Zhang Huixiang's face turned pale.
"What did I do wrong? She fainted on her own, how can you blame me? I worry about her food and clothes all day long, have I mistreated her?"
"Isn't it you who mistreated her? Listen to what Lingyun just said? Hungry!!! What era are we living in? We have plenty of food and clothing, yet you still let someone faint from hunger. Don't you feel ashamed as her as her mother?"
"Ha, Fourth Uncle! I call you Fourth Uncle because we're from the same village. You really think you're Ling Xuefeng's biological Fourth Uncle? I know Ling Yun perfectly well. You should sort out your own family affairs before you talk to me, hmph!"
Zhang Huixiang turned and left.
Someone helped Fourth Grandfather up.
"Fourth Uncle, don't be angry. Zhang Huixiang's mouth is notorious in the village. You don't need to hold a grudge against her. It's their own family matter. Ling Xuefeng is back, and he might even thank you. Why bother with so much? Let's go! Let's go!"
"Hey, Lingyun's mother, doesn't she think about Lingyun's feelings at all? She's offended that teacher so badly, how is Lingyun supposed to stay in school now? Luckily, I think that teacher is reasonable. If she had encountered an unreasonable teacher, even if the soldier paid the money, would Lingyun still be able to continue his studies?"
"I knew it! What's all this about!"
“Zhang Huixiang has never even served her parents-in-law for more than a few days, and she has never suffered any hardship. How would she know anything about respecting teachers and elders and caring for the young?”
"Let's go, let's disperse, let's disperse."
The crowd dispersed.
Fourth Grandfather looked in the direction the car had left; it was heading towards the county town.
A girl went to the city with a stranger, but after thinking about it, she realized it wasn't a good idea.
He grabbed a young man from the village and hurriedly said, "Go to the village chief's house and tell him what happened today. Let the village chief find out which major took Ling Yun away and what his name is!"
"good!"
The young man ran off, filled with the joy of being entrusted with an important task.
Fourth Grandfather sighed, "The world is going to the dogs!"
...
The car had just disappeared from everyone's sight.
Linghu Lan then sat up.
"Ling Yun, are you alright!"
Teacher Ren was taken aback, grabbed her, and looked her up and down.
Jingxing: "..." The ultimate drama queen.
The two soldiers kept their eyes straight ahead, focused intently on driving, but their perked ears betrayed them, clearly showing they were paying close attention to everything happening inside the car.
Linghu Lan smiled and said, "Teacher Ren, I'm fine. Thank you. I'm sorry you had to go through all this."
Teacher Ren pursed her lips, her heart filled with complex emotions. She understood why Ling Yun was pretending to faint; in that situation, if he didn't faint, there would be a lot of noise.
"Your mother, she..."
“My mother only wanted a son; I was the extra one.”
Linghu Lan spoke casually, but Teacher Ren felt a tightness in his chest as he listened.
"Don't say that. Your mother probably loves you a lot, she just hasn't realized it yet. Sooner or later, she will find out."
Teacher Ren blushed, and her voice grew weaker and weaker: "Even I don't believe this lie."
Linghu Lan smiled. "Teacher Ren, I had a dream yesterday. I dreamt that you came to my house, and my mother scolded you and kicked you out. Then, I dropped out of school, married Zhao Donghe, who ran a small restaurant in the village, at seventeen, became a widow at twenty, adopted my brother's son at twenty-three, and by twenty-four, Zhao Donghe's restaurant had become my brother's. At forty, I fell ill and lay in bed. No one took me to the hospital, no one gave me a drop of water, and I starved to death in bed."
The atmosphere inside the car suddenly became strange.
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