Everyone wasn’t concerned about that; they were just curious whether Shen Mianmian was really attending the Third Middle School.
Villager 1: "Is Mianmian really going to study at the Third Middle School? Didn’t Lanfang say she ran off with some wild man? How come she’s now at the Third Middle School?"
Villager 2: "Who knows! Before, they said she scored first in the whole city and was going to study at the First Middle School. All lies, if she really did that well, only a fool would go to the Third Middle School."
"Who’s going to study at the Third Middle School?" Liu Dama came over and happened to hear everyone talking about the Third Middle School. Out of curiosity, she couldn’t help but ask.
"It’s nothing." As soon as everyone saw it was Liu Dama, they immediately fell silent.
Who knows what kind of favor Shen Mianmian had done for Liu Dama, but Liu Dama was always defending her. She had even argued with people for speaking ill of Mianmian. To avoid trouble, no one spoke about it in front of her.
Seeing something was off with everyone, Liu Dama instinctively sensed it had something to do with Shen Mianmian. Plus, she had just seen Zhou Lanfang hurrying out, she pulled aside the Zhang family wife.
"Sis, who made Lanfang angry again? I saw her just now with a scowl, hurrying off."
The Zhang family wife had a good relationship with Liu Dama, and she also grew some vegetables for Liu Dama to help sell, earning her some spending money. She wanted to curry favor with Liu Dama a bit, so she didn’t hide anything.
"It seems Siyu called back and said she found Mianmian. I don’t know if it’s true, but they said Mianmian is at the Third Middle School. I think it’s probably another rumor. Someone even said Mianmian was trafficked before, and claimed she scored first in the whole city. It’s all just nonsense with no evidence."
Knowing Liu Dama protected Shen Mianmian, she didn’t say anything else and merely objectively relayed the matter.
The Zhang family wife didn’t know whether it was true or not, but Liu Dama did. When she heard that Zhou Lanfang knew Shen Mianmian was studying at the Third Middle School, she became incredibly anxious.
"I just remembered, I have something to do at home. I’ll be going back first."
She needed to hurry and report back. In the village, she was the only one who knew that Shen Mianmian was studying at the Third Middle School. If Mianmian thought Liu Dama was the one who told others, she wouldn’t be able to clear her name no matter what.
"What’s the matter? Why are you in such a rush?" The Zhang family wife was a bit puzzled.
Liu Dama didn’t pay her any attention and hurried back to her house.
"Erni, I need to go to the city for something, and I might not be back tonight. Tell your dad for me, and make your own dinner tonight. Keep an eye on your brother, okay?"
"Why are you going to the city now?" Erni asked worriedly, "It’s not because something happened to Xiaocui, right?"
Apart from things to do with Xiaocui, Erni couldn’t think why her mom was so urgent to go to the city.
"Don’t guess wildly, Xiaocui is fine." Liu Dama was averse to hearing inauspicious talk and didn’t have the patience to delay, so she hopped on her bike and headed for the city.
She only knew that Xiaocui was selling vegetables in a small shop near the city’s vegetable market but didn’t know the exact location.
When she arrived at the vegetable market, she was so tired that she was sweating all over. Illiterate and unfamiliar with the city, her only option was to search from store to store. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝓷𝓮𝓽
After about fifteen minutes of searching, when she was about to enter a small vegetable shop, she spotted Xiaocui’s figure inside the shop.
A wave of joy washed over Liu Dama, and she called out loudly, "Xiaocui."
"Mom? What are you doing here?" Xiaocui was busy organizing money. Hearing Liu Dama’s voice, she first thought she had misheard, but then she turned her head and saw Liu Dama at the store entrance. She excitedly dropped the money in the drawer and rushed out of the shop.
Seeing Liu Dama sweating profusely, she felt deeply