Episode 3 recap: Ba Tai refused to marry his sister-in-law and supported her remarriage.
In the women's bathhouse, there was a melodious and harmonious song, which deeply moved Li Wen Xiu and filled her with an unprecedented and aspirational pure emotion. The next day, Zhang Feng Xia took his family to the county town to purchase goods and once again confirmed with Li Wen Xiu whether she wanted to go to Xia Ranch with him. Without hesitation, Li Wen Xiu gave a definite answer.
While her mother was arranging for a cart, Li Wen Xiu noticed a nearby internet cafe. She asked the middle-aged vendor who was selling things to look after her grandmother and rushed to the internet cafe to send an email to Liu Haibo, attempting to submit a few articles. As expected, the articles caught Liu Haibo's interest, and he believed that she was a writer with great potential, planning to contact her for a meeting.
At the same time, Zhang Feng Xia found the cart and started heading back. He encountered his former landlord, Sma Huli, and wanted to settle the rent with him. However, Sma Huli felt that the house was empty, so he let Zhang Feng Xia stay there for free. Sma Huli couldn't help but ask about the rumors of Tokun's planned remarriage, but Zhang Feng Xia didn't like getting involved in other people's affairs and brushed it off with a few words.
On the other hand, when Grandma woke up and didn't see Li Wen Xiu, coupled with her confused memory, she started clamoring to return to her hometown in Shenyang while hobbling around with a cane. When Li Wen Xiu came out of the internet cafe and couldn't find Grandma, she became extremely anxious. Fortunately, Grandma wasn't walking too fast, and Li Wen Xiu quickly found her.
However, Grandma no longer recognized Li Wen Xiu and refused to let her take her away. Zhang Feng Xia came up with a plan and pretended to be a ticket seller, coaxing Grandma to obediently get on the cart. On the way back, Grandma even took out fifty yuan from her little cloth bag, mistaking Zhang Feng Xia for a ticket seller and offering it as the fare.
Li Wen Xiu apologized to Zhang Feng Xia for Grandma getting lost, but fortunately, Zhang Feng Xia didn't blame her for it. After all, Grandma getting lost was a common occurrence. Just as they were talking, Bater rode over on a horse and brought up the gossip about Tokun's planned remarriage. Zhang Feng Xia gave a brief response and didn't say much more.
Originally, the eldest son, Mulati, was supposed to inherit the family business, but after his death, he left behind a wife and two children. Uncle Buick took the initiative to convene everyone to discuss how to arrange for the mother and her two children. According to local customs, Ba Tai should marry Tokun and take care of his sister-in-law and children in place of his deceased brother. However, Ba Tai strongly opposed this, believing that taking care of them and getting married were two different matters.
Tokun originally wanted to leave the family, and Ba Tai supported her choice. However, she misunderstood Ba Tai's intentions as trying to keep her, and she complained and cried to him. Ba Tai went to the convenience store to inquire about his brother from Zhang Feng Xia. Unfortunately, Zhang Feng Xia and his family had not returned yet, so Ba Tai had to wait outside silently until the cart full of goods slowly arrived.
Ba Tai noticed that Li Wen Xiu took out a horse's head from her bag, which happened to be the horse he used to ride when he was a child. Li Wen Xiu explained that the horse's head fell from a tree, so she helped Ba Tai tie it back onto the tree. As they admired the scenery and listened to Ba Tai's stories about the horse, they imagined the simple life of the local people.
Because Li Wen Xiu almost lost her grandmother in the county town, news of the incident quickly spread to the village, and even Ba Tai heard about it, leaving Li Wen Xiu speechless. Afterwards, Ba Tai approached Zhang Feng Xia to find out what happened and frankly stated that his sister-in-law wanted to remarry and take the children with her. If his brother had promised the sister-in-law, the family would not insist on keeping the children.
Zhang Feng Xia claimed that he had never heard of this matter and believed that Tokun was lying. Moreover, considering Mulati's character, he would never agree to Tokun's request. Afterwards, Zhang Feng Xia told Li Wen Xiu that everyone has their own way of dealing with the world, and while she may disagree with them, she should not condescendingly try to change them.
In the following days, Li Wen Xiu did not receive any phone calls from Liu Haibo, unaware that Liu Haibo had mistaken another woman at the scene for her. Since this woman was already married and had a child, she politely declined Liu Haibo's invitation, leaving Liu Haibo and his companions somewhat regretful. They felt that she had great writing talent but had to give it up.
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