Su Ruo went to the small Western-style building on Fangyuan Road.

Because of her encounter with Aunt Shu, she was forced to consider in advance the possibility of facing her father, stepmother Lin Wanhua and the sudden appearance of Su Jia.

However, although her father, Lin Wanhua and Su Jia were a little upset about what she did, it did not affect her mood much.

After all, she has digested all the changes in the past six months very well.

She didn't have a very strong feeling... In fact, her expectations for her father had slowly worn away over the past decade.

When Lin Wanhua brought Su Jia to live in their home when they were young, her father told her that Su Jia had grown up without a father and her family was not well off, so she was very pitiful. So he asked her to share all her things with Su Jia, including her room, her toys, her paints, her books... and not to be selfish.

She didn't want to, and got angry with her father, Lin Wanhua and Su Jia. Su Jia was crying pitifully beside her and said, "Sister, I don't want this. I'll give you clothes. Please don't cry, okay?"... Of course she didn't want Su Jia's shabby clothes, so she got even angrier.

Everyone thought that she was a spoiled, willful and selfish little girl.

There is no room for others.

Lin Wanhua and Su Jia were infinitely tolerant of her, but being a stepmother was too difficult...

Once she was scolded by her father again. She hid in Yuan's house and refused to go home. It was Aunt Shu who comforted her and let her stay in Yuan's house.

She closed her eyes because she was tired of crying. Later, Aunt Shu probably thought she was asleep, so she sighed and whispered, "Children without mothers are so pitiful. Such a good child, if she continues like this, her character will be crooked." She thought she didn't hear it, but actually she did.

Later, she gradually stopped openly opposing Lin Wanhua and Su Jia.

Never let them control your emotions at any time.

Instead, it made them extremely angry when facing her.

Su Ruo was in a good mood when she arrived at the small Western-style building on Fangyuan Road.

She even went to the canteen to buy some white flour buns and flour.

Because it was almost dinner time, she seemed to be going there to get a free meal, so of course it would be bad to go there empty-handed.

She wanted to buy some vegetables, but the dishes in the cafeteria were watery and not very tasty. Aunt He and Aunt Zhang looked picky, but she didn't know what their tastes were, so she decided to wait and see.

White flour buns and flour are the most suitable.

Aunt He was very happy to see Su Ruo coming.

Han Zecheng and her son He Zongxi were middle school classmates.

Han Zecheng has helped their family a lot over the years.

Her leg was broken, and if he hadn't asked someone to help take care of her, she would have died long ago. He also helped find Aunt Zhang to take care of her.

If it weren't for him, she wouldn't be able to live back in this house, wear clean clothes, and eat full meals.

So Aunt He was very grateful to him.

But she is an elegant and reserved person, and she doesn't say too many words of gratitude.

There was nothing that could be done for him.

So he sent his wife to live here, and she was very happy.

I thought there was still a lot of time left and there would always be a chance to do something for this child.

Su Ruo brought white flour buns and flour. Aunt He was not a petty person and knew that these were nothing to Su Ruo, so after thanking Su Ruo, she let Aunt Zhang take them away and said, "Stay here for dinner today and try Aunt Zhang's cooking skills. After dinner, either stay here or let Aunt Zhang take you back."

The school is just across the street, and even at night there are a lot of students coming and going, so safety is not really a problem.

Su Ruo smiled and said, "It's OK as long as Aunt He doesn't mind that I came here on purpose to eat at this time."

Aunt He patted her hands and said, "You kid. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that you just came to school and might want to communicate more with your classmates and teachers, Aunt He would like to ask you to come over for dinner every day. Aunt He dare not say anything else, but Aunt Zhang's cooking skills are beyond reproach."

Aunt Zhang also nodded and said, "That's right. How can we eat in the school cafeteria for a long time? And Xiao Su, you are so thin that you look like you can be blown away by the wind. You are also lacking in energy and blood. It should be because you got pregnant too early and didn't make up for the confinement period. You need to take good care of yourself now, otherwise it will be difficult to have a second child..."

Su Ruo:......? ? ?

Aunt He couldn't help laughing when she saw Su Ruo's blushing face and wide eyes.

She interrupted, "Aru, tell Aunt Zhang what you like to eat. She will cook it according to your taste. She can cook any dish. She can even make the simplest cabbage into different flavors."

This also has its origins.

In the past, the He family liked spicy food and sweet food. Everyone had different tastes and was very picky, so Zhang Ma had developed a lot of skills.

Su Ruo was also afraid that Zhang Ma would continue talking... She felt guilty because Han Zecheng had more needs and the two of them had a huge difference in physical strength. If they were together every night, she would feel her legs would be weak all day long...

But she knew that the old mothers in these big families had very sharp eyes.

