freenovelworld Chapter 15: Gaining a Sense of Presence
Chapter 15: Gaining a Sense of Presence
The two of them yawned as they came to the kitchen. They saw that Wen Xi had already prepared breakfast and boiled the water. They were so moved that they almost cried. Jiang Yue secretly decided in her heart that she would wash clothes for Wen Xi in the future. After all, she contributed the least to the family, and she would feel bad if she didn't do something.
Wen Xi said, "Go wash up quickly, and then come to have breakfast. We are going to visit Captain Qian's house later. We need to go early, otherwise Captain Qian will be out."
Shen Jiaojiao was confused, "Xiaoxi, why are we going to Captain Qian's house?"
Wen Xi reached out and tapped Shen Jiaojiao's forehead. "Are you stupid? Of course it's about connections. When we go to work, ask Captain Qian to assign us easier tasks. We have never done farm work before. If we are asked to do the same as everyone else, can we do it well? It's good for us to have a good relationship with the village leader. Do you understand?"
"Oh, I understand." Shen Jiaojiao rubbed her forehead. Wen Xi was really heavy-handed.
"I have prepared everything. You don't need to prepare anything. Just follow me." Wen Xi said.
Shen Jiaojiao frowned, sniffed the fragrance of breakfast, and pulled Jiang Yue to get hot water to wash up. When they came back after washing up, Wen Xi had already put breakfast on the table.
Six whole-grain steamed buns, three eggs, a small dish of pickles, and sweet potato porridge are in the pot. You can have as many bowls as you can eat. There is no limit to the amount you can cook anyway.
"Wow, this is so rich, much better than the meals I have at home." Shen Jiaojiao exclaimed.
Wen Xi served sweet potato porridge over and said, "Jiaojiao, Xiaoyue, I can let you live like this forever, but the premise is that you can't betray me, you can't hurt me, and you can't sell me out."
"I don't want you to listen to me, and I don't want you to obey all my decisions unconditionally. You can have your own opinions, and if you have any dissatisfaction, you can raise it."
"But I hope you will take our future as your starting point. We are one. If I get into trouble, you can't escape either. Do you understand?"
The reason why Wen Xi brought them to live outside was to protect them. She didn't want Shen Jiaojiao to be deceived by the male protagonist's brother again, nor did she want Jiang Yue to be tricked into marrying a lazy, greedy and violent second-rate guy. But if she worked hard to save them, but they repaid her with evil, then she would be really at a loss.
Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue nodded repeatedly, "Xiaoxi, the three of us are one. If we betray you, we will naturally betray ourselves. We can't be that stupid, and we can't do such a thing. Now that we are in the countryside, we must help each other, so that we can get through the difficulties."
Shen Jiaojiao didn't have a good life at home either, because her grandmother was the head of the family. Her grandmother disliked her very much and always liked to use her family's things to subsidize other families. Now that she could live such a life, for Shen Jiaojiao, this was the good life she had always dreamed of. Naturally, she would not do anything that would be detrimental to Wen Xi.
After all, only by following Wenxi can you have a good life!
"I'm glad you understand." Wen Xi looked at them with appreciation. She was afraid that she would help out two ungrateful people.
After breakfast, Shen Jiaojiao went to wash the dishes, while Wen Xi went back to the room to prepare things. She took out a piece of oil paper, counted out thirty pieces of fruit candies, and wrapped them with the oil paper. Then she took out the bag of brown sugar that she had signed for and went to visit Captain Qian's house. These things were enough.
After Shen Jiaojiao finished washing the dishes and Jiang Yue finished cleaning, the three of them set off together. Wen Xi hid the things inside her cotton-padded jacket so that others could not see what she brought.
When Captain Qian took them to look at houses yesterday, he took a walk around the village, so even without the memory of her past life, Wen Xi knew where Captain Qian lived.
It's still early, and the snow that fell in the past few days has not completely melted, so everyone doesn't have to go to work, so we didn't meet many people along the way.
When he arrived at Captain Qian's house, Wen Xi reached out and knocked on the door. However, because he was afraid of being heard by the neighbors, Wen Xi just knocked and did not speak.
After a while, an auntie came out to open the door. Wenxi knew that this auntie was Captain Qian's wife. Because she worked part-time as the village women's director, she still had some say in the village. It would not be bad to have a good relationship with her.
When the aunt saw the three unfamiliar faces, she knew at a glance that they were new educated youth. She said with a smile, "You are the educated youth who just arrived in the past two days, right? It's too cold outside. Come in quickly. Everyone calls me Aunt Meihua, so you can call me Aunt Meihua too!"
Aunt Meihua invited them in and introduced herself.
Walking into Captain Qian's yard, they saw Captain Qian and Jin Changfeng standing under a tree in the yard. Wen Xi greeted Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue, and then asked Aunt Meihua to come to the main room. Aunt Meihua asked them to sit down at the square table and made them some sugar water, but it was obvious that there was not much sugar.
Treating guests with sugar water was the highest standard in that era. It seemed that Aunt Meihua had a good first impression of them.
Wen Xi, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue drank some sugar water, thanked them and introduced themselves respectively. They came here to make their presence felt, so how could they not let others know their names?
Otherwise, what if they help the wrong person in the future?
"Aunt Meihua, the three of us came from other places, away from home and without help. There are many things we don't understand and can't do. In the future, we will have to trouble Captain Qian and Aunt Meihua to give us more guidance." Wen Xi took out fruit candies and brown sugar from her clothes and handed them over. She also took out a brand new handkerchief. This handkerchief was given to her by her second brother, but now she can only take it out to build relationships.
Because only things that are not available in the countryside can truly touch people's hearts.
Sure enough, Aunt Meihua, who was slightly shaken by the fruit candy and brown sugar, became even more excited when she saw the brand new beautiful handkerchief, and even picked up the handkerchief to admire it.
What woman doesn’t love beauty?
It can be said that this handkerchief touched Aunt Meihua's heart.
"It's not easy for you three little girls to come to the countryside. If you have any problems in the future, come to your aunt. Your aunt and your uncle Qian will definitely take care of it for you."
With Aunt Meihua's promise, Wenxi felt relieved. At least those aunts in the village who wanted to marry them would have to think twice before making any move.
"Thank you, Aunt Meihua." The three girls hurriedly thanked Aunt Meihua.
In the yard, Captain Qian patted Jin Changfeng on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Don't worry!"
The two seemed to have reached some kind of agreement.