After breakfast, Fang Zhuoran sent Lin Mai onto the train and watched the train leave before leaving.
When Lin Mai arrived in Simei Town, it was around eight o'clock in the morning, and every household was having breakfast.
Seeing Lin Mai's hands full of things, many villagers smiled and greeted her: "Maizi, come back to see Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang again."
Lin Mai smiled and hummed.
Someone asked: "What agricultural products will be harvested this time? Do you want potatoes? My potatoes are growing very well."
Lin Mai couldn't bear to look at the villager's expectant eyes.
But she didn't plan to harvest the potatoes this time, so she had to make up her mind: "This... we haven't made any arrangements yet."
The villager looked disappointed.
Lin Mai quickened his pace and arrived at Grandpa Fang's house.
When the old couple saw that Lin Mai had bought them an electric fan, they said that it was cool in the countryside and there was no need for an electric fan, but their faces blossomed into smiles.
Lin Mai said: "I didn't buy this fan, Professor Fang bought it. I was just responsible for bringing it."
The two old men began to scold Fang Zhuoran for spending money arbitrarily, but they laughed even happier.
When I was sick last time, I left the tractor at Grandpa Fang’s house and didn’t drive it away.
After saying a few words to Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang, Lin Mai drove the tractor to buy corn.
Originally, she only planned to harvest 500 corn stalks, but there were too many folks who wanted to sell her corn, so she ended up harvesting a thousand corn stalks.
Just like this, there are still many folks who cannot harvest their corn and have to wait until next time.
In addition to harvesting corn, Linmai also harvested eggs, lotus roots and other agricultural products.
Whether sold braised or made into cold dishes, lotus roots are very popular in food stalls.
When she returned to Grandpa Fang's house with a fully loaded tractor, she found that Fang Weiguo was also there, with a look of disdain and ridicule on her face.
The faces of Grandpa Fang and the old couple were not much better, and they almost stunk to the sky.
Lin Mai glanced at Fang Weiguo, wondering what he had said to the two old people to make Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang look so ugly.
Grandma Fang asked Lin Mai with a straight face: "Maizi, are you and Zhuo Ran friends?"
Lin Mai's heart skipped a beat and he nodded quickly: "Yes."
Grandpa Fang blew his beard and stared: "Why didn't you tell us about such a big thing?"
Lin Mai shrank his neck in fear: "I dare not say~"
Fang Weiguo snorted coldly: "Of course I dare not say it. How can a second-married woman be worthy of Zhuo Ran!"
Grandpa Fang roared at him: "Shut up! It's not up to you to decide whether you deserve it or not!"
Grandma Fang took Lin Mai's hand and whispered softly: "There's nothing you dare to say. You and Zhuo Ran are together, and it's too late for your grandfather and I to be happy!"
Grandpa Fang waved his hand: "You can't blame Maizi for this, you have to blame Zhuoran. He dared to hide such a big thing from us and hit him later!"
Fang Weiguo's eyes widened in disbelief: "Dad, Mom, are you...have your brains filled with water?
She has been married once, how can you... let Zhuoran marry a woman who has been married for the second time? "
Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang yelled at him at the same time: "You are out of your mind. What happened to the second-married woman? Can the second-married woman not get married? Are your consciousness so low?"
Fang Weiguo still wanted to argue, but Grandma Fang picked up the broom and whipped it towards him: "Get out of here! Stop beeping here!"
The head of a large state-owned enterprise was kicked out of his home by his own mother. Fang Weiguo was so angry that he had to drive away.
If he didn't leave, he was afraid that the whole town would know that his parents didn't want to see him, and he couldn't afford to lose that person.
After driving Fang Weiguo away, Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang kindly said to Lin Mai: "Neither your grandfather nor I are old-fashioned people. We don't care about second marriages. The most important thing is that you and Zhuo Ran are in love."
Lin Mai nodded shyly, and then said to Grandpa Fang: "Grandpa, don't hit Zhuoran. It's not his fault for this. I asked him to hide it from you."
