Yang Ruoqing turned to look at Cao Bamei and smiled: "Why, do you feel sorry for my second brother?"

Cao Bamei's face turned red and she retorted: "What? Don't you feel sorry for Tang Yazi?"

"Then who said just now that Tang Yazi lost weight?"

Yang Ruoqing's eyes widened: "Oh, that's incredible. I just said something and you actually learned how to bully people?"

Cao Bamei smiled.

Yang Ruoqing put the two loofah strips she picked into the basket and walked to Cao Bamei.

He lowered his voice and asked her: "Seriously, how are you getting along with my second brother these days? What are you going to do next?"

Cao Bamei's face turned redder.

"How is things going? It's not like you don't know these days. Your second brother is first fighting for disasters, then digging canals, and now he's working in the construction team."

"I haven't seen him in three days!" she said.

"Ah? You shouldn't!" Yang Ruoqing said.

"They go out with dry food at noon, but at night they all come over to eat. How can you even catch a glimpse of them!" she said.

Cao Bamei shook her head and sighed.

"See, I can take a look at him from a distance, but I haven't had the chance to speak for a while."

"Why is this happening?"

"Why else, it's your uncle!"

"What's wrong with my uncle again?"

"It's not a big deal, he will follow your second brother wherever he is." Cao Bamei said.

"I will go to the river to deliver food, and your second brother will come home for dinner at night. As long as I am around, he will follow your second brother."

"When he saw me coming from afar, even if I was delivering food to others, he thought I was looking for your second brother, so he glared at me from afar!"

Hearing Cao Bamei's words, Yang Ruoqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

So does Cao Bamei herself.

"Isn't your uncle disapproving of me? Doesn't he dislike me for being short, thin, or something like that?"

"Then why do you look at me like a wild beast? I really don't understand!"

"Hahaha……"

Yang Ruoqing couldn't help but laugh.

"You can't help me when you grow up. The more my uncle guards you like a wild beast, the more it means that my second brother cares less about you."

"It's precisely because my second brother dislikes you that my uncle is so nervous."

"Ignore him, as long as your feelings about me and my second brother haven't changed, it will be fine!" Yang Ruoqing finally said.

Cao Bamei nodded, perhaps mentioning Yang Yongjin, and her face couldn't help but feel a sense of sweetness and happiness.

Yang Ruoqing glanced at the vegetable basket. She had almost picked loofah strips, eggplants, cucumbers, etc., which was enough for two days of food.

So the two girls came out of the backyard together and planned to go to the pond to wash the basket of vegetables.

"How many of the dilapidated houses in our village are still unfinished?" Cao Bamei asked Yang Ruoqing on the way.

Yang Ruoqing thought for a moment: "There aren't many left in our village."

"That's good, Tang Yazi and Yong Jin can finally take a breath." Cao Bamei said.

Yang Ruoqing smiled: "To be honest, I think so too, but..."

"But what?" Cao Bamei asked.

"Is this errand done and there are other errands for them to do?" she asked.

Yang Ruoqing said: "That's not an arrangement. It's just that our village has more people and more strength, so the dilapidated houses can be built quickly."

"But in Yujia Village behind and Zhengjia Village over there, there are not many people in the village, but the houses are flooded even more seriously than in our village."

"Maybe after they finish building our village, they will spontaneously go to Yujia Village and Zhengjia Village to help them build it," she said.

Cao Bamei lowered her shoulders: "Okay!"

Yang Ruoqing smiled and bumped Cao Bamei's shoulder: "Don't do this. Otherwise, I will arrange for you and my second brother to meet and have a good chat tonight, how about that?"

Cao Bamei's eyes lit up, but then she shook her head.

"Let's forget it. Your second brother is so busy that his feet never touch the ground. Let him have some time to rest."

"Besides, I don't really like this kind of secretive and thief-like meeting. I'm waiting for the day when it will be open and honest!" she said.

Yang Ruoqing was stunned for a moment, then gave her a thumbs up: "Good job!"

…

During dinner, Yang Ruoqing and Cao Bamei came over with vegetables and large basins of rice.

At the men's table, brothers Luo Fengtang, Mu Zichuan, Li Zheng, Yang Huazhong and Yang Huaming were really discussing about going to Yujia Village and Zhengjia Village to help build dilapidated houses.

Luo Fengtang said: "The folks in Yujia Village and Zhengjia Village have spent the past few days fighting floods and providing disaster relief, or digging canals."

"They all stand on the same line with us and advance and retreat together."

"Now that their village needs to build a house, we should also go and lend a helping hand."

"This matter is not among those quotas recruited by Zichuan for corvee service. Helping people build houses depends on voluntariness and friendship. If anyone in our village doesn't want to go, we can't force it."

"So, I have privately assembled a transportation team, namely Baozhu Yuzhu Baozi and the others. We plan to prepare our own dry food and go to Yujia Village and Zhengjia Village early tomorrow morning."

After listening to Luo Fengtang's words, the elders at the table all nodded in approval.

Yang Huazhong said: "Tang Yazi, count me in your transportation team, I will go too!"

"I heard that brother Yu Dafu was seriously flooded. I have a relationship with him and I have to go and help!"

Yang Huaming said: "Third brother, although the dilapidated houses in our village are almost complete, there are still a lot of things that you and Brother Li Zheng can do together."

"When you go to Yujia Village and Zhengjia Village to build houses, I will go for you and you stay in the village."

Yang Yongjin also quickly raised his hand: "Tang Yazi, I also called a few brothers here. Let's put them together and divide into two teams. One will go to Yujia Village and the other to Zhengjia Village."

Luo Fengtang nodded: "Okay!"

"Building a house is important, and eating is also important. Let's eat the food now. How about we discuss it after we are full?"

A crisp voice broke in, and Luo Fengtang turned around and saw that it was Yang Ruoqing coming with chopsticks and a bowl.

Luo Fengtang grinned and quickly stood up to take the chopstick bowl from Yang Ruoqing's hand: "I'll help you set it up!"

Yang Ruoqing didn't show off to him, handed him the chopsticks and bowl, turned around and went to the backyard to serve other dishes.

Yang Huazhong and the others also stood up and began to clear away the tea bowls and tobacco on the table.

Yang Yongjin saw Cao Bamei who came with Yang Ruoqing.

Seeing Cao Bamei holding a rice bowl in her hand, Yang Yongjin hurried over.

She stretched out her hand to take the rice bowl held by Cao Bamei. At this moment, a figure suddenly ran over and pulled Yang Yongjin aside.

"Your father hasn't come over for dinner yet. Please go to your father's room and say hello!"

Yang Huaan urged Yang Yongjin loudly.

Yang Yongjin frowned and had no choice but to turn around and leave the main room to invite Old Yang.
Chapter completed!