After bidding farewell to Su Lin who showed up unexpectedly, Yan Sisi was originally preparing to go home, but now she suddenly felt like meeting Gu Jingping. Thinking of this, she changed direction and walked towards Gu Jingping's residence.

Gu Jingping was returning home from get off work. Seeing Yan Sisi at home, he asked in surprise, "Sisi, didn't you have class today? Why are you here?"

You know, although she has the key to this place, she has only been here twice in such a long time. It couldn't be that something happened that she suddenly came here this time!

Thinking of this, Gu Jingping immediately looked at Yan Sisi nervously and asked, "Did something happen?"

After taking a quick look, I saw that her clothes were neat and tidy, and there were no visible wounds, so she must be uninjured.

Yan Sisi was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "Nothing, I just wanted to come and see you."

Faced with Gu Jingping's reaction, Yan Sisi suddenly reflected on whether she had not cared enough about Gu Jingping. She originally wanted to give him a surprise, but now it seems that she has scared him instead.

Gu Jingping heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that. He noticed that she was holding a dish and took it from her. He said, "Just take a rest. I'll cook."

Yan Sisi glanced at the food that had been snatched away, blinked and said, "Let's eat together!"

When two people are together, she can't just enjoy without giving anything in return.

Gu Jingping felt that Yan Sisi was a little different today. They had always taken turns to cook before, but this seemed to be the first time she was cooking with him. Although he didn't know why such a change had occurred, he couldn't help but feel much happier.

Two people stayed in the small kitchen, one washing vegetables and the other cutting them. It was just a simple action, but it brought about a feeling that was new to them.

After Gu Jingping fried pork with peppers, Yan Sisi also fried a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. The two of them sat in the room and ate and chatted.

After dinner, Yan Sisi stayed in Gu Jingping's room for a while before he sent her home.

Since Su Lin came that day, Yan Sisi never saw her again, and her life became peaceful.

As time went by, more and more small stalls appeared on the street. Occasionally on weekends, Yan Sisi would pick the extra vegetables in the yard, push the cart and go out to set up the stall with Gu Jingping. The vegetables she grew were all grown with spiritual spring water. First of all, they looked much better than others, not to mention that they tasted very good. Basically, people would come back to buy again for the second time, so she would sell out her vegetables in less than an hour every time she set up the stall, and there were still people who wanted to reserve vegetables from her.

After a few months, I sold almost a hundred vegetables, and the cost was just some seeds.

With the income coming in, Yan Sisi felt much more at ease. She was finally not just spending money without making any.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and it was time for the school winter vacation. Yan Sisi rested at home for two days before buying a ticket to go home the next day.

The day before she left, Yan Sisi covered all the furniture and bedding with cloth, picked all the vegetables in the yard, and gave them to her grandmother and uncle respectively. She gave the key to the yard to her cousin and Tang Mingze respectively. Before leaving, she took the dog, fish and parrot to her uncle's house to be taken care of by her cousin, and asked Gu Jingping to take care of the flowers in the yard.

After everything in the house was tidied up, Yan Sisi boarded the train with peace of mind, hoping that the house would not be overgrown with weeds when she returned.

The train rumbled all the way, making Yan Sisi dizzy. When she stood at the gate of her family compound again, she looked at the familiar stairs and suddenly felt a little strange. There was no one at home, and her parents must still be at work.

Yan Sisi put her luggage back into the room. She felt dizzy after taking the long train ride and couldn't help but lie down on the bed and fell asleep.

When she woke up, she only smelled a burst of fragrant aroma, and said to her mother who was cooking in the kitchen, "Mom, you're back."

Mother Yan turned to look at her daughter, "Girl, you didn't even tell us you were coming back. If I had known, I would have asked for leave to pick you up."

"I'm not a child anymore. I can still find my way home." Yan Sisi glanced at the meat stewing in the pot and asked, "By the way, where's my dad? Why hasn't he come back yet?"

Mother Yan lowered her head and said with an unclear expression: "The factory has been busy recently, and your father is working overtime in the factory."

I have been working overtime for more than a month. If this is not possible, I can just quit this job. Their family is not short of money, so I don't have to suffer every day.

Yan Sisi asked: "So what time does Dad want to add?"

"About nine o'clock!" Yan's mother said subconsciously. Old Yan almost always comes back at this time recently.

"It's so late. When did their factory become so busy?" Yan Sisi muttered. The overtime hours were too long. Could her father's body handle it?

Thinking of this, Yan Sisi couldn't help but ask, "It's so heavy, and he has to work for so long every day. Can my dad's injured arm handle it?"

"You have to accept it even if you can't stand it. You have to quit doing what the leader arranges for you." Yan's mother knew that this wouldn't work, but after telling him so many times, Old Yan was still stubborn and refused to compromise. She would wait until he came back to persuade him!

Mother Yan didn't want to worry about the family affairs when her daughter came back, so she put the dishes in the pot and changed the subject, "Bring the rice out, we will eat first, we won't wait for your father."

Yan Sisi ate the familiar dishes, compliments coming out of her mouth continuously, making her mother laugh.

After not seeing each other for such a long time, it turns out that in her heart, the dishes cooked by her mother are still the most delicious. Her own cooking can only fill her stomach. It would be great if her parents could go to J City with her.

After dinner, Yan Sisi took a nap in the afternoon and was not sleepy at all. She turned on the TV and watched and chatted with her mother. It was not until half past nine that her father came home from the factory.

