Yu Rujia: "Comrade Zhang, what's wrong with Beibei?"
Seeing that the frightening comrade had left, Zhang Pandi's expression returned to normal, and she put Zhou Beibei down: "She twisted her ankle while playing outside. Could you please take a look at her, Yu Zhiqing?"
Although Zhang Pandi was educated, her personality was influenced by feudal ideas, and she believed that a woman should follow her husband wherever he went.
Because of this personality, she almost got beaten to death at her ex-husband's house but didn't want to leave.
It was Zhang Zhaodi who couldn't stand by and watch, and in order to save her life, she asked someone from the local women's federation to accompany her, which finally got Zhang Pandi to divorce her ex-husband.
She had been working at the Shangfen Brigade for several years, and she was well-fed every day without being beaten or scolded.
With Zhang Zhaodi chatting with her often and visiting the Lü family from time to time, her mindset improved a lot, and her appearance gradually approached her actual age, no longer looking like she was in her forties when she was only in her twenties.
Having gone through a failed marriage, she was living a good life and never considered remarrying. Apart from going to work, she spent her time with Zhou Beibei.
Shen Yan, who is rough on the outside but meticulous on the inside, is most fond of gentle and considerate women. Zhang Zhaodi, who has been bound by feudal ideology for more than 20 years, is this type. Moreover, she is beautiful, which is exactly what Shen Yan likes.
Yu Rujia gently lifted Zhou Beibei's foot, revealing a large bulge at her ankle.
I felt the bones; it was just dislocated.
Yu Rujia: "Where did Beibei go to play today?"
Zhou Beibei is a little over four years old. She doesn't need to go to school and can play wildly everywhere.
Zhou Beibei was sitting down, so her foot wasn't in much pain and she was able to answer her question: "I went to the mountain to find mulberries. We saw a tree with lots of mulberries, and I twisted my ankle when I was picking them."
Mulberries are sweet and sour, and are one of the wild fruits that children love.
May and June are the season when mulberries ripen, and every year at this time, many children run up the mountain to find mulberries.
When Shen Yan first met Zhang Pandi, whether at the Yu family home or on the wall, he only had eyes for her and no one else.
Yu Rujia's conversation with Zhou Beibei brought Shen Yan's fantasy back to reality. It turned out that the person he had taken a liking to at first sight was already married and had a daughter. His heart sank immediately.
Yu Rujia: "Mulberries are delicious. Beibei, please be careful when picking them and don't hurt yourself."
Zhou Beibei turned to look at Zhang Pandi, who was worried about her, and nodded her little head sensibly: "I know, I can't let Auntie worry, ah..."
The last "Ah" was Zhou Beibei's cry of pain. Yu Rujia took advantage of her distraction to straighten her dislocated shoulder.
Her calling him "Auntie" revived Shen Yan's dead heart. So they weren't mother and daughter after all. Did he still have a chance?
While Shen Yan was lost in thought on this side of the wall, Zhou Beibei was in so much pain from Yu Rujia suddenly twisting her foot that her vision blurred, and she started whimpering.
Zhang Pandi patted her back and comforted her, saying, "Okay, don't cry, don't cry, the pain is gone."
Yu Rujia: "Beibei's foot is all better now. If you don't believe me, Beibei can try it."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Beibei stopped crying, wiped the tears from her face, and carefully wiggled her little feet. Hmm, it didn't hurt. Then she wiggled her feet harder, but still didn't feel any pain.
Zhou Beibei boldly stood on the ground, and still felt no pain in her foot. The little girl excitedly jumped around on the ground and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore, it really doesn't hurt anymore."
Zhang Pandi patted her: "Aunt Yu healed your foot. Say thank you to Aunt Yu."
Zhou Beibei said crisply, "Thank you, Aunt Yu."
Yu Rujia patted her head and praised, "Beibei is such a good girl, a polite and well-behaved child."
Just as Yu Rujia finished treating Zhou Beibei's foot, a child's voice came from outside: "Bad guy, what are you doing here?"
Then Dorje's voice rang out: "I remember you. You came to my house that day. Why were you leaning over the wall of my house?"
Yu Rujia put Zhou Beibei down and walked out of the courtyard gate, where she saw Shen Yan standing on the bicycle, looking embarrassed, surrounded by a group of children, who were all friends of the Duoji brothers.
The child who just shouted "bad guy" is Da Wa's cousin, Tu Dan, who is a little over five years old.
Shen Yan was so focused on watching Zhang Pandi in the Yu family's courtyard that he wasn't paying attention and was discovered by the children.
A group of kids aimed their homemade slingshots at Shen Yan, as if they were going to get rough with him if he didn't surrender obediently.
For the first time, Shen Yan experienced what it meant to feel guilty. His face turned dark red with embarrassment as he turned to Duoji and said, "Little guy, I'm your father's good friend. You can just call me Uncle Shen."
Dorje, being mischievous, waved the slingshot his father had made at him: "I don't believe it. If you're my dad's good friend, why don't you go into my house? Why are you lying on the wall instead? You must be trying to sneak in and steal things from my house when my family isn't looking."
His older brothers often reminded him not to tell anyone outside what things they had at home, lest someone get jealous and steal things from the house, leaving them with nothing.
Although this person had visited his house before, perhaps, just like in the comic books, this person came to investigate his family's financial situation.
He often went to his friends' houses, but he never did anything sneaky. This bad guy must have scouted the place beforehand. He came here to steal things. He can't fool him.
Little Dole immediately took the slingshot her father had made and shot a small stone at Shen Yan, then scolded him in a cute but fierce way, "Bad guy."
Duo Le saw that her older brother had a slingshot, so she begged Gao Shujing to make one for her. She was small, but her strength was several times that of her peers, and she could pull the slingshot without any problem.
At such a short distance, with Shen Yan as such a large target, the little guy hit him every time.
Fortunately, the slingshot wasn't very lethal, and Shen Yan only felt a slight pain before he was fine. He was in a difficult situation, surrounded by a group of children, and he couldn't even break free by holding onto his bicycle.
He said in a deep voice, "I really am your father's good friend. His name is Gao Shujing, and your mother's name is Yu Rujia. Am I right?"
Dorjee was not fooled and remained wary, saying, "Everyone in the team knows my parents' names; you can't fool me."
Just as Shen Yan was racking his brains trying to figure out how to escape, he saw Yu Rujia standing at the gate looking in their direction and immediately cried for help.
Shen Yan said, "Comrade Yu, can you do me a favor?"
When Dorje saw his mother, he pulled his younger brother and ran to her. He put little Duole in front of Yu Rujia's legs, and stood in front of his mother and brother with his small body, still aiming the slingshot at Shen Yan.
Dorje said seriously with a stern face, "Mom, don't pay attention to him. He climbed over our wall because he was trying to steal things from our house. He's a bad person."
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