The one who saw Su Laosan and his three nephews returning with bags and bundles was Kang Yiye, a female educated youth from the village.
Kang Yiye had come to the village as an educated youth two years ago and had been trying to escape ever since.
She was unwilling to live in the countryside, but she had tried to run away twice and was sent back by her family both times.
Her family's conditions were poor. After much effort, they had sent her away, and with one less person to feed, they wouldn't indulge her running back to be a freeloader.
After two consecutive attempts, Kang Yiye resigned herself to staying in the village.
However, she had disliked manual labor since childhood, and since she couldn't return to the city, she didn't want to work.
She wanted to find a family with good conditions in the village to marry into. As long as she found a suitable person, she could live a life of idleness.
But Hongxin Brigade was too poor, and there were too few families with good conditions. Moreover, among those few families, either there was no one suitable for her to marry, or the men were too unattractive, and she looked down on them.
The rest were mostly struggling to even eat enough, and Kang Yiye, who was unwilling to endure hardship, did not fancy such families.
By being so picky, two years had passed, and she was still unmarried. Instead, the villagers knew her as someone who was greedy and lazy.
Later, widowers and a few men with ulterior motives in the village would knock on her door at night, and she could get some benefits from them.
But these were not long-term solutions!
She still wanted to find someone to marry!
However, she had never paid attention to the men in the Old Su family. One reason was that there was no one suitable for marriage in the Old Su family, and the other was that the Old Su family's conditions were truly too poor.
It was said that the Old Su family couldn't even afford to eat enough. Was she supposed to marry into such a family and suffer with them?
But these past two days, the villagers had been saying that the Old Su family had received a package slip. It was said to be from someone whom Grandpa Su had saved years ago, and it was rumored to be a very large package.
The villagers also spread rumors that it must have contained many good things!
Because of this, she paid more attention.
Today, she heard that Su Laosan was not working, so she guessed that Su Laosan was going to pick up the package. Therefore, in the afternoon, she directly took leave and loitered around the small path, just waiting for Su Laosan to return.
Her efforts paid off, and she indeed saw Su Laosan returning with a large pile of things.
The basket was so large, almost as tall as half a person. Even Su Laosan, a strong man, was panting with exhaustion carrying it.
Coupled with the things his three nephews were carrying, Kang Yiye's eyes sparkled.
She began to scheme how to get a share from the Old Su family.
Su Laosan, this man, looked strong and healthy.
While some people were watching Su Laosan, others were watching Kang Yiye.
The one watching Kang Yiye was none other than Su Xiaoqin from the second branch of the Su family.
When Su Xiaoqin heard that the Old Su family had received a package slip, she was extremely excited. But then she immediately thought that the people in the Old Su family no longer liked her, so even if there were good things, they definitely wouldn't give her any to eat.
She happened to see Kang Yiye's calculating expression and thought she could use Kang Yiye.
Even if she couldn't eat those good things in the end, she would be happy if she could disgust Su Xiaotian and make her unhappy.
"Sister Ye, I heard you were sick, why are you still wandering around outside?" Su Xiaoqin walked up and greeted Kang Yiye after Su Laosan's figure had disappeared.
Kang Yiye was startled by Su Xiaoqin's sudden appearance.
"You child, how can you be so stealthy?" Kang Yiye patted her chest and complained.
"Sister Ye, I just heard people say you were sick today, so I asked out of concern," Su Xiaoqin said with a smile, pretending to know nothing.
"I was just bored indoors, so I came out for a walk. It's nothing," Kang Yiye didn't want to continue talking to Su Xiaoqin and turned to leave.
"Sister Ye, it's not easy for you to be alone in our village. You're also an educated youth. Aunt Ruyu has her family to protect her, and her life is much easier," Su Xiaoqin said, still feigning innocence.
Ruyu, whom she mentioned, was one of the earliest educated youths in the village. After enduring for a few years in the village and seeing no hope of returning to the city, she simply married a honest, steady, and kind man.
Now she had both children and was loved by her husband and his family, living a very happy life.
Kang Yiye spat at Su Xiaoqin and said, "You're just a child, aren't you afraid of being laughed at for saying such things?"
Although she said that, Kang Yiye's heart was indeed swayed.
For some reason, Su Laosan's strong physique suddenly appeared in Kang Yiye's mind.
Su Laosan was a bit older, and he was married.
Everyone in the village knew that Su Laosan doted on his wife the most.
Most women in the countryside had been beaten by their husbands, but Liang Xiu was always protected by Su Laosan.
Once, Liang Xiu sprained her ankle while working in the fields, and Su Laosan carried her home from the fields.
For this reason, countless women in the village secretly envied her.
Thinking of this, Kang Yiye felt that perhaps she could really do something!
Su Xiaoqin watched Kang Yiye leave, lost in thought, and a smile of a successful scheme crossed her lips.
This was not enough. Kang Yiye was incapable and could only disgust Su Xiaotian. To get benefits, she still had to find her grandmother.
As long as she went home and told her grandmother, with her grandmother's abilities, she could definitely get something home.
Although she wouldn't be able to eat it even if she brought it home, as long as it didn't fall into Su Xiaotian's mouth, it was good.
Su Laosan, who was tidying up items at home, had no idea that he had inexplicably become the object of someone's attention.
"Third Uncle, why did you bring so many good things back today? Were they all sent by someone? What kind of rich family can afford to give out these good things?" Su Ciliang chattered around Su Laosan.
The basket contained mostly food, all sorts of food. Of course, there were also two pieces of fabric.
The young boy was greedy and had no interest in the fabric, but he was full of desire for food.
"Is this white rice? Third Uncle, there's so much white rice. And white sugar, that's a good thing, it's so sweet. Oh my, Third Uncle, why didn't you say on the way that there's such a big piece of meat? It's more than the meat we have during the New Year..."
"Second Brother, my father is getting dizzy from you, and I'm dizzy too!" Su Xiaotian finally couldn't stand her second brother, who was noisier than a bird.
Su Ciliang quickly covered his mouth.
It didn't matter if he made Third Uncle dizzy, but his little sister absolutely couldn't be made dizzy, or his grandmother would definitely hit him.
But he only quieted down for a moment before speaking again: "Little Sister, aren't you craving the meat? My mouth is watering..."
Su Xiaotian thought helplessly, it was fortunate that her second brother was the only one like this in the family. If all nine brothers were like this, it would be deafening!
This situation continued until Grandma Su returned from the fields.
There was no other reason than Grandma Su being very violent towards her grandchildren.
She directly swung a large broom and chased away the extremely annoying Su Ciliang.
Su Ciliang, being driven out by his own grandmother, had nowhere else to go, so he went to find Chi Ge to learn painting.
At this time, he felt grateful that there was a teacher.