Li Jumei: "The son-in-law used medicine..."
“His former employer was in charge, and this time when he came to the machinery factory, his former employer arranged for someone to take care of him. I just need to keep him company and talk to him whenever I have free time.”
Song Lan appeared relaxed, but Li Jumei and her husband, as well as Song Qinghui, thought she was putting on an act, her purpose being nothing more than not wanting them to worry.
For a long while, none of the people in the main room spoke.
Seeing this, Song Lan stood up, her smiling voice breaking the surrounding dull silence: "Dad, Mom, Second Brother, since it's still early in the afternoon, I'd like to go up the mountain to pick some herbs now."
Li Jumei came to her senses and said, "Let your second brother accompany you."
Song Lan shook her head: "No need. I learned martial arts from my adoptive parents' grandfather. Besides, I won't go deep into the mountains, so I won't encounter any danger."
Li Jumei was worried: "Although I haven't heard of any scary big creatures on the mountains around here, wild boars have come down from the mountains quite often and damaged the crops. What if..."
Song Lan: "I will be careful."
Song Sanhe: "Let your second brother go with you. If nothing unexpected happens, everything will be fine. If anything does happen, it's always better to have a helper by your side."
"Little sister, I promise I won't bother you while you're gathering herbs. If you don't let me come along, I'm sure Mom and Dad will give me a piece of their mind!"
Song Sanhe said with a smile, then changed out of his liberation shoes and put on his old black cloth shoes that had been washed until they were a little faded. He then got up and went to the backyard to get his basket.
“Dad, Mom, Song Jiaojiao didn’t get along well on the village road before. Knowing her personality, she’s probably already telling people what happened to me. If you hear it, don’t pay attention to it and don’t keep it to yourself.”
After all, that kind of thing wasn't something I wanted to happen, and besides, I didn't suffer any real harm at the time. If I upset you all because of a few gossips from Song Jiaojiao, or even got into arguments with the villagers, that would be unfilial of me."
Song Lan said calmly, "You don't need to feel wronged for me. I have done nothing wrong and I am not afraid of gossip."
"Sister, let's go."
Before Li Jumei and Song Sanhe could respond, Song Qinghui's voice came from the back door.
"good."
Song Lan smiled and nodded, then greeted Li Jumei and her husband, "Mom and Dad, my second brother and I are going up the mountain now."
"be safe!"
Li Jumei gave instructions.
Song Lan and Song Qinghui nodded in unison.
...
"I thought Lanlan would have a good life with her adoptive parents, but I never expected... I never expected her to suffer so much. How did Jiaojiao become like that?"
As Song Lan and Song Qinghui walked out of the courtyard, Li Jumei wiped away her tears and said, "I know we spoiled her a bit when we were at home, but I... but I never knew she was so shrewd."
Song Sanhe said expressionlessly, "It's not that she's scheming; she's probably just inherently bad. It's just that she's been pretending to be well-behaved in front of us, so you and I haven't discovered it yet!"
They had doted on her for over ten years, yet she went to the capital to claim kinship with them without a word because of a few words from others, believing that they were not her biological parents... The fact that she could do that is enough to show that the girl was born with a black heart!
Otherwise, what is there that parents can't say to their children?
At least ask them a question about their background...
But she didn't!
Not only did he not, but when they met again, he immediately said that he wanted to sever ties with the couple!
As the saying goes, the kindness of nurturing is greater than the kindness of giving birth.
But after they devoted themselves to raising their child for over ten years, what kind of child did they end up with?
——Ungrateful wretch!
Even without him... his daughter's words just now made him think that couple in the capital were worthless.
They said it was for the good of the two children's future, and that leaving them to live in Beijing was the best choice.
Their words and actions seemed gentle and polite, but the high-mindedness that the couple inadvertently revealed made it seem like they were just country folk who couldn't see through it.
At that time... at that time, if he didn't have his own ideas, he would never have agreed with the two people's statements!
"You're right, she's definitely a born bad seed. She's just pretending to be nice in front of us. I'll go to the fields later and if there's a single bad word about our Lanlan, I'll teach that brat a lesson!"
As Li Jumei spoke, her eyes were filled with ruthlessness.
Song Sanhe: "Lanlan won't let us get involved."
"So, according to you, we're just going to let that brat ruin our daughter's reputation?"
Li Jumei stared wide-eyed.
"...Whatever you want!"
Feeling uneasy under his wife's gaze, Song Sanhe finally decided to refrain from offering any further opinions.
Under the big locust tree at the village entrance, seven or eight aunties and grandmothers who hadn't gone to work sat. Some of them were holding their grandsons who couldn't walk yet, while others were staring at a few children playing not far away.
Needless to say, some of those children must be their grandchildren.
At this moment, apart from the baby being held in someone's arms and learning to speak, everyone, whether it was the aunties and grandmas or the children squatting together playing, was constantly slurping – so sweet!
"Big Plum has released quite a bit of sugar today."
"There are quite a few."
"Da Meizi is a generous person."
"That's because they know how to treat people. I haven't tasted sugar in years. This time, thanks to the fairy-like girl from Da Meizi's family, I not only got to taste the sweetness of the sugar in my mouth, but also learned what oranges taste like."
"Don't you serve some fruit candies to your guests during the Chinese New Year?"
"Why don't we weigh them? But like everyone else, my family weighs unwrapped candies. The taste of those candies is nothing compared to these fruit candies wrapped in candy wrappers."
"Then you haven't tried White Rabbit candy. Let me tell you, White Rabbit milk candy is the best!"
"As if you've ever eaten it yourself?!"
"I've never eaten it, but I've heard people talk about it."
"You should be content. We've been to the supply and marketing cooperative, so we know how expensive White Rabbit milk candy is. Which family in the village would buy it during the Spring Festival? Even this bag of fruit candy, not many people in our village would buy it."
Their village is nestled between mountains and water, with little land and low wages. Unlike some other brigades where a single centimeter is worth six, seven, eight, or nine cents, in this area, even if you earn ten cents a day, you'd only be worth three cents.
In other words, one centimeter is worth only three cents.
It's easy to see from this that Shisong Village is truly poor!
In this way, who wouldn't want to stretch every penny they have to spend?!
How could I possibly waste money on candy just to sweeten my mouth?
And it's buying fruit candies with wrappers on, and also White Rabbit milk candy?
“Da Meizi’s daughter is as beautiful as an angel. She came to our village to visit Da Meizi and her husband this time. You can tell from the big bags and small packages she brought that she had a lot of things.”
"No matter how many people she's pretending to be, she's still her mother and father's daughter!"
"Did you see those peaches in the net bag? Each one is as big as a man's fist, and they look delicious!"
"Stop talking, my mouth is practically watering!"
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