Chapter 169 Then give it a try?

"Uncle Fu, Aunt Guixiang, what is the matter with you coming to see me?"

Li Guoqiang took Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang to sit on the kang in the wooden house, poured them each a bowl of hot water, and then asked a question with a smile.

Hearing this, Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang looked at each other first, and then slowly asked, "Um, Qiangzi, when you moved into your new house a few days ago, did our Xiaoying come to see you?"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang's heart skipped a beat, then he nodded and told the truth: "Yes, Sister Yuying did come to see me, and she also wanted to give me a pen, but I thought it was too expensive, so I didn't dare to accept it, and then she left!"

After saying this, he faced Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang with a calm face, neither feeling embarrassed nor worried.

In fact, after rejecting Xu Yuying's gift, he had already guessed that Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang would definitely ask him about this matter, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Therefore, he had already prepared his speech and was waiting for this opportunity to make things clear to Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang to avoid any future entanglements that would affect their good relationship.

"So that's it!"

When Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang heard Li Guoqiang's explanation, a look of enlightenment immediately appeared on their faces.

Afterwards, Xu Guangfu hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Qiangzi, now that things have come to this, I will tell you the truth!"

“你应该知道，我们家小瑛今年都已经是实23虚24晃25毛26将27的人了，一直都没有找到一个看对眼的对象。”

"Now that she finally likes you, don't you know how happy we are?"

"So, can you please not reject Xiaoying so quickly for the sake of our old couple?"

"Even if you really don't want to find a partner so soon, you can always start as friends first!"

After saying this, he and Tian Guixiang looked at Li Guoqiang expectantly, and there was even a hint of pleading in their eyes.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang sighed slightly in his heart, and then said seriously: "Uncle Fu, Aunt Guixiang, to be honest, I am also very happy to be friends with Sister Yuying."

"But, since you all know that Sister Yuying has feelings for me, do you think it's possible for her and I to be just friends?"

"What if she misunderstood what I meant? Wouldn't that be even more troublesome?"

"Therefore, instead of being together without knowing the reason, it is better to make things clear at the beginning to avoid hurting others and yourself in the future."

"You say, isn't this the truth?"

After hearing this, Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang were speechless.

In fact, they have lived for most of their lives, heard so many things, and seen so many things. How could they not understand the truth that Li Guoqiang said?
However, they noticed that Xu Yuying was in a bad mood at home these days, so they wanted to come and have a good talk with Li Guoqiang to see if they could make this good thing happen.

As a result, they didn't expect that Li Guoqiang would speak so bluntly in front of them, leaving them no wiggle room at all.

In this case, they only have two choices: either use some means to force Li Guoqiang to surrender, or go home and persuade Xu Yuying to forget Li Guoqiang.

Among them, the first option had just emerged when they rejected it.

As for the second option, they didn't really want to choose it.

What to do now?

After thinking for a while, they still couldn't come up with a solution. In the end, they could only light their pipes with worried looks on their faces and smoke hard, one puff after another.

When Li Guoqiang saw Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang like this, he didn't say anything.

After all, no matter what he said at this moment, it would be inappropriate. He could only let Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang decide what to do.

If Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang were angry with him because of this incident, he would have no choice but to accept it.

Anyway, with Xu Guangshou as his master and support, he doesn't have to worry about what Xu Guangfu will do to him. At most, he will just do his job impartially.

There was silence for a long time. After Xu Guangfu finished a bag of tobacco, he finally made a decision.

He tapped his pipe on the table, then said in a deep voice, "Qiangzi, how about this? Come to my house tomorrow for dinner and have a good chat with Xiaoying. Let's talk about everything openly."

"No matter what the conversation turns out to be, we two won't blame you."

"Do you think this is the case?"

"to make!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded without even thinking and agreed, "Then I'll go over tonight!"

"Okay, tonight is best, so it's settled then."

