59: Chapter 58: Just an Average Monkey Spirit Compared to Her 59: Chapter 58: Just an Average Monkey Spirit Compared to Her “Hehehe, Sister Shui, I just rembered that I have two newspapers from yesterday that I haven’t read yet.
I’m going to head back first, haha!”
“If you dare to ignore , I’ll go and complain at your Aunt Wang’s doorstep!”
Lin Nianhe’s steps halted.
She slowly turned around, staring at Wang Shui, who sat there nonchalantly on a small stool.
After a long ti, she silently walked over, lifted the carrying basket, and began picking up the scattered items.
One jujube, two jujubes…
When Lin Nianhe picked up the third jujube, she couldn’t hold back and looked up at Wang Shui: “Sister Shui, you’re becoming more and more like .”
Wang Shui gave Lin Nianhe a roll of her eyes, pretending not to understand what she ant, while massaging her legs and mumbling, “Ah, still not fully better.
Who knows when I can start working again.
I wasn’t that worried before, but now…”
“You don’t know, I still have a brother and sister at ho counting on for support.
What am I supposed to do now?”
“Nianhe, if I starve myself and my siblings to death, whose fault would that be for these three lives?”
Lin Nianhe continued picking up jujubes, not wanting to chi in.
Seeing the opportunity, Wang Shui cheerfully picked up the jujubes scattered around her.
She was indeed worried, but not to the extent of dragging Lin Nianhe into her troubles.
For this, she had been ntally prepared long ago.
After about ten minutes, Lin Nianhe tossed the last few jujubes into the basket and then stood with her hands on her hips in front of Wang Shui, tilting her chin up slightly: “Sister Shui, that ‘cousin’ of yours, he’s a truck driver, right?”
Wang Shui was instantly terrified.
How did this girl know?
Seeing her expression, Lin Nianhe knew she hadn’t guessed wrong.
She tossed her braid, snorted arrogantly, and dragged Wang Shui’s carrying basket into her room.
Wang Shui wasn’t in the mood to fake illness anymore and stood up to go back, even closing the door behind her.
“How did you know?
Your brother told you…
no, that’s not right, he wouldn’t know either!” Wang Shui frowned deeply, scrutinizing Lin Nianhe with a sense of inquiry and caution.
Lin Nianhe pointed to a corner of the basket: “There must be twenty pounds of jujubes there, right?
Look at the regret on your face when you were caught, obviously you hadn’t bought enough.”
“We, as Educated Youth, only get the chance to go to town during the slack farming season, at most twice a month.
What are you planning to do with so many jujubes, sell them?
You can’t possibly keep them all for eating, can you?
And besides, most people trade in eggs and grains, jujubes?
Who would want them except for weddings and childbirth?
In this little town, twenty pounds of jujubes could take five or six days to sell, right?”
Lin Nianhe’s face wore a mocking smile: “So, there’s no way you can sell them all yourself.
With that much stuff…
only a truck driver who travels far and wide carrying goods would have the networks to send them elsewhere.”
Wang Shui’s heart went cold.
This girl was sharper than any monkey.
Wang Shui cleared her throat awkwardly: “So you…”
“Shh.”
Lin Nianhe suddenly held up a finger, giving Wang Shui a look to stay quiet.
Wang Shui stopped talking imdiately, closing her mouth tight.
In the courtyard, there was a faint sound of footsteps, like soone sneaking around.
At first, Wang Shui heard nothing, but as the sound got closer, she confird soone was coming.
Wang Shui tensed up instantly, subconsciously grabbing a small broom used for sweeping the kang, her palm sweating.
As she was on high alert, Lin Nianhe suddenly patted her shoulder.
That pat startled Wang Shui so much that, if her legs had allowed, she would have literally jumped up.
Before Wang Shui could cry out, Lin Nianhe covered her mouth.
Wang Shui looked at Lin Nianhe, wondering if this girl was deliberately revenge on her.
Lin Nianhe paid no attention to Wang Shui’s expression, holding her breath and concentrating, she listened carefully to the noises outside.
She didn’t think it was a thief; no one would dare to enter through the front door in broad daylight to steal sothing.
She just felt that this person was being sowhat strange, tiptoeing around.
This made her unable to help thinking about that “peeping Tom.”
After calming herself down, Wang Shui also realized this and quietly moved next to Lin Nianhe, pursing her lips towards her.
Lin Nianhe did not move, she closed her eyes, focusing all her attention on her hearing.
The footsteps went through the front yard, circled around the kitchen, and finally,
stopped right in front of their door.
There were no more noises from outside, and the person was also holding their breath in concentration.
Lin Nianhe opened her eyes and looked at Wang Shui.
Wang Shui gripped the broom handle tightly, nodding seriously and solemnly at Lin Nianhe.
Lin Nianhe licked her lips, reached for the door handle, and in a flash pulled the door open.
As she swung the door open, she stepped aside, and Wang Shui’s broom “swooshed” through the air.
Wang Shui, true to her roots from the black earth region, swung the broom handle fiercely, as if it was a mighty weapon.
She had a bit of Aunt Wang’s spirit.
“Swoosh—”
“Ow!”
A scream followed the slicing air, the man outside howled, then with a thud, he sat down on the ground.
Wang Shui was startled, her voice trembling slightly, “Did I kill him?”
Lin Nianhe ca out from behind the door emotionlessly and said lightly, “Impossible, didn’t hit his head.
And judging by his full-voiced howl, he’s got plenty of days ahead of him.”
Only then did Wang Shui relax and point the broom at the person, “You!
What are you sneaking around for?”
Lin Nianhe could also finally see clearly who the person wailing and clutching his shoulder was.
Unexpected yet reasonable, the person scaling the wall turned out to be a mber of the Educated Youth Corps.
It was Fu Aiguo, responsible for carrying water in the front yard due to his inability to cook.
He clutched his shoulder, his dark face swollen to the color of a pig’s liver, obviously in great pain.
Lin Nianhe glared at him, “Speak, why did you run back to the Educated Youth Corps during work hours and eavesdrop by our door?
Are you trying to play the rogue?”
This really was a misunderstanding towards Fu Aiguo; he had no intention of playing the rogue.
Fu Aiguo felt an intense pain in his left shoulder, and he quickly shook his head, trying to defend himself, “I didn’t!
I just, I just wet my shoes and ca back to change a pair!”
Wang Shui snorted coldly, “You changed shoes and ran to my door for what?
You’ve been living at the Educated Youth Corps for all these years; could you get the way or the house wrong?”
“No, no…
I didn’t an…”
Fu Aiguo’s eyes wandered, but he quickly thought of an excuse: “I just heard so noise in your house, I was afraid there was a thief, so I ca to check!”
This rationale seed to give Fu Aiguo a boost of confidence; his back no longer sore, his legs no longer weak, he sprang up from the ground, “Well, you’re all okay, I’m going to change my shoes.”
After he spoke, he ran off, not giving Lin Nianhe and Wang Shui another chance to question him.
Fu Aiguo hurried back to the n of the Educated Youth Corps’ place, and after a while, he ran out with a new pair of shoes.
Wang Shui watched Fu Aiguo’s retreating figure and asserted, “That man, there’s sothing off about him.”
Lin Nianhe looked at her, “Sister Shui, he’s treating you like a fool.”
“Huh…
huh?”
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