Chapter 12: Shave your head!

“What a fuss.” Amelia Su glanced at Su Sansao with a disdainful look, “It’s just a few little lice. My daughter has lived in the country for so long, unlike you who are city people and have lived in the city since childhood, so she doesn’t have lice. You are precious!”

"..." Third Su's wife tried to calm herself down, "You have all returned to the city, so you still need to catch the lice on your head and deal with them. When she goes to school, is she in kindergarten or first grade? No matter which grade she is in, if she has lice on her head, it will be easy for them to spread to other students."

Mrs. Su tried her best to make Amelia Su feel that she did not dislike Wei Shanshan. Wei Shanshan was still young, and they all came to the city. Then they should think about their future life in the city, not in the country.

"Do you have any liquor at home?" Amelia Su said, "something with a higher alcohol content, and some scissors. I'll cut her hair."

Wei Shanshan's hair is a little long, and long hair is not easy to take care of. Now it is summer, and Amelia Su thinks about cutting Wei Shanshan's hair shorter so that there will be fewer lice.

"Yes, yes." Mrs. Su said, "Dad sometimes drinks a little white wine."

Mrs. Su went to get the liquor. There was still half a bottle left. "Is that enough?"

“What if it’s not enough?” Amelia Su said.

"If it's not enough, I'll go buy some." Mrs. Su said. This little money cannot be saved. The lice in Wei Shanshan's hair must be dealt with.

Su Xueqing was about to go back to school, and she saw Su Yamei pouring white wine on Wei Shanshan's head. Su Yamei planned to put more white wine on Wei Shanshan's head, wrap it with a towel, and wait until the lice were dizzy before dealing with it.

Amelia Su knew that what Su Sansao said was right. The Su family and Wei Shanshan were relatives, so they would be more tolerant, but the students in the school might not be. She was afraid that the students' heads would also be infected with lice, and if some parents said something wrong about Wei Shanshan, that would be very bad.

"It's time to go back." Su's mother quickly pulled Su Xueqing to the side. They didn't know that Wei Shanshan had so many lice on her head yesterday, but now that they knew that Wei Shanshan had a lot of lice on her head, they naturally couldn't let Su Xueqing get close to Wei Shanshan.

Those lice are very good at biting people and can reproduce. Not to mention a few lice, even just one louse will make your head itchy and have many red spots.

Su Xueqing lived in the school dormitory, so naturally she couldn't get rid of these lice.

Su's mother dragged Su Xueqing out of the house, and Su Yamei saw her mother's actions. Su Yamei thought that these people all disliked her. If she had not gone to the countryside, she would have stayed in the city, and her daughter would not have so many lice on her head.

“There’s no point in cutting your hair short, just shave your head!” Amelia Su deliberately raised her voice.

Su Xueqing wanted to look back, but her mother pulled her back and led her towards the school.

"Don't worry about it. She's her own daughter. She can cut her daughter's hair however she wants." Su's mother said, "It's not like the hair won't grow back."

“This…” Su Xueqing didn’t know what to say.

"You have so many lice, it's not a bad idea to keep your hair..." Su's mother said, "It's just that there might be lice. If you have a bald head, your classmates might say something. If you have lice on your head, you will offend more classmates."

"..." Su Xueqing had to admit that what Su's mother said was right.

"As for you, don't get too close to Shanshan recently. Let your elder sister get rid of the lice on Shanshan's head first." Su's mother said, "Do you feel your scalp is itchy? Are there lice on your head?"

"Not yet." Su Xueqing said, "I'll buy a comb to comb my hair."

"Yes, that's fine." Mother Su nodded, "Don't worry about your elder sister or Shanshan."

"Dad, can you find a job for my elder sister and brother-in-law?" Su Xueqing asked.

"It's impossible for both of them to find a job." Su's mother said, "Your father is a skilled worker, and his salary is okay. It's impossible for him to give his job to your eldest brother-in-law. We can only find him a temporary job. He came from the countryside and doesn't have any skills. Your father just asked him, and he said he can't do carpentry work or other technical work. He just knows how to farm, grow rice, vegetables, fruits... Where in the city can he farm land..."

Su's mother couldn't help but sigh, Wei Dashan was just a little stronger.

"Also, your eldest sister and your eldest brother-in-law didn't put much thought into naming their child. The father's name is 'Shan' and the daughter is also named 'Shan'." Su's mother said.

"It's nothing, they are just different characters." Su Xueqing said, "The two characters in their local dialect may sound different. Not only them, but other people also name themselves in this way."

"That's true." Su's mother said, "It's not a big problem. It's just that... they are strong. Many people have strength, but they just can't find work."

Su's mother sent Su Xueqing to school. She said some things on the way, mainly because she was worried that Su's father would have a hard time finding a job for Su Yamei and her husband.

"Some factories don't want so many people anymore." Mother Su said helplessly, "Our factory basically recruits people who graduated from technical schools, and..."

Su's mother talked a lot, she was just worried.

"As for you, you should study hard and don't worry about these things. Even if I don't tell you these things, you can hear them from outside." Su's mother said, "These things are not that important, it's just... there are a lot of troubles at home, so it's not a bad idea for you to stay in school these days."

"You said the same thing as grandma." Su Xueqing clutched the shoulder bag tightly in her hands.

"We are not disgusted. Didn't you see it? Your elder sister's words are not pleasant to hear. There are many things she does." Mother Su said, "She doesn't care whether you are innocent or not. If she wants to say something about you, she will say it without considering the sisterhood at all."