So she quickly said after hearing what Aunt He said, "Aunt He, what you said made me feel itchy. I'm not picky about food. I like to eat anything as long as it's delicious, as long as it's not too spicy to make me cry. Today, I'll try what you usually eat, Aunt He... That must be what Aunt Zhang is best at."

Aunt Zhang was so pleased with what she heard that she forgot about the previous topic.

Aunt He smiled and sent Aunt Zhang away to cook. Su Ruo then breathed a sigh of relief, said hello to Aunt He, and went to the next room to make a phone call.

This house was originally requisitioned by people from the regional office. The telephone line was originally installed by the He family, and the people in the office have kept it and continued to use it.

Han Zecheng bought a house and the people in the office moved out, but the telephone interface was still there, so Han Zecheng applied to reopen it.

Su Ruo saw that Han Zecheng should not have finished get off work yet, so she called his office but no one answered.

I called home but no one answered.

She guessed that he might have gone away, or left work early to pick up Guoguo.

She thought it was a good idea this way. After dinner, she could go home and talk to Guoguo for a while.

When Su Ruo returned to the living room, Aunt Zhang was still in the kitchen. Only Aunt He was in the living room, sewing a piece of clothing with needle and thread.

When Su Ruo came out, Aunt He asked her to sit down and asked, "Has everything gone well at school these days?"

Su Ru nodded and told her briefly about school matters, then asked, "Aunt He, last time you told me that I look like my grandmother, can you tell me about my uncle's family?"

Su Ruo suffered all kinds of hardships because of her maternal family's background, but to be honest, her mother died when she was young, and no one had ever told her about her maternal family.

Not to mention that I have never seen them, I have never even seen a photo of them.

I know nothing about who is in their family, what property they have, or what their personalities are.

So she was actually still very curious.

Last time I was in a hurry and it was our first time meeting, so it was difficult to ask in details.

Now waiting for Aunt Zhang to serve dinner, I simply asked Aunt He who seemed to be very familiar with my maternal family.

Aunt He smiled and said, "Yes. Your grandfather's family, the Xia family, was a big family in Qingcheng during the Qing Dynasty. The family originally opened a silk and satin shop, and the family also had a silkworm farm of hundreds of acres. Later, they opened a trading company..."

"Your grandpa and grandma had three children. Two of them are your uncles, and one is your mother. Both of them were very beautiful people. I don't know how many people liked them at that time."

Aunt He was still smiling when she said this, but then her smile slowly faded away, and she slowly said, "During the Anti-Japanese War, your eldest uncle participated in the war and died in the war. Your second uncle studied in Guangzhou. Later, our Qingcheng was in chaos and your grandparents also disappeared, leaving only your mother."

Aunt He spoke a lot slowly.

Although she had gone through several years of hardship, her hair had turned white and her face was full of vicissitudes, but there was no resentment in her eyes, but gentle and calm.

When talking about those past events, he did not avoid them, nor did he try to hide anything.

Nor did he shrink back because people at that time hated capitalists.

Su Ruo was listening the whole time and didn't interrupt except for asking a few questions occasionally.

When she got to the end, she couldn't help but ask her, "Where's my mother? Aunt He, do you know how my mother married my father?"

After hearing this, she suddenly felt that her father was not worthy of her mother.

Aunt He glanced at her and said, "That happened after the liberation. Your grandparents were no longer around, and your mother was in school. I guess you met her at school. I don't remember much about that."

As they were talking, Aunt Zhang brought the food over.

The meal tonight was simple and light, just a dish of emerald shrimp and tofu and stir-fried bean sprouts, but the presentation was very exquisite. Su Ruo tried it and found it light in taste but very fresh. It was really delicious.

However, Su Ruo was still immersed in the old stories that Aunt He told her, and was a little absent-minded.

It was not until the two bowls of sweet-scented osmanthus wine dumplings brought to her by Aunt Zhang that she was finally brought back to her senses.

The dumplings were small, the size of pearls, dotted with yellow osmanthus seeds and red wolfberries. Su Ruo scooped a spoonful into her mouth, and it was sweet but not greasy, with a rich fragrance...

This was Su Ruo's favorite.

Su Ruo said, "Aunt He, I want to come over for dinner every day."

This time, before Aunt He could say anything, Aunt Zhang smiled from ear to ear and said, "Xiao Su, just come over. In less than two months, Aunt Zhang can help you get well. Then you can give Deputy Head Han a boy. A girl is not bad either. Xiao Su, you are so pretty. If Deputy Head Han has a girl like you, I don't know how much he will cherish her."

Su Ruo:......

Aunt Zhang is a warm and kind person.

But when it came to her, Su Ruo felt overwhelmed from time to time. She quickly finished her rice dumplings with fermented glutinous rice and ran to call Han Zecheng.

