On An Ran's side, after dinner, Yang Huishu called her into the room to try on the new clothes she had made for her.
Although she hadn't taken An Ran's measurements, Yang Huishu easily crafted clothes that fit An Ran perfectly, relying on her years of experience.
An Ran touched the clothes on her body, deeply moved: "Thank you, Mom. I've grown up this big, and this is the first time I've worn new clothes~"
Yang Huishu's nose tingled with emotion: "From now on, Mom will make you new clothes every season. Today's two outfits are dark blue, which looks a bit old-fashioned, but I considered that you're about to go down to the countryside. When you're working in the fields, you'll need to wear this kind of dark blue clothes, otherwise, if they get dirty, they'll be hard to wash."
An Ran: "Thank you, Mom."
Yang Huishu smiled: "This is all what a mother should do, no need to be so polite with me. Tomorrow, Mom will take you out shopping, and we'll buy some more things you'll need for the countryside."
An Ran: "Okay."
Early the next morning, An Ran and Yang Huishu went out together. An Jianshe and An Jianbang usually disappeared after breakfast, but today they went nowhere, just following behind their mother and sister, ready to serve as free porters.
Yang Huishu was always someone willing to spend money, and under the feeling of owing An Ran, she spent without restraint. In the department store, anything she thought was useful, she bought, bought, bought.
Although Yang Huishu said An Ran was about to go down to the countryside and needed dark, dirt-resistant clothes, when she saw the bright red fabric and white floral print fabric in the department store, she still didn't hesitate to have the clerk cut her a few meters.
After returning home, Yang Huishu only needed one night to make two dresses for An Ran.
How to put it?
The two dresses were very pretty and fit well, but they just didn't suit her.
After all, she was as skinny as a bamboo pole, and on top of that, she was short and dark.
If she were as tall and slender as African models, wearing them wouldn't look so awkward.
Clearly, parents see their children through a filter.
An Ran looked at herself in the mirror wearing the dress like a jumping clown and wanted to change out of it, but An Heping and Yang Huishu both sincerely told her the dress looked very beautiful on her.
An Ran: "The dress is indeed very beautiful, but I've never worn a dress before. I feel a bit uncomfortable. I think I'd be more at ease wearing clothes and pants."
Compared to the dress on her, An Ran felt the two dark blue outfits Yang Huishu had made for her were far more appealing in terms of looks.
Yang Huishu clearly couldn't understand An Ran's true thoughts. Hearing An Ran say this, she comforted her, saying she'd get used to it, and most importantly, she believed that only by wearing dresses could a girl fully express her feminine beauty.
To not waste Yang Huishu's kindness, An Ran had no choice but to wear the red dress.
Compared to the white floral dress, she found the red one more agreeable to the eye.
When An Heping went to work and Yang Huishu went to pack her luggage, An Ran quietly asked the two brothers, An Jianshe and An Jianbang: "Tell me honestly, do I look good in these two dresses?"
An Jianshe and An Jianbang nodded sincerely: "You look great~"
Girls look best in dresses.
An Ran: "…"
Sigh~
Truly, the whole world is drunk and I alone am sober~
But setting aside whether it suited her, she still quite liked her biological mother's craftsmanship.
Seeing the joy barely hidden on her face, An Jianshe and An Jianbang exchanged a glance and dragged her out to show off. When they reached the main gate, they saw the two brothers, An Quan and An Jue.
Seeing An Ran surrounded by An Jianshe and An Jianbang, the two brothers couldn't help but look embarrassed. Even if An Jianshe and An Jianbang said nothing, they could feel the affection the two brothers had for An Ran, and they had never treated An Ran that way before. Both being younger brothers, they inexplicably felt one step lower—what was that about?
And looking at An Ran, who hadn't been seen for a few days and was now wearing new dresses, no wonder An Shu had such a grudge against her own mother. When it came to spoiling children, their aunt really did spoil them more than their own mother. If it were them, they'd feel unbalanced too.
Just as An Quan and An Jue were lamenting that their mother wasn't as good as someone else's, An Ran led An Jianshe and An Jianbang straight past them.
These two younger brothers were not gentle ones. Before knowing their true background, no matter how much they disliked them, they could only comfort themselves by saying they were blood-related. Now that they weren't blood-related, there was no need for too much interaction.
"Second sister~"
An Quan couldn't help but call out when he saw An Ran not even turning her head.
An Ran turned around and looked at An Quan with a puzzled expression.
An Quan moved his lips but suddenly didn't know what to say.
Seeing this, An Ran couldn't help but laugh: "I thought you called me to apologize~"
An Jue: "We haven't wronged you, so why should we apologize?"
The matter of their mother swapping children—they were shocked when they found out too, okay?
Because of this matter, they had already lost many friends.
An Ran said, "Your mother did something that goes against her conscience. If you had even a shred of conscience, you'd feel sorry for what she did. The fact that you don't feel sorry right now is because you're just as lacking in conscience as your mother—am I right?"
These insulting words made An Jue extremely displeased, but An Quan held him back, not letting him lose his temper. After the three An siblings left, An Jue vented his frustration at his older brother: "Why did you stop me just now?"
An Quan: "We're the ones in the wrong to begin with. She's right—our mother did something that goes against her conscience. If we had even a shred of conscience, we'd feel sorry for what she did. I feel sorry when I see her. Don't you feel sorry when you see her?"
An Jue: "…Of course I feel sorry…"
Otherwise, he'd be the one without a conscience.
But to apologize to An Ran, he couldn't bring himself to say the words.
An Ran didn't care what the two brothers An Quan and An Jue were thinking. Seeing the day of her departure drawing closer day by day, An Ran stayed home every day bonding with everyone. It wasn't until two days before her departure that An Ran found an excuse to go out alone, then took a bus directly to the village at the foot of Qingchengshan to find the auntie she'd bought watermelons from before.
When she'd bought the watermelons earlier, An Ran had told the auntie that her family had both a sick person and a pregnant woman who needed plenty of nutrition. At the time, besides the two watermelons, An Ran had also bought up all the auntie's eggs and mountain goods like the wood ear mushrooms and wild mushrooms she'd picked from the mountain. When she left, An Ran gave the auntie a yuan to help her contact other people in the village—she wanted anything they had extra at home. She said she had many relatives in the city and would distribute everything among them, so nothing would go to waste.
The auntie had happily taken the money at the time and patted her chest, promising she'd get it done for her. These past few days, the auntie had been waiting for An Ran. Seeing her appear, she immediately told her to wait, then turned and ran out to call people…
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