Liu Zixi listened to Ye Lan's words, but pushed her away: "What did you do earlier, it's too late!" I don't want to read anymore, I hate reading! ”

The two parted unhappily, Ye Lan didn't expect Liu Zixi's resentment in his heart to be so deep.

It's too hard to be someone's mother.

When Ye Lan calmed down and was about to knock on Liu Zixi's door, she heard a small whimper in the house, she was stunned, and her hand knocking on the door couldn't knock on.

This kid...... Crying?

In the memory of her predecessor, it seems that there has never been a picture of Liu Zixi shedding tears, and she really doesn't know how to face it for a while.

Let's talk to this kid tomorrow.

The predecessor was a person who paid great attention to body management and sleep management, which benefited Ye Lan very much, and she didn't have to worry about her body and basically woke up at dawn.

Originally, I wanted to make breakfast first, but I didn't eat much last night's meal, just warm it up, but I haven't seen Liu Zixi come out of the house for a long time, and Ye Lan said in her heart that this kid is still losing his temper with her.

She's a mother, so what if she goes and bows her head.

But his door opened with a slight push, and there was still half a figure in the room.

"This stinky boy ......" left without saying hello.

Are you afraid that she will stop him from going to work?

Ye Lan felt that the influence of the predecessor on Liu Zixi was too great, and it made a child who loves reading hate reading, which shows that the resentment in her heart has been lingering and has never dissipated.

"Maybe when he sees the books he used to read again, his mind will change?" Ye Lan muttered, the heart is a good way.

It's just that the predecessor rarely entered Liu Zixi's house, and since it was something that had not been taken out for many years, it must have been pressed at the bottom of the box.

Ye Lan rummaged for a while, and really found a box of books under the bed, the books were looked through many times, but the people who read the books cherished it, although they were old, they were not damaged.

"I also said that I don't like to read, but I really like it." What a hard-mouthed boy.

Ye Lan found all the books and put them in a conspicuous place for Liu Zixi, and then moved a small table in her room and cleaned it up for Liu Zixi to use as a desk.

After the desk was cleaned up, Ye Lan glanced at the messy bed, couldn't help but shake her head, and when she was tidying up the futon for him, she turned out a wooden box from under the pillow.

Ye Lanyuan didn't want to open it, but when he moved, he heard the sound of "banging" inside, was it a copper coin?

According to the weight of this wooden box, if it is really money, it should be a lot of money, the wooden box is not locked, Ye Lan opened it suspiciously, as expected.

"How can there be so much money."

Ye Lan didn't count, but estimated that there were three or four thousand yuan, Liu Zixi went out to work, because he was a child with little money a month, and he had to support himself and his mother, at most he would have to solve the problem of food and clothing on weekdays, and he didn't dare to eat more.

So where did this money come from?

Inexplicably, Ye Lan put the wooden box back in its place, she was a little afraid, afraid that the money would not come from the right way.

On the way to work in the tea shop, Ye Lan kept thinking about this in her heart, maybe this money was slowly saved by Liu Zixi himself? Saved for many years? But why didn't he let his mother know what to do with the money secretly?

Or maybe the money isn't his......

After being so entangled all the way, Ye Lan shook her head: "If you want more, it's better to ask him directly, I'm his mother, what's there to ask!" ”

"Aunt Liu is here." The shopkeeper of the tea shop was a man in his thirties, and it was his daughter-in-law and sister-in-law Zhou who greeted him.

"Sister-in-law Zhou, I'll do it." Ye Lan took the wooden bucket from Zhou's sister-in-law and went around to the backyard to fetch water.

Sister-in-law Zhou followed behind her and said with a smile: "Aunt Liu is young and diligent, I know that it is right to use you." ”

"It's what I'm supposed to do."

"If you hadn't told me that you had a teenage son, I would have thought you were a little woman who had just gotten married.

For the first time, Ye Lan was grateful to her predecessor in her heart, and those who were determined to do great things were really more self-disciplined.

"This ...... It's good for the poor to have a bite to eat at home, and what to talk about maintenance or not, Sister-in-law Zhou looks very young, and she is a good match for the shopkeeper Zhou. ”

Sister-in-law Zhou is a talkative, and she pulled Ye Lan for a long time to talk about how she and her husband got married at a young age, and how they went from having nothing to opening this tea shop.

Ye Lan listened quietly, this is all experience.

In addition to the shopkeeper Zhou and sister-in-law Zhou, there is also a handyman in the tea shop, who is a boy about the same age as Liu Zixi, who is responsible for carrying some heavy objects and utensils in the tea shop, plus running errands or something.

Sister-in-law Zhou explained to Ye Lan in a low voice: "We didn't want to use this half-grown child, but it's really pitiful, if it weren't for the fact that my father and mother were gone, we wouldn't have to come out to work with such a big child." ”

Ye Lan was embarrassed, Liu Zixi was working outside, did people think that his father and mother were gone......

Ye Lan hurriedly diverted the topic and praised: "The tea from the well water in the backyard is really fragrant." ”

"Not really." Sister-in-law Zhou said proudly: "That's a living spring, it took a lot of twists and turns to choose this place, back then, ah......"

As soon as the topic opened, it was worth chatting all morning.

It's not talkative, it's a chatterbox.

At noon, Ye Lan still decided to meet Liu Zixi first.

Speaking of which, Ye Lan only knew that the shop where Liu Zixi worked was called Sun Ji Grain and Oil, but because her predecessor had never been there, she didn't know the specific location, so she had to inquire all the way.

Before she got close to the shop, the beating and scolding from inside made Ye Lan angry.

"Eat, eat, you still have the face to eat, there is no one in the shop in the morning, you won't go out to shout without guests? You are very active in eating, why, your mother doesn't give you food at home? Get out of the way! It's annoying to look at you! ”

Liu Zixi walked out of the shop with a hard nest head in his hand, but suddenly saw his mother standing in front of the door.

The two looked at each other without saying a word.

Liu Zixi couldn't open his mouth in all kinds of emotions, and Ye Lan was full of anger and couldn't speak.

"You ......"

"Follow me." Ye Lan took Liu Zixi's hand and stepped into the shop step by step.

Liu Zixi felt the temperature coming from the palm of his hand, and forgot to break free and stop it.

"You?" Shopkeeper Sun glanced at Ye Lan.

Ye Lan introduced herself: "I am Liu Zixi's mother who doesn't give him food." ”

The corner of Shopkeeper Sun's mouth twitched, and he sneered: "What are you doing?" ”

"It's true that our family Zixi works in your shop, but it's not sold to you, what right do you have to beat and scold him at every turn? And ......" Ye Lan took the hard and cold nest head from Liu Zixi's hand and threw it directly on the ground, "This is something for people to eat?" When I was working in your shop, I said that I would take care of a meal at noon, and I would eat this kind of thing and scold and scream? ”

Shopkeeper Sun saw that Ye Lan didn't speak well, so he snorted: "I can ask him to give him a job, and he can still earn wages every month, which is already a lot of kindness, do you still want to pick and choose?" ”

"This kindness is still left to yourself, you hurry up and settle this month's salary, we won't do it!"