After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

Seeing Chunmiao's anxious expression, Chunsheng immediately asked, "What's wrong, sis?"

"Nothing much. If there's anything else you need me to do, just tell me everything at once!"

Chunsheng smiled. "No, not at all! It's just that I think Jianwu is actually a pretty good guy!"

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Chunmiao immediately looked at Chunsheng with a puzzled expression. "Why did you suddenly bring him up?"

"Because starting tomorrow, I'm going to learn kung fu from Brother Junwu!"

"I know about this, our whole family knows!"

"Just knowing it isn't enough!"

"What do you mean?"

Chunmiao stared intently at Chunsheng, thinking that the little guy had just strongly urged her to break up with that Sun Jianshe today. Could it be that he thinks Zhang Junwu is good and wants to match her up with Zhang Junwu?

"Don't you dare get any ideas! I'm not a good match for that Zhang Junwu!"

"Sis, what are you thinking about!"

Chunsheng was immediately amused by his sister and quickly explained, "What I meant was, he'll definitely be coming to our house often in the future. If you always have a long face every time you see him, like you're dealing with an enemy, that... really isn't good!"

Chunmiao realized she had been overthinking things. After letting out a slight sigh of relief, she patted Chunsheng on the shoulder forcefully and said in a deliberately serious tone.

"Don't worry, if it's about this, I'll definitely support you. From now on, whenever he comes, I'll serve him tea and water and treat him with the utmost courtesy. I'll make him teach you everything he knows!"

"Really?"

Chunsheng looked at his sister Chunmiao with disbelief, feeling that her words were a bit exaggerated.

He only hoped that his sister would stop arguing with Junwu and giving him the cold shoulder, and not embarrass him. As for things like serving tea and water, he, as the younger brother, would naturally take care of those.

"If you believe it's true, then it's true!"

Chunmiao chuckled and said, "If I have nothing else to say, I'm leaving now. Sixth Sister is still waiting for me inside to embroider insoles together!"

Chunsheng smiled and shook his head, quickly walked to the door, lifted the curtain, and gestured with his hand, "Fairy Chunmiao, this way please. I won't see you off!"

Chunmiao suddenly noticed that her younger brother had become more talkative today, and even seemed to have developed a sense of humor. So, as she was leaving, she gently pinched Chunsheng's cheek and laughed, "You're getting better and better at talking, aren't you!"

Just then, Liu Yan'e and Song Mantun, the elderly couple, opened the door and came out of the house. As soon as they came out, they saw Chunmiao pinching her younger brother's face.

Liu Yan'e immediately glared at her daughter and shouted, "Chunmiao, you're so big now, how can you still bully your little brother!"

Startled, Chunmiao immediately turned around and fled from the main room.

After returning to the east wing room where she and her sixth sister Chunzao lived, she immediately closed the door, listened carefully through the door for a while, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she was sure that her mother hadn't followed her. She then plopped down on the earthen bed behind her.

At this moment, Liu Yan'e, inside the main room, was touching Chunsheng's cheek with a pained expression, on the small patch that her daughter Chunmiao had just pinched.

"Oh my goodness, you've pinched my child's cheeks until they're all red!"

As Liu Yan'e spoke, she glanced at her husband and said with a displeased look, "Old man, look at how hard your seventh daughter hit you!"

Song Mantun walked up to his son, stared at the slightly red spot on Chunsheng's face, and then smiled!

"You...you can still laugh!"

Song Mantun looked at his wife, who was glaring at him angrily, but instead of explaining, he asked with a smile, "Tell me yourself, where did those girls learn their habit of pinching people from since they were little?"

Liu Yan'e, who had been looking furious, couldn't help but laugh when she heard these words.

Who taught her that? Who else could it be but herself, the "mother of the Seventh Fairy"!

Seeing his mother and father bickering playfully and then making up in an instant, a strange sense of happiness immediately rose from the bottom of Chunsheng's heart.

"Mom, my sister is just kidding me!"

"And as you know, my skin has been sensitive since I was a child; it turns red immediately at the slightest touch!"

Song Mantun quickly added, "Yes, our kid has fair skin, just like you! That's why his seventh sister pinched him a little, and his skin turned red!"

Liu Yan'e didn't say anything more, but the corners of her mouth remained turned up.

This is the first time in all these years since she got married and had children that her husband has praised her for her fair skin!

After confirming that the red patch on her son's face was nothing serious, Liu Yan'e turned to her husband and said, "Alright, hurry up and go out. Be quick and come back, or it'll be too dark to see the road!"

"Mom, it's so late, are you and Dad still going out?"

Seeing the worry on her son's face, Song Mantun quickly explained, "Your mother and I are going to Uncle Yougen's house in Group 1. We'll be back in about ten minutes. Remember to soak your feet in hot water later. You caught a chill yesterday, and it takes time for your body to fully recover!"

"Your father is right," Mother Liu Yan'e immediately chimed in, "You absolutely mustn't be lazy when it comes to soaking your feet in hot water!"

Even after saying this, Liu Yan'e was still worried. She carried a thermos from the kitchen and placed it on the octagonal table in the main room. After giving Chunsheng a few more instructions, she finally turned and left with peace of mind.

Watching his parents' departing figures, Chunsheng felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.

Even though they are over fifty, his parents still worry endlessly about him. Just now, after dinner, they talked about building a wooden shed for him to train in the backyard. Now that it was getting dark, the two of them still ran out and went through the streets and alleys to find people to talk to about building the wooden shed.

He knew the Uncle Yougen his father had mentioned; his family lived in the alley at the southernmost end of the village.

His second son, Song Guangliang, was in the class next to his own, which was the first-year (third) class where Du Xiao'e was the homeroom teacher. Song Guangliang was one of the dozen or so students who wanted to transfer from other classes to their first-year (first) class.

Songjiazhuang Village divided the entire production brigade into four production teams according to four lanes running from south to north. Each team had a production team leader and an accountant responsible for recording the commune members' points.

Song Hongqin's eldest brother, Song Hongjun, was the accountant of their third production team, while her father, Song Facai, was the accountant of the entire Songjiazhuang production brigade.

Influenced by the "Learn from Dazhai in Agriculture" campaign, the four production teams would hold various labor competitions from time to time in order to motivate the members of the production teams.

Over time, a competitive spirit gradually took root in the hearts of every member of the commune. On weekdays, everyone would only have close interactions with the families in the same production group, while maintaining some distance from the families in other production groups.

Song Yougen, from the first production team, is a carpenter. Whenever someone in the village needs to buy furniture or repair doors and windows, they will go to him for help.

However, if several households ask him to do work at the same time, he will prioritize the work of those in the same group as him, and then he will take on the work of other production groups according to the order of the agreed tasks.

Springtime is the busiest time for Song Yougen, because Song Mantun's family is not in the same production team as others. So, they have to finalize the construction of the wooden shed with the other party as soon as possible in order to have the shed completed before the rainy season. Otherwise, they might be put on hold for who knows how long!

That's why the elderly couple rushed out before dark to discuss the matter with Song Yougen!