[Hello, Luo Shen!
I was busy last week and forgot to write to you. I'm very sorry. You must be waiting for my letter, right
I saw in a magazine that your vicious stepmother's family seems to be having a hard time due to business failure recently. It's really gratifying.
I guess you must be feeling secretly happy like me, right
Let me share a happy thing with you. My vicious "stepmother" finally got her comeuppance.
In this world, evil people will be punished by evil people, and good people will be rewarded in the end!
My friend, if you are in the dark, do not lose heart, the dawn will eventually come.
Your most loyal friend, Xiaodao.]
Ye Zhao has now mastered the skill of not feeling embarrassed no matter what she writes. She folded the letter paper, put it in an envelope and put it aside.
There were newly developed photos on the table. She picked up a few of them and stuffed them into another envelope without hesitation. She wanted to stimulate certain people. Such beautiful photos should of course be shared together.
On the cover of the envelope, she boldly wrote her name in the sender column.
Two days later in the evening, Bai Lu came home from school and took out an evening paper and a letter from the mailbox downstairs. She didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after locking the mailbox, it occurred to her that she seemed to have seen Ye Zhao's name just now.
The recipient is her mother Bai Yunlian, and the sender is Ye Zhao
What happened? Why did Ye Zhao write a letter to her mother? She squeezed the envelope and found it was hard inside. She lifted the envelope and looked up. There seemed to be a photo inside.
Ye Zhao sent photos to her mother? She didn't understand.
Bai Lu hurried home. As soon as she entered the house, she saw Ye Dingguo in his pajamas watching the news. She subconsciously hid the envelope behind her and called out, "Uncle, you're home."
Ye Dingguo hasn't been at home often recently. Today, he rarely went out. He just woke up from a nap. Seeing Bai Lu's nervous face, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong? Why are you so flustered..."
Bai Lu shook her head: "It's okay, I met the neighbor's dog."
Bai Lu put the evening paper on the table, went back to her room and put down her schoolbag. After thinking it over, she took the envelope and went to the kitchen to find her mother. The kitchen was full of the aroma of pork ribs stewed with lotus root. Bai Yunlian was beating eggs. She turned around and saw her daughter and said, "You're back? Mom will make a meat pie and fried eggs. We can eat soon."
Bai Yunlian was very happy. It was a rare day when the three of them were at home, so she cooked some of her signature dishes.
Bai Lu was very hesitant. Ye Zhao's letter at this time must be no good news, and she didn't want to ruin her mother's good mood.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you standing there in a daze? Oh... hurry up and help mom peel some garlic so I can make you some smashed cucumbers. You said you wanted to eat some yesterday, but I almost forgot about it today."
Bai Lu responded obediently, secretly put the envelope under the mooncake box on the dining table, and then went to peel garlic.
Ye Dingguo took the teacup to the restaurant to pour hot water. Bai Yunlian looked back at him. Ye Dingguo seemed to be in a good mood today. She took the opportunity to say, "A good friend of mine recommended a property with a good environment and an elevator. Should we go take a look?"
"What property are you looking at?"
"If it's suitable, we can buy another house. After it's renovated, we can live in both houses alternately."
"Why buy so many houses? Just enough to live in is enough." Ye Dingguo picked up the kettle and poured some hot water.
Bai Yunlian had been prepared that Ye Dingguo would not easily agree to buy a house, but she was unwilling to give up. "They all said that house prices will rise in the future, and now is a good opportunity to invest. The house prices in Hong Kong City have risen several times in the past few years."
"That's someone else's trick! Hong Kong City's housing prices have been falling recently." The reason why Ye Dingguo was unwilling to buy a house or land was because of the weak and plummeting housing prices in Hong Kong City. "Besides, can Shenzhen City be the same as Hong Kong City? Shenzhen City is full of undeveloped land, with many poor people and few rich people. Who will take over after you buy it? Rely on those factory girls in our factory?"
After pouring the hot water, Ye Dingguo picked up the glass duckbill kettle and added boiled water into the cup.
"I live in it myself, not buying it to sell." Bai Yunlian just said that she was optimistic about the housing prices going up and wanted to invest. This logic is not self-consistent.
"Let's talk about it later." Ye Dingguo said as he poured the boiled water with his hand tilted, and the water spread on the dining table.
Seeing this, Bai Yunlian quickly took a dry rag. Her request to buy a house had just been rejected, and she was embarrassed. She sighed and said, "This glass spout is really not good. It spilled the water last time I poured it."
There was water under the mooncake box. She picked up the mooncake box and saw a letter underneath.
