Since Fanglan arrived, Ai Qiao has been depressed for several days.
This night.
Ji Huai came back a little late, after ten o'clock.
When he came in, he saw her dazed on the bed, and asked her with a worried look, "Are you too tired recently?"
"No." She shook her head and continued to hug her son and coax him.
The little guy moved his lips in her arms, looked at her with his little eyes, and continued to move his mouth.
He is hungry.
Ai Qiao could understand his movements and carried him to prepare milk powder. Ji Huai saw that she was struggling to hold him and reached out to pick up the little guy.
He sat on the sofa and teased him, and said, "Brother Qiang has contracted a student dormitory building. I can do the water and electricity installation and doors and windows. I don't have enough manpower."
"Then do you want to continue looking for someone?" She put in the milk powder and was shaking the bottle.
"Well, we have to find some masters, otherwise the progress will be too slow." Ji Huai said, the little boy in his arms started to whine when he saw the milk powder in Ai Qiao's hand. He put his son in her arms, He continued, "The big head will definitely not let me make any money, but the small head will get a little bit, because he gets the materials by himself and gets the kickback alone."
"Take your time, it's already good now." Ai Qiao never forced the little guy to drink milk powder, and would even praise softly, "Dad is already great."
"Uh... uh..." the little guy made a sound, his eyes continued to roll, he danced and continued to stick out his tongue.
Ji Huai's heart softened, and he took out a piece of paper to wipe the milk powder flowing out of the corner of his mouth, and said, "What can you understand?"
"Well... um..." He made another voice. When the two of them looked at him, they moved their hands at the same time, squinted their eyes, and opened their mouths to smile.
"Ha." Ji Huai also laughed, reached out to hold his little hand, lowered his head and kissed it.
As soon as I kissed him, he smiled again, moved his hands and feet together, spit out the milk, and continued to charm his father with his smile.
Ai Qiao looked at her son, her eyes slowly filled with tiny light. That smile was so healing, she really looked like a little angel.
After thinking about it for a while, she spoke to Ji Huai and said softly, "This year I want... to take you back to see my mother."
She hasn't been back for a few years.
Hearing this, Ji Huai didn't react at first, so he looked up at her, and then continued to hold his son's hand, "Aren't you going back this year?"
"Aren't you going back again?" There was a trace of disappointment in her eyes, and she found an excuse to comfort herself, "That's okay, Doudou is also spending money, and a trip back will cost a lot."
They gave the child a nickname, Doudou. If they wanted to give it a better name, they were not in a hurry and asked Grandpa Ji to give it to him when they got back.
"It's not a matter of cost. You definitely can't go back by train. It takes several days to take a train. Air tickets are expensive every year, but that's not the point. You can't stand the cold weather over there during the New Year."
"Doudou is still young, what if he gets sick?"
He took the child over and asked her opinion, "I didn't say not to go back. I should have gone back to see your parents a long time ago. I did something wrong. We can go back in April or May, okay?"
Ai Qiao thought he didn't want to go back and thought it was troublesome. After hearing what he said, a slight smile appeared on her lips again and she agreed, "Okay."
After answering, he added the next second, "But the air tickets are very expensive, should we take the train? The baby will be more than four months old at that time."
"Let's talk about it." He urged her, "Go and eat the rice rolls I bought. It's time to go to bed later."
Ai Qiao's brows, which had been frowning for the past few days, relaxed and she stood up and walked to the table, "I know."
Seeing the relaxed and happy look on her face, Ji Huai's corners of his mouth also raised slightly, and he lowered his head to meet his son's eyes.
"￥￥..." The little guy made another sound, his eyes narrowed into slits.
Ji Huai felt that he was dying.
One big and one small, one is more annoying than the other.
He is so weak that he is willing to sacrifice his life for it.
In a blink of an eye.
After the New Year, spring comes and the weather gradually warms up.
Not only Ai Qiao and the others are going back, but Fang Lan and her brother Fang Yizhou are also going back. None of them went home during the New Year. Fang Lan thinks it’s good not to go back. If she stays in the factory, she can get three times the salary, and she can go back after the New Year. Still warm.
Fangzhou and the others followed Ji Huai and continued to work hard during the new year, earning thirty-five yuan a day. If Ji Huai had not left, they would not have been willing to go back.
Ai Qiao and Ji Huai came to the factory, waiting for Fang Lan to come down and go together, and help her get some luggage.
The little guy is more than four months old. He is white and tender, has a chubby face, and is wearing a little hat.
He was being held by Ji Huai and looking around curiously.
"I'm here." Fanglan carried her luggage downstairs. She saw this little guy from afar and rushed over to touch his face, "Doudou, Doudou."
He looked at the aunt in front of him with his big round eyes, blinked, and his expression turned cute.
