　Therefore, apart from the two words "thought" that go into her heart, there is really nothing worth praising about Huo Chengyu's things.

　　Of course, in addition to these, there are also new cakes in the county stores and new dishes in state-owned restaurants.

　　Looking at these things outside the play, Han Taorui always felt that the things Huo Chengyu gave her were solemn yet a little perfunctory.

　　And: "He never told me he wanted to date."

　　Han Taorui thought that as long as Huo Chengyu didn't say this, she would not be Huo Chengyu's partner, but their relationship was indeed ambiguous.

　　Han Taorui sighed.

　　Gu Nianwei sat down beside Han Taorui's bed and said, "Why do I feel like Huo Chengyu is hanging on you?"

　　Han Taorui rarely tells others about herself and Huo Chengyu. She has never told Jiang Youtao and the others about their friendship. "Well? How do you say it?"

　　Han Taorui has peach blossom eyes, and when she looks at you she looks particularly affectionate. Han Yanqing and she are brother and sister, but their eyes are not very similar.

　　Han Yanqing has sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. When he looked up and spoke, his eyes were particularly sharp.

　　"Look, he sends you gifts, treats you better than his sister, and has a very ambiguous relationship with you, but he doesn't even mention wanting to date you. Think about it, isn't he just trying to keep you hanging?"

　　"He can attack or defend. If a better girl appears one day, he will say that because you are Han Yanqing's sister, he also treats you as his sister, and there is actually no other relationship between you. If you question him about those gifts, you are just being sentimental."

　　"If he doesn't find a better girl, he will turn around and continue to be with you. When he talks about this matter again, he will say that he has actually fallen in love with you for a long time, and the reason he didn't confess it was because he loved you too much and was afraid that you would reject him, and then both of you would no longer be friends."

　　Gu Nianwei has seen many men like this. There is a song in later generations that goes like this: "How many good sisters do you have?"

　　Huo Chengyu treated Han Taorui like raising fish in a pond, he would circle her first and decide whether he loved her or not later.

　　It was because people at this time were generally too naive and didn't know how dirty a man's heart was, which allowed Huo Chengyu to deceive the Han family into thinking that he liked Han Taorui and they were already dating.

　　After all, in this day and age, if you are not a couple, why the hell do you give them any gifts? Are you crazy?

　　Han Taorui suddenly realized: "That makes sense, that makes sense. Sister Weiwei, you really know a lot. If you hadn't explained it to me, I wouldn't have known there was such a thing! No wonder I felt something was wrong but didn't know what was wrong."

　　Han Taorui looked at Gu Nianwei with admiration in her eyes, and one sentence was written on her face: How can you be so amazing!

　　Gu Nianwei couldn't resist the sweet girl's admiration. She suppressed her smug look and raised her eyebrows slightly: "It's just so-so, just so-so."

　　Xu Manqiu secretly kept Gu Nianwei's words in mind and emphasized the key points. Men really can't be trusted. They are full of tricks!

　　Jiang Youtao felt a toothache when she saw Xu Manqiu's expression while listening to the lesson seriously. She was really afraid that this child would become useless if she kept learning from them.

　　It was late at night, so Jiang Youtao and the others didn't stay long and went back.

　　After sending them to the gate of the courtyard, Han Taorui closed the gate and went back. Mr. and Mrs. Han were still awake, sitting on stools in the living room, with Han Yanqing standing beside them.

　　Old Mrs. Han waved and called Han Taorui over: "Ruirui, tell me, how are you and Huo Chengyu doing?"

　　Mrs. Han is now very dissatisfied with the Huo family. She used to call Huo Chengyu and affectionately called him "Little Huo", but now she doesn't call him that anymore.

　　Han Yanqing looked at his sister and asked, "Did he explicitly say that he wanted to date you?"

　　Han Taorui's room was not soundproof, and everyone in the Han family heard what Gu Nianwei and the others said.

　　The three members of the Han family found it absurd.

　　Huo Chengyu sent gifts to his daughter Tao Rui every other day, but he never even mentioned the matter of being in a serious relationship?

　　If Han Taorui hadn't told Gu Nianwei and the others today, they wouldn't have known!

　　"I don't know what our relationship is. We haven't explicitly said we're in a relationship." Han Taorui answered obediently.

　　Old Mrs. Han's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and Han Yanqing cursed in his heart.

　　Huo Chengyu was not like this in front of him.

　　Huo Chengyu had drinks with him several times, and at the table, he clearly called him brother-in-law.

　　So that's it? Cheating both sides?

　　Seeing that his sister was simple and didn't know anything, he kept her hanging. In front of them, he regarded himself as Han Taorui's partner.

　　But Han Yanqing couldn't figure out what he was trying to do. When people do this kind of thing, don't they usually pretend that they have no relationship in front of him and pretend to be his partner in front of his sister?

