Neither Jian Dan nor the original owner of this body had ever experienced such wholehearted maternal love. Even with Su Wenqing as her nominal mother, the original owner of this body did not enjoy much more maternal love than Jian Dan.
Su Wenqing was a pampered young lady, always spoiled by her father. She was very naive, and after marriage, her eyes were only on her husband, Jian Liye. However, Jian Liye was rarely at home. When Su Wenqing was not at work, she would hold Jian Liye's letters home and feel sentimental.
Fortunately, there were two old men before, and Su Wenqing took care of the child alone. It was only after Su Yuanshan passed away that, let alone maternal love, she almost wanted the original owner of the body to take care of her.
Tang Sumei talked on and on for a long time, but Jian Dan didn't show the slightest impatience. Jian Dan quite liked this feeling, and her sense of closeness to Tang Sumei increased sharply.
"I know, Auntie, you're doing this for my own good. I have no experience with these things, so please tell me more, Auntie, I'll remember it all."
"You child,"
Tang Sumei didn't spend much time with Jian Dan, but she knew that Jian Dan wasn't a very emotional person. Seeing her like this made Tang Sumei feel even worse.
This is what happens to children who don't have their parents around. No one teaches them these basic things. She only said this much, and the child was moved.
Why!
Tang Sumei wanted to take better care of her, and Jian Dan didn't know, but she did keep those words in mind.
The weather has been nice lately, with clear skies and crisp autumn air.
The next day, the village began making arrangements to harvest the crops from the mountain.
Tang Sumei and her two children were also curious, but after clarifying the rules for closing the mountain, Tang Sumei immediately said...
"Then let's talk to the village chief. The four of us will collect it, and we'll only keep half or a third of it. Keep enough for you to eat, and hand over the rest to the village."
After all, you're usually alone, so it's understandable that you collect more. But now that we have several more people, it's like we're taking territory from the villagers, which is a bit unreasonable.
Besides, now that these mountain products can be exchanged for money, the villagers will definitely work even harder. They might rely on this to fill their stomachs, and it's simply unreasonable for us to take money from them.
Tang Sumei didn't want Jian Dan to be influenced by a few people and to cause the villagers to have opinions about her.
They wanted to go up the mountain to collect some things, but it wasn't entirely for the things themselves. They weren't nearly as eager as the villagers. Besides, the three of them weren't from the village, so they weren't really lacking in those things.
Rather than letting the villagers guess, it's better to let them know openly.
She hadn't thought about these social niceties before, but she wasn't stupid; after thinking about it,
"That's fine too, just make it look like a formality."
Today we're with them on the outskirts. If you're not tired tomorrow, I'll lead you in another direction, to a place the villagers can't see. There's plenty of stuff there too, and it's closer than this way.
I don't need anything here, let's just treat it as a trip upstairs. Didn't you guys want to eat grilled fish? I haven't had it yet this year.”
There are mountains in the northwest, and there are also mountains on the border. Tang Sumei often goes there and she doesn't look awkward at all when she's with the villagers.
This wasn't surprising. What surprised Jian Dan was that in the short time it took her to go back and get a basket and lock the door, Tang Sumei had already become one of the villagers.
She was a little dumbfounded. Was her second aunt a coward? Had this era held her back from realizing her potential?
Seeing her expression, Cheng An chuckled.
"Sis, have you never seen my mom like this before?"
He nodded simply and smacked his lips.
"Mmm, I've never seen my second aunt so talkative."
"She's not exactly a talkative person,"
Cheng An secretly leaned closer and lowered his voice.
"Sister, let me tell you, my mom wasn't like this before. She used to be very shy. If she encountered a snake on the mountain, she would be so scared that she would have nightmares at night."
Things only got a little better in the last few years as we both got older.
Look at you now, you're not afraid of anything anymore.
“Being around the two of you has emboldened me to do anything.”
People say that motherhood makes one strong, and this is probably true. However, neither Jian Dan nor the original owner of this body had this blessing.
However, Jian Dan, who transmigrated, is blessed with good fortune in the future. Having Tang Sumei as her second aunt can make up for some of her regrets in this regard.
"Sis, guess what they're talking about?"
A quick glance revealed that Tang Sumei was accompanied by Wang Guihua from Liu Weimin's family, as well as two aunts, all of whom she frequently saw. The group chatted and turned around, their faces all smiling, but their gossipy eyes were quite obvious.
She was speechless.
"Aren't they all talking about me?"
Cheng Rui darted over from the side, a young man who exuded considerable presence, an empty basket slung over his shoulder, flashing a bright white smile.
"Sis, you guessed it all?"
"Get out of here, are you trying to subtly insult me by calling me stupid?"
There's no need to even think about it; the only topic that can be discussed about her right now is this one that's the most popular.
Wang Guihua had tried to sound her out before, and even tried to set her up, but back then, Jian Dan's mind was as simple as stone; if it wasn't right, it wasn't right, and she would kick anyone who came.
Having finally met one of her female elders, it was no surprise that this was the first topic of conversation.
Ironically, this was also a topic that Tang Sumei was concerned about.
From her doorstep to the hillside, Tang Sumei and Wang Guihua looked back every now and then, but the atmosphere was anything but dull. It seemed like there were even more people joining in the fun. Jian Dan felt like she had become a monkey on a spectator tour in a zoo.
She was a little embarrassed at first, but she considered herself thick-skinned and quickly regained her composure under the gazes of the crowd. Seeing that Tang Sumei had no intention of coming back to find them, she simply led her child and joined the group of educated youth.
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