Hidden talents and rising stars in the nanny industry

Chapter 129 When you're down on your luck, even drinking cold water can cause problems.

Undeterred, Wang Ma leaned down to look down.

"I don't think it's that high! If you jump down, at most your butt will get hurt, but it won't kill you."

When Xu Jiaojiao heard what Wang Ma said, she turned pale with fright.

"Again?"

She'd rather die than come; she's still in pain from jumping down!

Zhang Xinru hesitated. Although she wouldn't die if she jumped, she would definitely get hurt. Would it be better to go back and apologize?

I wonder if the villagers here are easy to get along with. I hope I won't beat them up.

Suddenly, she recalled the sad experiences she had in her hometown when she was a child. All she did was eat a jelly that her neighbor gave her, and that woman actually beat her with a willow branch.

Ye Jiajia refused outright.

"No, this is too dangerous. Let's go back! We should apologize to them; I'm sure they'll understand."

For the first time, Xu Jiaojiao agreed with Ye Jiajia's words, nodding like a chick pecking at rice. It was better to apologize and admit her mistake than to jump down.

"She's right, let's go back!"

After thinking it over, Wang Ma realized that this was the only option for now.

"Alright, let's go back and apologize to them properly, explain what happened, and I believe they will forgive us."

Having reached a consensus, the four of them carried the watermelon back home.

The melon farmers looked at them as expected.

"Ha! You've finally decided to come over? A young girl like you, actually learning to steal."

"And you, at your age, don't you know how to raise your children?"

Wang Ma was the first to be criticized, her face turning red and then pale.

The four children, looking like well-behaved little kids, hugged watermelons and bowed their heads in apology.

"Uncle and Aunt, we're sorry, we shouldn't have stolen your watermelon."

"We are so sorry, please forgive us. We were so thirsty and hungry that we couldn't help but steal your watermelons."

"Don't worry, Auntie, we'll definitely make up for the cost of the melons when we get back."

"Yes, we will definitely pay back the money, don't worry. If we hadn't gone without eating anything since yesterday, we wouldn't have thought of stealing the watermelon. We are really very sorry."

Seeing the four people in their tattered state, the melon farmer's wife softened.

"Forget it, a few watermelons aren't worth much, let's just eat them!"

"We usually give away the extra food we can't finish, so we don't mind giving away a few more."

The man rolled his eyes at his wife, "You're so soft-hearted."

After figuring out what had happened to them, the couple took them home, provided them with food and drinks, and lent them their cell phones to contact their families.

The four of them wolfed down their food, marveling at how kind they had met.

"Thank you, uncle and aunt. We will definitely pay you back for the melons once we get in touch with our families..."

The woman looked at her with pity, "Eat slowly, there's more if you're not full, you're so pitiful."

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they realized who they needed to contact when they made their phone calls. What was Fu Xiaochen's phone number again?

"What should we do! If I had known this would happen, I would have memorized Fu Xiaochen's phone number."

"Change to someone else. Do you remember Dr. Zhao's number?"

"do not remember."

Xu Jiaojiao volunteered, "I'll do it, I remember my parents' phone number."

The other three looked over in surprise, "Quickly call your parents to pick us up."

Xu Jiaojiao said smugly, "Just wait for my family to pick us up in a grand car and take us home!"

He picked up the phone and dialed, but no one answered after it rang for a long time.

Zhang Xinru and Wang Ma had a bad feeling, and suddenly remembered that they had been blocked when they called Fu Xiaochen before.

Sure enough, when Xu Jiaojiao called again, the other party had already blocked her.

"Ah... Mom and Dad, what's going on? Am I still their family's princess? Waaaaah..."

As she spoke, she started crying again, feeling wronged.

Ye Jiajia didn't dare call her grandmother, afraid that her grandmother's condition would worsen if she knew that something had happened to them.

Zhang Xinru was all alone in this world, with no relatives and no one to contact. Little did she know that the original owner's parents were preparing to come and cause her trouble.

Everyone looked at Wang Ma with anticipation in their eyes.

"Wang Ma, it's up to you now."

Wang Ma proudly puffed out her chest, never expecting that she would be the one to be relied upon at this crucial moment.

Zhang Xinru urged, "Wang Ma, stop dawdling and call Xiao Shi right away to ask him to come pick us up."

Without further hesitation, Wang Ma quickly dialed Xiao Shi's number.

Everyone stared longingly at the phone in Wang Ma's hand, hoping that the other party would answer.

I never expected that Xiao Shi was in such a hurry to find them last night that she left her phone with Grandpa Gu.

When people are down on their luck, even drinking cold water can cause them to choke; that's a perfect description of them.

"Why didn't this child answer the phone at such a crucial moment?!"

They tried calling several times but no one answered. Their hopes were dashed, and the light in their eyes was extinguished.

"What should we do?"

Zhang Xinru remembered another way and quickly looked at the melon farmer couple.

"Auntie, is there a police station around here?"

The other three realized what was happening and exclaimed with delight, "Right! Call the police! They can take us back!"

The couple shattered their last illusions.

"Everyone in the village has left. The young people have all gone out to work, leaving only the old and the young. Those who were well-off have already moved away."

"There are hardly any people, where would a police station come from!"

"Forget about the police station, there isn't even a bus."

Everyone: "..."

"Where did the kidnappers bring us? This is way too remote!"

"Waaaaah... I miss my mom..."

"I want a big villa..."

"Me too……"

As the four of them talked, they hugged each other and cried bitterly.

The melon farmer and his wife, standing by, couldn't get a word in edgewise. "Stop crying, both of you," they said.

Just then, a mournful melody drifted in from outside, blending in with the four people's weeping in a strangely harmonious way.

The woman had a good idea for them.

"Wait, there's another way."

The four people stopped crying abruptly and looked over in surprise, "What's the solution?"

“An old man in the village passed away these past two days. His children will go out to work after handling the funeral arrangements. You can go with them then.”

Wang Ma had attended her late husband's funeral and knew how complicated the procedures were.

"How long do we have to wait?"

The woman thought for a moment, "It will take at least ten days to half a month. If that family wants to stay a couple more days, it will be a month from now."

The four women burst into tears again upon hearing this. The thought of having to stay there for another ten days or half a month made them feel utterly hopeless.

"I can't stay here for another day. I want to go back as soon as possible."

"Me too……"

"I want to go home……"

Seeing that they were crying incessantly, the woman gave them another idea.

"There's another way."

Four people: Can you finish your statement all at once?

"What else can I do?"

“We also hire Taoist priests to play music when we hold funerals here. They come and play for a day and then leave. You can leave with them when the time comes.”

The four were pleasantly surprised; this was indeed a good idea, and they could wait just one day.

"That's great, thank you, Auntie."

The woman waved her hand, saying that she was happy to help them.

"You're welcome. My surname is Hao. You can just call me Aunt Hao."

After washing up, the four of them, feeling curious about the village, went out for a stroll.

I was surprised to find the village deserted. You could only see one house every few miles, and all of them were elderly people sitting in front of their houses, basking in the sun.

After wandering around for a while and finding it uninteresting, I returned to Aunt Hao's house, thinking that I could finally leave tomorrow.