Chapter 188 The Experience of the Third Sister
Taotao looked at Bai Feicui.
Bai Feicui turned her head away uncomfortably.
Tao Tao asked Bai Feicui, "...Where did you go later? I even called the police and reported that you were missing."
——Bai Feicui once lived with the father of Taotao’s classmate Wang Bingyuan. Wang Bingyuan’s father abused Wang Bingyuan and her siblings, and later wanted to do something bad to Taotao... In the end, he was sentenced for trafficking Bai Feicui.
Unfortunately, the whereabouts of the white jadeite was lost later.
But at this moment, Bai Feicui didn't want to answer Taotao's question.
Bai Zhenzhu said, "Let me tell you about my experiences over the years... We haven't seen each other for about ten years."
After Bai Zhenzhu was released from prison, she returned to Ruyi Village.
She went back secretly.
Her parents have divorced, her mother remarried, her father remarried, and her four sisters are all gone. I heard that my father's new stepmother was very capable and powerful. She brought a teenage son with her and gave birth to a one-year-old son for my father...
Ruyi Village has gradually become prosperous. The father and stepson go out to do farm work every day to earn work points. The stepmother takes care of the housework at home with the younger son, and goes to the mountains with other women to cut grass for pigs, feed pigs, sweep duck manure and pick up eggs, and earn some duck eggs to supplement the family income.
My father lived a pretty good life.
Bai Zhenzhu secretly went to see her mother who had remarried and moved to a nearby town.
My mother, Huang Sanni, is illiterate, a little stupid, and has a timid personality... Both her parents' and her husband's families look down on her. She married a widower who was three years younger than her for the second time. Her new husband was a carpenter in the town. They had a son, a daughter, and two unmarried brothers and sisters.
The carpenter gave Huang Sanni a list of rules and regulations: she had to prepare three meals a day, clean the house, do all the housework, and then watch the shop with the carpenter's sister. She had to remember how much the tall, medium, and short stools cost, and collect the correct amount of money when someone came to buy them.
Huang Sanni was previously involved in a case of trafficking in women by her brother from her natal family and was called in for questioning by the police. Because I was too timid, I became a little nervous after I came out, but I was quite skillful in doing housework.
The carpenter's family are all good people, and after Huang Sanni got married, she took on all the housework in the family. The carpenter's sister was married off in a respectable manner, and the carpenter's two children were taken care of, so that the carpenter and his brothers could free up their hands to work with peace of mind...
Later, the carpenter's family's food might have been pretty good. Huang Sanni gained weight, had new clothes to wear, and looked younger. When Bai Zhenzhu went to see her, she almost didn't recognize her!
At this point, Bai Zhenzhu smiled and said to Taotao: "I think my father and mother each have their own advantages and disadvantages. It's just that... they are not comfortable! Both of them are taciturn. One of them married a capable and strong wife, and then his life became prosperous immediately. The other married a man with strong ideas, and he also found a backbone immediately..."
Taotao looked at Bai Zhenzhu.
Bai Zhenzhu probably thought of her parents. She pondered for a long time, finally sighed, and said with a wry smile, "My mother is so funny... I went to find her to see if she was doing well. If she wasn't, I would take her away... But she's doing well, and I can tell at a glance..."
"Anyway, it's definitely better than following me," Bai Zhenzhu laughed, "so I thought, just say hello to her and leave. Unexpectedly... she didn't recognize me anymore."
Taotao looked at Bai Zhenzhu.
The corners of Bai Zhenzhu's eyes were red, and her voice was tinged with a strong nasal tone. "I just... stood in front of her, but she, she told me that a high stool is three yuan, a medium-sized one is one dollar and fifty cents, and a small one is seventy cents..."
As she spoke, Bai Zhenzhu burst into laughter.
Song Zhi brought over two bowls of noodle soup, then frowned and stared at the three Bai Zhenzhu sisters.
He still vaguely remembered the appearance of Bai Zhenzhu and Bai Feicui, but he had never seen Bai Panjin - Bai Panjin had been married before Song Zhi went to Ruyi Village to work in the countryside.
Bai Zhenzhu recognized Song Zhi at a glance, "Song Zhi! You're still the same, you haven't changed much... I'm Bai Zhenzhu, and this is my sister Feicui, do you still remember her? Also, she's my eldest sister Panjin!"
