Reborn as an educated youth, my love brain awakens

Xiao Qing kept everyone around for dinner before letting them leave. When they left, Ji Qinglan and Luo Hongyu helped wash the dishes, which solved a lot of problems for Xiao Qing.

My aunt usually does all the housework. She went back home on vacation these days and will not go back to work until the sixth day of the New Year. She has been busy serving the family's meals these days, which has made her exhausted and she feels more tired than going to work.

After seeing everyone off, Xiao Qing returned to the house and saw the milk powder and honey in the net bag on the cabinet. She realized that they were New Year gifts from Ji Qinglan.

She took out the things one by one and put them in the cabinet. The bottle that Ji Qinglan used to store honey was a canned glass bottle with leftovers from their meals. She washed it and used it to store the honey. The milk powder and canned food were subsidies from the system and had no brand names on them.

Apart from the two beautifully packaged bottles of Moutai bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, these things are really not eye-catching enough.

Jiang Yan, who went downstairs to get water, couldn't help but curl her lips when she saw the tacky packaging. Who would give such unpresentable things as gifts during the Chinese New Year? Ever since her uncle married Ji Qinglan, her uncle has become like a country bumpkin.

Xiao Qing opened the wooden box and saw the ginseng lying inside. Her eyes changed. Jiang Yan stretched her neck to look and her eyes widened when she saw what was inside.

"Mom, how could my uncle have such a valuable thing? Where did he get it?" Jiang Yan asked curiously, and her voice startled Jiang Xu who was listening to the phone in the living room.

Jiang Xu also ran over to see.

Seeing the intact ginseng inside, he cried out in surprise and said to Xiao Qing, "Mom, this is really valuable. My classmate's grandfather was seriously ill last year, so he bought one for 5,000 yuan."

Jiang Yan also knew about this, so they were not unfamiliar with this thing.

Jiang Yan said, "My uncle definitely wouldn't have this thing, and he wouldn't accept bribes. Could it be my aunt? Oh! I always say that my aunt is vain and has a bad character."

Jiang Xu couldn't help but defend Ji Qinglan when he heard this, saying, "Sister, what are you talking about? You're talking nonsense without even asking clearly. Can't my aunt have this thing herself? Maybe she dug it up in the countryside."

Jiang Yan looked at her brother with disdain: "You think this is a carrot in the field that you can dig whenever you want. It must be a bribe that my aunt accepted. My uncle will be hurt by her."

"Shut up, she is your aunt, you have no right to criticize her." Seeing that her daughter was getting more and more outrageous, Xiao Qing scolded her harshly.

"You are already a grown-up girl, not a child. You should be clear about right and wrong. She is your aunt, so show her some respect."

Jiang Yan was not convinced and retorted: "How can I not distinguish right from wrong? Isn't this a bribe she received? She is greedy for money and pleasure, and loves vanity..."

Snapped……

The air was quiet.

Xiao Qing slapped Jiang Yan in the face.

Xiao Qing regretted the hit she made. Jiang Yan covered her face and looked at her mother in disbelief. The glass in her hand fell to the ground.

Jiang Yan yelled, "You actually hit me for an outsider?"

After saying that, she wiped her tears and rushed out the door quickly.

When he went out, Jiang Xu was frightened and chased after him.

Xiao Qing didn't chase after him. She took a deep breath and went upstairs with the box.

Jiang Cheng sent Xiao Yi and his family away and returned to the study. He was now reading a foreign book.

Seeing his wife coming in, he said, "Xiaoyan made you angry again. Xiaoyan's temper has been getting worse in the past two years. We have to take care of it. What's the reason this time?"

Xiao Qing sat down, opened the box and showed it to him, and said worriedly: "It's not because of this. Xiao Yi sent it. Xiao Yan is very hostile to Qing Lan and insisted that it was a bribe accepted by Qing Lan."

Jiang Cheng took a look at the contents of the box, was startled for a moment, and quickly calmed down: "It looks very similar to the one in our house. I don't know how old it is. But Xiaoyan is not right either. She jumped to conclusions without any verification. She really doesn't respect her brother and sister-in-law enough."

"I'm worried about this, too. We always felt that we owed her and gave in to her in everything, and ended up spoiling her like this. It seems like we can't spoil her anymore, or something will happen to her sooner or later."

Jiang Cheng responded without commenting: "Of course, I'll hire a tutor for her after the sixth day of the New Year."

Xiao Qing nodded in response, put the box away, and said to Jiang Cheng, "I have to go to Ayi's house and ask about this matter clearly, otherwise I will not be at ease."

"It's getting late. We have to go to Second Uncle's house tomorrow. It's the same if we ask him then. Ayi is an upright person and will not make mistakes. If it's Qinglan, we should remind her more. I think she is a reasonable person."

Xiao Qing glanced at the darkening sky and gave up the idea.

Ji Qinglan had no idea that the gift she gave had caused such a big misunderstanding. The next day at Uncle Xiao's house, Xiao Qing secretly pulled Xiao Yi out to ask about the origin of the ginseng.

Yesterday, she thought about it all night and came up with several possible solutions.

Yesterday, his wife gave his sister a ginseng. Xiao Yi still felt sad today. Seeing his sister so serious, he couldn't help laughing, thinking that she must have made a mistake.

He explained: "Qinglan bought the mountain ginseng when he went to the countryside. The source is legal and regular. Sister, don't let your imagination run wild."

Xiao Qing thought of several possibilities, but this was the only one she hadn't thought of.

She was a little bit unbelievable. Could it be that he really dug it up? His luck was too good.

Could it be that her brother was making up an excuse to exonerate his sister-in-law? Thinking of this, she felt a chill in her heart. Her brother loved Ji Qinglan so much that he would rather make a big mistake.

Seeing Xiao Qing's increasingly bad expression, Xiao Yi simply confessed everything: "Qinglan often goes up the mountain to collect herbs. She dug up two these days. When she got married, Mr. Li gave her one. She asked the Qiao family to help purchase herbs these days and also received a few."

Xiao Qing...

It felt like my usually calm brother had become blurry.

She said with difficulty: "You mean, the ginseng belongs to my sister-in-law."

"of course."

"You mean she has several more?"

Xiao Yi thought about it and answered uncertainly: "Maybe ten!"

In fact, he didn't really pay attention to how many medicinal herbs his wife had. Some were kept in the basement of the hospital, and some were kept in Grandpa Li's pharmacy.

Years ago, after the items sent by the post office arrived in Beijing, my wife carried the luggage back on a bicycle and filled up the basement little by little.

Xiao Qing felt that Xiao Yi was talking about the white radish in his home. Wild ginseng is such a hard-to-find medicinal herb that it cannot be bought even if you have money.

It feels so easy and natural in my brother's mouth.

Seeing that Xiao Qing didn't believe him, Xiao Yi had to say, "Even Hongyu was found with two branches. One branch was sold by Brother Luo for 4,800 yuan a few years ago. They bought two houses in Ying."

There is no evidence to prove this matter, but as long as Xiao Qing uses some tricks, she can quickly get confirmation from Director Luo.

He is her own brother, how could Xiao Qing not believe it?

Thinking of the precious medicinal materials that Xiao Yi mentioned that Ji Qinglan had purchased, he couldn't help but ask with concern: "If you have financial difficulties, come to me. I still have some here."

Precious medicinal materials are not cheap, Xiao Yi’s savings will not be safe!