The first person Bai Qingqing saw at the base was Jiang Lian. In fact, Jiang Lian went out to buy vegetables at six or seven o'clock in the morning, and didn't buy the vegetables until noon, she came in and saw a sweet and cute girl sleeping on the sofa alone, she was startled, went over to take a look, and felt that this girl didn't look like a bad person, so she took a stall from the chair next to her and covered Bai Qingqing.

Bai Qingqing was suddenly awakened by her movements, and looked at Jiang Lian with a confused expression.

Jiang Lian was a little at a loss, and it took a while before she remembered to introduce herself: "I...... I'm an aunt here, and I'm here to cook for everyone. ”

"Oh, Hello Auntie. I'm Momo's friend, she just went out, and I'm waiting for her here. Bai Qingqing also woke up, rubbed his eyes and sat up, and glanced around, but none of the ALU team members came down.

"Auntie, do you know when people here usually wake up?"

Jiang Lian shook her head: "It's not accurate, but few people get up in the morning, unless they have something." I'm going out in the afternoon, and now I'm going to cook first, so the kids don't wake up without food. ”

After Jiang Lian finished speaking to Bai Qingqing with a smile, Bai Qingqing nodded and asked politely, "Do you want me to help?" ”

"No, just sit down."

Bai Qingqing nodded.

An hour and a half later, Jiang Lian came out of the kitchen and said to Bai Qingqing: "Little girl, my meal is ready, do you want to come and eat?" ”

Bai Qingqing was a little embarrassed, she had eaten too many snacks just now, and now she really couldn't eat it, but she was too embarrassed to open her mouth and refuse Jiang Lian's invitation......

As a result, Jiang Lian saw her embarrassment, and she herself was used to it, these children were the same as her, they didn't like to eat meals, they loved snacks, so she said with a smile: "I put the soup in the pot and stewed, and put the other meals in the refrigerator, if you are hungry, come over and eat." ”

"Well, okay, thank you, Auntie!"

Jiang Lian shook her head with a smile, and then took the bag and went out.

In such a hot weather, there is only one suburban bus near the villa to go to the city, this bus runs every hour, and the bus is exposed to the sun all the way, which is very uncomfortable. But if you take a taxi to the city, you will have to pay another one or two hundred yuan for the taxi fare, and Jiang Lian has never been reluctant to take a taxi.

So she stood on the side of the road and waited for the bus, and waited for more than half an hour for a car that was slowly coming.

Soon, she arrived in the city, then changed the bus in the city, and finally came to a community where the house was old and dilapidated, but because of the good geographical environment, the room was very expensive, and the housing prices in this community were almost 150,000 square meters.

Liu Lei lives in this community, this house was relatively cheap more than 20 years ago, because no one had speculated at that time, and it was the down payment that she and Liu Lei earned together.

She and Liu Lei are both from small towns, they are fellow villagers, they came to Beipiao after graduating from high school, as long as they worked hard in those days, it was not as difficult to buy a house in Beijing as it is now, and young people without any background could at least see hope.

So she and Liu Lei struggled for ten years and finally got together the down payment. In the past ten years, she went from eighteen to twenty-eight years old, and her parents in her hometown kept urging her to go back to find an honest man to marry and live a down-to-earth life, but she didn't listen. As a woman who has seen the world with a little culture, she does not want to return to that small mountain village, she feels that she has the ability to establish herself in Beijing.

"You're almost thirty years old, and that man doesn't want you if he doesn't marry you yet. You hurry back and find someone to marry well. ”

"Mom, it's the new century, women are independent and self-reliant, and they don't have to get married when they are thirty years old, and Liu Lei will marry me, we just want to buy a suite in Beijing and get married."

She still remembers the conversation with her family at the beginning, how confident she was at that time, and she was so angry with her parents......

Later, when she was thirty years old, she finally married Liu Lei.

The two of them have struggled in Beijing for 12 years, and they have moved many times in the past 12 years, sometimes with more than a dozen families and living in a small house of 50 square meters, each family can only put one bed, and they are reluctant to turn on the air conditioning in summer, and there is no heating in winter at that time. Sometimes I live in a cheap basement with Liu Lei, what rats and insects crawl around, and if it rains heavily in summer, it will flood the place where they live...... She fought for this house for the first half of her life, suffered everything, and contracted a disease.

Later, she and Liu Lei paid a down payment, and Liu Lei's name was written on the real estate certificate, because Liu Lei said to her: "How fast the house price is growing now, the state is still restricting purchases, maybe one person can only buy one set in the future, if you buy it with me now, then our family can only buy one set, it is better to buy this set in my name first, and then buy the next house in your name." ”

She agreed, because she felt that the man she loved would not lie to her, and she felt that they were all family, and she didn't care whose name was written on the house.

Then he married Liu Lei, got pregnant, and everything was going well.

When Jiang Jinghe was about to be born, one day, Liu Lei suddenly said to her: "Neither of us has a Beijing hukou, it is difficult for children to enter a good public school, private schools are expensive, and ordinary schools cannot teach children ......."