Then, Bai Zhenzhu introduced Song Zhi to Bai Panjin, "Sister, he is Song Zhi, Taotao's lover. He used to be an educated youth in Ruyi Village, and later married Taotao..."
Bai Panjin looked at Song Zhi, feeling a little reserved.
Song Zhi glanced at Tao Tao and saw that she was smiling, so he also said to Bai Pan Jin in a friendly manner: "Hello, Sister Pan Jin, have you had breakfast?"
"I, I, I, I...we have all eaten," Bai Panjin said sheepishly, imitating Song Zhi's polite manner, "You, you too...good morning."
Bai Feicui stared at the two bowls of noodle soup with golden fried eggs and said sourly, "It's almost noon, you haven't had breakfast yet?"
Lili's face turned red all of a sudden.
Tao Tao said generously, "Yes!" Then she pushed a bowl of noodles in front of herself and another bowl of noodles in front of Li Li, and said to Song Zhi, "Song Zhi, can you find some peanuts and melon seeds or something? And pour some tea, and let's chat..."
Song Zhi agreed and turned away.
Tao Tao asked Bai Zhenzhu, "Did we disturb you while you were working?"
Bai Zhenzhu quickly shook her head, "It's nothing, we are doing the contracted work. We are not supposed to unload the rice, but we just came by and brought a few bags for them..."
Tao Tao finally felt relieved and said to Bai Zhenzhu with a smile, "Then you continue talking. Sister Li Zi and I will take care of breakfast first."
Bai Zhenzhu nodded and continued speaking.
She left Ruyi Village. Although the world was big and she had both parents, she felt... as if there was no place that could accommodate her.
It just so happened that that period was also the most powerful years of the Great Linkup. Bai Zhenzhu got a green military uniform without a collar, studied culture in prison, memorized the quotations in the little red book, and met one or two "like-minded" friends. Finally, with the help of these friends...
White Pearl went to many places to connect.
Because of this, she traveled to most parts of the country and gained a basic understanding of these cities and villages.
Bai Zhenzhu has four sisters. The second sister Bai Panyin and the youngest sister Bai Feicui have lost contact. She only knows which city the eldest sister Bai Panjin is in, but she has no idea where exactly.
So during the big connection, Bai Zhenzhu purposefully went to the city where Bai Panjin was, and found a way to settle down...
After two or three years of visits, Bai Zhenzhu finally found out the whereabouts of Bai Panjin.
At this time, Song Zhi found some roasted melon seeds and boiled peanuts, and brought a kettle, cups and tea leaves over.
Tao Tao said, "Let's just talk here, you go and see the children!"
Song Zhi nodded and went out to look for the children.
At this time, Taotao and Lili had also finished their noodles.
When Song Zhi cooked the noodles, he added lard and sesame oil, as well as lard residue, fried eggs and chives... The rich aroma made Bai Feicui drool.
Seeing some roasted melon seeds and boiled peanuts on the table, she couldn't help herself and quickly grabbed a handful of roasted melon seeds and started eating them.
Taotao shook the tea leaves from the tea bag into the enamel cup and brewed five cups of tea. She then said to Bai Zhenzhu and Bai Panjin, "It's amazing that you two met in this vast sea of people... This is the fate of sisters!"
Bai Zhenzhu smiled and turned to look at Bai Panjin.
Bai Panjin sighed and told about his own experience.
"When I was still a girl at home, I really felt that... life was so boring. Grandma favored the fourth wife, and all the good things were given to the fourth wife. She even discussed with the fourth aunt and said that she wanted to find a family with a high dowry for me, so that the dowry could be used to marry a rich man!"
"Plus, my mother couldn't give birth to a son, and was looked down upon by the villagers... So I did a stupid thing and went to my uncle to marry myself off. I did get what I wanted, but after I got married, I realized that it was really good to stay in my mother's house with your eldest wife supporting me!"
Having said that, Bai Panjin fell silent.
After a long while, she smiled bitterly and said, "I don't want to tell you what kind of family I married into... and don't ask me in the future. Anyway, when Pearl appeared in front of me, I really cried! I didn't cry even when my grandmother beat me to death before, but when I saw Pearl, I cried!"
