Chapter 187 Bai Panjin
Taotao was half-carried and half-dragged away by Song Zhi.
She looked back at the gardener, but she couldn't see his appearance clearly.
Mrs. Huo's assistant booked five rooms: Mrs. Huo and Mingchan shared one room; Huo Huachu and Tan Li shared one room; Huo Huaen and Bai Lili shared one room; Lili, Song Zhi, Feifei and Momo shared one room; and Mingcheng, Mingyong and Minglun shared one room.
Later, the old lady suddenly remembered that the young couple had two children with them, and was afraid that they wouldn’t have enough space to stay, so she went to Taotao’s room to take a look... and quickly asked someone to move Taotao and her husband to a two-bedroom luxury suite with a living room.
Tao Tao quickly declined, "Madam, we can sleep in a double room. There are two beds. It's just right for us to sleep with a child each!"
Mrs. Huo, "How can that be! This time our whole family can sit down quietly and solve a big problem... Isn't it all thanks to you? If it weren't for you, Lili and our kids wouldn't have had a place to stay last night! Besides, we're here to relax, so let's not squeeze into those two small beds!"
This was also the old man's good intention. Taotao declined it slightly, but just to show her appreciation, she and Song Zhi carried the luggage and the children and moved to another room.
The scenery of the sanatorium is very elegant, beautiful and quiet.
However, just as Taotao and the others put down their luggage, Mrs. Huo gathered everyone together, "... My old comrades are still in this nursing home. You see, the scenery here is good, the air is good, everything is good... right? But it's also lonely! So follow me to see them, chat with them and talk to them!"
Tao Tao, "Let's have dinner together! It's better when there are more people. We can order more dishes and have a little bit of everything."
Old Mrs. Huo's eyes lit up and she looked at the others, asking for their opinions.
Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, Mrs. Huo was overjoyed. "Okay! Then I'll just go talk to the dean directly."
Soon, Mrs. Huo came back and said to everyone with a smile: "The director said that tonight's dinner is free for us! Then we will have a buffet in the restaurant of the sanatorium! All the retired cadres who are recuperating here...will come!"
Momo raised her little face and asked, "Grandma Huo, do you have sweet and sour spareribs?"
Mrs. Huo, "Yes! Must have!"
Feifei, "Grandma Huo, will there be fried egg dumplings?"
Mrs. Huo: "Yes!"
Xiao Mingchan, "Grandma, do you have fried tofu?"
Mrs. Huo, "Yes...Xiao Mingchan, do you like fried tofu?"
——How come she remembered that the child had only a general interest in fried tofu?
Xiao Mingchan said sweetly: "I like it! But my grandma likes it more! I asked for my grandma!"
Old Mrs. Huo was stunned and burst into laughter.
She touched her granddaughter's head with satisfaction, thinking how nice it was to have a granddaughter who was sweet, soft, pretty, and well-behaved...
While Old Mrs. Huo was talking to the children, the Lili couple and the Taotao couple went out for a walk.
When Taotao saw her third sister and brother-in-law went to the back mountain, she pulled Song Zhi to the lake.
It was a little after five in the afternoon. The sun was not so strong anymore. The lake was rippling with clear water, and the reflected golden sunlight was broken into pieces, which was gentle and stunning. On the lake, the round, green water lily leaves hold pink, white and tender yellow water lilies, which are swaying gently in the breeze...
The cool breeze mixed with the fragrance of plants blows softly, which is simply intoxicating.
Tao Tao and Song Zhi walked hand in hand along the lakeside and said, "I have lived in the northwest for many years and am used to seeing the Lingxi Oasis... In fact, the oasis is also very beautiful. The world is desolate, and suddenly there is a clear spring there. It has a breathtaking beauty."
"But there is also a sense of doomsday tragedy. After all, that is the last bit of hope for life within a radius of 200 yuan...so there are always some inexplicable worries. Although we say that man can conquer nature, our hearts are still beating fast." Taotao said.
Song Zhi, "Has the area of the oasis become larger or smaller now?"
Taotao smiled and said, "I won't tell you! You can go and see it for yourself next spring!"
