"I was looking forward to having a big meal, but someone's finger got my mouth full of blood... By the way, just to be on the safe side, let me ask, are you sick?" After Wen Liang finished bandaging the wound and saw that there was no more bleeding, he breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and said jokingly with a smile.
According to international practice, Ye Yuting would either speak up to refute or hit someone, but today the sun rose from the west, she quickly glanced at Wen Liang, then turned her head to the side, lowered her eyes, blushed and said nothing.
"What's going on?"
Wen Liang felt that she was acting strange today, so he got up and went to the kitchen to wash his hands. When he came out, Ye Yuting was still sitting on the sofa in a daze, holding her injured finger, looking confused, and no one knew what she was thinking.
"Hello, hello..."
Wen Liang waved his hand and called out twice in succession, and Ye Yuting woke up with a startled look in her eyes. She forced a smile and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Teacher Ye, are you fainting from blood? Why have you been so absent-minded since you hurt your hand?"
Ye Yuting pouted and said, "You are distracted. If it wasn't for cooking for you, would I have hurt my hand? Good intentions are not rewarded. Let's see if I will rush to serve you next time!"
Wen Liang was a mean person, and he felt relieved only after being scolded. He smiled and said, "Now it's normal. I was worried that you might be possessed..."
Ye Yuting pretended to pull his ears, and begged for mercy: "I'm starving, let's eat, eat, and drink enough, so I can still have the strength to punish you."
The table was filled with a dazzling array of dishes, a total of eight dishes. Wen Liang smelled them and praised them highly: "Teacher Ye, it's still what I said before. With your cooking skills, you will never have to worry about not being able to get married in this life. Whoever wants to marry you will have green smoke coming out of their ancestors' graves, green grass growing on the roof, white snakes coiling in their quilts, and white rainbows appearing on their heads..."
"It's too late to flatter me. This is the last meal tonight. You won't be able to eat it later!"
Wen Liang said a lot of nice things, which made Ye Yuting very happy. When she was about to pick up her chopsticks, she asked again, "Sister Zuo is not coming back for dinner? How about we wait for her?"
Ye Yuting picked up a piece of beef and put it in Wen Liang's bowl, and whispered: "Yuxi went to the countryside today and may not be back until tomorrow."
The atmosphere at the table suddenly became awkward. Wen Liang didn't know what he said wrong, so he just said "oh" and buried his head in eating. What was supposed to be a very delicious dinner became tasteless. After the meal, Ye Yuting went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Wen Liang was alone for a while, and his usual fluent speech lost its power. He said hello and left.
When the door closed, Ye Yuting's tense body completely lost its support. She pressed her hands on the edge of the sink, a look of pain on her face.
Just because she didn't ask about the relationship between Wen Liang and Zuo Yuxi doesn't mean she can't see anything, but no matter how much she asks about the relationship between her and Wen Liang, there will never be an answer!
No, maybe the answer has already been lingering deep in her heart, but... she just doesn't want to admit it.
There are some things and some people in this world that seem to be close at hand, but they are actually far away. Those dreams that you have in the dead of night are just fantasies!
After tonight, Ye Yuting, you are still his teacher and Yuxi's sister. It has not changed and will never change!
Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, Wen Liang got out of bed, went out for a ten-kilometer run, came back to change his clothes, and was about to go out when Ding Mei stopped him.
"Isn't it vacation time? Where are you going to have fun again?"
"Mom, I'm about to become the representative of the five good deeds and four good deeds children in our courtyard, and I'm still crazy? Aunt Wang's Zhugan plays basketball from morning to night, and he stinks as if he was fished out of the sewer. Aunt Li's Qizhong is determined to go to jail. I saw him and a group of second-rate guys molesting women on the street the other day, not to mention Aunt Zhang's..."
Ding Mei threw a ball of knitting yarn at him and said, "People who are tall are called sticks, and those who are strong are called weights? What are you called when you are neither tall nor strong? The second Pan Changjiang?"
“…Mom, I was wrong!”
"You still know you're wrong?" Ding Mei squinted at him, her sarcasm improving, and said, "Wang Xing is good at basketball, his mother nags her son all day long about receiving so many love letters, even Li Meng has girls coming to him every few days, look at you, do you have the ability to find a girlfriend to make me proud?"
Wen Liang was completely dissatisfied and said, "Mom, let's not discuss whether your values are correct or not! Just talking about Wang Xing, yes, he has a lot of girls chasing him in school, but didn't you see how many boys lined up to beat him up after school... What's wrong? He just hooked up with someone else's girlfriend! And Li Meng, I admit what you said about Wang Xing, but Li Meng, what kind of guy is Li Meng? Among those girls who came to him, is there any real girl? What's more, they either asked him for money or asked him to rape them... Well, compared to him, you are really open-minded!"
Ding Mei thought about it and it was indeed true. From this perspective, her son was still good. She took out a hundred yuan from her pocket with satisfaction and said, "Good son, come here, mom will give you a reward, but remember not to tell your dad, otherwise he will scold you for spending money recklessly!"