"Can you hug me, aunt?" Fang Lan couldn't help but soften her tone as she smelled the milky fragrance on his body, coaxing him.
The little guy stared at the aunt in front of him, then at his father, and finally turned his head, wrapped his chubby hands around Ji Huai's neck, and buried his head in his father's arms.
He gave Fang Lan a cold and heartless back, which made Ji Huai laugh. He gently pulled his son's hand, his voice slowed down, "Let Auntie give you a hug, and Auntie will buy you some fun toys."
"Auntie has toys." Fanglan continued to coax him.
"Well..." The little guy made a sound, moved in Ji Huai's arms, continued to hug his father, and buried his head quite deep.
Fang Lan had no choice but to give up in the end.
Ji Huai walked in front with the child in his arms, and the two of them walked behind. Ai Qiao also helped her carry a small bag of luggage. She looked at Ai Qiao, a little surprised, "Oh my god, Ji Huai has changed a lot. It's been so long since we last met." , I have become a dad. I heard from my brother that he is working very hard now and has brought many people with him. He will start construction on two more buildings when he comes back after the year."
In the past, she felt that Ji Huai was not stable. He relied on his good looks, his talk, his tendency to take advantage of loopholes, and his flawed character, so he could not achieve great things.
When the child was born, she was even more afraid that Ai Qiao would be wronged and had to work hard to take care of the child alone. After Ji Huai took over the project, she was also afraid that men would become bad when they got rich, especially Ji Huai, who was likely to be a prostitute.
Now she was greatly shocked. Even her brother and his friends kept saying good things about Ji Huai and followed him willingly. You know, before, she was afraid that Ji Huai would cheat her brother.
"He loves Doudou very much, so the child is very attached to him." When Ai Qiao said it, there was a smile in her tone. She looked at the big and small children in front of her, her eyes softening a little.
In her sight, Ji Huai was holding the little guy and walking beside him. There were trees planted on the road next to him, and the young leaves hanging down.
He slowly stopped. The little guy looked curious and reached out to grab the leaves, but he was too short and couldn't catch them.
The chubby hand stretched out, and stretched out again, but it was still just a little bit out of reach, still leaning on his body. He looked at his father with clear black and white eyes and pursed his lips.
Ji Huai smiled and gently pulled the young leaves down.
He reached out slightly to grab it.
Unfortunately, he only grabbed a few young leaves. As soon as Ji Huai let go of his hand, the young leaves in his hands broke and the branches bounced back.
The little guy's eyes widened and he turned his head to look at his father.
Ji Huai pulled down the branch again.
His little hand stretched out again, grabbed two small leaves, and leaned forward slightly, intending to take a good look.
Ji Huai let go again.
The young leaves in his hand broke again, and the branches bounced back again, leaving two small fragments of leaves in his palm.
Ai Qiao and Fang Lan happened to approach, and he burst out laughing, showing his newly grown baby teeth and drooling, "Giggle..."
Smiling was not enough, he was moving around in Ji Huai's arms, waving his white and tender hands and feet.
Fang Lan was amused by him and stepped forward to tease him, dragging her voice, "Doudou."
The little guy was smiling excitedly, but as soon as he saw her, his mouth suddenly closed, his expression quickly became expressionless, and he turned around to hug his father.
Fang Lan witnessed his sudden change of expression, and instantly wondered if she was too ugly, causing the other party to react so violently.
"Because there are only two of us to take care of him, he is very afraid of strangers and is like this to everyone." Ai Qiao explained.
Fang Lan expressed her understanding and couldn't help but add, "The child really changes every day. He is so cute."
While they were talking, Ji Huai was already holding the little guy and moving forward, and his laughter came again.
From time to time, he would lie on his father's shoulder, looking at Ai Qiao who was walking behind him, grinning at her, and muttering, "@#￥#￥..."
Fang Lan clapped her hands at him.
The little guy's face turned away again, and he hid in his father's arms with a straight face.
"..." Fang Lan was also helpless, but she felt more and more that this little guy was too funny. She smiled and turned her head to Ai Qiao and said, "He Qiuxiang didn't go back during the New Year."
Aiqiao asked, "Why?"
"I don't know. She seemed to be with a Haicheng man, so she moved out. I rarely met her after I changed my shift. At first, I thought she had gone back." After that, Fang Lan continued, "She is giving me a look now when she sees me, and I am too lazy to care."
"You also know that if you don't follow her wishes, it's like you owe her something, and she will treat you as an enemy."
Hearing this, Ai Qiao sighed. She knew this, so she never had a close relationship with He Qiuxiang.
"And..." Fang Lan was about to say something, but her voice suddenly stopped after she said these two words. Ai Qiao followed her gaze and saw He Qiuxiang standing at the door.
There was a pile of luggage beside her, and standing next to her was a dark-skinned man, short and slightly fat.