She picked up the envelope curiously and took a look. It was actually addressed to her. Was the sender Ye Zhao
Ye Dingguo also saw it, "Why did Ye Zhao write to you?"
"How should I know?" Bai Yunlian said anxiously, "Why is there an extra letter here for no reason?"
Bai Lu, who was squatting next to the trash can peeling garlic, stood up quickly. This was so embarrassing. If she had known, she would have given the letter directly to her mother.
Bai Lu explained softly, "I just got it from the mailbox. I saw that my mother was busy, so I didn't give it to her yet."
Ye Dingguo couldn't understand why Ye Zhao wrote a letter to Bai Yunlian. Even if she hated Bai Yunlian, she wouldn't write a letter to scold her, right
"Take it apart and let's see."
Bai Yunlian was a little hesitant, fearing that Ye Zhao would catch her with some evidence. This was a threatening letter.
"Take it down quickly!" Seeing that she didn't move, Ye Dingguo urged her again.
Bai Yunlian had no choice but to tear open the envelope, only to see three or four photos inside. She pulled them out, and the first one was a man and a woman holding hands from their backs. Her heart was shocked. She might not be able to see other people's backs, but how could she not see Ye Dingguo's
She trembled and quickly turned to the second photo. Ye Dingguo was being intimate with a beautiful woman...
She knew that woman, Gao Yueyue, who sang on behalf of Irene Toy Factory in the last competition!
A beautiful girl with charming eyes and a sense of humor!
Bai Yunping said that this girl is Ye Zhao's classmate?! How sinister! In order to break up her and Ye Dingguo, Ye Zhao actually encouraged his classmate to be his father's mistress!
Bai Yunlian swallowed and glanced at Ye Dingguo. Ye Dingguo also saw it, but apart from being a little surprised, he was very calm.
He might be surprised about where Ye Zhao got the photos from, but his calmness showed that he was not afraid of Bai Yunlian knowing.
If Ye Dingguo was not standing next to her, Bai Yunlian could still pretend nothing happened when she saw the photo, but in this situation, she couldn't pretend that she saw nothing, otherwise it would mean that she was guilty and cowardly, and no longer respected her position as the "main wife", but was just a mistress.
Bai Yunlian covered the photo and immediately drove away Bai Lu who wanted to see what was going on. "Bai Lu, go back to your room first. Don't come out unless your mother calls you."
"Mom..." Bai Lu didn't see the content of the photo clearly, but she felt that her mother might have a quarrel with her uncle.
"Did you hear that?"
"Stop quarreling." Bai Lu said, tears already streaming down her face.
"Go back to your room quickly." Bai Yunlian's voice, which was almost a roar, was more to give herself courage.
Bai Lu wiped her tears and had to go back to her room.
After her daughter closed the door, Bai Yunlian put the photo on the table, covered her eyes and sat down, sobbing. She retreated to advance, crying: "Why have you changed? I thought you were different from other men."
Ye Dingguo was very calm. He dared to date other girlfriends without being afraid of being discovered.
"Haven't you changed too? I thought you were different from other women, but you turned out to be a vicious stepmother who couldn't tolerate your ex-wife's children. You were like this before you became a stepmother. If you really become a stepmother..."
Ye Dingguo snorted coldly, his tone was calm and particularly ruthless.
"I!" Bai Yunlian was powerless to defend herself: "I was indeed impulsive before, and I hated Ye Zhao for not letting us get married! But I just wanted her to go back to Wancheng! I didn't really want to harm her. Didn't you say that you believed me?"
"How can I trust you, over and over again?"
Bai Yunlian hastily tried to distance herself from the matter, "What happened later was all Bai Yunping's own decision. It has nothing to do with me. If you don't believe me, call Bai Yunping over now to confront her face to face."
Ye Dingguo stared coldly at the woman in front of him, "Does it make sense? She is your biological sister, and she represents you. Without your permission, how could she have the guts to do this? You don't think I, Ye Dingguo, am really a fool, do you?"
"No, Dingguo! These are all misunderstandings. I can be nice to Ye Zhao, but she must accept me first."
"Have you ever tried to be nice to her? She has been in Shenzhen for so long, have you ever thought about letting her come home to live? You asked me to invite her to dinner out of hypocrisy, how did you feel about her coming?"
"You told me yourself that you don't want to see Ye Zhao. Seeing her reminds you of her mother, and you hate her. I am arranging life according to your preferences. If you really want to bring your daughter to live with you, how can I object?" Bai Yunlian gritted her teeth. Since Ye Dingguo thought so badly of her, she didn't need to save face for him. "How much do you think you care about your daughter? If you really care about her, I would do everything I can to coax her. These are just excuses for you to cheat!"
