"Why are you gathering around my door?" A middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties walked over quickly, her voice was very loud, her brows were raised, and her eyes were shrewd.
"Shuhong, it's your nephew Cheng Xi who is back." One of the villagers said.
When the woman named Shuhong heard Cheng Xi's name, her face froze, and a look of disgust flashed through her eyes.
This woman is Uncle Cheng Xi's wife, and her family used the house in front of them to raise rabbits. When Cheng Xi saw the woman walking forward, he immediately hid behind Xia Yu and Wanru.
Seeing Cheng Xi's reaction, Xia Yu's heart sank.
"Hey, are you the city man who adopted Cheng Xi? We, Cheng Xi, are really lucky. After following you, we will be very popular." The woman said with a smile on her face, and then went to pull Cheng Xi. Said: "Let's go to my aunt's house for dinner."
He immediately grabbed Cheng Xi's little hand, pulled it and walked forward.
The child obviously resisted, twisting his body and not wanting to leave. Xia Yu hurriedly stepped forward and stopped her, saying, "I'm not going to eat anymore. Xixi just wants to see home. Sister, please open the door."
The woman rolled her eyes, revealing a bit of calculation, "What's so interesting about a broken house? If you really want to see it, just wait until you finish eating!"
In the end, I had no choice but to follow Cheng Xi, the eldest aunt, to her house, which was only a few doors away. It was a two-story house that looked quite new. Xia Yu remembered what the orphanage director had said, saying that the compensation money given to Cheng Xi by the driver involved in the accident was divided among several of his relatives. After sharing the money, they sent the child to an orphanage. It was a shame for them.
Xia Yu guessed that the uncle's family must have shared the money. The uncle's wife seemed to be a powerful and shrewd owner.
After entering the house, the woman took out a few candies and gave them to Cheng Xi, but he shook his head and said no, and pulled her away as if to leave, pointing his hand outward. Xia Yu saw the woman glare fiercely at Cheng Xi and extend her palm, which was a slap gesture. She thought she was doing it in a subtle way, but because Xia Yu had been observing her, Xia Yu saw her every move.
After Cheng Xi was frightened by her, she shrank her body, lowered her head, and stopped holding Wan Ru's hand to walk out. This child was afraid that he had been beaten by this woman many times before, so he just made a gesture to slap him, which frightened the child so much that he didn't dare to move anymore.
This woman insisted on keeping them here. Xia Yu thought that it must not be just for eating, but there must be other purposes.
"Xixi, don't be afraid. Mom is here and won't let her hurt you." After the woman entered the kitchen, she seemed to comfort the little guy beside her, and took out biscuits and chocolates from her bag for him to eat. This was stuffed into her bag when she went out in the morning. She saw that her children liked it.
Cheng Xi finally felt better after seeing the biscuits and chocolates.
About ten minutes later, a middle-aged man entered the house. He looked like a loyal and honest farmer, with a slight build. When he saw them, he was stunned for a moment and showed surprise. After learning that Wan Ru was Cheng Xi's adoptive mother, he thanked her repeatedly, which was somewhat sincere.
The woman's hands and feet were very nimble, and she quickly made rice, including tomato and egg drop soup, fried bacon with chili, stir-fried potatoes and a green vegetable.
"These vegetables are grown in our own garden. They are fresh and have no pesticides. They are more delicious than those in the city." The woman said enthusiastically, and put more vegetables into Cheng Xi's bowl.
Halfway through the meal, she suddenly said: "You people in the city are well-educated and have high wages. You don't want us farmers to dig in the soil for food."
He seemed silent, obviously thinking about the purpose of what she said.
Xia Yu raised her eyebrows and said calmly, "I rely on hard work to make a living, so I'm not much better."
"Haha, he is much better than farmers like us who face the loess. We will never earn so much money in our life. Cheng Xi is blessed to follow this eldest sister. I was reluctant to send him to the orphanage at the beginning, but my family's conditions are also poor. No, both children are here, and they lost money on their previous business, and now they are still in debt," the woman said with a sigh.
Xia Yu glanced at her coldly and said, "This two-story house looks quite new, and the furniture in the house is also quite new."
The woman's face stiffened for a moment, and when she opened her mouth to say something, the husband next to her immediately said with a smile: "Eat, eat."
After finishing the meal, the woman came to Cheng Xi, touched his head affectionately and said, "Cheng Xi is a child who has been well-behaved and sensible since he was a child. I want to pick him up from the orphanage after two years when the family's debts are paid off." When he came out, he didn't expect to be adopted so soon. I am half his mother. It is not a good idea for a child to have someone else's surname. This is a loss for our old Cheng family!"
Xia Yu raised her eyebrows. Did she want to get back the custody of her child? She exchanged glances with Wanru but said nothing, waiting for her to continue.
"Eldest sister has made a profit by adopting Xixi, but our old Cheng family has suffered a great loss!" The woman's expression looked like she had lost hundreds of millions, and she looked heartbroken.
At this time, the man next to him frowned and said, "Why are you talking about this? What is gained and what is lost?"
"Shut up!" The woman yelled at her man, really like a lion's roar. Cheng Xi was so frightened that she crawled into Wan Ru's arms, and the man shrank his shoulders and stopped talking.
"Haha!" After yelling, he laughed twice awkwardly.
"Sister, do you understand what I just said?" she asked Wanru.
