After asking this question, Meng Zhengcheng continued without waiting for Yang Juan's reply: "You said you heard that they were looking for a nanny, who told you that?"
"I remember you were a college student. You're applying for a nanny job? You've dropped out of school?"
"I...I..." Yang Juan's face changed as she was bombarded with questions from Meng Zhengcheng.
She hesitated for a while before stammering out, "Does this...do these things have anything to do with me being hit by the car? Do I have to answer?"
Meng Zhengcheng didn't say anything, just stared at her coldly and indifferently, his eyes sharp.
Under his sharp gaze, Yang Juan lowered her head again.
"She doesn't want money? She wants to come to our house as a nanny?" Yan Liti frowned deeply upon hearing Meng Zhengcheng's retelling.
The Qiao family's paddy fields can be completed in two days at most.
The next day, Yan Liti and Xiang Dongyan lost interest and did not return to the village.
After Meng Zhengcheng returned from the hospital, Yan Liti and Xiang Dongyan were enthusiastically planning how to celebrate Qiao Qiao's birthday.
Qiao Qiao's birthday is on the tenth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, which is May 10th in the Gregorian calendar.
The last day of the holiday for the boys.
Qiao Qiao was born in 1980, and this birthday marks her fourth birthday.
It's impossible and inappropriate to hold a banquet for such a young child's birthday. However, after Yan Liti found Qiao Qiao, she didn't want to give her a simple birthday celebration for her first birthday. She wanted to make it more memorable.
"Yes, she said she doesn't want you to pay her back, she just wants you to give her a job opportunity. She said the school said she can't afford to continue her studies and she has already dropped out."
Meng Zhengcheng nodded, and then looked at Xiang Dongyan sitting next to Yan Liti, and continued.
"They said her parents wanted to marry her off to a pockmarked man in the next town. That pockmarked man had some money, and not only did he give her parents a dowry of four hundred yuan, but he also provided her with the four major pieces of jewelry. He forced her to marry him, but she didn't want to, so she ran away."
"I heard from one of her cousins, Yang Ma, who is your wife, that Dongzi is hiring a nanny again, so I thought I'd give it a try."
The four essential items of betrothal gifts that Meng Zhengcheng mentioned refer to a sewing machine, a television set, a radio, and a bicycle.
Hongfeng Town is not wealthy. Generally, when a daughter gets married, the dowry is about 200 yuan and one or two of the four major wedding favors.
It's actually quite rare to find someone with all four major components.
These four items together will definitely cost at least a thousand yuan.
“I sent someone to her house to investigate, and it is indeed true as she said.”
Meng Zhengcheng asked Xiang Dongyan, "As for that cousin she mentioned, Sister-in-law Pei, would it be convenient for you to let me meet her?"
“You mean Aunt Yang? She took leave on the 30th to go back to her hometown to help with rice planting, and she won’t be back for a few more days,” Xiang Dongyan explained.
As Xiang Dongyan spoke, her tone became somewhat unpleasant.
The last time Yang Juan went to the tenement building to apply for a nanny job with Qiao Changdong, it was actually her family's live-in nanny, Yang Ma, who made the connection.
Although Xiang Dongyan's intentions were good, Yang Juan's behavior of wanting to be Qiao Qiao's stepmother instead of a nanny infuriated her afterwards.
She was always kind and generous, but after this incident, she said a few words to Yang Ma.
She thought Yang Ma, the live-in nanny, was alright, but she didn't expect the person who introduced her to be so unreliable, especially since Yang Ma herself had taken the initiative to introduce her.
I didn't expect that they would only introduce such a thing.
She thought her attitude should be very clear. This time, when the Qiao family hired a nanny, she didn't ask Yang Ma from the family to help. How come Yang Ma still leaked the news to Yang Juan and caused such a big trouble for the Qiao family?
Xiang Dongyan was furious just thinking about it, and even considered firing Yang Ma directly.
After listening to Xiang Dongyan's words, Meng Zhengcheng nodded and did not continue the question. Instead, he said directly to Qiao Changdong, "Dongzi, I suggest you spend some money to resolve this matter. Don't invite Yang Juan to your home as a nanny."
Meng Zhengcheng thought about Yang Juan's expression when she said those words, and felt that something was still off.
But I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong.
However, one thing is certain: Yang Juan doesn't look like an honest and upright person. She speaks haltingly and seems suspicious. Inviting her to your home might just be a ticking time bomb.
"Yes, that's what I think too. When Aunt Yang comes back, I'll have a good talk with her. She's made so many troubles. Didn't she cause enough trouble last time?"
Xiang Dongyan echoed Meng Zhengcheng's words.
He looked like he couldn't wait to give Yang Ma a good scolding right now.
Yan Liti disliked trouble, and after overhearing Meng Zhengcheng and Xiang Dongyan's conversation, she understood the same thing: spending some money would solve the problem.
As for anything else, that's all.
It's even more impossible to invite such a large Buddha statue into one's home.
Nobody's a fool; everyone can see that Yang Juan is after Qiao Changdong, and probably even has designs on becoming her granddaughter's stepmother.
After Qiao Changdong became famous, quite a few people did try to take advantage of him.
Countless suitors came to propose marriage.
But people as willing to go all out as Yang Juan are truly rare.
After all, if Chen Yu had been driving a little faster or hadn't had time to brake, he could have killed her or run her over.
Whatever her motives, the fact that she's willing to risk her life is terrifying.
Since everyone said so, Qiao Changdong had even less to say.
He didn't even exchange a single word with Yang Juan the entire time, except for the two times he met her.
He had no idea how Yang Juan could manage to look at him with such a determined expression.
This matter.
Yan Liti didn't take it too seriously. Since Qiao Changdong wouldn't show up, she didn't want to either. She simply made a phone call and summoned two lawyers from Baoyi City to handle the matter.
On the third day of the busy farming holiday, the boys all came to the new house to play with Qiao Qiao.
Whenever there's a holiday, the new house is always bustling with activity.
We used to live in a tenement building, and the boys actually wanted to move there too, but the place was just too small for them to manage.
But now that Qiao Changdong's new house is up and has many rooms, it's more than enough for them to make a fuss over. Whenever the boys have a holiday, they wish they could take root and grow here.
Qiao Qiao enjoys lively gatherings, and she especially loves her brothers. Yan Liti, in turn, loves them all and never finds the boys too noisy.
Sometimes Fang Zhengnan and Mo Wenpei would feel a little embarrassed and try to call the mischievous boys back, but Yan Liti would stop them.
According to Yan Liti, Qiao Qiao is her granddaughter, and the boys are Qiao Qiao's brothers, so they are also her grandsons. How could a grandmother dislike her grandsons?
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