"If I care about her, you will try every means to coax her. Since I don't care, you will try every means to kill her, right? How could I live with such a vicious woman like you for so many years?" As he said this, Ye Dingguo poured the water in the cup on the ground.
Bai Yunlian excitedly pointed at the girl in the photo on the table: "This girl is classmate Ye Zhao! She asked her classmates to brainwash you and persuade you with pillow talk! Can you wake up a little."
Ye Dingguo snorted coldly: "I think you are the one who needs to wake up. If you still want to live, don't get involved in my affairs in the future. Don't think of any crooked ideas and cause trouble for anyone. If you don't want to live anymore, move out this week!"
Bai Yunlian: "I don't want to kill anyone. I don't have the ability to do that! When you don't like someone, you always have an excuse."
Ye Dingguo slammed the cup on the table, grabbed the photo on the table, went back to his room to change clothes, and went out.
The pressure cooker in the kitchen was sizzling, sending out the fragrant aroma of lotus root. Bai Yunlian stopped crying, but wiped her tears and sat at the table in a daze.
Bai Lu heard the door close and hurried out of the room. She vaguely heard the content of the quarrel just now. She came over and took her mother's hand, "Mom, let's move out. I don't want to live here anymore."
"You are silly. This is our home. We won't leave. If Ye Dingguo wants to leave, he can leave by himself. Why should we make room for others?" Bai Yunlian reached out and hugged her daughter tightly, and Bai Lu sobbed softly.
They can never go back to that warm home they once had.
Zhaohua Company started supplying vegetables to Shijiulou in mid-December. Although there were some minor frictions at the beginning, the other party was very satisfied with Zhaohua's vegetable quality and work efficiency. Shijiulou was also quick in reconciling accounts and making payments. So far, the cooperation between the two parties has been quite pleasant.
The weather is finally getting colder again and people are starting to put on their autumn clothes.
In the December monthly exam, Ye Zhao unsurprisingly ranked first in the grade. Even her apprentice's grades jumped up several places and he was ranked in the middle of the class, which surprised the teachers and classmates.
The classmates secretly discussed that the reason why Xiang Ge got such a good score in the exam might be that he copied the answers from his desk mate.
Otherwise, how could he have ranked 30th? Zeng Xiang's highest ranking in the past was 80th, and there were only 81 students in the class.
This leap speed is comparable to a non-African ascending to the United States. Abnormal!
When she found out the results that night, she wanted to prepare a feast for her. As a result, Aunt Qiao damaged her teeth and had toothache for several days. Finally, she had to have a rotten tooth pulled out and a gold tooth replaced.
Since then, we had porridge for every meal for several days in a row.
Aunt Qiao thought that since she had a poor appetite, the children's appetites would not be much better either. So today, there were only two dishes, one was blanched greens, and the other was minced meat and tofu, which were quite light.
"Eating meat every day has damaged our teeth. Let's eat more vegetables."
Ye Zhao and Zeng Xiang looked at each other, and tacitly divided the minced meat and tofu into two parts, half for each of them, and ate them all with half a bowl of rice.
It was only eight o'clock, but Ye Zhao's stomach was already rumbling. It was a rare occasion for her to help Zeng Xiang with his papers at home, but unfortunately she just couldn't concentrate. She counted the little red flowers on the pen holder, there were 19 of them, and Ye Zhao quickly added one more.
"That's 20! Brother Xiang!" Ye Zhao gave him a look, "Let's go have some barbecue. It's my treat!"
Zeng Xiang, a good student, raised his head and said, "I haven't finished my paper yet."
Ye Zhao smiled and pushed him: "Pretend for me."
Ten minutes later, the two of them occupied a square table at the barbecue stall. Ye Zhao called the proprietress to take the order: "50 skewers of mutton, 20 skewers of chicken cartilage, 1 dozen oysters, 1 dozen scallops, 1 corn, 1 eggplant, and a large portion of dry fried beef noodles!"
Ye Zhao recited the usual barbecue menu she and Zeng Xiang had before, and added a staple dish.
It was still early and there were not many customers at the barbecue stall. Apart from them, there were only five men drinking at the next table. Soon the proprietress served the lamb skewers.
The two had never been as hungry as they were today, and they finished the lamb skewers in a flash.
The lamb skewers were followed by grilled oysters. Today’s oysters were plump, tender and juicy, and paired with the aroma of golden garlic, it was so delicious that you wanted to have two after eating one.
