"Then I’ll take them over to the West Cross Courtyard and let them settle in there."
After Pei Baoshan finished speaking, he left first.
Watching Pei Baoshan leave hurriedly, Jiang Ran also sighed inwardly.
As the old saying goes, even the emperor has three poor relatives; who doesn’t have a family member that’s a bit of a headache?
Even she herself isn’t without her share of troublesome kin.
Jiang Ran withdrew her gaze and looked at Pei Huai beside her.
As soon as she glanced over, Pei Huai smiled, "What are you looking at?"
Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow, "Why, can’t I look?"
"Certainly!" Pei Huai agreed immediately, "Of course you can, feel free to look."
Hearing Pei Huai’s response, Jiang Ran was finally satisfied.
Joking aside, it was time to discuss serious matters.
"About..." Jiang Ran paused before continuing, "About your uncle’s family, do you have any impressions?"
Xu Yufen could immediately call out Pei Huai’s name, which showed that when they left back then, Pei Huai had already been born.
But she didn’t even greet Pei Yang and Pei Shanshan.
It definitely wasn’t because she looked down on them, just because she didn’t know them.
Back then, Pei Yang was probably not born yet, let alone Pei Shanshan.
It’s normal not to know them since the two families hadn’t communicated through letters over the years.
Upon hearing Jiang Ran mention Xu Yufen and the others, Pei Huai’s brow furrowed slightly.
"I do have some impressions."
Pei Huai sighed, "If you never meet, you actually forget them, but when they suddenly appear, some impressions do come back."
Just from Pei Huai’s words and his expression, you can tell that those impressions aren’t good ones.
People’s personalities aren’t formed suddenly and don’t change drastically in an instant.
Xu Yufen and Pei Baoshu’s personalities certainly weren’t cultivated after leaving, but rather they’ve always been this way.
What kind of good impression could they have left on Pei Huai?
"Don’t think too much about it," Pei Huai said, ruffling Jiang Ran’s hair, "After the New Year, when they leave, we won’t have many chances to meet again."
If they return to their hometown after the New Year, indeed, the chances for future meetings will be few.
But fear...
Jiang Ran didn’t continue to dwell on it, but smiled and nodded, "You’re right."
No use thinking about things that haven’t happened yet.
Let’s take it one step at a time!
Jiang Ran and Pei Huai didn’t stay inside the room for long; soon they went out and returned to the living room.
At that moment in the living room, Pei Jing was sitting next to Pei Shanshan, and across from them sat two children.
These two children were the grandchildren of Pei Baoshu and Xu Yufen.
Xu Yufen and Pei Baoshu hadn’t introduced them, and Jiang Ran didn’t know what these two children’s names were.
The two children were sitting obediently on the sofa, closely huddled together, looking somewhat timid and a little pitiful.
Seeing Jiang Ran and Pei Huai come in, Pei Shanshan immediately spoke up.
"Big brother, sister-in-law, Mom and Dad went with Pei Yang to the West Cross Courtyard to help them settle in, so we left these two here because they’re still young."
Jiang Ran nodded in response to her words.
Indeed.
These two kids appeared to be about Pei Jing’s age; going over there now wouldn’t be much help and would only expose them to the cold, better to leave them here to wait.
"Sister-in-law."
"Yes?"
"Mom just told me..."
"Told you what?"