Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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“What gift?” The two siblings had very different expressions. Ye An was happy, while Ye Lan was uneasy. She could guess that Ye Lan was worried that she had been spending money recklessly again.
Ye Ning took out two boxes, one large and one small, from her bag. The smaller one was for Ye Lan and the larger one was for Ye An. “You guys open it and take a look. Do you like it?”
Ye Lan looked at the expensive box in her hand and opened it carefully, “Watch?”
“The latest model of Nancheng Orchid Watch, put it on and have a look.” Ye Ning wanted to help Ye Lan put it on, but she moved her hand back and said, “This watch is too expensive, I won’t wear it. Sister, why didn’t you buy your own? I don’t need it. You can wear it yourself.”
“Wow, they are sneakers.” Ye An couldn’t wait to take them out and put them on his feet, but Ye Lan stopped him. How could he wear new shoes if the feet hadn’t been washed? What should he do if they got dirty? She put the shoes away again, “Keep them for the New Year.”
Ye Ning was speechless and took the shoes from her hand, “Whatever you do, keep them for the New Year. It will be cold when you wear these shoes. Xiao An, just wear them until the New Year. I’ll buy you some cotton shoes later.”
“Forget it.” Ye An took the shoes and touched them carefully, “I’ll wear them after school starts.”
Ye Ning glanced at the two of them, “Okay, whatever, you guys decide yourselves.”
When Ye Lan wasn’t paying attention, she took her hand and put the watch on, “Don’t move, what if it breaks?”
“Sister, how much is this watch?” Ye Lan still couldn’t hold it back.
“Don’t worry, it didn’t cost the family money.” Ye Ning rubbed her temples. She couldn’t sleep well in the bus and her head hurt.
Ye Lan misunderstood, thinking that her words made Ye Ning angry, and pursed her lower lip, “That’s not what I meant, I… just don’t think I need it, so you should buy it for yourself.”
“Okay, just take it and don’t think too much about it. I’ve been on the train all night and I’m very sleepy. I need to catch up on some sleep first. Don’t call me for lunch. I just want to sleep now.” Ye Ning waved her hands and went into the house to take off her clothes. She just took off her coat and went to sleep.
She slept until about four o’clock in the afternoon. Her head hurt even after sleeping too much. Ye Ning rubbed her head. When she got up, she felt something pressed on her hand. When she pulled it out, she saw it was a letter.
She slapped her forehead. She was so exhausted that she forgot about this letter.
The letter was a little wrinkled by her pressure, but it didn’t affect reading. There were only a few lines in it. It probably meant that he had been busy since he went to college. He wrote to her but she broke off contact without even giving a reply. This time when he came back to visit relatives, he didn’t expect such a big thing to have happened to her family, and she could not be reached. He hoped that he could express condolences. He originally thought of meeting her, but he couldn’t find her. Since he couldn’t stay for a long time, he went back to Beicheng first and left two addresses there. One was the address where he currently lived and the other was the address of his school, so she could write to him no matter what happened.
Sheng Chuan? Was it the Sheng Ping’an whom Xiao Lan mentioned last time? Ye Ning carefully searched the original owner’s memory.
The original person was taught by Li Fang to have a left-wing temperament since she was a child. She felt that she should not have been born in such a remote mountain village. Since her birth could not be changed, she wanted to marry into the city to change her destiny. Through these details, Ye Ning understood why Li Fang used to treat this eldest daughter so nicely. Part of the reason was that she looked like her. The most important thing was that she wanted to marry a city man through Ye Ning and live in the city. No wonder she was not allowed to go to the ground, and she was even forced to go to high school. It turned out that this was her intention.
Having been indoctrinated with these thoughts since childhood, her original outlook on life had been distorted for a long time. It was no wonder that she would elope with her father’s compensation money.
In fact, the original person originally liked Sheng Chuan, but he never confessed to her because of his identity. As for Sheng Chuan, Ye Ning felt that he regarded the original person more as his unruly and wilful sister. In a certain way, Sheng Chuan might like Ye Lan more because this child was ignored by Li Fang.
Ye Ning thought about it and pulled out a wooden box from under the bed. This was the box that the original person used in the dormitory. It contained some commonly used things, including a small box with a few letters in it.
Sheng Chuan said that the original person did not send him a letter, but she did, it was sent to his home. She also received a reply. It was from Sheng Chuan’s mother. It was not a curse, but the meaning expressed in it was very hurtful to one’s self-esteem. It so happened that that was the time when Sun Yaojun was chasing her. So, Ye Ning half-heartedly agreed to date him and did not continue to write to Sheng Chuan.
Ye Ning put the letter she received in the box, thought for a while, took out the letter his mother had sent to her, and then took out a piece of letter paper, saying that she had written a letter before, but he didn’t seem to have received it, so she still accepted it. But then a threatening letter arrived, saying that she was a toad that wanted to eat swan meat. She, the toad, thought that the swan did not want her to have anything to do with him, so she cut off contact and stopped communicating with him in the future to avoid being accused again.
She went to the post office and bought a large envelope. Not only did she put the letter she wrote in it, she also put the letter she received from his mother. She was different from her original character who had a secretly pitiful character. She emphasized that revenge must be retaliated. If she could repay it immediately, she would do so immediately. If she could not repay it immediately, then she should wait for the settlement of accounts later.
