Reborn in the 1970s — Married a Proud Rough Man

Chapter 79: Chapter 41: Playing Dumb

Qin Mei took it, weighed it in her hand, and raised an eyebrow at Jie Jingshan. ”What’s this?” she asked curiously.

”You’ll know when you open it.” Jie Jingshan smiled brightly. Her smile seemed to hold all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, a refreshing and uplifting sight.

”Trying to be all mysterious, are we?” Qin Mei looked up, glancing suspiciously at Jie Jingchen.

Jie Jingchen didn’t speak, his gaze on Qin Mei deepening slightly.

Qin Mei opened the kraft paper. Inside was a thick stack of ten-yuan bills, probably about a thousand yuan in total.

Qin Mei was stunned, looking at Jie Jingchen in disbelief. ”For me?”

Jie Jingchen nodded. ”Jing Qi gave it to you.”

”Jing Qi.” Qin Mei nearly bit her tongue. A thousand yuan! ”Jing Qi is only fourteen. Where would she get so much money to give me?”

In this era, a worker’s salary was only a few dozen yuan, and rural incomes were even lower. A thousand yuan was no small sum back then. If the money had been from Jie Jingchen, she would have believed it without a doubt, but it was from Jing Qi.

”Sister-in-law, I have money,” Jie Jingshan said, puffing out her chest proudly.

”Where did you get the money?” Qin Mei was skeptical. ’This isn’t just a few dozen yuan, but over a thousand.’

”My grandpa and grandma gave it to me,” Jie Jingshan replied.

Qin Mei’s eyelid twitched. ’Mrs. Jie’s family is very wealthy. Wait, Mrs. Jie’s maiden name is Qiao, and she’s from Xiangjiang. A maiden name of Qiao... Qiao Jingshan.’

Qin Mei was jolted. ’Qiao Jingshan, the future female billionaire from Xiangjiang!’

’The media had reported that Qiao Jingshan was disabled, with crippled legs. She had inherited her maternal grandfather’s fortune and, with her exceptionally sharp business acumen, became a powerful tycoon. She never married and had no children.’

’Jie Jingshan... Qiao Jingshan...’

”Sister-in-law,” Jie Jingshan called out.

Qin Mei snapped back to reality. She looked at Jie Jingshan with a strange and complex expression, which also held a sense of admiration that Jie Jingshan couldn’t comprehend.

’If I heal Jie Jingshan’s legs, will it change the course of her life?’

’She became a billionaire even with disabled legs. If her legs are healed, she’ll only soar higher.’

Qin Mei couldn’t suppress her excitement. Jie Jingshan was the first person she’d met in this era whom she knew from the future. As for the rest of the Jie Family, she knew nothing—either they were obscure or just extremely low-key.

Suddenly, a thought struck Qin Mei. She asked, ”What’s our mom’s name?”

”Qiao Yanqiu.” Jie Jingshan looked up at Jie Jingchen and asked, ”Fourth Brother, you never told Sister-in-law what Mom’s name is?”

”She never asked me,” Jie Jingchen replied. She hadn’t asked, so he hadn’t said.

’Qiao Yanqiu,’ Qin Mei murmured, trying hard to recall the name. ’I’ve never heard of it.’

”Sister-in-law, what’s wrong?” Jie Jingshan was confused by Qin Mei’s reaction.

”It’s nothing.” Qin Mei shook her head, smiled, and handed the money back to Jie Jingshan. ”Jing Qi, I can’t accept this money.”

”Sister-in-law, you need money, and I have it.” Jie Jingshan pushed the money back to Qin Mei. She had asked her fourth brother to take her to withdraw this money in the morning specifically for her sister-in-law. Even if she didn’t want it, Jie Jingshan was determined to give it to her.

”I know you have money.” ’And you’ll have even more in the future.’ But Qin Mei genuinely felt too awkward to accept it.

Seeing the two of them pushing the money back and forth, Jie Jingchen couldn’t help but point out, ”Jing Wu needs money.”

Qin Mei misunderstood Jie Jingchen, thinking he meant that if she didn’t want it, Jie Jingshan should give it to Jie Jingjue.

”Sister-in-law, just take it! If this money falls into Fifth Brother’s hands, he’ll just waste it. He might even spend it on Bai Aiyun, and she’s our second sister-in-law’s cousin.” Jie Jingshan stuffed the money back into Qin Mei’s hands.

Holding the money, Qin Mei didn’t rush to return it this time. She furrowed her brow and asked, ”Didn’t they break up?”

”They’ve broken up many times, but they always get back together. I don’t think this time is any exception. In a few days, they’ll be back to normal.” Jie Jingshan was already used to it. They had broken up countless times, but never for good. Unless Fifth Brother married someone else and Bai Aiyun married another man, she wouldn’t believe they had truly split up for good.

Qin Mei looked down. ’If this money really ends up in Bai Aiyun’s hands, I really wouldn’t be able to stomach that.’

”Alright, I’ll take the money.” Qin Mei stopped refusing, wrapped the kraft paper package back up, and took it into her room to put it away safely.

Jie Jingchen’s eyebrow twitched slightly as he watched Qin Mei go into the room. ’So she took it just like that.’

When Qin Mei came out of the room, Jie Jingjue had also finished brewing the medicine. He brought one bowl to Jie Jingchen and one to Jie Jingshan.

After Jie Jingshan finished her medicine, Qin Mei wheeled her into the room to give her acupuncture.

”Sister-in-law, I want to learn traditional Chinese medicine from you,” Jie Jingshan said.

Qin Mei paused, hesitated for a moment, and then said, ”You can’t learn traditional Chinese medicine. Jing Qi, once your legs are healed, you should go to school.”

”School?” Jie Jingshan looked down at her legs. ”Sister-in-law, I haven’t been to school in four years.”

”Jing Qi, be honest with me. Do you want to go to school?” Qin Mei asked.

”I do,” Jie Jingshan said without hesitation.