The mother and son carried bags and walked into a nearby hamburger shop. Although their family runs a restaurant, the child was still very happy to eat some other kinds of food occasionally.
Hamburgers and French fries are the favorite food of children nowadays. Although this type of food will be classified as junk food in twenty years, it is actually nothing to eat it once a month or two.
After the mother and son finished eating, they took a taxi home to return the things they bought, and then returned to school to prepare for the afternoon class.
Shen Nan was away for a week, and she was worried about her family. She would call home every day from the school landline to ask about the situation. This was the first time her daughter had been away from her for such a long time, and she was worried that Qian Jingui would not be able to take good care of the child.
However, judging from Qian Baoge's state on the phone, he didn't seem to be greatly affected by his departure. Instead, he was happy every day and told Shen Nan to study hard and not to worry about home like a little adult.
On the first Friday of studying in the city, after class at around five o'clock, Shen Nan prepared to go to a nearby small supermarket to buy some snacks for the children to take back.
The children in the village are easily satisfied, and a little snack can make them happy for a long time.
Sun Aimin called Shen Nan to the office directly, and handed the clothes and shoes that Yuan Jie bought for the child, as well as a bag of snacks, to Shen Nan: "Sister Shen, these are all bought by my wife for the child. You can take them back home tomorrow!"
Shen Nan felt that studying here for free was already a great bargain, and it would be unreasonable to charge them anything: "Principal Sun, this is not okay, I can't charge you. I can learn technology here without spending any money, and I don't know how to thank you..."
Sun Aimin interrupted, "Sister Shen, please stop calling me Principal Sun. Just call me Aimin from now on. This is a small gift from the two of us, so don't refuse."
My wife told me in advance that if I didn't send these things out, I'd be in trouble when I got home. She picked out these clothes and shoes for the kids, and Xiao Mian picked out this bag of snacks. Come on, take them."
Shen Nan was so moved that she didn't know what to say. In the end, she couldn't persuade Sun Aimin and could only accept the generous gift.
When she returned home the next day, carrying lots of bags, Qian Baoge came out to greet her, "Mom, you're back? Wow, you bought so many things. Are these for me?"
Shen Nan smiled and replied: “Yes, yes, they are all for you. Let’s go in and see if you like it.”
It's the off-season, so Qian Jingui isn't out working on the farm. He's been resting at home for almost a month now, since returning home before the Lunar New Year. Sleeping on the warm kang every day has made his waist feel a lot looser.
He went back to see Luo Changshun, who looked at his back injury and prescribed some Chinese herbal medicine for external application. Now his back pain has been significantly relieved.
Seeing Shen Nan carrying a lot of bags into the house, Qian Jingui's first reaction was that he thought it cost a lot of money.
But thinking about the hard times he and his wife and children had gone through over the years, he didn't say anything. Instead, he asked, "Why did you buy so many things all at once?"
Shen Nan naturally saw through Qian Jingui's little thoughts. In recent years, in order to save money to look for their son, the couple has been tightening their belts and living a frugal life, not skimping on food or clothes.
She smiled and said, "Don't feel bad, I didn't buy it with my own money, it was given to me by someone else."
Qian Jingui was puzzled: "Did someone give it to you? Who would be so generous to give you these things?"
Shen Nan replied: "I happened to help a city dweller. He heard that I have a little girl at home, so he bought so many things for the child to thank me."
She didn't tell the truth to Qian Jingui. She couldn't let anyone in the Qian family know about the matter between Sun Aimin and Yuan Jie, not even Qian Jingui, who had already severed ties with the Qian family.
Qian Jingui is honest and dull, and is easily influenced. Now that the old couple of the Qian family are old, they need someone to take care of them. If they can't make it, they may pester Qian Jingui to support them in their old age.
After all, they are Qian Jingui's biological parents. If Qian Jingui softens his heart and forgives those two old bastards, there is no guarantee that he will not let the cat out of the bag and cause trouble for others.
So Shen Nan said that she would never mention this matter at home. Even to her daughter Qian Baoge, she basically stopped mentioning the matter of Qian Xiaoshu in the past few months.
The two children have already become people from two different worlds, so it’s better to let them slowly forget this childhood friend.
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