Xu Guangfu was delighted, then nodded quickly and praised.

After saying that, he pulled Tian Guixiang off the kang and hurried home.

Not long after, Xu Yuying learned that Li Guoqiang was coming over to her house for dinner in the evening, and her eyes lit up instantly.

Then she hurried to boil a large pot of hot water, carefully washed her body, changed into new clothes, applied some lotion, and showed her best side.

"Yo!"

Seeing Xu Yuying's serious look, Li Xiuqin couldn't help but joked, "Yingzi, why do you dress up so beautifully? If I didn't know, I would think you were getting married soon!"

"Sister-in-law, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuying immediately stomped her feet in embarrassment.

"What?"

Li Xiuqin was delighted, and then she laughed and teased, "Looking at you, do you really like her?"

"Yup!"

Xu Yuying glared, then said proudly, "I just like him, is that not okay?"

"Row!"

Li Xiuqin nodded, and then said with some sarcasm: "It's just that I'm afraid that others will look down on you!"

Hearing this, Xu Yuying's expression froze, then she lowered her head in frustration and said nothing.

She never imagined that, with her looks, she had always been the one to pick others in the past, but now that she was offering herself to others, she was rejected by others.

Originally, she had planned to completely forget about Li Guoqiang, but as time went on, she found that not only had she failed to forget about Li Guoqiang, but she liked him even more.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have thought about showing her best side the first time she knew Li Guoqiang was coming to her house for dinner.

"you"

Li Xiuqin felt a little nervous when she saw Xu Yuying's reaction, and then she asked hurriedly, "Are you okay? I just said it casually, don't take it to heart."

"fine!"

Xu Yuying shook her head, and then said with some self-mockery: "Sister-in-law, you are right. He is a city boy with so many abilities, how could he possibly be interested in me?"

After saying that, she lay down on the kang feeling somewhat uncomfortable, with a look of resentment on her face.

Seeing this, Li Xiuqin felt her scalp tingling for a moment. She quickly turned her head to look at the outer room and found that neither Xu Guangfu nor Tian Guixiang noticed the situation here. She then slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, she rolled her eyes, and hurriedly leaned close to Xu Yuying's ear, lowered her voice and said, "Yingzi, sister-in-law is an experienced person, and knows very well what men are thinking. As long as you can be willing to take it easy, it will be easy to take him down."

"What do you mean?" Xu Yuying was slightly stunned, then asked quickly.

"that."

Li Xiuqin hesitated, then gritted her teeth and said, "You can do this then. If you do this again, I don't believe he won't be attracted to you."

"This"

After Xu Yuying heard what Li Xiuqin said, her cheeks turned red, and she asked hesitantly, "Will this work?"

"Why doesn't this work?"

Li Xiuqin raised her eyebrows, and then said confidently: "I'm telling you! There is no cat in this world that doesn't steal fish. Although your second brother is usually very honest, every time he sees those beautiful young wives in our village, his eyes are wide open."

"That's because I don't bother with him, otherwise, I would have dug out his eyes long ago!"

"Forehead"

Xu Yuying's mouth twitched, and then she quickly changed the subject and asked, "Sister-in-law, it's not that I don't believe you, but I'm just a little girl. If I do that, will he think I'm a bad girl?"

"will not!"

Li Xiuqin's expression straightened, and then she said with certainty: "How could that be! Maybe he will think you are a good girl who dares to make sacrifices for love!"

"That's it!"

Xu Yuying frowned slightly, then lowered her head hesitantly, seeming to be undecided.

"Ouch!"

Seeing this, Li Xiuqin hurriedly urged, "I say, stop thinking about it. I am your sister-in-law. How could I harm you?"

"no!"

Xu Yuying shook her head, then explained softly: "That's not what I meant. I just felt that... I felt that he wouldn't let me take him down so easily!"

"oops!"

Li Xiuqin curled her lips, and then said unhappily: "Just try it anyway! How do you know it won't work if you don't try it?"

