Chapter 144 Life

Go to bed early, and of course get up early.

Lin Qiu hadn't been to the newsstand for five days and was somewhat worried. In addition, he had to contact the old lady at Debao Trading Market, so he jumped out of bed.

Wang Xiuren heard the noise and sat up dazedly: "You want to go to the newsstand?"

Lin Qiu answered while getting dressed: "Well, I have to contact the old lady today and ask her to send the samples over quickly. The Chinese New Year is only half a month away, so this matter cannot be delayed."

Wang Xiuren closed his eyes and stretched, "What time is it now?"

Lin Qiu raised his hand and looked at the watch. "Six thirty-seven, it's still early. You should sleep a little longer!"

Wang Xiuren wiped his face vigorously and stood up, "I'll take you there. It's very fast on a motorcycle!"

Lin Qiu looked at him and saw that he didn't get enough sleep. He waved his hand and said, "No, I can go by bike and it will be the same."

Wang Xiuren finally sent her to the newsstand.

When he got home, Zhou Qing had just put the noodles into the pot.

Wang Xiuren walked to the folding bed in the living room and poked his daughter's rosy face. "Shanshan, get up and have breakfast!"

Wang Shan frowned and turned her head away.

"Get up and eat something first, Shanshan." Wang Xiuren pinched her ear.

They had dinner at around six o'clock yesterday, and it had been twelve hours since then. He was worried that his daughter would be hungry.

Wang Shan covered her head with the quilt, and a muffled voice came from inside the quilt: "I don't want to eat breakfast, I want to sleep a little longer~"

During the few days they were away from home, except for the time when Wang Xiuren carried her on his back for a section of the Great Wall, she walked on her own at other times. Her feet were covered with blisters, but she never complained.

I fall into a deep sleep every day as soon as I touch my pillow, but the next day I am full of energy and walk around with everyone.

"Forget it, let her sleep!" Zhou Qing brought the noodles to the table. "When she wakes up, I'll make something for her."

"It's so troublesome to prepare breakfast twice!" Wang Xiuren didn't want his mother-in-law to work too hard.

"The soup is ready, it's just a matter of adding some noodles." Zhou Qing didn't care.

"Thank you for your hard work, mother!"

After breakfast, Wang Xiuren rode his motorcycle to the construction site.

Zhao Dalong was standing on the ladder hanging from the ceiling. When he saw him come in, he greeted him enthusiastically: "Xiu Ren is back? Is the capital fun? Have you climbed the Great Wall?"

Wang Xiuren responded: "Of course the capital is fun!"

"I climbed the Great Wall, visited the Forbidden City, toured the Old Summer Palace, watched the flag-raising ceremony, presented flowers to the leaders, and visited Capital University and Tsinghua University."

Zhao Dalong was very envious and said, "If I have the chance, I will take my wife and children there too."

"It's really worth going!" Wang Xiuren nodded, "I brought a few boxes of cakes for you and sister-in-law, and I'll send them to you in the evening!"

"Then your sister-in-law and I are in for a treat!" Zhao Dalong smiled happily, "This is the capital's snack! We must try it carefully."

Wang Xiuren checked all the work on the construction site, took off his coat, and started making the shoe cabinet.

Although Wang Xiuren is now a contractor, he does not become a hands-off boss and still works on the construction site as before. He thought that if he did it himself he could hire one less person, so why not?

After dinner, Wang Xiuren took the local specialties and visited Zhao Dalong’s house, the landlord’s house, and Adage’s house.

When I arrived at Ada's house, he was sitting in the living room drinking tea.

"When did you arrive?"

Ada called Wang Xiuren over and poured him another glass.

Wang Xiuren put the things on the coffee table and took the teacup with both hands. "It arrived yesterday afternoon."

The two chatted about family matters for a while and then started talking about things on the construction site.

After this conversation, Wang Xiuren didn't leave Ada's house until after ten o'clock.

When they got home, the old couple and Wang Shan had already gone to bed, and Lin Qiu was drying his hair with a hair dryer.

