Chapter 209: Yun Pandi’s Energetic State
Yun Jiao put another egg cake into his mouth, “Eat.”
Who are you putting on that pitiful, envious act for?
Yun Sui looked down and grinned foolishly.
Then he started eating.
Yun Jiao didn’t watch him anymore. She ran to see what Granny Yun and the others were cooking today.
The aroma had already drifted out from the kitchen.
It was almost time for dinner when Yun Linhe and Grandpa Yun finally returned.
Yun Sui’s Grandpa had caught a cold and was still lying in the clinic.
“As long as it can be treated, that’s fine. Eat first.”
“Chen Bei, go see why your Master hasn’t arrived yet.”
Yun Chen Bei responded and came back shortly after leaving, bringing Old Man Mu with him, who carried New Year’s gifts.
Everyone exchanged pleasantries, then sat down and started eating and drinking lively.
Yun Sui was an addition to this meal, but this small interlude didn’t dampen everyone’s happiness.
While eating, Granny Yun saw that Yun Sui only dared to pick food from in front of him, so she paid more attention and gave him other dishes.
Although this child is a bit slow, he doesn’t cause trouble and is quite well-behaved in a way.
After the meal, Yun Sui wanted to find his Grandpa. Yun Linhai took him to the Village Chief’s house, and the Village Chief’s son took him to the clinic.
As they were leaving, Granny Yun also packed some food for him in Yun Jiao’s old bag to take with him.
“Jiaojiao, what do Eldest Brother and Second Brother mean when they say the ground is covered in white from the snow?”
At night, several children huddled in a room, looking out the window.
The winter night was very quiet, and it was snowing outside.
The snow had finally fallen a bit heavier today.
But in the south, the snow doesn’t last long, and it’s too light; it melts quickly when it hits the ground.
Yun Jiao stuck her hand out the window. The snowflakes fell lightly onto her small hand, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
“I don’t know. Eldest Brother and Second Brother didn’t send any photos.”
“It would be great if we had photos.”
Yun Jiao leaned on the window and muttered softly, “I miss Eldest Brother and Second Brother.”
Eldest Brother and Second Brother weren’t celebrating the New Year with them this year, and they hadn’t even eaten the dumplings that Granny Yun and Mom made.
The next day, Yun Jiao, along with the gifts prepared by her family, went with Father and Mother to visit her Master and relatives.
Upon arriving at her Master’s house, she was tested on her learning progress, and then the beautifully dressed young girl went around and received many red envelopes.
Her Master’s family had quite a few relatives, and they all gave her red envelopes!
Yun Jiao’s smile was as brilliant as a little sun. With a sweet mouth, she followed behind her Master, like a soft little tail, calling out to everyone.
After leaving her Master’s house, Yun Jiao held the red envelopes and opened them, starting to count the money like a little miser.
Her Master’s relatives and friends not only gave red envelopes but were also very generous.
This added up to almost a thousand!
In this era, with these red envelopes, she had truly become rich overnight.
Yun Linhai and Shen Yunlian were also startled. They never expected to receive so many red envelopes from just one New Year’s visit.
Honest and simple as they were, they felt quite uneasy.
It was up to little Yun Jiao to comfort them.
However, Yun Linhai and the others were already thinking at this moment that when they went to sea in the spring, they would definitely get some good things to give to Jiaojiao’s Master.
“I wonder how Yun Sui and his grandpa are doing. We’re already here, let’s go take a look.”
On the way back home, passing by the clinic in town, Shen Yunlian suddenly thought of Yun Sui.
Yun Linhai nodded, “Let’s go and see.”
However, they didn’t expect that Yun Sui and his Grandpa had already left the clinic early that morning.
So they had no choice but to go back.
Since they were concerned, they should pay more attention.
He left the clinic before he was even well.
But there was no other way; Yun Sui’s family was also very poor and couldn’t afford the money to stay at the clinic for treatment.
Later, Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe often went to Yun Sui’s house, at least ensuring that the old man wouldn’t die this winter.
Otherwise, that child Yun Sui would truly become an orphan in the village.
After New Year’s Eve, the visits between relatives gradually decreased.
The liveliness gradually returned to peace.
After some more time passed, Yun Jiao noticed that more young people were leaving the village in the new year.
They were all going out to find jobs.
While they were young, they were unwilling to spend their lives drifting at sea, relying solely on luck to earn money, and there were many risks involved.
Now that the country’s economic policies had opened up, many factories and shops had sprung up like mushrooms after rain. Young people were full of energy and aspirations for their future, wanting to go out and make a name for themselves.
Yun Jiao followed Granny Yun to stroll around the village. Every day, she could hear people discussing who and whose child had gone out to work.
Yun Jiao was eating fruit leather when she heard them talking about Cai Jinhua’s children again.
“Pan Di has really straightened up, arguing with her grandparents every few days with her two younger sisters.”
“Exactly. She even makes her younger brother work. If he doesn’t work, she won’t give him any food. When the two elders hit her, she grabs a stick from home and hits Yun Zhuangzhuang. It makes those two biased old folks who dote on their grandsons incredibly distressed.”
“You all say, why has Pan Di’s personality changed so much?”
“She was forced to. She was almost sent for a ghost marriage.”
Yun Jiao listened intently. She had actually encountered Pan Di and the others before.
Back then, Pan Di was holding a stick, staring at her two younger sisters and brother as they went tide pooling to find food.
She had also seen Yun Pandi chasing Yun Zhuangzhuang and hitting him, with the two elders running after Yun Pandi, scolding her harshly.
But Yun Pandi ignored them, as if she hadn’t heard, relentlessly hitting Yun Zhuangzhuang.
In short, ever since Cai Jinhua and Yun Dana were arrested, the two elders couldn’t outrun Yun Pandi, nor were they as strong as her. Yun Zhuangzhuang began to live a life of misery.
But for Yun Jiao, this was a cause for great joy.
Seeing Yun Zhuangzhuang unhappy made her happy.
On their way home with Granny Yun, they coincidentally ran into Yun Pandi and the others again.
“Pan Di, you unfilial daughter, bringer of misfortune! If you hit my precious grandson again, I’ll marry you off to an old man!”
These were hardly words a grandmother would say to her granddaughter; it was worse than calling them enemies.
Yun Pandi had a slap mark on her face, her eyes fiercely fixed on the two elders.
“You try it. If you dare to do that, I’ll report you to the police station for an arranged marriage. Before you marry me off, your grandson won’t have an easy time either!”
“Also, the food you’re eating now is all found by us sisters. If you hit me again next time, don’t expect any food. You’ll starve along with Yun Zhuangzhuang!”
“You, you unfilial daughter, are you trying to rebel!”
Yun Pandi sneered, “Did you ever consider us your granddaughters?”
Yun Pandi’s mental state was slightly unhinged now, but she no longer cared what others thought of her. Her main principle was: if I’m unhappy, then those I dislike shouldn’t have it easy either.
Amidst the elders’ wailing and crying, Yun Pandi kicked the crying Yun Zhuangzhuang over.
“Cry, cry, all you do is cry! You’ve cried away all your good fortune. Go back and wash clothes. You’re this big and still useless like a piece of waste!”
Yun Jiao gasped, her gaze towards Yun Pandi completely changed at this moment.
She truly admired this mental state.
However, few in the village appreciated Yun Pandi’s current state of mind.
Most people thought she had gone mad.
