Mother Xie comforted herself like this, and finally felt better. She smiled and shook her head: "No, I won't drink it. You packed it up. I'll take it to eat with your father. I haven't been there for so long, he must be waiting anxiously... Oh, that's not right."
Mother Xie thought of Xiao Ni who had just been put to sleep in the room: "Xiao Ni is at home, I can't go out."
"It's okay, Mom, if you want to go to work, just go ahead," Lin Xiangyi said, "I can take Xiaoni with me."
"Can you do it?" Xie's mother hesitated. Xiao Ni was raised to be bad-tempered and willful, and she was afraid that Lin Xiangyi could not control her.
"Mom, she is afraid of me now, have you forgotten?" Lin Xiangyi said with a smile.
"Oh, right," Xie's mother recalled that Xiao Ni had stirred the dishes on the plate last night, and after being cleaned up by Lin Xiangyi, she was obviously afraid of Lin Xiangyi. She always avoided her when she saw her.
"Xiao Ni is almost four years old now, right? In fact, she still understands some things, but she is so unscrupulous because she relies on you all to pamper her," Lin Xiangyi said, "When you are not around, and she knows that I won't spoil her, she probably won't make a fuss."
Mother Xie thought about it and decided to hand Xiao Ni over to Lin Xiangyi and went to the field with the mung bean soup.
After Xie's mother left, Lin Xiangyi wanted to go to bed, but when she thought about Xiaoni waking up and running around, she didn't go to bed and sat in the main room reading a book.
About an hour later, Lin Xiangyi heard a sound coming from the room where Xie's mother lived.
"Mom? Grandma? Dad? Woohoo!"
There was a hint of sob behind the voice, and the footsteps were getting closer.
Lin Xiangyi looked up and saw Xiaoni coming out and seeing her. She immediately stopped and looked at her timidly.
"Your mother has returned to the county town and may not pick you up until tonight or tomorrow. Grandpa and grandma have gone to work in the fields and will not be back until evening," said Lin Xiangyi.
Xiao Ni's mouth pursed and she was about to cry——
"I prefer well-behaved children and don't like children crying," Lin Xiangyi added.
Xiao Ni quickly bit her lower lip and wrung her hands nervously.
"That's good," Lin Xiangyi said, "Are you hungry? Do you want some mung bean soup?"
Xiao Ni nodded, then shook her head.
That's what I want to drink.
Lin Xiangyi went to the kitchen and served her a bowl of mung bean soup, then put it on the dining table for Xiaoni to eat.
Xiao Ni was carried back to the room by Sun Lanjun at noon today and she didn't have time to eat. Now she is really hungry and she gulped down the bowl of mung bean soup very quickly.
The drink was finished and the dining table was clean as well, which was a stark contrast to last night.
Lin Xiangyi looked at Shuxin and gave her a few candies, saying, "If you don't want to eat them, put them in your pocket and eat them whenever you want."
Xiao Ni took it obediently but didn't say anything.
Lin Xiangyi didn't need her to talk, so he took out the radio, found a storytelling station, and read a book next to it.
In the interval, she turned around to look at Xiaoni, who was listening attentively with her head on the dining table.
The two of them spent the rest of the time in peace.
Xie Qingxiao and Xie Guoqiang came back first in the evening.
Lin Xiangyi heard the noise and went to the door to greet them. She asked in surprise, "So early today?" It was almost half past six.
"Guoqiang tried to sell the goods today, so they sold out quickly," Xie Qingxiao explained to her.
Lin Xiangyi looked at Xie Guoqiang in surprise and gave him a thumbs up, "Guoqiang, you're great. You got the hang of it so quickly!"
"Sister-in-law, please stop making fun of me. I'm already very slow," Xie Guoqiang scratched his head shyly. He knew that he was still too timid and cowardly. It took Brother Xiao two days to guide him before he dared to do it himself.
I heard that Zhang Pengfei went to sell goods by himself on the first day. He was very stupid.
But it doesn't matter, everyone has a different personality. Even though he is stupid and timid, he can spend more time learning and doing things, so he won't fall behind too much.
Lin Xiangyi smiled and asked Xie Guoqiang a few more questions. After confirming that he could sell the goods himself tomorrow, she said, "Okay, then we'll bring more goods back tomorrow. You can try with 20 kilograms tomorrow."
"Okay!" Xie Guoqiang said in surprise, and after chatting for a few more words he left.
"Why is she here?" Xie Qingxiao asked when he saw Xiao Ni hiding behind the wall and didn't see Sun Lanjun.
Lin Xiangyi glanced at Xiaoni.
It was obvious that Xiao Ni was more afraid of Xie Qingxiao than she was of her. Although she was afraid of her, she still dared to approach her, but when facing Xie Qingxiao, she just hid herself.
Lin Xiangyi recounted what happened today.
Frost slowly covered Xie Qingxiao's face. He looked Lin Xiangyi up and down and found that she was not injured. He asked, "Is mother injured?"
"No," Lin Xiangyi shook her head. No matter how much Sun Lanjun hated Xie's mother, she still had some values and would not do anything like beating Xie's mother. She just wanted to get her daughter back.
Xie Qingxiao still looked unhappy.
Lin Xiangyi glanced at him, saw through his thoughts, and said, "Don't worry about it."
Xie Qingxiao raised his head and looked at Lin Xiangyi.
"Mom is not just your mom, she's also Big Brother's," Lin Xiangyi said, "Let Big Brother take care of it. It's not good for us to interfere. If Big Brother doesn't care, let's see what Mom thinks and then make a decision."
If it was an outsider, that would be another matter. But Xie Qingxiao and Big Brother Xie were brothers, and their relationship with Mother Xie was the same. No matter what, this matter was not something Xie Qingxiao should be involved in.
Xie Qingxiao exhaled and nodded: "Okay."
Lin Xiangyi breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that he would be impulsive and go directly to Sun Lanjun to settle the score.
After all, it had happened before. She just had a minor scratch at the train station. He was furious when he saw it and rushed after her without even waiting for her to react.
Reality is not a TV drama. The other party was holding a knife. Although everyone said he was a human trafficker, she didn't think he was one.
She thought that the scarred man looked more like a desperate criminal who would not hesitate to kill himself if he got angry.
So Lin Xiangyi was really afraid that Xie Qingxiao would be impulsive again.
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Sun Lanjun returned to her home in the county town, closed the door and burst into tears.
They live in a small tube-shaped building with poor sound insulation.
The neighbors heard her crying, but it was difficult to get in because the door was closed. Later, when the crying became quieter, they ignored her.
At nearly eight o'clock in the evening, I saw Brother Xie, dressed in army green and carrying a five-star crossbody bag, riding a bicycle, coming back exhausted.
The neighbor hurriedly asked, "Arong, why did you come back just now? Your wife has been crying in the house all afternoon today."
"What?" Brother Xie thought he had heard it wrong.
The neighbor said it again.
Brother Xie looked at his neighbor in disbelief, then quickly dodged and rushed home.
Didn't his wife take the child back to the village? Why did she come back? She was still crying in the room? Did something happen at home?
He opened the door. The room was pitch black. No lights were on. He turned on the light with a click and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Turn off the light."
Brother Xie stared in amazement at the woman huddled on the sofa. Her hair was disheveled, her eyes were red and swollen, and she was huddled on the sofa with bare feet, holding a pillow in her hands. She looked extremely miserable.
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