"Later, with the help of Zhenzhu, I escaped with Ayao. I was pregnant at the time. We were displaced along the way and had a miscarriage... I almost died after losing the child. If it weren't for Zhenzhu and Ayao who took good care of me, I would have died." Bai Panjin said.
Lili asked curiously, "Ayao?"
Bai Panjin explained: "I gave birth to five children in total. Ayao is the eldest son, but he can't speak and is a mute... The other children were taught badly by them and they are not close to me. Only Ayao has always followed me. When I ran away, I also asked the other four children, but none of them was willing to go with me..."
——Mute? Can't speak?
Tao Tao, "Ayao is the young man who saved Tan Li yesterday, right?"
Bai Panjin suddenly realized, "Yes! So it was a relative of yours who fell into the lake? A Yao came back and told me yesterday... He said someone fell into the lake, and he went down to help, and when he came back his clothes and pants were soaking wet."
Lili, "The one who fell into the water is my sister-in-law! By the way, you will stay here for a while, right? My mother-in-law said she wanted to give Ayao a small gift!"
Bai Panjin said quickly, "No, no! The lake is actually very shallow! It's only about 1.34 meters high. As long as you are over 1.5 meters tall, you won't drown! Your sister-in-law might have been frightened and slipped down because she didn't stand firmly and choked on the water. Otherwise, she would have been fine if she had stood up..."
Tao Tao said, "Sister Pan Jin, just continue your story! Whether to give gifts or not, we can talk about it later!"
Bai Panjin continued, "Later, Ayao, Zhenzhu and I have always depended on each other, and the world has always been our home... She went to many places, and she would take us mother and daughter with her."
"In winter, we go to the deserted island in the southernmost part of the country, raise ducks, go to the sea to pick clams and catch crabs... The winter there is like summer. When summer comes, it's too hot to stay here, so we head west."
"The three of us didn't have a letter of introduction, so we couldn't stay in a hotel or buy train tickets. So when we went out, we could only sleep under bridges, and when we tried to board a train, we could only board the coal car... We suffered a lot, but it was also quite interesting."
Bai Panjin smiled and got back to the point, "When we got to the westernmost part, we helped the production team there pick cotton... Many illegal immigrants like us went to help them harvest cotton in the fall. They were very short of manpower and didn't ask where we were from..."
"Anyway, we get paid every three days, and we live in a dormitory. We have food and lodging. But there aren't many vegetables to eat there. We eat wheat cakes every day. Most of the time we eat the frozen meat from the reserve, and occasionally they kill a few sheep for us to eat. The three of us gain three times more weight every year when we go there... When autumn is over and the cotton is picked, we earn money, buy more food and supplies for the winter, and then go back to the deserted island..."
Tao Tao was quite yearning. "I haven't been to Xinjiang to see the cotton fields! I haven't been to a deserted island either... Sister Panjin, is your life on the deserted island hard? Can you eat enough? Can you eat fish, shrimp and crab every day?"
Bai Panjin smiled and said, "We built a mud house there, planted rice, various vegetables, and raised chickens and ducks... As for fish, shrimps and crabs, we can catch them every day, but we can't eat them every day. Eating too much will cause gout. And... although we can catch fish, shrimps and crabs every day, the number is quite small. Most of the time, it is not enough for a meal for the three of us. So we pickled most of the fish, shrimps and crabs we caught. In case we encounter a typhoon, we will have something to eat when we hide at home."
Taotao nodded repeatedly.
Lili asked, "So how did you meet Emerald?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Bai Feicui.
Bai Feicui was a little flustered, "We just met like that! It's nothing..."
Bai Zhenzhu glanced at Bai Feicui and said calmly, "Meeting her was really an accident."
After a pause, he corrected himself: "It should be said that it is an ill-fated relationship."
However, it is said that after Bai Feicui met Taotao at the Agricultural University a few years ago, she was sold again by Wang Bingyuan's father Wang Guangcai!
Bai Feicui is a lazy person who doesn't like to use his brain.
Back then she was young and beautiful. She was sold several times and was pampered and had good food and drink... But after many years, her appearance was haggard and her figure was out of shape, and no one wanted her anymore.
Later, she teamed up with some gangsters to set up a scam to defraud the male passengers who had been cheated before.
Soon, a victim reported the case to the police station. Bai Feicui and her gang have been targeted by the police, but it's ridiculous that they don't even realize it.
