country bumpkin

Chapter 407 Admitting the Mistake of "Brother-in-Law"

Since getting engaged, Ren Mohan has been openly eating and drinking at his mother-in-law's house. Besides staying overnight, he spends all his time with Sun Limei.

Ren Mohan's parents were getting old, so they had long hoped that their son would get married and have children. After the two got engaged, it was already early December, and Ren's parents planned to hold the wedding before the Chinese New Year.

Kong Xiujuan naturally disagreed, feeling that rushing it at the end of the year was too hasty.

She was still hoping her eldest daughter could spend another Lunar New Year with her family at home. After all, married women can no longer go back to their parents' home for the New Year.

While wavering between the two options, Kong Xiujuan consulted her father, Kong Tongming. After looking at auspicious dates, they decided to choose one day between the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month before the Lunar New Year and the 6th day of the second lunar month after the Lunar New Year to get married.

The Ren family still hoped it would be as soon as possible, so they chose the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. Kong Xiujuan made the final decision and chose the 6th day of the second lunar month after the New Year.

Ren's parents had no choice but to obey their future mother-in-law's decision, but they also began preparing for the wedding well in advance.

After setting the wedding date, Sun Limei began to get busy. She bought her wedding dress, which she had kept hidden away, and other necessities.

Ren Mohan still goes to his mother-in-law's house for dinner after work, and stays there during his days off. Occasionally, he goes back to his hometown to visit his parents.

Yunya gets home very late from get off work every day and doesn't see her brother-in-law, so she doesn't pay attention to these things at all.

As the weather gets colder, Yunya likes to stay in bed longer in the mornings. She's warm in bed and doesn't want to get up at all.

Forced to get up, she had to comb and braid her hair, which she found very troublesome. So, on a mild and sunny noon, Yunya cut off her braids and sold them.

When she returned to work after her day off, she looked completely different. Because the haircut was done by a street vendor, who had no standards and cut it extremely short.

The rest of her hair was styled into a buzz cut. Yunya didn't bother to get it fixed; she'd just make do with it as it was.

She always wore a thick cotton hat when she went out, but took it off when she got home.

On the day she got her hair cut, she ran into Ren Mohan, who was still there, on her way home. Yun Ya greeted him first, calling him "brother-in-law".

Ren Mohan nodded in agreement and then said, "Yes, I'm back."

Yun Ya gave a soft "hmm" and went upstairs to her room.

Because Sun Guoqiang hadn't started his holiday yet, Ren Mohan had never met Yun Ya and Sun Guoqiang.

He actually mistook Yunya for a boy. After Yunya left, he whispered to Sun Limei.

"Limei, isn't this your younger brother Guoqiang?"

Sun Limei turned to look at him and burst out laughing.

She said, "This is my sister, not my brother."

Ren Mohan scratched his head sheepishly and said in surprise, "Huh? This is your sister? Why is she dressed like this? Is your sister involved in organized crime?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Limei burst into laughter. Ren Mohan, puzzled, asked, "What's so funny?"

Sun Limei slowly stopped laughing and said, "Well, it's not funny, but I still want to laugh."

Ren Mohan also felt that her question was too abrupt, and after a moment of embarrassment, she continued to talk about Sun Guoqiang.

Yunya went back inside and looked at her new hairstyle in a small mirror. "Hmm, it really doesn't look very good."

At the shop where I work, the manager and the other young women working nearby all said that this hairstyle didn't look good.

Yunya was already annoyed, but she never expected that when she asked her sister-in-law to go to the small square to watch dancing that evening, she would be misunderstood again.

At that time, the trees in the small square were covered with colorful lights, and in the very center of the square, two groups of people were dancing.

My sister-in-law, Zhang Haiyan, loves to dance and often comes to the small square to dance. This time, with Yunya accompanying her, she danced even more energetically.

She also invited Yunya to dance along, but Yunya didn't want to learn, so she didn't force her and just danced to the rhythm of the music on her own.

Yunya stood aside watching the dance moves that were soaring and tumbling, finding them pleasing to the eye.

But it's impossible for her to learn. She only likes to watch, not to do it herself.

Just as she was engrossed in watching, a short boy walked up to her and asked for help, "Brother, do you have a fire?"

Yun Ya was taken aback, but immediately realized what she meant and replied in a rough voice, "No."

Upon hearing Yun Ya's reply, the man quickly ran behind a large tree. There were two girls and one boy there.

Yun Ya gazed at the area beneath the large tree, straining her ears to listen to their conversation.

As soon as the short boy returned, one of the petite girls eagerly stepped forward and asked, "How was it? Was it a boy or a girl?"

Another slightly chubby girl chimed in, "I bet it's a boy."

The short boy who had just returned replied, "I can't tell, I can't tell at all."

Another tall, thin boy said, "What's going on? Didn't he say anything? Or did you not recognize his voice? Was it a man or a woman?"

The short boy shrugged and said, "I told him, and he only replied with two words, 'No.' His voice was very androgynous; you couldn't tell if he was male or female."

The more they guessed, the more curious they became about whether Yun Ya was a boy or a girl. So, their gazes all fell on Yun Ya, who had been staring at them.

Yunya felt a little uncomfortable under their gazes, so she simply walked over confidently.

"You're all so curious about whether I'm a man or a woman, so I'll tell you, I'm a woman," Yun Ya said irritably.

The young people were taken aback at first, then they all laughed. The petite girl laughed and said, "Oh my, I really didn't realize your hairstyle was so boyish."

Yun Ya rolled her eyes helplessly, "I had no choice, I messed it up." Everyone chatted amongst themselves, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Just then, her sister-in-law, Zhang Haiyan, came over after finishing her dance, grabbed Yunya's arm, and asked, "Sister, who are they?"

When Yunya told her what had happened, Zhang Haiyan laughed too. Afterwards, the group chatted about dancing, and Zhang Haiyan even invited them to dance together.

They didn't want to agree at first, but they couldn't resist Zhang Haiyan's enthusiastic invitation, and seeing how happy the dancers were, they nodded in agreement.

Only Yunya remained standing, watching them dance. The four young people, however, had already begun swaying in sync with Zhang Haiyan's movements.

Everyone was dancing enthusiastically in the lively little square, but Yunya continued to be a proper spectator.

Among the four, the tall, thin boy kept his eyes fixed on Zhang Haiyan, his face full of infatuation and affection.

Yunya sensed something was wrong and went over to whisper a few words in her sister-in-law's ear.

While dancing, Zhang Haiyan glanced at the tall, thin man watching her and gave him a cold look.

She glanced at it only once before turning back to focus on her dance.