Chapter 103 Trivial Matters

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  Two people bought two baskets of fruit and also bought a toy for Xiao Qi, then they went to the hospital.

  As she walked into the ward, Teacher Wang was peeling an apple for Xiao Qi to eat. Xiao Qi was still fiddling with the old toy from last time, and Song Jie felt a pang of sourness in her heart.

  "Ah, how did you all come? Why are you still carrying things, Xiao Qi, quickly call brother and sister." Wang Su-mei urged.

  "Hello big brother and sister." Xiao Qi blinked his big black and white eyes and asked shyly.

  Song Jie was instantly charmed to the point of blushing, isn't she too cute? Zhang Yang's eyes almost shot out wolf-like rays, and he quickly embarrassedly pulled at her clothes, telling her to calm down.

  Song Jie: "Cough cough." Adjusted her clothes and shifted her gaze as if nothing had happened.

  "Xiao Qi, we are classmates in Wang Laoshi's class. We came to play with you. Are you happy or not?" Zhang Yang asked Xiao Qi.

  "Wow~" Xiao Qi's voice still had a milky tone, and it was adorable.

  "Sit down quickly, there aren't any extra stools. Sit on the bed beside me instead. I'll be keeping watch here tonight and it's clean. Oh right, have an apple, Su Mei, peel one for the child." Mother Wang had long known that the messenger's two children were helping out, so she was especially enthusiastic.

  "Don't rush, let's sit for a while before we go, we still have class this afternoon." Song Jie hurriedly declined, "We haven't even had lunch yet."

  After teasing Xiao Qi for a while, the two of them left. At this time, they had already learned that the hospital had arranged for a doctor and was preparing to perform surgery on Xiao Qi. The chances of success were still above 70%, which put everyone's minds at ease.

  In the following days, Song Jie and Zhang Yang often went to visit Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi also got to know his elder brother and sister who were particularly good to him.

  On weekends, Song Jie would return to Zhao Juan's place to stay. Hu Jianmin had long graduated from university and followed Zhao Tong to open an electronics store in the vicinity, which was doing very well.

  Hu Yue is already four years old and has reached the age of going to kindergarten. Zhao Juan followed her own profession and became a middle school teacher, and the whole family was doing well.

  Every Saturday afternoon, school is closed, and relatively speaking, the study of first-year students is not heavy.

  As soon as Hu Yue arrived home in the afternoon, she rushed into Song Jie's arms like a little cannonball: "Sister, you're finally back, I've missed you so much."

  "Really~~" I don't know who this sticky kid takes after, seeing others not like that, but especially clingy to Song Jie.

  "Let me see if it's sunk?"

  Hu Yue obediently stretched out his arms and shouted "hug", then he would be lifted up by Song Jie and spun around in a circle, this was the two people's old game, no matter how they played it, they never got tired of it.

  Seeing her brother's pitiful eyes, Song Jie rubbed Hu Yue's messy hair. She was also helpless. Her grandparents were old and she wasn't at ease when there was no one to accompany them at home, so most of the time she lived with the elderly, except for weekends when she would occasionally return home to stay for a few days.

  Hú Yuè is still young, but his weight is not light, Sòng Jié can hardly lift him up. It's really worrying, if he grows up like Zhāng Yáng did when he was a kid, it would be even more distressing.

  But Hu Yue himself never worried about it, eating happily and the elderly at home loved to see him eat with relish, so he continued to develop horizontally.

  But when kids are a little chubby, they're really cute. Hu Yue is just like his name, fierce and spirited, but no matter how much he's exposed to the sun, he can't get tanned. He's always rushing around like a train head, and nobody at home can manage him except for Song Jie.

  Just like one object counteracts another, Hu Yue happened to listen to Song Jie's words.

  At this time, Hu's mother came out of the house: "Song Jie has arrived, it's great. This skin kid, I can hardly keep an eye on him. A few days ago, he led a group of kids to steal apricots from someone else's tree and was caught and scolded. You say these apricots aren't even ripe, isn't this causing trouble?" When people get old, they tend to talk nonsense.

  "Is that so, Hu Yue you're in trouble again! What did I tell you last time? You just broke someone's glass and now you're hitting their apricot tree, do you know what's wrong with that?" Song Jie's eyebrows were about to stand up straight, she had never seen such a mischievous child in her life.

  Hú Yuè hung his head, like an eggplant that had been frostbitten: "I know I was wrong..."

  "Alright, don't mention the child, what kid isn't mischievous?" Madam Hu's heart ached again, this was her darling, she couldn't bear to scold him at all.

  "Alright, I won't scold you this time. Do you remember the numbers I taught you last time? Go inside and write them down for me to see."

  "I've got it all!" Hu Yue's spirits lifted when he heard this.

  "You go inside, I'll pick some vegetables and cook something delicious for you when I get back." Madam Hu couldn't stay still.

  "Ah."

  The two entered the house, Song Jie took out a notebook from the drawer and asked: "Do you want to review it first?"

