「Yingkou Village.」
"Qiaoqiao, you're back?"
"Isn't that the Lin family's eldest girl? Home for the break?"
"Oh my, you're on break but only brought back this little?"
...
Lin Qiao walked happily on her way home, greeted by quite a few people along the path. Some she knew, some she didn't, and others were just vaguely familiar. Some people just smiled and said hello as they passed by. Others, more enthusiastic, would pull her aside to chat for a bit and throw in a compliment or two... No matter who it was, Lin Qiao maintained a polite smile and responded to each of them.
She knew her sudden popularity in the village wasn't entirely because her parents had started raising chickens and ducks and were making money. It also wasn't because her mother had just given birth to a son, meaning their family now had a male heir to carry on the line in everyone's eyes, which earned them more respect. The most important reason was that her family had gotten in with the Zhang family.
