"You said that Fu Yunsheng is..." Jiang Sini was stopped by Jiang Yilu before she could finish her words.
"What is it? You two were talking halfway, why did you stop talking? I was just curious, why do you seem to have a problem with Fu Yunsheng? Did you two have some conflict?"
Jiang Erni came out after washing the dishes. Mr. Bai was old, and he had to walk around the yard a few times after lunch every day, and then go back to his room to rest for an hour. Now, there were only Jiang Yilu and the fourth sister in the main room.
On that day in Qingshan Village, Jiang Erni and Jiang Sanni were not present, but when Jiang Yilu mentioned what Fu Yunsheng did when he was coaxing the old lady, Sanni heard every word. She didn't know who did it at the time, but after seeing Jiang Yilu's performance and her brother's affirmation, her feelings towards Fu Yunsheng suddenly hit the bottom.
"I told you that Fu Yunsheng looks fake, and his words and actions are just like acting. He must have bad intentions in approaching Third Sister." Si Ni looked like she had seen through everything, and shook her head. She was extremely pessimistic about Third Sister's relationship. "I think Third Sister is being taken advantage of by that guy. It will be difficult to make her figure it out herself..."
Sanni's nature is too simple and a little impulsive, making her the easiest to be deceived among the sisters. Jiang Yilu thought that Fu Yunsheng might have taken a fancy to this point, so he chose the third sister among his sisters.
"What? That boy did such a thing to you. Did Sanni get struck by lightning or is her heart fooled by shit to be with a man like this?" After hearing the whole story, Erni couldn't help but imitate the women in the village and swore.
"Is there no more men in the world? Why does she have to find someone with such a bad heart? No, when Sanni comes back, I will have a good talk with her and make her break up with that man." Jiang Erni slammed her hands on the table, her eyes widened with anger.
"There is one thing I haven't told you yet." Jiang Yilu looked at his second and fourth sisters and after thinking it over again, he decided to tell them about his third sister and him wanting to take his share of the gold bars.
"Forty thousand!" Jiang Erni almost lost control of herself and went berserk. She grabbed her brother's ears and yelled at him, "Your third sister is crazy, and you are crazy too. You gave her all this money."
"Sister, it hurts, let go." Jiang Yilu didn't expect that he would be attacked by his second sister first. He covered his ears and wailed.
"Second sister, this is not Xiaobao's fault, please let go, you are hurting Xiaobao." Among all the sisters, Si Ni has the best relationship with her younger brother because they have the smallest age difference. When the sisters were in school, Si Ni stayed with her younger brother and Ruan Ruan. It was not until later, when Ruan Ruan left, that Si Ni gradually started to play more with her third sister.
Jiang Erni was just angry for a moment, but she didn't really want to hit her beloved brother Xiaobao.
"You really let Sanni do what she wants. Do you know where she spent all this money? This is 40,000, not 40, nor 400." Jiang Erni's voice trembled slightly. She really couldn't understand what her usually obedient and sensible sister was going to do with the money.
"How can I not give it? This is the money that my uncle gave to my third sister. We don't want it. If they want it and I don't give it to them, isn't that just meddling in other people's business?" Jiang Yilu said this with some self-deprecation, and he obviously remembered the hurtful words his third sister said that day.
When Jiang Erni saw her brother's appearance, she felt clear-headed. She felt sorry for her brother, but also blamed her third sister for doing such a foolish thing.
"We must get the money back. Who knows who she spent it on?" Jiang Erni's eyes were a little cold. "Forty thousand yuan, an ordinary person can't earn that much money in a lifetime without eating or drinking. How can she pay it back? What right do she have to pay it back?"
"Xiaobao, don't worry about your third sister. No matter how bad it gets, your second sister is still there to take care of it. Just do your job. You've been busy enough these days. Go back to your room and have a good sleep after dinner." Jiang Erni looked at her brother's thin body with distress. "You are growing up now. If you keep thinking about that every day, it will be difficult to find a wife if you don't grow taller."
"Second sister——" Jiang Yilu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was now at least 1.78 meters tall and he was quite satisfied with this height. He would definitely be able to find a wife.
"Okay, you go in. I'll have a good talk with Sanni when she comes back." Jiang Erni sat in the main seat in the main hall, waiting for Jiang Sanni to come back.
"Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling..." When the atmosphere was a little tense, the phone at home suddenly rang.
At present, landline phones have not been popularized in every household. Generally, only government departments and some factory offices have installed telephones. Even in the fastest-growing cities of Ducheng and Haicheng, only a few families have installed landline phones. Because Bai Fangqiu is a doctor, sometimes the hospital has major operations and is afraid that it will not be able to notify in time, so the labor cost to install a phone for him. On weekdays, only the hospital will call.
Today's landline phones generally rely on open wires or analog microwaves. Every day, nearly 20% of long-distance calls cannot be connected, and 15% of calls take an hour to be connected. Therefore, in the era when telephones were not yet popular, you could often see a spectacle: a group of people, holding lunch boxes and small stools, queuing in front of the telegraph building, because in the time it takes you to make a phone call, a whole day may pass, and you may not even get your turn.
The hospital probably discovered the flaws of this phone. Sometimes when there is an emergency, they just send someone directly to call. Over time, this phone almost became a decoration.
Jiang Yilu walked to the coffee table and picked up the ringing telephone receiver.
"Hello, this is Bai's house."
