As Yang Wanwan ate her meal, gazing at the distant scenery, she felt a rare sense of peace and tranquility.
Other women and children also sat down in twos and threes to eat, chatting and tasting the dishes they had brought, making for a lively meal.
A woman exclaimed in surprise when she saw Yang Wanwan and her siblings' vegetables, "Which village are you siblings from? These vegetables are all so good! Your family is so well-off, why are you out picking tea seeds?"
Yang Wanwan and her brother just smiled. Girls are a little shy, and smiling without answering is not annoying.
The woman's words attracted the attention of several other women. Yang Wanwan then spoke up, saying, "Picking tea seeds is hard work. We've brought out the vegetables for the Mid-Autumn Festival. We need to eat more so we can stave off hunger."
"You two siblings are really capable. Oh, I recognize you. You two sell braised meat and cold dishes at the market."
"Oh, it really is them, siblings! Fu Xiaojuan, come here, isn't this your aunt's child?"
Fu Xiaojuan?
Yang Wanwan was stunned for a moment.
Fu Xiaojuan is her maternal uncle's daughter.
Soon enough, Fu Xiaojuan arrived. She looked to be about sixteen years old and was in her third year of junior high school. However, she did not attend the same school as Yang Wanwan; she studied at Qingshan Town Middle School.
When Fu Xiaojuan came over and saw Yang Wanwan and her two siblings, she greeted them casually, "Oh, it's you."
Shang Tao was still a child after all, and he smiled happily, greeting her warmly: "Sister Xiaojuan, you're here too."
"Hmm."
Fu Xiaojuan gave a faint reply and continued eating her meal with her head down.
Shang Tao has grown up quickly in the past few months. Seeing that Fu Xiaojuan was not very enthusiastic, and remembering his aunts' coldness, he rolled his eyes and immediately lowered his head to eat, no longer trying to be friendly to them.
The woman next to her said, "Hey, Fu Xiaojuan, didn't you see that all the vegetables at your aunt's house are good? Why don't you have some too?"
Fu Xiaojuan glanced at Yang Wanwan and the others' rice bowls, but didn't show much expression. She just hummed in agreement and continued eating.
The woman grabbed Fu Xiaojuan's arm, "What's there to be embarrassed about eating your aunt's food?"
Fu Xiaojuan was a little unhappy, "I can't talk while I'm eating, or I'll choke."
With that, he rolled his eyes at the woman and then at Yang Wanwan, then pouted and walked away.
The woman was dumbfounded, watching Fu Xiaojuan's retreating figure. "Hey, really, I meant well, and you don't even appreciate it."
She kept nagging, and even eating couldn't shut her up.
Yang Wanwan buried her head in her food and ignored it.
There are always some women who love to meddle and worry about other people's business, and you can't keep up with them all.
The woman was talkative, but she didn't say anything excessive. Although her comments about Yang Wanwan's family affairs made Yang Wanwan very uncomfortable, she didn't argue back at all.
Let her say what she wants; it won't hurt her.
Yang Wanwan's mother, Fu Jiyun, is from Qingshan Town. She has two older brothers and is the only daughter in her family.
Fu Jiyun's parents, who were Yang Wanwan's maternal grandparents, had passed away long ago.
My eldest and second eldest brothers run shops and do business in town.
Overall, both of Fu's uncles lived very well and were quite wealthy.
After Fu Jiyun's death, Yang Wanwan's two uncles were not affectionate towards her and her brother.
Throughout the year, the two uncles would occasionally send a few yuan and some gifts to Yang Wanwan and her siblings. However, the two uncles never visited the siblings in Fuxing Reservoir Village.
The siblings had traveled back and forth to Qingshan Town several times in the past few months, but neither of them had ever thought of visiting their uncles' shops.
Yang Wanwan had completely forgotten about her aunt, while Er Ye and Si Yue probably felt they couldn't stand the way their aunts looked at them.
Since their relationship had become so distant, Yang Wanwan had no intention of trying to salvage it.
Moreover, Fu Jiyun is not actually the biological sister of Fu Dajiu's brother.
Yang Wanwan and her brother only learned about this after they were taken back into the Lin family.
The Lin family in Beijing uses very modern methods; DNA testing makes everything clear at a glance.
Therefore, it's better that she has no relationship with Uncle Fu and his family now, so that the Lin family in the capital won't have designs on Uncle Fu and his family in the future.
Although Yang Wanwan had no feelings for her uncle and his family, she didn't want to see them being used, just like the Yang family.
That expression was truly awful.
Fu Jiyun's biological mother, who is also Yang Wanwan's maternal grandmother, is the cousin of Mr. Lin from Beijing.
As for why Fu Jiyun became the adopted daughter of an ordinary family in Qingshan Town, that's another matter.
Yang Wanwan will get her revenge on Old Master Lin one day.
Her maternal grandmother was forced to flee by Old Master Lin, and ultimately met her demise.
Also, who exactly is her maternal grandfather?
Out of courtesy, Yang Wanwan still plans to visit Uncle Fu and Uncle Fu's family during the Chinese New Year.
The Fu family of Qingshan Town, after all, raised their mother.
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