"Are they all delivered?" Lin Qiu turned off the hair dryer and unplugged it.

"It's ready. Brother Adada told me about something on the construction site, so we were delayed a little." Wang Xiuren answered while taking clothes from the closet.

Lin Qiu was combing his hair. Hearing this, he turned his head and his hair fell to one side. "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, he just asked about the progress." Wang Xiuren found his clothes and went straight to the bathroom.

Lin Qiu was leaning against the head of the bed, flipping through newspapers from the previous few days. He heard a scream and was so scared that he tore up the newspaper.

Worried about scaring her daughter, she quickly got out of bed and walked quickly to the living room.

Who knew that Wang Shan was completely undisturbed and slept soundly.

She walked to the entrance and put her ear against the door. She only vaguely heard the words "card table", "gambling", and "divorce", and then the voice became lower.

"Qiuqiu, what's wrong with you?" Lin Ting poked his head out of the bedroom and asked with a frown.

"There seems to be a quarrel next door." Lin Qiu avoided the question.

"You!" Lin Ting shook his head. "It's a good thing Shanshan didn't see you like this."

Lin Qiu quickly glanced at his daughter and patted his chest thankfully, "I'll be careful. I'm going to bed now. Dad, you should go to bed early too!"

After saying that, he ran into the bedroom.

The next evening, Lin Qiu rode his bicycle back to Jinxiu Garden and saw the hustle and bustle at the entrance of Building 6 from a distance.

When I got closer, I found Zhou Qing was also watching the fun.

"Mom, what's going on? Why are there so many people gathered here?" Lin Qiu pushed the cart to Zhou Qing's side.

Zhou Qing also just came from the grocery store and shook his head: "I just came back from the grocery store and all I heard was a fight. I didn't even dare to go into the building."

With her old bones, she'd better stay where she is to avoid being implicated.

Instead, an older woman came over and said enthusiastically, "The young couple in Room 803 are getting a divorce. I heard the man went out to gamble and owed a lot of money. The woman couldn't stand it anymore and kept shouting that she wanted a divorce even though she was pregnant. She also said she wanted to have an abortion. Tsk tsk tsk, what a sin!"

Room 803 is next door to Lin Qiu’s house. The hostess is a well-educated teacher who is very considerate in dealing with people.

Lin Qiu sighed, feeling sorry for Teacher Xie next door, "Well, it's better to get divorced."

Gambling is really harmful to people! If a person becomes addicted to gambling, he is trapped in a bottomless pit that no amount of money can fill.

It would be such a shame if Teacher Xie spent his whole life on such a gambler!

The eldest sister looked at me in disbelief when she heard this. "What good is it if this family breaks up? Only this woman is so cruel. Tsk tsk tsk!"

"Is it possible to have a good life following such a gambler?" Lin Qiu asked back.

Lin Qiu admired Teacher Xie's courage to stop losses in time.

"But the baby in the belly is still a living being!" the eldest sister argued.

Zhou Qing took over the conversation, "But if a child has a gambling father like this, his whole life might be affected."

The eldest sister thought about it and it made sense, but she still felt that the child should not be aborted, and she grumbled about how young people nowadays were so cruel.

Lin Qiu watched the crowd slowly disperse, then he pushed the cart into the door with Zhou Qing.

Two days later, Lin Qiu met Teacher Xie in the elevator. She looked pale. Her stomach was deflated and her mouth was pale. She was pulling a black suitcase and was about to go out.

Lin Qiu looked at her with some pity, wanting to say something but afraid of offending her.

After walking out of the elevator, Lin Qiu mustered up the courage to step forward and patted Teacher Xie's skinny hand, "Teacher Xie, take good care of yourself!"

Teacher Xie's tears rolled down all of a sudden and dripped onto Lin Qiu's hand, which was very hot.

After a long time, she took a deep breath and said with a sob: "Thank you, Sister Lin. See you again in the future!"

After saying that, she pulled her suitcase and walked quickly out of the unit door.

The wind blew up her khaki windbreaker, and it flew away into the distance like a fluttering disc.

The sun is shining outside the unit door.