Li Jumei smiled as well: "That's right. From now on, take whatever our family has. Your father and I will be happy!"
"Your mother is right, take whatever you have at home."
Song Sanhe echoed.
At this moment, Song Qinghui washed his face and entered the main room.
Song Lan gestured for the other person to sit on the bamboo chair next to the small square table and extended her hand.
After a moment, she finished taking his pulse and said, "Second Brother's health is good, but his body is not strong enough." As she spoke, Song Lan stood up and said, "I'll go get my things. There are some commonly used medicines that I forgot to leave for our family yesterday."
After going to Song Guoqing's room, Song Lan quickly returned. She took out several gourd-shaped porcelain bottles from her bag and, just as she had explained to Qin Shuhan at noon, began to describe the effects of each medicine to Song Sanhe and the other two. Finally, she picked up one of the porcelain bottles and said:
"The pills inside are for nourishing the body. Mom, Dad, and Second Brother, take them every morning and evening as I instructed. They will be very beneficial to your health."
He picked up another porcelain bottle of the same color: "The pills inside are the same. When my older brother and younger brother come back this weekend, I'll take them to town for them." Nourishing the body means replenishing its nutrients; there are no side effects.
Li Jumei: "You left so much medicine at home, it must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Song Lan: "It didn't cost much money. I made it with the medicinal herbs my grandfather used to make."
"Little sister, you are this one!"
Song Qinghui gave Song Lan a thumbs up, and then said to Song Sanhe and Li Jumei, "Mom and Dad, my sister is really amazing. She's like the ancients described—both scholarly and martial arts-skilled, and she's also a little miracle doctor!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Second Brother. Your sister is just average!"
Song Lan was actually a little embarrassed, but she remained calm. However, Song Sanhe and his wife laughed out loud at what she said.
Song Qinghui is another example.
Half an hour later, Li Jumei held Song Lan's hand and went to the courtyard gate, where Song Sanhe stood beside her.
As for Song Qinghui, he helped Song Lan push her bicycle.
"Mom, Dad, you don't need to see me off anymore. And Second Brother, you don't need to keep seeing me off either. I ride my bike fast and steadily, I guarantee I'll get home safely."
Song Lan spoke to Li Jumei and the other two, but Li Jumei shook her head: "Your dad went to the brigade headquarters to take care of his business. Your second brother and I will see you to the village entrance. Let's go."
Song Sanhe had originally planned to go together, but after hearing his wife's words, he could only say, "Be careful on the road, don't ride too fast. These are all dirt roads, not as smooth as the roads in the city."
"Okay, Dad."
Song Lan smiled and said, "Dad, take care!"
Song Sanhe nodded, and then walked towards the brigade headquarters.
"mom."
Song Lan called out to Li Jumei, and before the other could react, she took out a roll of ten-yuan bills from her bag: "This is pocket money for you and my dad, please accept it."
Without giving Li Jumei a chance to refuse, Song Lan directly stuffed the money into her hand.
"You kid, hurry up and pack it yourself. Your dad and I don't need the money."
Li Jumei realized what was happening and tried to put the money back into Song Lan's hand, but Song Lan refused. She said, "I was rushed from Beijing to here and wasn't prepared enough, so I didn't bring anything nice for you and Dad when I came to your house yesterday. Mom, please keep the money. Otherwise, I won't feel right."
"No, we won't accept it."
Li Jumei's attitude was firm: "You keep it yourself."
"The neighbors are all watching us, Mom. If you keep refusing, I won't come home as often as I used to. Is that what you want me to do?"
Song Lan said earnestly, "I originally planned to come back whenever I had free time. I'm counting on you and my dad to help take care of the kids my son-in-law and I will have to accept the money today."
"Then...then I'd better come back less often in the future. As for your grandson, who's still nowhere to be seen, I'll take care of him while I work. If he gets sick from exhaustion, it's my own fault!"
What can I say about you?!
Pricking Song Lan's forehead, Li Jumei said irritably, "What's wrong with you? If you dare not come back for a long time, I'll go to the machine factory and see how I talk to you then!"
Song Lan smiled: "I would love for Mom to come to me. I've left the address with the family. If you miss me, just have my dad or my second brother take you to the machinery factory."
"You're so quick-witted and eloquent."
Li Jumei smiled somewhat helplessly, then stuffed the money into her pocket: "Alright, I'll take the money. I'll give it to my great-grandson to spend later."
Song Lan: "Once the money is in your hands, it's yours. You can spend it however you want."
As they talked, Song Lan and Li Jumei walked toward the village entrance.
Song Qinghui pushed his bicycle ahead of the two.
Since it was afternoon work time, we naturally encountered many commune members and educated youth going to geography class on the village road.
"snort!"
Song Jiaojiao was walking with two female educated youths. When she saw Song Qinghui, she raised her chin and snorted coldly. When she saw Song Lan and Li Jumei walking behind her, she snorted again and thought to herself: You just wait!
She hated Song Lan and the Song Sanhe family. In her opinion, the Song Sanhe family had wronged the original owner of her body, and Song Lan had wronged her as well!
It's Song Lan's fault for usurping the original owner's place and enjoying the good life that rightfully belonged to her. Don't talk to her about how innocent the baby was, or that the original owner being switched at birth had nothing to do with Song Sanhe and his wife.
The female educated youth next to me whispered, "Wasn't what you just did a bit inappropriate?"
"There's nothing wrong with it. They're the ones who wronged me first. Do you expect me to see them smiling?"
Song Jiaojiao replied dismissively.
Going to the countryside was just a pastime for her; once she achieved her goal, she could return to the city with Chen Dongze.
Before she went to the countryside, her parents gave her nearly 300 yuan and a lot of coupons, and promised to send her more money and coupons every month. So, whether she earned work points or not was not important to her at all.
Anyway, she has money and tickets, so she won't starve.
As far as she knew, Chen Dongze and Yuan Xiaoya were much like her: they didn't rely on earning work points to fill their stomachs.
Therefore, the three of them were considered special among the educated youth.
—Freedom to work.
It's optional!
Village entrance.
"Goodbye, Mom and Second Brother!"
After waving to Li Jumei and Song Qinghui, Song Lan rode her bicycle away into the distance.
"My sister has already ridden far away, Mom, let's go back."
Song Qinghui looked away and called his elderly mother to go home.
"Um."
Li Jumei nodded.
The mother and son turned and walked along the village road. Song Qinghui thought of Song Jiaojiao's face and became angrier the more he thought about it. He couldn't help but say, "It seems that brat Song Jiaojiao is never going to let our family off the hook!"
"Why bring her up?!"
Li Jumei's face was gloomy. Clearly, she hadn't forgotten the scene of encountering Song Jiaojiao on the way to take Song Lan away, and the scene of the girl snorting coldly at the three of them. All she heard was her saying, "That girl has nothing to do with our family anymore. Let her grunt like a pig if she wants, but if she really dares to do anything bad to our family, I will definitely not let her off easily!"
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