Chapter 21

It was a little unbelievable. Xu Ning didn’t expect that Hu Xianglan’s lies were so full of loopholes. It’s not that she didn’t believe it, but she really couldn’t force herself to believe it.

You can’t even fool an eight-year-old child by saying you forgot the address.

“Then why don’t you ask others? Isn’t it said that Aunt Qian is a very good matchmaker and has helped many people get married?”

“That’s true~” Hu Xianglan laughed dryly, trying to fool him, “Then let’s go back first. I’ll ask someone tomorrow morning to see if they know.”

Xu Ning was convinced. The old lady was so stubborn! Even at this point he’s still insisting on being stubborn and refusing to tell the truth.

It was impossible to go back. “Since we are here, why don’t we look around? Maybe you will remember it after walking around for a while~”

Before coming here, Hu Xianglan was only thinking about asking Qian Sanhong for the 200 yuan, and forgot that she couldn’t let Xu Ning know about this. Now she was in a state of confusion. She definitely wanted the 200 yuan back, but she was afraid that Qian Sanhong would be found out to be a liar.

Especially after Jiaojiao told her what happened in the factory cafeteria last night, Hu Xianglan had a slightly different opinion of this daughter-in-law, who was capable of taking on responsibilities and was not a coward.

If she knew that she was deceived by Qian Sanhong, she would go to great lengths.

“Why don’t we just forget it? Let’s go back first and let me ask someone for the address so we don’t have to wander around aimlessly.” Hu Xianglan wanted two hundred yuan, but she was more afraid that her daughter-in-law would fly away. If the matter got out of hand, Bei’an’s reputation would be even worse, and she would probably be single for the rest of her life.

Xu Ning walked towards the women standing and chatting not far away, and left a message to Hu Xianglan: “It’s okay, I’m not afraid of getting tired, I’ll ask around first.”

Seeing that Xu Ning had already walked over, Hu Xianglan could only hope that Qian Sanhong was cautious and the address he gave was completely wrong.

Even if she couldn’t get the two hundred yuan back, she would accept it!

Originally, the money was given to Qian Sanhong to help Bei’an find a wife. Now that he has a wife and the wedding is over, it seems that whose pocket did the money go into…

It doesn’t seem to matter…

Originally, the money was a betrothal gift to her in-laws. Now that her in-laws were cheated, what does it have to do with her?

Anyway, she paid the money, so it’s none of her business if she didn’t get it!

Thinking of this, Hu Xianglan felt suddenly enlightened. The feeling of being anxious about the two hundred yuan in the past two days instantly disappeared. She just regarded it as two hundred yuan given to her in-laws.

Now I am even less anxious and just hope that I won’t find the best result.

Walking over to the five older sisters standing together and chatting, Xu Ning greeted them with a smile: “Ladies, excuse me for interrupting you!”

The five people stopped talking and looked at her. The oldest female comrade spoke to her as a representative: “Comrade, what can I do for you?”

“I have something I want to ask you for help~” It is important to smile at people and be sweet-mouthed. Xu Ning looked at them enviously, “The houses in this area look much more upscale than other places. You are all dressed so stylishly, you must live in this area, right?”

As soon as she said this, several female comrades smiled at the same time. Who doesn’t like to hear nice words?

The female comrades who spoke were quite enthusiastic: “Yes~, we all live in this area, what do you need help with?”

“You are such nice people! I asked others before, but they ignored me.” Xu Ning was touched. She looked back at her mother-in-law standing behind her, then turned to them and said, “My mother and I came to the city to look for our relatives. Aunt Sanhong left us the address of No. 15 in that alley, but we just looked for it and there are only a dozen households in the alley, and there is no No. 15.

I just checked with my mother and we are sure that number is correct, thinking that maybe I remembered the wrong alley.

So I want to ask you if you know that there is a number 15 in that alley? ”

Those words were not groundless. Before coming over, Xu Ning heard them make an appointment to go to the grain and oil store together in the afternoon and meet at one of the female comrades’ house at around three o’clock. If they didn’t all live nearby, the gathering address would not be the lesbian’s home, but the grain and oil store.

