Chapter 221 Reflections
The two chatted for a while, seemingly rambling on, but they were all happy and didn't feel awkward at all. Da Hong said, "Your eldest sister is a real heroine. She dared to start a tutoring class all by herself and actually succeeded. My grandma always tells me that I've done a great job and don't need to be jealous of others. That's what I think too."
Jinran remembered there was another time-traveling woman, so she asked, "What about your second sister? Any news?"
Da Hong said speechlessly, "She came back before, and that girl's perm made her look older than my mother. She said she was fashionable and had made some money, saying she started her own clothing business and it was doing quite well. She's settled in Shenzhen now and just left. She said she couldn't attend my wedding because of some business, but she gave me a set of clothes, which I quite liked, so I accepted them. My mother asked her worriedly if she had a boyfriend. Guess what she said?"
Jinran asked curiously, "What did they say?"
"She said she was heartbroken by love and had closed her heart off love, and that she would grow old alone. Pshaw! I overheard her calling a man before, and the clinginess was even scarier than me and my husband. My grandma said that children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and that my second sister has obviously gone astray and gone down the wrong path, and that she can't control her anymore."
After chatting for a while, Da Hong instructed, "Come early on my wedding day. My mother has been keeping me locked up at home these past few days, not letting me run around. She's been telling me all sorts of nonsense about being a good wife and mother, and it's giving me a huge headache. Luckily, my grandma told me to live according to my own ideas. My grandma is such a wise old lady."
Jinran agreed, saying that it was rare to find someone who came from that feudal era and remained open-minded.
People from the village kept arriving, and Wang Cuifen, who had originally planned to take her family to visit her parents, found it difficult to leave now that they were here.
Jinran found it troublesome, so she carried a basket up the mountain. It was September, and many things on the mountain were ripe.
The older brothers left with their friends, so Jinran decided to play by herself.
Once we reached the top of the mountain and found a secluded spot, we released the four little ones and looked at the eight cubs with dark circles under our eyes.
Dark circles under the eyes "!!!" Is this how a human being does things?
The four little ones ran freely through the woods, while Jinran strolled along leisurely, as if she had returned to her childhood. Right, she had been saying she had forgotten something—she had forgotten her Gu Daji.
I'll call you as soon as I get back, hmm... suddenly the guilt is gone.
Jinran picked some wild mountain vegetables and pine nuts, all from her spatial storage; she really had way too many of those things.
She wasn't thinking about picking anything else; she was simply enjoying the moment.
But when the four little ones returned, they were all carrying prey in their mouths—pheasants and rabbits. Jinran smiled and rubbed their heads, praising them, "You guys are amazing, still so brave! Do you want to go back to the space? Or do you want to play here and wait for me to come find you?"
They all expressed a desire to stay and play.
Jinran then carried the prey home by herself.
Then she ran into her brothers, who had come looking for her. But they didn't look too happy.
"Big brother, second brother, why do you two look like that?"
Shen Cong looked at the spoils in Jin Ran's hand. He took them and asked, "Did you make these yourself?"
Jinran shook her head. "No, it's my pet goldfish. They found me and gave it to me. You still haven't told me what happened between you two?"
Shen Ming said softly, "Big brother just feels a little sorry for them. We had a friend who's really living a terrible life now..."
Jinran also understands that not everyone has the determination to go all in, nor the ability to change the status quo. They can only continue living their lives as before, slowly passing the time.
Jinran asked softly, "Brother, what do you want to do?"
Looking at the distant rice paddies, Shen Cong said helplessly, "We've only made a little money; we haven't reached the point of helping everyone. What can we do? We can only give some money, but that's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. Do you remember my childhood friend, Little Dog? His son got a fever that wasn't treated in time, and he became mentally impaired. His family has no hope left. When I saw him today, he looked older than our father. He smiled bitterly and said, 'We just live one day at a time. That's how it is.'"
Jinran remained silent. How should this problem be solved?
Finally, they could only think of one solution: "Brother, how about we pool our money to build roads, schools, and clinics in the village? Would that solve some of the problems?"
Shen Cong thought for a long time and shook his head. "It's possible, but it can only save the people in our village. What about the others? I was wondering if it's possible for them to come back and invest in factories to revitalize the local economy?"
Jinran didn't understand business, but she had money, so she said directly, "Whatever your ideas are, just go for it. I have money, I'll invest in you, as much as you need."
Shen Cong looked at Jin Ran with a puzzled expression: "How do you have money?"
Jinran smiled and said, "You should never question someone who has a hoarding problem."
At this moment, the four little ones chased after Jinran, each carrying a ginseng in its mouth for her, and then quickly disappeared.
Shen Cong and Shen Ming were both dumbfounded.
Jinran shrugged. "I get this kind of windfall every day. Don't be too surprised, it's nothing."
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