After sending the letter, she passed by the butcher shop. Ye Ning couldn’t help but buy half a catty of meat. She was a person who loved meat. If she started cooking by herself, she would definitely get some meat every day. Now that Ye Lan was in charge, she tried to buy as little as possible. So, she only took more to take home when there was meat and vegetables in the cafeteria.
When Ye Lan saw Ye Ning coming back with meat, she just smiled and took it, “Sister, what do you want to eat tonight?”
It was strange. Usually when she bought meat, Ye Lan didn’t say anything, but her expression always revealed that she was a prodigal. She felt weird when she suddenly didn’t react at all today.
Ye Ning thought about it for a long time, and finally remembered that when she came back in the morning, she seemed to have a bad tone because she was too tired. Could Ye Lan have misunderstood?
She was a bit careless and didn’t take what others said seriously. To put it bluntly, she was someone who could joke around about anything. However, Ye Lan was obviously the kind of person who didn’t talk much but thought a lot on the inside.
It was not bad, she had a typical pleaser personality, which should be related to Li Fang’s education. Li Fang didn’t like this daughter who made it difficult for her to give birth. Ye Qingshan was a man and thought that the child should be fed and clothed, nothing else. Unconsciously, a child who had been neglected for many years became very sensible and cautious, fearing that she would make her parents and sister angry if she did something wrong.
Ye Ning took a deep breath and entered the kitchen. Sure enough, she saw Ye Lan wearing the watch she gave her and dared not take it off.
“Xiao Lan, don’t wear a watch when cooking. It’s a pity to scratch it.” Ye Ning helped her take it off, “It’s inconvenient for me to go to work without a watch. I happened to be on a business trip to Nancheng, so I wanted to buy a watch. This is a new watch. The Nancheng Orchid watch is only available in Nancheng. It looked beautiful, so I bought two, one for you and one for me. They are sister watches.”
Ye Lan blinked and showed a shallow but obviously happy smile. Then she asked: “What about your watch, sister?”
“I was about to tell you that I bought some small things in Nancheng to sell in the market.” Seeing that she wanted to speak, Ye Ning raised her hand to stop her and said with a smile: “Go and see how many people are opening shops and doing business outside. It’s okay. Besides, I was careful and nothing will happen. Listen to me. I took some silk scarves and bracelets to sell in the market, but they were all robbed in a few seconds, and when I was about to leave, I was stopped by a little girl about your age. She said that she liked the watch on my wrist and insisted on buying it. I didn’t agree but she kept raising the price, which was more than thirty yuan more than the original price. It was equal to my monthly salary, so I sold my watch on a whim.”
“More than thirty yuan?” She only made forty or fifty yuan from raising pigs for so long. No, she could add more. More than thirty, which meant that the watch itself was expensive.
Ye Lan asked carefully, “Sister, how much does this watch cost?”
“Listen to me, the silk scarves and bracelets I brought from Nancheng took only a bit more than half an hour to sell out. How much do you think I earned? Three hundred and forty-two yuan.” Ye Ning couldn’t believe it herself. She originally wanted to make some money to supplement her spending in Nancheng. She never expected to earn so much money.
Ye Lan took a breath, “Three…more than three hundred…” It turned out that she and her father worked hard from dawn to dusk to farm, and couldn’t have so much left in a year. The eldest sister brought a few things back and made so much in one fell swoop. No wonder, it was really too dark to say that capitalism was bad.
“Sister, you are breaking the law. Return all the money to people immediately. If they know that you have made so much difference in price and come to your factory to sue you, your job will be gone.”
Ye Ning knew that she would react this way if she told Ye Lan. If she said that she was going to quit her job and go into business, she might just go crazy and hit her on the head, “If you don’t tell, who will? Do you know? Do you still remember the beef noodles I took you to eat?”
Ye Lan nodded, how could you forget it?
“Isn’t he just doing business? And the store next to him, Xiao Lan, the country is different from before. You can’t be immersed in the old thoughts, you have to look to the future.”
Ye Ning felt that Ye Lan should not just stay at home to grow vegetables, she should go out more often and broaden her horizons. This was more valuable than growing any vegetables. “Tomorrow I will go shopping outside and take Xiao An with me to see how the county is different from before. Take a closer look. You don’t always stay at home.”
Ye Lan was stunned for a moment, feeling that her sister disliked her, and pouted, but she didn’t think much about it. She was now attracted to the watch. Although her sister didn’t say it, she wanted this watch no matter what. It must cost more than a hundred. She had to keep such expensive things. If it got scratched, she would be heartbroken.
Early the next morning, Ye Ning was attracted by the cloth rope on Ye Lan’s wrist. When she looked closely, she saw that it was a watch case, let’s call it a watch case.
Ye Lan was really talented. She sewed a watch cover overnight, covering all the straps. The dial was a flip-up cover with a small button. You could open it to read the time and then put it back on. People who didn’t know would never guess that there was a watch inside.
“You buy a watch to wear, you don’t have to do this.” She also specially picked a good-looking one. If it was not exposed, there was no need to choose a good style. She could have just bought a watch that cost a few yuan.
“I think this is pretty good. The scratches make me feel even more distressed.” Ye Lan was very proud of her creativity.
Ye Ning looked at her helplessly. It was better not to buy expensive things for her in the future, or don’t tell her the price, otherwise Ye Lan would be even more tired.
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