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Ye Yixian's home.

Lin Na had considered asking Lu Yuan to do any job that would humiliate her, but she never expected him to ask her to help Ye Yixian repair this old house.

Of course, she didn't have to do any heavy work; she was just responsible for cleaning the weeds in the yard and the toilet.

The toilet in Ye Yixian's house was not indoors, but was built in a corner of the yard. If he needed to use the toilet at night, he had to go outside.

On rainy days, you have to use an umbrella, which is very inconvenient.

There's nothing we can do about it. The house is already small, and if we build an indoor toilet, the space will become even more cramped, and it might not smell good either.

At that time, most homes in Jiangcheng were laid out like this, with the kitchen and bathroom separate from the living area.

Linna could reluctantly agree to weeding, and she could spend most of the day squatting there with a small hoe and finish it, but she couldn't accept cleaning the toilet.

Ye Yixian's family had a squat toilet, which was quite old. Although Ye Yixian had always paid attention to hygiene, it still couldn't compare to the clean and tidy toilets that Lin Na had seen, which made her feel disgusted.

"You don't want to, do you?" Lu Yuan looked at Lin Na with an icy expression. "Sister Na, let me put it this way: your father asked me to help train you, and I promised to let you return to the family before the end of winter break. So, everything I ask you to do is meaningful. If you don't want to do it, then you can leave."

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yuan added, "When you leave, I can be merciful and give you two thousand yuan, and then I won't care how you plan to support yourself with the little money I give you."

"I think there's another very simple way: take the money I gave you, buy a train ticket back to the provincial capital, go home, kneel at your door and beg your dad to forgive you. Maybe he'll soften his heart and forgive you."

Lu Yuan spoke with absolute certainty and without any mercy.

Linna lowered her head and remained silent, seemingly sulking.

She might have been considering whether Lu Yuan's suggestions were feasible, but she quickly dismissed them herself because she knew her father too well.

Lin Jinfu is a ruthless man. He is a man of his word and never shows any mercy, which is why he has earned the respect of so many people.

Let alone her daughter kneeling down to beg for mercy when she got home, even if her son Lin Kai went back to beg for mercy in the same situation, it would be in vain.

He wouldn't see kneeling down to admit his mistakes as a sign of acknowledging them; instead, he would feel humiliated and useless.

Thinking of this, Linna stopped talking, put on her gloves, picked up the bucket, and walked towards the toilet.

It seems they've compromised.

"Lu Yuan, what's your purpose in having her clean the toilets? I don't quite understand," Ye Yixian asked secretly.

Lu Yuan shook his head and whispered, "Actually, there was no ulterior motive. I just thought it was dirty and didn't want to do it myself, so I let her do it."

Ye Yixian: (⊙_⊙)

……

Linna really focused on cleaning the toilet. Because she thought it was too dirty, she was very careful and looked particularly awkward.

Lu Yuan and Ye Yixian worked together to repair the dilapidated parts of the house.

The shopkeeper delivered all the items I bought this morning. They basically don't need any extra cutting or polishing; you can use them right away.

By the time the sun was setting, Ye Yixian's house was finally cleaned up. Both rooms were tidied up again. When Ye Yizhu returned, they would add a bed to the other room so that both siblings would have their own rooms instead of one sleeping in the bedroom and the other in the living room.

All the old, unusable furniture was cleared out, and a list was made to record all the furniture that needed to be added, so that it could be purchased in one go.

Linna cleaned the toilet and tidied the yard. Exhausted and covered in sweat, she sat on the steps by the door, lost in thought.

Nobody knows what she's thinking.

However, one can roughly guess that she really misses home; life here is too hard.

Without the aura of a pampered young lady, everyone only despises her because she can't do anything.

Lu Yuan didn't feel sorry for Lin Na, because she used to despise the working class. Now, she had become part of the working class herself, only able to do dirty and tiring jobs, and would be criticized and scorned if she didn't do them well.

On a quiet night, she might think that she shouldn't have cooperated with a criminal gang like Hu Chenghui in the first place.

It's not worth it to cross the line just to bring down Lu Yuan.

