He repeatedly assured Tian Jing that he would find an opportunity to explain everything to her.

Ji Ling suggested, "I think it's better not to explain. What if I end up making things worse and she misunderstands that you're taking the blame for me? She'll be even more annoyed, right?"

Ma Hui, "I can't possibly take the blame for you."

"Why?"

"You're not popular usually, and we don't get along that well."

Ji Ling: He is a very honest person and he never lies.

Well, seeing her like this, if she really wasn't allowed to explain, she would be unable to sleep or eat, so Ji Ling didn't try to persuade her any further.

Ma Hui, who was carefree, immediately became interested again. "Ji Ling, when will your notice arrive? Dong Manhua in the front yard has already received the notice, and so has Wang Ermei. Have you not received it yet?"

Ji Ling shook her head, "We'll have to wait."

In fact, she was also surprised. Logically, he should have arrived long ago. Schools generally attach great importance to the top scorers in the college entrance examination, and sometimes university teachers will visit her in person.

Maybe it will arrive in a few days.

"Then let's wait a little longer." Ma Hui looked envious, "I will repeat my studies this year, and I will definitely go to the capital to join you next year."

"Okay, come on."

Seeing that it was getting late, they both went back home.

Ji Ke was washing things in the yard. When he saw Ji Ling coming in, he smiled and said, "Sister, the soap you make is really good. My face smells nice after I wash it."

"As long as you like it." Ji Ling was happy to hear this, which meant that her soap would have no problem selling.

"By the way, mom went to answer the phone. I don't know what it is about." Ji Ke chatted with Ji Ling.

Ji Ling said "oh". As for Xu Fang's mother, she never said much, never commented, and never made any comments. She always kept her distance and believed that the best way for everyone to get along was to keep to themselves.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Ji Ke finished speaking, Xu Fang came back with a smile on her face.

"Xiao Ke, your university admission letter has come. Your grandpa has already picked it up for you. He told us to go to the city a few days in advance." Xu Fang was holding a piece of meat in her hand. "Wait for your dad to come back and make braised pork tonight."

Looking up and seeing her eldest daughter in the yard, Xu Fang's smile froze for a moment, and she pulled the corners of her mouth, "Have you received your notice?"

Ji Ling: Oh wow, she also has a share of concern.

"not yet."

"Take some time to go to the school and ask why they haven't come down yet. You should pay more attention to it." Xu Fang stopped the accusatory words in time. Even though she was not discovered, she still felt awkward and went into the house carrying the meat.

Ji Ke hung the washed clothes on the sun and said to Ji Ling, "Sister, come in."

Ji Ke wanted to find Xu Fang to ask about the notice again, but Ji Ling looked at him and said that she had something else to do, and then went back to her room.

Lying on the kang, I could hear the mother and daughter talking in the front room.

I vaguely heard that it was the Department of Architecture, and he was from this province.

The other Ji Lings were not curious enough to listen any further.

Ji Yong came back very happy in the evening. He made braised pork and fried eggs. He used a lot of oil and the eggs were tender yellow and looked very appetizing. Ji Ling ate two bowls of rice.

The Ji family's conditions are really excellent, which can be seen from the food.

During the meal, Xu Fang also mentioned that she would go to Taipei a few days in advance. The Ji family had two daughters who were admitted to university, and the store was happy to give them leave. It all depended on Ji Yong.

"I just came back from a business trip. The company still has some business transactions to check with the accountant. You three go first. I have prepared a birthday present for my mother-in-law. Zhang Qingshan from the company is from the mountains in Jilin. I asked him to help me dig out a ginseng. You can bring it to my mother-in-law."

"You should be frugal. You have two more children who are going to college. The gifts don't need to be too expensive. My mother doesn't pick on them."

“This is my filial piety.”

Xu Fang thought for a moment and said, "Let's prepare something for your parents when we go to Taipei. Otherwise, they will feel uncomfortable if they know that we didn't visit them."

Ji Ling, who was concentrating on eating, pricked up her ears.

Yes, she knew nothing about the Ji family’s background.

I didn’t expect that the original owner’s grandparents were still alive.

"Then I'll give them the living expenses for the second half of the year." In front of the children, Xu Fang didn't say anything further.

Ji Ling was still wondering when she would have the chance to meet the Ji family. However, two days later, just after arriving in the city and before she even went to the Xu family, Ji Ling was assigned a job by Xu Fang.

"Here's sixty dollars. Give it to your grandparents."

Ji Ling: She remembered that Xu Fang promised Ji Yong to go alone, right? "Go back to your grandmother's house after you deliver the money, and don't quarrel with your grandmother." Xu Fang said, and left with her little daughter on a three-wheeled motorcycle.

Ji Ling stood still: The task is very difficult.

First, from Xu Fang's words, it can be heard that she has a bad relationship with Old Lady Ji.

The second one is the most crucial. Where is the Ji family? Where is the Xu family?

Ji Ling, with a confused look on her face, watched the three-wheeled motorcycle run away. She clenched the money in a daze, walked around the bus station, and then walked into the street.

A strange place, and I don’t know where to go.

Ji Ling walked on the street for more than an hour, looking up at the sky under the scorching August sun.

————Whose is she? Can she come out and claim her?

"Ji Ling?"

Ji Ling turned around suddenly and responded crisply, "Here."

Ji Xin laughed, "Are you making fun of your second uncle?"

Second uncle?

Fortunately, God sent someone to her.

Ji Ling burst into tears of gratitude, "As long as Second Uncle is happy."

Ji Xin walked over carrying a black briefcase. "My second uncle has been retired for many years, but he still misses the life in the army."

He put his arm around his niece's shoulders and asked, "When did you come to the city? Why didn't you come to my house?"

"I just got off the bus and was about to go over when I ran into my second uncle." Ji Ling felt like she was lost in a hopeless desert and finally found a way out. She was a little excited, "My mother asked me to give my grandmother some living expenses."

Ji Xin loves to laugh just like Ji Yong. He is two years younger than Ji Yong and looks younger. He also works as a clerk in a government department and has a kinder personality than Ji Yong. "I've already told your dad that you two sisters are in school, so he doesn't need to worry about your grandparents. He's just being polite."

"It's my father's duty to be filial."

"Oh, that's great. I haven't seen you for a few months, and you've grown up." Ji Xin took his niece home. "When you see your grandma later, let her be more accommodating. She's old, and she just likes to nag."

Ji Ling agreed, thinking that she was just here to give money, and the old lady's nagging was directed at the original owner, not her, so she didn't care.

But she underestimated Mrs. Ji's nagging.

This is not nagging at all.

He's a total water fountain, speaking in a sarcastic tone like a potato, and saliva is flying everywhere when he talks.

Given the original owner's arrogant personality, it would be strange if he didn't get angry.

From the moment Ji Ling entered the room, Old Lady Ji started talking on her own, without giving Ji Ling the chance to speak.

"I heard you were on a hunger strike? Our Ji family has made great progress. Not only does your father have no son, but the girl he raised can still quarrel with me. The Ji family has not produced such a talent in several generations."

"Knowing that I won't pass the exam, I still repeat the year. Only the Ji family can have such confidence. When I go out, the neighbors on both sides envy me. Even an old man like me who is about to die is envied by others. I am so rich, other families don't have this."

"Ah? You also think I'm right."

"Okay, I'll tell you this when I meet you from now on. You have to listen to whatever the spoiled girl raised by our Ji family says."

Ji Ling: Hey, old lady, can we talk some sense?

I haven't spoken yet.

(End of this chapter)