"That"

Xu Yuying looked up at Li Xiuqin, then said nervously, "Then let's give it a try?"

"Hey!"

When Li Xiuqin heard Xu Yuying's decision, she immediately showed a satisfied smile, "That's right, no matter what it is, you have to try it first."

"It's just like when I gave birth to two daughters in a row, everyone said I couldn't give birth to a son, but I didn't believe it. But later I gave birth to a son!"

After saying this, she raised her chin with pride, as if she had done something really remarkable.

"That's true!"

When Xu Yuying saw Li Xiuqin's optimistic look, she couldn't help but feel confident.

She just couldn't believe that with her looks that were unmatched anywhere in the area, she couldn't handle a young man like Li Guoqiang.

Soon, more than an hour passed.

Li Guoqiang told Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others, then took a flashlight and rushed to Xu Guangfu's home before dark.

As soon as he entered the door, he was warmly welcomed by Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang.

"Qiangzi, you're here! Come on, come in and sit on the kang. The food will be ready soon!"

"Got it!"

Li Guoqiang nodded in agreement, then laughed and said, "Uncle Fu, Aunt Guixiang, this is the pheasant I hunted in the mountains today. I brought it here for you to taste!"

After saying that, he handed over the two white-striped pheasants in his hand.

"Harmful!"

Seeing this, Tian Guixiang immediately said in a somewhat angrily manner: "You kid, we are not strangers, what do you bring home?"

"Forget it this time, but next time if you dare to bring anything here again, how will I deal with you?"

After saying that, she reached out to take the two white-striped pheasants, then handed them directly to Li Xiuqin, asking her to stew the two white-striped pheasants.

Seeing Li Guoqiang being so generous, Li Xiuqin couldn't help but be delighted for a moment.

Although she really hoped that Xu Yuying could stay for a few more years to relieve her of some of the burden, but since Li Guoqiang was so generous, she was quite happy to let Xu Yuying marry Li Guoqiang.

Soon, she took the two white-striped pheasants and went out to the yard to clean them up.

Xu Guangfu and Tian Guixiang were busy leading Li Guoqiang into the inner room and arranging him to sit next to Xu Yuying.

Li Guoqiang had just sat down on the kang, and before he could say hello to Xu Yuying, he smelled a very tempting fragrance, which made him feel a little agitated.

"Well, Xiaoying, please take care of Qiangzi first. Your mom and I will go and see if the food is ready."

When Xu Guangfu saw that Li Guoqiang had sat down next to Xu Yuying, he was slightly delighted. Then he hurriedly said something and then pulled Tian Guixiang out, leaving the space to Li Guoqiang and Xu Yuying.

His behavior makes people wonder whether he hopes that Li Guoqiang can execute Xu Yuying on the spot.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang was not the kind of person who was ungrateful and did not do anything excessive. Instead, he quietly distanced himself from Xu Yuying.

Seeing this, Xu Yuying frowned slightly, and then asked unhappily, "Hey, do you hate me so much?"

"no!"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then quickly waved his hand and said, "That's not what I meant. I just think that if we are a single man and a single woman and get too close, it will easily lead to misunderstandings!"

"you"

When Xu Yuying heard Li Guoqiang's answer, she was so angry that she was speechless.

Then, she made up her mind and moved her butt over, sticking close to Li Guoqiang, and even put her arm around Li Guoqiang's arm.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang was instantly shocked by Xu Yuying's behavior, then he quickly pulled his hand out and jumped off the kang.

"Sister Yuying, calm down first. It's not appropriate for us to do this!"

"you"

When Xu Yuying saw that Li Guoqiang actually dodged, her face turned pale and blue in an instant, and then she suddenly fell down on the kang, sobbing.

When Li Guoqiang saw Xu Yuying like this, he couldn't help but feel a headache for a moment.

If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have come here.

What to do now?

(End of this chapter)