The skin color of the two people is quite similar to that of a couple.
When leaving the factory, you had to register. Fang Lan had slowed down, but He Qiuxiang was too slow, so she was still behind her.
No one spoke, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Ji Huai had already walked out with the child in his arms, and Ai Qiao was also waiting for her outside. He Qiuxiang filled in the information and walked out, and at a glance he saw the gold ring on Ai Qiao's hand.
"Have you finally bought a gold ring? Isn't it expensive to raise a child just now?" She said with a smile and a hint in her tone.
She usually likes to show off, and when she gets the chance, she won't let it go.
"It's okay." Ai Qiao said perfunctorily.
"It's normal to spend money. If we rely on working to make money, my boyfriend and I can't afford it. But his house is going to be demolished. He can pay for two houses. We can live in one and sell the other. After the demolition here, every I also receive some subsidies every year." He Qiuxiang saw Fanglan coming out and kept talking to herself, her words full of superiority.
As he spoke, he raised his hand and wore a gold bracelet on his black wrist. It was very exaggerated, just like a small version of a dog leash, with an old-fashioned style.
"So rich?" Ji Huai interrupted, sounding like he was praising her.
"I'm not very rich. Isn't this an accidental opportunity?" She felt a little carried away and looked at Ji Huai even more proudly. The man beside him also raised his eyebrows and took the initiative to say, "We are developing over there and are acquiring land. I don’t know if I can pay millions in compensation.”
With a bragging tone in his mouth, Ji Huai nodded, "Oh, this gold bracelet seems to be very heavy."
"He bought it for me, and you can also buy one for Ai Qiao." He Qiuxiang thought he was stroking it gracefully, and then put his hand down, smiling without showing his teeth, but it looked even more ugly, like constipation.
The picture was so beautiful that Fang Lan even glanced to the side.
"This gold bracelet of yours seems to be fake." Ji Huai waited for her to finish and suddenly said seriously, "The color is a little wrong."
As soon as he said this, the man's face became stiff. He Qiuxiang was a little angry and glared at him, "Don't talk nonsense, how could it be false? Do you know the truth?"
"That's what I saw wrong." Ji Huai's tone was neither salty nor bland, but he was still smiling, a little bit shy.
He Qiuxiang's face was a little distorted and she raised her voice, "You don't know the goods! We are not short of money, how can we buy fake ones? Are you going back by train? We are taking a plane!"
Flying is a big deal these days.
It's expensive.
"We are also flying, and air tickets are relatively cheap these days." Ji Huai answered with a half-smile.
"Real or false?" He Qiuxiang didn't believe it.
"Really." Fang Lan had already seen her brother Fang Yizhou, holding the luggage and waving. The other person opened the car door and came over to help her carry the luggage. She finally managed to sneer and said to He Qiuxiang, " We won’t get on the plane at the airport here. Ji Huai’s friend happens to be going to Nancheng City and will take us there for two days and then go back.”
"Isn't it because the air tickets to Nancheng City are cheap?" He Qiuxiang desperately wanted to save face.
This group of people is really disgusting, and that Fang Yizhou actually didn't take her brother to the construction site with her, leaving her brother to work in the factory.
"It's much cheaper. After all, we don't have any money." Ji Huai admitted openly and changed the topic, "You are not short of money now, are you?"
He Qiuxiang didn't understand what he meant and said directly, "Of course I'm not short of money. How can we be short of money?"
"The idea of giving birth to a child and selling it should have disappeared." Ji Huai nodded, as if he was relieved, "It is better to make money by demolition than to make money by selling the child. Selling a child is illegal. "
"Let's go, we have to get there in the evening and visit the scenic spots at night."
…
Ji Huai took Ai Qiao and walked to the car. Several people got in the car one after another. The car drove away. He Qiuxiang's face turned green and white, and was extremely distorted.
With envy and jealousy in her eyes, they were picked up and dropped off by bus, but she could only wait here for the bus, which was extremely crowded.
"What are you selling a child for?" The man next to him had a dark face, the flesh on his face became more obvious, and he focused his eyes on her belly.
She is two months pregnant.
"A child can be sold for 80,000 yuan, and I won't sell it!" He Qiuxiang sounded impatient and raised her hand, "Is the necklace you gave me real?"
Ji Huai, the talkative one, also disrupted her plan. Originally, she wanted to give birth to a child, "give" it to the factory director first, then get the money, say that the child was lost, and then get pregnant again.
In this way, she can not only get money, but also marry into a rich family, killing two birds with one stone. With money, her husband's family will not dare to bully her.
"Of course it's true." The man's eyes flashed slightly and he quickly added, "Who can I sell it to for 80,000 yuan?"
"How do I know?" He Qiuxiang changed the subject and said, "I don't want to go back. You take me to play. When the compensation is paid, you also buy a car!"