"I'm sure the area of the oasis has expanded," Song Zhi said, "... With you there, Jiang Hongzhi and his men will definitely be safe!"
Taotao smiled and said, "Plants have feelings. They also want to live well, and we also hope that they can live well...so if both sides work hard, we will always succeed."
She sighed again, "I hope I can see the Great Northwest as beautiful as this in my lifetime!"
Song Zhi smiled and hugged her in his arms, "We will all get what we want!"
Taotao remembered something and asked him, "The conditions abroad are much better than those in our country, right?"
Song Zhi nodded.
"Then...will those students who study abroad be unwilling to come back?" Taotao asked.
She was a little worried because Hongdou also wanted to study abroad.
Studying abroad is not a bad thing, but Taotao still hopes that Hongdou can return to serve China after completing her studies.
Song Zhi was silent for a while, then said, "Water flows to the lowest place, and people go to the highest place... People always yearn for a richer and more affluent life, it just depends on how to put it into action."
"There will definitely be people who go abroad and don't come back after completing their studies, but stay abroad to work hard... They are pursuing their own development. But there will definitely be people who are willing to come back and work hard for the people of the country, and help everyone get rich together."
"It doesn't matter. Even if we send out a hundred and only ten come back, it's better than none coming back, right?" Song Zhi said with a smile, "At least I'm back."
Tao Tao, "Are there any foreign girls pursuing you?"
Song Zhi quickly shook his head.
Taotao tilted her head and looked at him.
He was so scared that he raised his finger and swore, "Really not!"
"Then your uncle, your grandparents...don't they dislike me because I'm a country girl?" Taotao asked again.
Song Zhi, "They cried as soon as they saw your photo. They said you were really pretty and that your eyes looked like my mother's. They also said... I had no fate with my mother since I was born. I hadn't even seen her photo many times, but I found you in the vast crowd. This is our fate."
"Grandpa and grandma are always urging my uncle to go through the investment procedures, hoping to come back to see you and the children as soon as possible... They are all very good people, or maybe they are old and especially tolerant..."
Tao Tao, "Then I feel relieved! I was afraid... they would dislike me and find you a suitable capitalist daughter."
Song Zhi laughed, "This is impossible..."
The couple had just chatted for a few minutes when they suddenly heard someone screaming and shouting in the distance.
The two turned their heads and saw that there were many people gathered on the shore of the lake, and there were a few people splashing in the water in the lake?
——Someone fell into the lake!
Taotao reacted, "Oh no, someone fell into the water!"
Song Zhi turned around and ran towards the crowd, and told Tao Tao, "You come too! Go inside, don't go near the lake!"
Taotao also ran towards where the crowd was gathering, but arrived a step late.
What frightened her was that all the people gathered on the shore were her family members? !
Mrs. Huo, Huo Huachu, Howard and Lili, the children, some assistants around Mrs. Huo and Howard, and the staff of the convalescent hospital...
While running, Taotao saw several people jumping into the lake, and she struggled to lift and push two people ashore.
Taotao is almost dying of anxiety!
Oh my God, please don’t let one of our children fall into the lake.
Taotao ran over quickly, squeezed into the crowd, and found that the person lying on the ground, wet all over, was - Tan Li?
Next to them were the wet and listless fat boys Huo Minglun, Huo Mingcheng and Huo Mingyong; and a young man in his early twenties, shirtless and covered in water from head to toe.
Taotao looked around and found that everyone in the house, young and old, was there and tidy.
She breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What's going on?"
When the accident happened just now, Feifei, Momo and Xiao Mingchan were held tightly by the hands of Mrs. Huo and her assistant, for fear that the children would run over...it would not be fun if they fell into the water!
The danger was over now. Feifei and Momo hurried over, hugged their mother, and said in unison -
"Brother Minglun was playing with us! His mother came to find him, and then the two of them started fighting by the lake... Brother Minglun accidentally pushed his mother into the lake, and he jumped in to pull her out..."
"But Brother Minglun can't swim! He sank too..."
"Brother Mingcheng, Brother Mingyong and that older brother also jumped into the lake and pulled Brother Minglun and his mother up..."
