"Young master, please don't stay silent. The medicine that old lady uses is very expensive, and we can't afford it."
"Alright, I know what I'm doing, no need to say more."
"Young master, that woman looks like a shameless shrew, she definitely won't admit to anything."
"You're talking nonsense! My aunt isn't a shrew!" The little girl couldn't help but lift the curtain, step out, and say angrily.
"What do you know, child? Go back and watch over your grandmother," Xiao Wu replied dismissively.
“I know everything. Auntie is a good person, and you are the bad person,” the little girl said, pointing at Xiao Wu.
"Hey, how can you talk like that, little girl? We kindly took you in and even paid for your grandma's medical treatment. And now I'm the bad guy?"
"You're a bad person, you're a bad person."
"Xiaohua, don't do that, you'll wake Grandma," the boy said, stopping the girl from speaking loudly.
"Brother, didn't you hear? They're talking badly about Auntie."
"Alright, Xiaohua, it's okay. Auntie won't mind. We know Auntie is a good person."
“Your aunt is a good person, so why did she leave you here and take her son away? I think she just didn’t want to take care of you and thought you were a burden.”
"You're talking nonsense, that's not true!" Xiaohua shouted again.
The boy patted her head before looking at Xiao Wu and the others and saying, "Even if Auntie hadn't come, she would still be a good person to us, because we don't know her. We just met her on the road and she helped us, so we called her Auntie."
After saying that, he took his sister and went back to the bedside to look at his grandmother, leaving Xiao Wu staring blankly at the young master. The young master also understood and looked at Xiao Wu with a reproachful expression, saying, "It seems that we are indeed not worthy of the title of physician."
"Young Master, I! I'll go brew the medicine." Xiao Wu slunk away with the medicine to the backyard, leaving his young master at the desk, no longer interested in reading medical books. He picked up the jade pendant and examined it closely, as if trying to understand a person through it.
Tian Yu and Tang Yuan met Chen Chong on the way. He had just come out of a clinic and seemed to have come looking for them. When he saw Tian Yu, the two smiled knowingly. Tian Yu planned to go to the restaurant to process the snails before going to buy things, but Chen Chong said that it was still early and he had told Manager Qian that they should buy things first before going to the restaurant. Tian Yu hesitated for a long time, and Tang Yuan couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Mother has no money on her, and she even pawned the jade pendant you gave her."
"Tangyuan," Tian Yu said, looking down and pulling Tangyuan's hand to signal him to stop talking.
After a long while, Tian Yu still hadn't heard Chen Chong speak. She quietly looked up at Chen Chong's dark, bright eyes, and, unable to tell whether he was angry or not, said in a conciliatory tone, "Well, I didn't mean to. I just didn't bring enough money, so I temporarily pawned it there. I'll go and redeem it as soon as I have the money."
"What if you don't have money?"
"Then I'll go home and get it; I have money at home."
"You, do you know about that jade pendant..." Chen Chong sounded a little angry, but Tian Yu quickly explained before he could finish, "I know, I know, it's very important to you, and it's just as important to me, but it was an accident, and I will never do it again."
"I'd like to have a next time."
"No, what I mean is, it won't happen again, I swear! Really!" Tian Yu raised her hand and looked at Chen Chong seriously.
"Alright, don't do this again. Go redeem it now." He took Tian Yu's outstretched hand and said.
"But I..."
"Don't worry, I brought money with me, it should be enough."
"Let's go buy things first, and then redeem them when we pick up the three of them later. Otherwise, running back and forth like this will waste time."
Chen Chong thought about it and agreed. Since it was still early, the three of them went to a nearby clothing store and bought some spring clothes and shoes for Tangyuan. Chen Chong asked Tian Yu to pick out a few outfits as well, but Tian Yu thought it best to skip it, as there were many other expenses. However, Chen Chong still picked out two outfits for her. Seeing the bright red and purple colors he chose, Tian Yu disagreed and instead chose two plain-colored outfits for herself—simple, elegant, and practical for movement. Since they were already buying, Tian Yu also picked out two outfits for Chen Chong. When buying shoes, Tian Yu secretly took an extra pair, matching the size of Chen Chong's shoes she had previously noted, and wrapped them together with the clothes without him noticing.
After browsing the clothing and shoe stores, Tian Yu went to the seed and grain store. She bought corn, soybeans, peanuts, and some common local vegetable seeds. She also bought rice, flour, oil, salt, and other daily necessities, and some street snacks for Tangyuan. Filling her bamboo basket to the brim, she slowly made her way to the restaurant. As she approached, she saw Zhao Jinxiu, Zhao Sibao, and a middle-aged woman hurrying out of the restaurant in the opposite direction. Tian Yu was about to follow them when Chen Chong stopped her. Zhao Jinxiu's older brother had told Chen Chong that after Chen Chong returned the shoes, Zhao Jinxiu had gone to visit her aunt in the county town the following day. That woman must be Zhao Jinxiu's aunt. Hearing Chen Chong's words, Tian Yu felt much more at ease; otherwise, she was truly worried that the girl had been deceived by Zhao Sibao.
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