Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart-Chapter 70 - 69 An Unexpected Encounter with an Elderly Lady
70: Chapter 69: An Unexpected Encounter with an Elderly Lady
70 -69: An Unexpected Encounter with an Elderly Lady
“Girl, what’s wrong with you?”
The uncle couldn’t help but ask.
Lin Nianhe snapped back to reality, shaking her head: “Nothing, uncle, just curiously asking, if more educated youth come, does every team have to accommodate them?”
“That’s for sure,” the uncle nodded, “but I heard there will be fewer people coming this time…”
The uncle himself shook his head after saying that.
This wasn’t about how many people, but rather whether many or few, it’s an utterly bothersome issue.
Lin Nianhe was also annoyed.
There was simply no more room in the front yard for female educated youth; if more came, they wouldn’t squeeze into her place, would they?
If it really came to that, her good days would be over.
Not everyone can sleep like a log like Wen Lan; it would be too difficult for her to sneak out in the middle of the night.
Lin Nianhe was worried, but for the moment couldn’t think of a good solution.
She was annoyed, and so was the uncle.
Both were momentarily silent, no longer in the mood for idle chatter.
The oxcart slowly traveled along the country road, and soon caught up to an old lady carrying a small bundle.
The old lady, with her graying hair, looked to be in her fifties, but she was sprightly and moved quickly, striding along briskly.
As the oxcart passed by, her upturned almond-shaped eyes lit up.
“Hey hey, fellow villager, I’m heading to Nine-miles Team, can you give me a lift?” She stretched out her hand to stop the oxcart, nearly blocking in front of the ox, as if she wouldn’t let them pass without agreeing.
“Nine-miles Team?” The uncle was stunned, his eyes showing a trace of wariness, “What are you going there for?”
“I’m visiting my daughter!” the old lady said, without waiting for the uncle’s consent, she dashed onto the oxcart and settled down before adding, “My daughter is an educated youth!”
The uncle immediately curled his lips, clearly displeased with the idea of transporting relatives of the educated youth from his own team.
But since she was already on the cart, he couldn’t exactly grab her and throw her off, could he?
Driving the cart, the uncle was a bit more grumpy, and the speed of the cart increased a bit.
The old lady didn’t feel awkward at all, and her eyes roamed over Lin Nianhe: “Oh my, this young lady is quite pretty!
Are you an educated youth from my daughter’s team as well?”
“No,” Lin Nianhe shifted aside, “I’m an educated youth from Ten Miles Team.”
“Eh, that sounds familiar, and not far away,” the old lady looked at Lin Nianhe as if a wolf had seen meat, “Girl, how old are you?
Engaged yet?
Where’s your family from?
How many people are in your house?
What do your parents do?”
Lin Nianhe raised an eyebrow.
Had she bumped into a family registrar?
The corners of her mouth slowly curled upwards into a smile, showing a friendly face to the old lady: “My parents aren’t capable of much, just getting by on what my grandpa left us.
My grandpa used to kill a lot of people, and only stopped when he got old.”
Lin Nianhe swore, she definitely wasn’t lying.
Old Master Lin was genuinely a veteran, distinguished in battle.
However, he had been injured early on and passed away during a year of disaster.
Hearing Lin Nianhe say this, the old lady’s face immediately twisted with disdain, her look at Lin Nianhe was as if seeing the offspring of a landlord.
“Tsk tsk tsk.”
She smacked her lips, the corners almost reaching her chin: “Then how come you can still be an educated youth?
In our area, you’d be sent to live in the cowshed!”
“Oh my, the world really has changed, even bandit’s offspring can be educated youth, in my opinion, such people should have their ancestral graves dug up…”
Lin Nianhe: “My grandpa was a soldier.”
“Gah—”
The woman nearly bit her own tongue off.
Suddenly, her face of disgust transformed into a blooming smile, with the speed of face-changing that could only be called astounding:
“Aiyo, look at you girl, why do you love to tease me so?