  "No need, I can do it!" Hu Yue's small chest puffed out high, with a face full of confidence.

  "Well then, I'll test you now, and if you don't do well, don't cry about it." Song Jie warned in advance.

  "Agreed." Hu Yue nodded vigorously.

  "Alright, listen up." Song Jie started asking numbers from one to twenty in a random order.

  I didn't expect this little brat to be so clever, not a single mistake, it seems that intelligence is inherited.

  Song Jie looked at the small figure in front of her, who was beaming with pride, and couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. "Alright, you've passed the test, I won't punish you for causing trouble this time. But you have to tell me, why did you go pick apricots from someone else's tree? Don't lie to me."

  "I... pointed to my fingers, poking and poking. I saw that the apricots that fell on the ground were all yellow, grandma said that only yellow apricots are delicious, I thought that if the apricots fall down they will turn yellow too, then we can save them for sister to eat, I didn't do it on purpose..."

  Song Jie listened and was both moved and helpless, with a hint of being unable to laugh or cry. However, the child's starting point is good, and we can't crush their enthusiasm.

  She changed her tone to a more subtle one: "Hu Yue, your idea is good, but do you know that apricots are sour even if they turn yellow after being knocked down before they're ripe? Do you still remember the story of helping the seedlings grow that I told you?"

  "Uh-huh, got it."

  "Didn't that last person who helped the seedlings grow end up with all his crops dying? Are you doing the same thing now?"

  "Uh-huh, I get it, sis. From now on, I won't pick other people's apricots again. I'll wait until they're ripe before picking them!!" Hu Yue's small face was full of seriousness.

  Song Jie: "......"

  This naughty kid!!!!!

  In the evening, Zhao Juan and Hu Jianmin both returned home. After hearing this joke, they all laughed with their heads thrown back, this little kid is really too cute.

  "By the way, Song Jie, how's your little uncle's place going?" Zhao Juan asked.

  "It's almost done, and grandma also said you should help when you're free."

  "Alright, I know, I'll go take a look when I have time."

  Good man Zhao Tong finally ended his long-running love affair and married Yu Qian on June 8th.

  Yu Qian and Zhao Juan were in the same batch of students. Because of Zhao Tong, Yu Qian was left in Beijing and didn't return, causing the originally somewhat relaxed Yu family to become a bit stiff again.

  But in recent years, Zhao Tong's business has spread throughout the entire northern region, and his reputation is quite loud. Besides, a woman who doesn't marry out is not good, staying behind will only lead to trouble, so Yu's family agreed to their marriage. Needless to say, such a good son-in-law cannot be let go.

  Last year Zhao Tonghua spent a huge sum of money to buy a small villa, which was just renovated at the end of last year, and this year he is going to start preparing for his wedding.

  The two elders were also busy, so they let Zhao Juan return home to help out, and there was still about a month's time.

  This time's wedding will not be like Zhao Juan's, it will be even more grand. Mother Zhao has been preparing early on to make quilts and bedding, after all the house is too big, even if only making a few master bedrooms, it will take a long time.

  As for Zhao Juan's wedding last time, some of the paint has already peeled off. Everyone at home is preparing to redecorate again, and it really feels a bit rushed for the time being.

  This time, the old couple's performance was quite positive. In the past two years, the iron rice bowl was gone, and Zhao Wufu and his wife were both laid off, losing their source of income. However, they still had two children to raise, so they had no choice but to swallow their pride and return home to ask for help.

  Unexpectedly, Zhao Tong silently funded them to open a cultural goods store. Since Zhao Tong had many connections, he often helped some factories with things like that, and the stationery used by people in those factories were all wholesale from Zhao Tong's store, so their lives became more prosperous again.

  The whole family knows that all this can't be done without Zhao Tong's help, otherwise who would care about you? Haven't you seen those stationery stores closing one by one? So when Zhao Tong gets married, the whole family is more enthusiastic than anyone else, busily preparing as if they were arranging their own wedding.

  The atmosphere at home is harmonious, and the old man is happier than anyone else. Although he looks down on everyone's character, after all, it's all just talk, and no one can really bear to not care about each other.

  Due to family relationships, Zhao Jing also doesn't look down on people as much as before, although she still has some pride. (Does everyone still remember this girl? The eldest sister of the big family, Song Jie's cousin)

  For Zhao Tong's wedding, the family used all their strength. On the other side, Yu Qian also returned home early and brought back several boxes of high-quality red dates, which made Zhao Tong's mother-in-law smile from ear to ear.

  Looking at the villa bought by her younger uncle, Song Jie secretly drooled, really wanting to have a house like this for herself. However, it was just a thought, although she had enough financial resources, but she was too young, if she went out to live, her mother would definitely break her legs.

  Zhao Juan is also considering buying a house, the child is growing up, and there's an elderly person to support, the space at home seems a bit cramped, and now they have enough money. Hmm, need to discuss with Hu Jianmin.