At this time, the doctor from the sanatorium came running over with a medicine box on his back.
Old Mrs. Huo quickly gave the order, "Doctor! Quick, quick, quick...they have all fallen into the water, please help check if they are okay!"
While Tan Li was lying on the ground unconscious, the others who fell into the water were fine. They were all conscious, whether squatting or standing.
The doctor immediately began to rescue Tan Li.
After a while, Tan Li vomited a pool of water with a "wow" sound and opened her eyes.
Lili asked, "Tan Li, how do you feel?"
Tan Li looked around and finally looked at Ming Lun with a complicated look.
Ming Lun felt a little uncomfortable, "I forgot that we were standing by the lake..." He lowered his head and whispered, "But if you don't force me, I won't push you away... If you hate me, then you push me once, and if I fall into the lake, don't come to save me, I don't want to get up."
Tan Li: ...
Everyone looked at Ming Lun in surprise.
Lili frowned, "Minglun, you are only eleven years old, who taught you to talk like that?"
Minglun was a little confused and asked Lili, "...Which of my words do you think was wrong?"
Lili choked.
But seeing that Minglun's eyes and tone of voice didn't seem to be arguing, Lili said, "You are so young, how can you say that if you fall into the lake, I won't save you or pull you up?"
Ming Lun was even more confused, "But what I said is true!"
Everyone was stunned.
Huo Huachu said anxiously: "Minglun! How could you think like this?"
Ming Lun lowered his head and whispered, "That's what I think anyway."
Tan Li started to cry, "Actually you guys want to kill me!"
Huo Huachu was already very annoyed with her, so he walked up to Minglun, grabbed him, and said to Mrs. Huo, "Mom, I'll take Minglun to change clothes." He then said to Mingcheng, "Watch her," and left with Minglun.
Lili asked the doctor, "Doctor, how is Tan Li doing?"
The doctor replied: "No problem."
Lili said, "Doctor, we are a family. They accidentally slipped into the lake. They are fine now. Please go back! Thank you."
After sending away the doctors and staff, Lili arranged for Mingcheng and Minglun, who were soaked all over, to go back and change their clothes.
Ming Cheng hesitated a little and looked at Tan Li, who was still lying on the ground with a look of despair on her face.
Lili said, "Go change your wet clothes first. I'll watch her. And you, Mingyong... remember to wash your wet clothes and hang them up so you can have dry and clean clothes to change into tomorrow, okay?"
Ming Cheng then left with Ming Yong.
Tao Tao noticed that there was another young man who also jumped into the lake with Ming Cheng, Ming Yong and the others to save people...
——The young man seemed to be in his early twenties, very thin and with dark skin. He had put his shirt back on after taking it off before jumping into the lake.
His shirt was the uniform of a gardener in a nursing home.
Tao Tao's heart was moved, and she said to the young man, "Thank you for what you did just now, young comrade!"
The young man was a little shy. He shook his head, said nothing, and turned and ran away.
Taotao called out to him, "Wait a minute!"
The young man stopped and looked back at her.
Tao Tao said: "Little comrade, what's your name? Where are you from? Where do you live? You saved our family, and we want to thank you..."
The young man waved his hand and left quickly.
The director of the sanatorium who was accompanying Mrs. Huo said, "He can't speak. He's a mute!"
Mrs. Huo asked quickly, "Is he a staff member here? He should be, right? I saw that he was wearing your work uniform... We came here empty-handed today, how about we buy something tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and give it to him?"
The director of the sanatorium said, "They are not our employees. They are a big family with quite a few people, but they are quite pitiful... So when we occasionally have unfinished work in our sanatorium, we subcontract it to them. They charge very little money, and most of the time they just ask us to provide them with food."
After hearing what the dean said, Taotao looked at the young man's back, tilted her head and fell into deep thought.
——Are they a family?
Mrs. Huo said to the dean with an apologetic look on her face: "... Let's go back and change our clothes first, and then we'll go to the restaurant for dinner later!"
The dean glanced at Tan Li who was still lying on the ground, nodded knowingly, and left.
Only the Huo family and Taotao's family were left at the scene.