"Brother Xiaobao, guess who I am?" A sweet and sticky voice came from the other end of the phone. With such an obvious and unique name, Jiang Yilu guessed who the caller was at once. However, can Hong Kong City call the mainland directly now?
"Hey, Jiang, Ruan Ruan and I will come to the capital with Uncle San to look for you in a few days. You should clean yourself up and wait for me in the capital. Take a look at the crappy scripts you chose for me."
Before Jiang Yilu could recover from his surprise, a male voice snatched the microphone from the other end of the phone and threatened him viciously.
Jiang Yilu moved the microphone away from his ear with disgust, not knowing what was wrong with that kid Ruan Congzhao again.
"Give me the number. I finally got through with great difficulty."
"No, tell me everything you want to say to that kid, and I'll convey it to you."
"No, give it to me."
Jiang Yilu listened to the brother and sister arguing through the receiver, and he didn't know when it would end.
"Xiaobao." Ruan Yuanjiang couldn't stand his nephew being such a joke anymore, so he took the phone and said to Jiang Yiliu, "Ruan Ruan and the others are in Haicheng now. I'll bring them to the capital to see you in a few days, and handle my employment formalities. I'm afraid I'll be a teacher in your school in the future."
He was the only one left in Haicheng. To be honest, Mr. Ruan was quite lonely. Plus, Bai Fangqiu kept showing off in his letters how good the children were to him, which made Ruan Yuanjiang jealous and he couldn't wait to come and get a piece of the pie.
"Ruan Ruan and the others have come to the inland!" Jiang Yilu was delighted.
"What, Ruan Ruan is back? Is this true?" Si Ni asked excitedly, "Is this call from Ruan Ruan? Xiao Bao, please let me talk to Ruan Ruan."
From the other end of the phone came the constant arguing between Ruan Ruan and Ruan Congzhao, and from this end, there was the chattering of the fourth sister and the second sister. Jiang Yilu felt overwhelmed and didn't know who to listen to.
"Beep-beep-beep--" Okay, no need to argue now. The phone connection was simply disconnected and I don't know which side the problem is.
Jiang Yilu hadn't even said a word to Ruan Ruan yet, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"It was Ruan Ruan who called. She is in Haicheng now. Grandpa Ruan said that he would bring Ruan Ruan to the capital to see us in a few days. And Grandpa Ruan will stay in the capital to teach at the university and will not return to Haicheng."
"That's great, Ruan Ruan is back." Jiang Sini jumped and danced while holding her brother, shouting and laughing.
She hasn't seen Ruan Ruan for so many years. Although Xiaobao brought Ruan Ruan's photo when he came back last time, what can be seen from the photo? She wanted to ask Ruan Ruan in person whether she was doing well these years and ask her if she missed her.
Anyway, she wanted to, really wanted to.
"When will they be back?" Si Ni asked nervously. She had to tidy up her room before Ruan Ruan came back. Ruan Ruan must sleep with her these days.
"The call was disconnected before I could finish my sentence?" Jiang Yilu spread his hands helplessly, "I'll try to call back later. If that doesn't work, I'll send a telegram to ask."
This was almost the best news Jiang Yilu had heard in a while. He was happier than if he had earned a million dollars. Even his third sister's worries were temporarily put behind him.
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"Third brother, why did you grab my microphone just now? I haven't had a good talk with brother Xiaobao yet?" Ruan Ruan pouted. She had finally gotten through the call, but it was all ruined by her third brother.
Ruan Congzhao couldn't stand the resentful look in his beloved sister's eyes, and said stubbornly: "Can you blame me? It's all because the phone line is too broken. It takes so long to make a long-distance call."
Ruan Congzhao threw the blame on the phone, but Ruan Ruan didn't buy it. She looked at Ruan Congzhao with her big black eyes, which made him feel scared.
"You even lied to Brother Xiaobao, saying that he picked a bunch of crappy scripts, when the ones he picked were clearly so good." Ruan Ruan added, expressing her disdain for this brother.
"My little ancestor, I am trying to give him a surprise after we meet. Don't you understand? I will let him panic for a few days. He will be happier after he knows the good news." Ruan Congzhao lied with his eyes open. He would never admit it in front of his sister. He just wanted to play a trick on Jiang Yilu.
Humph, his sister has been thinking about him for so long, always calling him "Brother Xiaobao" all the time, and as his biological brother, he shouldn't be jealous.
Ruan Yuanjiang watched the two children having fun with a smile. The fact that Ruan Ruan would show her temper towards Cong Zhao showed that they had a really good relationship. This way, he could feel at ease when Ruan Ruan was not around.
"The call was disconnected halfway through just now. Let's send a telegram later to tell them when we will arrive so that they can be prepared." Ruan Yuanjiang thought so as he recalled the half-finished phone call.
"I'll go send it, Grandpa, you have to keep an eye on my third brother and don't let him mess with me." Ruan Ruan said solemnly, looking at Ruan Congzhao's expression, as if he was looking at an ignorant child. After saying that, he hurried out the door, wanting to finish sending the telegram as soon as possible.
"What are you going to send to that kid? No, I have to watch from the side." Ruan Congzhao seemed to have seen his sister expressing her heart in the telegram. He scratched his hair with a worried look on his face and ran out closely after her.
"These two children." Ruan Yuanjiang smiled and shook his head, followed behind, and walked out slowly.
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