Chapter Seventy-Three: Raising Children
After eating, the four of them walked together before parting.
Looking at the backs of Jiang Yuan and Jiang Sheng drifting apart, Yang Jiao sighed softly.
Yang Tao rubbed his round belly, "Sister, it would be nice if you also took the test, Sister Xiaoyuan's grades could be admitted, and you would definitely be able to." ”
Yang Jiao shook her head, with an indescribable sense of loss, "Mom has her plan." ”
"What about you? What do you think? Yang Yong asked, he felt that his sister was a little unhappy now.
Yang Jiao raised her hand to rub his head and kneaded his hair into a chicken nest, "What do I think?" I will do whatever my mother wants me to do, and I will go back to her hometown with my mother in the future. ”
As long as I can be with my mother, everything else doesn't matter.
Yang Yong hid to the side, "Oops! I've grown up! Don't rub my head at every turn! ”
Yang Jiao forcibly pulled him over and rubbed him twice, "No matter how big it is, it's my brother!" You can still turn the sky upside down! ”
"I was wrong, I was wrong, sister! Sister! You're my sister! ”
When she returned to the village, it was already dark, Zhang Qiuyan was waiting outside the small courtyard with a flashlight, still holding a burden in her hand, and when she saw the sisters coming back, she hurriedly greeted her, "Why did you come back so late?" ”
Jiang Sheng glanced at her, his voice was cold and straight, "It's a bit delayed." ”
Zhang Qiuyan chattered, "You can't come back so late in the future, you two girls are not safe outside." ”
Jiang Yuan smiled and nodded, "I know Aunt Qiu Yan." ”
Stuffing the burden in her hand to Jiang Yuan, Zhang Qiuyan's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, she has lived a comfortable life in the past six months, and she is not bad for money, and the whole person can be seen to be fat.
"I saw that you didn't bring a few clothes when you came back, this was made for you by me and Xiao Jing, it wasn't very good, anyway, it's quite thick, so I'll wear it."
Jiang Yuan didn't say anything polite to her, happily accepted it, and when she saw that she was leaving, she took out a lunch box from the net pocket she was carrying and handed it to her, "This is the braised pork I packed back from the state-run restaurant, take it home and eat it at home." ”
Zhang Qiuyan was actually very greedy, but she always kept Li Jing's explanation in mind, and hurriedly excused herself: "No, no, I've already sent a lot of things to the family before." ”
"Auntie, you said it was before." Jiang Yuan couldn't help but stuff the lunch box into her hand, "Come back, it's too late, I won't keep you, it's dark and the road is slippery, you must pay attention to your feet." ”
Zhang Qiuyan said "hey" and left happily with the lunch box.
Jiang Sheng felt very uncomfortable, "I always feel that she has some idea." ”
Because Zhang Qiuyan behaved so strangely, how could such a Pixiu-like person send them clothes for no reason, it was like a weasel greeting the New Year to a chicken.
Jiang Yuan snorted indifferently, "They do have their own little Jiujiu, but in general, it doesn't hurt." ”
"The reason why she is so attentive to us is nothing more than that we have the opportunity to make money for their family, and I remember someone once said that most of the people people meet after success are good people."
She looked up at the winter night and suddenly felt the urge to eat hot pot.
So she said to Jiang Sheng, who was still digesting her words: "Let's cook hot pot for a while." ”
On the other side, Chen Aihua inquired about the address of Xu Dongnan's house, and secretly put Chen Ping, who had become a little slow to react because of meningitis, at the door of his yard, and left a letter in the name of Xu Xiangxiang.
Xu Dongnan was about to die of anger, Xu Xiangxiang didn't give money for a few months, and threw a child over to him, if he was really a good-tempered person.
immediately took the child back to the yard where Chen Aihua lived, and the two quarreled over the custody of the child, and finally ended with Chen Aihua having to continue to raise the child.
Chen Aihua negotiated a business with someone, but only waited for the year to go to Shanghai to pull goods, and felt sorry for Zhang Meixiang to take care of the children alone, so he thought about sending Chen Ping to Xu Dongnan.
He Xu Dongnan is living such a chic life now, isn't it all Xu Xiangxiang who spends the money in his hand? What's wrong with letting him raise a baby?
Zhang Meixiang is also worried, her body is not as good as before, it is very difficult to take two children, not to mention that it has to sew beads, Chen Aihua gives her five yuan a month for living expenses, she can't support the children at all, if she doesn't have a money subsidy for sewing beads, the two children don't know what it looks like to be hungry.
"Aihua, this five yuan a month is too little living expenses, can you give more? Except for ours, the rest is not enough to raise two children. Zhang Meixiang carried one on her back and hugged the other, and was so pressed by the two children that her waist couldn't be straightened.
Chen Aihua was reading the letter sent from Shanghai, and frowned impatiently when he heard this, "How much can two children eat?" Besides, I didn't eat it at home. ”
Zhang Meixiang had to settle accounts with him, now that the state allows self-employment, prices have begun to rise, she can't even eat a meal of meat a month, and she usually eats miscellaneous grains, not that she is gluttonous, but that the two children have to eat rice paste, and the living expenses of five yuan are not enough at all.
Chen Aihua's face was gloomy, in his previous life, his children were healthy and smart, and when they grew up, they made achievements in different fields, and now one of his children was born with a disability and a brain problem, and he hated it when he looked at it.
But looking at Zhang Meixiang's wrinkled face in just two years, the sideburns didn't know when they had been dyed white, and the patches on the old cotton jacket on her body were layered one after another, after all, she still couldn't bear it, and took out five big solidarities from the pocket of her cotton coat and put them on the table, "Mom, I have to start all over again now, it is inevitable that life will be difficult, you should bear more." ”
Zhang Meixiang said "um", walked over and picked up the money and put it in her pocket, and whispered, "You pay more attention to your body outside." ”
It's not that she didn't want to go back to Dayun Village, it's just that her family's reputation is bad, and Chen Aihua and Zhang Ling's close relatives got married and gave birth to a disabled child, and she really can't stand the strange eyes of others.
Although life in Kyoto is difficult, at least no one knows about her family, and she doesn't have any big wishes now, just to be able to raise her two children safely.
"Mom, I don't have to cook today, I'll go directly to the state-run restaurant to buy it." It may be a conscience discovery, Chen Aihua took the initiative to say.
"Okay, then you wear an extra one when you go out, it's cold outside." Zhang Meixiang smiled, it didn't matter what she ate, she just had to fill her stomach.
As soon as Chen Aihua left, she returned to the room where she lived with her child, opened the cabinet, and hid the unity she had just gotten into the pocket of an old single coat.
With the addition of 50 yuan, she will have 73.2 cents, and when she goes to Wutong Lane to settle the account later, she will be able to have about 80 yuan, even if Chen Aihua no longer gives living expenses after that, she and her children can hold on for a long time.
Good night, friends, remember to vote for me.
Than the heart.
(End of chapter)