Bai Cuilin knew she had really messed up today, and awkwardly mumbled, "Sorry."
Xinyan looked at her, "Didn’t hear you clearly."
Bai Cuilin glared at Xinyan, "You’re just a little nanny, don’t push it."
Xinyan sneered, "As if you haven’t done the same."
With one sentence, she directly slapped Bai Cuilin in the face.
Qiao Shuanzhu couldn’t stand everyone’s stares any longer, "Apologize properly, there are so many things waiting at home."
Bai Cuilin saw that Xinyan wasn’t easy to fool, and loudly said, "I was wrong, alright?"
Xinyan knew well that this apology was meaningless, but seeing Bai Cuilin’s disgraced look made her happy, "You better control your mouth in the future, or it’ll be too embarrassing."
Bai Cuilin didn’t want to argue with Xinyan any longer; she was afraid she’d say something she shouldn’t and couldn’t contain the situation, so she quickly dashed into the courtyard.
Xinyan thanked those who had just spoken up for her, and then said to the children, "If sister catches any fish later, I’ll treat you all to fish."
The children hadn’t expected the pretty sister would thank them, and even say she would treat them to fish. They were a bit shy, and a little boy touched his head and said, "It’s okay, it was Niqiu’s mom bullying people anyway."
Xinyan bade them goodbye, and then left with Ye Silai and Ye Siyan.
After they left, the children scattered, and from behind the closed door of the Qiao Family, Bai Cuilin’s pleading voice was heard once again.
Clearly, such scenes were common at the Qiao Family, and combined with Bai Cuilin’s unpopularity, no one wanted to meddle.
Granny Xie in the courtyard shook her head and said, "Truly self-inflicted."
Xinyan, having resolved the blanket issue, was in an exuberantly good mood. Upon reaching the Yuquan River, she first settled the two children and then started fishing.
Ye Silai and Ye Siyan were dumbfounded; the fish in the Yuquan River seemed almost dumb, as soon as the sister’s hook went in, it didn’t take long for the float to react.
Perhaps because it was getting late, there were hardly any people by the Yuquan River, and in half an hour, the bucket they brought was full.
Xinyan, being grateful, after returning home, had Ye Silai deliver one fish each to the Xie Family, Cheng Family, and the Zhao Family across the street as a token of thanks.
Then she kept two in the water bucket, and cooked the rest.
Ye Silai brought back a handful of scallions and some dried coriander from the Xie Family, a small dish of dried radish from the Cheng Family, and three pears from the Zhao Family, saying they were from their hometown, earning Xinyan quite a bit of praise.
She cooked two kinds of rice, stewed fish, and also fried a dish of dried radish.
The aroma of the stewed fish wafted far, tempting those children to linger outside the He Family’s courtyard.
Xinyan kept her word and had Ye Silai call the children who had spoken for her earlier, telling them to bring bowls from home to take some fish.
The children hadn’t expected the pretty sister would really let them eat fish, and upon hearing they could bring bowls, they dashed home at full speed.
Xinyan served the fish to them, cautioning them to be careful of the heat on the way back, and the alley was filled with children’s laughter and voices of thanks.
Since rice doesn’t spoil easily, after she and the two little ones finished eating and tidied up the kitchen, she took the two little ones to the hospital, treating it as a digestive walk.
Ye Siyan, being quite talkative, recounted everything Bai Cuilin said and did today to He Jinxuan.
He Jinxuan’s face turned severe, and he looked up at Xinyan and said, "I’m sorry you got dragged into this."
Xinyan waved it off, "It’s nothing, didn’t I put her in her place too?"