"Girl!"

Just then, the old lady's voice came from outside the courtyard.

Ye Yixian came out of the house, wiping the fine sweat from his forehead. He was delighted to see that it was Granny Pang, the scrap collector next door. "Grandma, what do you want?"

"I have some freshly made glutinous rice cakes here, would you like some?"

The old lady was holding an old porcelain bowl with five or six glutinous rice cakes wrapped in lettuce leaves inside. Here, everyone calls them glutinous rice cakes or glutinous rice buns, a traditional delicacy that every household makes during the Lunar New Year.

Lu Yuan remembered that there were two kinds: sweet and savory. The sweet filling was mainly brown sugar and crushed peanuts, while the savory filling was mung bean, pork and shrimp.

Lu Yuan's mother, Huang Li, is also very good at making glutinous rice cakes. Every year around New Year's Eve, she and several ladies from the neighborhood would get together to make them, often making more than a hundred, which they would share.

The garment factory is quite busy this year, and I don't know if there will be such a lively show in a few days.

Anyway, Lu Yuan really wanted to eat glutinous rice cake, which is a delicacy with memories of the past.

"Grandma, thank you." Ye Yixian happily accepted the gift and invited Grandma Pang inside.

Grandma Pang walked in, her back hunched, leaning on her cane. Seeing the clean and tidy yard, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Girl, you cleaned the yard so quickly! You're so diligent!"

Ye Yixian scratched his head sheepishly and explained, "I didn't clean the yard; Sister Na did."

"Sister Na?"

Grandma Pang looked in the direction Ye Yixian was pointing and only then did she notice Lin Na's presence.

She squinted and said with delight, "Girl, your friend is so pretty! Look, she even has a beauty mark. She must be a popular girl."

Grandma Pang praised Lin Na as soon as they met, which made Lin Na, who had been keeping a straight face, feel much better and couldn't help but smile.

He thought to himself that there wasn't a single person in the entire Jiangcheng with any sense of taste, except for this old woman who had the insight to recognize her own charm.

"Grandma, you can't praise her." At this moment, Lu Yuan came out and said with a look of disgust, "She has a lot of faults. You shouldn't be too nice to her, or she'll make a fuss."

Lin Na immediately glared at Lu Yuan, "What are you saying? You can't stand to see me doing well, can you?"

"Just telling the truth." Lu Yuan walked over, and seeing the glutinous rice cakes in the bowl, his mouth watered instantly. He asked excitedly, "Grandma, can I have two?"

"Eat up, eat up. It's all for you. There's more in the pot, still steaming."

The old woman laughed so hard her eyes were almost closed.

In the past, when she made glutinous rice cakes and brought them over, Ye Yixian was always home alone. At that time, Ye Yixian was in a low mood all day, so she couldn't reciprocate with any enthusiasm.

Now things are much better, it's lively now, and people are scrambling to eat what she makes.

Lu Yuan opened his mouth and started eating, one after another, stuffing his mouth full, and muttered, "Delicious, really delicious. I like salty ones."

Ye Yixian also ate one and, like Lu Yuan, praised the old lady's cooking skills.

The old woman was even happier, and then she noticed Linna sitting at the door.

Linna had been watching them, but after the old woman noticed, she immediately turned her head away, pretending not to see them.

The old woman walked up to Linna with a steaming hot glutinous rice cake and handed it to her: "Here, have one too."

"I……"

Linna looked at the old lady's wrinkled hands and the black dirt under her fingernails with disgust, but the old lady had just praised her and was now smiling expectantly. It would be bad if she refused.

She glanced at Lu Yuan and Ye Yixian subconsciously.

Both of them looked at her and winked at her, gesturing for her to accept the money.

Helpless, she could only accept it without saying thank you, and carefully took a bite.

I don't know if she likes to eat it or not; maybe she doesn't, because she seemed to be eating it reluctantly.

Grandma Pang was delighted and told her, "I'll be repairing the house next door. If you want some, just ask me."

Lin Na looked in the direction Grandma Pang was pointing and saw only mountains of garbage.