Bai Yajing put the bowls and chopsticks back in the basket, prepared a bag of candy for the village children, and two packs of cigarettes for the two grandfathers. Then she walked towards the village office.
The children she met along the way all recognized her and greeted her warmly. She was happy and gave candy to everyone who came.
It was sent all the way to the village office.
The village chief and the brigade leader were already waiting for her.
"Grandpas, I'm back. How are you both feeling?" As she spoke, she placed her hand on their pulses.
The village chief and the brigade leader both chuckled and let her be, remaining silent and not disturbing her.
After Bai Yajing finished taking the pulse, her smile remained unchanged, and the two of them knew the result.
"See? We two old folks are in great health. But you, why don't you bring your two kids back for us to see? We love them so much!"
"Exactly! Your grandfather sent a telegram asking us to include the two kids in the family tree. He's so stingy, he didn't even send us a photo to look at."
Bai Yajing knew they would ask, so she smiled and took out the photos from her bosom and gave them to the two of them.
"Look, I knew you guys would want to see this. I brought it with me on purpose."
Speaking of which, the Kang family really treated them well. Even though Da Bao's surname was Bai, they still included him in the Kang family genealogy.
Although Grandpa had already added Bai Jingxing to the Bai family genealogy...
"Oh my, this chubby little thing looks so lucky! I wish it were mine..."
"Hey, your babies are all like black mudfish, how could they possibly produce such fair-skinned babies? Mine are more like that..."
"Who said that? My kids got tanned from working in the fields! They weren't originally tanned!"
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Bai Yajing stared in disbelief as the two old children started bickering; she was utterly speechless…
She silently took two packs of cigarettes out of the basket and waved one in each hand in front of the two men.
It immediately drew their attention. Their eyes followed the smoke intently, and their heads swayed from side to side.
"Pfft~ Hahahahahahahaha..."
The two of them came to their senses, each grabbed a bag, and gave her a reproachful look.
"You're just teasing us two old men."
"Tell me, you came back this time just for that little girl surnamed Liu, didn't you?"
When it came to serious matters, she became much more serious.
"Yes, grandfathers, what exactly happened?"
The two exchanged a glance, their faces darkening.
"Hey, when you left, you asked us to take care of the three of them. Your grandfather and the others also gave us instructions before they left. We've been taking care of them all along. This incident was really a problem that arose within their own community of educated youth."
"Not long after your family left, the higher authorities sent more educated youth to the countryside. With so many people, it's troublesome. Quarrels and arguments are minor matters. We originally wanted the three of them to simply live in the village."
But the three children didn't want to trouble the village, and were afraid that preferential treatment would cause problems, so they continued to live in the educated youth settlement. After that, there were small arguments every three days and big fights every five days; it was a real headache!
"We can't send them away without a good reason, and those kids will threaten to report us at the drop of a hat, humph!"
The two elderly people poured out their grievances, and Bai Yajing finally understood what had happened.
It's really not the village's fault for not taking care of them. Their village was considered somewhat prestigious by the commune, so they were given priority in choosing their students, and they received far fewer educated youth than other villages.
Those educated youth who arrived later were all tough and difficult to deal with.
The village couldn't interfere too much. Appointing Qiao Yu as the head of the educated youth settlement managed to keep things under control, but it couldn't prevent those people from causing trouble in secret.
"Anyway, the commune wanted to send people later, but we refused them all. We already have enough headaches with this group of people."
"That's right, they can't carry anything on their shoulders or lift anything with their hands, yet they want our village to support them? Dream on. If they don't work, they won't have anything to eat or drink. If they have money, they can buy them. In short, don't even think about taking advantage of us."
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