After she left, Aunt He smiled and said to Aunt Zhang, "Ah, A'ruo is so shy, why did you say all this to her?"

Aunt Zhang shook her head and said, "The child's health is a little weak. She needs to take good care of herself, otherwise she will suffer in the future, and it may even affect her life span. She must have not paid attention to it before, and she got pregnant at a young age, and she didn't take good care of herself after the confinement period... Alas, a motherless child probably has no one to teach her anything. I think although Deputy Head Han treats her well, he is a grown man after all, and he doesn't understand these things."

Aunt He became serious and said, "Then when Deputy Head Han comes over, tell him to have her come over for dinner every day, or you can cook herbal food and send it to her every day."

Aunt Zhang nodded and said, "We have to tell him."

Su Ruoke over there didn't know about the conversation between Aunt He and Aunt Zhang.

She had already dialed the phone at home, and as soon as she said "Hello", Guoguo's loud "Mom" came from the receiver.

Su Ruo moved the microphone away and took it back two seconds later. Then, a series of greetings from Guo Guo came from the other side.

"Mom, can you call home from where you are? Why didn't you call for several days?"

"Mom, are you used to living in school? I heard from Dad that you have four people living in one room. Will they make noise? Do you miss home?"

"Is it fun in the provincial capital? Do you just attend classes every day at school? Do you have anything else to do?"

......

But he asked for a long time without a break, and no matter how Su Ruo wanted to answer, he couldn't... or he would throw out another question just when she had finished speaking.

She finally discovered that this child was different from his father.

Why didn't I realize he was a chatterbox before?

Finally, Guoguo saw that his mother was "silent" for a long time, and felt something was wrong, so he said, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Why don't you speak? Did you feel wronged at school... Are you not keeping up with your studies? Mom, you don't have to worry about this."

Su Ruo:......? ? ?

"Guoguo, mom was admitted as the top student in the academy, how come she can't keep up with the schoolwork?"

Guoguo said "Oh", yes, it seems that his mother is quite good at studying.

Guo Guo said, "Then don't study too hard."

Su Ruo:......

Su Ruo realized later that there seemed something wrong with their conversation.

Shouldn't she ask her son how he was doing in kindergarten these days and whether he had enough to eat and clothes to wear? Why did she do it the other way around?

She coughed and felt that the conversation between mother and son should be adjusted.

So she quickly took control of the conversation and began to ask Guoguo in detail what he had eaten, what he had worn, and what he had done at school in the past two days.

Han Guo answered her questions seriously at first, but when her mother kept asking questions, Han Guo, a straight man, became unhappy.

He said, "Mom, you don't ask so many questions at home. Why do you become so weak at school? Why do you ask so many questions? Dad said he would take me to see you in two days. You will know then."

Su Ruo:......

How can this kid be so hypocritical?

Who was that person who was chattering just now?

She said, "Guoguo, this is not how you use weakness."

Han Guo: "It sounds better than being long-winded."

Su Ruo: ... "Okay, give the phone to your dad. I'm not even old yet, but you're already starting to dislike me."

"He went to look through my bookshelves."

Han Zecheng's low but smiling voice came from the other end of the phone.

Su Ruo asked, "Why did he learn new words?"

Han Zecheng smiled and said, "He missed you a lot these past two days. I taught him that boys shouldn't talk about their mothers all the time and shouldn't indulge in weak emotions."

Su Ruo finally knew the origin of the word "weak"...

She shook her head.

Forget it, she is indeed not as good as Han Zecheng in teaching her son.

Over the past six months, Guoguo's changes have been very significant.

She let out a breath and pulled her mind away from her son.

She called him today because she had something to discuss.

She said, "Brother Han, I met a professor Shu from our college at school today... She is Yuan Chengyang's mother."

They had argued about her "ex-fiancé" before she came to school, so she didn't need to explain too much here.

There was silence on the other end of the line.

Su Ruoke didn't dare to discuss Yuan Chengyang with him.

She went on to say, "She is very familiar with my dad. When she sees me, I think my dad and his family will soon know that I was admitted to Qingdao University. They might come to see me soon... You know I don't remember the things in that. Can you tell me what happened when I broke off relations with them?"

"Aunt Shu said my dad told them that I took the initiative to break off relations with them."

Someone finally spoke from the other end.

He said, "During the war, your grandparents disappeared, and your mother donated most of the family property to support the war. Your uncle also died in the war. So even though your grandfather is a capitalist, if we really look into it, there is nothing wrong with your background."

However, this matter was confidential and few outsiders knew about it. Even Su Jianzhou did not know about it. They only thought that she was studying abroad during the war and something happened at home, so her property was seized and divided up by others.

That's why she was caught and framed.

But if the army investigates these things, they will definitely be able to find out.

That's why his marriage application was approved so easily that year.