When Su's mother thought of Su Yamei's attitude, she felt very uncomfortable. Her biological mother felt this way, not to mention her sister-in-law who was not related by blood. Su's mother was afraid that Su Yamei would quarrel with Su Sansao. Su Yamei didn't understand the difficulties of other people in the family at all. She just knew that she had a hard time without a job.

Amelia Su didn't wait for her mother to come back early. She simply took a pair of scissors and cut Wei Shanshan's hair very short. After cutting it a few times, it didn't work. She found her father's razor and really shaved Wei Shanshan's head. Then, Amelia Su cut her own hair short. It was originally waist-length, but now it is just below the ears.

In order to save money, Amelia Su did not go to the barber shop outside to cut her hair, but cut it herself and asked Wei Dashan to help her cut it. There were also a few lice in Amelia Su's hair. It would be much better to cut her hair and deal with the lice.

Even Wei Dashan had his head shaved by Su Yamei. When Su's mother came back, she saw that both Wei Dashan and Wei Shanshan, father and daughter, had bald heads.

"This...this..." Su's mother and Su Xueqing walked slowly on the road and chatted for a while. When Su's mother came back, she walked faster. She didn't expect to see this scene when she came back.

On the way, Su's mother met a neighbor, who greeted her, but she didn't stay outside for long. When she saw the two bald heads, her heart skipped a beat.

“Don’t you think there are too many lice?” Amelia Su said, “If I didn’t have to find a job and it was difficult to shave my head, I would have shaved it too.”

Amelia Su wanted to shave her head for a moment, but she couldn't do it. After all, she couldn't bear to part with her hair. Amelia Su cut her hair to a longer length. She thought she could sell her hair later and make some money.

"..." Su's mother looked at Wei Shanshan, a little girl with a shaved head, who didn't look very good.

"The weather is hot, so she won't be cold." Amelia Su said, "Even in winter, you can still give her a hat."

Amelia Su didn’t think her actions were bad. Wasn’t she considering the whole family?

"Okay, okay, it's already been shaved, what else can we do?" said Su's mother.

Amelia Su still had a towel on her head. She had just applied white wine on her head, and she had to wait for a while before washing it with hot water. When Su's mother saw this scene, she also knew how stubborn her eldest daughter's temper was. The eldest daughter also asked her eldest son-in-law to shave his head. It was nothing for a man to shave his head, so he could be bald.

Mrs. Su stayed in the room. She felt that Amelia Su was a ruthless person. In order to stay, Amelia Su shaved the heads of her husband and daughter, and Amelia Su's own waist-length hair was shortened to just below the ears.

It’s cruel, so cruel!

People who didn’t know thought that it was the Su family who forced Amelia Su to shave her head, and Third Sister Su didn’t feel very comfortable.

Su Sansao thought that if her father-in-law had not found a job for her elder sister and brother-in-law, her elder sister-in-law would not have moved out easily and she would have stayed at home.

It is not easy for Mrs. Su San to go to her natal family. If her natal family gets involved, the matter will only become more complicated. It is still up to the Su family to handle the matter themselves.

In the living room, Amelia Su looked at Wei Dashan beside her.

"Go wash your clothes, rub them a few more times, but don't use too much force." Amelia Su said, "We only have a few sets of torn clothes. It doesn't matter if the clothes are torn. If you go to work, you can't wear clothes with so many patches."

Wei Dashan nodded and went to wash clothes.

When Su's mother saw that Wei Dashan listened to Amelia Su so much, she thought that Wei Dashan was not without merit.

"He has no education and no job, so he has to rely on his dad to find him a job." Su Yamei understood that for her and her husband, it would be best if her husband could have a job so that she could take care of the children at home. It would be best for her to find a job as well, and if that was not possible, she could ask Old Lady Su and Third Sister-in-law Su to help pick up and drop off the children.

Amelia Su knew that there were kindergartens and elementary schools nearby, so she planned to let her daughter go directly to elementary school, as she was almost old enough. Going to kindergarten would cost an extra year, so it would be better to go directly to the first grade.

"Send my little sister back to school? She's so old, and she still needs you to pick her up?" Amelia Su said, "Isn't it said that their university is just next door? It should take less than 20 minutes to walk there."

Amelia Su walked past that university. She had also imagined herself going to college and living a beautiful, carefree life. She could sit on the lawn under the big tree and read poetry, with the sun shining through the leaves on her body, warm and poetic.

But the reality is not so warm and poetic, it is just a mess.

"Worried that she might be in danger on the road?" Amelia Su said, "Shouldn't everyone around here be familiar with her? They're all neighbors."

"Stop talking about your little sister." Su's mother said, "She is pretty. She was blocked by thugs before, but the people on the street saw her and drove them away. It's getting late, so it's okay to send her back. If it weren't for..."

“If we hadn’t gone back to the city, my little sister wouldn’t need you to send her off. She could have lived at home, right?” Amelia Su said.

“Get rid of your lice.” Mother Su was too lazy to talk to Amelia Su. When she talked to Amelia Su, her mouth was like it had thorns.

“Of course I have to deal with the lice. If I don’t, you will have to deal with me.” Amelia Su said.

Xu Ruyun, who lives next door, stood in the backyard. She looked at her neighbor several times, almost moving a stone and standing on it to look, "Mom, how much money do you have? I plan to do business."