Chapter Forty-Six: Encounter

  Thank you lon and lyc for your reward, thank you Xiaosi for your constructive suggestions, dress warmly in the cold weather.

  The next morning, Song Jie got up early. Her room was decorated very simply, with a bed and a desk, all ordinary furnishings.

  Now that Zhao Juan is not by her side, she dresses herself. Zhao Juan said she would take her out today, so she dressed very neatly.

  Get up and wash your face, breakfast is already set on the table. The breakfast was noodles, with only a poached egg in Song Jie's bowl. Song Jie saw it and remembered it, it seems that Grandma's family is not wealthy either.

  She quietly stuffed the egg into her mouth, and even after eating it, she couldn't taste anything. If this continues when she's old, how will she be okay? The taste of eating alone is really unbearable. Moreover, at home, both the elderly and children need nutrition, if they don't eat well, their bodies won't be able to take it.

  After finishing breakfast, Zhao Tong went to work. He only graduated from high school and didn't get into college, so he started working at a young age as a maintenance worker in the workshop.

  Zhao Tong is only 20 years old this year, and it's the time when he can eat a lot. His nutrition supplement is not enough, although he is tall, but he is thin and weak. Song Jie thinks that he should earn more money, at least improve his living standard.

  At the age of only 5, it's really her weakness, doing something is not convenient. Last year, she grew some bean sprouts and was questioned by Zhao Juan for half a day, I don't know if this time will be so lucky.

  Wearing her favorite pink skirt, Zhao Juan took Song Jie out under the instructions of Madam Zhao. Today they were going to buy some necessities.

  Two people came to the department store, and the goods inside were far from being as complete as those in later generations. Song Jie looked around and saw that some salespeople were chatting with each other, while others were knitting sweaters.

  They also love to ignore customers, without any idea that the customer is God. It's all about whether you want to buy or not, although they're not arrogant, but also not very enthusiastic.

  Zhao Juan wanted to buy a pair of sandals for her daughter. Song Jie has grown very fast this year, and the sandals on her feet are almost too small.

  Two people came to the shoe district, now even children's shoes don't have much variety, they are all brown and red sandals. Song Jie doesn't care, after all, what can be compared with the future, the patterns will dazzle people's eyes, she can wear anything.

  Zhao Juan hesitated, wondering whether the brown or red one was better. The salesperson in this area was not bad, although not enthusiastic, but also not greedy. There was no disdain for people, and there were no incidents of not being allowed to try on shoes.

  Looking at Zhao Juan's eagerness to put all the shoes on her own feet, Song Jie hurriedly stopped her and pointed to a pair of red plastic sandals, saying they looked good. Indeed, Zhao Juan calmed down and asked the salesperson for the right size, trying them on Song Jie.

  Song Jie wore a new pair of sandals and walked back and forth on the paper spread out on the floor, letting Zhao Juan take a look at how pretty they were. Actually, there was nothing much to pick from, the styles were all similar, since her daughter liked them, she would just choose this pair then.

  Song Jie had just taken off her shoes when she heard a quarrel coming from the clothing area, and everyone's gaze turned in that direction.

  The booths were arranged in an arc shape, so the place selling clothes was a bit hidden. People love to watch excitement, and soon there was a circle of people surrounding it.

  The shoe seller came to life and stopped selling things, putting down the shoes and joining in the fun.

  "Hey, hey......" Zhao Juan shouted from behind, but no one paid attention to her, so she had to hold her daughter's hand and follow them.

  As I approached the crowd, the noisy voice became even clearer. Everyone surrounded a woman who was holding a two or three-year-old child and scolding loudly. Nowadays, salespeople are not some soft persimmons, without background, how can they do this job?

  The salesperson was also unwilling to show weakness, and the two people inside were quarreling loudly, neither of whom would give in to the other.

  Song Jie looked up along the gap for a while and understood what they were quarreling about.

  It was still the salesperson's attitude that caused trouble. This lady in yellow wanted to buy a piece of clothing for her child, and at first, the salesperson saw that she was dressed nicely and had a relatively warm attitude towards her.

  As a result, they met a difficult customer. The clothes were tried on one piece after another, but she didn't see her buying anything. The salesperson became impatient and the tone was somewhat harsh, starting to say some unpleasant words.

  The woman was also not easy to get along with, and her temper was very violent. The two of them started arguing like needle and awn, even showing a tendency to resort to violence.

  When they see the event, they want to upgrade. Everyone is in a hurry to persuade and dissuade. If they fight, it's not something that can be settled with just a few words of reprimand. Even if one of the two people can take a step back, this argument won't happen.

  Everyone tried to stop them, but the two people with fiery tempers were still somewhat unyielding. The manager of the department store appeared, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

  The woman in yellow saw the manager and didn't show weakness, directly pointing out that she was the niece of *** official, the manager apologized, and the atmosphere eased.

  Nothing exciting to see, the manager has arrived, and people have dispersed to do their own things.

  Zhao Juan returned to the shelf, and the salesperson found a new pair of shoes. After Song Jie tried them on, they were just the right size, slightly larger. Zhao Juan bought this pair and took Song Jie's hand, walking out of the department store.

  What they didn't know was that the woman in yellow had a lot to do with them. She turned out to be Wu Meili, the second wife of Song Changlin, Song Jie's biological father. And the child she was holding was Song Jiao, Song Jie's younger half-sister.

  At this time, Song Jie was still unaware of anything, and they were still unfamiliar strangers.

  She bought some more miscellaneous things and then returned home with the mother-daughter pair she had never met before. Song Jie vowed that she would never go shopping again, those little legs were really exhausting.

  In the evening, Aunt Li Li led a pair of children into the house. This time she didn't arrive late and even brought a piece of meat in her hand. It seems that yesterday's answer made her very satisfied.

  Song Jie's eyes landed on her annoying cousin at first glance, who was only 7 years old but had an attitude that made her chin lift high, with a look of disdain and a gaze that darted around.

  Four-year-old little brother Xiaobao is a ball of cuteness, so adorable that it makes people want to pinch his cheeks, with a soft and sweet voice, making Song Jie barely restrain her urge to give him two kisses.

  But she really wanted to pinch him, Song Jie's heart was itching with desire.

  As soon as Little Brother arrived, he attracted the attention of everyone in the family. Zhao Juan handed out new toys to them, and only then did Zhao Jing reveal a smiling face. But that expression of disgust at getting her new clothes dirty was really asking for a beating.

  Zhao's father and mother had apparently gotten used to their granddaughter's appearance, so they just pretended not to see it. Song Jie, however, felt that they must have been persuaded and educated, but to no avail...