Grandma Fang said angrily: "What is there to hide about this!"
Lin Mai lowered his head and said: "Zhuoran is too outstanding, but I am just a self-employed person who is looked down upon.
When Zhuoran and I are together, it's good cabbage that has been eaten by pigs, and flowers stuck in cow dung. How dare I let you know?"
"Nonsense!" The two old men were very angry, "How can you belittle yourself? Zhuoran is that pig, that piece of cow dung!"
Lin Mai raised his head and looked at Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang with complicated eyes. He wanted to ask: Is it okay for you to confuse right and wrong like this?
Grandma Fang took Lin Mai's hand and asked her when she and Fang Zhuoran became friends and what Fang Zhuoran had bought for her.
Lin Mai blushed and told the two old men one by one.
After hearing this, Grandma Fang was quite pleased and said: "I didn't expect that Zhuo Ran was not a fool, but he also knew how to buy things for you."
Grandpa Fang asked cheerfully from the side: "When will you and Zhuo Ran get married?"
Lin Mai froze. She hadn't seriously thought about getting married yet, so she stammered and couldn't answer.
Grandpa Fang suddenly became angry: "Zhuoran has never thought about marrying you? I'll beat him later!"
"Yes! Beat him!" Grandma Fang shared his hatred, "To talk about love but not marriage is to be a hooligan!"
"No, that's not the case."
In desperation, the Lin family suddenly found a strong reason, "Yes... I still have to continue studying in high school, and I won't be able to get married for a while..."
The old couple stopped scolding Fang Zhuoran now. It was a good thing for Lin Mai to make progress, and marriage could not be used to stop it.
Grandma Fang was silent for a moment and said: "You can get married a few years later, but you can't delay the engagement."
Grandpa Fang hurriedly agreed: "Yes, let's get engaged first, and it will be on National Day this year. Maizi, do you like it?"
Lin Mai smiled dryly and said, "It's not necessary."
Grandma Fang glared: "Why is it not necessary? Only when you are engaged, some shameless people will give up the idea of breaking up you and Zhuoran!"
Lin Mai knew who the shameless people she was talking about were referring to.
The two old people only wanted to do their own good, and Lin Mai couldn't help but feel cold to their hearts. He nodded and said: "I have no objection here, but I don't know if Zhuoran is willing to get engaged."
"If he doesn't want to, I'll break his legs!" Grandpa Fang stood up from the chair: "I'll call him and ask him." After that, he walked out.
Grandma Fang looked at how late it was and said, "Hey! It's time to make lunch. Let's make a big meal and celebrate."
Lin Mai hurriedly took the vegetable basket: "I'll go to the market to buy some fish and meat."
"Let's go together." Grandma Fang took Lin Mai's arm and the two went out intimately.
When the neighbors saw her, they joked: "You are so close, like grandma and granddaughter."
Grandma Fang cooed: "Although Maizi is not my granddaughter, she will soon become my granddaughter-in-law."
Everyone was surprised and asked in disbelief: "Your professor Fang is going to marry Maizi?"
Grandma Fang nodded proudly.
Neighbors looked at Lin Mai inquiringly.
She was thinking in her mind, what tricks did she use to get Fang Zhuoran to marry her, and how did she coax Mrs. Fang into willingly letting her be her granddaughter-in-law.
This woman is really scheming!
Lin Mai and Grandma Fang came to the market, and Grandma Fang bought the good ingredients when she saw them.
After a while, I bought ribs, tenderloin, chicken, duck and fish.
Seeing that he had bought a lot, Lin Mai stopped him in a hurry: "Grandma, the temperature is high now. If you buy so many ingredients, they will go bad if you can't eat them."
Grandma Fang then gave up and took her to pick vegetables in her vegetable garden.
From the market to her own vegetable garden, whenever she met someone she knew, Grandma Fang would show off to others that Lin Mai was her future daughter-in-law.
He looked so proud, as if Lin Mai was getting married as a princess.