“I’m fine with either option, but my little brother and grandpa are right. Since we know there are dangers in the village, it’s always good to keep Da Bao and Er Bao away from those dangers.”
Song Lan thought that with the system around, the chances of anything happening to the two children were slim, even if they stayed in the village. But upon further reflection, even if the system could detect danger in time...
And through her sea of consciousness, she was informed that it would take her a while to get from the machinery factory's residential compound to the village, so the danger had to be eliminated in time!
For this reason, Song Lan ultimately dared not risk her child's safety.
"Then let's do it this way, Lanlan. You and your mother should go back to your room now and pack up. Leave as soon as possible, so it won't be too late and the roads will be difficult to travel."
Grandma Chen looked at Song Lan with loving eyes. After listening to her, Song Lan smiled and replied, "Okay."
After the spring equinox, the days become longer and the nights shorter. Now that it's May, night naturally falls later.
However, Shisong Village is located in the mountains, and even if it is not deep in the mountains, it will undoubtedly get dark earlier than outside the mountains.
In addition, the mountain road is rugged and dirt road, so if you want to leave the village, it is undoubtedly safer to walk in the late afternoon.
Song Lan rode her bicycle to the village. As for Qin Yanzheng, he had to work overtime today, so he didn't accompany Song Lan back to the village to see the two children.
"Sis, I'll give Mom a ride on my bike."
Around four o'clock in the afternoon, Song Guoqing slung his schoolbag over his shoulder, walked out of the main room and into the courtyard. As soon as he saw Song Lan, he said something. Upon hearing this, Song Lan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll pick up Aunt Liu."
Li Jumei is holding Dabao.
Aunt Liu is holding her second child.
"Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, we're leaving now. If you miss Da Bao and Er Bao, come stay with me." Song Lan said goodbye softly to Song Sanhe and Grandpa Chen.
"Okay, okay, please be careful on your journey!"
Grandpa Chen's smile was as gentle as the wrinkles on a chrysanthemum. He nodded repeatedly, his expression exceptionally kind.
As they spoke, the group arrived at the courtyard gate.
Feng Yuanyuan, carrying her son, followed behind Song Qingbin's bicycle. Li Jumei and Aunt Liu, each carrying their two children, stood behind Song Guoqing and Song Lan's bicycles.
"Ride slowly on the road."
Grandma Chen gave instructions to Song Lan, Song Guoqing, and Song Qingbin.
The three nodded in unison.
"Dad, call me if anything happens at home."
Song Lan's gaze fell on Song Sanhe, and upon hearing her words, Song Sanhe nodded: "Okay."
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Song Jiaojiao learned at work the next day at noon that Song Lan had taken the two children away, and at that moment, she was furious.
To be honest, Song Jiaojiao did want to make a move on Da Bao and Er Bao, but Song Lan directly thwarted her plans.
Little did Song Jiaojiao know that it was her words on the village road yesterday that aroused Song Guoqing's vigilance, leading him to suggest to his family that they take Dabao and Erbao away from the village.
Furthermore, Song Jiaojiao was planning to target Da Bao and Er Bao in order to get revenge on Song Lan and make her suffer terribly, but when she met Song Lan yesterday, she hadn't yet figured out exactly what to do.
So when she learned that Da Bao and Er Bao were no longer in the village, Song Jiaojiao was furious and cursed Song Lan in her heart, resenting her for ruining her plans.
In Song Jiaojiao's view, even if Song Sanhe's family had many acquaintances in the village, it didn't mean she wouldn't have the opportunity to get to know Da Bao and Er Bao.
Conversely, if Da Bao and Er Bao are taken away, it means they will live with their parents in the factory's staff and family quarters. In that case, it will be extremely difficult to get in touch with them.
It wasn't that Song Jiaojiao was overthinking things; she genuinely felt that going to the factory workers' and their families' quarters would be detrimental to Da Bao and Er Bao, and would be extremely difficult.
After all, not just anyone can enter and exit the factory workers' residential area. The staff on duty at the gate will not only question any unfamiliar faces trying to enter the area, but also register their information.
Furthermore, the factory's staff quarters are not small. Although they are all employees and their families of the machinery factory, not everyone knows each other.
As the maternal grandmother, Li Jumei would naturally not let her two beloved grandsons out of her sight.
...
June is the time when wheat ripens and is harvested.
That day, Song Lan was having lunch at home when suddenly the landline rang.
Li Jumei sat next to the landline and picked up the microphone casually.
"What? You're not lying to me? How could something like that happen? Have you found out who started the fire...? No? Really not?"
So... was Zhao Zhiqing badly injured? Did he break a leg? Can he be cured? If he can't... doesn't that mean he'll be crippled...?
By the way, honey, how come Zhao Zhiqing was in the warehouse with Song Jiaojiao... I just don't quite believe it... Okay, I got it... How have you and Mom and Dad been lately?
Okay, I got it. Da Bao and Er Bao are fine, they've grown quite a bit taller… Then come over with Mom and Dad after you're done with the summer harvest. Okay, that's all for now, bye.
Go back and eat, we're eating right now. Okay, I'll take good care of Da Bao and Er Bao, and won't let Lan Lan and Yan Zheng worry too much..."
The call was from Song Sanhe. After Li Jumei finished her call, she put the receiver back on the landline and then looked at Song Lan and Qin Yanzheng: "Last night, the brigade's warehouse where grain and farm tools were stored caught fire. Song Jiaojiao was inside at the time."
Zhao, a educated youth, was crushed in the right leg by a falling beam while trying to save Song Jiaojiao. He was taken to the town's health center, where he was diagnosed with severe damage to his lower leg—a severe comminuted fracture, which he feared would never fully heal.
Song Lan pondered for a moment: "This morning when I first arrived at work, the nurses told me that our hospital's orthopedics department had admitted a seriously injured patient. Could this be that Zhao Zhiqing?"
Li Jumei: "It's definitely Zhao Zhiqing. Your father said that after the town health center diagnosed her, they informed the brigade leader that they couldn't perform the surgery on Zhao Zhiqing."
So the brigade leader had several young men from our village carry Zhao, the educated youth, to your staff hospital after daybreak. You must be talking about him.”
Upon hearing this, Song Lan remained silent.
She had memories left to her by the original owner of the body, namely the plot of Song Jiaojiao's first time in this world, which included the story of the simp Zhao Yuzhou who lost his right leg while rescuing Song Jiaojiao from a fire.
Later, in order to "repay" Zhao Yuzhou, Song Jiaojiao instigated Song Weiqiang and Luo Yueqin to push the original owner out again and marry Zhao Yuzhou as his maid.
The original owner truly became a tool in Song Jiaojiao's hands. First, she was forced to divorce Qin Yanzheng and marry the foolish son of Deputy Factory Director Qian. After Deputy Factory Director Qian's downfall, he remembered the original owner again...
The so-called first-time storyline of Song Jiaojiao's transmigration to this world refers to the lifetime in which Song Lan did not come, and only Song Jiaojiao caused trouble.
The two lifetimes in Song Lan's mind—the first of which naturally didn't involve Song Jiaojiao transmigrating into the book, and instead featured Chen Dongze and Zheng Qiuwen as the male and female leads—were different.
The first life is undoubtedly the plot where Song Jiaojiao successfully schemes against the original owner of the white moonlight and the original female lead, and marries Chen Dongze.
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