On the day of the incident, Bai Feicui and her gang were preparing to frame a passenger in a black hotel near the train station when the police kicked the door open. The victim thought the police were there to catch a prostitute and was so scared that he jumped out of the window and ran away!
Bai Feicui was so frightened that she also ran after the patron.
As a result, the patron ran away, and Bai Feicui foolishly ran in the wrong direction... and broke directly into Bai Zhenzhu and Bai Panjin's home!
——Bai Zhenzhu and Bai Panjin take A Yao on a long journey once a year. They have no money, but they still have to survive. What should I do then?
So they would pick up scraps and sell waste along the way to earn some money, then buy some handicrafts to sell on the black market, and when they had saved enough money they would rush to the next stop.
They also wandered into this city, and in order to do some small business in the black market near the train station, they built a "house" with felt and sacks in the dead end of an alley to live in temporarily.
Bai Feicui was dazed and broke into Bai Zhenzhu and Bai Panjin's home.
At that moment, the three sisters met each other, but did not dare to recognize each other.
In the end, it was Bai Panjin who asked Bai Feicui, "Who are you?"
Bai Feicui heard the familiar local accent and saw two older but familiar sisters... At that moment, her defenses were somewhat broken.
The police later came to investigate, but under the cover of Zhenzhu and Panjin, they didn't know that the homeless woman with dull eyes and dirty body in front of them was the Bai Feicui who was dressed up and heavily made up every day.
After the police left, Bai Feicui begged Bai Zhenzhu to quietly go find her son and daughter...
Yes, during her nearly ten years of wandering, Bai Feicui gave birth to a son and a daughter, both of whom have unknown fathers.
In this way, the three Bai sisters began to live together with their three children.
They have maintained the frequency of migrating once a year, and have gradually become accustomed to the life of traveling back and forth between the western border of the inland area and the deserted islands in the South China Sea.
But a few years ago, the situation began to stabilize. When Bai Zhenzhu and her friends go out, they no longer have to hide because they don’t have a letter of introduction. They can buy train tickets and stay in hotels openly, and it is more convenient to go out... Bai Zhenzhu is thinking about settling down in a city with more opportunities.
In addition, as A Yao was growing up, Bai Zhenzhu decided to settle down as soon as possible and earn some property so that she could find a wife for A Yao.
They had also been to Shenzhen and Nandu, but felt that it was not conducive to finding a wife for A Yao, so they finally came to Kyoto.
Bai Zhenzhu and Bai Panjin are very hardworking women. Bai Feicui is a bit lazy, but no one spoils her, so she can only work hard like her sisters...
Bai Zhenzhu has been to many places, is knowledgeable and has an active mind. She would take the initiative to find the logistics departments of many units and propose a work contracting system, that is to say... the unit would assign her the most difficult, rough, tiring, heaviest and dirtiest work, and she would find a way to complete it. She would receive the same amount of work if she finished one day, or if she finished a hundred days.
Thanks to the low price of white pearls, high labor intensity and high return rate... she finally made a name for herself. Many logistics personnel of the units will recommend them to their brother units...
Even this job in the sanatorium was introduced by someone else a year ago.
Because they are sincere, hardworking and offer low prices, the nursing home will always ask them to do any outsourced work.
That's how I met the Taoli sisters.
Tao Tao heard this and sighed, "It's really fate!"
Bai Zhenzhu said, "Of course not! If you had come two days later, we would have finished our work and left... Then we wouldn't have met."
Tao Tao remembered something and asked Bai Zhenzhu, "Why did you run away when you saw us last night?"
Bai Zhenzhu was a little embarrassed and whispered, "That's because... I feel that I haven't made much of myself and am not worthy of being your relative! So I just can't face you!"
Tao Tao, "How do you know you are not worthy of us?"
Bai Panjin smiled and said, "We go back to Ruyi Village every year! Although we don't meet you every year, we hear news about you every year! So, we all know that your family is doing well now!"
"My uncle is now the secretary of the municipal party committee, and my aunt is also a cadre! My elder brother Dongsheng and my sister-in-law Fenghui are also very promising... You married Song Zhi and are teaching in Kyoto, Lili married a high-ranking official, and Xingxing took the college entrance examination a few days ago... We all know all this!"
