In Xia Zhi's memory, she and her cousins only occasionally played together, but they were not close. Moreover, when her cousins had time to play, she didn't have the time. She was always arranged by the Tian family to do many chores. Although her cousins also helped with household chores, it was much easier for them.

  Xia Xia wasn't envious at all. Moreover, her elder sisters had skirts to wear, but she didn't. Although her father was a scholar and received a pretty good salary from the prefectural school.

  "Fourth sister?" July looked at Summer and saw she wasn't speaking, so she raised her voice and asked.

  "What's your aunt doing? Don't you know?" Xia Zhi asked back, staring at Qi Yue.

  May and July burst out laughing without reserve.

  Layue raised her head and quickly glanced at Xia Zhi, then immediately turned away. Unlike her two older sisters, Layue looked a bit flustered.

  Now that Xia Zhi has spoken out, there's no need for everyone else to beat around the bush.

  As May approached July, she and July were siblings of the same milk, with similar facial features, but her eyes were not as big as July's, and she was single-lidded. She lowered her voice slightly and asked Xia Zhi: "Sixteen, are you really going to marry your cousin Tian Dabao?"

  "Tian Dabao is an idiot, and he's especially useless. Fourth sister, what kind of fate do you have? How did you end up marrying him?! I remember Auntie saying before that among us sisters, you're the prettiest and will definitely marry well. Who would have thought that you'd end up being a wife to an idiot?" Qiyue's small mouth couldn't close from laughing, her expression of gloating was as clear as day.

  The twelfth lunar month moved slightly, without saying a word.

  Xia Zhi's gaze swept across the three little girls, then smiled: "You all heard it wrong. My mother is going to talk about a daughter-in-law for Da Bao, but she's not talking about me."

  The three little girls were all stunned at once.

  Wu Yue was the first to come back to his senses, and he smiled at Xia Zhi: "Sixteen, this matter has already spread everywhere, you can't hide it even if you want to. I really didn't expect that you, Sixteen, would be so clever."

  July finally showed a look of sudden realization. December was still somewhat perplexed.

  The narrow and long eyes of May blinked: "What the big lady wants to do, has never been done. Think about Big Moon Sister and Big Bridge Brother's matter..., this sixteen matter ah, it's probably the same."

  "It's definitely the same. Auntie promised her mother's family things, and they must be done." July nodded, "Who in our family can overpower Auntie?"

  Around New Year's Day, he hesitantly opened his mouth: "But this time it's not certain, not necessarily..."

  "It's not necessarily," July pushed December with a push, "Our fourth sister must be the daughter-in-law of Big Treasure. Ah, in the future, our fourth sister..."

  "Sixteen, what a pity! You're such a waste with that look of yours. You say you also work in the fields, how come you can't even get tanned!" May obviously shared the same thought as July. Her eyes were slightly narrowed, and her eyebrows and eyes all showed a hint of a smile.

  Summer solstice is speechless.

  Because Tian and Luo were relatively close, among these three cousins, Xia Zhi was closer to May and July.

  Two young girls have mixed feelings about Xia Zhi. On the one hand, they envy and even resent Xia Zhi for having a scholar father. However, on the other hand, Xia Zhi's life is not better than theirs, and she is often ordered around by Tian Shi to do chores and frequently gets beaten and scolded by him, which makes them look down on Xia Zhi.

  She was even fairer and more beautiful than they were.

  Their feelings for Xia Zhi were very simple.

  "I'm just not getting darker, you're jealous." Xia Zhi's gaze swept across Wu Yue and Qi Qi's faces. "And one more thing, I'll make it clear today. Even if the two of you marry fools, I won't get married either."

  May and July were both stunned by the fierce appearance of Xia Zhi, and then neither of them did anything.

  "What are you talking about! How can you say such a thing, and still look so calm?" July was unhappy. Saying that someone would marry an idiot was clearly the most malicious curse for a young girl.

  "You were just talking nonsense, and as soon as you came in, you cursed me. You're afraid I won't be able to marry a fool, right?" Xia Zhi pointed at Qi Yue, "I'm putting my words here, this time I'll tolerate you, but if you say something like that again, watch me not beat you up! And I'll tell Grandpa and Old Uncle too!"

  It's unclear whether it was Xia Zhi who wanted to hit someone, or the influence of Old Man Xia or Xiao Hei Yu, but Qi Yue was intimidated.

  "What did I say? I was being kind and sincere. Can't I even talk to you anymore?" July shouted, wanting to leave, but stopped when she looked at May.

  May smiled slyly at Xia Zhi: "Sixteen, July has a mouth but no heart, don't take her seriously."

  No matter whether July is careless or not, May is a very careful one.

  Xia Zhi smiled and looked at Wu Yue: "If my mother is willing to give a lot of silver, asking you two to be Da Bao's daughter-in-law, do you think Er Niang will agree?"

  The faces of May and July both turned black, and the two of them turned their heads and walked away without a word.

  Lai Yue was almost scared to tears: "Fourth sister, I...I didn't want to come, it was Third Sister and Fifth Sister who dragged me here."

  "They're calling you, so just go." Xia Zhi softened his tone.

  If Xia Xia occasionally still played and chatted with May and July, she rarely spoke to Lao Yue, which was still under the influence of Tian Shi.

  Although Xia Jia's third son, Xia Yunhan, and his wife, Feng Shi, were both taciturn and had not offended Tian Shi in any way, Tian Shi still looked at them with disfavor.

  The reason is very simple:

  Xia Yunhan is Xia Lao Tai's biological child.

  Tian said that Xia Lao Tai was behind the scenes, instigating Xia Lao Ye to be bad to them. He also said that because of Xia Lao Tai, Xia Lao Ye favored Xia Yun Han.

  It's not just Tian who says this, Luo, the second daughter-in-law of Xia's family, also says so. These two sisters-in-law often say that Old Lady Xia is not good and Old Man Xia favors his third son.

  So, Xia Zhi and Lao Yue became especially estranged.

  In May and July, the two sisters lived in the same courtyard as Dongyue. They would lower their heads when they saw her, but raise them again when they thought she wasn't looking. Although they would occasionally play together, the two of them would still bully and ostracize Dongyue.

  That little fatty is Xia Yang, the younger brother of Dongzhi, and that's why he's a bit afraid of Xia Zhi.

  Children were initially ignorant of everything and were mainly manipulated by adults, gradually becoming what they are today.

  The summer solstice will not have these narrow ideas.

  Perhaps it was because of Xia Zhi's gentle attitude that Lan Yue's courage grew a little bigger. She raised her eyes and saw Xia Zhi with a thoughtful expression, thinking that Xia Zhi was worried about marrying Da Bao.

  She heard her father and mother discussing it last night.

  "Fourth sister, you should ask your mother and uncle for help. Our father will definitely take care of this matter, as well as our elder uncle."

  "Uh-huh." Xia Zhi smiled and said, "Larou, you come find me to play when you're free in the future."

  "Ah? Hmm..." Nian Yue nodded, her small face turning red. "Fourth sister, my father left very early this morning and said he would definitely be able to find big brother before big mother does. I estimate that big brother will be back by tonight."

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