Chapter 1626 - 1068: Heroine of the Republic 42 (6000+)_4

Chapter 1626: Chapter 1068: Heroine of the Republic 42 (6000+)_4

Cai Wenfang gave a dry laugh: "Since Teacher An has put it that way, we won’t stand on ceremony. Look at our family, there are more than twenty of us, and we can’t all fit. And here, it’s just you, your mother, and you three, so how about I let my niece from my mother’s side, the little granddaughter, come live with you? That way, you can look out for each other, right?"

An Yi’s face darkened and she directly refused: "No, it’s not just us three at home. We have two little sisters in the county; they come home on the weekend. We have so little space that I’m even living under someone else’s roof, so why would you come to live with us? Besides, if you don’t have enough space, you can ask the team leader to solve it. Isn’t there still several empty houses in the village? Go and ask the leader, I’m sure he can help you. Why must you come to me?"

An Yi’s flat refusal made Cai Wenfang feel very embarrassed: "Isn’t it because I only know you?"

"I wouldn’t even say I know you. If it weren’t for my father also being called Yi Dacheng, our two families wouldn’t have even this much contact. I let you have the house, not because I owed you, nor because I felt guilty; it’s just that I felt remorse for mistakenly recognizing the wrong martyr’s tomb back then, which is why I let you have my house. This doesn’t mean I’m easy to talk to, and also, don’t come looking for me anymore. I don’t want too much to do with you, and you can ask around the village; our family doesn’t have much dealings in the village."

"No, Teacher An, that’s not right. Just because your father is also called Yi Dacheng, we should be in contact, shouldn’t we? Plus, my grandson and granddaughter, niece and nephew, are at the age to start school, you see,"

"I’ll say it again, if you have a problem, go to the secretary, go to the production team leader, they will help you solve all the problems. I only teach, not handle school admission matters, so it’s no use coming to me, understand?"

An Yi, alone caring for the two children, clearly grew impatient dealing with them, especially when the kids started crying, her patience wore thin.

"I’m sorry, it’s getting late, I need to put the kids to sleep now. Could you... please leave?"

"You’re really not showing any courtesy, not at all acting as a teacher should,"

"Then I beg you not to come anymore in the future, someone as uncouth as me doesn’t deserve to teach your kids. Please don’t come looking for me anymore, I don’t owe you anything, and I don’t want any ties with you!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were embarrassed by An Yi’s remarks, but An Yi didn’t care about this and directly pushed them out the door.

"My kids are crying. Sorry for today, and sorry in the future too, so let’s not stay in touch anymore, it’s unnecessary!"

With a bang, she shut the large door. An Yi didn’t pause and went straight back inside, leaving the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law mortified. Just then, neighbors who heard the commotion came out, and with reddened eyes, the duo began their performance.

"We didn’t mean anything else, just came to visit Teacher An, but she seemed to be in a huff. Is she blaming us for taking her house?"

"Didn’t she freely give up the house herself, what’s it got to do with us? If she didn’t want to, why give it up? Is it because of a guilty conscience? Is she pretending to be a veteran family?"

...

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took turns speaking, piquing everyone’s curiosity as to why on earth the house was given up.

As they spread the story, gossipers quickly gathered, all criticizing An Yi.

"She’s just like that, acts aloof with everyone, very arrogant. What is she so proud about? With those worn-out shoes, who’d even want to look at her? Ugly as anything. If she wasn’t good at calligraphy and didn’t become a public school teacher, would she even get to teach?"

"Exactly, she doesn’t socialize much in the village, keeps to herself, always keeping the door closed, who knows why she stays home all the time instead of coming out to chat with us. Looks down on this person, despises that person, never seen anyone so reclusive."

"But you know, she has raised those kids well. Don’t know what they feed them at home to make those kids so plump and adorable, makes me want to cuddle them."

...

An Yi was inside breastfeeding the two kids while they talked about her right at the doorstep, how could she not hear it?

But so what if she heard? One mouth against dozens of mouths, how could she potentially shut them all?

She wanted nothing to do with the Yi family and was particularly blunt today, in her view, she had already given them the house, they stayed at the guesthouse for ten days which cost her more than twenty yuan, she’d already been kind enough.

Cai Wenfang wasn’t as attached to her own daughter as An Yi had imagined, perhaps she had long forgotten she even had one.

Their attitude prompted her to decisively make up her mind for the original owner. She provided the house, gave them a place to settle down, that should be enough as repayment. No need for further entanglement, it’s unnecessary.

The old Liu house hadn’t been occupied for years, the sisters had hurriedly moved in at first, only tidied up one room. Currently, she and the kids lived in another room, which felt not only damp, but the roof was severely aged, the dust was heavy, and the walls were crumbling in places. It didn’t feel safe living there.

An Yi was considering finding an opportunity to renovate it, so she brought the kids to stay in the space.

If it weren’t for the class schedule being hard to change, with the village school having morning classes, she would rather not stay in the village.

But she didn’t want to go against her original intent, she agreed to live here, she couldn’t let the Yi family’s arrival disrupt all her plans?

The Liu family, no, now it should be called An Family, the yard of An Family and the backyard were planted with corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and potatoes, no vegetables were grown. All the vegetables were on her side of the house, there was no space left to plant now, and she wasn’t planning to plant any more. Anyway, she wasn’t lacking, could make do on her own as she sees fit. If the sisters come back and there’s no vegetables, she’ll just let them swap some with others in the village, and make do for the year.

Liu Family also had a large cellar, not a small one, which should be the norm in the area. Without a cellar to store food, it would certainly spoil in winter.

She pulled out all the pickle jars from the space and placed them in the cellar, digging some out when they needed to eat. During lean times, everyone survived on pickles, she needed simple meals for breakfast and dinner, so could keep it straightforward. Now moving to the village, unlike before living on the edge of the village, she needed to be more cautious.