Chapter 55 Changing to Cornmeal

"Well... Actually, there are some misunderstandings between our family and my cousin's family, but my aunt has always been at odds with my grandmother, and my cousin also looks down on our family... She probably won't be willing to help me check my feet." When talking about Shen Ruoqing, Liu Xinyi looked embarrassed. If someone who didn't know the truth saw it, they would think that Shen Ruoqing had bullied her.

Mu Bai's expression faded a little. In his impression, Shen Ruoqing was a warm and generous girl who would not do anything to bully others. Talking bad about people behind their backs, his favorability towards Liu Xinyi dropped.

"Then I'll just take you back."

Liu Xinyi keenly sensed Mu Bai's emotional changes. She didn't know where she had said the wrong thing. She wanted to make amends but didn't know how, and she was very anxious.

"I'm here, Mu Zhiqing, come with me to get some food."

"You can ask your family to take out the cornmeal, and we can trade it outside."

Seeing that Mu Bai had no intention of helping her, Liu Xinyi shouted to someone in the house and told them what happened. Ji Meihua wanted to scold Liu Xinyi for causing trouble. She didn't even have enough food at home, but she had to exchange it with the educated youth. However, thinking about the food and money Liu Xinyi had brought back from home several times recently, she held back, but still wanted to refuse the exchange of food.

"Grandma, do you still want me to go home to get food and money?" Liu Xinyi knew what her grandma was thinking at a glance, and quickly said in a low voice.

Ji Meihua forced a smile again: "Thank you, Mu Zhiqing, for sending my granddaughter back. Boss, why don't you take out the food quickly so that Mu Zhiqing can exchange it. Mu Zhiqing, do you want to have a simple meal at my house before leaving?"

"Thank you very much. There's no need to eat. We have already prepared the meal at the youth cadre site." Nowadays, asking someone to eat is just a polite remark. Mu Bai naturally would not stay for dinner. After changing the cornmeal, Mu Bai left.

As soon as Mu Bai left, Ji Meihua pulled Liu Xinyi's ear.

"You damn girl! You exchanged our food for nothing! Don't think you can turn the tables just because you brought some things home during this period! How can you promise to give us things from our home without my permission?"

"Grandma, let go! I brought back the grain, and how come I exchanged it for nothing? Didn't you just collect a lot of industrial tickets? Mu Zhiqing sent me back just to exchange for ten kilograms of cornmeal, and you're like this. How do you want me to be filial to you in the future?"

Ji Meihua let go of her hand and snorted coldly: "I am your grandmother, and it is only natural for you to be filial to me. In the future, don't make decisions at home without my permission. Do you hear me? Don't think that you can be proud of yourself just because you bring something home!"

The other side.

"Brother Chen, wait for me."

On the way back to school, Sun Taohua stopped Lin Chen.

Lin Chen frowned, "Sun Taohua, didn't I already make it clear to you before? Why are you still stopping me?"

"Brother Chen, I know you're going to have your final exam soon, so I brought you two meat buns to give you some nutrition. Also, here's five dollars, don't be reluctant to spend it. Even if you only treat me as a sister, in my heart, you will always be the most special one, and I still can't help but want to be nice to you. Please accept all of these as a token of my love." Sun Taohua said, thinking about what Liu Xinyi taught her.

"Don't feel burdened. I won't allow you to have any psychological burden on yourself. I know Shen Ruoqing is a good person, and I respect your choice, but please don't let me down. You use your brain to study, so you should eat more good food to nourish your body..."

After hearing these words, Lin Chen was somewhat moved: "Taohua, I didn't mean to say such harsh words to you before, I just...was afraid that you would get deeper and deeper into trouble."

"Brother Chen, don't say sorry to me. Liking you is my business. I don't want to burden you, but please don't stop me from liking you, okay? You know, you are like a beam of light, shining into my life..."

Lin Chen suddenly realized that he might have underestimated Sun Taohua. He didn't expect that Sun Taohua could speak as nicely as a well-educated person. What man could refuse a woman who was devoted to him? Moreover, Lin Chen thought that Sun Taohua could no longer provide her with help, but she didn't expect that after a while she could collect another five yuan for herself. Since Sun Taohua was beneficial to him, only a fool would push the money away.

"Taohua, you are a good girl."

In the end, of course Lin Chen accepted the five dollars from Sun Taohua, and forgot all about what he had promised Shen Ruoqing about keeping a distance from Sun Taohua.

The next day.

Song Feifei lay listlessly on the table, prompting Shen Ruoqing to ask, "What's wrong, beautiful Feifei? Why do you look unhappy?"

"The final exam is tomorrow, how can I be happy?" Song Feifei said sadly, "If only my grades were as good as yours. I wouldn't have to worry about this damn final exam."

Shen Ruoqing burst out laughing: "Didn't I tell you the key points and difficult points before? As long as you review well, the final exam will be fine."

"But there are still many things I don't understand, Miss Ruoqing, please help me explain it again. After the exam, I will treat you to a movie. Let me tell you, there will be a very good movie the day after tomorrow..."

Movies? Shen Ruoqing hasn’t seen any movies from this era yet.

Because he was a little interested, Shen Ruoqing agreed.

"Hey, Liu Xinyi is here."

Liu Xinyi walked into the classroom in a new outfit with great pride. She also had two pigtails with red flowers tied on them. Several classmates who were usually close to Liu Xinyi came forward to praise her: "Xinyi, you are so beautiful today."

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"Yeah, your hair color looks really nice."

“This dress is beautiful too.”

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"Tsk, she just changed into a new set of clothes. I don't think she looks good in it at all. I have several sets of clothes like this that have nothing special about them at home. The best-looking one in the class is still my Ruoqing." Song Feifei snorted, but her eyes glanced at the hairpin on Liu Xinyi's head.

"What do you think of that flower?" Shen Ruoqing asked.

"No matter how beautiful it is, it will be useless on her head." Song Feifei said sourly.

"I have a hair ornament at home that's even prettier than that one. I'll bring it to you tomorrow. I promise it'll be prettier than hers."

"Really? Ruoqing, I really love you to death!" Song Feifei has been with Shen Ruoqing for a long time, and can also say some of Shen Ruoqing's modern witty remarks.

"Of course it's real. You'll know when I bring it to you tomorrow." A small portion of the fabric left over from making clothes last time was made into a headpiece by Han. Because it was made according to Shen Ruoqing's request and with modern perspectives, it was naturally more beautiful than the one Liu Xinyi wore on her head.

(End of this chapter)