Being a soldier is great, being a soldier is wonderful!
Hey, girl, has your family found you a match yet?
My eldest son is about your age, he’s quite the handsome one…”
Lin Nianhe really didn’t want to continue the conversation; even with her love for chatter, she couldn’t keep it going with someone like this.
“Girl, why aren’t you speaking?
Tell me, what exactly is inside your house, what are you doing…”
Lin Nianhe stuffed her hand into her trouser pocket and took out a piece of milk candy from the space and popped it into her mouth.
The woman had initially struck up a conversation with Lin Nianhe because she looked well-dressed, suggesting her family was well-off, and now seeing her eating candy, her eyes lit up even more.
“Girl, what kind of candy is that?
Give me a piece, will you?”
Lin Nianhe didn’t reply straight away; seeing that they were almost at Ten Miles Team, she turned her head and said, “Lady, you’re quite capable!”
The woman lifted her chin proudly: “That’s right, I am capable indeed, otherwise how could I have given birth to my eldest son…”
Lin Nianhe: “Other people rely on the labor of their hands to eat, but you, you can get food just by using your mouth, that’s a skill indeed I can’t learn.”
The woman was left a bit dazed by her words, taking quite a while to realize she’d been insulted.
“Heh, you little brat, you dare to…”
Lin Nianhe didn’t wait for her to finish cursing, and even less for her to take a swing, she promptly jumped off the vehicle.
She steadied herself and turned back to wave at the old man: “Sir, take it slow, next time you come to Ten Miles Team, I’ll treat you to a cup of tea.”
The man had already slowed down seeing they were close to Ten Miles Team, and upon seeing Lin Nianhe jump off safely, he couldn’t help but chuckle.
Waving back at Lin Nianhe, he said, “Okay, if I go to the town again in the future, just wait for me at the entrance of the village in the morning.”
“You son of a bitch…”
The old man snapped the whip fiercely, and the woman who was still cursing jolted, this time really biting her tongue.
“Ow—”
The woman’s cries of pain gradually faded away.
Lin Nianhe watched this scene unfold with an exceptionally bright smile.
“That’s outrageous, to have such a woman as your mother, it really is fatal.”
She murmured softly to herself and walked towards the Educated Youth Corps.
After all, just a passing woman, Lin Nianhe didn’t take her to heart.
Lin Nianhe came back early today; the work hadn’t ended yet.
Upon returning to her room, she refilled the halfway empty bags of rice and flour and placed some dried goods like eggs and kelp in the cupboard.
After putting away the visible items, Lin Nianhe washed her hands clean and, with great care, took out an album with an off-white cover from the space and began to organize her precious stamps.
She collected stamps not to sell them later but because she genuinely liked them and didn’t want to miss out on any.
After organizing her stamps and eating a bowl of the fried sauce noodles she had stored in the space, she finally heard the gong signaling the end of work.
To ensure a good rest, Lin Nianhe decided to wait until the neighbors in the front yard had also finished their meals before taking a noon break.
She truly had enough of the noise.
With this thought, she took out the textbooks that Su Yuncheng had brought her to read.
Today, in the front yard, Yu Xiangqin and Miao Yulan were cooking, and Miao Yulan went to the backyard to pick vegetables after work.
She held a basin and picked two green onions, when she looked up, she saw Lin Nianhe sitting behind the window, writing.
She sat up straight, her eyes lightly lowered, occasionally furrowing her brows, as if pondering something, her pen pausing from time to time.
The green barrel of the pen against her fair skin looked extremely beautiful.
The early summer breeze blew in through the window, brushing away the stray hairs on her forehead.
A pretty checkered cloth by the window shielded the book from dust, and at the corner of the desk sat a candlestick with tears of wax, keeping away who knows how much darkness.
Through the small window, the world inside was Miao Yulan’s dream.
