QTIMP -Chapter 2 Character Persona – Greedy (Part 2)

Sometimes she even doubted whether she was really their biological child, but after quietly checking, it turned out she truly was. Besides, she bore a slight resemblance to the old lady.

Now that everything had been clearly divided, it was fine. So she nodded in agreement as everyone signed the documents, and the matter was settled.

In little Feng Xue’s faint memories, her grandmother had been genuinely kind to her, and it was obvious at a glance that the old lady was no ordinary person. With her bound feet, she was efficient and meticulous.

The most crucial thing was that the little old lady was extremely particular about food.

A phrase she often repeated was: “Three generations know clothing, five generations know food.”

Young Feng Xue didn’t understand what it meant, but as Si Qiu—who had traversed the cultivation world—she understood the depth behind that saying.

It was now 1965. In early spring, the old lady had been angered by a call from the Feng family and passed away immediately. It was unfortunate that Si Qiu was still in high school at the time; otherwise, with her medical skills, she could have helped.

This was also why Si Qiu completely cut ties with the Feng family.

In fact, since the old lady had passed away, the Feng parents had wanted Si Qiu to return home, but she publicly told everyone in the village that she would no longer have dealings with the Feng family.

She had even found a job and rented a small single room for herself.

Feng Yu hurried forward a few steps to block her, tears welling in her eyes before she could even speak. “Sister, it’s all my fault. I just wanted to explain it to you personally, which is why I followed Second Brother here.”

Si Qiu noticed that the scene had already drawn a crowd of onlookers. She understood that this little green tea was trying to gauge whether she would keep quiet to avoid embarrassment—she was attempting to stir public opinion!

What a joke. The only one embarrassed would be them, not Si Qiu. What did she have to care? So she crossed her arms and gave Feng Yu a thorough once-over.

Then, with glaring contempt in her eyes, she spat out words sharp as a blade:

“You’re definitely at fault. Your studies were insufficient, so you wanted me to take your college entrance exam for you. When I refused, you called to try persuading Grandma—and ended up angering your own grandmother to death. Have you even considered that your thick skull couldn’t handle it? You barely passed high school and still wanted to take my name to go to university. Do you even deserve it? And you, someone so vicious, still have the face to stand in front of me? You were probably counting on me not scolding you! What astonishes me most is that Grandma just passed, and it hasn’t even been a hundred days yet! And you’re wearing that bright red dress—well, your filial piety really shows.”

In Huaguo, where filial devotion is valued above all, being called out so openly by Si Qiu drew whispers and pointing fingers from the crowd.

“Oh my, what a filial child! Angered her own grandmother to death, and now, not even a hundred days later, parading around in red and green. If someone like this crawled out of the grave, I’d scratch her to death myself!”

“Didn’t you hear that girl in the shirt? She wanted her own sister to take the college exam for her! Whose child is this? I better keep an eye on her. If she actually goes to university, I’ll report her.”

“Yes, yes, I know. Her family works at the machinery factory, a well-known family of twins—they had twins in both generations.”

“Really? My sister married into the machinery factory’s residential compound. I’ll go inquire. This person definitely needs to be watched carefully.”

Feng Yu, seeing this, clutched her skirt with both hands, her face burning red, then covered her face and ran away, sobbing.

Feng Rong, anxious, watched where she had disappeared to and stepped forward, intending to say something, but Si Qiu quickly raised a hand to stop him.

“Don’t think I spared you when I spoke about her. If you had any sense, you wouldn’t have let her come dressed like that to irritate me. Your family should come to me less often—such ungrateful and heartless people. Truly unlucky.”

After saying that, Si Qiu directly walked past him and kept going.

Feng Rong stood there stunned for a long while before gloomily pushing her bicycle home.

Si Qiu didn’t care about them and briskly headed to her own place. She had spent 260 yuan herself to get a 15-square-meter single room in a tubular apartment.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want a better place, but housing was tight right now—it was really hard to come by. Given her job, finding this house and snapping it up was a relief.

Because her workplace was allocating housing, she hurried to take care of her current place. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to get even this one.

As for where the money came from, she did have a lot of valuable things on hand but not that much cash. However, after her grandmother passed away, all her belongings were handed over to her—this was officially overseen by the village captain and secretary.

Feng Yu had big complaints about this, but knowing how the old lady had passed, the villagers all looked down on the Feng family completely.

So Si Qiu resolved this matter without even getting involved directly.

It was only while sorting through the belongings that Si Qiu realized her grandmother was not simple at all—there was nearly 3,000 yuan in cash alone, not to mention some simple promissory notes.

After all, her grandmother had hinted about these things before.

There were also some other treasures: a box containing 28 small goldfish-shaped ornaments, a full set of imperial green jade jewelry, scattered gold and silver accessories, 12 jade pendants, and crucially, a bag of colored diamonds and a brand-new gold-thread embroidered wedding dress.

Additionally, there was a slightly worn old-style qipao.

All of this was stored in a fashionable leather suitcase.

This was something she had no idea about—she never planned to give anything to the Feng family. Not to mention, even though she wasn’t the original owner and had no formal right of inheritance, when she arrived, the original owner was seven years old. She had changed her name but had always been dependent on her grandmother.

The two of them were like true grandmother and granddaughter—what could not be inherited?

The rest was a half-brick house, a radio, the furniture in the house, and ten silver coins—all of which were stored away.

The house was put under the care of the village captain, and Si Qiu returned to continue her studies. She was good-looking and well-liked at school. So when she heard the news that the community committee in her neighborhood might be hiring, her classmates shared it with her as gossip.

Si Qiu, having some understanding of this historically similar world, immediately gave up the idea of attending university. She discussed with her teachers and principal and took her graduation certificate early.

She then bought gifts and visited her classmate’s home to ask in detail. Coincidentally, that classmate’s mother was the director of this community committee.

Si Qiu gave her the radio as a gift and secured the job, mainly because the recruitment required only a middle school graduate. Otherwise, the position would definitely have gone to a relative.

As for her classmate, she was planning to take the university entrance exam.

Si Qiu’s grandfather had hinted indirectly, but she didn’t care—and it was normal; who could have expected the college entrance exam to be halted?

Soon, Si Qiu became a member of the community committee. From her colleagues, she learned about the small house she now lived in.

“Yo, Qiu Qiu, just off work? Look at what you’re wearing—sure spent some money. Earning and living alone like this is the real comfort.”

As she spoke, a trace of envy slipped into her words. Their family of six only lived in an 18-square-meter house.

That stubborn girl—living alone in 15 square meters.