Aunt Zhou kept sighing; no one can be happy when their source of income is cut off like this.
"But don't worry, Jiang Xue, I'll help you this time no matter what. You've helped me so many times, I can't repay your kindness enough."
Jiang Xue smiled and said, "Don't think too much, I'm fine. I'll go find Teacher Sun later and talk to her about it."
"That's good too. A two-pronged approach will definitely help me recover faster. In any case, I'm going to visit my parents' home tonight."
Jiang Xue said dismissively, "Do you think your family can help you?"
"My brother works at the Labor Bureau, right? I'll go to his house first, and if that doesn't work, I'll go to his workplace. I don't believe he can't handle this." Aunt Zhou was also gritting her teeth in anger. Originally, she could take care of the two children if they were with Gu Xiaoling.
Now look what's happened! The shop is shut down just like that, and the child she finally managed to bring to the city has been sent back because of that bigwig's meddling.
Jiang Xue shook her head, not taking it too seriously. She comforted Aunt Zhou, "Don't make things too hard on yourself. I'll handle things myself. You won't even go to your brother for your own problems, so how can I expect you to go to your brother for my sake?"
After finishing her wontons, Jiang Xue tidied her messy hair. "Thank you, Auntie. Wait for my news later. I'm off now."
Aunt Zhou saw that Jiang Xue had left three cents for wontons on the table. "It's okay, it's for you. Since you have trouble walking, I'll take you there with me."
Jiang Xue waved to Aunt Zhou without turning her head, "Take good care of yourself. Even if you don't set up a stall in front of my shop, I'll find a way to arrange for you to go to a place with high foot traffic."
Looking at Jiang Xue's decisive and resolute back, Aunt Zhou didn't dare to chase after her any further. She murmured, "At a time like this, she's still thinking about me, not even herself."
Aunt Zhou felt a surge of warmth in her heart. She had always been protected by Jiang Xue, and it was time for her to lend a helping hand. Everyone encounters difficulties, and who knows, she might also face some setbacks in the future.
She took off her sleeves and poured the soup from cooking the wontons into the drain next to her.
"Give me a bowl of wontons." A little girl handed 50 cents to Aunt Zhou.
"That's it for today, let's go to another stall." Aunt Zhou quickly packed up her things, preparing to push her stall over to Gu Xiaoling's dormitory before heading back to Zhoujiazhuang.
"They're closing up shop so early, that's strange," the little girl muttered, looking puzzled, as she left.
After Aunt Zhou finished preparing everything, when she arrived at Zhoujiazhuang, she saw the two elderly people leisurely basking in the warm winter sun.
"Mom, I'm back. I brought you some dumplings. You and Dad can cook them together." Aunt Zhou placed the dumplings in front of her elderly mother.
"The wives of convicts, don't come here talking about any of our messy relatives."
Aunt Zhou was furious at her mother's words. "It's true that I'm the wife of a convict, but I'm also a woman who sold our family property so that your son could go to school."
"That's your brother, you should help him."
In the past, Aunt Zhou would have silently shed tears, but things are different now. After all, she has met Jiang Xue, and with Jiang Xue's presence, she feels much more confident.
Where is Zhou Xiaojie?
Zhou's mother was shocked by what Zhou's aunt said. Usually, she would call her brother "brother" this and "brother" that, but now she didn't call him "brother" anymore and just called him by his name.
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