Yan Ci gently stroked Bai Xiaoyue's back and said:
"Honey, don't be sad. Let's go make dinner first; we have guests at home."
Bai Xiaoyue sniffed and went to the kitchen with Yan Ci.
She cooked a pot of millet porridge, heated up some steamed buns, reheated the leftover braised rabbit meat from lunch, and stir-fried some shredded potatoes.
While the two were bringing the food over, Xiaobai was listening to a story.
Chang Le circled around Jiang Nan, chattering away and asking her questions, but Jiang Nan remained seated and unresponsive.
Bai Xiaoyue called Jiang Nan to eat, but she seemed not to hear and sat motionless.
Yan Ci told his wife not to worry about it and to eat first, so the family could finish their meal.
He told the two children to go back to their room and listen to the radio.
After eating, Bai Xiaoyue felt much better. She said to Jiang Nan:
"Grandpa is gone, which is good because he doesn't have to suffer anymore. He was a good man, and he's going to enjoy happiness in heaven."
Eat well, live well, and don't worry him.
Jiang Nan first shed tears silently, then burst into loud sobs. Bai Xiaoyue breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was good that he had cried it out.
She pulled Jiang Nan into her arms and quietly stayed with her.
After Jiang Nan finished crying, he called out to her, "Xiao Nan, drink some porridge and get better first."
Jiang Nan sipped her porridge slowly, while Bai Xiaoyue looked at the pretty girl and wanted to sigh.
She was incredibly thin, with timid eyes, and dared not make eye contact with anyone, like a frightened quail.
Jiang Nan only drank one bowl of porridge and then refused to eat any more, and Bai Xiaoyue did not try to persuade him to eat more.
She asked Chang Le to take Jiang Nan to wash up, and that he would sleep with Chang Le that night.
While the couple were lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), Bai Xiaoyue said to Yan Ci:
“Aci, Jiang Nan is so pitiful. I wonder where Changxing sent her.”
She's very timid; I don't dare speak loudly for fear of scaring her.
How can a child like this live alone?
Yan Ci gently patted his wife: "Go to sleep, don't worry so much, there's always a way out."
Jiang Nan was timid, but very diligent. He would rush to do everything, but he never spoke and always kept his head down.
A week passed, and Ye Changxing still hadn't come to pick her up, so Bai Xiaoyue got anxious.
She asked Yan Ci, "Ci, what should we do? Will something happen to Changxing?"
Yan Ci went into the city to investigate and happened to see Ye Changxing and a group of people hurriedly leaving the city.
Ye Changxing saw him but didn't stop.
He went home and said to Bai Xiaoyue:
"Changxing is fine. He probably can't get away, or he might be afraid of being discovered and doesn't dare to come."
Bai Xiaoyue was very worried: "With such a serious situation, how will he send Jiang Nan away?"
Yan Ci: "Let's wait and see."
Another week passed, and Ye Changxing still hadn't come.
Bai Xiaoyue was really anxious. It wasn't that she couldn't afford to raise a girl, but Jiang Nan's identity was so sensitive; what would happen if it were discovered?
She secretly discussed it with Yan Ci:
"Let's get Jiang Nan a fake identity first, just in case."
Yan Ci asked his wife, "What do you want to do?"
Bai Xiaoyue said helplessly:
"The only way is to make up a fake identity, say that your relative is coming to seek refuge, get a stamp made, and secretly stamp it with Indonesian seal from your uncle's place."
Jiang Nan needs to have an identity first, just in case.
If Changxing comes to pick her up, then we'll consider our efforts in vain.
I hope it's all for nothing.
In the worst-case scenario, if Changxing is unable to take her away, her uncle will register her as a resident.
"We wanted Aunt Wen to be your relative back then, but that didn't work out. Now Changxing has sent us another one."
Yan Ci nodded: "Then let's make one first. Do you know how to carve seals?"
Bai Xiaoyue: "I've seen others carve this before, I'll give it a try, it shouldn't be a big problem."
Before, when watching videos, it seemed so easy for others to carve, but Bai Xiaoyue only realized how difficult it was when she tried it herself.
