At that ti, outside the Liang family’s courtyard, it was already surrounded by villagers.
Standing at the forefront was Aunt Lin, who had a good relationship with the Liang family. As for the one hiding at the back, it was Old Lady Gao, who was more cowardly, had smaller guts, and had been warm to Yue Ning not long ago, but was very fearful and afraid of the young mistress of the family...
"Eh? What’s going on here?"
It seed that only Liang Yuening was still out of the loop.
Dong Huiying was extrely embarrassed, squeezing through forcefully and showing a naive and adorable smile on her pale face, "Aunt Lin, Grandma Gao?"... Although the courtyard was now surrounded by many people, she realized she recognized only two. As for the others...
It had to be said, her popularity was really, really terrible.
Before they moved away, almost the entire village avoided her, although her brothers at ho gradually ca to accept her and knew that she had really changed a lot from before. But that was a private family matter, and outside the ho, there were still many who held prejudice against her.
Perhaps a few had privately speculated as to why she had changed so much? Not just in temperant, but also in appearance! From the forr dark, pockmarked face to the now fair and clean one, and her wrinkly little black paws had turned into soft ones, looking as though they had never touched spring water.
But even if so were curious, no one dared to ask her. Her fierce reputation preceded her, and even if she hadn’t been irascible for a long ti, the aftereffect still lingered.
Aunt Lin, who had gained thirty pounds, chuckled and nodded at Dong Huiying, "Speaking of which, before your family moved, you gave quite a few things. Things were too rushed back then, and you were in a hurry to leave, so I didn’t have a chance to properly thank you. Now that you’re back... are you just staying temporarily, or are you here to stay?"
The two brothers kept silent, and Dong Huiying looked back at them, then a bright smile appeared on her face.
"We’re back, and we’re not leaving! The three of us have co back first, and we’ll bring Yixuan and the others back after a while!"
"Great, great, co to your aunt’s house for a al. The braised pork your uncle makes is unique, and we’ll have a few drinks together then, it’s a deal!"
"Sure!"
The two chatted happily, while the others looked on inquisitively.
Deep down...
Wow, admirable, truly admirable!
Indeed, Aunt Lin deserved to be Aunt Lin, with such a brave heart to converse so much with the young mistress of the Liang family, truly amazing!
So admirable!!
As for Dong Huiying involved in the matter: "......"
***
Inside Elder Mrs. Gao’s Yard.
Liang Yuening hadn’t even eaten her al, as she was eager to welco her family’s young mistress and Third Brother. Now, with Aunt Lin enlivening the atmosphere, although there was still a hint of unfamiliarity, at least... well, everyone maintained a wait-and-see attitude.
Everyone still stayed far away from Dong Huiying, and they were all quite vigilant. It looked as though they were ready to run away at a mont’s notice if things went south.
Dong Huiying was a bit helpless, she knew she was being ostracized and that everyone here was too restrained around her. This wasn’t good.
"I’m not hungry, I’ll go work."
Shujun called out to her, "I’ll co with you!"
Yue Ning also sprang to her feet, even putting down her chopsticks. Dong Huiying felt awkward, "What are you two doing? Sit down, I’m really not hungry. Since I’m idle anyway, and the painting isn’t finished yet, I’ll go paint the walls."
After pushing the two back down, she stepped out.
Once she had left, everyone collectively let out a sigh of relief.
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