When she said this, everyone became more curious.

"Zhuzhu, just say it, just say it."

"Say it quickly."

Qiao Zhu pretended that she couldn't speak, and hesitated for a while before finally showing her helplessness and sighing: "Okay."

Several girls surrounded Qiao Zhu, all very excited.

Qiao Zhu bit her lip: "Actually, my cousin's divorce from the Yang family was not proposed by my cousin, but by the Yang family."

"What?"

"No way?"

No one really believed it. Although they didn't know the specific secret, many people in the village knew that Qiao Xi jumped off the donkey cart and ran away that day.

How come it was the Yang family who proposed it?

Seeing that her lie failed to convince everyone, Qiao Zhu quickly added: "Listen to me, the Yang family didn't mention it directly, it's just... they knew that my cousin had someone he liked outside, so they were very dissatisfied...

…”

"So, your cousin knew that her secret was leaked, so she simply broke up with her?" a girl guessed.

Qiao Zhu nodded.

The girls looked at each other, and then asked another question: "Then who does your cousin like?"

Qiao Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then a name came out: "The road is far away."

"who?"

"You don't know me, but he's from the town. He studied in the same class as Qiao Xi, and now he goes to work in the county town."

"That's it...it turns out he's from the town. No wonder Qiao Xi likes it. It's no surprise."

Seeing that the girls all believed it, Qiao Zhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyway, Lu Fangyuan is in the county now and will not come to the village, let alone hear these rumors. This is a perfect metaphor.

"But, how did I hear that it was because Yang Wenqing was in poor health that Qiao Xi didn't want to?" A girl asked.

Qiao Zhu didn't even think about retorting: "No, Yang Wenqing is fine."

Seeing that Qiao Zhu was so sure, others believed her words.

Qiao Zhu was secretly feeling proud when she suddenly heard another girl say something.

"Hey, Qiao Xi thinks too highly of herself. Even if she is pretty, she is still from the countryside. How can someone from a small town like her like her?"

These words are exactly the same as what Aunt Qiao once said to Qiao Zhu.

Qiao Zhu's face suddenly became extremely ugly: "What's wrong with the rural people? They can't go to the towns? Who made the rule?"

"Uh...I just said it casually, don't be angry..."

…

In the evening, Mother Qiao returned home early.

Josie was sitting under the hawthorn tree in the yard, with a basin of water in front of her, washing vegetables picked in the backyard.

Seeing Mother Qiao's return, she was delighted: "Mom, you are back so early today."

Mother Qiao casually dropped her hoe, walked over in a few steps, and without any detour, asked straight to the point: "Daughter, what have you been doing in the mountains these past two days?"

"Ah?" Josie was surprised: "Mom, how do you know?"

Seeing the evasive look in her daughter's eyes, Mother Qiao's heart suddenly went cold.

It’s over, my daughter was deceived by a stinky man.

She sat down heavily on the bench, and the bench creaked.

Seeing Mother Qiao's strange expression, Qiao Xi felt a thump in her heart.

Is it possible that my secret has been discovered?

She looked down at the vegetables in the basin, and the smile on her face disappeared completely.

Although the skill she suddenly possesses is not very scary, it is somewhat strange and confusing. People in the village are superstitious and would not regard her as a witch...

Mother Qiao saw her daughter lowering her head in shame. It was obvious that she did not dare to face her, and she was almost out of breath.

She put her hand on her chest and took a deep breath.

"Which one..." Asked this question, Mother Qiao felt several years older.

Qiao Xi frowned, puzzled: "Which one?"

Mother Qiao swallowed hard: "Qin Jiashu or Yang Wenqing, which one do you think you are sneaking out these two days?"

"Which one..." Qiao Xi became more and more confused: "When I went out these two days, I didn't meet them at all."

"Not seeing them?" Mother Qiao was surprised.

Qiao Xi answered decisively: "Of course not, why should I go to see them?"

Although the customs in the village are not as strict as before, and it is no longer an era when men and women must keep a certain distance, but two single men and women will still be misunderstood if they meet every day.

So that day when she delivered steamed buns to Qin Jiashu, she made sure no one saw her before passing by.

Mother Qiao was out of breath in an instant and became energetic: "I knew that my daughter could carry it clearly and wouldn't do such a stupid thing."

She became cheerful and said, "Daughter, what have you been doing running into the mountains these days?"

"I..." Qiao Xi pursed her lips and hesitated.

She didn't know whether she should tell her mother Qiao.

If she said that, she was afraid of scaring Mother Qiao.

But let's not say it, with the amount of attention Mother Qiao paid to her, she would definitely find out that she was hiding a secret. Once or twice was okay, but if it happened more times, like today, I don't know where she would be suspicious.

Mother Qiao didn't expect her daughter to hide something from her, and she suddenly became very nervous: "Xixi, what's the matter that you can't tell mom?"

Josie still lowered her head.

"Hey, if you don't want to say it, mom won't force you." Mother Qiao patted Qiao Xi's head lovingly and sighed deliberately: "My daughter is older and has more ideas."

Qiao Xi looked up and saw the resentment on Mother Qiao's face, and felt uncomfortable.

Forget about others, Mother Qiao loves her so much and worries about her, she can't hide it from her.

She took Mother Qiao's hand and said, "Mom, don't look at me like this. I'll just tell you."

Mother Qiao's resentful face instantly turned into a smile, and she leaned forward with a smile: "Speak quickly!"

Josie: “…”

The face changes so quickly!

However, since he planned to say it, Qiao Xi didn't want to go back on his words.

She thought for a while and told her about her discovery that the peppers quickly grew back to their original size, as well as her experiments over the past few days.

After hearing this, Mother Qiao frowned for a long time.

Qiao Xi was afraid that her mother would think she was talking nonsense: "Mom, if you don't believe it, let's go to the small vegetable garden right now. I'll pick it in front of you, and you'll mark it and go see it tomorrow morning."

"Mom believes it, I definitely believe what you said, but..." Mother Qiao, who had always been experienced and experienced, was a little confused at this moment.

I have never heard of such a strange thing in my entire life!

Qiao Xi knew that nothing she said was as useful as seeing it with her own eyes. She shook her wet hands and pulled her mother Qiao to stand up.

"Xixi, what are you..."

"Let's go to the small vegetable garden."

Qiao Xi took Qiao's mother to the small vegetable garden, picked all the peppers, tomatoes, eggplants and cucumbers that were about to mature, and marked the branches.

Next, I waited until the next morning to watch it.

That night, after getting on the kang, Qiao's mother told Father Qiao about this. Father Qiao was so surprised that he almost fell off the kang.

After sitting up straight, he patted his chest, turned around and got off the kang to put on his shoes.

"No, let me take a look."


Chapter completed!