Chapter 23

He Wanjiao was eager to try it, and couldn’t help but take a bite, then her face wrinkled into a bun again, “Sister-in-law, it’s obviously just as sour!”

Still remembering the incident when her sister-in-law had her teeth ache after eating preserved fruit, she hurriedly stopped Xu Ning who wanted to continue eating, “Sister-in-law, stop eating. Let’s find a plate to put it on, and wait for my brother to come back from get off work and let him coat it with another layer of sugar.”

Another layer of sugar coating? Xu Ning had not expected this operation. “Have you done this before?”

To be honest, it does taste a little sour, maybe because the old man didn’t want to add too much syrup.

“Well, I also bought one last time I met an uncle with one arm.” He Wanjiao has no shortage of pocket money, and she also gets lucky money during festivals, so she can pay for her kindness.

Of course, she wouldn’t buy something that was too expensive, no matter how pitiful the stall owner was.

Xu Ning thought about it and asked a question that He Wanjiao had not expected: “What do you think of me pretending to be lame and setting up a stall?”

Nowadays, the people who can openly set up stalls on the street are basically lonely elderly people or disabled people, or pretending to be lame is also a good idea for her.

“…Sister-in-law, are you short of money?” He Wanjiao didn’t know why her sister-in-law had such an idea, but she knew that the root of this idea was money, “Did my brother not give you his salary?”

This girl knew a lot, so Xu Ning made up a lie to coax her: “I gave it to you. I’m always bored sitting at home, so I wanted to find something to do.”

“You can’t pretend to be lame and set up a stall! The law enforcement patrol officers on the street will arrest you if they find out you are pretending.” She had personally seen patrol officers drag away vendors pretending to be disabled. Not only did they not make any money, they could also go to jail. He Wanjiao suggested, “Why don’t you ask my brother to find out if there are any jobs for sale? You can buy a job and work won’t be boring.”

Xu Ning refused: “That’s not necessary. I’m going to do it for three days and rest for two days.”

She was afraid that she would have to divorce before she earned enough money to buy a job, and by then she would not only not have earned any money, but would also be in debt.

What’s important is that she vaguely remembered that many factory workers were laid off after the reform and opening up.

If she had known she would be traveling through a book, she would have kept the situation in the 1970s in mind. Now I only remember that I was laid off, but I don’t remember the specific year and month.

He Wanjiao seemed to understand, thinking that her sister-in-law was too bored at home. “If you are bored, ask mom to take you to play cards with the neighbors. Don’t pretend to be lame and set up a stall.”

“Yeah, okay.” Realizing that her sister-in-law’s CPU was about to burn out, Xu Ning changed the subject and said, “Let’s put the candied haws in the kitchen and wait for your brother to come back to process them.”

He Wanjiao nodded, stood up and left the house with her sister-in-law. Did her sister-in-law mention her brother’s salary just now? How come she doesn’t remember?

Have you given it? No, right?

Did you give it or not?

hiss! If you don’t remember, that means you didn’t give it.

The two of them went to the kitchen with candied haws. In the kitchen, Hu Xianglan was also holding a string of candied haws and frowned with sourness. When she saw the two of them coming over, she told He Wanjiao, “Jiaojiao, look carefully when you buy things next time. These are too sour!”

“I can’t just ask them to let me have a bite and try it, right?” He Wanjiao did feel sorry for the old man, but she bought it specifically for her sister-in-law.

I didn’t expect it to look delicious, but actually it was not so good.

Hu Xianglan was so frustrated by the little girl’s words that she had no words to say to her. She was so angry that she taught her a lesson: “Don’t buy things just because you think someone is poor. Who knows, their family may be better off than ours. You are just stupid and easy to deceive.”

“I know.” He Wanjiao was a little depressed. This was not the first time her mother had talked about her buying things. But at most she would buy some snacks, partly out of pity for the other person, but also because she wanted to eat.

Xu Ning walked into the kitchen first, took out a plate from the cupboard at the back, put the candied haws in it, and walked over with the plate to ask the two of them to put their plates in as well.

He Wanjiao, who had been scolded, stood at the door with a depressed look on her face. She raised her hand and put the candied haws in her hand onto the plate.

Taking the candied haws from Jiaojiao’s hand, Xu Ning walked to Hu Xianglan and lifted the plate to let her put the candied haws in. “Mom, don’t eat it if it’s too sour. Wait until Bei’an gets home from get off work and then process it.”

It was indeed sour. Hu Xianglan put the candied haws on the plate. The three of them were somewhat different, but it was still possible to tell whose was whose.

After putting the plate on the table, Xu Ning looked back at He Wanjiao. In the end, he couldn’t bear to see her pitiful appearance, so he walked over and took her hand to sit in the yard.

In fact, she felt that it was hard to say who was right or wrong between the mother and daughter. Hu Xianglan had experienced a lot, her mentality was different from that of the young He Wanjiao, and her perspective on things was also different.

There is a small gray-white stone table in the yard. The table is made of a large piece of stone with a smooth surface, and there are four stone benches made of the same stone around it.

Holding He Wanjiao’s hand and sitting down beside the stone table, Xu Ning reached out and pinched her little cheeks. They were so soft and so nice to pinch!

“I don’t think what mom said is quite right. You paid for the item and the other party gave you something. The relationship between you two is a normal buying and selling transaction, and there’s nothing wrong with that.” Although Xu Ning only looks at the lowest price when buying things and ignores other things, she appreciates those who are willing to lend a helping hand in some way.

Just like buying things online, there are many people willing to place orders with stores or anchors that are in trouble. Their kindness is unquestionable. They want to buy things just the same, and it is great to be able to help others while buying things.

But in the past, Xu Ning would only compare prices from countless stores and choose the cheapest one. It was not that she was unwilling to help, but that she herself was also struggling in pain.

He Wanjiao hung her head and said dejectedly, “But my mother said I was stupid and easy to deceive.”

“I don’t think so.” Looking at the whorl of hair on her head, Xu Ning rubbed the top of her head again, “If you were really stupid, would you be able to get such high scores every time? You’re just very kind and you’re still young.

Mom has more experience than you. She can tell who is truly pitiful and who is pretending to be pitiful, but you can’t tell.

So let’s try to train our eyesight. Next time before you buy something, observe him first. Look at his clothes and his hands. You will always be able to tell.

Similarly, poor people are not necessarily good people, and their things are not necessarily good. It is up to you to decide whether to buy them or not. ”

There are many bad people in this world, in all kinds of forms. There are also many good people, but most of them are like her, neither good nor bad.

He Wanjiao felt sad every time after being scolded by her mother, but she never knew what to do. Her mother only said that she was stupid and easily deceived, but she never told her how to avoid being deceived.

In order to avoid being scolded, she hadn’t bought anything outside for a long time. She didn’t expect that after finally buying something, she would be scolded again.

Sister-in-law was the first person who told her how to distinguish the real from the fake. He Wanjiao raised her head with tears in her eyes, “Sister-in-law~”