Tiger cub told his friends to take several steps back to distance themselves from Wang Jingjing, as he felt the older sister in front of him didn't seem like a good person.
Even though she was smiling and speaking gently, he didn't believe her!
"I know Song Lan works at the machinery factory's staff hospital, but I came to the village this time to visit her parents. By the way, I came from Beijing. I already saw Song Lan yesterday at the machinery factory's staff hospital."
That is, your fairy sister, I told her that I'd be visiting her parents today and bringing them some things for her.
After listening to Wang Jingjing's explanation, Huwa stroked his chin like a little adult and thought for a moment before finally saying, "Okay, I believe you. Come with me, and I'll take you to the fairy sister's house right now."
"Thank you so much!"
Wang Jingjing smiled and handed out fruit candies to the children in front of her. At this moment, one of the children said to Huwa, "Brother Huwa, I'm going to the field to call Grandma Plum!"
"Go."
Tiger Cub nodded.
Grandma Mei undoubtedly refers to Song Lan's elderly mother, Li Jumei.
According to the village's seniority system, Tiger Boy and the other kids should call Song Lan "Auntie," but they just won't listen to their family. Every time they meet Song Lan in the village, every single one of them either calls her "Fairy Sister" or "Sister Song Lan."
She just wouldn't call her aunt.
She even argued with the adults in her family, saying that calling her "aunt" would make their fairy sister sound old.
The adults found it amusing and didn't correct him, thinking that when the child got older, he would know to address people according to their seniority without being told by his family.
Okay, this is a way of addressing people according to seniority, specifically referring to Song Lan.
...
The village children told Li Jumei that a woman had come to visit her and her husband. Li Jumei was quite puzzled. If the woman was really from Beijing, then who was she?
And he knows her daughter!
With doubts in her mind, Li Jumei asked the brigade leader for leave and headed home.
"Who are you……"
When she arrived at the gate of her own courtyard, looking at the young woman in front of her who was clearly from the city, Li Jumei had a smile on her face but her eyes were full of doubt.
"Hello, Auntie. My name is Wang Jingjing. I'm Song Lan's friend in Beijing."
Wang Jingjing was indeed straightforward, but she wasn't stupid at all. She saw through Li Jumei's thoughts, immediately smiled, introduced herself, and then said, "My brother is a doctor at the machinery factory's staff hospital."
Yesterday, as soon as I arrived here, I saw my brother and Song Lan. Thinking I didn't have much to do today, I came to see you and Uncle… and also to visit Grandpa Xiao's family.”
It's not hard to tell that Wang Jingjing is indeed quite intelligent. For example, instead of telling Li Jumei that she came to see her crush, Xiao Yu, she mentioned Old Master Xiao instead.
Even if Li Jumei had some doubts, suspecting that Wang Jingjing's visit to her and Song Sanhe was fake and that she was actually visiting Xiao Yu's family, she certainly wouldn't say much.
She might bring it up in front of Song Lan later, but by then, Wang Jingjing will have already returned to the capital. Even if Song Lan exposes her lie, what can she do?
Okay, so this is what Wang Jingjing really thought when she made the decision last night before going to bed to visit Xiao Yu in Shisong Village today.
"...Come in and have a seat."
After a brief moment of surprise, Li Jumei opened the courtyard gate and beckoned Wang Jingjing into the yard.
Inside the main room.
Wang Jingjing handed a net bag to Li Jumei: "Auntie, this is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it."
"No need, no need."
Li Jumei waved her hand: "We don't lack these at home. Aren't you going to visit Old Master Xiao and his family? Take them with you later!"
The net bag contained a can of malted milk powder, a bottle of canned fruit, a bundle of twisted dough sticks, a packet of crystal cakes, and a packet of white sugar.
Li Jumei did indeed have these things at home, so she politely declined.
Furthermore, the Xiao family has two elderly people and a young child, who are undoubtedly more in need than she and the head of the household!
"Auntie, this is really just a small token of my appreciation. If you refuse it, I will not only feel bad, but I will also feel ashamed to continue being friends with Song Lan."
Wang Jingjing said earnestly, "Song Lan and I, as well as my brother, have a very good relationship. She has helped us a lot. Now I am only bringing you and Uncle some gifts, which is far less than a tenth of what Song Lan brought when she visited my family."
Before Li Jumei could say anything more, Wang Jingjing simply placed the net bag she had handed over onto the nearby table.
The gift she carried in another net bag was the same as the one she brought to Li Jumei and Song Sanhe.
Seeing Wang Jingjing's resolute attitude, Li Jumei knew she couldn't say anything more.
The two sat in the main room and chatted for about twenty minutes. Wang Jingjing then steered the conversation toward Grandpa Xiao's family, saying, "Auntie, I don't know where Grandpa Xiao's family lives. Could you take me there?"
"Why not?!"
Li Jumei stood up: "Let's go, while everyone is at work, I'll take you there now."
"Thank you, Auntie!"
Wang Jingjing was overjoyed and followed Li Jumei out of the main room.
Unfortunately, she did not see Xiao Yu at the Xiao family home.
Grandma Luo and Li Jumei noticed the strangeness in Wang Jingjing's expression. They exchanged a glance and realized that neither of them knew why.
"Grandma Luo, why aren't Grandpa Xiao, Uncle Xiao, and Brother Xiao home?"
Sitting idly wasn't going to do anything, so Wang Jingjing started to make conversation, though she really wanted to know where Xiao Yu was.
"Your Grandpa Xiao and the others are all at work."
Considering that Grandma Luo's health really couldn't handle any heavy work, and that she had a young child at home who couldn't be left unattended, the brigade leader assigned Grandma Luo a simple and easy task—collecting cow dung.
This morning, Grandma Luo had a slight cough, so she didn't take Xiao Chenchen with her when she went out with Grandpa Xiao.
"I should have thought of that."
Wang Jingjing realized what was happening and couldn't help but chuckle awkwardly.
“Our rural areas are not like your cities. If we don’t work, it’s the same as not having food.”
Li Jumei said something.
To avoid being seen by the villagers and causing trouble for the Xiao family, Li Jumei took a shortcut with Wang Jingjing. Luckily, they didn't run into the village's gossips along the way.
Wang Jingjing: "Actually, it's the same in the city. If you don't go to work, you won't get paid."
“But you city people are paid by the government. Even if you don’t work, you can still receive a fixed amount of food every month. Unlike us country folk, if we don’t work, we can only starve to death at home.”
Li Jumei's words left Wang Jingjing momentarily speechless.
"You've actually come to visit my Xiaoyu, haven't you?"
After looking at Wang Jingjing for a moment, Old Mrs. Luo suddenly uttered a sentence that sounded like a question, but was spoken in a declarative tone.
"I……"
Wang Jingjing couldn't help but look away from Old Mrs. Luo's gaze, and she hesitated to say what she was going to say next.
"Child, you and Xiaoyu are not a good match. Take your things with you and don't come here again. It's not good for you or our family!"
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