Chapter 28: Chapter 028 The Incident

"You all better hurry up and go, the earlier you leave, the sooner you’ll be back. It’s way too hot outside." Xu Nianji glanced at the sun overhead, the scorching sun seemed almost ready to cook people alive.

"Okay."

Xu Nian’an reluctantly reminded, "Big brother, you also need to be careful."

This wasn’t Xu Nian’an’s first time visiting Xu Nianji, but it was Xu Nianhua’s first time.

Xu Nianhua thought to herself that she must find a way soon to get her big brother to stop working at the brick factory; the conditions were really too poor, and moreover, it was too hard on him.

A small sedan suddenly drove by.

Xu Nian’an, holding Xu Nianhua to the side, waved goodbye to Xu Nianji, and then the siblings hurried off to Grandma Cai’s house to prepare for selling mung bean jelly.

"Hey, who’s that?"

The man in the sedan took a glance at Xu Nianhua; although his bangs covered his eyes, the small face that showed was youthful and radiant, especially the smile at the corners of her mouth—it was beautiful.

"Must be that lad’s relatives. Should I go and ask around?"

"Yeah."

The man responded.

Before long, he found out that they were Xu Nianji’s sister and brother.

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"Alas, we sold less today than yesterday, only six dollars." Xu Nian’an counted three times, and it was still six dollars.

"Little sister, you say, with more and more people selling mung bean jelly, what if we can’t sell even a dollar?"

Xu Nian’an was getting worried. They had made nine dollars yesterday, and he was so happy, but today they made three dollars less—it felt like someone was slicing off his flesh!

"Big brother, be content," Xu Nian’an replied, blinking. She was quite philosophical about it; selling mung bean jelly was always going to be a temporary business. If they could save up a hundred and eighty dollars, she would be very satisfied.

Now, making six dollars a day, although it was less than at the start, if they could keep earning that for a month, it would add up to a good amount.

After paying their school fees, they might even save up enough for big brother’s marriage expenses!

Zhou Family’s sister.

Xu Nianhua thought to herself that she must visit Zhou Family’s sister when she got the chance.

"Hey, has something happened in the village?"

Xu Nianhua and Xu Nian’an felt something was off in the village. It was only four-thirty in the afternoon; for summer, it was quite early, and the scorching sun was still baking the earth.

"Little sister, I’m going to chop some more firewood in the mountains." Xu Nian’an put down the pole and took up the wood-chopping axe to head to the mountains.

"Okay." Xu Nianhua did not object.

The nearby fruit jelly had all been picked clean, Xu Nianhua took the opportunity to prepare dinner and tidy up the house. The house was empty, with nothing much left—if only they could earn a bit more money.

After dinner, Ji Ying quietly pulled Xu Nianhua aside and said, "Nianhua, you mustn’t turn out like Zhong Juan."

"What happened to her?" Xu Nianhua’s heart skipped a beat.

"She..." Ji Ying initially didn’t want to say too much, considering her daughter was still young, but then she thought, Xu Nianhua was already nineteen, there were some things she should know. Keeping secrets might end up being harmful to her.

Ji Ying then lowered her voice and said, "Zhong Juan and Gao Jianshe did something shameful, and many people saw it. Nianhua, you’re nineteen now, I wouldn’t oppose you dating, but you must never be like Zhong Juan; not married, yet getting too close to a man..."

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