Chapter Thirty-One: Taking Out His Hand

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  Qī Zhēnér was startled for a moment before she figured it out. Jiang Shi definitely didn't know what they were up to today, and he was just asking to probe her.

  Besides, their whereabouts are so secretive that even if the Liao family really has some skills, it's impossible to find these little kids so quickly, let alone her and Hu Zi being outsiders.

  Ye Baiji, although wary of Jiang, didn't think in the direction that Qi Zhen'er did, and simply thought that Jiang was asking if they had gone to find Liao's family. So she replied calmly: "Zhen'er and Hu Zi have never been to our village market, I think the weather is nice today, so I'll take them to take a look."

  Jiang heard this and felt at ease, Ye Baiji was a straightforward person, if she went to find the Liao family without regard for consequences, it would cause trouble.

  "Chiang said: 'Bai Qi did the right thing, taking them out for a stroll. Otherwise, that girl's family would have narrow vision and no sense of proportion.'"

  This sentence is clearly hinting at something.

  Qī Zhēn'er coldly watched, was this a warning for her?

  The atmosphere in the house was somewhat chilly for a while.

  Jiang also realized that she had said something inappropriate, and quickly changed the subject: "Bai Zhi, you see, this is the return gift from the Qian family. The Qian family used to be even worse off than our Ye family, just a small, shabby general store. But now that their daughter has married into a wealthy family, they've got the nerve to give gifts like this."

  "Sighing, 'If it weren't for that incident, our family would still be in town now. Even Bai Zhu's marriage could have been a step ahead, and we wouldn't have let the daughter of Qian Guan's family steal the show.'"

  Qī Zhēnér looked at this Jiǎng Shì and suddenly wanted to laugh, this is beating people one by one.

  Ye Baiji suppressed the urge to roll her eyes, thinking that the Jiang family was trying to say that their family's marriage could surpass hers. Did they really think she didn't know about the grudge between Ye Baizhou and Qian Zhanggui's daughter? They were using this good marriage to slap Ye Baizhou in the face, and yet they were still happily going along with it as if it was an honor.

  "I'm fine, it's just that my sister Bai Mei was the one who suffered a loss. Everyone outside says that my sister Bai Mei has a wealthy and noble fate, but this time she really did suffer a loss when she returned to her hometown." Ye Bai Zhi said with a sympathetic tone.

  Jiang was choked by these words. She also felt that Ye Baiji was not as good as her family's white peony, but if she admitted it, the following words would be difficult to say, and if she disagreed, the topic would be pulled off track.

  "Zhen'er probably doesn't know, but your sister Bai Zhi's embroidery skills are excellent. In the past when I took her out, everyone praised her." Jiang Shi turned her head and said to Qi Zhen'er. This can also be considered as praising Ye Bai Zhi.

  Zi Zhen'er didn't expect Jiang to have such quick wit, and pretended to be surprised as she looked at Ye Baiju: "Wow, Baiju sister, you're so amazing! I don't even know how to hold an embroidery needle."

  Ye Baiji was about to say a few humble words, when Qi Zhen'er continued: "Third Aunt, what can Baijiu do?"

  Ye Baiji's eyes narrowed into a glare before she looked away. This servant girl Qi Zhen'er was holding a grudge.

  Jiang was speechless again. She had only cultivated Ye Baihe's social skills, and her etiquette and manners were good, but this couldn't be counted as a strong point to bring up. The only thing she could still bring up was embroidery, but wasn't this just slapping herself in the face? She had just finished praising Ye Baihe's embroidery skills. If Qi Zhen'er said again that Ye Baihe and Baihe should compete, it would truly be humiliating.

  "Ah, Auntie, how come Su Mu and Bai Guo haven't returned yet?"

  Someone gave her a chance to leave, and Jiang naturally took it. She smiled gratefully at Sun and said, "Su Mu still has to go to school. The summer vacation is coming soon, and they won't be back until after the holiday. Bai Guo went to her uncle's house, where her cousin Jinzhu is about the same age as her, and they love playing together. Her uncle asked her to stay for a few days."

  Sun smiled and nodded, but that smile was somewhat bitter.

