In this way, days repeated themselves, and before we knew it, time had quietly arrived on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.
On this day, the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing across the earth.
Qin Wan walked out of the house with a smile on her face, holding a bulging plastic bag in her hand.
She walked straight up to Aunt Zhang and said kindly, "Aunt, you're going back to your hometown for the New Year soon! I've prepared something special for you."
As she spoke, she gently opened the plastic bag, revealing a fat pheasant and a lively rabbit.
Qin Wan carefully handed the bag to Aunt Zhang, then he took out a brand new stack of big unity notes like a magic trick, stuffed it into Aunt Zhang's palm, and said sincerely:
"Auntie, please keep this little money as a token of my appreciation. Take it home and buy some delicious food and drinks for your family so you can have a good New Year!"
Aunt Zhang accepted the money and thanked them profusely. With these chickens and rabbits, they could have a good New Year. With these 200 yuan, if anyone knew about their family, they would be envied to death.
Then, Qin Wan turned to look at Aunt Yu beside her and took out a stack of banknotes from her pocket, but this time there was only 170 yuan. She handed the money to Aunt Yu and explained apologetically:
"Aunt Yu, since you're not planning on coming home for the New Year this year, I didn't prepare any chicken or rabbit for you. But you must accept this 170 yuan. Go ahead and buy whatever you want. Don't treat yourself badly!"
Aunt Yu took the money somewhat embarrassedly. She came late and was not as capable as Aunt Zhang, yet she was still able to get more than 100 yuan. This was truly a rare good thing.
She said with gratitude, "Oh, thank you so much! With this money, my big problem of providing for my old age can finally be solved! I feel much more at ease now."
After that, the two of them returned to the house they lived in together.
Aunt Zhang quickly began to pack her clothes, muttering to herself:
"My dear sister, you must keep this money safe and don't give it to anyone else.
Remember, as long as you have food in your hand, the chicks will naturally hang around you obediently; but if you have nothing in your hand, even if you try your best to exchange it, the chicks will definitely not come over.
Aunt Yu nodded hurriedly, and kept responding:
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it all! I suffered a huge loss before and was deceived by them once. I've had enough of that kind of pain. How could I be so stupid as to fall for their tricks again!"
Hearing Aunt Yu say this, Aunt Zhang's heart finally settled down a little, but she was still a little worried and couldn't help but mutter:
"You, it would be best if you could understand. Don't be so soft-hearted as you were before, and you won't tolerate anyone saying anything nice to you. Those people just need a few sweet words to coax you, and you'll be as confused as a headless fly, not knowing where to turn! We've lived for most of our lives, so we have to be more careful! Otherwise, we never know when we'll be tricked again!"
Aunt Yu listened to Aunt Zhang's nagging and nodded vigorously to show her agreement. Her eyes unconsciously became slightly red.
Of course she knew that the reason why her elder sister kept giving her such earnest advice was because she cared about her from the bottom of her heart and couldn't let her go.
Thinking back to the days of the past few years, Aunt Yu couldn't help but feel sad.
At that time, she had actually saved up a lot of money and thought she could spend her old age in peace and stability.
Who would have thought that he would be deceived by his own ungrateful daughter. She had promised to take care of him in his old age, but in the end, when she found out that all his money had been swindled away by them, she immediately turned her back on him and kicked him out of the house without mercy.
Thinking of this, Aunt Yu felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.
If I had not been fortunate enough to meet the kind and enthusiastic Aunt Zhang, and if she had not helped me and introduced me to this place, I would probably have turned into a handful of yellow earth by now, and even the weeds on my grave would have grown tall.
Alas, the past is too painful to recall.
When Aunt Zhang saw this scene, she couldn't help but feel a little soft in her heart. The words that were about to blame Aunt Yu were swallowed back by her.
Aunt Zhang quickly packed her things and waved goodbye to Qin Wan and the others with a smile. Her brisk steps seemed filled with joy as she excitedly set off on her way home.
When Aunt Zhang was here, no matter what happened, she would always take the lead and lead everyone to solve it together.
However, now that Aunt Zhang has left, Aunt Yu's abilities have unexpectedly emerged.
Aunt Yu, who had always been under the shadow of Aunt Zhang, began to gradually show her unique style of doing things and wisdom.
Perhaps it was precisely because of the absence of Aunt Zhang, the strong "backbone", that Aunt Yu had the opportunity to come to the fore.
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