Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat-Chapter 67 - 064 Return to Jianghai (Five Updates)
Chapter 67 -064: Return to Jianghai (Five Updates)
Chapter 67 -064: Return to Jianghai (Five Updates)
At 10:30 in the morning, Song Jiawen stood in front of an ordinary courtyard entrance in Jianghai Town.
The gate was closed but not locked. She reached out, pushed it open, and with a creak, Shi Peirong, who was sitting in the courtyard reading with presbyopic glasses on, slowly looked up.
“Grandma.”
Shi Peirong set down her book, a kindly smile on her face, “Aren’t you supposed to have class today?”
“Mmm, just finished exams, resting for two days.”
Song Jiawen turned to glance inside the house, “Uncle and Aunt aren’t in?”
“Mmm, they went out to buy groceries, didn’t know you were coming back today. I’ll have your uncle buy some more meat later.”
Song Jiawen moved a small stool to sit beside her grandmother, who then took her wrist and squeezed it, “Good, you haven’t lost weight. Do you have enough money to spend?”
Shi Peirong and the others didn’t know that the money sent to Song Jiawen hadn’t been touched at all.
“It’s enough, don’t worry.”
“Your great-aunt called me; I understand her intentions, but I also understand your personality. If you don’t want to go there, you don’t have to. I’ll talk to her…”
The granddaughter and grandmother sat next to the pomegranate tree in the courtyard, talking at leisure, the scene radiating warmth.
Xie Jingying, pushing her bicycle in, happened upon this sight, and it was particularly jarring to her.
When Xiaoxi was small, her parents never had the patience to tend to her like this, but now for this girl, the elderly couple couldn’t be more attentive. This was also why she and Song Laosan always held a grudge.
A foundling, yet more popular than their own flesh and blood.
But she couldn’t raise this point with her mother; mentioning it would only lead to that delicate topic, precisely what their family of three didn’t want to see.
“Weren’t you studying in the city? Why have you come back?”
Xie Jingying’s expression was stern, her tone sarcastic.
Song Jiawen, upon her entrance, hadn’t even lifted her head and now, hearing her talk, acted as though she hadn’t heard a thing.
Shi Peirong glanced at her sideways, asking in a flat tone, “Do you need something?”
The mother and daughter had only just begun to patch up their relationship for a few days, and it seemed that peace was once again out of reach.
Anger caused Xie Jingying’s chest to ache; she knew it, every time this wretched girl was involved, nothing good ever came out of it.
She took a moment to collect herself, then took the vegetables from the basket on her bicycle, placing them on the ground as she said, “I came to see Yanhai about something, he’s not home?”
“Then you wait for him in the main room, he’s gone out to buy groceries.”
“What groceries do they need? If anything is missing, a phone call is enough. We didn’t grow anything else this year, we have all kinds of vegetables.”
She and Song Laosan were both astute; they harvested whatever the farmland yielded—garlic, corn, cabbage, potatoes—filled up a truck, and sent it straight to the city, having a partnership with several of the larger markets there.
Earnings aside, a steady income of over a hundred thousand yuan a year wasn’t a problem.
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It might be unbelievable, but although Song Jiawen was raised by Xie Jingying and Song Laosan, she had truly never spent a penny of their money from her childhood till now.
If you don’t count food, that is.
In terms of actual cash, they never gave any to her; her educational expenses and pocket money had always been provided by Song Xiwen, and that’s precisely why, even though she knew Song Xiwen was deceiving her, she couldn’t bring herself to hate her.
Thanks to her vanity in trying to appear as a good older sister, she often gave money to Jiawen in front of others.
Shi Peirong didn’t pick up on what Xie Jingying said, instead turning to inquire about Song Jiawen’s studies again.
“After I got there, I first took part in a minor test, then a monthly exam, and just yesterday, the mock exam ended. The results haven’t come out yet.”
Shi Peirong, not wanting to put pressure on her, didn’t ask about her performance in the last two exams, and reassured her instead, “The exams from the city’s No.1 High School are different from Jianghai’s, you’ve just arrived, it always takes some time to adapt, don’t rush…”
“So she just didn’t do well on the test.”
Xie Jingying stood aside, rolling her eyes disdainfully. How laughable, she still dares to boast about her high IQ and cleverness. Seems like it’s only in a tiny place like Jianghai Town that she can shine. Once she got to the city and met more outstanding kids, her true colors showed, didn’t they?
Who was it again that said she could score top marks in the city?
She’s really full of hot air; I almost believed her for a second.
Knowing that Song Jiawen wasn’t as exceptional once she moved to the city, Xie Jingying breathed a sigh of relief.
They had gotten worried for nothing. After all, in such a small, broken-down town, even if she was smart, her vision and resources were limited, so she could only climb so high.
Mainly it’s because small-town folks are ignorant. The first time they saw Song Jiawen, who was a bit smarter than average, they made a big fuss, praising her as if she could reach the stars.
Now, things are looking up…
Xie Jingying felt contented, thinking that no matter how Song Jiawen ended up, she would just be another city kid with a bachelor’s degree at best. After all those years, it’s questionable whether her own family even remembers her.
After all, rich people can have kids too. If one’s gone, just have another one.
Thinking this, Xie Jingying felt great and no longer minded the attitude her mother had towards her. She turned and headed for the main room.
Her mood swings didn’t escape Shi Peirong’s notice. With a slight tilt of her head and a complicated look, she glanced at her eldest daughter and sighed helplessly to herself.
Soon after, Xie Yanhai and Li Yun returned, followed by Xie Lin carrying a bunch of veggies in his hands.
“Sis?”
The previously sullen Xie Lin immediately smiled when he saw Song Jiawen.
Excited, he ran over and asked, “Why are you back? You didn’t even call me to let me know.”
Li Yun was also quite happy and quickly said, “I’ll go buy some lamb. Jiajia loves lamb soup.”
Before Song Jiawen could stop her, Li Yun turned and hurried out again.
Xie Jingying stood at the entrance of the main room, watching with cold eyes as her own younger brother’s family welcomed Song Jiawen with joy, and she felt relieved. Luckily, she had been kept at home when she was young, and whenever she stayed at her maternal home, it was always for just two days before being fetched back.
Otherwise, who knows how nice her own mother and brother would have been to her.
“Yanhai, come here, I need to talk to you about something.”
In the end, Xie Jingying could not endure any longer. She had been standing there for quite a while, but her brother and nephew acted as if they hadn’t even seen her, with eyes only for Song Jiawen.
Xie Yanhai truly hadn’t noticed Xie Jingying and was surprised when she spoke up, asking, “When did you get here?”
Xie Lin turned and perfunctorily called out, “Big cousin,” then quickly turned back before Xie Jingying could respond.
Xie Jingying: ….
She took a deep breath, her face darkening as she turned and walked into the house.
Xie Yanhai patted Song Jiawen on the shoulder, “We’ll talk more later, niece.”
It wasn’t clear what Xie Jingying had said to Xie Yanhai, but they parted on bad terms.
Before stepping out of the door, Xie Jingying turned and gave Song Jiawen a shadowy look.
Shi Peirong frowned, “Jingying…”
“Mom, I’ve actually held back a lot for a long time, always thinking about how you’re older now and I didn’t want to upset you. But Mom, can’t you see how blatantly biased you are?”
Biased?
Shi Peirong turned to look at Xie Yanhai, who said helplessly, “Big sis thinks Jiajia got into No. 1 Middle School because uncle and aunt pulled some strings. I told her that wasn’t true, but she doesn’t believe me.”
He continued, “She wanted me to call uncle to help Xiaoxi transfer to a better job, but I didn’t agree.”
