After receiving the news, Wang Fengjiao trotted all the way to Yang Niannian's house. The door to the main room was open. She went in and looked around but didn't find anyone.
Standing at the door of the main room, he shouted towards the inner room, "Niannian, are you home?"
"Sister Wang, I'm in the bathroom." Hearing Wang Fengjiao's voice, Yang Niannian opened the bathroom door and walked out.
Wang Fengjiao came to Yang Niannian with a smile, "Why are you taking a shower in broad daylight?"
"I'm not taking a shower, I'm giving Yueyue a shower." Yang Niannian turned around and walked out of the bathroom holding Yueyue's hand.
Wang Fengjiao exclaimed in surprise, "Whose girl is this? She's so cute."
Jiang Yueyue was startled and quickly hid behind Yang Niannian, then curiously leaned over to look at Wang Fengjiao. Wang Fengjiao was so fond of her cute little appearance.
Yang Niannian pulled Jiang Yueyue out with a smile, "Yueyue, don't be afraid, this is Aunt Wang, she's a very nice person."
Jiang Yueyue called out in a baby voice, "Aunt Wang." Then she lowered her head with a shy look on her face.
Wang Fengjiao was so happy that she wanted to hold Jiang Yueyue in her arms and love her. "This little girl is so cute. The more I look at her, the more I like her. It's all because of Old Zhou who didn't live up to his expectations and didn't let me have a daughter."
She gave birth to four sons but no daughter. Sometimes she even complained that her husband's seed was not good and she always wanted a daughter.
When I see Jiang Yueyue now, I like her more and more.
Yang Niannian almost laughed herself to death, "This is my friend's sister. I brought her here to play with An An."
"People are saying that you picked up a child outside. I knew they couldn't be believed. Who would be willing to throw away such a lovely girl?" Wang Fengjiao said carelessly.
“Those people are idle.”
Yang Niannian went back to the room and brought out two stools. "Sister Wang, do you have a comb at home? Yueyue has a lot of lice on her head. It's a pity to cut her hair off after so much effort to grow it so long. Wash her hair more often, then use a comb to scrape it and see if you can get rid of them."
"Yes, yes, yes. Wait a moment. I'll go get it now."
Wang Fengjiao returned home happily, and came back with a comb after a while.
The two of them cleaned Jiang Yueyue's lice for a while, and when they thought it was almost time to go home from school, Wang Fengjiao left reluctantly.
Before leaving, she reminded him, "Niannian, you must bring Yueyue to play more often when you have time. This little girl is so cute. The more I see her, the more I like her."
"Okay." Yang Niannian nodded with a smile, and then she thought of something and said, "By the way, Sister Wang, please tell Captain Zhou to help weave another straw mat. Brother Yueyue wants to buy one."
"Okay." Wang Fengjiao knew that Yang Niannian was introducing business to her family, and she would remember this favor in her heart.
Seeing Wang Fengjiao was about to leave, Jiang Yueyue smiled and watched her leave the yard, "Goodbye, Aunt Wang."
Yang Niannian combed Jiang Yueyue's hair and said softly, "Yueyue, go to the main room to play first. It's cooler with the fan inside. I'll go to the kitchen to cook dinner."
"Sister, I'm here with you." Jiang Yueyue had just arrived in a strange place and didn't dare to stay there alone, so she moved a small stool and followed Yang Niannian into the kitchen.
Yang Niannian ruffled her hair and said, "Then you can sit at the door. It's cooler outside."
Jiang Yueyue nodded her head obediently, sat on a small wooden stool, held her little face, and stared at Yang Niannian's busy figure with bright eyes. When she saw Yang Niannian preparing to cook rice, she licked her lips greedily.
Her family was poor and they could not eat enough all year round. They could only eat a small bowl of white rice during the Chinese New Year.
Yang Niannian washed two potatoes and was peeling them deftly with a knife when she heard footsteps outside the door. She tilted her head to look outside and saw Yu Hongli and Ye Meijing leading Director Ding in.
"Oh, this little girl is so cute. She must be four or five years old?" Yu Hongli stared at Jiang Yueyue from head to toe with an expression like that of a brothel owner.
"The eyes are round, she looks a bit like Captain Lu's wife." Ding Lanying scoffed, "If she wasn't only 20 years old this year, I would have thought she was her daughter."
Jiang Yueyue was so frightened that she trembled with fear. She ran into the kitchen in panic and hid behind Yang Niannian, hugging her waist and not daring to make a sound.
Yang Niannian patted her gently and said, "Don't be afraid, your sister is here."
"Why doesn't she speak?" Ye Meijing asked with some disdain, "Could she be a little mute and be abandoned by her family?"
When Yang Niannian heard this, she immediately got angry, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who told you that she was picked up?"
"If you didn't pick it up, then could it be that you gave birth to it?" Ye Meijing blurted out.
"If you keep talking nonsense, do you believe I will use a knife?" Yang Niannian slammed the kitchen knife in her hand heavily on the chopping board. Even though Ding Lanying came, she didn't give her a good look.
The weasel is paying New Year's greetings to the chicken, it definitely has no good intentions.
Ye Meijing was startled, and Yu Hongli quickly tried to smooth things over, saying with a smile, "Hey, Nian Nian, why are you so angry? We heard that you brought back a child, so we came to take a look. We are all military wives, and there is no harm in this."
Yang Niannian sneered, "Who is like you, saying that other people's children are adopted and mute right away, is that polite?"
Yu Hongli smiled awkwardly, "Meijing just made a slip of the tongue. She is a straightforward person with no ulterior motives. Please don't mind it."
Ye Meijing turned around and tried to leave, but Yu Hongli caught her back and whispered, "We haven't even discussed the matter yet, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Ye Meijing kept a stern face and said nothing, as if she didn't want to pay any attention to Yang Niannian.
Upon seeing this, Yu Hongli cursed Ye Meijing in her heart. She was clearly just a foil, but now she was stuck in the middle and had to look at other people's faces.
She was the one who invited Director Ding here, so she couldn't back out halfway. She could only look at Ding Lanying with a thick face and a smile, "Director Ding, can you say a few words for me?"
"Originally I didn't want to meddle in other people's business. I came here because Meijing and Hongli asked me to help act as a middleman." Before Ding Lanying even talked about the main business, she acted like Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times at his cottage because Zhuge Liang didn't come out of the mountain.
Yang Niannian smiled and said crisply, "Director Ding, since you don't want to meddle in other people's business, I think you'd better not be the middleman. It's not an easy job and you might end up pleasing neither you nor anyone else."
Although I didn't know what Director Ding was going to say, I guessed that it was most likely not good.
Seeing Yang Niannian was so disrespectful, Ding Lanying looked unhappy, "Since I'm here, I'd better tell you what happened."
She looked at Jiang Yueyue who was hiding behind Yang Niannian, "This girl's name is Yueyue, right?"
Yang Niannian nodded, instinctively feeling that what Ding Lanying was about to say might be related to Jiang Yueyue.
As expected, Ding Lanying opened her mouth and said, "Meijing and Captain Song have been married for several years, but they still don't have a baby. They are discussing adopting a baby to bring good luck. Didn't they hear that you found a baby girl? You have An'an now, and you and Captain Lu will definitely have more babies in the future. It's hard to raise so many children, so you might as well give this baby to Meijing and Captain Song to raise."
"Meijing said that if you agree, she will give you 30 eggs as adoption fee."