　　Old Man Han usually doesn't get involved in family affairs, but if he does, it means that this matter is set in stone: "Stay away from the Huo family in the future. See if there are any valuables in the things Ruirui collected before. If there are, send them over at a discount. If not, get rid of them."

　　Mr. Han had only one son and one daughter in his life. His daughter followed the Eighth Route Army and became a nurse under the organization's training. She now works in the military hospital in Guangyue.

　　The son is a good-for-nothing and just works as a farmer at home. He don't know who he inherited that habit from, but he is easily influenced by his daughter-in-law and listened to her before she died.

　　If he wants to marry another one after his wife dies, he have to marry this one.

　　He just listen to his wife, it doesn't matter who she is.

　　Old Man Han felt angry whenever he thought of him.

　　"I understand, Grandpa."

　　It was getting late, so Mrs. Han said, "Okay, go back to bed. We'll talk tomorrow if there's anything else."

　　Han Yanqing and his sister went to bed obediently.

　　Old Mrs. Han returned to her room and cursed for more than half an hour before falling asleep.

　　They didn't sleep well that night.

　　The damn Huo family had tricked her family into marriage fraud.

　　It snowed again at night, and when they woke up in the morning the snow at the door was higher than their knees.

　　As soon as it snowed heavily, the school was suspended. Yesterday, the students who went home for the weekend did not return to school.

　　Jiang Youtao and the others slept until dawn again. When they woke up, they felt very hot and dry. They went to the wall in the yard and found a frozen pear to eat. It had thawed, and after eating the sweet and cool frozen pear, they felt refreshed.

　　As the stove in the house lit up, the room gradually became warmer. Xu Manqiu took out some noodles to cook, and Jiang Youtao took a shovel and went out to shovel the snow in the yard.

　　Gu Nianwei also came out after hearing the noise: "I forgot to add coal to the stove before going to bed last night, and I woke up in the middle of the night because of the cold."

　　There is also a kang in their room, but because it is too cold, they have to light a stove in the room in addition to heating the kang, otherwise it will be extremely cold at night.

　　Jiang Youtao was different. Before Fu Shaohua left, she had filled their kang and stove with wood and coal. Jiang Youtao even felt a little hot last night.

　　She looked at Gu Nianwei and said, "Hurry up and find a partner. If you find a partner, you won't need to wake up from the cold at night."

　　Gu Nianwei rolled her eyes: "You make it sound like you have a partner and you sleep with your partner at night. Don't you still have to sleep in a bed by yourself?"

　　After spending a long time with old women, they become more and more free in their private conversations.

　　Jiang Youtao sighed, "I can't hug him for now, we have to wait another one, two, three, four years. But I have a partner who can help me light the stove, and you have to get up by yourself if you don't have a partner. Tell me, it's so cold at night, how miserable it is."

　　Jiang Youtao's words were too hurtful for a single person. Gu Nianwei had been single since birth and had been envious of Jiang Youtao for a long time because Jiang Youtao had a partner while she don't have.

　　She squatted down, rolled her hands on the ground, then stood up and threw them towards Jiang Youtao.

　　Jiang Youtao dodged to the side and made way: "Humph, as soon as you stick your butt out, I know what you are going to do. Come on, look to the right."

　　While Gu Nianwei was making a snowball, Jiang Youtao was not idle either. She also made a snowball.

　　Gu Nianwei squatted down to avoid the snowball: "Do you think I'm stupid? If you tell me to go left, I'll go left? Sorry, but I won't."

　　The two women's desire to win was fully displayed at this moment.

　　When Xu Manqiu heard the two of them having a snowball fight, she hurried out to watch the fun. After being accidentally hit by Gu Nianwei, she also started making snowballs.

　　Han Taorui ran out of the house to help Gu Nianwei. The four of them fought each other. Gradually, other neighbors came out to watch the fun and joined the fight.

　　By the end, it was a free-for-all and everyone was having fun.

　　Han Taorui was so happy that she thought she would be even happier if she hadn't seen Huo Chengyu holding two strings of candied haws.

　　"What are you doing here?" Han Taorui's delicate little face drooped.

　　Huo Chengyu seemed not to see it: "Rui Rui, I saw someone selling candied haws on the roadside, I'll buy two for you."

　　Han Taorui didn't like candied haws. After Gu Nianwei deeply analyzed Huo Chengyu's thoughts, she didn't feel moved: "I don't like candied haws. Take it back and give it to your sister."

　　Huo Chengyu was about to speak when Fu Shaohua arrived. On his left hand hung roasted sweet potatoes and candied chestnuts, and on his right hand was a scarecrow with a bunch of candied haws stuck on it.

　　"Taotao Taotao, it's time to eat candied haws, fried chestnuts and roasted sweet potatoes." He shouted from a distance.

　　Huo Chengyu looked at the two strings of candied haws in his hand and suddenly felt that he had lost.

　　Han Taorui chuckled and thought Huo Chengyu was really stingy.

　　"Give me some sugar-roasted chestnuts, I love them!" Han Taorui ran in.