Xie Zhaodi was so angry she jumped up and down, "Li Guizhi! Look at how your daughter talks!"
Li Guizhi smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, Xiaoli's words are a bit rough, but that's the point, isn't it?"
Zhao Lan glared at Jiang Xiaoli, then said to Li Guizhi, "Daniu, you've disappointed your father and me so much!"
Li Guoqing stood up and walked outside. "Let's go, let's go! Let's see who she turns to for help when she gets into trouble in the future!"
Some people in the room wanted to leave, while others didn't; they all stood up and hesitated.
Li Guoqing turned around and shouted, "Let's go!"
Only then did the others slowly follow them out.
Zhao Lan walked at the very back, saying, "Big girl, you're really something! I think you've offended both your dad and your brother, what are you going to do now! Alright, give me this month's pension money, and I'll leave right away!"
Li Guizhi took out 200 yuan from the house and said, "Mom, I will send you your monthly pension money from now on."
Zhao Lan snorted and went out without looking back to join the others.
Inside the house, Li Guizhi sat down and let out a long sigh.
Jiang Xiaoli put her arm around her shoulder and comforted her, "Mom, I will always be with you."
Zong Jia poured her a glass of water. "Godmother, relationships between relatives also depend on fate. Some people have deep connections with others, while others don't. The most important thing is for us to live our own lives well."
Li Guizhi took the cup and drank some water. "I know, I know, it was only a matter of time before they came to make trouble, but I still feel a little uneasy."
Jiang Xiaoli asked curiously, "Mom, how did they suddenly find out that our family is making money?"
Hearing her daughter's question, Li Guizhi slammed her cup down on the table. "It's all because of that Li Ling! She can't leave her family to work, so she went to your aunt and asked her to persuade me to keep making spicy strips at home! Now that Xie Zhaodi knows, it's like the whole world knows."
"Is she out of her mind? Everyone in our neighborhood knows we don't get along with them. Just now, when we got to the street corner, Aunt Wang reminded me that they were coming and told me to hurry home and check on them!"
Jiang Xiaoli was speechless. This kind of stupid person deserves to not make any money!
Li Guizhi waved her hand, "It's nothing, it's nothing. I've already told Li Ling that she doesn't need to come to help with the work starting tomorrow. I get annoyed just seeing her!"
She patted her daughter's hand, "You two have been busy all day, have you eaten yet? I'll go make you something to eat."
Zong Jiayu quickly advised, "Godmother, don't bother, it's getting late, let's go out to eat."
"Yes, yes, Mom, let's go out to eat. I want to eat Lao Wan Yu (a type of fish dish)." Jiang Xiaoli also made an excuse not to trouble her mother.
Li Guizhi didn't hesitate, "Okay, let's go out to eat then!"
After having a meal and taking a stroll outside, Li Guizhi finally smiled as her daughter and godson chatted back and forth.
When they got home that evening, Jiang Xiaoli lingered in front of her mother, chatting, "Mom, why have I never heard anyone mention Dad's family?"
Li Guizhi stroked her daughter's hair and said, "Your father is an orphan. He was adopted by the original owner of this courtyard, Old Master Qian."
Grandpa Qian had no children. In his old age, he found your father abandoned in the snow in the dead of winter. Out of kindness, he took you in and raised you. It's just a pity that he passed away not long after your father and I got married.”
Jiang Xiaoli's eyes widened. "How come I've never heard anyone mention this before?"
Li Guizhi laughed, "Who brings this up for no reason?"
She released her daughter and took out a small safety lock from the box where she kept her savings book. It was made of pure gold and the patterns on it were exquisitely carved.
"This is the safety lock your dad wore when he was a child. It's made of pretty sturdy material. Sigh, I don't know why he threw it in the snow. But those were chaotic times, you never know!"
That night, lying alone in bed, Jiang Xiaoli reminisced.
She had never seen this peace lock in her past life, but she remembered that when she was in college, there was a year when she couldn't raise enough tuition fees. Her mother went to beg her maternal grandfather and uncle's family, but they refused to lend her any money.
But the night before she was to register for school, her mother suddenly managed to scrape together enough money, and even gave her a little extra, telling her not to skimp on food and drink at school.
She didn't think too much about it at the time, but looking back now, it's very likely that she sold the safety lock to raise the money.
My mother cherished everything my father left behind. In her past life, while sorting through my mother's belongings, she found a small booklet containing movie tickets from when my parents were dating.
The fact that they kept even ordinary movie ticket stubs shows just how important this safety lock is.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaoli couldn't help but shed tears. She was such a fool in her past life. Her mother had suffered so much for her, and she had no idea.
After a long while... she wiped away her tears and rallied herself.
She whispered a promise, "Dad, I will take good care of Mom for you, don't worry."
...
Jiang Xiaoli felt that this week was the fastest she had since the start of the semester. She was rushing to catch up every day, and finally finished studying the entire senior year curriculum on Friday.
When school was over, Xu Xing returned the small, bound volume of the "Mathematics Newspaper" he had just received to her, asking, "Are you ready for the test tomorrow?"
She raised an eyebrow. "You don't think I'm trying to surpass me because I didn't have time to study, do you?"
Xu Xing felt he shouldn't care about her. He paused for two seconds, then said, "It's okay, just get ready. See you tomorrow."
Xie Yitao chuckled to himself. He was really wrong last time. How could he have misunderstood that Jiang Xiaoli and Xu Xing were together?
His deskmate is the type who could drive Xu Xing crazy ten times a day. These two are impossible!
On Saturday morning, Jiang Xiaoli sensed something was off as soon as she entered the office.
She looked at Teacher Liu and said, "Teacher Liu, what's with that expression? I feel like I'm about to die, and my chances of survival are slim!"
Teacher Liu smiled at her witty remarks, "It's not that dangerous, but it's close enough."
She quickly understood what Teacher Liu meant.
Today, the questions given by the teachers in all subjects were practically a comprehensive high school exam.
The sheer volume and the tricky question types made her wonder countless times if she was truly a first-year high school student.
Fortunately, these questions are only of average difficulty for her at this stage.
As usual, she finished all the science and English exams in one morning.
Xu Xing handed in his paper a few minutes later than her.
Chen looked at the two papers, touched his bald head, and said, "You two are too fast. Don't you need to think?"
Jiang Xiaoli grinned, showing off her bright white teeth. "Teacher Chen, you should be used to it by now. Otherwise, why would you give a test paper with 1.5 times the number of questions of a regular one?"
Chen ignored her and buried himself in grading papers.
But this time he couldn't find fault with it. "Jiang Xiaoli, you're very meticulous when you're doing problems now!"
"Hehe, it's all thanks to your excellent teaching!"
Since she lost a few points on the last math competition test, she has been extremely careful every time, and now she has completely corrected her habit of omitting steps when doing tests.
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