  Jiang said, thinking of her family's Su Qi making a fuss about taking Hu Zi to play with him. Looking at Hu Zi, he was also obedient and listened carefully to what the adults were saying for half a day without making any noise. His temperament seemed good too.

  "I looked at Tiger and saw that he was about the same age as our family's Su Ye. I said, 'Zhen Er, don't spoil him, let him go play with our family's Su Qi, children are more lively when they play together.'" Jiang Shi smiled and looked at Tiger.

  Zhen'er didn't respond to her words. Su Qi's family was obviously a spoiled child, and Hu Zi would definitely be at a disadvantage if he played with him.

  "Zhen'er said: 'Auntie, Hu Zi is introverted and doesn't like going out to play.'"

  "That's all because of you spoiling him." Jiang said, "What child doesn't like to run around? Besides, isn't it good for children to be running and jumping everywhere? Country kids are tough, aren't they made from falling and getting hurt everywhere?"

  It can be said that Hu Zi's character was indeed dug out, but it wasn't by Qi Zhen'er, rather by Liu Shi.

  Qī Zhēnér agreed with Jiǎng's words, but wouldn't let Hǔ Zǐ play with Sū Qí. I reckon Hǔ Zǐ himself didn't want to play with him either. Jiǎng spoke nicely, but she was actually a bully everywhere, and she absolutely wouldn't dare to bully her own Sū Qí, only wanting that devil from her family to bully others.

  Ye Baiji also saw that Qi Zhener didn't want to, and with what Su Qi had just said about Hu Zi in the kitchen, even if Zhener was able to endure it, would she still be so weak when it came to Hu Zi? Knowing that her third aunt wasn't up to any good, why would she still go out of her way to let people bully her?

  "Daughter, are you dizzy again?" Ye Baiji supported Sun Shi, blocking Jiang Shi's line of sight, and made eye contact with Sun Shi.

  Sun's family understood, pretended to be dizzy, covered her head with one hand, leaned on Ye Baiji and moaned.

  Jiang and Qizhen's siblings were all startled.

  "Second sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Shi anxiously asked. "Otherwise, Bai Zhi will go call your grandfather to take a look."

  As soon as the Sun family heard that they were going to call Lao Yezi, they became a little flustered. Fortunately, Ye Baiju was calm and composed, "Don't worry, Third Aunt. My mother just needs to rest for a while, she's probably just tired. Why don't you go back first?"

  Jiang also didn't want to stay here anymore, after talking for half a day, she didn't get any useful information, and was even forced by the two little girls to be speechless, it's really annoying.

  At this point, Ye Baiji said so, and Jiang Shi followed along with the words and left. As he walked away, he repeatedly reminded: "If anything happens, you go call me, don't let your mother force herself."

  Ye Baiji nodded hastily.

  Ye Baiji and Qi Zhen'er supported Sun Shi to lie on the bed, seeing Jiang Shi's figure had disappeared outside the door, they all covered their mouths and laughed.

  Sun opened her eyes and asked, "Has Third Aunt left?" Seeing Ye Baiju nodding, she hastily lifted the quilt and said, "It's about time she left. Baiju, if you want me to pretend to be ill, you should at least tell me first! When I heard that Third Aunt was going to find your grandfather, I almost got scared to death and broke out in a cold sweat."

  Ye Baiji rushed into Sun's arms and said, "Mother, how was I supposed to know that I should pretend to be ill? Third Aunt has been grinding her teeth here all along, as if she didn't see that we're not welcoming her. And she still wants Hu'er to play with Su Qi from her family, but doesn't she know what kind of person Su Qi is? He's mischievous and disobedient, and in our village, he has offended every child his age. Isn't it setting Hu'er up for trouble by letting him play with him?"

  Zi Zhen'er didn't expect that Ye Suqi's skills were so profound, he had offended everyone, no wonder nobody wanted to play with him and set his sights on Hu Zi instead.

  Jiang came out the door, only to think that something was not right. That Sun clearly had no illness, how could she just faint like that? It must be that dead girl Bai Zhi's doing!

  But this has already gone out of the door, and Jiang's family is not good to go back. She still hasn't done anything she wanted to do. It's really infuriating that she gritted her teeth in anger!