Qian Shulan played with the two children for a while, glanced at the clock on the wall, asked Xiaodie to look after Xiaomin, and went to the kitchen to cook.
At about six o'clock, Jiang Yuying and Wang Shouzhi came back one after another.
Qian Shulan invited the two of them to have dinner.
After everyone sat down, Qian Shulan said to Wang Shouzhi, "I plan to take Xiaodie to Changfeng Farm to see Li Guocheng tomorrow."
Hearing this name, Wang Shouzhi frowned slightly.
He not only hated Li Caiying to the core, but also had no good feelings towards Li Guocheng. These two people were definitely a thorn in his heart.
He just glanced at Xiaodie and saw her looking at him eagerly, her big black grape-like eyes full of pleading. Wang Shouzhi thought of how Li Guocheng really loved Xiaodie before the divorce, and finally softened his heart and gently responded, "Okay!"
Xiaodie immediately curled up her lips and said to Wang Shouzhi with a smile, "Thank you, Dad!"
Jiang Yuying thought of Li Guocheng's identity and said with some worry, "Mom, how about I go with you?"
Qian Shulan waved her hand and refused, "No need! I'll take Xiaomin and Xiaodie with me, it's not far anyway." After a pause, she added, "I have a friend to help with the connection. You don't have to worry."
When Jiang Yuying heard this, she immediately felt relieved.
Changfeng Farm is located in the southeast corner of Liuguan County. Qian Shulan has asked people today and learned that you can get there directly by taking a bus.
After dinner, Wang Shouzhi went to wash the dishes.
Xiaodie went to pack her things excitedly.
She stuffed food, clothes and daily necessities into the sack all at once, and soon the sack was full.
Jiang Yuying was beside her giving her advice.
After Wang Shouzhi finished washing the dishes, he was very upset when he saw Xiaodie's excited look.
He returned to his room with a sullen face.
Qian Shulan was watching from the side and could guess what was on his mind to some extent.
Wang Shouzhi is a very tolerant person in some aspects, but extremely stingy in others.
For example, he can be open-hearted to the person he likes and is willing to do anything for the other person.
He would be stingy with money for people he disliked, and he would feel sick to death if he spent even a penny.
Jiang Yuying seemed to have noticed his low mood, and said to Qian Shulan with a smile, "Mom, please help Xiaodie with some advice. I'm going to bed first."
Qian Shulan nodded with a smile. She rested her chin on her hand and thought to herself, Yuying must be interested in Wang Shouzhi, otherwise she wouldn't have noticed his dissatisfaction so quickly.
Yuying had never cared about Wang Shouzhi before, otherwise she wouldn't have been so surprised when Wang Shouzhi confessed his love to her.
In the large room, Wang Shouzhi was so angry that his face turned pale. He sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the family portrait on the bedside table in a daze.
Jiang Yuying pushed the door open and saw his movements. She sat down next to him, patted the back of his hand, and asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"
Wang Shouzhi retracted his gaze, turned around, looked down and saw her hand, his heart warmed, but his face was still a little stiff, "It's okay."
Jiang Yuying burst out laughing. He looked so cute in this awkward state.
Wang Shouzhi didn't quite understand why she was smiling, but seeing her smile so beautifully, the unhappiness in his heart finally dissipated a little.
Jiang Yuying poked his face, picked up the mirror on the bedside table and placed it in front of him, teasing, "Look at your face, who would believe you if you said you weren't angry?"
Wang Shouzhi glanced at himself in the mirror and his face turned red with embarrassment. He snatched the mirror away, turned around and saw her smiling face, feeling both happy and embarrassed.
I was happy that I actually made her laugh, but I was embarrassed that she actually saw me in such an awkward state.
Perhaps because he wanted to perform better in front of her, Wang Shouzhi always pretended to be calm and composed in front of her.
Jiang Yuying pursed her lips, leaned over and looked into his eyes, "If you are not satisfied, just say it. Don't you feel uncomfortable if you keep everything in your heart?"
Jiang Yuying is much more cheerful. If she has any questions, she will ask people close to her.
But Wang Shouzhi would keep it in his heart and think about it over and over again. If he could figure it out, it would be fine, but if he couldn't, he would get stuck in a dead end.
Wang Shouzhi saw her staring at him with sparkling eyes, and said a little embarrassedly, "Xiaodie will be very sad if I tell her."
From Wang Shouzhi's point of view, of course, the farther away from the Li father and daughter the better. No matter how poor they are, he will not sympathize with them.
But it was different from Xiaodie's point of view. After all, they were her blood relatives, and Li Guocheng once loved Xiaodie very much.
So this is very embarrassing.
Jiang Yuying restrained her smile and said to him, "You are right!"
He is still very kind, and just said, "If you are unhappy, you can tell me and I will give you some advice."
Wang Shouzhi was slightly stunned and felt a little embarrassed. If he told Yuying about his dissatisfaction, she would probably think he was a stingy person.
Getting angry over such a small thing.
But Yuying seemed to want to understand him very much. Could he try to tell her what was on his mind
Otherwise, if this continues, when will Yuying truly accept herself
He nodded and said okay, then thought about what happened in the morning and asked tentatively, "Why did you look at me like that this morning?"
Jiang Yuying looked at him in surprise, and then her eyes fell to his waist and abdomen, and her face suddenly turned red.
Wang Shouzhi followed her gaze, somewhat confused.
When he looked up and saw her little face like the sunset, he suddenly felt an impulse.
