Rong Yan and her father Rong Wenming naturally overheard the conversation outside.
She whispered, "They probably want to come here to learn how to repair tractors."
Rong Wenming nodded, "That’s likely. Yanyan, how should I refuse them later?"
If it were someone else, a direct refusal would suffice, but this was the team leader and his family... The saying goes, ’current officers aren’t as good as current managers’; causing them a slight inconvenience could be troublesome.
After all, they still had to live in this village for several more months.
He wasn’t scared, and he reckoned Qin Ye didn’t need to worry either, but what about those two little ones?
Rong Yan raised her eyebrows slightly, "What’s there to think about? Just refuse directly. Weren’t you supposed to come here to recuperate? Do you even need to find another excuse?"
If you don’t want to teach, then don’t—it’s that simple.
Do you really need to consider their feelings? They aren’t even that close to you.
Truly, these people are worse than strangers—after all, Captain Qin let the villagers spread rumors about Qin Ye and his siblings.
Can life really be that simple?
Seeing his conflicted expression, Rong Yan said, "Alright, watch how I’ll refuse them later. For now, stop worrying about them. My mom said half an hour, so let them wait half an hour."
Rong Yan didn’t care about his reaction. With a turn, she had picked up a couple of things.
Rong Wenming saw what she was holding and his attention shifted, "What are you doing?"
He watched as Rong Yan, his daughter, had picked up two items.
Rong Wenming nodded, "That’s likely. Yanyan, how should I refuse them later?"
If it were someone else, a direct refusal would suffice, but this was the team leader and his family... The saying goes, ’current officers aren’t as good as current managers’; causing them a slight inconvenience could be troublesome.
After all, they still had to live in this village for several more months.
He wasn’t scared, and he reckoned Qin Ye didn’t need to worry either, but what about those two little ones?
Rong Yan raised her eyebrows slightly, "What’s there to think about? Just refuse directly. Weren’t you supposed to come here to recuperate? Do you even need to find another excuse?"
If you don’t want to teach, then don’t—it’s that simple.
Do you really need to consider their feelings? They aren’t even that close to you.
Truly, these people are worse than strangers—after all, Captain Qin let the villagers spread rumors about Qin Ye and his siblings.
Can life really be that simple?
Seeing his conflicted expression, Rong Yan said, "Alright, watch how I’ll refuse them later. For now, stop worrying about them. My mom said half an hour, so let them wait half an hour."
Without further regard for him, Rong Yan turned and, in the blink of an eye, had a comic book in her hand, then she leaned back on the kang bed to read...
When Rong Wenming saw what she was reading, he couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his mouth, "You’re so grown-up, and yet you’re still reading these picture books."
It seemed like she used to love them when she was much younger, but after graduating from middle school, his daughter seemed to have stopped.
Turned out, she hadn’t stopped at all—she just hadn’t been reading them in front of him.
Rong Yan shifted to a more comfortable position, not even lifting her head to respond, "As long as my parents are here, I’ll always be a child."
Isn’t everyone someone’s baby?
Hearing this, Rong Wenming was momentarily stunned, then he laughed, "Right, you’re still a child."
He found that his daughter was becoming more amusing by the day.
Neither father nor daughter was idle—one was jotting down essential points on tractor maintenance techniques, while the other flipped through comic books.
Half an hour flowed by unnoticed for them, but for the family of three waiting outside, impatience was growing.
At the least, they had already drunk several bowls of plain water.
Rong Wenming also estimated that enough time had passed and he looked up at his daughter, realizing she had already amassed several comic books in front of her.
He couldn’t hide his surprise, "When did you get so many picture books?"
And wasn’t her reading speed a bit too fast? She wasn’t really ’reading’ them, more like flipping through the pages.
Rong Yan replied, "I had them in my bag, you just didn’t see."
Hearing his daughter’s words, Rong Wenming didn’t press further, instead he said, "Half an hour has passed, we should go out."
"Sure," Rong Yan agreed readily, seeing as she also felt it was time to face them.
She grabbed the green handbag beside her, stuffed the books into it and also tossed in the acupuncture equipment.
Once Rong Yan packed away her things, they left the house one after another.
The trio led by Captain Qin was growing quite impatient, feeling like a long time had passed, yet no one had emerged.
Unfortunately, not one of them owned a watch.
However, Captain Qin estimated the time and thought it should be about right. Just as he was about to inquire, he saw the Rong family duo advancing towards them.
"Team Leader, what brings you here?" Rong Wenming feigned surprise, acting as if unaware of anything. "I had taken some medicine earlier and dozed off because of its effects. I didn’t even know you had arrived—my apologies."
Captain Qin quickly said, "What apologies? We’re the ones disturbing you. How are you feeling, Mr. Rong?"
This was exactly the opening Rong Wenming had waited for.