Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife-Chapter 94 - 00: Hold One’s Horses2_1

Even as her own father, Wang Zhengguo couldn’t convince himself to say that his daughter was superior to his niece in good faith.

Appearance-wise, the now mature Feng Qingxue outranked Wang Jiao by threefold.

In terms of speech and manner, Wang Jiao was coddled and spoiled by her parents, thus fostering a somewhat wilful temperament.

What’s most significant was that Feng Qingxue was respectful to her elders and caring towards the young, proficient in sewing, shoemaking, boiling water and cooking, and had an especially good character. Wang Jiao, on the other hand, hardly ever took part in any of these chores and was often found aimlessly gallivanting and gossiping with her sisters.

The only aspect in which Wang Jiao surpassed Feng Qingxue was that she had formally attended school, although she had dropped out after the fifth grade.

Even though Feng Qingxue only attended a literacy school, she was very knowledgeable. Lu’s father was tremendously pleased with her and complimented her for her inner beauty.

If Feng Qingxue hadn’t been there, Wang Jiao would have been the standout among all the village girls. Her faults wouldn’t really have been faults, and could be amended under her mother’s supervision. Unfortunately, there were no ifs in this situation.

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Wang Zhengguo wanted to form a familial alliance with the Lu family, not a feud.

However, Wang Jiao, who was hell-bent on marrying Lu Jiang to become a general’s wife, had no understanding of her father’s intentions. After hearing what her father said, she pouted her lips, nonchalantly retorted, "What’s there to be afraid of? We’re just getting engaged, not married. We can break it off if we want! Feng Qingxue’s life was saved by you, dad. If you ask her to break off the engagement and she disagrees, then she’s ungrateful and treacherous!"

"Who said I saved Qingxue’s life? When did I save her life? Although your uncles, aunts, and I send them some coarse grains, she never fails to repay me with her abilities. Besides, she’s your cousin. How could her lifelong affair be of no consequence to you?"

Thank God she is his daughter. Had she been the daughter of another family, he would have openly called her shameless by now.

Wang Jiao voiced her discontent, "So what if she’s my cousin? I wouldn’t care even if it were my own sister standing in the way of my lifelong affair! Dad, I am your biological daughter, and she is just your niece! Such a good marriage proposal and you won’t settle it for me, instead, you go settle it for your niece. Do I even matter to you?"

Wang Jiao, rejuvenated from fifty to nineteen, had long forgotten her initial rejection of this arranged marriage. All she perceived was that Wang Zhengguo’s love for Feng Qingxue overshadowed his love for her.

Feng Qingxue quickly took the chance to drag her sister away from the Wang family gate when none of Wang Zhengguo’s neighbors were around or watching. They found a secluded small road and headed back to the cowshed.

Seeing both of the sisters rushing back, Lu’s father, who was home alone, stood up abruptly, "Girls, what happened?"

He wished to ask how they returned so quickly but swallowed his words when he saw the sweat-stricken face of Feng Qingyun.

Feng Qingyun didn’t wait for her sister to speak and immediately said, "We were at uncle’s gate when we heard cousin arguing with him, insisting on marrying brother-in-law, so she asked him to cancel the marriage between elder sister and brother-in-law! Elder sister took the chance when no one was watching and escorted me back home. Uncle, elder sister really likes brother-in-law, she even said that she wants to make cotton shoes for him, can you please not cancel the proposal?"

"Yunyun!" Feng Qingxue gently rebuked.

One should not air dirty laundry in public and this issue pertained to their uncle’s family; it certainly should not be spread from their mouths.

Feng Qingxue decided to properly guide her little sister on this matter in the future, but for now, she had to face Lu’s father’s shocked face and his repeating questions, "Why? What happened?"

"Uncle Lu, it’s fine; I also heard uncle’s opposing views. It just wasn’t appropriate for Yunyun and me to visit them after such an incident, so we came back," Feng Qingxue took out a jar of soybean oil from her basket and placed it on the table, "I’ll send them some other things tomorrow. For now, keep this oil for cooking, Uncle Lu. I hope you don’t mind."

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