Bai Panjin said happily, "Taotao, I am so happy for your family! You are very good people, smart, hardworking, and united...so your family has gradually become better. This makes us feel full of energy! As long as my sisters learn from your family, sooner or later, we will also gradually become better."
Taotao smiled, "Your life is quite exciting!"
Lili asked, "Sister Panjin, do you go back every year to visit your third uncle and your third...your mother?"
Bai Feicui answered quickly, "We go back every year! But every year we go back like thieves, and we don't let them see us. We just look at them from a distance, and try to find a way to bring them something back... and then we leave."
Tao Tao asked curiously: "Why is that?"
Bai Zhenzhu said helplessly, "After all, our former family... has been broken up. Now it's one family for dad, one family for mom, and one family for the three of us... I think everyone is living a better life after we separated."
"The son my stepmother brought with him is our younger brother. He joined the army when he just turned 18. He was discharged three years later and the government arranged a job for him in a frozen meat factory in the city. Isn't that great! And the younger son my stepmother gave birth to for my father started elementary school last year!"
"My mom and stepfather are doing well... A few years ago, my mom had a perforated stomach and went to the hospital for surgery. My stepfather paid for her treatment without any hesitation. My stepfather's brothers and sisters are also filial. When my mom was in the hospital, they took turns to bring her meals and accompany her... Taotao, do you think they are... doing well?"
Having said that, Bai Zhenzhu's eyes slowly turned red.
Bai Feicui snorted, "It's because they dislike us because we're both girls! When we were in the same family, we were a burden to them because we lost money! Now one of them has remarried, and the other has remarried, and they both have sons... Isn't that great?"
Bai Panjin whispered, "That's not the case. Maybe we and them... are not suitable to be a family. Besides, aren't we doing well now?"
The cousins were talking when suddenly someone came in while talking.
——It was Mrs. Huo, the children and Song Zhi. Huo Huachu and Tan Li also followed behind.
Taotao glanced at the wall clock in the restaurant and was surprised to find that it was almost twelve o'clock?
Feifei Momo pounced on Taotao, Xiao Mingchan pounced on Lili...
The children called out "Mommy" sweetly, and the scene suddenly became lively.
Old Mrs. Huo looked at the White Pearl sisters in their gardener uniforms with some surprise.
Lili held Xiao Mingchan in her arms and introduced her to Mrs. Huo, "Mom, these three... are my relatives from my hometown, and they are considered distant cousins."
——In fact, the third and fourth uncles’ surname was Chen, not Bai. Everyone in Ruyi Village knew it, but out of consideration for their relationship, they were not asked to change their surnames or be expelled from the clan. So when Lili said that the Bai Zhenzhu sisters were distant cousins, the Bai Zhenzhu sisters had no objection.
Old Mrs. Huo understood.
Who doesn’t have a few relatives in the countryside?
Only Tan Li couldn't help but secretly curl her lips when she saw Bai Zhenzhu and the other two wearing dirty gardener uniforms and looking haggard and old.
Mrs. Huo greeted the White Pearl sisters enthusiastically. After exchanging pleasantries, she asked, "Did you guys agree to meet here?"
Old Mrs. Huo is a vice-state-level cadre. Although she was promoted to this level after retirement, she was given this treatment because she made a lot of contributions to the country during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
She is a real hero.
The Bai Zhenzhu sisters had heard about her heroic deeds since they were young. Now that they saw her in person, they were not only nervous but also excited. They were also a little at a loss. They kept their heads down and did not dare to look Mrs. Huo in the eye.
Lili smiled and said, "No, it's just a coincidence."
Old Mrs. Huo said in surprise: "Coincidence? God, you two are so destined to meet! Since it's such a coincidence, why don't we have a meal together?"
Bai Zhenzhu waved her hands quickly, "No, no, no, sorry for disturbing you..."
Lili smiled and said, "Let's eat together. It's settled!"
Tao Tao, "Bring A Yao here too! Let Tan Li thank him! And... Feicui, are your children here? If so, call them to have dinner together, so that they can get to know our children."
The first half of Taotao's sentence offended Tan Li!
She thought this white peach was really interesting. Yes, she fell into the lake, but her son also went to save her! Why do you say that it was the mute young man who saved her?
However, no matter how unhappy Tan Li was, no one cared.