Mrs. Huo asked Tan Li, "How do you want to deal with this matter?"
Tan Li lay on the ground crying.
Lili asked, "What did you tell Minglun? Why did he push you into the lake?"
Tan Li couldn't say it.
Because in the car and in the room on the way here, she had been begging Huo Huachu not to divorce her. She promised to cook for him, let him manage the money, and even wanted to take back all the gifts she had given to her family...
But Huo Huachu just didn't want to.
Tan Li had no choice but to come to Ming Lun, hoping that Ming Lun could help her plead for Huo Huachu and make him change his mind about her.
Unexpectedly, Minglun was having fun with Momo when he heard Tan Li calling him over? His boss was very unhappy and pretended not to hear it. Later, Tan Li got angry and came to arrest him personally... This made him angry.
Minglun was angry, and he was sad about everything Tan Li said. Tan Li was angered by Minglun's attitude and started scolding him. The quarrel between mother and son escalated into a shoveling match, and then Tan Li fell into the lake.
Tao Tao couldn't bear to watch this, so she said, "Tan Li, get up and go back to the room to change your clothes."
Tan Li turned a deaf ear and cried even more sadly.
Tao Tao said to Mrs. Huo, "Madam, let's go!"
Lili glanced at Tan Li who was still lying on the ground, and hesitated, "Then she..."
Tao Tao said, "She doesn't want to talk to anyone, so let's let her calm down!" Then she told the children, "It's getting dark, you help Grandma Huo, we're going to the restaurant."
A group of people left one after another.
Howard was the last one to come, and he was afraid something might happen, so he told his assistant to stay and keep an eye on Tan Li.
When they arrived at the restaurant, Taotao and the others realized there were so many people there?
All the retired cadres in the sanatorium are looking forward to it.
Old Mrs. Huo excitedly greeted her former comrades-in-arms, old colleagues, old partners, and old sisters one by one, and introduced Taotao's family to these elderly people.
The old people did know Howard, Lili, and Xiao Mingchan.
But the growth of children always makes us marvel at the passage of time.
Hello everyone, please like Xiao Mingchan, Feifei and Momo.
Especially Mo Mo, he is the youngest, very naive and not afraid of strangers, speaking in a childish way and with a baby voice... he always makes the old people laugh!
After a while, Mingcheng, Mingyong and Minglun, who had changed their clothes, also came over.
A new climax was set off at the scene again!
The dean took the opportunity to ask the staff to serve a "buffet". In fact, it is just putting the big pot dishes cooked in the canteen into a large iron plate and then placing it directly in the restaurant. The lunch boxes are also placed aside. Whoever wants to eat something can just fill their lunch box.
At present, the old people either listen to the children's chatter; or talk about the stories of their youth; or listen to Taotao talk about her experience of planting trees in the northwest; or listen to Song Zhi talk about this and that in foreign countries...
The atmosphere is quite harmonious.
Mrs. Huo's assistant Xiao Zhang was very smart. He would mingle among the crowd from time to time, sometimes helping Song Zhi Taotao add some dishes, and sometimes helping to take care of the elderly and children.
Taotao was chatting with the old people with a smile on her face, and she noticed that Feifei ate a whole lunch box full of rice and meat, but refused to eat the vegetables?
She whispered to Xiao Zhang, "Fei Fei refuses to eat vegetables. Can you please bring some fried cauliflower to Fei Fei?"
Xiao Zhang understood, went to get Feifei's bowl, and walked to the table with a row of dishes, but found that the fried coconut flowers were gone.
"Taotao, can I help Feifei get some fried beans?" Xiao Zhang asked loudly.
Taotao looked over and nodded at Xiao Zhang.
However--
She saw someone standing next to Xiao Zhang.
It was the middle-aged woman in a gardener's uniform that she had seen at the entrance of the nursing home before.
This woman gave Taotao a very familiar feeling.
Taotao felt that the name of this middle-aged woman was already circling in her mouth! But there was just a little bit of error in her mind, and she couldn't remember the man's name no matter what.
At this time, Xiao Zhang shouted the word "Taotao", which alarmed the middle-aged woman standing side by side with her.