One person hid in his room and carved for a week, using up a whole basket of carrots, before he could carve a roughly decent one.
Bai Xiaoyue handed it to Yan Ci to see:
"I don't want to do it anymore. How about this? Do you think it can get by?"
Yan Ci glanced at it, nodded, and said:
"No problem, you write the certificate, and I'll find a time to get it stamped at the brigade headquarters."
After Bai Xiaoyue finished writing the certificate, she changed Jiang Nan to Yan Ruyi and reduced her age by 3 years, writing her as 11 years old.
Anyway, Jiang Nan is thin and small, not even as tall as Lego.
After Yan Ci stamped the certificate, Bai Xiaoyue and Yan Ci went to talk to Jiang Nan.
Bai Xiaoyue asked Jiang Nan, "Xiao Nan, are you settling in well?"
Jiang Nan suddenly stood up, looked at the two of them, then immediately lowered her head and whispered:
"Auntie, could you please not send me away? I can work, and I eat very little."
Bai Xiaoyue quickly comforted her:
"We're not here to send you away, we just want to talk to you."
Brother Ye, who brought you here that day, was too busy to pick you up.
Please stay here for now. We changed your identity because we were worried about your identity being exposed.
Your name is now Yan Ruyi, you are 11 years old, and you are Yan Ci's niece. You can call him uncle.
She handed the certificate to Jiang Nan.
With tears streaming down her face, Jiang Nan asked, "I am Yan Ruyi, can I really stop being Jiang Nan?"
Bai Xiaoyue nodded: "Yes, you are Yan Ruyi now. You can use your original name when it's safe to do so later."
Jiang Nan shook her head desperately: "I don't want to be Jiang Nan, I want to be Yan Ruyi."
Bai Xiaoyue hugged her and patted her:
"Okay, from now on you will be my family's Ruyi."
Memorize the information above.
During the meal, Bai Xiaoyue said to Chang Le:
"Xiao Nan's full name is Yan Ruyi. You can call her Ruyi from now on."
Then he said to Yan Ruyi, "You can call her Chang Le."
Finally, he said to his son, "You can just call her Sister Ruyi."
The two children are very obedient; they do whatever their mother says.
Yan Ruyi had a very low profile at home; you could hardly hear her. While Chang Le and Xiao Bai were laughing and playing, she would stay quietly.
Bai Xiaoyue was afraid that she would develop a withdrawn personality, so she taught her and Chang Le to do needlework and cook.
That day, Li Mingyue brought Ping'er and An'an over for a visit. The children listened to the radio and read comic books together in a lively atmosphere.
Li Mingyue was surprised to see a little girl and asked, "Xiaoyue, where did this little girl come from?"
Bai Xiaoyue said, "Oh, Yan Ci's cousin's child, he came from his hometown, and his parents are no longer alive."
A young girl, unable to survive at home, sought refuge with Yan Ci.
I felt sorry for them, so I stayed.
Li Mingyue sighed, "It's so pitiful, they're so young and they don't even have parents."
Bai Xiaoyue didn't want to discuss this matter, so she dragged her friend along to roast hazelnuts and sunflower seeds.
After cooking, he even let Li Mingyue take some home to eat.
The Lunar New Year is just a few days away, and the village has notified us to hand over the pigs we're supposed to raise.
Bai Xiaoyue's pigs are well-grown, a large, fat pig weighing 180 jin (90 catties), and were rated as Grade A.
Yan Ci brought back several tens of yuan, which she happily put into her pocket:
"Aci, I thought we'd just paid for nothing, but they even gave us some extra money. That's really great."
Yan Ci: "I need to pay extra, but the price will be a little lower."
Bai Xiaoyue: "If I feed the pigs more grain next year, they will definitely grow better."
Yan Ci: "No need to feed them more, this is fine. Today, our pigs are the strongest."
The pig at my parents' house only weighs 120 jin (60 catties).
Bai Xiaoyue: "My mother only fed the pigs pig grass and was reluctant to feed them grain. It's all thanks to the pigs that they grew to 120 jin (60 catties)."
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