She looked at Jiajia, who seemed distracted, and asked softly, "Jiajia, did something happen?"
Fearing her mother would worry and speculate, Ding Jiajia looked up and replied, "Yes, it was Brother Hu. He came to the city today and brought me some things."
Qin Yilin breathed a sigh of relief. Sigh, I thought something serious had happened.
"It's alright. Next time your father goes to the prefectural city to sell medicinal herbs, buy some for them too. I reckon Shuiqing asked him to bring them." The man had no such thoughtfulness, thinking of bringing gifts.
Ding Heli, who had brought back a bowl of rice, handed it to Yilin and sat down, casually asking, "What did you bring? I'll see what to buy as a return gift next time I go to the prefectural city."
A relationship can only last if there is give and take. Otherwise, if you always take from others, they won't be stupid and will want to associate with you!
He taught his daughter the same way: you can't take things from others for nothing; you have to think about giving back when you receive something.
"Five-colored sugar balls".
Ding Heli and Qin Yilin shoveled food into their mouths, thinking that Shuiqing was thoughtful and knew that Jiajia liked to eat.
"Jujube paste cake".
The two continued to enjoy their meal happily, feeling incredibly lucky to have such a caring family in a strange place.
"Silver hairpin".
"Cough cough cough!"
Ding Heli choked, and Qin Yilin opened her mouth. The two forgot to eat and stared blankly at Jiajia.
Ding Heli asked blankly, "That's not right, why would I give you a silver hairpin out of the blue?"
A silver hairpin may not be much to a family with hundreds of taels of silver in savings, but to the villagers, silver is a very precious thing!
Shuiqing's family was doing well, but her own children hadn't even gotten to use silver hairpins yet, so how could she give one to Jiajia?
"No, Shuiqing will have Hu Wenhua bring the pastries and candied hawthorns, but she definitely won't bring hairpins or anything like that." Qin Yilin realized what was happening and, recalling Jiajia's series of unusual actions, asked in surprise, "Not from Shuiqing? From Hu Wenhua?"
Ding Jiajia didn't know how to tell her parents what Hu Wenhua had whispered to her. She couldn't repeat it to them. Now that her mother had guessed it, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief and nodded seriously.
The couple exchanged a glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.
Ding Heli asked first, "Did you ask him why he gave it to you?"
To be honest, he thinks highly of Hu Wenhua!
He looks fierce and intimidating on the outside, but he is kind-hearted on the inside. Moreover, his imposing appearance and physique are not a bad thing, as they can protect Jiajia.
They only have one daughter, Jiajia, who is often considered an "unborn child" and is bullied and harassed openly and secretly. If Wenhua is interested in Jiajia, with his fierce appearance, no one will dare to bully Jiajia in the future!
And with Wen Hua's meticulous mind, Jia Jia's life will be prosperous in the future.
In an instant, Qin Yilin had already thought about Jiajia's future relationship with her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law. To be honest, compared to other families whose backgrounds she didn't know, the Hu family was really good.
In fact, once they become relatives with Shui Qing, they can openly freeload meals from her—well, they'll have to be shameless about it.
Although surprised, the two were mostly delighted, and looked at Jiajia with eager eyes.
"No, he ran away before I even asked him anything," Ding Jiajia said, sounding somewhat worried.
They were talking peacefully, and she was about to ask him if he knew what giving a hairpin meant when Brother Hu ran away.
He even said he wanted to hear her call out... but he didn't...
"Then I'll go and find out. If it's not what you meant, this gift should be returned!"
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