While we were eating, Xiaotian came over from nowhere and said, "I caught you! You are eating alone! You didn't even invite me to your barbecue!"
Zeng Xiang calmly placed one of the last two oysters on Ye Zhao's plate, and picked up the other and brought it to his mouth.
Xiaotian patted Brother Xiang gently, "Why don't you leave any for me? Order for yourself."
As he said this, he shouted towards the door: "Zeng Xiuqun! Zeng Xiuqun! Come quickly!"
What a good brother and sister, they never forget to share happiness.
Zeng Xiuqun heard the shouting and ran over, saying the same thing as her brother: "Hey you two, you didn't even invite us to your barbecue party!"
Although Ye Zhao made a little money, she spent a lot of money recently and was still a stingy boss. She didn't give the brother and sister a chance to order food and shouted to the boss's wife: "Boss, add another serving of fried rice noodles."
Fried rice noodles are cheap and large in portion, perfect for this occasion.
The fat guy Xiaotian didn't care about Ye Zhao who wanted to save money. He shouted loudly: "Boss, add 100 skewers of mutton!"
Ye Zhao: “!”
Zeng Xiang's obesity warning: "If you keep eating, you'll get fat to death!"
"I'm still fat even if I don't eat, so I might as well eat." Xiaotian made up a twisted logic. He didn't care. He had to eat his fill before he died.
Xiuqun smiled and pulled Ye Zhao's hand and said coquettishly, "Sister Xiao Zhao, I want to eat chicken wings and stir-fried snails."
Who can resist the cute little sister's coquetry? Ye Zhao smiled helplessly: "Order whatever you want to eat."
After that, he turned back and asked the boss lady: "Boss, can the fried rice noodles be cancelled?"
"I'm working on it. It will be ready soon."
The dishes you want to cancel are always being cooked.
All right, Boss Ye can afford it, so just eat as much as you want today.
Four foodies were sitting around the table, chatting and eating delicious food. Although there was a cold wind today, there were still a lot of people eating barbecue. In just half an hour, the seats at the barbecue stall were almost full.
The people drinking at the table next to them were talking very loudly and had no manners. Ye Zhao and Zeng Xiuquan were very annoyed and wanted to finish their meal early and go home.
When there are too many customers, the food is served slowly. Zeng Xiuquan's favorite stir-fried snails didn't come after she waited for a long time, so she ran to urge them. When she passed by the next table, she accidentally bumped into someone else's stool.
Sitting on the stool was a man in his thirties with a flat head. He tilted his head and stared at Xiuqun. When Xiuqun finished collecting the order and returned, the man reached out and touched her from behind...
Xiuqun screamed, and subconsciously jumped forward, cursing: "What are you doing?! Why are you touching me! You pervert!"
"Who touched you? Don't you even look at what you look like?" The man with the flat head spoke standard Mandarin, and it was hard to tell where his accent came from, but his speech was as uncultured as he was.
Xiaotian was sitting next to them. He immediately stood up and pulled his sister behind him. "Why are you touching my sister? You pervert!"
The flat-headed man glanced at Zeng Xiaotian. He was fat and not very tall. How dare he jump up? He stood up and whistled provocatively: "I touched him, so what?! You dare to hit me? Try hitting me! "
As he said that, he reached out and patted Xiaotian's face! He snorted coldly, turned around and sat back on the stool.
At his own doorstep, and with Brother Xiang's support, Xiaotian was no coward. He raised his leg and kicked the man, who fell to the ground with a thud. Xiaotian followed him and continued to kick, "I'm going to hit you! You idiot! You pervert! Do I have to choose a day to hit you?!"
It didn't matter that he kicked. The other four men at the same table with the flat-headed man rushed over and started punching and kicking Xiaotian. The scene instantly fell into chaos.
The diners were so scared that they scattered in all directions. The proprietress helplessly shouted, "Stop fighting! Stop fighting! The one who runs away has to pay first!"
Ye Zhao quickly pulled the frightened Zeng Xiuquan over. Zeng Xiang had already picked up a stool and rushed over. He hit the group of people on the head one by one. By the time those people reacted, almost everyone had a head injury.
This action completely angered the group of people.
In their eyes, a useless fat man, a frail young man who looked like he had very little flesh, actually dared to resist and fight with them
"Today I will let you know how powerful my fists are!"
One of the sturdy men rushed towards Zeng Xiang with a punch. Zeng Xiang was a boxer, so he grabbed the man's fist, bent down, and threw the man to the ground with his backhand.
Seeing this, the other person swung a stool and threw it at Zeng Xiang, but after Zeng Xiang dodged it, the stool hit their own companion. The next second, Zeng Xiang kicked the man again, knocking him over.