As for asking someone, that’s pure nonsense, but it does help to generate more sympathy for the five lesbians.

After listening to Xu Ning’s words, the female comrades spoke one by one.

“My alley only goes to number 12.”

“We have even less, number eight.”

“My house is not in the alley.”

“There are only two houses in my alley.”

“There’s no number 15 in my alley…”

Just when Xu Ning felt that there was no hope, the female comrade who spoke last added, “But there is one in the alley next to my house.”

Isn’t the surprise here? Xu Ning looked at her gratefully: “Comrade, tell me how to get there. My mother and I will try our luck.”

“Goodbye, I have to go home anyway, so I can take you with me.” There are many alleys here, and worried that the mother and daughter can’t find them, the female comrade simply said to a few good sisters, “I’ll go home first, and we’ll meet at Lele’s house in the afternoon.”

The remaining female comrades all agreed with a smile. They chatted for a while and then it was time to go their separate ways.

Xu Ning turned around and took Hu Xianglan to follow the female comrades, thanking them as they walked: “Thank you, comrades. You are really kind and kind. We are so lucky.”

“You’re welcome. Don’t we all advocate helping others?” The female comrade said you’re welcome, but the smile on her face became brighter and brighter. Why is this girl so popular?

The alley is not too far, and it takes seven or eight minutes to reach the entrance of the alley. The female comrade wanted to go in and look for it together, but Xu Ning was so moved that she stopped her and told them to just go and look for it, as they had already troubled her enough.

If they really couldn’t find it, the mother and daughter would go to the station and take the bus home.

Only after they were sure that they had nowhere to go did the female comrades feel relieved and go home.

After the female comrade left, Xu Ning let go of her mother-in-law’s hand and said, “Mom, let’s go in and take a look. If it’s not here, let’s go back to the alley and knock on every door to ask.”

If there is none of them, maybe there is No. 15 in more than one alley, there are other alleys as well.

“Hmm.” Hu Xianglan responded absentmindedly. She felt that Xu Ning was desperate and was trying every possible means to find a cure. How could it be so easy to find someone as treacherous as Qian Sanhong?

Xu Ning couldn’t care about anything else at the moment. Her goal today was to find Qian Sanhong in this alley. The two hundred yuan was her betrothal money and she had to get it back.

If she still can’t find it after searching all the alleys, it only means that the address Qian Sanhong gave is completely wrong. It means she is unlucky and she can’t become rich overnight.

But she had a hunch that if she could even travel through a book, it would be her turn, so how long would it take for her to become rich?

There was a black 1 written with a brush on the wall of the first house in the alley. Xu Ning guessed it meant number one. She counted from number one back to the fifteenth gate.

But I came at an unfortunate time, as the house was locked and no one was home.

When Hu Xianglan saw the lock on the gate, she felt a lot more relaxed. Even though she knew it was impossible to find it, she still couldn’t help but feel nervous.

There was another house behind number 15. Xu Ning wanted to ask that family, so he went up and knocked on the door.

Hu Xianglan now adopted the policy of neither helping nor stopping, but just standing behind Xu Ning and watching.

After knocking on the door six or seven times, footsteps were finally heard in the yard.

After a while, the door was opened and the lady inside looked at them in confusion.

“What are you doing? Is there something wrong?”

Xu Ning pointed to the next door and asked the old lady: “Auntie, I want to ask your next-door neighbor…”

As Xu Ning’s neighbor said these words, the lady inside the door turned pale, rolled her eyes at her, slammed the door shut, and shouted viciously, “They’re all dead!”

After being turned away, Xu Ning blinked and looked back at her mother-in-law, “Is she speaking in anger or is she serious?”

Is it an insult or the truth?

Hu Xianglan shook her head, she didn’t know either. It should be a temper tantrum, right? How could it be such a coincidence?

Xu Ning turned his attention to No. 14, the neighbor on the other side of No. 15, and then knocked on the door of another house.

This time, the door was opened after only two knocks. A very kind old lady looked at her with a smile and said, “Miss, is there anything wrong? Who are you looking for?”