"What do we do now?" Lan Guangxue shrugged. "I haven't been able to attract many people even with temporary worker quotas. They want to get rich by following that woman Su Xiaonuan. How can you stay in this village?"
"Fine, then we won't stay," Lan Yin said angrily. "I don't want Mom to go back to the village either, so Jiang Yi won't keep thinking about that bitch Su Xiaonuan. As long as none of us stay in the village, it will also put an end to Jiang Yi's idea of going back."
"Then where did your mother go?"
“If I rent out the land to others to farm, my mother can come to the provincial capital with me. She can find odd jobs and support herself without having to suffer from these people’s bullying at home.”
“Okay, I’ll go to the provincial capital with Yinzi.”
“That won’t do. I’ll still go back to the village after I retire in a few years,” Lan Guangxue said resentfully. “Once your mother recovers, I’ll settle accounts with Xiao Moran. I won’t swallow this insult.”
"A gentleman takes his revenge even after ten years." Lan Yin's eyes flashed with malice. "After I marry Jiang Yi, I'll deal with them properly. I heard from Wang Xiaobao that Su Xiaonuan and Xiao Moran have a good relationship. That's good too; it'll reduce one of my competitors."
"Optics, then it's decided. You go back and rent out the land to someone to farm. Once I can walk, I'll go back and pack my things, and then go to the provincial capital with Yinzi."
"Hmm, that's good, it saves me from having to travel back and forth." Lan Yin said with dissatisfaction. "When I received your telegram, I was so anxious that I took a car back overnight. From now on, Mom and I will stay in the provincial capital. Dad can come to the provincial capital to see us when he has time off. There are single rooms for rent near our school. Mom and I can rent one there."
"Renting isn't a long-term solution. Didn't you say the Jiang family owns a two-story house? We should find a way to move in with them as soon as possible."
"Dad, this can't be rushed. We need to wait until Jiang Yi convinces his parents."
“Girl, you can use tricks to force Su Xiaonuan and Xiao Moran to be together, why can’t you first make things complicated with Jiang Yisheng?” Li Chunxiang instigated.
...
Two days later, Lan Yin's family returned to the village to handle the aftermath.
Lan Guangxue rented his family's land to Li Jianguo for 200 yuan a year. All the harvest from the land belonged to Li Jianguo, and they only needed to pay the Lan family 200 yuan a year.
That morning, Lan Guangxue took Li Jianguo's sons, Li Ming and Wang Dabao, to the mine.
Lan Yin and Li Chunxiang packed their luggage, had lunch, and set off.
The Lan family had left; the house was empty, and a large iron lock had been placed over the door.
"Xiao Nuan, Xiao Nuan".
Aunt Hua pushed open the gate of the Xiao family's courtyard and ran in.
"Aunt Hua, is something the matter?" Su Xiaonuan was teaching the children to recognize characters from pictures.
Zhang Yulan was chopping pig feed when she heard Aunt Hua's shout. She stopped chopping and stared at Aunt Hua in a daze.
Moxi, who was carrying firewood and about to enter the kitchen, also stopped.
"I have something to tell you," Aunt Hua said mysteriously.
"What's up?"
"Li Chunxiang bought a pot of medicinal wine from me and left, saying it was for her husband to drink."
"What's the big deal? Her husband works in the mines, and drinking some medicinal wine is good for his health."
"The problem is that Li Chunxiang took the medicinal wine with her to the provincial capital and did not go to the mine with any men."
How did you know?
"Li Ming's wife just told me that Li Ming and Wang Dabao went to work as temporary workers at the mine with Lan Guangxue. They left this morning. Li Chunxiang bought the wine from me at noon. The mother and daughter just left. I heard from Li Ming's wife that Li Chunxiang went to accompany her daughter to study."
"Who is that wine for?" Su Xiaonuan pondered for a moment, "I understand, that pot of wine is probably for Jiang Yi."