The woman looked at Xiao Zhang in surprise, then followed Xiao Zhang's line of sight... and saw Taotao.
Taotao suddenly made eye contact with the woman.
The woman's eyes widened.
Taotao also widened her eyes.
Finally, Taotao simply called out to Lili, "Third sister! Look—"
Lili turned around in response.
She also noticed the middle-aged woman standing next to Xiao Zhang at a glance.
There's nothing I can do, it's just too eye-catching.
The woman was wearing a dirty orange gardener's uniform!
Lili looked at the woman in surprise.
After a long while, Lili pointed at the middle-aged woman and blurted out, "...White Pearl!"
Taotao was enlightened!
——White pearls? !
right! Yes, yes, yes...this woman is Bai Zhenzhu! Back in my hometown, the third daughter of my third uncle!
But what caught Taotao and Lili off guard was that just when the sisters recognized Bai Zhenzhu, Bai Zhenzhu turned around and quickly ran out of the living room!
This sudden change made Taotao and Lili a little confused.
The restaurant staff ran over and asked the Taoli sisters if they needed anything.
Tao Tao asked, "Who was that person in the gardener's uniform just now?"
The staff member misunderstood and quickly explained, "It's like this, those people came here to do work in the garden. Usually everyone gets their meals at the window, and they do the same. But today we have a buffet, right? So they also came here to get their meals... I'm sorry to bother you, I asked them to get their meals quickly and let them go..."
Tao Tao quickly said, "It's okay, it's okay!"
Song Zhi and Howard noticed the commotion from the Taoli sisters and came over to ask what happened.
——I heard from sisters Tao Xing that they might have met their cousin Bai Zhenzhu from the next room?
Howard didn't know White Pearl. Hearing Lili's brief introduction of Bai Zhenzhu's situation, he couldn't help but frown; Song Zhi knew Bai Zhenzhu, but he hadn't seen her for more than ten years. Bai Zhenzhu's appearance had changed a lot, and he no longer recognized Bai Zhenzhu.
Lili said worriedly, "Let's be careful!"
After all, Bai Zhenzhu was sentenced and imprisoned for hurting Hongdou. I don’t know if she still holds a grudge against the eldest wife’s family.
Tao Tao disagreed, "Although there's nothing wrong with being careful, I think... there's no malice in her eyes."
Song Zhi said: "The dean seemed to have said that these gardeners are a big family?"
Taotao wanted to ask, but there were so many people around and she wanted to find a suitable time to ask.
The dinner party with the elders lasted from 6pm to around 8pm.
The old people had their fun and went back to rest.
The Huo family and Taotao's family then prepared to go to the hot springs.
Of course everyone is more conservative in this era.
Everyone in the family, young and old, male and female, wore swimsuits and swimming trunks, but they were still too embarrassed to do so, so they put on a bathrobe on the outside. Then they went into the water together and squatted in a large pool to soak.
Taotao thought it was so comfortable. "I never felt how comfortable it was to take a hot spring bath before..."
Is it because there is a difference between immortals and mortals?
Lili scolded with a smile, "You talk as if you've been with her before!"
Taotao:! ! !
She came to her senses and realized that she had almost let the cat out of the bag, so she immediately made amends, "What I meant was that I never felt this comfortable taking a bath in a tub at home before! It might be because I couldn't stretch my arms and legs, and the water temperature wasn't hot enough."
Lili also liked it, "Yes, I can immerse myself in hot water! It's so comfortable... I'll ask my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, Xingxing and Song Sui to come over when I get a chance... and call those little kids over too!"
Taotao smiled and chatted with Lili for a while...
Ming Cheng Ming Yong and Fei Fei Mo Mo don't like soaking in hot water. Old Mrs. Huo has high blood pressure because she is old and can't soak for too long... So she took the children to a pool next door where the water temperature is lower.
Tao Tao and Li Li whispered, "...The director said that the gardening work in their sanatorium is contracted out to a family! The young man who saved Tan Li today was also wearing a gardener's uniform... Maybe he is from Bai Zhenzhu's family."
Lili, "Is she married?"
Tao Tao: "Who knows?"
