Su He felt that these two children were good people at heart and would not become ungrateful in the future.
The three adults and three children walked together to Renmin Road. When they arrived at the guesthouse, they took out their letters of introduction for visiting relatives and booked a standard room with four beds so that they could live together and take care of each other.
After settling in, everyone went outside to find a state-owned restaurant for dinner. After dinner, Su He asked Teacher Yuan and Teacher Wu to take the children home to rest while she went out to inquire about some information.
Teacher Wu held her back and said, "Xiao Su, if you want to go out and find out what's going on, go to the water station first. There are many people getting water there. Stand quietly by for a while and chat with them. If you can ask, ask. If not, forget it. Let's take a break for half a day and go directly to their house tomorrow!"
Su He nodded, said goodbye to the children, said she was going out to buy them something delicious, and then she went in another direction.
She went to a deserted place, took out her own cosmetics from the old warehouse, and made her face look much uglier, so that she would blend in with the crowd and it would be easier for her to live.
She was carrying a small cloth bag and pretending to be out shopping.
It's winter now, and although it doesn't snow here, it's very cold. The north wind makes people feel cold to the bone. There are not many people outside, but at the water station, there are still many people using their home buckets to collect water.
The city had running water a long time ago, but unfortunately, it wasn't connected to homes at that time. Instead, there was a centralized location with many taps, and people would bring their own buckets and open the taps to collect water. Sometimes people would collect water here to wash clothes.
So this water station is similar to the tea room in the office behind him, both of which are the places with the most gossip.
Su He didn't have a bucket in her hand, but she was just testing the waters: "I followed my mother to visit a relative named Hu, but I haven't seen her for several years. I don't know if this great aunt named Hu is still around."
An enthusiastic person offered advice: "Do you know the man's surname and name? It might be difficult to find him just by hearing your great aunt's surname!"
Su He: "I remember... I think his last name is Jin!"
An older man thought for a moment and slapped his thigh, "I know the family you're talking about. The old man's surname is Jin, and the woman's surname is Hu. They said they were family members and brought a little girl with them, but it's been so many years, and the little girl's surname is still Kan! What on earth is this old man Jin thinking? Why would he be willing to raise someone else's daughter?"
Another person added, showing she knew more: "You don't understand the situation! Comrade, your great-aunt was Old Man Jin's nanny! But that Old Lady Hu insisted that she was Old Man Jin's wife! The two of them don't agree! Someone ran into Old Jin and asked him about it! He didn't say anything when they asked him what he was talking about! You say... this is really strange!"
"How do you know so clearly?"
"Our building is not soundproof! If we quarrel at home, several houses away can hear it. How can we not know?"
Su He: "I've never met this aunt. My mother was passing by and insisted on coming to see her relatives. It just so happens that the elderly people at home are also worried about her and want to know if this aunt is doing well. I'll find out everything so that I can give an explanation when I get home!"
"Oh, I'm telling you, young comrade, you must draw a clear line between yourself and that Hu!" The old lady saw that there was no one around, so she pulled Su He aside and spoke, "Your aunt seems to have something of Lao Jin's, no one knows what it is, but she hid it. Lao Jin doesn't have that thing, and it seems to have a big impact, so he can't do anything about her. She says she's a nanny, but she really doesn't treat herself as an outsider! This person is really unkind. You're so young, don't get involved with her. If you get implicated, it's no joke!"
Su He was very grateful. People in this era are still very simple and honest. The old lady didn't even know her, but she gave her a kind hint when she asked her casually. It was so rare!
She pretended to take something out of her cloth bag, but in fact she took a handful of White Rabbit candies from the old warehouse, which were actually just four or five pieces of candy. She quietly stuffed them into the old lady's mouth and said, "Auntie, you are such a good person! Good people are rewarded! If you hadn't reminded me, I would have really gone to see my aunt, and who knows what would have happened to me! Thank you so much!"
The old lady felt that she had done a good deed, so she politely accepted the candy.
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