"Don't come back again! Isn't it easy to buy a car? What's the fuss about?" The man didn't coddle her and left directly.
Seeing this, He Qiuxiang became anxious and quickly went to grab him, "I'm just telling you, don't I have to go back to get the certificate?"
The man was obviously smarter than her. He asked in a roundabout way, "A child can be sold for 80,000 yuan. Where did you get the news? That's illegal."
"Oh, I don't remember who said it. It's a sale, not a sale. It's just nutrition fees." She didn't think there was anything wrong at all.
"That's not illegal, right?"
In fact, she doesn't have much brains, and the man can just tell her what to say in a few words, leaving no foundation at all.
Thinking about the 80,000 yuan, the man also fell into deep thought.
in the car.
Fanglan and the others gasped when they learned of He Qiuxiang's plan to sell the child outright.
"Crazy, that man is not a good guy at first glance." Fang Yizhou was speechless and cursed.
"Crazy." Fang Lan couldn't find anything to express her emotions, gritting her teeth, "If you really sell it, it will be a sin."
"I know that man." Ji Huai gently patted the little guy in his arms, who was about to fall asleep with his eyes half closed.
Hearing this, the people in the car looked at him and heard him say in a soft voice, "He doesn't recognize me anymore, but I saw him at the construction site. He is almost forty years old, right? His son is already here He is in junior high school, and he is separated from his wife, but they are not divorced."
Fang Lan took a breath, "Then she's not a mistress?"
Ji Huai didn't reply. The little guy opened his eyes slightly, and he held him and rocked him slowly to let him sleep.
There was no selling of children in the previous life. He Qiuxiang was also with this person and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter. The same is true in this life.
Therefore, nature is hard to change, and many things are destined.
"Her mother also said that Sister Ai Qiao is shameless when she is a mistress? I think it's her, right?" Fang Yizhou looked indignant. Now he admires Ji Huai very much. He can work hard with him, but he can't allow it. Being said so.
"That's right." His friend Xu Guojie also worked with Ji Huai, and the two of them couldn't stand He Qiuxiang even more.
Ji Huai had no expression on his face and continued to share gossip casually, "You two know the geotechnical engineer from Beihai School, right?"
"Yeah." Xu Guojie and Fang Yizhou nodded.
"Two months ago, He Qiuxiang was with his nephew. His nephew was in the leather shoe factory next to her. However, his nephew was also in love with a waiter at the same time. The gold bracelet he gave to him was exactly the same as the one He Qiuxiang had."
"I bought it for ten yuan under the Xihe Overpass. I've also seen others selling it."
Ji Huai has actually never seen it, but what he said was true.
But the bracelet is indeed fake.
Fanglan's mouth twitched, "How come this person's temperament hasn't changed?"
It was a four-hour drive in total. Everyone was chatting in the car and started a discussion around the topic of He Qiuxiang.
In the end, Fang Lan, Fang Yizhou and Xu Guojie exchanged information with each other, which completely exposed He Qiuxiang.
Coupled with the news that Ji Huai "unintentionally" said, it can be described as explosive.
The group went to the ancient city for two days and then got on a plane to fly back. Fang Lan and the other two went home on the same day, while Ji Huai's family of three would stay in the county town for a few days.
When they separated, Ji Huai bought some candies and cakes for Fang Yizhou and Xu Guojie and asked them to take them back.
He quietly stuffed two hundred yuan and a few packs of cigarettes into each of them, and spoke in a very polite manner, "During the Chinese New Year period, we were busy with the progress of the project, so I didn't buy you anything. Just accept it. It is now popular to give out bonuses during the Chinese New Year. I just mean it."
But the two of them were so moved that they promised to come to their house to kill chickens and geese when Ji Huai returned.
"I'm going to get the marriage certificate with Ai Qiao in the next two days. We'll contact you then." Ji Huai said.
The two nodded repeatedly.
After arranging all this, Ji Huai, who returned to the hotel, hugged the little guy, held his hand, and raised the corners of his mouth, "Don't always imitate your mother, imitate your father."
He is an extremely selfish person with extremely clear goals. He saved the New Year's goods and bonuses and gave them to him now. The two of them worked overtime to help him earn some money. Part of the money was used to pay for half of the plane tickets for the two of them. The air tickets to Nancheng City were cheaper, and the money saved could be used to take them on a trip. The other part bought new year's goods and cigarettes, not only buying them, but also buying their families.
Benefits are maximized.
Fang Yizhou and Xu Guojie are diligent and down-to-earth, which is an unexpected bonus for him. It will be up to him how much they can help him when they return home.
Ji Huai thought about his plan to see if he could get some more value. The little guy in his arms smiled again.
Laughing innocently.
He looked at his cute and innocent face and sighed silently.
Damn it, it seems that Ai Qiao is more of a fool.