He slowly approached her and wanted to kiss her. But she suddenly stood up, glared at him, and said angrily, "You don't know what you are dreaming about, and you ask me!"
As he said that, he stood up, walked to the other side of the bed, pulled back the quilt and lay down.
Wang Shouzhi, who failed in his attempt to steal a kiss, coughed awkwardly, then thought of what she had just said. He immediately remembered those wild dreams he had had, and his face turned red.
He pulled back the quilt and moved closer to her. Jiang Yuying flipped through her book with an expressionless face.
Seeing her calm and self-pitying look, Wang Shouzhi's courage, which he had just mustered, was gone. He sighed heavily, slid down, and went to sleep.
Jiang Yuying turned her head slightly to glance at him, trying not to laugh.
Early the next morning, Jiang Yuying and Wang Shouzhi went to work after lunch.
Qian Shulan packed up her things, locked the door, and prepared to take Xiaodie and Xiaomin to take the bus.
Then Li Caiying came running hurriedly from the entrance of the alley.
When she saw Qian Shulan, she instinctively took a step back, but thinking that she was now penniless, she took another step forward and took Xiaodie's hand, and quickly asked, "Where's the money I asked you to take?"
Xiaodie frowned, shook her hand off, took two steps back, and puffed her face and scolded, "Don't lie to me, my grandma said you won't go to see my grandpa!"
Li Caiying gnashed her teeth at Qian Shulan, the person who ruined her business, but she still remembered what happened in the past and did not dare to provoke Qian Shulan. She forced a fake smile and said hurriedly, "How could I lie to you? I am your mother."
Xiaodie twisted her fingers and shook her head, "I don't need you to send me, I can do it myself..."
Before she could finish her words, Qian Shulan suddenly stood in front of Xiaodie and interrupted what she was about to say.
Qian Shulan stared at Li Caiying with her eyes fixed on her. She said sternly, "That's enough. You are an adult, but you lied to your own child. Do you have any shame?"
Li Caiying's face turned red after being scolded by her. She was instinctively afraid of this ex-mother-in-law. Fortunately, Li Caiying changed her words and begged with a bitter face, "Mom, I have no choice. I can't live like this anymore. Please be kind."
Qian Shulan almost vomited blood when she heard the word "mother". She waved her hand to stop him and chased her away like a fly. "Don't call me mother. I don't have a daughter like you. Go away! What does it have to do with me if you can't make it? It's not my fault."
Li Caiying was so angry when she saw that she was in such a miserable state, but Qian Shulan was still so heartless. However, she had no other options now.
Ever since her father was reported by Chen Jianguo for corruption and bribery and his house was searched, her life has fallen into a slump and Chen Jianguo even divorced her.
She had no job, and the little money she saved was getting less and less. Recently, she could barely pay the rent. Her father had no hope, so she thought of her only daughter.
Facing Qian Shulan's sarcasm, Li Caiying could only bite the bullet and pretend not to hear. She leaned over and begged Xiaodie behind Qian Shulan, "Xiaodie, I'm your mother, please help me. Can you bear to watch me starve to death?"
In Xiaodie's memory, her mother always wore beautiful clothes, smelled of flowers, and walked in high heels, making a clattering sound. She never hugged her. One time, she stood at the door waiting for her to get off work. She stretched out her hands and wanted her to hug her. But she passed by quickly, and she was so fast that she knocked her down. She glared at her with disgust and said, "Are you asking for death? What are you doing standing at the door?"
How arrogant she was at that time, never taking anyone seriously.
But now she was covered in dust and dirt, and the clothes she wore were extremely dirty. Although she was young, she had white hair. What was even more surprising was that her back was bent, and she was looking at him with a flattering face.
Xiaodie shook her head slightly, shaking off those distant memories, and then pursed her lips and shook her head, "I don't have any money!"
She was a child and had no job, so how could she have money? Xiaodie always used the pocket money Wang Shouzhi gave her to buy books. She could not keep the money.
Li Caiying glared at Xiaodie, her eyes full of resentment, and her voice became sharp, "You have no money? I gave birth to you, and you have never been filial to me. Now I ask you to be filial, but you tell me you have no money! If I had known you were so hard-hearted, I should have strangled you to death when I gave birth to you."
After all, she was only a fourteen-year-old child. When Xiaodie heard her own mother say such vicious words, she was so angry that her eyes turned red and full of tears, which made people feel distressed at the sight of her.
Qian Shulan hugged Xiaodie and kicked Li Caiying with a gloomy face, knocking her to the ground. She pointed at her nose and cursed, "Who are you? You let a thirteen-year-old child be filial to you. Where's your face!"
Thinking of Li Guocheng who was so devoted to Li Caiying, Qian Shulan sneered, "I think it's more appropriate for your father to say this. He must be regretting it so much that he wanted to strangle you to death when you were born!"
Why did Qian Shulan go to see Li Guocheng? She just wanted to see Li Guocheng's joke! Compared with his arrogant look when she first came here, Qian Shulan felt that his downfall made her feel happy.
Of course, she couldn’t tell Xiaodie about this little thought, otherwise the little girl would be sad.
Qian Shulan hugged Xiaodie and took Xiaomin's hand and left the alley directly.
Li Caiying rubbed her aching chest and almost couldn't breathe. When she came to her senses, the three people had disappeared.
Li Caiying was so angry that she grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground and threw it hard in the direction she had just come from.
Just by chance, the wind blew and the mud was blown back in the opposite direction. The mud immediately got into her eyes, making her scream in pain.
The author has something to say: Let’s be cruel first...it will get even worse later.