At that time, she didn't understand it and felt that it didn't make sense...... She has been working hard in Beijing for so many years, why can't her children go to a good school? There will always be a way, and it is also said on the Internet that foreign children are not able to go to school, nor can they not go to public schools, they just need some conditions, they work hard, there will always be them, right?

But Jiang Jinghe was not born yet, and Liu Lei was already with a woman with a hukou. The woman was actually a foreigner, but she went to college, and after graduation, she entered a unit with a monthly salary of only 4,000 for 20 years and never increased, but this unit can give them a hukou. Liu Lei stayed with her for the convenience of the children's school in the future.

Maybe it's because of other reasons, but Liu Lei said to Jiang Lian with tears in his eyes at the beginning, it's all for the child, he is paying for the child.

Then his new wife played some tricks to get Jiang Lian out of the house, and when Jiang Jinghe grew up to two or three years old in Liu Lei's hands, the woman couldn't get used to him anymore and sent him back to Jiang Lian.

Twenty years have passed.

Jiang Lian was now standing at the door of Liu Lei's house, silent for a while, and then took a deep breath as if she had mustered up her courage and knocked on the door.

"Who?" With a shrill voice, a woman came over and opened the door for Jiang Lian.

The woman was already so fat, but the skin on her face was still quite good, and she looked like she was regularly maintained. Jiang Lian still remembers very well that when she saw Liu Lei with her for the first time, this woman still looked like a pure college student, although she was not very good-looking, but she felt very comfortable...... Who would like an old woman like her who is out of shape and old after giving birth?

As a result, I didn't expect that because Jiang Lian was not in good health over the years, she had already lost weight, and because she didn't like to compete with others in terms of personality, she had an approachable temperament all over her body, and she looked like a middle-aged woman who was particularly likeable.

And what about Liu Lei's wife? It is estimated to weigh 200 pounds, and I don't know if I usually quarrel too much with others, and my face is full of anger, which makes people scared when I look at it.

The woman didn't know who Jiang Lian was, but seeing that she seemed to be somewhat similar to Jiang Jinghe between her eyebrows and eyes, she guessed if this person was Jiang Lian......

"You are?"

"I ...... I'm looking for Liu Lei. Jiang Lian felt that her identity was really embarrassing for her, so she didn't say anything.

But the woman could already tell from her expression. Generally speaking, when an ex-wife comes to see her current wife, even if she doesn't fight, she will definitely make it very unpleasant, but the woman in front of her is not unhappy at all, but after guessing that she is Jiang Lian, she immediately invited her in with a smile on her face.

She already knew that Jiang Lian was a soft bun. Jiang Jinghe may not be easy to deal with, but this Jiang Lian is very easy to deceive.

She took Jiang Lian to sit on the sofa, and then went to call Liu Lei to come over, and after shouting, she hid back in the room, but secretly put her ear to the door and listened to the two of them talk.

In fact, this is also the first time Liu Lei saw Jiang Lian after the divorce, he remembered that when he first divorced, Jiang Lian's figure had not yet recovered, and her face was not good, but now, because Jiang Lian still works every day, plus she eats well, sleeps well and lives easily at the base during this time, the whole person has a lot of vitality.

But because of the long-term torture of the disease, there are still some sicknesses and weaknesses. At that moment, it made Liu Lei feel ...... I feel a little remorse for what I did at the beginning.

Especially the tigress at home relies on her higher education and household registration than him, as soon as possible, she only gets a salary of 4,000 yuan before tax every month, and she still dictates to him every day, never does housework, and eats, drinks, watches TV, and plays games when she gets home.

But Liu Lei didn't dare to do anything, he was already at this age, he had no ability, and he had no confidence, if he divorced his current wife, he would never find a better condition. So even if she was lazy to eat, he put up with it.

But now, he looked at Jiang Lian...... If he hadn't divorced Jiang Lian at the beginning, now Jiang Jinghe can already make money on his own, and he is so powerful, would he have lived a good life a long time ago? Don't worry about Xiaobao anymore?

"I ...... I heard Jinghe say, your child is sick now? Jiang Lian saw that he didn't speak for a long time, so she took the initiative to ask.

Liu Lei came back to his senses and nodded.

"It doesn't matter, right?" Jiang Lian asked, and without waiting for Liu Lei to answer, she took out a wad of cash from her bag, "Here is 50,000 yuan, you can take it to see a doctor for the child." ”

Liu Lei took the money and wondered: "Just 50,000?" You haven't been married all these years, and your son will earn the previous money again, so there is nothing to spend, right, only 50,000? ”

Jiang Lian glanced at him with surprise on her face.

Liu Lei realized that what he said was a bit excessive, and quickly apologized: "I didn't mean that, just Xiaobao...... Xiaobao's disease is really serious, and it may cost millions of ...... I'm desperate......"

Jiang Lian seemed to believe him, lowered her eyes slightly, and seemed to hesitate.

Liu Lei saw that there was a play, and hurriedly asked her: "You have saved a lot of money over the years, right?" ”

"I ...... I saved some of them, but those were all for Jinghe's daughter-in-law......"

Liu Lei's bright eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and he asked, "How much money have you saved?" ”