"Okay, thank you, Comrade Wen. We just arrived here and haven't had time to plant any vegetables yet!" Shi Zhan's mother said somewhat embarrassedly.
As for why she was willing to accept the dishes from Wenxi, it was because they had brought a thank-you gift when they came to visit today. It's about giving and receiving; that's how relationships last longer!
Wenxi took a basket from the storage room and led Shizhan's mother to the yard. Seeing that the people sitting in the living room were chatting, Wenxi leaned closer to Shizhan's mother and whispered, "Auntie, it's not that I'm trying to sow discord between Shizhan and her brother, but firstborn children have a natural aversion to second children. They feel that the arrival of their younger siblings has taken away their mother's and father's love. Some are even more selfish and feel that their younger siblings have taken away their family resources, and so on."
"Moreover, Shi Zhan's sister was adopted by you. She's probably afraid that you'll only love Shi Zhan and not her, so... But, Aunt and Uncle may be destined to be childless, while she is destined to have siblings. Your child is someone she brought with her. If you send her back, Shi Zhan may not have a good outcome either. So you must love her well, give her a sense of security, and let her know that even with Shi Zhan, you will still love her as before. Pay attention to her psychological changes, and be even more careful to see if anyone is misleading her in front of her, thereby affecting your family relationship."
The fact that Shi Zhan's parents didn't send his sister back after Shi Zhan's arrival shows that they truly treat their adopted child as their own. However, if they don't express this and his sister misunderstands that they only care about Shi Zhan, she might do something to hurt Shi Zhan or the family.
On their first day of arrival, Shi Zhan disappeared. How did a four-and-a-half-year-old child manage to run into that alley so accurately in a completely unfamiliar environment?
Shi Zhan's mother was stunned. She hadn't known it could be done like that.
Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. Shi Zhan is only four and a half years old. Without anyone to guide her, how could she have run off to that place? It seems that they really need to pay more attention to their older sister in the future. If she goes astray, they need to correct her as soon as possible, otherwise, in the end, it will be their Shi Zhan who suffers.
Shi Zhan's mother nodded. "Comrade Wen, thank you for enlightening me. Otherwise, I would never have known that we raised these ungrateful wretches ourselves."
Seeing that Shi Zhan's mother had taken his advice, Wen Xi went to pick vegetables in the garden. She noticed that Shi Zhan's parents had brought gifts, and although she hadn't yet checked what was inside, she knew she had to prepare a return gift so they wouldn't leave empty-handed.
Wenxi picked a variety of vegetables and filled a basket. Then she went to the kitchen, took out two dried rabbits from the warehouse, put them in a burlap sack along with the vegetables, and carried them to the main room and placed them on the corridor.
We'll hand it over to Shi Zhan's mother when they leave. We'll give it to her now; she might quietly put it down when she leaves.
After chatting for a while, everyone went back. Wenxi saw them off to the gate, then handed the burlap sack to Shizhan's mother and waved to Shizhan, "Goodbye, little Shizhan."
"Goodbye, sister." Shi Zhan waved obediently to Wen Xi.
"Shi Zhan, you can't go with anyone from now on. You must stay by your parents' side, okay?" Wen Xi instructed.
Many cases of children going missing or getting into trouble are committed by acquaintances, because acquaintances are the ones who know the situation best.
Fearing that Shi Zhan's mother would return the things to her, Wen Xi closed the door and then quickly closed and locked the courtyard gate. She went to the main room, put the things that Shi Zhan's mother had given her into the storeroom, then went to the kitchen to cook lunch before returning to the courtyard to spread out the sheets and quilts.
Then she went to the kitchen, brought out three dishes and a soup, and waited for Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to return before starting the meal.
"Xiaoxi, did you wash the sheets today?" Shen Jiaojiao asked.
Wen Xi nodded, "Yes, the weather is getting colder and colder. Let's air out the blankets and wash the sheets so we can be warmer. If you trust me, give me the room key tomorrow and I'll help you air out the blankets and wash the sheets."
"Also, if you have any clothes or shoes that need to be dried, you can put them on the bed, and I'll take them out to dry for you tomorrow." Wen Xi said, then looked at Jiang Yue, "Xiao Yue, if you need my help, just give me the key the day after tomorrow, and I'll wash and dry them for you then."
Jiang Yue smiled brightly, "Okay, then I'll trouble you."
She could just throw the sheets and other things into the washing machine, so it wasn't much of a hassle for Wenxi. The only problem was that she couldn't go out once she had dried them, and it wouldn't be good if they suddenly rained and got all wet.
In the evening, Wenxi took the mattresses and quilts that had been drying in the yard back to her home. After making the bed, she lay down on it and felt that the dried quilts had a faint fragrance and were really soft and fluffy to sleep on.
Wenxi lay on the bed for a while, then got up and came out of the room to tidy up, as she had taken out all her winter clothes and shoes to air them out.
After the three of them took turns washing up in the evening, they went back to their room to rest.
Wenxi worked in the system kitchen until 10 p.m., then went to bed early. Although it was only 10 p.m. outside, most of the day had passed inside. The main thing is that when you're busy inside, you really don't feel it.
If it weren't for the alarm clock set outside, Wenxi would have really forgotten the time and forgotten to come out.
Time passed day by day, and the weather got colder and colder. Before we knew it, it was December. Everyone had already changed into their winter clothes. Jiang Yue's younger brother came, and Jiang Yue didn't dare to wear anything too nice, so she wore her old clothes as her outermost garment.
During this period, Wenxi and her two friends had already hosted several banquets in the village, some for weddings and others for babies' full-month celebrations.
What's more, people from nearby brigades heard about Wenxi's cooking skills and came to ask her to cook for them. Wenxi talked to Captain Qian about it, and with Captain Qian's permission, she took Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue out to cook. However, they didn't ask for money, but for food, because they were afraid that if they accepted the money, the employer would regret it and report them.
That night, Wen Xi was already in bed when the daily check-in system suddenly issued another task, this time with the word 'teleportation' on it. Knowing that another time-traveling journey was about to begin, Wen Xi couldn't help but feel excited. She quickly put on her clothes and shoes, and then clicked 'teleport'.
Just a few seconds later, Wenxi appeared on a dimly lit street. The dim light told her that she was in a big city, not in a wolf-infested wasteland like last time.
Wen Xi followed the arrow to her destination, which turned out to be an orphanage. The sign outside the orphanage read 'Shanghai Orphanage.'
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