Lili also whispered to Taotao, "Hey, what do you think Tan Li is doing now?"
Tao Tao, "Maybe she is trying hard not to get divorced! However, with her personality, as long as she doesn't mention divorce, everyone who mentions the word divorce is a bad person... Your uncle will suffer in the future! By the way, why are you worried about Tan Li? You might as well worry about Ming Lun!"
Lili looked worried, "That's right!"
Tao Tao suddenly realized something, looked at her third sister with envy, and asked in a low voice: "Third sister, I want to ask you a question, you have to answer me honestly."
Lili saw that she was serious and thought it was something important, so she quickly said, "Go ahead."
Tao Tao whispered, "You...were you rubbed by my brother-in-law? Or did you eat something to enlarge your breasts?"
"Oh! You're talking about this. I..."
Lili's voice suddenly stopped.
She turned her head and stared at Taotao in disbelief.
Taotao, "What is it?"
Lili was embarrassed and angry. She waved her paw and threw a handful of water at him, "You bastard!"
Taotao was not willing to be outdone, so she also scooped up a handful of water and sprinkled it on Lili, "I just want to ask what's wrong? Don't you want to ask?"
"No--"
"Why?"
"No reason!"
"Hmph, you're stingy! He doesn't deserve your chest...chest!"
"Bai Taozi, do you want to die?" Lili yelled in anger.
The two sisters started laughing and making noises.
The whole family stayed in the hot water until half past ten at night, and then went back to their respective rooms.
Feifei and Momo were already exhausted. As soon as they returned to the room, they barely managed to brush their teeth, wash their faces, change into their sleeping clothes, and fell asleep as soon as they lay down on the bed.
Taotao also enjoyed soaking in the hot springs very much.
She changed into her pajamas and lay lazily on the bed, not wanting to move...
Song Zhi leaned over with a meaningful look on his face.
Taotao giggled and leaned towards him.
The next day, Taotao was woken up by a kiss.
She closed her eyes and asked, "What time is it?"
Song Zhi's voice rang out, "It's almost nine o'clock...if you don't get up now, we'll have to leave for breakfast."
——Although he brought her tea eggs, lei tea and chocolate to fill her stomach. But he still hoped that she would get up and go to the restaurant to have a proper breakfast.
What? It’s almost nine o’clock!
Taotao got up quickly and felt like her whole body was about to fall apart.
"Song Zhi..."
She murmured softly, her voice delicate and tender, "I'm in pain, my whole body hurts!"
Song Zhi was stimulated by her coquettish voice...
He pressed on her, breathing heavily.
Da Baitao tried to resist, but she had been soaking in the hot springs for more than two hours last night, and her whole body was relaxed. She really had no strength... She had no choice but to ask, "Where are Feifei and Momo?"
Song Zhi panted and answered: "I'm playing outside with Ming Cheng and Ming Yong..."
He leaned forward and buried his head.
After a while, Dabaitao let out a soft "ah".
By the time she came to her senses, it was already past ten in the morning.
Tao Tao was sober and angry, "Song Zhi! I hate you so much! Now everyone in the world knows that I'm a sleepover!"
Song Zhi was full of energy. He carried Da Baitao into the bathroom, washed her, and then carried her back to bed. He helped her get dressed and said, "Why don't you just stay at home? I'll bring you breakfast."
Taotao snorted and walked out of the door with tired and heavy steps.
As a result, I met Bai Lili at the restaurant door, who also had a dazed look in her eyes and severe dark circles under her eyes!
Sisters, you look at me, I look at you...
Taotao noticed with her sharp eyes that there was a kiss mark on the back of her sister's snow-white and tender neck, and there were obvious teeth marks on her hair. She also saw the moisture between her sister's eyes and eyebrows, and she couldn't help but laugh.
Lili was both embarrassed and annoyed, and also looked at Taotao.
——Taotao was originally pretty, and with the nourishment of love last night, she looked even more charming and lazy, so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off her.
She stared at Taotao with a smile that had ulterior motives.
Taotao's cheeks also showed a faint pink.
It was already past ten in the morning and the restaurant was no longer serving breakfast.
