Su Mian already knew Dean Li’s intentions, but she had not thought it through yet and could not promise him anything, “Dean Li, don’t worry. I will rely on you in the future. It’s just that the situation is unclear right now, I’ll contact you after I reach the capital.”
She found Dean Li to be trustworthy, plus he loved to study medical skills and had experience in managing his own hospital. Su Mian felt that it was not easy to find someone like this.
Time flew past and in the blink of an eye, it was July, the day before the university entrance examination.
Su Mian’s class was assigned to take the exam at the second middle school. The school provided food and accommodation. A row of classrooms were selected to the lodgings for the exam candidates to stay at night. Food was a large one-pot-rice; a big iron pot as tall as a person was placed at the door of the classroom.
Since it was summer, a lot of people were crowded into the classroom. There were people who came late and had nowhere to stay so they could only make their bed on the floor.
Su Mian took Wei Min to her youngest aunt’s house. Her youngest aunt’s house was near the second middle school, just ten minutes away by foot.
“Is it alright for me to go?” It was rare for Wei Min, a usually casual person, to actually have times when she felt shy.
“Just come with me. There are two rooms in my aunt’s house! Do you really want to sleep with them in the classroom?” Su Mian pulled Wei Min. The two of them packed up things for the exam and travelled to the county capital by bus.”
Su Mian’s few aunts were at the supermarket. Business was good recently and they were very busy. Seeing Su Mian and Wei Min, her youngest aunt was very happy, “Can stay, can stay, we’re family. You and Xiao Mian take one room, I’ll stay with the children in the other room, it’ll be just right.”
Youngest Aunt cleaned up. Leaving the supermarket to her two sisters, she went to the backyard.
“You two stay in this room, it was cleaned up long ago. In a moment, you two can go take a look at the examination centre and I will think about what we’ll eat tonight.” Youngest Aunt went to busy herself in the kitchen after speaking.
Wei Min had also heard about Su Mian’s youngest aunt’s divorce and could not help but feel sorry for her. In fact, Su Mian’s youngest aunt was pretty with a melon seed shaped face. She was diligent, honest, and capable. Both of her children had already grown up. Wei Min really could not figure out what kind of woman her man had been fascinated by.
“Have you seen that woman?”
“I saw her once.”
“Does she look better than your youngest aunt?”
“I heard that she used to be a widow, she’s younger than my aunt.”
“Bah, this kind of woman who seduces someone else’s husband should be killed by a car when she goes out, and this kind of man who abandons his family should die without descendants!” Wei Min rolled her sleeves up when she heard that. If she saw that man now, she would have beat him up.
“Exactly. See how difficult it is for my youngest aunt to raise two children by herself now. It’s fortunate that everyone is helping and now that she’s opened a supermarket, she still has income. Otherwise, how would she be able to hold on as a lone woman, unable to do physical work and having to provide for her two children to go to school.”
Su Mian really felt that Gao Tie Liang was worthless!
While Youngest Aunt was cooking, her mind was not idle and she suddenly thought of an idea. She put down the kitchen knife and ran to the supermarket in the front yard.
“Eldest sister, second sister, I have a good idea.”
Su Mian’s eldest and second aunts were weighing fruits for customers and collecting money. When they saw her running over frantically, they did not even raise their heads and continued with their tasks.
“Sister, weren’t you cooking for Su Mian? What did you come over for? Don’t know what to make for dinner?” Su Mian’s eldest aunt stared at the scale. After speaking, she added a large apple to the scale, “Five jin, piled high!” After weighing it, she put them into the aunty’s bag.
In this period, plastic bags were still scarce and customers always brought their own bags when buying something.
“I love buying things at your place. You give enough when weighing and the fruit is fresh. Here’s the money. And there’s discounts in the evening. If there’s still some, I’ll come again in the evening.” The aunty paid, but still did not seem to have any intention of leaving.
