"Grandma, I want Mommy to hold me."
Yuanyuan stared intently at Su Jingjing, her eyes pleading.
"Mommy, I know I was wrong, please don't abandon me, okay?"
Su Jingjing took her with a tender heart, gently wiped away her tears, kissed her forehead, and said softly, "Don't cry, Mom loves you, but Grandpa is an elder, we can't bully him."
"I didn't bully you, I didn't bully you."
Su Xiang waved his hands repeatedly.
Yuanyuan wrapped her arms around Su Jingjing's neck and nodded repeatedly.
"Then tell your mother what to do now?"
Yuanyuan wiped away her tears, "I need to apologize to Grandpa."
Turning to Su Xiang, he said sincerely, "Grandpa, I'm sorry."
Su Xiang's heart softened. "Alright, alright, Grandpa accepts."
"What a good baby you are, Mommy."
Su Jingjing kissed her on the cheek again, "Mommy will take you to wash your face."
Okay~
Yuanyuan stopped crying and started laughing, her snotty nose popping out, which made everyone present burst into laughter.
After washing her face, Yuanyuan regained her usual sunny disposition and played hide-and-seek with her brother in the yard.
"Slow down, don't fall."
"Mom, I know."
Yan Ling placed Guodong in the cradle and looked at Yuanyuan's smiling face, saying, "Yuanyuan has such a good personality. I wonder what kind of boy will be able to marry our Yuanyuan in the future."
Su Xiang snorted coldly, "We need to be careful and not let those young lads outside easily trick the girl away."
Su Jingjing took a sip of water, somewhat amused and exasperated, "Mom and Dad, isn't it a bit too early to worry about this?"
"It's getting late." Yan Ling said while picking green beans, "Let me tell you, when you were little, your dad was also worried about this issue. Now, in the blink of an eye, you're already married, and your son-in-law is so good. Only now can your dad finally put his mind at ease."
She laughed as she spoke, "But now it seems he'll have to worry about Yuanyuan again."
For some reason, even though none of this had anything to do with her, Su Jingjing could empathize with it all.
"Mom and Dad, thank you for loving me."
Su Jingjing felt guilty and thought, "Forgive me for not being able to tell you the truth."
"Hey! No need to thank me. I'm already thanking God that you're here to be our daughter."
Afraid that her mother would shed tears, Su Jingjing quickly changed the subject, "Mom, was I pretty when I was little?"
“You’re so beautiful. When your dad comes back from the fields, the first thing he does is wash his hands and hug you. He doesn’t want to let go of you at all.”
"Oh dear, that happened so many years ago, why bring it up again?"
Su Xiang blushed and got up to walk towards An An and Yuan Yuan.
"Your dad is shy."
Yan Ling muttered to herself.
Xiao Guodong woke up at this time and whimpered in the cradle.
Su Jingjing picked him up and said, "Guodong, can Auntie hold me?"
Since coming to the city, even Guodong has gained a few pounds and is now as chubby as a baby.
Yan Ling hesitated, then asked, "Daughter, the college entrance exam is coming up soon. Are you confident?"
Back in the countryside, she witnessed many people working themselves to the bone for the college entrance exam, only to be met with disappointment time and time again.
This thing is not easy to pass the exam.
Su Jingjing handed Guodong a soft biscuit to chew on, saying, "Mom, don't you trust your daughter? I'll definitely get you into a good university."
"Then why don't I see you getting nervous at all?"
Having said all that, Yan Ling decided to ask all the questions at once.
Who says you have to be nervous about the college entrance exam?
Su Jingjing asked, puzzled.
“Those people used to spend all their time studying textbooks, besides working. They were practically bookworms. But Mom sees that you have to take care of the children and run the shop. Where do you find the time to study?”
Fortunately, she wasn't pregnant at that time, otherwise her daughter would have had an even harder time.
"Mom, don't worry, your daughter has effective study methods and doesn't like rote learning."
Su Jingjing teased Guodong, "Besides, An'an and Yuanyuan are very sensible, I don't need to worry about them at all."
"Mom, my older brother and sister-in-law will be off work soon, and we haven't cooked lunch yet."
"Oh dear, I almost forgot." Yan Ling got up and took the green beans into the kitchen.
Su Jingjing watched her mother's retreating figure and thought, "Mom, I won't let you down."
"Ya ya ya..."
Xiao Guodong was unhappy that his aunt was ignoring him, so he kept waving his hands around. His eyes were big, it seems that the Su family all have big eyes.
"Guodong wants his aunt to play with him, right?"
She picked up Guodong and bounced him around a bit.
Is anyone home?
There was someone knocking on the door.
Su Jingjing was near the door. She picked up Guodong and went to open the door.
"May I ask who you are?"
She vaguely felt that he looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before.
When Cai Genhua saw the youthful and beautiful Su Jingjing, her eyes lit up with a smile. "You must be Xiaoling's daughter."
“I’m your Aunt Cai. I’m good friends with your mother. We even met once in the alley the other day.”
Upon hearing this, Su Jingjing remembered that there seemed to be such a person, and her mother had mentioned him before.
"Hello Aunt Cai, are you here to see my mom? She's cooking in the kitchen."
Who's here?
Yan Ling heard noises in the kitchen, but she couldn't make out what they were saying.
The next second she exclaimed in surprise, "Genhua, what brings you here?"
Cai Genhua slapped her thigh, almost forgetting the important matter at hand.
"Here's the thing, there are mushrooms to pick in the mountains tomorrow, and I was thinking of inviting you to go with me. It would be nice to pick some to eat."
"Okay, what time tomorrow?"
Yan Ling immediately agreed, as picking mushrooms was something she excelled at.
I never expected to find this kind of work in the city.
"It might be quite early, around seven o'clock, or the sun will be up a little later."
Yan Ling: "Okay, okay, tomorrow when you pass by my house, just knock on my door and I'll know."
"Then it's settled. I'll head back now." With that, he turned to leave.
"Genhua, my meal is almost ready. Why don't you stay and have a meal at home?"
Yan Ling tried to persuade her to stay, saying that since the person had kindly invited her to pick mushrooms, she couldn't very well refuse to let them have a meal.
"No, my meal is ready too. See you later."
She rushed over and left in a hurry, just like her energetic and impulsive personality.
"Mom, how did you meet Aunt Cai?"
Su Jingjing was happy for her mother to make friends; after all, it's good to have an old friend to chat with in the city.
"It was quite a coincidence. Mom went grocery shopping that day and happened to run into her who was almost scammed. She helped her out of the predicament, and that's how we got to know each other."
“She’s a local, but she has many sons and there are a lot of family conflicts. It’s only because she’s strong that she was able to stop her daughters-in-law.”
Thinking about it this way, aren't their families too harmonious?
"Mom, is it safe to go mushroom picking tomorrow? Maybe we shouldn't go."
Su Jingjing knew that there was a mountain not far away, where people usually went to collect firewood to sell.
“It’s very safe. Mom went there once before.”
Yan Ling let it slip.
Su Jingjing: "..."
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