Father Jiang couldn't hide his excitement and sighed, nodding repeatedly: "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."
Jiang's mother was beside her, her voice changing tone: "Is it Xixi? Is it Xixi?!"
"mom--"
Before she finished speaking, Aunt Liu saw the girl, who had just been calm, suddenly choked up silently, tears streaming down her face. The girl's soft and beautiful face was wrinkled into a ball of deep misery, as if it had been struck by pain.
Aunt Liu felt a slight lump in her throat.
She didn't know that this was a mournful cry for the past from a soul that had been wandering in loneliness for many years.
Jiang Xi couldn't stop crying, as if the dark and hopeless past gradually disappeared in her crying, and finally turned into a wisp of smoke and evaporated.
Jiang's mother also cried bitterly on the other end of the phone. The two of them bought the nearest bus as quickly as possible and rushed back overnight.
When we arrived in Shen City, it was just getting light.
When the two sides met, they cried bitterly again.
Jiang's father and mother thanked Aunt Liu and Uncle Liu again and again, and were extremely grateful to them for taking Jiang Xi in. Before leaving, they gave them a red envelope of one thousand yuan, but Aunt Liu refused to accept it.
She waved her hand and refused: "We're just neighbors, why are you being so polite? Besides, the child has suffered so much, if I just stood by and watched, would I still be a human being? You're in a difficult situation right now, so keep it for yourself."
Aunt Liu's eyes fell on the tightly closed door opposite, and Jiang's father and mother fell silent at the same time.
Compared with the ever-changing housing prices outside, the housing prices in Shen City have not increased much over the years, especially in Maoge Town, which is still a town close to the countryside. Three years ago, a house worth 600,000 yuan would only be worth 670,000 or 680,000 yuan at most if it was sold seriously. They were in a hurry to sell it, so they sold it for 400,000 yuan.
It's easy to sell it, but it's impossible to get it back.
Over the past three years, the couple has only repaid more than 50,000 yuan out of the 300,000 yuan borrowed from relatives and friends, calculated based on bank interest, leaving 250,000 yuan in principal. They also spent nearly 100,000 yuan of the 400,000 yuan they raised by asking people everywhere to help find their child in just ten days. After deducting the foreign debt, they only have 50,000 yuan left.
In this world, what can 50,000 do?
What's more, in order to find someone, Jiang's father and mother quit their jobs. Their income was not high to begin with, and they were old, so it would be difficult for them to find new jobs.
However, "it's good that people are back."
Father Jiang patted Jiang Xi's shoulder. This dull and honest man couldn't help but tear up at this moment. "I'm glad you're back."
Like millions of other old fathers in the world, Jiang's father has always been reluctant to express his feelings. But when Jiang Xi stood in front of him again, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Xiaoxi, let's live in Uncle's house first, and then move out after Dad finds a new house to rent."
Jiang Xi frowned subconsciously. Her mother knew that she never liked going to her uncle's house, so she consoled her, "It's only a few days. Your eldest cousin has that kind of temper. Let's just endure it for a few days and then move out, okay?"
"good."
Jiang Xi hugged her mother's arm and shook it coquettishly: "Then when we move to the new house, I want to eat the braised pork, chestnut roast chicken, and braised prawns cooked by mom..."
Jiang Xi chattered non-stop, and his joy infected the two of them. Jiang's father and mother smiled at each other at the same time, thinking with relief: It seems that our son didn't suffer much this time.
The house was being sold in a hurry, so many large items were sold at a discount to the new tenant along with the house. Jiang's father and mother packed up their gifts and sent them all to their uncle's house, as it was convenient to go there now.
but--
Mother Jiang looked at Jiang Xi with pity. Aunt Liu's daughter was shorter than Jiang Xi and had a very small frame. The same knee-length skirt looked like a miniskirt on Jiang Xi, with shoulders and sleeves sticking to her body awkwardly. If she went to her uncle's house like this, she might be laughed at by Jiaojiao.
Jiang's mother was unwilling to let Jiang Xi suffer any injustice, so she sent Jiang's father to make arrangements first, and then she took Jiang Xi to a nearby shopping mall:
"Come on, Mom will pick out two clothes for you first. My daughter is so beautiful, she can't be wronged."
If it were the old Jiang Xi, she would have been absolutely willing to do it, and she would even have to coax her mother to spend some money to buy something else. However, she was not a high school student who was really ignorant of the situation. She was very clear about the current situation at home and shook her head.
"No thanks, Mom. I'll just wear the old one."
"No," Jiang's mother insisted. "Mom has come to terms with it now. Money is a piece of shit. It's useless to save it. It will eventually be gone."
Jiang Xi couldn't resist her and hugged her mother's arm tightly with a smile: "Then Mom, please don't blame your daughter for wasting money later."
Jiang Xi felt so warm in her heart that it felt as if the sun was radiating heat to her 24 hours a day. Her limbs felt weak and her heart was burning.
It was the end of the season, and the mall was having clearance sales everywhere. The air conditioning was on full blast, and Jiang Xi and Jiang's mother took advantage of the free air conditioning. For a moment, no one was in a hurry to leave, so they just walked around everywhere.
Jiang Xi was tall and had long legs. He was a natural clothes hanger and had a good-looking face. However, he had become so thin recently that his bones were visible. The baby fat on his face had gone, and he looked a little lonely. But even so—
Even if she wears fast-moving consumer goods worth more than a hundred yuan, she can still make them look as high-end as those worth tens of thousands of yuan.
Whenever she tried on clothes, there would always be other customers in the store who would take a liking to them and line up to try and buy them, which greatly boosted the store's sales.
Jiang Xi didn't go to any luxury stores, not even those with slightly higher-end brands. In the end, she chose two skirts, a T-shirt, and a pair of frayed light blue jeans. When she was checking out, the salesperson even politely gave her an employee discount and warmly invited her to come back next time.
The total cost of these four items was no more than 600 yuan, and Jiang Xi was very satisfied.
Jiang's mother was not very satisfied.
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