Chapter 27

"The recent situation is not very good. In order to move up, those ideological people are making trouble all the time, holding chicken feathers as arrows everywhere, pulling everyone's pigtails. I thought that our several children all have jobs, and none of them have gone to the countryside. It's too conspicuous."

An JingZhi was clever enough. As soon as Old Master said this, he immediately understood, "Dad means to let An MeiYun go to the countryside as an educated youth?"

Old Master's gaze was deep. "Has An ZhiXia's household registration been transferred back yet?"

"No, I just picked her up yesterday. It takes time to go through the process, and both Gao Family were arrested, so I need to go to their production team to get a certificate to transfer the rural household registration to an urban one." Although it wasn't too far away, it wasn't easy to change a rural household registration to an urban one.

"Then don't transfer the household registration for the time being. Just get by for a while before we talk about it. Although our family doesn't need to send our children to the countryside given our circumstances, being an educated youth is more honorable. Many young children have volunteered to go to the countryside. Our family can't show no support at all."

Old Master's intention was very clear. Educated youths going to the countryside needed to first change their urban household registration to a rural one.

An ZhiXia currently still had a rural household registration, so of course she didn't need to go to the countryside again.

So this educated youth quota could only be between An MeiYun and An ZhiAng. And An ZhiAng was his own son.

It had to be said, Old Master was very calculating. After a while, he could transfer An ZhiXia’s household registration back. Her job would also be taken care of. By then there would be someone in the family who had gone to the countryside, so no one could pick on them.

Old Madam came out first, just as An ZhiXia was playing with An WenQing, while Zhou Nan and Liu Ling were also on the side.

She walked over with a benevolent smile. "ZhiXia, go stay at Granny's for a few days in a couple days. My granddaughter is so pretty, she's just too thin. Granny will feed you well and make you beautiful and plump."

"Okay, I'll really go in a few days. Granny don't dislike me." Old Madam liked delicate little girls. It was just that An MeiYun had never been favored since she was little. She had changed a bit these two years, but her deliberate ingratiation still made people feel it was too fake, so Old Madam still didn’t really like her.

On the other hand, those girls from the Pei family made her quite envious, but after all they weren't her own blood, so there was a layer of separation. And their own grandmother was still around, so Old Madam couldn’t cross that line.

This newly found little granddaughter looked pretty good. She just needed some good nurturing.

Especially her brows and eyes. They were so beautiful.

Old Madam held An ZhiXia’s hand. Anyone could see her satisfaction.

Old Master and An JingZhi finished their conversation in the study and came out. Old Master didn't show anything, but An JingZhi had a somber face. No one knew if he had been scolded or not.

Old Master and Old Madam left, and Zhou Nan whispered to An ZhiXia, "Your granny had another young daughter before, who was born during the warlord era and didn't survive. I heard your aunt looks a lot like your granny. Your brows and eyes are also like your granny’s, so they probably look like your aunt too. But don’t mention any of this in front of your granny, lest you upset her."

She was giving her a heads up in advance, so the girl wouldn't make the same mistake An MeiYun did before.

She still remembered when she first brought the child back, Old Madam had also liked An MeiYun. But the girl was unruly since she was little, and she loved to keep things to herself. She would throw tantrums if she didn't get what she wanted.

Old Madam still had some belongings left by her young sister. When An MeiYun was little, she had rummaged through Old Madam's wardrobe and found a very beautiful dress. She fussed until she got to wear it herself. It took a lot of coaxing to get her to take it off.

But then the girl, she went and cut up the dress. She also ripped up a photo tucked in a book. That photo was one Old Madam would look at every night before going to bed.

It was from that point on that Old Madam never held An MeiYun again, and didn't want her to come over either.

At that time, An MeiYun was only three or four years old. She probably doesn't even remember what she did when she was little. Of course, Zhou Nan and An JingZhi wouldn't deliberately bring it up to her. So all the way until now, she still didn't understand why Old Madam didn't like her.

An JingZhi called Zhou Nan back to their room, probably to discuss things.

Liu Ling left for work after giving An ZhiXia two pairs of shoes and two jars of Hallyu oil. "ZhiXia, these are the shoes Mom told me to bring you, and this Hallyu oil I bought passing by the supply and marketing cooperative. Sister-in-law sent it for you to use to wipe your hands and face."

She saw the girl's hands were rougher than her mother-in-law's, so she bought this.

"Thank you, sister-in-law. I'll accept them." An ZhiXia naturally wouldn't reject them, and would remember this kindness.

After Liu Ling left, An ZhiAng took An WenQing out to play.

Sitting in the living room, she could vaguely hear Zhou Nan's muffled sobs coming from the master bedroom. Very suppressed.

An MeiYun came out after tidying up the kitchen. She saw An ZhiXia gazing into the distance, seemingly lost in thought.

She sat across from An ZhiXia. Listening to Zhou Nan's crying, she sneered and asked An ZhiXia, "Mom and Dad don't feel good about kicking me out either, even if they don't say it. They can't just forget their feelings for me over so many years. Sister ZhiXia, the past is in the past. Let's live well in this family, enjoying Dad, Mom, and brothers' love and care. Isn't it good to be obedient daughters to our parents, and gentle sisters to our brothers? Why must we make things so ugly? Making everyone feel bad, and gaining nothing for ourselves. Is this really what you want?"

"You say the past is in the past because in this matter, you were the beneficiary from the start. So what right do you have to say everything is in the past? On the contrary, for me, some things can never be in the past." An ZhiXia's mind did not stir up any ripples from her words. On the contrary, she remained calm and collected as she said, "Also, it's not me making things so shameful, but the matter itself is already shameful."

As for why it was shameful, of course it was because they were too greedy.

Perhaps knowing she could no longer gain An ZhiXia's affection, and there was no one else around, she simply dropped the act.

An MeiYun raised her brows, seeming intrigued. "Since Sister ZhiXia has this mindset, then we really can't peacefully coexist."

The sound of the door opening could be heard. An MeiYun's words also began to change. "I really wanted to honor our parents together with Sister ZhiXia. I know you don't like me. I can also leave. I just hope that after I leave, Sister ZhiXia can let go of her prejudices, and not keep immersing herself in hatred. Hatred will only amplify the evil in our hearts. After all, we still have a long life ahead. Living our own lives well is the most important. I also hope sister can live well in the future."

Her ability to switch faces, if she didn't become an actress in her later life, it would really be a waste.