"That's definitely how it is," Aunt Hua scolded. "Looks like I'm going to be an accomplice again this time. Xiao Nuan, you have a lot of ideas. See if you can resolve Jiang Yi's predicament. They've been dating for years, and Jiang Yi hasn't even touched her yet, which means their relationship isn't that great. If Lan Yin manages to force things on him, and Jiang Yi doesn't really love her, wouldn't I be an accomplice again?"
"To be honest, how much money did you take from Li Chunxiang?"
"Ten yuan," Aunt Hua said softly. "I didn't know it was for harming people. I thought it was really for her husband to drink. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't sell it for twenty yuan."
"Aunt Hua, Aunt Hua, the reputation of your family's traditional medicinal wine is going to be ruined in your hands."
"Xiao Nuan, hurry up and give Aunt Hua some advice!"
“Okay, take out your ten yuan and give it to Moxi for travel expenses. Let Moxi go to the provincial capital. As long as Jiang Yi’s parents find out about this, they won’t let Lan Yin’s plan succeed.”
Su Xiaonuan knew that the original owner and Jiang Yi grew up in the military compound and were childhood sweethearts, so she definitely didn't want Jiang Yi to be with a bad woman like Lan Yin.
"Okay." Aunt Hua said, taking out the money and slapping it on the table.
"No, I can't." The firewood Moxi was holding fell to the ground, and he waved his arms wildly. "I've never even been to the county town, how could I dare to go to the provincial capital?"
“You’re familiar with the provincial capital, Xiao Nuan, why don’t you go there yourself?” Zhang Yulan thought that her son had just gone to the provincial capital, and maybe they would have a chance to run into each other.
"I'm not going," Xiao Nuan refused outright. "It's more suitable for Mo Xi to go. My family and Jiang Yi's family live in the same compound, so it's not appropriate. If Mo Xi goes, I'll write down the address for her—the military compound in the provincial capital. She can easily find out the address."
"Moxi, please run this errand for me." Aunt Hua pleaded. "Look at me, I'm already this old, I can't let this medicinal wine harm people anymore. Luckily, your brother and Xiaonuan got it right by accident, otherwise I would feel a little better. If that girl from the Lan family were to cause more harm, I would have no face to face my ancestors in the afterlife."
"Moxi, you can run this errand for Aunt Hua," Zhang Yulan said.
"Sister-in-law, is the Jiang family really that easy to find?" Mo Xi asked timidly. "Won't I lose myself in the provincial capital?"
"Look at you, so pathetic!" Su Xiaonuan laughed. "You can read and you have a mouth, how could you lose yourself?"
"Then I'll leave tomorrow."
"What are we waiting for tomorrow?" Aunt Hua asked anxiously, her eyes wide. "Let's go now. Lan Yin and her daughter just left not long ago. You can ride your bicycle to town and catch the same bus as them. If we go a day later, I'm afraid it will be too late to stop what's happening. Jiang Yi is a good kid; we can't let Lan Yin cause him to make a mistake."
Zhang Yulan stopped chopping pig feed, and Su Xiaonuan also got up. They felt that what Aunt Hua said made sense; going late would be a waste of time.
"Moxi, change into this dress." Su Xiaonuan went to her room and got a dress from the bottom of her trunk. "Keep this thirty yuan in your pocket. Eight yuan is enough for the round-trip fare to the provincial capital. Besides accommodation and food, use the rest of the money to buy something you like. Don't be too frugal!"
While Su Xiaonuan was writing down the address, Zhang Yulan secretly slipped ten yuan to her daughter. It was her first time traveling far from home, so she should definitely give her extra money to carry with her, just in case.
"Mercy, be careful out there, and come back early after you're done."
When Moxi came out wearing that light blue dress, Aunt Hua looked her up and down. "Wow, it turns out our Moxi is a great beauty too. Clothes really do make the man."
Su Xiaonuan was worried that Moxi would lose the address, so she specially found a notebook to write it down and put it in her handbag. "Moxi, hang this bag up. I put your change of dress in it. I wrote down two addresses in the notebook, one is Jiang Yi's address and the other is my best friend's address."
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