Wan Ru said coldly: "I don't understand." In fact, she had roughly guessed what she wanted, but she didn't say it out loud to see how thick-skinned she could be.
"Hey, our old Cheng family has really suffered a huge loss. You got a son for nothing. Do you want to compensate us a little? Not too much, just a hundred thousand or so."
As soon as she said this, her husband's eyes widened. Judging from his shocked look, he probably didn't know that his wife would ask Wanru for money.
"This time I brought Xixi back, not only to sweep Xixi's grave, but also to get back the compensation paid by the driver who caused the accident after Xixi's parents died. Part of it is what Xixi deserves, and I want to get it back for him. Also Now that Xixi's house is being used to raise rabbits, the rent is three thousand a year! I don't want to pay that much, considering that you are Xixi's relatives." Wan Ru said calmly.
The woman's face turned blue and white. In fact, she had never thought about getting the money back for Cheng Xi today, but this woman was so shameless and shameless to the extreme, which made Wanru couldn't bear it.
She did a great job. Xia Yu couldn't help but applaud her. This kind of woman should teach her a lesson.
"We deserve the compensation. The house was empty to begin with. If I didn't use it to raise rabbits, it would still be empty. It would be worse in a few years." The woman said confidently, without feeling at all. I was wrong.
Wan Ru stood up, took Cheng Xi's hand, and said, "I will ask my lawyer to handle this matter. Now take out the key to Xi Xi's house. Xi Xi wants to go in and take a look."
When the woman heard that she wanted to call a lawyer, she immediately ran outside the house and started crying, "The people in the city are great, the people in the city bully others! They bully honest farmers."
Soon the villagers gathered around, and the woman acted even more violently. She didn't say anything about bullying her, she just kept shouting that she was being bullied. Reverse a few sentences, these are them.
The noise made Xia Yu's head hurt, and Cheng Xi was so frightened that she kept leaning on Wanru's arms.
"Did I bully you? The law has its say. Now take out the key to Xixi's house. He wants to go home and have a look." Wan Ru said calmly.
After hearing Wanru's words, everyone understood that the child wanted to go home to see her, but the woman refused. In addition, her reputation in the village was not good, and soon the villagers started to criticize her.
Cheng Xi's uncle had no choice but to take the key and take them to see it.
After reading it, Cheng Xi dragged Wan Ru away.
"Okay, mom, take you away." Wan Ru also felt sorry for the child and left with the child.
Before leaving, Xia Yu said to the woman's husband, "Xixi's parents Quan Xia Youzhi will not rest in peace even if they know how you treat a child of several years old."
The man lowered his head when Xia Yu said it, showing a look of extreme guilt. Then he clenched his fists, walked up to the woman, grabbed her arm, and shouted: "Stop talking, it's not embarrassing, come back." Room."
"What kind of embarrassment have I made? It's because people in the city are too naive. They deliberately pretend to be kind and adopt children, but they actually want to take advantage."
Xia Yu didn't want to hear what was said next, so they took Cheng Xi out of the village and left in a car. Wanru contacted the lawyer in the car and told him the situation and asked him to handle it. It seemed that she didn't just want to scare the woman.
It was already dark when they returned to the city, so Xia Yu suggested eating something outside. He took Cheng Xi to KFC. This might be the child's first time eating this kind of thing, and his little face turned red with excitement.
The world of children is still simple. They are happy when they are happy and cry when they are unhappy. It is not as complicated as adults.
Xia Yu ordered a set meal and a drink for Cheng Xi. He ate happily. It was like waiting for a child to eat. She ate very little, but she looked very satisfied.
After eating, a few people came out and stood at the intersection waiting for the bus. Li Wen stopped the car and stuck his head out, "Where are you going? I'll take you there."
It's been a tiring day today. Xia Yu, even adults want to rest. Presumably the children want to sleep even more. There aren't many cars now. Xia Yu said to Wanru, "Why don't we let Mr. Li deliver it."
After speaking, he took Cheng Xi's hand and walked towards Li Wen's car. Li Wen saw him and opened the car door.
Wan Ru sighed in her heart, why didn't Xia Yu know how to avoid taboos? She was so close to Li Wen at this time, so she wasn't afraid that Shen Yan would continue to be jealous.
But the two of them were already in the car, so Wan Ruang had no choice but to follow them.
After sending them downstairs, it was like getting off the bus with Cheng Xi. Xia Yu also wanted to go downstairs. Li Wen said, "Xia Yu, please wait a moment, I have something to tell you."
"Then let's go up first." Wanru took Cheng Xi's hand and walked towards the hall.
"What's the matter, Mr. Li? Let's make a long story short." Xia Yu was really tired and didn't want to listen to his ramblings.
"It's nothing big. We just met. By the way." Li Wen lit a cigarette, took a long drag, and glanced at the backs of Wan Ru and Cheng Xi, "If my guess is right, that child just now It’s the child of you and Shen Yan. Oh, that kid is so fancy. This child grows faster than others. He was still in your belly yesterday, but today he is all over the place. "
"Li Wen, can you be more serious?" Xia Yu didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, so she reached out and opened the car door to get out of the car.
"Do you think I'm not serious?" Li Wen looked back at her, "You also have a mobile phone, look at it yourself."
what happened again? Xia Yu suspiciously took out her phone and swiped the screen twice. She suddenly stood up in shock and hit her head on the roof of the car, probably breaking her head. She looked up at Li Wen and asked, "How could this happen?"