"I just got back from town, brought a few small things to sell, to exchange for some egg money."
The woman said, and then she looked at Shen Qinglan and asked Dong Yao, "Who is this?"
Dong Yao was taken aback, then laughed and asked, "You don't recognize her?"
The woman shook her head, then said, "She looks familiar, could she be a girl from the Dong family?"
Dong Yao laughed a few times, then said, "This is our Qinglan."
"What? This is Qinglan?"
The woman looked at Shen Qinglan with a face full of surprise, wondering why she looked a bit familiar.
Dong Yao introduced to Shen Qinglan, "Qinglan, this is your Aunt Hu."
Shen Qinglan turned her head and softly called out Aunt Hu.
Aunt Hu said incredulously, "Oh, after such a serious illness, she actually became clear-headed?"
"Isn't it?"
Dong Yao smiled and glanced at Shen Qinglan, then said, "Her father and I were also very surprised!"
Aunt Hu looked Shen Qinglan up and down and murmured, "Oh, heaven bless, she'll definitely be fortunate in the future."
Shen Qinglan's skin had always been fair, but because she was usually foolish and silly, she made herself look dirty, so it was hard to see her full appearance.
Now that she's no longer silly and is clean, she actually looks quite pretty.
Dong Yao glanced at the sun and hurriedly said, "Let's not talk about it for now, I have to go back to the fields later, I'll go ahead."
Aunt Hu heard this and nodded, "Alright, hurry on, the sun is quite fierce, don't let the child get sunburned."
Shen Qinglan nodded to Aunt Hu and then continued to walk forward with Dong Yao.
After walking a good distance, Dong Yao whispered to Shen Qinglan, "Aunt Hu isn't a bad person, it's just that she can't keep things to herself and spills everything. Just avoid her a bit when you see her later."
Shen Qinglan: "Oh!"
The uncle's house was along the small path at the head of the village, surrounded by a row of hedge trees.
As soon as Shen Qinglan and her mother reached the door, they heard the sound of a child crying loudly inside.
Dong Yao pushed open the gate, walked in, and called out, "Who made little Tao cry?"
"Hey~ Aunt!"
Cousin Shen Qinghe came out holding the still crying little nephew Shen Tao.
"Ah~, our Qinglan is here too? Come in and have some tea."
Dong Yao took the chicken to the kitchen and said, "Save the tea for you guys. Today your cousins went to the mountain and hunted something, I brought a wild chicken to nourish little Tao."
Shen Qinghe said, "Keep it for Qinglan to nourish herself, we're not short of anything here."
Dong Yao laughed and said, "There's still plenty left for her to eat."
Seeing only Shen Qinghe, Dong Yao quickly asked, "Where are your mother and your elder brother and sister-in-law?"
Shen Qinghe: "They went to town for something, little Tao just woke up and cried because he didn't see his mom and dad."
Shen Qinglan raised her eyelids and looked at the little guy who seemed so pitiful, and the little guy also looked back at her timidly.
"Hold!"
The little guy suddenly stretched out his hands toward Shen Qinglan, and everyone present, including Shen Qinglan herself, was taken aback.
She had never held a child before, and she thought that with her personality, children wouldn't like her.
Shen Qinghe quickly said, "Little Tao, Aunt Qinglan can't hold you."
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished, the little guy pouted as if he was about to cry again.
Shen Qinglan tilted her head and hesitated for a moment, then finally reached out her hand and with somewhat stiff movements, picked up the little guy.
It was quite strange, as soon as he was in her arms, he stopped crying and even laughed happily.
Of course, Shen Qinglan thought, this little rascal would be more likable if he didn't pull her hair.