Near the second Chinese hour, seeking pink.
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The latter half of her sentence, Lian Manman did not say outright, but the aning she wanted to convey was already quite clear.
Lian Duoduo looked at Lian Manman’s sowhat dazed expression and laughed.
"You wouldn’t understand," Lian Duoduo said with a tone that seed sowhat airy.
Lian Manman had of course also seen Lian Duoduo’s smile. It was when she was very young in her past life, from ti to ti, those girls who matured earlier than her, so of whom had boyfriends quite early. These girls would usually gather together, whispering to one another, showing disdain for the sowhat dazed girls like Lian Manman. Lian Duoduo’s smile was one of superiority, that of a girl who believed she understood the ways of the world, looking down on an ignorant "silly girl."
Lian Manman held her forehead.
"Duoduo, according to what you’re saying, it wasn’t that he abducted you, and he treated you so well, then why didn’t you speak up for him when you saw your dad and big brother beating him?" Lian Manman couldn’t help but ask.
Lian Duoduo’s cheeks, which were already sowhat flushed, turned even redder, but this ti it was from anger.
"Do you think I’m an idiot? Speaking up for Brother Qian wouldn’t have helped him at all and would have been... of no benefit to ."
"Oh." Lian Manman said, looking at Lian Duoduo.
"You wouldn’t understand," Lian Duoduo gave Lian Manman another look that suggested she wouldn’t understand.
Lian Manman was noncommittal.
"Sister Manman," Lian Duoduo again looked around, "when you go to town tomorrow, can you tell Brother Qian for that I’ll rember what he did for ."
Lian Manman held her forehead again.
"Duoduo, you might not know, but after your aunt took you away that day, your big uncle and big brother, as well as your second brother, gave your Brother Qian a beating and chased him away. They also said that if he stayed in our county, they would have him sent to the County Yan to be beaten to death."
"I know," Lian Duoduo said.
Lian Manman was surprised once more, wondering why, knowing this, Lian Duoduo still wanted her to carry the ssage.
"You didn’t actually see him leave, did you? Brother Qian won’t leave; he’ll definitely wait for ," Lian Duoduo confidently said.
Where did you get such confidence from, Lian Manman thought but said nothing.
"Sister Manman, you must take this ssage to Brother Qian for ," Lian Duoduo begged Lian Manman again.
Lian Manman felt she couldn’t understand Lian Duoduo, and wanted to refuse her request. But Lian Duoduo’s plea was so earnest, she thought again, and decided that Qian Huolang, after having been beaten and threatened, must have left long ago.
"Alright, I’ll take the ssage to town for you," Lian Manman said, "but if he’s already gone, there’s nothing I can do."
"As long as you’re willing to try. Brother Qian definitely hasn’t left," Lian Duoduo said, nodding her head happily in agreent.
"I’ll do it for you, but you have to do sothing for ," Lian Manman said to Lian Duoduo.
Lian Duoduo’s mouth corners drooped slightly, realizing that asking favors from Sister Manman wasn’t going to be easy.
"Don’t be scared. It’s nothing big and it’ll be to your benefit," Lian Manman patted Lian Duoduo’s shoulder, "If Sister Huahua cos up with any more bad ideas, you make sure you tell ."
Lian Duoduo blinked her eyes and kept quiet.
"Just think about it, all of Sister Huahua’s ideas, who ends up suffering in the end? If you hadn’t tried to exchange for money, would your father not have allowed you to return to the town to live? You’re not used to eating coarse food and doing rough work, are you? If it wasn’t for Sister Huahua stirring up trouble with our old aunt, causing trouble for my mom, would your father have punished you with rough work? In the end, Sister Huahua herself hurt her leg, and you ran away, scared off; if it weren’t for eting Qian Huolang, what would you have beco?" Lian Manman gave Lian Duoduo two examples, "If Sister Huahua causes any more trouble, I’m afraid she won’t be able to marry into the Song Family, and then you’ll have to stay in this old house for the rest of your life, scraping by on bran and vegetables."
"Duoduo, is that what you want?" After finishing her statent, Lian Manman asked again.
Lian Duoduo shook her head imdiately.
"That’s right then. Rember what I’ve said, and don’t tell your mom or Sister Huahua," Lian Manman said, then turned and walked away. She didn’t actually expect Lian Duoduo to keep her inford but believed that Lian Duoduo would surely tell Lady Gu and Huahua. And that, exactly, was what she wanted. By using Lian Duoduo to warn Lady Gu and Huahua not to make any more trouble, because ultimately, it would backfire on them.
The next day, Lian Manman, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi brought over twenty jin of garlic-flavored peanuts to sell in town. Their garlic-flavored peanuts were selling well now; in less than half a Chinese hour, they had almost sold out.
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