Chapter 37: Trip to the Northwest

Bai Yuting was increasingly angry, but for the sake of family harmony and stability, she had to compromise. This time she went to town to withdraw money from the bank because… Ye Nanyi looked at Bai Yuting’s constantly changing expression, a little confused. It had been several days, why hadn’t she taken the person away? “We’re here, everyone get off.” Ye Nanyi didn’t ask anything, after all, she had no standing. The distance from the north to the northwest was quite far. Ye Nanyi finally got off the train and found that someone was trying to steal her things. She was speechless. “What are you doing?” Ye Nanyi asked, her voice filled with shock, as the thief tried to cut open her pocket. The thief didn’t expect to be discovered, the atmosphere became a little awkward. “Tell me, what do you want?” Ye Nanyi repeated the question. The thief recovered and blurted out, “Nothing, I just wanted to borrow some money.” Ye Nanyi was amused by the shameless statement. “Borrow? Is this borrowing?” Ye Nanyi grabbed the thief’s hand and slowly tightened her grip. The thief knew he had met a tough opponent. As the saying goes, “A wise man knows when to yield.” “Heroine, spare me! I won’t dare to do it again.” Ye Nanyi scoffed.

“Do you think I believe you?” The thief quickly assured her, “Really, you’re the first person I’ve tried to rob, I’ve been practicing for a long time, but I didn’t expect to fail this time.” Ye Nanyi looked at the man’s expression, trying to find any trace of a lie. “Heroine, I’m a local, I can tell you’re not from here. I know everything, anything you want to know, I’ll tell you everything.” Ye Nanyi was shamelessly tempted, she did need someone to guide her. “Don’t do this again, behave yourself for the next few days, I’ll give you a reward, I won’t let you work for nothing.” The man didn’t expect such a surprise. “Heroine, my name is Wei Jie, if you want to know anything, I’ll tell you.” Ye Nanyi looked at the environment in the northwest, she had an idea. “Wei Jie, my name is Ye Nanyi, do you lack anything here?” Wei Jie didn’t understand at first, then he realized. “Sister, you mean…” “Yeah, you got it.” Wei Jie was overjoyed. The northwest was currently undergoing construction, they were in dire need of things. If this sister really had things, wouldn’t he be rich?

“What are you laughing about? I’m asking you a question.” Ye Nanyi reminded him, and Wei Jie put away his daydreams. “Sister, everything sells well here, you know what I mean?” Ye Nanyi gave Wei Jie a look that said “I understand.” “By the way, Wei Jie, did you hear about the farm incident?” Wei Jie immediately knew what Ye Nanyi was talking about, it was the biggest news recently. “Of course I know, it’s said that the stepson killed his stepmother, and he ran away after killing her, but he was caught a few days later and is now in prison.”

 Ye Nanyi didn’t feel anything, her body just felt a little lighter, she didn’t know if it was her imagination. “Alright, take me to the farm first. Don’t say anything.” Wei Jie nodded, indicating that he understood.

When they arrived at the farm, Ye Nanyi found the farm manager. “Hello, leader, I’m Ye Nanyi.” The manager, Ou Yangde, nodded. “Comrade Ye, your mother has been buried, I called you here for another matter, about the murderer. After all, he’s your stepbrother.” Ye Nanyi didn’t want to see Xu Jie at all, she immediately refused. “I won’t see him, I’m just here to pay my respects to my mother and take a look at my stepsister.” Ou Yangde understood what Ye Nanyi meant and didn’t say anything more. After chatting for a while, Ye Nanyi left some things and left with Wei Jie.

Along the way, Wei Jie hesitated to speak. “If you have any questions, just ask.” Wei Jie said cautiously, “Sister, the person who died was your mother?” Ye Nanyi was a little melancholy. “It is and it isn’t, I can only say that she was just related to me by blood, she was no better than a stranger.” Soon, they arrived at Li Lijuan’s grave. Wei Jie tactfully stepped aside. Ye Nanyi didn’t kneel down, she just squatted. “Li Lijuan, you can go atone to your daughter, she’s waiting for you down there. I don’t know if she’ll forgive you. Oh, she probably wouldn’t want to see you. After all, you were never a good mother. I won’t come again, I’m here this time just to fulfill you and your daughter’s mother-daughter relationship. No matter what, I used your daughter’s body.” After saying that, Ye Nanyi stood up and called Wei Jie to leave. “Wei Jie, where do you live? I want to rent a house.” Wei Jie didn’t say anything, he just kept scratching his head. “If you don’t say anything, then take me there!” Wei Jie hesitated for a moment, then decided to take Ye Nanyi to his place.

They walked for a long time, and they still hadn’t arrived. Ye Nanyi suspected that Wei Jie had ulterior motives. “Sister, it’s just ahead.” Ye Nanyi observed, there was nothing around, only a dilapidated shed ahead. “You live here?” Ye Nanyi looked at Wei Jie’s clothes again, they were relatively clean, but there were a lot of patches. But patches were normal in this era.

Before Ye Nanyi could ask her question, two people came out of the shed. “Brother Jie, you’re back!” Two children, about 10 years old, ran out. “Yeah, I’m back. Are you hungry?” The two children nodded and then shook their heads. “We’re not hungry.” As soon as they finished speaking, their stomachs rumbled. Got it! Ye Nanyi understood. No wonder Wei Jie went to the train station to be a thief. In this era, it was good enough that Wei Jie could support himself, and he had two little kids to feed. Ye Nanyi glanced at the shed not far away, then at the three people talking.

“Wei Jie, are there any places to rent around here?” Wei Jie didn’t think much of it, he thought Ye Nanyi was going to stay for a while. “Sister, there is, there’s a small courtyard nearby, it’s a bit big for you alone.” “Don’t worry about that, take me there.” Ye Nanyi thought for a moment, took two cans of food and a bag of cookies from her backpack and handed them to Wei Jie. “Here, this is your reward.” Wei Jie looked at the things and quickly refused.

“Sister, it’s too much, I don’t want it.” “Take it. If you don’t want it, will your two younger brothers not eat it?” Wei Jie looked at his two brothers, gritted his teeth and accepted them. “Pingping, An’an, go back to the shed and eat. I’ll accompany the sister to find a house.” The two brothers, understanding, took the things and went back. “Don’t be reluctant to eat, your brother is working for me.” Ye Nanyi was afraid that the two children would be reluctant to eat, so she quickly reminded them.