Chapter 35: Chapter 35 What is called Seduction Chapter 35: Chapter 35 What is called Seduction Ho Laidi’s face darkened as she turned and walked away.
Song Xiyun quickly followed her, running.
The crowd of villagers, seeing there was no more excitement to watch, also dispersed.
“Uncle, I have things to deal with at home too, so I’ll be going now.” Cong Weimin, seeing nothing more was happening, greeted Secretary Yao and turned to leave.
Yao Cong, however, remained standing there.
Secretary Yao had just lost face due to Ho Laidi’s attitude and was feeling a bit uncomfortable. When he turned and saw Chiang Xiao’s grateful eyes, he immediately thought that this child was much clearer on the situation than Ho Laidi.
“Chiang Xiao, your performance today really impressed me.”
Chiang Xiao said somewhat embarrassingly, “Secretary Uncle, I was forced into a corner. Aunt Guihua insisted my family pay her compensation, but where would we get the money to pay her?”
She emphasized again that if it weren’t for Guiying and Ding Daqiang’s excessive bullying, she really wouldn’t have wanted to trouble Secretary Yao.
“I know, this isn’t your fault,” Secretary Yao nodded. “It’s all because of Ding Dani, that girl. She’s still so young, yet why is she so scheming? By the way, that Ji Desheng…”
With such a commotion and so many villagers having come to watch, neither Ji Desheng nor his mother, Widow Liu, could be seen anywhere.
Secretary Yao brought up Ji Desheng while looking at Chiang Xiao.
It was clear that Ding Dani had a thing for Ji Desheng, so what about Chiang Xiao?
Chiang Xiao’s eyes remained clear and pure, “Secretary Uncle, what does ‘seduce’ mean?”
Secretary Yao almost choked on his own saliva.
Chiang Xiao blinked her charmingly innocent large eyes, a bit puzzled as she said, “Ding Dani and Aunt Guiying said I seduced Ji Desheng, but why would I seduce him? There’s not even enough rice at home for my grandparents and me to be full, although Ji Desheng kindly helped me. I don’t want to invite him to my house to fight over rice.”
Yao Cong couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the side.
Secretary Yao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Well, this girl was only thirteen after all, without parents to guide her and always keeping to herself. What did she know?
It was the precocious girls like Ding Dani who were the shrewd ones. Chiang Xiao was definitely not like them.
At this moment, in Secretary Yao’s heart, there was no girl more naive and innocent than Chiang Xiao.
“Chiang Xiao, don’t take their words to heart. Go home quickly. As for the favor you promised me, we can talk about that once you’ve recovered.”
Secretary Yao smiled and waved his hand, leaving with Yao Cong.
By the banks of Nameless Creek, only the trio of grandparents and grandchild remained, and Ge Liutao finally breathed a sigh of relief. With so many people surrounding them and Ding Daqiang and Guiying being so unreasonable, she had been continuously anxious, fearing something else would happen to Chiang Xiao.
“Little, do we really not have to compensate Guiying’s family with money and fabric?”
Chiang Songhai snorted, “Didn’t you see? It’s their family that owes Little a compensation! I think the amount we’re asking for is too little!”
They should demand at least twenty, so he could buy some nourishing goods from the town for Little to recuperate and get some nutrients.
“Grandpa and Grandma, having these five yuan is already good, plus the twelve eggs. Once we head back, we must remember to go to the Ding Family to collect the eggs.”
“I’ll go collect them,” Chiang Songhai said right away. “At lunch, I’ll ask your grandma to boil two eggs for you to nourish you.”
“Boil three, one for each of us!” Chiang Xiao immediately said. “If you two don’t eat, I won’t eat either.”
As the trio of grandparents and grandchild continued talking and walking away, two young men in military attire stood up from a patch of grass on the slope of Bai Gu Mountain, watching the departing figures across Nameless Creek.