Time was still ample, and Su Xiaotian and Teacher Xie Nan finished breakfast leisurely.
"Teacher Xie, let's go out for a walk again. It's still early."
Su Xiaotian's words were exactly what Teacher Xie Nan meant.
Her daughter had grown up in this place, and she also wanted to see more of the place where her daughter had lived.
The two went out together, and the villagers greeted Su Xiaotian enthusiastically when they saw her.
Some bolder ones also greeted Teacher Xie Nan.
They even asked about matters in the capital.
Although the Su family was now in the capital, to the villagers, the Su family was a latecomer. The most important thing was to hear it from an authentic Beijinger.
These people were not. Teacher Xie was also not a native of the capital, but had gone to the capital later.
However, because of Su Xiaocao, Teacher Xie Nan was very polite to the villagers.
The villagers all said that people from the capital were different, polite and well-mannered.
Teacher Xie Nan smiled and said to Su Xiaotian, "The villagers are really nice."
Su Xiaotian smiled and said, "Except for a few individuals, the others are indeed quite good. Even in the past few years, Teacher Shen and the others were also very good."
Teacher Xie Nan nodded.
In those years, many people went to the countryside. Whether they lived well or not depended on the local customs.
If they encountered kind villagers, those people could endure.
If they encountered people with fierce and unreasonable customs, or even extreme people, their lives could be extremely difficult.
As a result, many people never returned.
As they walked, Su Xiaotian pointed out some fun things that had happened when they were children.
As they were talking, they saw Liu Xiuying approaching.
After a few years, Liu Xiuying had also aged a lot, looking even older than Grandma Su.
Seeing Su Xiaotian, Liu Xiuying rolled her eyes.
Su Xiaotian did not want to talk to this person and planned to pull Teacher Xie Nan back.
However, Liu Xiuying did not want her to leave just like that, and reached out to stop her.
"Who did I think it was? It turns out to be Xiaotian?"
Su Xiaotian did not reply, so Teacher Xie Nan guessed that this was one of the troublesome individuals.
"What's wrong? You don't recognize people after going to the capital? I still think about your family all the time!"
Liu Xiuying's demeanor made it seem as if Su Xiaotian was a heartless and ungrateful person.
Su Xiaotian snorted coldly, thinking that she was really thinking about getting some advantage.
But she didn't intend to say this, as talking to such a person was a real waste of time.
She might even get angry.
"Teacher Xie, let's go back. It's getting late!"
Seeing that Su Xiaotian was ignoring her, Liu Xiuying was about to leave.
She shouted exaggeratedly, "Why have you lost all your manners after going to the city? I am your elder!" Su Dan Novel Network
Elder?
Su Xiaotian snorted coldly in her heart. She had never done anything an elder should do, yet she had the nerve to call herself an elder?
How could her face be so thick?
Su Xiaotian ignored her, took Teacher Xie Nan's hand, and turned to leave.
Liu Xiuying, not even getting a word from Su Xiaotian, angrily jumped up and cursed.
Su Xiaotian did not say who it was, and Teacher Xie Nan did not ask who it was.
The two soon returned to the village chief's house.
When they entered, it was not yet eleven o'clock in the morning.
Su Changjiu's wife had made dumplings again. Seeing them come in, she busied herself with serving the dumplings.
"Auntie, I ate a lot for breakfast and I'm still full," Su Xiaotian said with a smile.
"You'll be taking a car later. Uncle Changjiu said there's nothing good to eat on the train, so you need to eat your fill."
"Since you've come all this way, how can I let you leave hungry? If word gets out, what kind of person will I be?"
"Dumplings for departure, noodles for arrival, you can't not eat this!"
Su Xiaotian looked at the enthusiastic wife of Su Changjiu and knew that she could not refuse.
The two of them ate the dumplings specially made for them by Su Changjiu's wife at twelve o'clock.
After sending them off on the car to the county town, the smile on Su Changjiu's wife's face finally faded a little.
Even though Teacher Xie Nan had promised not to take Su Xiaocao back, she still felt that her daughter was no longer hers alone.
From now on, her daughter would have another mother.
Back home, the village chief's wife discovered that many things were neatly arranged in the house, including clothes, shoes, socks, and precious items like malted milk essence and milk powder.
Even under the malted milk essence can, there were two hundred yuan.
"Your father, what should we do? Teacher Xie left so many things and money." Su Changjiu's wife asked anxiously.
"If she left them, then accept them. She specifically didn't tell us in advance because she was afraid we would refuse. We can't chase after her to return them," Su Changjiu said calmly.
This was the gratitude of a biological mother to them as a couple. If they didn't accept it, perhaps Teacher Xie would feel even more upset.
The village chief's wife could only accept them. The clothes looked like they were for the old couple, so they could only wear them themselves.
"Let's keep these two hundred yuan. Can it be used as Xiaocao's dowry?" Su Changjiu's wife asked.
"Okay, you decide. We'll work harder and save more money. By the time Xiaocao gets married, we should at least give her a bicycle as a dowry," Su Changjiu said.
"I heard that people are now giving televisions as dowries!"
Su Changjiu glared at his wife, "I'm afraid we can't afford what you're thinking of."
"Is it very expensive, her father?"
"It's a bit expensive, three to five hundred yuan. If we save diligently, we can afford it. But the problem is, we can't buy it."
"In the old Su family's house in the capital, there is a television. I heard that Xiaosi brought it from the south."
After Su Changjiu's explanation, Su Changjiu's wife instantly felt hopeless.
But with a slight turn of thought, her mind became active again.
"Why don't we ask Zhuzi to help? Maybe he can get one?" Su Changjiu's wife's eyes sparkled.
Su Changjiu thought about it and felt that this was also possible.
"Then I'll ask Zhuzi later to see if there's any way."
Their daughter also works in the city, and with the two hundred yuan left by her biological mother, plus the money for a bicycle, it would be enough.
Meanwhile, Su Xiaotian and Teacher Xie Nan got into the car with many things prepared by Su Changjiu's wife.
There were quite a few people in the car, with only two empty seats left in the back row.
The two sat down, and the car bumped along. As more people got on, Teacher Xie Nan even started to feel carsick.
Fortunately, they had reached the county town.
Teacher Xie Nan got off the car with a pale face, completely exhausted.
The train was at six in the evening, and there were still three hours to go. Su Xiaotian knew that Teacher Xie Nan was not feeling well looking at her.
"Teacher Xie, I have an uncle in the county town. We can go to his shop to rest for a while."
Teacher Xie Nan was really feeling unwell at this moment, so she didn't stand on ceremony and nodded in agreement.
Su Xiaotian took Teacher Xie Nan to the shop opened by Li Zhuzi's wife.
Li Zhuzi's wife's shop was not large at first, but she had now bought the adjacent shop and expanded it considerably.
Her approach was different from Qi Liangying's. Qi Liangying opened four shops, none of which were large, but Li Zhuzi's wife only opened one shop, which was very spacious.