NFBE Chapter 115 Country Folk
Chapter 115 Country Folk
The man said, "Two thousand followers, but that's only temporary. I've only been doing this for half a year, I'm just waiting for the right opportunity. But if you're with me and we form a couple..."
He Qiaoyun interrupted again, "I won't be with you, there's no way."
The man persisted, "Why?"
He Qiaoyun couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Because you don't deserve it."
The man was silent for three seconds before breaking down: "Tch, actually I didn't really want to be your partner. You're pretty average. You don't actually like me, do you? I was just kidding. And you're really pretentious."
He Qiaoyun said indifferently, "Well, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."
Before he could finish speaking, the man hung up the phone and then sent a message: "Let's delete each other."
He Qiaoyun ignored her and put down her phone to sort out the receipts and do the accounting. She had just finished calculating the accounts when she received a phone call and then went out again.
After a busy day, she went back to the orchard to tidy up and then walked home in the sunset.
She bought an extra portion of vegetables for lunch, and she specially prepared the extra shrimp and put it in the refrigerator. She took it out for dinner and casually stir-fried some shrimp and some greens. She also heated up the leftover corn and pork rib soup from lunch, and that's how dinner was made.
I used to enjoy watching TV dramas with dinner, but now I spend my time chatting with Feng Jiashu on my phone.
What should have been a ten-minute dinner turned into a half-hour meal.
It wasn't until Feng Jiashu said he had to deal with some documents that she realized it was already 8:30, and then she put down her phone and tidied the table.
When I was wiping the table, the tissue box was empty. I looked around the house but found that there were no more tissues. So I had no choice but to take a flashlight and go out.
Actually, she was quite reluctant to go to the village store, because in the evenings, when everyone had nothing to do, they would gather at the entrance of the store to cool off and chat. In the words of today's young people, it was the village intelligence bureau.
Sure enough, as soon as she approached, they saw her from afar and began to whisper among themselves.
"Hey, have you heard?"
"I heard that Qiaoyun found a man who drives a Land Rover after her divorce. She's got guts."
"What do you mean she's capable? She's become someone's stepmother."
“That man is rich. He has hired a nanny and lives in the city. He’s in such good shape. It’ll be easy for him to be a stepmother.”
"Oh my, you're just envious, aren't you? Want to be a stepmother too?"
"If a rich man from the city were to pursue me, I'd go for it. What's so great about staying in the village? The city is full of bright lights and decadent pleasures at night, while the village is just a breeding ground for mosquitoes. It's so boring."
"Hey, hey, stop talking, she's coming."
The group immediately stopped talking, changed their expressions, and greeted her with smiles, "Qiaoyun, are you here to buy something?"
They thought Qiaoyun hadn't heard them, but she heard them perfectly well. However, she still greeted them superficially, saying, "Um, we're out of tissues at home, so I'm here to buy two packs."
The sound of men playing mahjong came from inside the convenience store, and before even entering, the room was filled with a pungent smell of smoke.
The shop owner, who was holding her child and scrolling through her phone, greeted her with a smile when she saw her come in, "Sister Qiaoyun, are you here to buy something?"
He Qiaoyun felt extremely uncomfortable from the smell of smoke, but seeing the baby sleeping soundly in the proprietress's arms, she said, "Children shouldn't be exposed to so much secondhand smoke; it's bad for their health."
She seriously suspected that the child wasn't asleep, but had been knocked unconscious by secondhand smoke.
The proprietress put down her phone and nodded repeatedly. Just as she was about to take the child inside, her mother-in-law came out from the inner room and said, "A girl isn't that delicate."
These words made all three of them feel awkward. He Qiaoyun didn't say anything more, but just picked up a pack of tissues from the shelf and asked, "How much is this?"
"fifteen."
"Okay, the money has been paid."
After paying, she turned to leave.
Before bed, Sister Xia shared some short videos that He Gui and the others had filmed: "They've been filming short videos these past two days, but their live streams still aren't getting any viewers."
He Qiaoyun clicked in out of curiosity, and after watching it, she thought the quality was okay, but it didn't have much data usage.
She clicked her tongue and muttered, "The old lady is still fair."
She aimlessly scrolled through videos for a while, then fell asleep from exhaustion.
After working in the village for more than a week and finishing up the work in the orchard, she returned to the city.
Her daughter loves longan, so she packed half longan and half grapes and sent them to her.
When I arrived at her apartment building, I sent her a message to let her know, and then carried the fruit upstairs.
I left her a key when I bought her daily necessities last time, so she can come and go as she pleases.
Upon entering the house, she was greeted by a scene that looked as if it had been bombed, and she frowned.
"What kind of life is this..." she murmured to herself, tidying up the room briefly before leaving.
We arrived late, and it was getting dark when we got back to the villa.
As soon as she parked her car, Butler Xu came out to greet her, "Sister Qiaoyun, you're back."
He Qiaoyun looked at the black Bentley parked to the side, "This is..."
Butler Xu said mysteriously, "Mr. Feng's aunt has come, and she brought a woman with her. She is a cousin from Mr. Feng's uncle's side."
He Qiaoyun raised an eyebrow. "Is this... a blind date?"
Butler Xu glanced to the other side and muttered, "I didn't say anything..."
He Qiaoyun felt a mix of emotions. She walked up the steps, went inside to change her shoes, and entered the living room.
A woman with a full head of silver hair, dressed in a Tang suit, and wearing a piece of green jade around her neck sat in the center of the sofa. This must be the "aunt" the housekeeper mentioned.
Beside Feng Jiashu sat a woman in her forties, heavily made up and wearing a red short skirt. This must be the "uncle's" cousin.
Meanwhile, Tian Tian sat next to her aunt, swinging her legs boredly.
The four men saw her and their eyes fell on her, each with a different expression on their face.
Feng Jiashu and Tian Tian were happy, while the aunt and the woman were giving them a thorough once-over.
Aunt spoke first, "A-Shu, who is this?"
Feng Jiashu stood up. "This is He Qiaoyun, she's my..." He looked at He Qiaoyun, and after a long while, he managed to utter two words: "Friend."
He wanted to get her serious consent to be his girlfriend before announcing their relationship, rather than just fooling his elders and getting her to agree half-heartedly.
He Qiaoyun nodded lightly, "Yes, I'm staying here temporarily. I won't disturb you any longer, I'll go upstairs now."
The aunt, being an experienced woman, immediately noticed that their relationship was not simple, so she stopped her and said, "Since you're friends, why don't you sit down and chat?"
He Qiaoyun looked at Feng Jiashu, then at the woman sitting next to him, and asked, "Won't this disturb your conversation?"
Feng Jiashu responded first: "No need to disturb, please sit down." He couldn't be happier.
He Qiaoyun sat down. "Okay."
The aunt looked at He Qiaoyun and repeated her name, "How did you and Ashu meet?"
He Qiaoyun smiled faintly, "It's a long story. Last time he took Tian Tian to our village on business, Tian Tian fell into the water, and I pulled her out."
My aunt immediately gave me a look of disgust: "You country bumpkin."
The woman sitting next to Feng Jiashu couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.