Chapter 48 Hello, Brother Xiaohan, Hello, Sister-in-law

"My goodness, why did you come out? Why don't you take a rest for a while?"

Seeing Jiang Mengyan coming out, Grandma Lin asked.

"Grandma, this hawthorn is really delicious. I like it so much. I'm thinking of asking Lin Han to take me to pick some more."

Jiang Mengyan loosened her hand, revealing the round hawthorn in her palm.

"Oh, red fruit. Good if you like this. Eat more!"

Grandma Lin's smile widened as she turned to look at Second Sister-in-law Lin and said, "Second Wife, did your family pick these red fruits?"

"Yes, I just brought a basket over the day before yesterday. They must have been picked from my house. If Xiaoyan likes it, it's okay to pick more. There are so many red fruits this year that we can't eat them all."

Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "Lunch is still a while away, so it's a good opportunity to take Lin Han and Xiaoyan to my house for a visit."

"Go ahead. You can take them for a stroll around the village."

With the instruction from Grandma Lin, Mrs. Lin took the two of them out and walked towards her home.

"My grandmother gave birth to five children in total. My father is the eldest, and he has a younger brother and three younger sisters. This is my second aunt, the wife of my second uncle. You can just call her second aunt."

Following behind Lin Ersao, Lin Han introduced Jiang Mengyan.

"Hello, Second Aunt."

Jiang Mengyan called out obediently.

"well."

Mrs. Lin also smiled and nodded.

Leading the two back to her own yard, Sister Lin pointed to the two hawthorn trees in the yard that were full of fruits and said:
"Wait a minute, the two of you. I'll go back to the house and get some plastic sheeting to cover the berries, and then get a pole to beat the berries. Otherwise, the berries will fall to the ground and get smashed. It won't affect your ability to eat them right away, but they still won't look good."

After saying that, she went back to the house to get her tools.

Taking advantage of this free time, Jiang Mengyan looked at the environment in the yard.

Compared with the old Lin family house where Grandma Lin lived, the yard of Lin Ersao's house was obviously much smaller, and the houses were closer together, and not as imposing as the old house.

"My father has five brothers and sisters. My father is a teacher in the city. My second aunt runs a farm stay in town. My youngest aunt's family has gone out to work in the big city. Only my second uncle and eldest aunt's families stay in the village. Usually, they are the ones who take care of grandpa and grandma the most."

Seeing the inquiring look in Jiang Mengyan's eyes, Lin Han took the initiative to explain: "My second uncle and eldest aunt both have their own land in the village, and both families have contracted orchards.

The income was pretty good in the past few years, but in recent years, it has been a bumper year, so the fruit yield is high and the unit price has naturally gone down. After deducting labor and costs, I don’t make much money.

In addition, my second uncle’s daughter, my cousin, is in poor health and has to take medicine and see a doctor all year round. The little money earned from the orchard is basically spent on her, so the family seems to be in some difficulties.”

"So that's it..."

Jiang Mengyan nodded suddenly and was about to speak again when her peripheral vision inadvertently caught a glimpse of a small figure peeking out of the door.

She was a very cute little girl, about seven or eight years old, wearing a clean cotton shirt and a mask on her face. She stood at the door and looked timidly at Lin Han and Jiang Mengyan in the yard.

"Ruoruo, why don't you come in? Don't you recognize your brother?"

Following Jiang Mengyan's gaze, Lin Han also noticed the little girl standing at the door. He quickly stepped forward, took her little hand, and pulled her in.

"Mengyan, this is the second uncle's daughter I told you about, my cousin, Lin Ruo.

Ruoruo, this is my brother's fiancée, your sister-in-law."

After introducing Jiang Mengyan, Lin Han introduced Jiang Mengyan to the little girl.

"Hello, brother Xiaohan, hello, sister-in-law."

Lin Ruo greeted softly and bowed to Jiang Mengyan.

Because she was wearing a mask, her facial features could not be seen clearly, but the pair of big, watery eyes that were exposed were black and shiny, and her eyebrows were also beautiful. She was a beauty at first glance.

"Ruoruo is fine."

It was the first time that she was called sister-in-law. Jiang Mengyan was very happy. She quickly squatted down and took out a handful of candy from her bag and put it in Lin Ruo's hand: "Sister-in-law came in a hurry and didn't prepare a gift for you. Can you take these candies and eat them first?"

"it is good!"

Lin Ruoxiao's eyes curved slightly, like a beautiful crescent moon:

"Ruoruo actually saw sister-in-law at the entrance of the village just now, but, but she didn't squeeze in... Thank you sister-in-law for the candy, Ruoruo really wanted it before."

It turned out that Lin Ruo was also there when he was surrounded by that group of children at the village entrance just now.

But she was thin and weak, so she couldn't squeeze in, and naturally didn't get the candy that Jiang Mengyan was distributing.

"As long as you like it, eat it quickly."

Jiang Mengyan smiled and touched her hair: "If you like it, sister-in-law will buy you some more. You can eat as much as you want."

"..."

Lin Ruo looked at Jiang Mengyan, then looked at the candy in his hand.

There was obvious desire in her eyes, but she refused to take off her mask to open it and eat one.

It was Lin Han who noticed the awkward atmosphere and took the initiative to say, "Ruoruo, you can turn around and eat. Sister-in-law knows and won't think you are rude."

After getting Lin Han's approval, Lin Ruo turned around, took off his mask, lowered his head, and nibbled on a candy like a mouse.

"This……"

Jiang Mengyan looked at Lin Han with some confusion.

"When Ruoruo was little, she had an accident and got scalded by boiling water on her face and body, which disfigured her.

The children in the village always make fun of her, so now she wears a mask whenever she goes out and never shows her face. "

Lin Han whispered in Jiang Mengyan's ear in a voice that Lin Ruo couldn't hear.

"how so……"

Hearing the reason, Jiang Mengyan was shocked and sad.

As a woman herself, she naturally knows how important appearance is for a girl to build her self-confidence.

Besides, now that I am an expectant mother, I cannot stand seeing such things.

The first thing she wanted to do was to hug Lin Ruo, but she was afraid that her abrupt action would hurt the little girl’s already shattered self-esteem.

So she could only suppress the pity in her heart, squatted down and looked at Lin Ruo as calmly as possible after eating the candy and putting on the mask again: "Ruoruo, do you like this candy?"

"like!"

The little girl was simple-minded and didn't know what Jiang Mengyan was thinking. She nodded vigorously and smiled, "I have never eaten such delicious candy. Thank you, sister-in-law!"

"As long as you like it, tell me what you want to eat in the future and I'll buy it for you, okay?"

"Ok!"

Lin Ruo was very happy.

She was originally a little afraid of Jiang Mengyan when she met her for the first time.

After all, she had been ignored by other people before, so she would be a little wary of people she met for the first time.

But Jiang Mengyan did not show any displeasure towards her and even gave her candy.

"Sister-in-law..."

Lin Ruo blinked her beautiful eyes, hesitated for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to speak softly:
"I, I just saw you giving beautiful bow hairbands to other girls in the village...

You, do you have any more? Can you give one to Ruoruo as well? Ruoruo also..."

(End of this chapter)