Chapter 52 Gossip Corner
"Where is she? Did she go to Grandma's house?"
Before Jinran could even go to the old house, she saw Wang Cuifen push open the door and come back.
"Mom, where have you been? I just woke up and I was wondering where you all went!"
Wang Cuifen said mysteriously, "I went to chat with the village loudspeaker. I haven't been back for quite a while, have I? There are many things happening in the village that I don't know. Even if I ask you, you won't know anything. I don't feel comfortable asking your grandma either."
Jinran: "??? Little Trumpet? There's actually someone with that nickname?"
Wang Cuifen said with a smile, "That's not her name. We just made it up. She's called 'Big Matchmaker.' When she was young, she liked to go around asking around. She's even more amazing now that she's older. She knows exactly how many eggs each hen has laid."
Jinran exclaimed, "!!!" "What a talent! What a paparazzi-like genius!"
Jinran asked with interest, "So, Mother, what did you find out?"
Wang Cuifen said gloatingly, "Isn't the biggest thing happening in our village recently the fight between the female educated youth and Shen Yanhong?"
Jinran: "??? A fight? When? How come I didn't know? If I had known it would be this lively, we wouldn't have lived in such a remote place. The information updates are not timely at all."
"What are you saying, child? Let me tell you, wasn't Shen Yanhong dating Meng Zhiqing? But then there was this Huang Yuanyuan at the educated youth settlement who started pursuing Meng Zhiqing intensely. Meng Zhiqing didn't give a straight answer, accepting whatever benefits she received without refusing. Of course, Shen Yanhong couldn't stand it. One time, when Huang Yuanyuan was giving Meng Zhiqing eggs, Shen Yanhong saw it. Who knew Shen Yanhong was so ruthless? She went up and scratched Huang Yuanyuan. The two of them started fighting, and Meng Fan tried to break it up but got hurt in the process."
Jinran was still struggling with the fact that she hadn't heard anything about such a big event. This didn't make sense. She needed to improve her knowledge of gossip in the future.
Wang Cuifen concluded, "Isn't this a clear case of moral failings?"
Jinran nodded, "Not refusing, not taking initiative, not taking responsibility, ugh... that's really scummy."
Wang Cuifen ignored her daughter's strange remarks and shared the gossip she had heard all afternoon with her. Then, feeling refreshed, she decided to make dinner.
Jinran said, “…” She suspected that she and her mother did not live in the same village.
These are all very new materials. It's like other celebrities are already married and have children, and she's only just now getting the gossip about them announcing their relationships.
I'm a little sad; I feel like I've been abandoned by the gossip squad.
Her parents could only stay at home for one night, and they had to leave the next afternoon.
The thought of them leaving made Jinran feel a little reluctant, so she thought about giving them all the good things in the house.
Wang Cuifen refused, saying, "Your father and I won't go hungry at all. Your brothers are all boys, so it's okay for them to suffer a little. Just take good care of yourself at home."
"Mom, just take it. You feel sorry for me, and I feel sorry for you too. I can just go up the mountain to eat whatever I want. There's everything on the mountain, so I won't have to worry about anything."
Wang Cuifen said sternly, "You little brat, let me tell you, you can't go to the deep mountains, you know? I've already told your grandma to keep an eye on you."
Jinran nodded perfunctorily, while Wang Cuifen was extremely worried. How could this little girl be even wilder than her son?
The next day, after lunch, they were to return to the county.
Jinran was carrying large and small bags when some villagers along the way asked curiously, "What are you carrying? There are so many!"
Mr. Shen said proudly, "My daughter prepared this for us. I told her we didn't need it, but I couldn't persuade her otherwise. Sigh..."
Jinran: ".............." Will her father really not get beaten?
Grandma Shen also came to see them off. Jinran and Grandma Shen accompanied them all the way to the village entrance, watching them walk away until they were quite far away. Even then, they could still see the brothers waving and calling out loudly, "Go back!"
"Nini, let's go back!"
Jinran nodded dejectedly.
Saying goodbye is truly painful, but life goes on. There's still a bunch of hungry kids at home to feed.
She asked Grandma Shen about the chicks, and Grandma Shen said that only one of them was a rooster, and the rest were hens.
What a lucky little rooster!
"When the rooster grows up and becomes useless, we'll just kill it and eat it," Grandma Shen said casually.
Jinran said, "Sorry, I envied you too soon."
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