Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 510: Chapter 510: How Could You Still Misunderstand?_1

Upon arrival, Mrs. Gong behaved as if she hadn’t seen Shi Xiaolan, and with a smile she entered the courtyard, enthusiastically greeted An Jing, ”Sister An Jing.”

An Jing noticed Mrs. Gong’s warmth had a purpose and furrowed her brow, ”I don’t recall having a sister.”

Mrs. Gong was taken aback before she smiled again, ”You’re older than me, so naturally I should call you sister.”

An Jing said, ”You should just call me Mrs. An.”

Mrs. Gong was taken aback again, but still thick-skinned, she said, ”Sister An Jing loves to joke. Your family and mine are familiar; there’s no need for such formality.”

An Jing said, ”This is our first meeting today, how could I possibly be familiar with your family?”

Mrs. Gong’s smile stiffened for a moment before returning as she said, ”Sister An Jing, you really have a sense of humor. Now that I’m married to my husband An Fu, his family is also my family. Before, your family and my in-law’s house were quite close, so naturally, that means you are familiar with my family too.”

An Jing said, ”Our family is not close with your in-law’s family; we’re only close with Xiao Lan. She just happened to be in that family, so please don’t misunderstand.”

After a pause, An Jing didn’t want to beat around the bush with Mrs. Gong anymore and directly asked, ”May I know the purpose of your visit today?”

Mrs. Gong, whose smile had already completely crumbled, upon hearing An Jing’s words, instantly put on a smile again and said, ”It’s the New Year, and our family hopes Sister An Jing and Brother Xiao will come over tomorrow for a meal, just a simple dinner.”

In fact, Mrs. Gong had come to invite them on her own initiative; An Fu and the others were not even aware of this matter.

In the past, Mrs. Gong had mentioned to An Fu and the others about inviting An Jing and Xiao Changyi for dinner, but they did not agree, saying they had stopped interacting with An Jing and Xiao Changyi, and it would be shameless to invite them over for a meal.

But how could Mrs. Gong give up so easily?

Her family was especially poor, and she only married An Fu, a crippled man willing to take her as his concubine, because she fancied the good living conditions of An Fu’s family and his decent income from working at the rice shop in the county town.

Later, she was told that she would not become a concubine but the main wife, as An Fu had already divorced Shi Xiaolan. She was really overjoyed at the time. Naturally, she would prefer to be the main wife rather than a concubine.

However, after marrying An Fu, she found out that he was no longer working at the rice shop in the county town. There was some silver coin at home, but her in-laws were always in poor health, always needing money for medicine. Now, the household was becoming poorer and poorer, so she thought of getting in touch with An Jing and Xiao Changyi again, hoping that they would rehire her husband An Fu to work at the rice shop.

Upon hearing this, An Jing, without a second thought, said, ”There’s no need.”

Unexpectedly, An Jing’s refusal was so straightforward, Mrs. Gong immediately became agitated, ”Why not? Didn’t you come to our house for a meal during last year’s New Year?”

An Jing spoke indifferently, ”Last year, we didn’t go to your house for a meal, we went to Xiaolan’s house, and she just happened to be in that family. And I just told you not to misunderstand, why are you still misunderstanding?”

Mrs. Gong clenched her teeth tightly.

Although she knew that what An Jing said was true, as she also knew An Jing and Shi Xiaolan had grown up together like sisters, she still couldn’t help but feel hatred towards Shi Xiaolan, as if it was Shi Xiaolan who made An Jing not want to interact with their family.

Not interacting wasn’t a big deal, but the job at the rice shop was!

With that in mind, Mrs. Gong squeezed out another smile and said, ”Then let’s say I misunderstood. But even so, you can still come to our house for a simple meal.”