They didn't expect that the weak young man was so good at fighting! This was because they didn't know Brother Xiang's name and had never seen Brother Xiang's muscles, otherwise they wouldn't dare to provoke him easily.
Seeing that Zeng Xiang had temporarily gained the upper hand, Ye Zhao hurriedly told Xiuqun: "Stand back and don't go over. I'm going to call the police."
After one round, only two of the five opponents were able to stand.
Zeng Xiang rolled up his sleeves and helped Xiaotian up from the ground. Before Xiaotian could stand firmly, one of the boys on the other side picked up the iron plate of oysters on the table and smashed it on Xiaotian's head. Zeng Xiang quickly pulled Xiaotian behind him and kicked the boy in the chin, causing his whole head to be tilted.
The other two people nearby pounced on Zeng Xiang again. This group of people were so bloodthirsty that they would not stop until they beat the two guys.
As a result, he was beaten up again by Zeng Xiang!
The flat-headed man who started the trouble first snatched a sharp knife from the boss's stall at some point, and while the scene was in chaos, he rushed over and stabbed Zeng Xiang in the chest with the knife...
After Ye Zhao called the police, he found that there were only a few people left at the barbecue stall and the gang of hooligans had disappeared. Xiaotian was holding Zeng Xiang who was lying on the ground, and he was completely at a loss, not knowing what to do.
There was a knife stuck in Zeng Xiang's chest, and the blood had dyed his light-colored shirt red.
Only Zeng Xiuquan was kneeling there, crying and shouting for help!
Ye Zhao hurried over and squatted to check. Brother Xiang was bleeding not only from his chest, but also from his mouth and nose.
Zeng Xiang had lost too much blood and was a little unconscious. He only vaguely saw Ye Zhao squatting down. He opened his mouth slightly and smiled with difficulty. He wanted to tell her that he was fine and not to worry.
But he didn't say it in the end. He couldn't hear his own voice, and his brain seemed to be unable to control...
Ye Zhao's eyes were sore and his voice was shaking. "Brother Xiang, don't say anything. I'll go ride a motorcycle and we'll take you to the hospital right away. Just hold on, don't say anything, and don't use any force."
Just like that, Ye Zhao rushed back and rode his motorcycle over. Xiaotian held Zeng Xiang and sat on the back seat, and the motorcycle sped towards the hospital.
Ye Zhao stayed in the hospital all night without sleeping. The emergency operation was successful, but Zeng Xiangren was still in danger. Aunt Qiao persuaded her to go home, take a shower and sleep, and come back later to take over from Aunt Qiao.
Ye Zhao is not a stubborn person. It is not convenient for her, a girl, to take care of Brother Xiang. She has to find a man to help. Xiaotian has to go to school, and it is difficult for a mute to communicate with others. I wonder if Aunt Qiao has any other relatives.
She only slept for two or three hours before getting up, feeling dizzy and having a slight headache. She came out of the room and found that Aunt Qiao had returned from the hospital and was sitting in the living room in a daze.
"Aunt Qiao, you're back? Who's taking care of Brother Xiang in the hospital now?" Ye Zhao tied up her hair as she walked, "I have to go to the hospital to find a nurse."
Aunt Qiao sighed and said, "No need to go, his father took him away."
Ye Zhao was a little surprised: "Going to Hong Kong City?"
"The medical facilities in Gangcheng are good. If you go there for treatment, you will recover faster. Luckily you were there yesterday, and luckily you can ride a motorcycle. If it was a few minutes later, the doctor said our Xiangzai might have died." Aunt Qiao started to cry, "Those bastards, they haven't been caught yet, and they just ran away! They are real scum! Damn it!"
Ye Zhao poured a cup of hot water for Aunt Qiao, thinking that it would be a good idea for Brother Xiang to go to Gangcheng for treatment, as the medical level here was still far behind that of Gangcheng and Guangcheng.
"Aunt Qiao, do you want to get a two-way permit to accompany Brother Xiang?"
“I won’t go. I’ll be helpless there and have to ask them for help in everything. I’ll just be a burden if I go and won’t be able to help at all…” Aunt Qiao was very clear-headed and didn’t think about taking care of her son because she knew the Luo family would definitely take better care of him than she could.
In this way, Zeng Xiang went to Hong Kong for treatment and did not return until the New Year of 1989.
Ye Zhao sat in front of the window. She wanted to write a letter to Brother Xiang. She picked up the pen but didn't know what to write. After writing the letter, she had to ask Aunt Qiao for an address...
(End of this chapter)