Wen Liang certainly didn't have the nerve to tell Ding Mei that he really didn't care about the 100 yuan. If he said that, he might have to stay at home for a day to reflect on himself. So he took it honestly, handed over the wool with both hands respectfully, and bowed, "Thank you, Mom, for the reward!"
"Go ahead, go ahead. When you've had enough of the crazy, it's time to visit relatives during the New Year. You can't run away then!"
After all this fuss, it turns out you were waiting for me here. No wonder today is so nice. I took the initiative to give you pocket money. Wen Liang said helplessly, "When is the New Year's Day?"
"Today is the 1st, and the 18th will be New Year's Eve. You can do whatever you want during these six days before the New Year. After the New Year, you will no longer be yourself. Do you understand?"
Wen Liang stared in astonishment and asked, "I am not myself anymore?"
"Yes, since you returned to grandma's house on the second day of the Chinese New Year, you have been a prop, a puppet. You have to kowtow to your grandma and grandpa, smile to your uncles and aunts, behave well when you see your brothers and sisters, and be kind to your younger brothers and sisters! Dare to cause trouble for me, humph," Ding Mei pointed to the clothes rack behind the door and said, "It will greet your butt!"
"No way, in the past I only used a broom..."
"The past is the past. You are older now. Should I find a long weapon so that I can beat you?"
Wen Liang pouted and said, "Just a hundred dollars bought me ten days of personal freedom. Mom, it's a waste of your talent if you don't do business!"
"You think so too?" Ding Meixi said, "I am discussing with your Aunt Li about opening a clothing store together. Do you think it's feasible?"
Wen Liang had rarely taken care of family matters recently, and he really didn't know that Ding Mei had this idea. He asked in confusion, "You don't want to stay at the agricultural machinery factory anymore. It's a stable job after all! The city has established Qingtou, and the next step will be to solve the problem of the agricultural machinery factory. Maybe the prospects are good. Are you really planning to quit?"
Ding Mei sighed, turned around and sat on the sofa, looking unhappy. Wen Liang hurried over, put his arm around her shoulders, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I also heard from your father that the agricultural machinery factory will be transformed in the future. I can't say anything else, but with this foundation and technology, there should be no problem in making money. But I have also figured it out recently. No matter how good a stable job is, it is still made of iron. There is no silver job, and a golden job is better. Besides, why don't you make more money while you are young? If you only rely on your father's salary, he is so stupid and doesn't know how to accept some benefits. How can you find a wife in the future?"
Wen Liang smiled and said, "I'll take care of the marriage, don't worry too much... How about this, I have friends who are in business outside, if you really want to do it, you don't have to partner with Aunt Li, I'll get you some sponsorship, we can open a clothing store ourselves, it's not worth much."
"Not worth much?" Ding Mei looked him up and down and said, "Oh, where did this big boss come from? He's so arrogant! The more I look at him, the more he looks like my stupid boy..."
Wen Liang inherited Ding Mei's personality completely, so he was not embarrassed to be teased by his mother. He frowned and said, "Mom, I'm serious. If you want to open a store, I will sponsor you. It doesn't matter whether you make a profit or a loss. Aunt Li is a careful person in her life, but she is greedy for money. It's okay to be neighbors with her, but if you do business with her, I'm afraid you won't even be friends in the end!"
"She is a bit of a problem, but isn't it hard to find someone else to join us? We only have more than 10,000 yuan at home, but the deposit and management fee for a shop in Songlan Clothing City is more than 4,000 yuan, plus the annual rent, this amount of money is not enough!"
Ding Mei still didn't believe it: "Where did you get the money to sponsor me? Do you know how much capital it takes to open a clothing store? Even if I sell you, I can't get enough!"
Wen Liang rolled his eyes and said, "How much do you dislike me that you are so eager to sell your own son!"
He thought about it and realized that this matter was really difficult to resolve. No one would believe him no matter how much he said it without any evidence. But if he asked her to invest with Aunt Li, it would be strange if there were no disputes in the end. Especially since the savings at home were the savings she and her father had accumulated over many years. If anything went wrong, her life would be at stake.
Wen Liang weighed the pros and cons and called Li Shengli to ask him to put down what he was doing and come over quickly. What's the point of making money? It's for the family, lover and friends to live without worries and fatigue. Since it has come to this, he has no choice but to drag Li Shengli into the water to see if he can fool Ding Mei.
Li Shengli and Si Yajing watched the construction site all night without any accidents. It was already dawn and no one had come with Hu Laosan. It must be Wen Liang who solved the problem. He was about to make a phone call when he received a call from Wen Liang, who said to Si Yajing, "Young Master Wen asked me to go to his house. It seems that Sister Ding has something to do. I'll leave this to you. If Hu Laosan comes to make trouble again, call me and Young Master Wen immediately. Even if the construction site is shut down, you can't have any accidents. Do you understand?"
Si Yajing nodded, but her thoughts drifted far away at this moment. She used to be Wen Liang's teacher, so of course she knew Ding Mei's name, but this was the first time she heard someone mention Wen Liang's mother after resigning from the school. Her heart suddenly tightened, so tight that she could hardly breathe! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation.) (To be continued)