When Yan Sisi saw her father for the first time, she suddenly felt that he had aged a lot. White hair had begun to grow on his head, and his face looked a little yellow. She hurriedly asked, "Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Yan Aiguo saw the lady he hadn't seen for a long time coming back. He was just about to talk to her with a smile, but when he heard her question, he touched his face and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with me?"

Did you get something dirty on your face when you were moving things?

Yan Sisi pulled her mother over, pointed at her father's face and asked, "Mom, don't you think Dad's face has turned yellow? There are even white hairs in his hair. It's only been a few months, how come he looks so much older? Dad, are you feeling unwell?"

After saying this, he looked at his father with worry.

Yan Aiguo thought the lady was going to say something, but after hearing this, he said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I'm in good health. It may be because I've been working overtime too much recently, so my complexion doesn't look good. It will be fine after a while when I stop working overtime."

Mother Yan looked at her husband's face. She couldn't really tell from seeing him every day, but his face was indeed a little yellow and dark. She said worriedly, "Why don't you talk to your leader? He can't always ask you to work overtime. You've already worked overtime for a month. It's time for someone else to work overtime!"

Father Yan sighed. He didn't want to work overtime, but whenever he talked to his leader, he was always rejected. It was useless to talk to him. Even those who had a good relationship with him had told him the truth.

In the end, it was the young man who came to help him when he was not working. He wanted to buy his job but was not approved. From then on, the leader had a problem with him.

It was fine in the beginning, as they just assigned him to move some heavy things. But recently, things have become more and more excessive, and he knows that his leader wants him to be unable to bear it and leave.

But he was unwilling to give up. He had worked in this factory for nearly ten years. If he lost his job, what else could he do?

Yan Aiguo waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I can still hold on. I'm already hungry. Is there any food at home?"

Seeing that her father didn't say anything, Yan Sisi thought that her mother must know something, so she followed him into the kitchen and asked, "Mom, is Dad really that busy in the factory?"

Judging from her father's expression just now, he must be hiding something from her.

Yan's mother started heating up the rice and said without raising her head, "Just study hard and don't worry about things at home. We are all adults and can handle it."

But in my heart, I was planning to call her brother tomorrow. I couldn't let others bully my family all the time.

When Yan Sisi heard this, she knew something had happened at home. Seeing that her parents refused to say more, she stopped asking and prepared to go out and find out tomorrow.

The next day, when Yan Sisi woke up, her parents had gone to work. After eating the food her mother had left in the pot, Yan Sisi thought about her father's behavior yesterday and went out to inquire around the family compound.

Only then did she realize that her father was being bullied by his boss. Their factory was not busy at all, but the boss had put most of the work on her father's shoulders, waiting for her father to sell his job when he couldn't stand it anymore.

This made Yan Sisi very angry. She called her uncle directly and told him about her family's situation. She felt relieved only after getting her uncle's reply.

Yan Sisi turned around and went back to her family compound. Before she even reached the stairs, someone running over from a distance called out to her, "Sisi, your dad was injured in the factory. Go back quickly and get some money to go to the hospital."

Yan Sisi was shocked when she heard this. Her legs softened subconsciously. She quickly grabbed the person's hand and asked, "How did my dad get injured? Is it serious?"

"It seems like your hand slipped and hit your foot when you were lifting something. You should go to the hospital immediately! By the way, is your mother at home?" The visitor didn't know much either, so he told them everything he knew.

Yan Sisi shook her head and said, "My mother is at work. Can you please go to the factory and tell her? I'll go back to get the money and go directly to the hospital."

"Okay, hold on tight."

"Thank you, Auntie."

"It's okay. I'm leaving now."

When Yan Sisi saw that the person had left, she immediately turned around and ran up the stairs. She ran home in one breath, opened the door, and quickly put all the money in the house on her body. Thinking that the spiritual spring water in the space could heal the wound, she hurriedly scooped some water into an enamel cup and hurried to the hospital.

After finally finding his father at the hospital, he was lying on a bed surrounded by several uncles from the factory. Yan Sisi pushed through the crowd and ran to his father's side and asked, "Dad, how are you? Where's the doctor?"

Yan Aiguo looked at the girl running out of breath and said quickly, "It's okay, she just hit her foot. The doctor said it's a slight fracture. She just needs to rest well."

"How could my foot be hit?" Yan Sisi slowed down her breathing, frowned as she looked at her foot that was clamped by the wooden board, looked at the other uncles beside the bed, and thought doubtfully: Could it be that the so-called leader is behind this again?

The few people who helped to escort the people over saw that someone had come to Yan Aiguo's house. Not wanting to cause trouble, they said, "Old Yan, your daughter is here, so we're leaving."

"Okay, I'll treat you to dinner later. Thank you for today." Yan Aiguo nodded at them.

Yan Sisi thanked the uncles who were leaving, "Thank you all for coming today."

"It's no big deal. We'll leave first. You should have a good rest." After saying that, several people walked out of the ward together.

Seeing that everyone had left, Yan Sisi turned around and looked at her father and asked, "Dad, I heard someone say that something slipped and hit you. What happened?"

Just as Yan Aiguo was about to answer, he saw his wife standing at the door and hurriedly shouted towards it.

Mother Yan looked over in the direction of the sound and saw that they had finally been found. She hurried in and looked at her husband's bandaged foot. She asked in a hoarse voice, "What happened?"