Chapter 81 Becoming Such a Person

The girl with two pigtails and Dabao's grandmother appeared at the door.

"Is everyone still awake?"

Being stared at by Su Nanzhi and the others, the girl with the double braids felt a little embarrassed, but she couldn't help but say something that suddenly occurred to her. With a flushed face, she ignored everyone's gazes and said, "Grandma Dabao and I came to chat with you all."

Su Nanzhi glanced at the girl with two pigtails and lay back on her bed.

Without Su Nanzhi's sight, the girl with two pigtails couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Su Nanzhi was less than 20 years old and dressed very simply, she always felt that she was seen through when a pair of eyes stared at her.

Although they said they came to chat with someone, the girl with two pigtails and Dabao's grandmother were mainly here to see Aunt Dong.

The girl with two pigtails is called Ding Xiaoli. She is an educated youth. Because of illness, she missed the previous batch of educated youth and had to take the train to report by herself.

"Big sister, I'm so sorry, did my Dabao just hurt your granddaughter?"

Grandma Dabao looked apologetic and stuffed the two big apples in her hands into Aunt Dong's arms.

Two apples may seem like a small number, but they are worth a lot of money, especially the apple that Dabao’s grandmother took was particularly big.

Aunt Dong was shocked by her generous gift and immediately stepped back to refuse it.

She is not the kind of person who is short-sighted.

On the other hand, Ding Xiaoli's eyes were filled with reluctance. This was the apple her grandmother had prepared for her to eat on the train, and she herself hadn't even taken a bite.

Su Nanzhi caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye and shook her head helplessly.

Ding Xiaoli is a fat sheep. After plucking the small ones, she will plucking the big ones.

I don’t know if I can survive if I go to the countryside.

This time, Dabao's grandmother did not just apologize superficially. Perhaps because the apples were not hers, she and Aunt Dong argued back and forth until Aunt Dong accepted the apples. Only then did she give up.

Because of Grandma Dabao's sincere attitude, Aunt Dong's impression of her changed a lot.

In addition, Ding Xiaoli came to smooth things over, saying how miserable Dabao's family was, which moved the kind-hearted Aunt Dong deeply.

"Big sister, I know you think Dabao is disobedient, but there's nothing I can do. Dabao's mother was not in good health when she was pregnant with him, and the child was born sick. I brought Dabao to see a doctor this time."

Dabao's grandmother also took the opportunity to play the victim.

When an elderly person stands next to you and talks about his tragic fate with red eyes, few people will remain unmoved.

Even Zheng Dali, a veteran who had fought in the battlefield and experienced life and death, looked sympathetic. "Auntie, where are you from? Your accent sounds very familiar to me."

Dabao's grandmother's face froze, and she said vaguely, "It's just a small place."

Zheng Dali just asked casually and didn't pursue the matter further. "Then the conditions must be bad, right? You have to take good care of yourself. The whole family is counting on you."

With one more person joining in, everyone joined in the chat and began to comfort Dabao's grandmother.

Only Su Nanzhi was lying on the bed, looking helplessly at the ceiling of the carriage, and asking the sky in silence.

We are all so naive.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, Ding Xiaoli and Dabao's grandmother got up and left. Before leaving, Aunt Dong stuffed the apple back into Dabao's grandmother's hands.

After getting out of the car, Ding Xiaoli looked at the apple in Dabao's grandmother's hand. She was a little hesitant and wanted to ask Dabao's grandmother to return an apple to her.

Dabao's grandmother spoke first, "Xiao Ding, I'll take these two apples back for Dabao to eat. He hasn't eaten them yet."

"By the way, can you give me a few more of your candies?"

Ding Xiaoli: ...

After Aunt Dong sent Ding Xiaoli and Dabao's grandmother away, she thought of what Su Nanzhi said during dinner. She couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. She wanted to explain to Su Nanzhi, but she could only see her sleeping back.

In the end, I could only swallow back the words in my mouth.

Su Nanzhi had no idea what Aunt Dong was thinking.

After she had a good sleep, when she opened her eyes again it was already the next morning.

Su Nanzhi took her toiletries to the train bathroom to wash up, and happened to run into Ding Xiaoli, who had big dark circles under her eyes.

Ding Xiaoli's eyes lit up when she saw Su Nanzhi, but she hesitated to speak when she thought of her attitude towards Su Nanzhi yesterday. It was not until she saw Su Nanzhi finished brushing her teeth and was about to leave that she spoke.

"Um...I'm sorry about yesterday."

Once you've said the first sentence, the rest will be easier to say.

"I didn't mean to do that. I'm just a little impatient."

Su Nanzhi didn't take what happened yesterday to heart at all. After hearing her apology, he nodded and let it go.

Ding Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief, stopped washing up, and followed Su Nanzhi closely.

"Comrade, do you feel... do you feel..."

Su Nanzhi suddenly stopped, turned to look at her, and waited for her to continue.

Ding Xiaoli was startled. She was about to say something, but after seeing Su Nanzhi's uneven black foundation from a night's sleep, she blurted out, "Did you forget to wash your face?"

Su Nanzhi: "...let's talk business."

Ding Xiaoli, who felt that washing her face was also a serious matter, was a little confused when she heard this. Finally, under Su Nanzhi's impatient gaze, she said in one breath: "It's just that Grandma Dabao is a little weird."

Su Nanzhi raised an eyebrow, "What's strange about that?"

Seeing that Su Nanzhi did not say that she was cold-blooded, Ding Xiaoli immediately told her about what happened yesterday when Dabao's grandmother took two apples and a handful of candy from her.

Su Nanzhi: What exactly am I looking forward to?

But I didn't expect that Ding Xiaoli looked like a soft persimmon, and she really was a soft persimmon, and anyone could pinch her.

"And sometimes Grandma Dabao looks at me with such caution..."

Speaking of this, Ding Xiaoli couldn't help rubbing her arms.

Su Nanzhi seemed to be lost in thought. She had little contact with Dabao's grandmother, and she only knew that the two of them were of bad character.

“Don’t underestimate your intuition and stay away from anything and anyone that makes you uncomfortable.”

Ding Xiaoli was stunned. This was the first time she heard this, but she inexplicably felt that it made sense.

She nodded immediately, then said a little embarrassedly: "What if Grandma Dabao comes to see me again?"

Although she was a little afraid of Su Nanzhi, she admired Su Nanzhi deep down in her heart.

Su Nanzhi doesn't care about other people's eyes at all. She can be cold to people she doesn't like, and she is somewhat out of tune with the people around her.

The most important thing is that she has a certain temperament...

Ding Xiaoli couldn't describe it, but deep down she wanted to be that kind of person.