School was about to start, and Xu Nian’an and his siblings were busy using every bit of time to sell bean sprouts.
The fruit jelly had already been used up; by now, even if they wanted to make mung bean jelly, there was no way to do it.
Today, they had made a large bucket of bean sprouts, so they arrived in town at six in the morning.
They had set out for the town at five-thirty a.m.
By doing so, they would set up at the edge of the marketplace, just in time to catch the early morning crowd shopping for vegetables.
Otherwise, the several dozen pounds of bean sprouts would have been impossible to sell out.
Xu Nian’an and Xu Nianji had grown accustomed to selling bean sprouts outside the marketplace, and likewise, customers who bought bean sprouts knew there was a place here to buy them.
Xu Nianhua, carrying two big jars of chili sauce and her homemade pickled ginger, headed to the medical clinic.
She had walked the route from the market to the clinic many times and remembered it well.
Just as she arrived at the clinic, she found her timing to be quite unfortunate.
Doctor Du had gone out on a call.
Xu Nianhua thought that since Doctor Du was not in, she should still deliver the items to his home, otherwise leaving them at the clinic wouldn’t be good with people coming and going.
Just down the alley next to the clinic was Doctor Du’s house.
"Yicheng, the Yue Family’s finished," Ling Dong, seeking praise, looked at Pei Yicheng and said, "Yicheng, these past years, the Yue Family has made no small amount of money by selling red bricks illegally, and moreover, those two wives of Yue Hongliang died under such wrongful circumstances!"
"Yue Hongliang is not a real man, hitting even his own wives. It’s lucky Nianhua didn’t marry into that family, otherwise, it would have been a tragedy."
Excited, Ling Dong said, "I just leaked the information about the Yue Family secretly selling red bricks, and sure enough, they were caught red-handed. The Yue Family has even fled with the money, and now they must live a fugitive’s life. Even if they have money, every day will be spent in constant fear."
"The Yue Family even thought about secretly dealing with the Xu Family, but our people discovered it just in time."
Ling Dong, in his excitement, completely failed to notice Pei Yicheng’s increasingly cold demeanor.
"Hey, why does it feel colder and colder?"
Ling Dong shivered involuntarily; it was early autumn after all!
"Are you very familiar with her?" Pei Yicheng asked coolly, glancing at him.
Who was Yicheng talking about?
Suddenly, Ling Dong had an epiphany and quickly changed his tune, "Yicheng, I’m not familiar with her, not at all."
Ling Dong said this while shaking his head to clearly indicate that he was really not familiar with Xu Nianhua at all.
"The Yue Family got what they deserved; such people should face the consequences of the law," Pei Yicheng’s gaze narrowed slightly.
Ling Dong nodded vigorously, cautiously saying, "Yicheng, then what should I call her? Xu Nianhua? Miss Xu?"
Pei Yicheng remained silent, his dark eyes scanning him.
Ling Dong swallowed hard. As a knock sounded at the door, Ling Dong looked as if he saw a lifesaver. He had to thank the person knocking; otherwise, being stared at by Yicheng, he felt a chill run down his spine.
As he opened the door, there stood Xu Nianhua, looking dainty and pretty.
"Big Brother Ling." When Xu Nianhua saw Ling Dong, she let out a sigh of relief in her heart, afraid that if her timing was off and both Pei Yicheng and Ling Dong weren’t there, she would have to carry everything back with her, which really would’ve exhausted her.
After the last incident with the translation contract, they had become somewhat more familiar with each other.
"Xu..." Ling Dong began but then remembered the recent discussion about how to address her; he quickly improvised, "Little Sister Xu, did you come to see Yicheng? He’s at home."
While leading Xu Nianhua inside, Ling Dong loudly announced, "Yicheng, Little Sister Xu is here."