So Song Zhi went to the kitchen, talked to the restaurant staff, borrowed a stove, and asked for some noodles to cook noodles for Taoli and her sisters.
Tao Tao asked, "Third sister, where is my brother-in-law?"
Lili covered her mouth with the back of her hand and yawned, "He left early in the morning... to go to work. I don't know when he left."
Taotao smiled evilly, "Maybe he didn't sleep all night, so he left this morning!"
Lili was so angry that she pinched her soft cheek and scolded shyly: "You are just making fun of me! How good are you? Didn't you just get up at this time?"
Just at this moment, several people hurried into the restaurant.
One of them was a restaurant employee. He said to the people behind him, "...Just put it here, right!"
Behind this man were several people in gardener uniforms, each carrying a bag of rice.
When Taotao saw the orange gardener's uniform, she thought of Bai Zhenzhu from yesterday.
When I looked closely at this time, I found that one of them was really Bai Zhenzhu!
Taotao was in mixed mood.
——She actually doesn’t like this person very much.
So she thought, how about... just pretend not to know him? After all, Bai Zhenzhu ran away as soon as she saw her last night.
However, Lili was already surprised and said, "Bai Zhenzhu? It's really you!"
Bai Zhenzhu had just placed a 50-kilogram bag of rice on her shoulder in the designated place when she suddenly heard someone calling her name?
She raised her eyes and saw two beauties sitting at an empty table in the empty restaurant, looking at her in surprise.
Bai Zhenzhu knew who they were.
From yesterday till now, she has met Bai Lili and Bai Taotao countless times.
If I run away again like I did yesterday, it would seem too deliberate.
Besides, although she had done something wrong back then, she had already paid the price with her freedom and reputation. Morally speaking, she still felt sorry for Hongdou; but legally speaking, she no longer owed the first wife anything.
Bai Zhenzhu had no choice but to come over and greet Taotao and Lili, "...Sister Lizi, Taotao, long time no see."
Lili, "It's really you! We didn't recognize you... Are you busy now? Can we sit down and chat?"
Bai Zhenzhu hesitated for a moment, pulled out a chair and sat down.
She looked at Taotao and her first words were, "Taotao, Hongdou...are you feeling better?"
Taotao stared at Bai Zhenzhu for a while.
——Taotao is thirty-three years old this year, Lili is thirty-six years old, and Bai Zhenzhu is one year younger than Lili.
But Taotao and Lili look no different from young girls in their early twenties, but Bai Zhenzhu... is already a middle-aged woman with a strong body, a little fat, and a haggard and old face.
Tao Tao said truthfully: "Hongdou is doing well. She went to college and is currently trying to get a place on a government-sponsored university scholarship."
Bai Zhenzhu nodded repeatedly, "That's good, that's good..."
At this time, two other middle-aged women, also wearing gardeners' uniforms, came over.
One of them had a big frame, a strong body, and looked older; the other was petite, looked to be around 27 or 28 years old, and was quite pretty.
The tall woman looked at the Taoli sisters, a little excited, "Lili! Taotao!"
The Taoli sisters were both stunned.
Taotao failed to recognize the tall woman, but recognized the thin woman who was about 27 or 28 years old. "You, you are... Bai Feicui?!" Taotao asked tentatively.
Bai Feicui nodded and looked at Taotao, carefully hiding her reluctance and displeasure.
Lili also solved the case.
She stared at the tall woman for a long time, then asked tentatively: "You, you are... Sister Jin?"
Bai Panjin also nodded and said with a tearful smile: "Yes! I am Bai Panjin, Lili, do you still recognize me?"
Lili sighed, "You look like a mix of Third Uncle and Third Aunt... But, I really can't recognize you at all! I was just guessing, after all, when you left Ruyi Village, I was only sixteen years old! It's been almost twenty years in the blink of an eye!"
Taotao had never seen Bai Panjin before, and now that she finally met him, she couldn't help but think: Wasn't it said that he was abducted and sold to another place by his own uncle? Why are you with Bai Zhenzhu again?
Lili had already started to ask, "Aren't you three going to different places? How did you meet? We haven't heard from you in all these years. So you... have been staying here all this time?"
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