CHAPTER 276: CHAPTER 276 SURPRISE AT MOTHER’S HOME ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH

Bai Yingyue couldn’t grasp what Daddy Bai meant, and she could only take her questions to bed with her.

But completely different from Daddy Bai’s reaction was Tang Jianjun, who always felt that something was off.

Stressed out because he couldn’t understand and unable to sleep, what should he do?

He went to look for Tang Chuxia.

"Little sis, help your second brother analyze this, what do you think she really means?"

Tang Chuxia had already fallen asleep, but not only was she shaken awake by her second brother, she also had to help him analyze his romantic problems, which really angered her. However, she knew that her brother was stubborn and if she didn’t clarify things for him, she probably wouldn’t be able to go back to sleep!

Slapping her face to regain alertness, Tang Chuxia finally said, "Second brother, I just want to ask you one thing—if Sister Bai is with you, what do you stand to lose?"

Tang Jianjun rubbed his chin and pondered for a long time, "It seems like nothing!"

Tang Chuxia asked another question, "Does she prevent you from finding someone else?"

Tang Jianjun shook his head, that definitely wasn’t the case.

Tang Chuxia was speechless.

"See? She doesn’t prevent you from finding someone, and you don’t lose anything by being with her, plus she makes our mom stop worrying about you. Why not just go with it?"

Tang Jianjun suddenly understood, it really was that simple.

He excitedly hugged Tang Chuxia, startling her into reminding him, "Brother, it’s cold, I’m only wearing my long johns!"

Then Tang Jianjun came to his senses and tucked Tang Chuxia back under the covers, excitedly rubbing his hands together, "Then I’m going to sleep, you should go to bed early too!"

Tang Chuxia: ...

Wasn’t she already asleep, and whom did she have to thank for being shaken awake?

Tang Jianjun didn’t give Tang Chuxia any time to complain; he dashed out.

By this time, having lost all desire to sleep, Tang Chuxia stared at the pitch-black ceiling and sighed deeply.

She had only been in this world for a month, yet why did it feel like it had been a century?

Thinking it over carefully, it had only been a month, yet she had already become accustomed to life here.

No cell phones, no internet, no nightlife activities to pass the time, just going to bed and waking up at fixed times.

Since she was rarely woken up, she checked the time and it was only a little past midnight.

She truly admired the people of this era for being able to live such contented lives.

Tang Chuxia wanted to reflect on her one-month summary of time travel, but a yawn overtook her, and she decided that sleep was still the most important.

The second day of the Lunar New Year was the day daughters returned to their parents’ homes, and the streets and alleys of Quan City were filled with joyful noises of people going home.

As soon as Tang Chuxia opened her eyes, she saw that Young Uncle, second uncle, third uncle, and fourth uncle had all arrived.

Madam Tang’s smile had not faded from her face; it was constantly there.

Tang Chuxia tidied herself up and got into Young Uncle’s car. She called for Tang Chuxia and the rest of her sons to come along.

Except for the eldest brother.

Similarly, no one from the elder sister-in-law’s family came.

The reason was simple—they were too far away!

As Tang Chuxia left, she sensed something wrong with her eldest brother and instructed Ah Duo and licorice, "You two must keep a close eye on elder sister-in-law, and if anything happens, make sure to call us!"

Seeing Ah Duo and licorice agree, Tang Chuxia also instructed Dangdang, "You must keep a close eye on elder sister-in-law, don’t let her cry, you’re her family from her parents’ side, you can definitely substitute for your brother and keep her company!"

Dangdang assured that he would not let any problems arise with the elder sister-in-law.

After they left, on the way, Tang Jianjun asked Tang Chuxia, "Why did you specifically instruct them?"

Tang Chuxia sighed, "I had no choice, didn’t you see our eldest brother’s face? I just went to the elder sister-in-law’s room to tell her about us going to grandma’s house, and her eyes were red!"

Tang Jianjun didn’t catch on, but Tang Jianbing got it right away.

"I didn’t hear any noise from their room, big brother shouldn’t be hitting a woman!"

Tang Chuxia was speechless; little brother’s thought process was quite peculiar. Just because elder sister-in-law was crying, it must be because big brother hit her?

Wasn’t there a possibility that she was upset on her own?

Upon arriving at grandma’s house, Tang Chuxia and her family were immediately greeted by an ecstatic Young Aunt.

"Young Aunt, aren’t you going back to your parental home today?"

Young Aunt waved her hand dismissively, "Why go back? It’s so far away, and I’ve already given money!"

This year, Young Aunt hadn’t earned a small sum of money. To her, seeing Tang Chuxia was like spotting the God of Wealth. How could she care about going back to her parental home when she was so focused on making money?

"You don’t know how generous your Young Aunt is!" Young Uncle remarked with a curl of his lips.

For Young Uncle to say that, it must have meant she gave quite a lot.

Young Aunt rolled her eyes at him, "Still better than you, at least. I gave my parents money to renovate the courtyard, which is way better than you losing money chasing after that young widow!"

Young Uncle fell silent.

Before, Young Aunt was so careful around Young Uncle. What happened today?

She was very curious.

As luck would have it, this was overheard by Zheng Duoqing, the source of gossip in the family. He immediately commented, "Our little aunt has finally stood up for herself! No longer bound by our uncle!"

Tang Chuxia became even more curious and asked what happened.

"Didn’t our little aunt want to have a child before? She insisted on our uncle exercising more, but he overdid it with his fitness routine, ended up straining his back. When they saw the doctor, the doctor asked why at his age he was trying to learn how to do the splits?"

Zheng Duoqing had to pause his story there, as he couldn’t finish without bursting into laughter.

Tang Chuxia poked him, urging him to finish before laughing.

"Let me laugh for a bit. Right then, our little aunt made a gesture, holding up her middle finger and saying, ’This increases the odds of hitting the jackpot!’"

Zheng Duoqing said, and once again began pounding his thigh in laughter.

Tang Chuxia didn’t get what he meant, but Young Uncle, who was beside them, saw it and shouted at Zheng Duoqing, "Why aren’t you following your mom back to your grandma’s house? What are you doing here?"

Zheng Duoqing roared with laughter and told Tang Chuxia, "Little Uncle, you’re just frustrated and embarrassed. You forbid me from stirring the pot, but little sister, remember when you said it was because little aunt was too fat, and it wasn’t a split issue at all, rather, she needed to practice ’piling’?"

Tang Chuxia facepalmed.

Now, she understood.

Young Aunt spat, "Xiaxia, you don’t understand. Your little uncle is a real piece of work. He insisted it was my problem, saying if I were as slender as the young widow, I would definitely have succeeded long ago!"

Tang Chuxia: ...

No one knew how to speak properly.

"So I got angry and followed him to see who this young widow was, and guess what? He really went to practice ’piling’!"

Tang Chuxia: w(ﾟДﾟ)w

Was it the kind of ’piling’ she was thinking of?

Young Uncle bellowed, "Don’t make up stories about me. I went to practice ’standing’, ’standing’!"

Tang Chuxia could feel the hysteria in Young Uncle, along with his rage.

It was simply exasperating.

Madam Tang patted Tang Chuxia, telling her to go outside and play so she wouldn’t stay in the house and possibly anger Young Uncle to death.

Tang Chuxia scampered off, and just as she stepped outside, she saw someone who had come to pick up grandma to take her back to her parental home.

The person saw Tang Chuxia and called out, "Little sister, want to join big brother and be a king on the mountain?"

Tang Chuxia thought today might not be a good day to go out. Otherwise, why would she run into an idiot the moment she left the house?