Chapter 521 Don't you know?

"Yeah, if I can't wait for you today, I'll have to wait for you at your school gate tomorrow."

Aunt Liu smiled and said, "Lunch will be served at 11:30 the day after tomorrow. Your third brother said if you're in a hurry, you can go at 10:30 to attend the ceremony and have lunch. It won't affect your afternoon classes."

After saying that, he also praised Su Laosan for his thoughtfulness.

Who would have thought that Banxia's third son, the most unreliable of her children, would now be so capable and competent?

"...I remember."

Aunt Liu patted her on the shoulder, saying it was too late and urging her to go home and rest. She then took a flashlight and went home herself.

Su Hongmei mechanically opened the courtyard gate, pumped water to wash her face, wipe her body, and rinse her feet. She lay down on the bed, then suddenly sat up, gazing at the moonlight filtering through the crack in the door.

My nose tingled, my eyes welled up, I wanted to laugh, but tears streamed down my face.

Her third brother called her specifically to invite her to her second brother's wedding.

This was the first time her third brother had contacted her since her parents' divorce!

She thought they all abandoned her.

Over the years, she has witnessed the vicissitudes of life, endured countless hardships and humiliations, and only now does she understand how much her mother had to work so hard to ensure that she and her siblings could live a life free from want, with access to education.

Making money is so hard; it's really tough to live on every penny.

She didn't know that her mother's income of only about a hundred was divided into many pieces.

When she was so tired from work that her whole body ached and she couldn't sleep, she would lie in bed looking at the darkness on the wall and think about these problems.

But no matter how I think about it, there's no solution.

Su Hongmei stared blankly at the moonlight. Her third brother asked her to go to her second brother's wedding. Did her second brother agree to it?

And what about her mother?

Su Hongmei sighed deeply.

I realize I'm being delusional.

"Are you trying to scare yourself in the middle of the night? If you don't want to sleep, go outside and sigh..."

Next door, Su Youfu's shouts and the sound of kicking the wall came from next door. Su Hongmei glanced over expressionlessly, then lay back down on the bed, closed her eyes, and tried to sleep.

She has a full day of classes tomorrow and will be working at a restaurant in the evening, so she needs to rest and recharge.

As she drifted off to sleep, she calculated the money she had saved through frugal living. There was still some time before she needed money for the next semester. She wondered if giving her second brother a gift of 100 yuan would be too little.

Good things come in pairs, how about she goes up to two hundred?

After spending over 200 yuan, she only had a few dozen yuan left in change, but it was enough for living expenses. She could work full-time for two days on weekends, earning three yuan a day. By the end of the year, she would have saved up quite a bit of money.

Her last thought was, if her mother knew she had taken so much money as a gift, would she forgive her even a little bit, considering how sincere she was?

The next morning, when the sky was still foggy, Su Hongmei opened her eyes.

Her eyes were a little swollen and sore from crying last night. She got up, dressed, went out to wring water and apply a wet towel to her eyes for a while. Once she felt a little better, she started washing her face and brushing her teeth. She then rolled up her sleeves to prepare breakfast.

I heated up some steamed buns, cooked some porridge, picked up some pickled green peppers and a pickled cucumber, sliced ​​them, and arranged them on a plate.

Then shout out again, "Dad, Grandma, dinner's ready!"

She used to eat by herself without having to worry about them, but Su Youfu disagreed, saying that she had no respect for her elders, didn't call them to eat, and that if she didn't want to cook for them at home, she should go live at school.

Su Hongmei cannot live on campus.

Students living on campus are not allowed to work part-time at restaurants after school.

She has to stay at home.

So now, after she finishes cooking her meal each day, she'll call out first, and then she'll stop eating and go to school.

In the past, Su Youfu and his wife would sleep until the sun was high in the sky before getting up.

But today, Su Youfu came out as soon as he called.

Seeing her eating in the kitchen, he walked over with a cold face and asked her, "What were you howling about last night? And what did that guy surnamed Liu say to you, all that secrecy around your door?"

"nothing."

Su Hongmei glanced at him and replied indifferently.

She eats quickly; after finishing a steamed bun and the rice porridge getting cold, she ate it with pickled cucumbers and finished it in a few bites.

After finishing her meal, she ignored Su Youfu's cold face, went outside to wash herself by the hand pump well, put the food back in the cupboard, returned to the main room, picked up her bag, and went to school.

"Su Hongmei!"

Seeing her about to leave, Su Youfu became furious. "Who are you giving me attitude? I'm your father. Who taught you to talk to me like that? Don't you have any manners...?"

"Upbringing?"

Su Hongmei paused, turned to look at him, and said, "You don't even have it, so why do you expect me to have it?"

After saying that, he strode out of the courtyard.

Su Youfu limped after him for a couple of steps, shouting, "Stop right there! Don't think I don't know anything. Your mother doesn't want you anymore, they all don't want you. I'm the one who took you in, you heartless bastard..."

Su Hongmei had heard these words countless times. She used to argue back, but now she was numb to them.

She left without looking back.

She's very busy. She spends her days studying and her nights working to support herself. She doesn't have time to waste arguing with him.

Watching Su Hongmei walk away without getting the answer he wanted, Su Youfu kicked the gate in frustration. Suddenly, the gate across the street opened, and a head popped out to watch the commotion.

Noticing that Su Youfu was staring at him, he nervously greeted him and then shrank back.

Su Youfu spat, closed the courtyard gate, and stumbled back to catch up on sleep. But he couldn't fall asleep no matter what he did. That guy surnamed Liu was acting mysteriously; he clearly had something on his mind.

She has a good relationship with Li Banxia, ​​so who knows what she might say to Su Hongmei to sow discord.

Su Hongmei does all the housework. If she really gets rid of the people, who will do those chores?

No, he has to find out more.

He went to Aunt Liu's house and made a scene. Aunt Liu's husband chased him out with a stick, yelling, "Su Youfu, are you out of your mind? My wife was just passing on a message, how is that sowing discord? Stop spouting nonsense, or I'll break your other leg..."

Seeing that his former colleague showed him no respect, Su Youfu's face turned pale and then red as he left in anger.

I thought that was the end of it.

As a result, when he went to buy cigarettes at the local convenience store in the late afternoon, the store owner congratulated him with a smile, "I heard that your second son is getting married. It must be expensive to hold a wedding at Jufu Hotel, right? ... Your second son is really lucky to be able to marry a wife who works in the municipal government. Old Su, you're going to have an amazing in-law. Congratulations!"

Su Youfu was stunned, as if struck by lightning.

When she realized what was happening, she practically pounced on the shop owner.

"What did you say? Who's getting married? Where is the wedding? What kind of person are they marrying? What kind of in-laws are they..."

The shop owner frowned and looked at him. "Didn't you know? Didn't someone call Aunt Liu a few days ago to invite her to your second son's wedding? You didn't forget to tell her, did you?"