Ye Jin put on her clothes and went back first via a small path. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Wang Fengqin coming back from the mountain with a group of aunts.
"Ye Jin, why are you at home?"
Wang Fengqin stared at her with eyes wide open in surprise. Ye Jin glanced at her lazily and asked in a puzzled manner, "I'm always at home. Where else can I be if I'm not at home?"
The aunts from Yejia Village had not yet dispersed, and they accompanied Wang Fengqin to the mountain to look for someone late at night, but the person turned out to be sitting at home just fine. Isn't that a lie?
"I heard from Duoduo that you went to the river to wash her clothes?"
"I went there at first, but halfway through I saw it was too dark, so I turned back and planned to go wash it tomorrow morning."
Ye Jin had plenty of excuses to play with her. Before Wang Fengqin could even breathe a sigh of relief, Ye Jin suddenly changed the subject: "Then mom brought a group of people to the river. Did she come to find me specifically?"
Wang Fengqin was speechless. She had originally gone to look for Ye Jin, but she didn't find him. She had originally had good intentions, but now she had some bad motives.
"I heard you fell into the river. You can't swim, and neither can I. So I thought of taking everyone to rescue you."
Wang Fengqin spoke calmly, but if you listened carefully you would notice that her voice was trembling, and she was obviously extremely nervous.
"That's strange. I didn't even go to the river. Who would have seen me fall into the river?"
Ye Jin muttered to himself in confusion. Everyone had been fooled by Wang Fengqin, but now after being reminded by Ye Jin, they suddenly reacted.
Yes, Ye Jin didn’t even go to the river, so how did Wang Fengqin know that she fell into the river?
"A kid came to our house in a panic, saying you fell into the river. I believed him because he was so anxious. Who knew he would lie to me?"
When the time came, even though Wang Fengqin was panicked, she could only bite the bullet and muddle through. She prayed that Ye Jin would be as easy to talk to as before.
"Whose child is this? He's already lying at such a young age. I'm going to call him out and confront his parents."
Ye Jin refused to give in. Where could Wang Fengqin fabricate such a fictitious person?
"It was dark so early, there were no lights on at home, and the child was running so fast, how could I see clearly?"
"You asked so many people to go up the mountain to rescue me when you couldn't see clearly? People who don't know would think you value me so much."
Wang Fengqin was about to respond when Ye Jin changed the subject: "I've always felt that this matter is a bit strange. My sister asked me to go to the river to wash clothes late at night. After I went there for a while, someone said I fell into the river. I want to know if something shameful happened at the riverside at that time?"
Ye Jin seemed to remember something and widened his eyes in horror.
The aunties who were watching the excitement just now thought of the beast kissing and hugging the child by the river, and something vague came into their minds.
"No, no, we're all from the same village. There's nothing shameful that could happen to you. We're just worried that something might happen to you, so we're kind enough to come with me to rescue you."
Wang Fengqin took the initiative to step forward, put her arm around Ye Jin, and led her inside.
Ye Jin noticed that the child Ye Cui was holding was soaked, and this child was the one who was constantly fighting and bumping into him.
"What's wrong with Ye Gang? Why is he soaked? Did he fall into the river?"
Ye Jin brought up the topic again, and Wang Fengqin became extremely anxious.
"Why do you care about other people's business? It's so late, why don't you go back to bed?"
"I'm just curious. Why? Can't I ask about this?"
After Ye Jin said this, everyone's thoughts became clearer.
Some people even boldly speculated that if it was Ye Jin who jumped into the river, would she also be kissed and hugged?
A boy being kissed and a girl being kissed are two different things. If a boy is kissed, it can be said to be an accident, and the other party can be said to be a pervert with a heavy taste.
But if an unmarried girl was kissed and hugged like this, she would probably have to pay to marry into this family.
"It's nothing important, go back to sleep."
Wang Fengqin forcibly pushed Ye Jin into the house. The moment the door closed, Ye Jin's puzzled eyes met Ye Cui's thoughtful eyes.
The two looked at each other deeply, but in the end said nothing.
As soon as Ye Jin entered the house, she started yelling, "Mom, is the meal ready? I'm so hungry."
"You're a girl, but you run outside every day. Not only do you not work in the fields, but you don't even bother to cook. I'm exhausted from working in the fields all day, and when I come home I have to cook for you. How can you be so embarrassed?"
Wang Fengqin was in a bad mood, so her tone of voice was a little harsh.
"I'm frightened and I'm scared to stay at home all day. Can't I go out for a walk to adjust my mood? If Mom doesn't like me, I can move to Grandma's house."
Ye Jin's expression turned cold. Even at this time, Wang Fengqin still wanted to control her, and she would definitely not let her get her way.
"Your sister is also frightened. If you feel lonely, talk to her more and stop running outside. Look at what happened today. If something really happens to you, how am I going to explain it to your father?"
Wang Fengqin tried to persuade Ye Jin earnestly, and Ye Jin agreed on the surface, but didn't take it seriously in his heart.
Wang Fengqin went to cook angrily, and Zhang Duo fell asleep in the room.
Ye Jin tiptoed to Wang Fengqin's room. Her household registration had always been kept with Wang Fengqin. Now she wanted to buy a house. In the 1980s, when identity cards were not popular, household registration was an indispensable document.
Ye Jin had just entered and his heart was pounding, always worried that something might happen.
She stared at a wooden box and an old wardrobe in Wang Fengqin's room. There was an 80% chance that her household registration was in these wardrobes.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
Xiaohuo, who was standing on her shoulder, was jumping around again. Ye Jin suddenly had an idea and pointed at a box not far away to Xiaohuo.
"Go over there and help me look through it. I need a small notebook this big, this color."
Ye Jin gestured and pointed to the color of the stool to describe it.
Xiaohuo squeaked and jumped off her shoulder.
Ye Jin closed the door gently, leaving a gap so that she could observe the situation inside the room. Ye Jin sat on a stool in the living room, staring at where Wang Fengqin was.
A few minutes later, the door of the room was pushed open and Xiaohuo ran out squeaking.
Ye Jin knew it failed when she saw that it came with empty hands, and she couldn't blame her for choosing this time to take action. The main reason was that Wang Fengqin usually kept the door of her room locked tightly and the windows closed at home, so it was difficult to find an opportunity to take action.
Ye Jin wanted to go into the room to help. Just as her hand was on the door handle, Wang Fengqin came out of the kitchen with a bowl of food.
"Ye Jin, what are you doing in my room?"
"If my money is lost, will you compensate me?" Wang Fengqin asked coldly, but she didn't say the last sentence.
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