However, Mrs. Huo found it strange and asked who A Yao was.
Did you know that A Yao was the young man who saved Tan Li yesterday?
Old Mrs. Huo ignored Bai Zhenzhu's refusal and said quickly, "Oh, then the children must come! They must come!" Then she instructed her assistant, "Xiao Zhang! Xiao Zhang, tell the restaurant to prepare a table for me according to the first-class dining conditions! Also, tell them... We have old and young people in the family, so we don't want alcohol. Replace it with soda."
Xiao Zhang hurried to notify the kitchen.
There are three types of banquets nowadays:
A first-class banquet is the highest standard banquet, usually with ten meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, plus staple food, cold dishes, soup, dessert, wine and fruit.
A second-class meal usually includes eight meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, a staple food, cold dishes, soup, and drinks.
A third-class meal usually consists of six meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, plus a staple food, cold dishes, soup or wine.
Old Mrs. Huo obviously values the distant relatives of the Bai family very much, so she requested that the highest standard of banquet be used to entertain Bai Lili's distant relatives.
But this made Tan Li feel even more unhappy.
——She and Bai Lili are both Mrs. Huo’s daughters-in-law! Why had the old lady never invited the Tan family to a meal after she had been back for so long, and even used a first-class banquet to entertain Bai Taotao's rural relatives?
It’s so infuriating!
Bai Taotao had already asked Bai Panjin and learned that they and the children were all temporarily living in the staff dormitory of the sanatorium.
So Bai Feicui went and called all the children over.
Bai Panjin's son is eighteen years old this year and his full name is Bai Fangyao. Bai Feicui has a son and a daughter. The son is six years old and is named Bai Huihui; the daughter is four years old and is named Bai Tingting.
Bai Fangyao was not born mute, he could speak before. When I was a child, I was too hungry and ate poisonous wild fruits from the mountains. He was later saved by a barefoot doctor, but because he was poisoned for too long, his vocal cords were damaged, making him unable to speak.
Bai Huihui and Bai Tingting were so timid that they didn't dare to look up or speak in front of so many people... No matter how Bai Feicui scolded, coaxed, or threatened them, the little brother and sister didn't say a word.
Momo likes Bai Huihui and Bai Tingting very much.
Because Mo Mo is the youngest in the Bai, Song, and Huo families, the appearance of Bai Huihui and Bai Tingting proves that he has also become a brother... So he, like an older brother, took Bai Huihui in one hand and Bai Tingting in the other, and took them to the side to play.
Old Mrs. Huo started chatting happily with the Bai Zhenzhu sisters.
Taotao and Lili became bystanders instead.
Taotao asked Lili in a low voice, "Sister, do you think Bai Zhenzhu has gotten better?"
Lili looked at the White Pearl sisters and answered softly, "...I feel like she has gotten better, otherwise she wouldn't be working as a gardener. I'll ask my mother-in-law to ask the dean here. If the three sisters have really gotten better, we can help them."
Taotao smiled and nodded.
The dinner started soon.
After the waiter brought all the dishes, Mrs. Huo took the lead and stood up.
As soon as she moved, everyone stood up.
Mrs. Huo said, "Today is not only to celebrate the chance encounter between Lili and her distant cousins, but also to thank A Yao for saving Minglun's mother yesterday! So... Minglun, Mingcheng, you two take your sodas, toast A Yao, and thank him."
Ming Cheng and Ming Lun nodded, each picked up a glass of soda, and toasted and thanked A Yao.
Moreover, because it was Minglun who pushed Tan Li into the lake, Minglun bowed to Ayao when he toasted and thanked him.
Ah Yao was extremely embarrassed, and because of his damaged throat, he couldn't speak. He could only wave his hands to indicate that "it's nothing". Finally, he drank the soda in his cup in one gulp and bowed to Ming Lun again...
Everybody laughed.
Old Mrs. Huo asked Tan Li to toast A Yao and Bai Panjin.
Tan Li disagreed.
But she was in a bad situation at the moment, and reason told her that she should listen to Mrs. Huo in everything. After all, no one in the Huo family is willing to pay attention to her anymore...
So she had no choice but to toast A Yao and Bai Panjin with a wronged look. She couldn't help but look at Huo Huachu beside her, thinking: I did everything your mother said. Isn't this just handing you a ladder? You should treat me nicely.
