The people in Maoshan Village all thought she had only learned a little bit of the basics from Uncle Gu Yong, and no one dared to ask her to treat a headache or fever.
That's good, it saves her some trouble.
The villagers in this village are not simple and honest at all, except for a few families who are kind to the original owner's family.
The rest of the people harbored ill intentions, and she disliked them completely.
As long as Su Xiaoxi wasn't left in that hellhole, she wouldn't have any weaknesses in that village. She wouldn't have to rush back every day to be abused like the original owner did.
"How are my second uncle and grandma's family doing lately?"
When this was mentioned, Qin Bei recalled the scene when he returned to the village, where Granny Wang and a few other gossipy old women were chatting.
After thinking it over, I decided to tell the truth.
"Your grandma tells everyone that you are unfilial, that you don't do any housework, that you spend all your time in the city and never go back to see her, and that you don't even ask someone to take your wages back home."
She also said you were... an ingrate.
Su Ruanruan remained expressionless, as if she were speaking to an outsider.
She picked up the bowl and served Qin Bei a bowl of soup.
Then he casually said, "Who cares? As long as she doesn't mind talking too much, let her say whatever she wants."
"But she's ruining your reputation like this, and sooner or later these words will reach Young Master Mu's ears."
The ancients valued filial piety, and Su Ruanruan knew that Qin Bei was afraid that Granny Wang would label her as unfilial.
Moreover, her reputation in the village was already ruined, so this was undoubtedly adding insult to injury.
Su Ruanruan didn't care, and she thought Mu Bai probably didn't care either.
Su Ruanruan said, "If anyone asks you if you've seen me, just say you have. I'm eating and living at the tofu shop, and I'm very, very busy. But you're not allowed to tell them my address."
"Oh, I understand."
On the other side
On his way back to the academy, Mu Bai encountered a couple who often came to him to write letters. They told him that there was an elderly woman living alone in the south of the city who had difficulty moving around and wanted someone to write letters for her. They asked if he could go there.
Mu Bai agreed without hesitation. When he and his mother first arrived in this unfamiliar place, they were taken in by a kind old woman who had lost her daughter and her husband years ago and had been living alone ever since.
Feeling sorry for the mother and son who had no one to rely on, the landlord rented them a room and even introduced the mother to some jobs to earn money.
My mother always treated my mother-in-law like her own mother, caring for her in her old age and seeing her off in her final moments. On her deathbed, my mother left the courtyard to him and my mother.
Leave him a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
He couldn't resist his mother-in-law who lived alone. He immediately asked for her detailed address and headed there.
This area is truly a slum in the city, a melting pot of all sorts of people. He rarely comes here and has no idea where Fourth Alley is.
Walking aimlessly down the road, suddenly a few bright red apricots rolled to his feet.
Mu Bai looked ahead and saw a girl who seemed to have been bumped. The basket she was carrying tilted, and half of the apricots that were full of it spilled out.
The man didn't utter a single word of apology; he simply turned and ran away.
Other passersby glanced at it a few times and left, showing no intention of helping.
The girl's fair face flushed red with anger. After muttering a few words, she could only put down her basket and bend down to pick up the apricots.
Mu Bai bent down and picked up a few apricots at his feet, then took a few more steps and picked up all the apricots nearby.
I could barely hold it with both hands.
He took another dozen steps forward and gently placed the apricots in his hand into the basket.
The apricots are perfectly ripe, exuding a rich fragrance. They've just been bumped and bruised; if he were to forcefully put them in, they would likely be damaged.
Su He was squatting down to put apricots into the basket when she saw a pair of well-defined hands reach in and carefully place the apricots inside. The golden apricots with a touch of shy red made the person's fingers look exceptionally white, and their nails were neatly trimmed with a faint pink hue.
She had never seen such clean and fair hands in her living environment.
Su He slowly raised her head and saw a fair-skinned man with delicate features a few steps away.
A faint smile played on his lips, and he exuded the air of a scholar.
There was no contempt or malice in his clear, bright eyes.
Like a pool of clear water, it instantly stirred her heart.
"Young lady, are you alright?"
Su He's heart pounded wildly, like scattered beans. Mu Bai's voice was as soft as a feather brushing against her ear. The subtle concern in his voice made her involuntarily look up at him a few more times.
Su He's arm was a little sore from the impact, but she still shook her head, "I...I'm fine, thank you for your help, young master."
Mu Bai had no idea that his unintentional act of kindness had so easily won the girl's heart. He simply smiled faintly, "It's nothing, not worth mentioning. But I do have something I need your help with."
Mu Bai glanced at the surroundings again, "Would it be convenient for you, young lady, to tell me how to get to Fourth Alley?"
Su He came to her senses. She knew how to get to Fourth Alley; it was something she could explain in a few words.
However, she frowned, a voice in her mind kept telling her to take him away.
"If you don't mind, I'll take you there! I happen to be passing by there on my way to the place I'm going."
"this……"
“If you are worried about traveling with me, then I will tell you how to get there. However, it is a bit remote, and I am afraid you may not be able to find it…”
Suhe switched the basket to her other arm and shook the arm that was aching from being pressed down.
Without looking at Mu Bai, he pointed ahead, "From here..."
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