The Green Tea’s Crushing Victories in the ’70s

Chapter 477 - "Commander, I don't think we can hide the fact that we are creepers any longer!" (3)

Tong Xuelu looked around. Seeing that there was nobody nearby, she wanted to have a bold engagement kiss.

Right when she was about to lean into Wen Rugui, the sound of erhu and suonacame from the bamboo forest.

? ? ?

Tong Xuelu shuddered. “What is that noise?”

Wen Rugui pointed toward the other end of the bamboo forest. “That’s grandpa and Uncle Zong playing music for us to celebrate.”

“……”

Tong Xuelu looked toward the direction that Wen Rugui was pointing at and her lips twitched violently.

She saw Old Mr. Wen playing the suona as he rocked from side to side. Anyone who didn’t know any better would think that he was a prince playing the violin.

Souna is the hooligan of musical instrument that could make Chopin cry and silent Beethoven.

The noise around her made her want to cry. QAQ

What! Romantic! Proposal!

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Tong Xuelu really wanted to take her words back but it was too late.

She talked to Wen Rugui about getting engaged first and wait another two years before they get married.

First of all, she was still young. Secondly, she was going to take the College Entrance Examination by the end of the year. She did not want to go to school with a child in her belly.

She planned to finish university in two years then get married and work on her career.

As far as Wen Rugui was concerned, as long as Tong Xuelu would marry him, never mind about 2 years. He would wait 12 years!

That being said, Commander Xiao was not in Capital City. And they would need to wait for him to be in town before they could get engaged.

They would also consult with Commander Xiao on the date of the engagement.

Tong Xuelu still needed to head back to work as there would be people coming from the Commerce Department.

Wen Rugui took her back on his bicycle.

Old Mr. Wen was still very excited after Tong Xuelu was long gone. “Xiao Zong, we must celebrate for this great news!”

Uncle Zong, too, was so happy that his face was red. “Yes, we should. That being said, Commander, Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi are still young. They are not yet ready to be eaten.”

Old Mr. Wen gave him a look of contempt. “Can’t you go get a chicken from somewhere else?”

Uncle Zong recalled that Lao Jiang, their neighbor, has chickens that are ready to be slaughtered. He nodded and headed out.

Learning that Wen Rugui had proposed successfully, he was not going to be frugal about a chicken. He agreed to give one to the Wen family as a congratulatory gift.

With his consent, Uncle Zong hurried toward the chicken.

After Xiao Wang at the Jiang’s had slaughtered the chicken, Uncle Zong brought the chicken back home.

As he walked past the flower bed, he suddenly heard two women complaining loudly ­­–

“Who was the jerked who picked all the camellia from the compound?”

“All of them? No way!”

“That’s why I am calling them a jerk. They’ve picked every single one of them. It’s more bald than a bald man’s head!”

“That is quite awful! I have friends who are coming over to enjoy the flowers this weekend. What am I going to tell them now?”

“I’m so angry. I am going to file a report and have the security guard found the creep who did this!”

Uncle Zong’s stumbled and almost tripped on his own feet.

He pretended that everything was copasetic when he walked past the two women and, as soon as he passed them, he took off running like a mad man.

“Commander, I don’t think we can hide the fact that we are creeps for much longer!”

Old Mr. Wen and Uncle Zong went to turn themselves in.

It’d be more embarrassing if they didn’t and then it was found out that it was them.

That being said, they couldn’t possibly said that they needed the camellia for a proposal. That would be construed as capitalistic behavior.

After some consideration, they decided to say that they needed them as ingredients for medication. Which was why they had taken each and every single one of them.

Truth was, the flowers in the compound had no rightful owner. Every family there would pick a few every year. It was, however, the first time someone had plucked them clean.

Everybody was shocked to learn that Old Mr. Wen and Uncle Zong were the “flower thieves”.

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Translator’s Note:

Women are also referred to as “flowers”. So men who violate women are also referred to as “flower thieves”.