Unexpectedly, Howard didn't even look at her at first glance, as if he knew her completely.
Tan Li was furious and suddenly felt that the scene she just performed was just for monkeys to see!
Old Mrs. Huo waited until Mingcheng, Minglun and Tan Li toasted Ayao and Bai Panjin to express their gratitude before inviting everyone to enjoy the banquet.
Before we knew it, we were talking about A Yao...'s marriage.
A Yao lowered his head in fear and trepidation, not daring to take any more food or move.
Speaking of A Yao's marriage, Bai Zhenzhu looked pleased.
"Our A Yao is the best. He is considerate and can do many chores! He is an excellent hand at planting crops and tending to the fields. He is also good at carpentry, bamboo weaving, and masonry... He can also do all these things! So I found him a girl from Tongzhou. We will get engaged in a few days. Once the betrothal gifts and betrothal money are agreed upon, we will hold the engagement party right away!"
"Let them get engaged this year, and pick a good date for them to get married next year... We sisters have earned some money over the years, and we want to settle down near the girl's home... No, we want to settle down in two homes, one for the young couple and one for us. That way, we can settle down and no longer have to wander around!"
As she spoke, Bai Zhenzhu laughed.
Bai Panjin, Bai Feicui, including A Yao, Huihui and Tingting also showed sincere smiles.
——Yes, although living with my mother/aunts is much better than my previous life. But it was still too terrible to keep wandering around like this, with no idea where to eat. I want to be able to settle down, have a house of my own, and have hot soup and rice for three meals a day...
Just thinking about days like this makes me feel beautiful.
Tao Tao asked: "When are you going to have your wedding? Call me so I can go see the world!"
Taotao's classmates and friends are basically around the same age as her. Those who were supposed to get married have already gotten married, and it has indeed been a long time since they attended a wedding or drank at a wedding banquet.
If A Yao is going to get married in the near future, she would still like to join in the fun.
When Bai Zhenzhu heard this, she exclaimed, "Ah!" and asked in surprise, "What? Taotao, can you...can you come?"
"Why not?" Taotao looked surprised.
Lili also said, "When the good day is set, you should come and tell me. Our child is too naughty. He needs to eat more food from other families so that he can be sensible!" As she said that, she looked at Minglun.
Minglun subconsciously felt that Lili was talking about him, but he looked confused and had no idea what this custom was. But he also felt that Lili was gentle and kind and would not harm him.
Minglun didn't care about that and just focused on eating meat.
Bai Zhenzhu was so happy that she almost jumped up, "Okay, okay! Taotao, Sister Lizi... Then I will tell you the date later."
"Okay!" Taotao said with a smile.
After Bai Zhenzhu and her friends finished their meal and chatted with Old Mrs. Huo for a while, they returned to their workstations to continue working.
Taotao took Lili to take a hot spring bath again.
Around three or four in the afternoon, Taotao's family followed the Huo family and left the hot spring hotel.
Originally, Mrs. Huo wanted to give A Yao one hundred yuan as a thank you gift for saving Tan Li. But later, Lili discussed it with Mrs. Huo and decided that it would be better to give some tickets of equal value to A Yao.
Old Mrs. Huo thought it made sense, so she asked Bai Lili to ask Bai Zhenzhu.
Of course Bai Zhenzhu told Lili that she didn't want anything... In the end, it was Taotao who got the information out of Bai Huihui and found out that A Yao really wanted a bicycle.
So, Bai Lili sought help from the retired cadres in the sanatorium, asking them one by one, and finally exchanged cash for a bicycle ticket from one of them, and gave it to Bai Zhenzhu.
Bai Zhenzhu was so happy!
You know, someone with her status can't get an industrial ticket at all. Now Bai Lili has helped her get a bicycle ticket... This will not only make A Yao's marriage more decent, but this bicycle will also directly improve the living standards of their entire family!
Bai Zhenzhu could no longer say no, so she held Bai Lili's hand with tears in her eyes and thanked her again and again.
Lili smiled and stuffed the bicycle ticket into Bai Zhenzhu's hand, "Take it quickly! We'll come back to attend A Yao's wedding later!" After saying that, she got in the car and left.
Bai Zhenzhu tightly grasped the bicycle ticket and waved at the departing vehicle.
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