But she had seen the captain borrow some before, so she came to try her luck.

Ding Xiaohua waved her hand and said, "I'll help you push the car out. These apples are too valuable for me to accept."

"Keep it!" Su Li stuffed the apple into her arms.

After leaving the brigade leader's house, Su Li rode her old-fashioned bicycle towards town. It was her first time riding such a big bike, and she was a little unsteady at first.

It took Su Li a while to adjust. When she went to town, she first went to look at the bicycles. The supply and marketing cooperative only had two.

They're all old-fashioned bicycles; there's no way around it, that's what's popular now.

She didn't buy one; she really wasn't used to the old-fashioned bicycle. She planned to go to Lushan later to ask if they had any smaller women's bicycles.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Su Li hadn't gone far when she saw Yuan Shuo and Li Qin. The two were riding bicycles with many things hanging on the handlebars.

Su Li moved aside a little and rode her bicycle forward along the side of the road.

Upon seeing her, Yuan Shuo immediately stopped the car and called out to her, "Su Li!"

Su Li ignored her and planned to ride away directly.

Li Qin, however, directly grabbed the car as it was about to pass them.

She wasn't very skilled at riding a bicycle to begin with, and almost fell over.

She quickly climbed down from up there.

Su Li glared angrily at Li Qin; "What are you doing? Don't you know this is dangerous?"

Li Qin smiled apologetically. This was the first time Su Li had ever seen her smile like that. It was quite rare.

"Isn't this what your uncle and I were planning to do when we ran into you in the village? What a coincidence!"

Su Li asked calmly, "What do you want with me?"

“Xiao Li! We had some misunderstandings before, and I know you're angry with us. But we didn't mean to mistake you for someone else. It's all Su Jiaojiao's fault. She's good at pretending, which made us not recognize you for so long. We know we were wrong now, so please don't hold it against us.”

Su Li said coldly, "You think I'll forgive you just because you said you were wrong? How dare you be so shameless?"

Li Qin hadn't expected Su Li to be so sharp-tongued and calculating. If she hadn't realized Su Li had some ability, she wouldn't have bothered to be so eager to please her.

The two times she had tried to get someone to deal with Su Li, Su Li had easily evaded her.

She must have met some important person, but that's not surprising, given her looks.

It's much better to get along with her than to get entangled with that Su Jiaojiao.

Moreover, she also heard from Xiaofang that she had a battalion commander as her boyfriend.

Once their relationship improves, Su Li can act as a matchmaker and introduce her daughter to a soldier.

Xiao Fang doesn't have a good reputation in this area right now, so it's hard to talk about her.

Later, we'll have Su Li's boyfriend introduce her to a battalion commander's son-in-law. That way, when word gets out, the Li family will have face too.

“Xiao Li, your uncle and I were out of our minds before. Don’t worry, we will stay far away from Su Jiaojiao from now on. Look at the things in the car, they are all things we prepared for you. You and your uncle share the same blood, we are still family no matter what.

Yuan Shuo glanced at Li Qin with some disapproval, and was about to say that this matter had nothing to do with Jiao Jiao.

Li Qin stopped him with a single look.

"I can't accept that. Don't call me Xiao Li anymore. It sounds disgusting. If you want to be related to someone, go find Su Jiaojiao."

After saying that, Su Li got on her bicycle and rode away, saying, "Su Li..."

"It seems your niece is still angry with us?" Li Qin said, watching Su Li's retreating figure.

Yuan Shuo had a headache: "This is all Su Guoqiang's fault. Why did he have Jiao Jiao impersonate them? Now even his own niece doesn't recognize him."

Li Qin looked at her husband and said angrily, "Do you still think Su Jiaojiao is innocent even now?"

My husband really has terrible taste in women. When he found out about this, he actually said that Su Jiaojiao was forced into it by Su Guoqiang.

“Jiaojiao is innocent. She said she didn’t want to lie to us, but she was unwell and didn’t want Su Guoqiang to worry.”

Li Qin really wanted to pry open this man's head to see what was inside. ; "Let me tell you, Su Jiaojiao is no good person, I'm sure she's involved in this. Only you, you idiot, can't see that. But let me tell you, you only have one niece. If you want to acknowledge Su Li, stay away from Su Jiaojiao from now on. She's a jinx, whoever gets involved with her is doomed."

Yuan Shuo disagreed with Li Qin's statement. He had spent time with Jiao Jiao and found her to be a simple and kind person who couldn't bear to hurt others.

But he didn't want to argue with Li Qin right now, and he also knew that Su Li and Su Jiaojiao didn't get along.

He felt that neither of them was wrong, and that Su Li might dislike Su Jiaojiao because of Su Guoqiang's favoritism.

But he still knew the difference between close and distant relationships; "Well, I'll try my best not to have contact with Jiaojiao in the future."

Hearing him say that, Li Qin finally felt relieved. That woman always gave her a bad feeling; continuing to associate with her would not do any good for her family.

“Since she’s not your niece, then find a time to get the money we gave her back.”

Since Su Jiaojiao went to the countryside, she has spent a lot of their family's money.

The two hundred yuan I gave him when we first met, plus the extra subsidies Yuan Shuo gave me privately afterward, must have been quite a lot.

And last time she stole 500 yuan from someone else, so all in all, it adds up to 800 yuan.

Since she's not Yuan Shuo's niece, we can't let her get this money away; we have to get it back.

"But she is Guoqiang's adopted daughter after all. She calls me uncle and you aunt. How can I ask for the money back?"

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