She came from a third-tier city and her family was relatively well off locally, but nothing in Beijing.
Her family gives her 20 yuan a month for living expenses. Compared with her rural roommates who only have 5 yuan a month, her living standard is very high.
For this reason, she once had a high opinion of herself and looked down on her roommates in the dormitory. She only wanted to make friends with students whose family backgrounds were as good as hers or better than hers.
Yun Mo was one of the targets she chose after observing many people.
She offered to pay for the ride in order to leave a good impression on Yun Mo.
And she was indeed successful. Yun Mo agreed to let Shi Xiaowen give her a ride because she felt that the other party's idea of voluntarily paying for the fare was very sincere and kind.
But what made Shi Xiaowen depressed was that Yun Mo said she would not take her money, but she took it instead. Not only did she take the money, she also ignored her.
She also knew that she had offended Yun Mo badly and no longer had any illusions about being friends with Yun Mo. She just wanted to take a ride back to the city to reduce her losses.
"Wife, she's still following behind."
After walking around for nearly an hour, Yun Mo was already a little tired and wanted to go back. When she heard that Shi Xiaowen was still following her, she probably guessed what the other person was thinking, which was nothing more than wanting to hitchhike.
But she was extremely disgusted with Shi Xiaowen's behavior and didn't want to sit in the same carriage with her.
Seeing a small shop selling fabric and embroidery handicrafts in front, Yun Mo suddenly had an idea and lowered her head to whisper something to Ling Chuan.
Afterwards, Ling Chuan stood at the door of the craft shop waiting, and Yun Mo went into the shop to buy souvenirs by herself.
Yun Mo selected some hand-embroidered handkerchiefs and sachet pendants, and when checking out, she asked the owner if there was a back door.
The shop owner saw that she was pretty and thought she had met a bad person, so he kindly opened the back door and let her go.
Outside the store, Ling Chuan waited for two minutes but didn't see his wife, so he turned and went to the public toilet not far away.
Shi Xiaowen didn't care and continued to wait under the awning not far from the handicraft shop.
Time passed by minute by minute. After waiting for almost ten minutes, Yun Mo still didn't come out of the handicraft shop. Shi Xiaowen finally realized something and ran into the handicraft shop. But there was no sign of Yun Mo.
She turned around and ran out of the craft shop, came to the door of the public toilet, and shamelessly found a man to help her go to the men's toilet to find Ling Chuan. As expected, Ling Chuan had already left.
"Miss, you look so happy. Did you have a good time today?"
In the car, Tian Yuan saw Yun Mo lying in Ling Chuan's arms and laughing, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
Yun Mo stopped laughing and said, "Yeah, I'm quite happy."
We came out for a good trip, but it ended up like a spy war. It's really unbelievable.
But when she thought about how angry Shi Xiaowen would be when she found out she was dumped, she couldn't help laughing.
"Uncle Tian, are you married?"
"Miss, my eldest daughter is in the first year of high school this year, and my youngest daughter is in the first year of junior high school this year."
Hearing that Tian Yuan had two daughters, Yun Mo picked out two sachet pendants and two handkerchiefs from the souvenirs she bought and gave them to him.
"Uncle Tian, thank you for your help today. This is a little gift from me. Please take it home and let your daughters play with it."
Tian Yuan was flattered, "Miss, you are so polite. This is what I should do."
"It's okay, they're just little things."
The next day, Yun Mo sorted out some of the souvenirs she bought at Badaling yesterday, picked some fresh fruits and vegetables from the space, and then took Lingchuan back to the Shao family.
In addition to taking care of the flowers and plants every day, Mrs. Shao now has the additional task of taking care of the two geese, Dabai and Erbai.
There were many servants in Lanju, so she didn't need to do everything herself. She just took the two guys for a walk outside every evening.
Dabai and Erbai are also very smart. They are very aware of the situation under their foster care. No matter how naughty they are outside, they are extremely obedient in Lan Ju and have never destroyed any grass or trees, which made Mrs. Hua exclaim that the two guys have become spirits.
When people get older, they like those who are obedient and sensible, whether they are humans or livestock.
The more well-behaved Dabai and Erbai were, the more Mrs. Shao liked them, and she was extremely nice to the two guys.
Not only was the original silver nameplate replaced with pure gold, but he also got a lot of toys and the food was more refined than before, with things like dried deep-sea fish, wild river shrimp, and all kinds of clam meat. Even the grass he ate was cut from the fields and delivered to him every day. He had simply reached the peak of his life.
After returning to the Shao family, Yun Mo first chatted with Shao Lin and Mrs. Shao for a while, talking about study and life. Then, under the leadership of Shao Lin, she went to visit the elders of the East and West Courts with gifts.
After the father and his two daughters left, Sister Hua looked at the full basket of fruits and vegetables and couldn't stop smiling.
"Look at this basket of juicy fruits. They are both beautiful and practical. The young lady is really thoughtful."
Mrs. Shao smiled and nodded, "That's good. While it's fresh, make two more dishes for lunch."
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"Well, I'll take it to the kitchen first."
According to the order of seniority, Shao Lin went to the East Courtyard first. On the way there, he carefully explained the relationships among the family members in the East Courtyard to the two of them one by one.
"Your second uncle, third uncle and aunt are siblings, all born to your second grandfather. Your second grandfather and second grandmother passed away early, so my father, your grandfather, kept the three of them in the compound and raised them as his own children until now."
Yun Mo nodded, "Dad, don't you have any brothers or sisters of your own?"
Shao Lin sighed, "I had an older brother, but he had an accident. When your uncle passed away, I was just over 10 years old. It's been almost 30 years. When I have time later, I will take you to pay respect to your grandfather and uncle."
"Um."
With Shao Lin around, both the East and West Courts were very warm towards Yun Mo and Ling Chuan, and gave them generous gifts when they met them.
The East Courtyard gave a pair of mutton-fat jade pendants and a red envelope of two thousand yuan. The West Courtyard's Mrs. Shao San had previously given an ice-blue bracelet with floating flowers. This time the gift was lighter, a pair of pure gold bracelets plus a red envelope of two thousand yuan.
The red envelopes from both sides were 2,000 yuan each, and it was obvious that they had agreed on it beforehand.
The gift that Yun Mo sent was not small, including two boxes of ginseng, cordyceps, and deer antlers, plus an ancient jade Qilin ornament.
The Kirin ornaments were originally a pair, the size of an adult man's palm, and she bought them at a charity auction in her previous life.
Qilin symbolizes auspiciousness and has the function of warding off evil spirits and gathering wealth. It is the perfect gift for elders.
Judging from Shao Yuan and Shao Hong's reactions, they were obviously very satisfied with the Qilin ornament she gave them.
As the eldest daughter of the Shao family, Yun Mo also expressed her gratitude to her cousins, including Shao Ya and Shao Yiqian.
Each person received an emerald gold lock the size of a baby's fist and a brand-name fountain pen.
"Who cares about her broken stuff?"
Shao Ying didn't dare to get angry in front of Shao Lin, but after Shao Lin took Yun Mo away, Shao Ying immediately grabbed the box containing the gold lock and threw it against the wall.
The wooden jewelry box fell to the ground with a loud thump.
(End of this chapter)