Qiao He and Liu Mei were both a little nervous and hurriedly nodded and bowed in response.
Qiao Qingqing poured out two bowls of water and handed them to the two of them.
"It's hot. You must be thirsty after coming to us from Liujiazhuang. Drink some water first."
After the two men gratefully took it, Qiao Qingqing went into the house and moved a bench over for the two of them to sit on.
She stood in the corridor and looked at Qiao He first: "You are the only one in the Qiao family who still has a brain, so I won't waste my words with you."
Qiao He, who had just sat down, straightened his back subconsciously and sat up straight when he heard her tone.
My heart was in turmoil.
The voice was so thin and soft: "You, you say."
"I have severed my relationship with the Qiao family, so I will not allow anyone from the Qiao family to set foot in my house. You should know why I let you in today."
Qiao Qingqing's voice was not aggressive, but Qiao He was still frightened.
After hearing her criticism of him, Qiao He said quickly: "Although I didn't break off the relationship, I also broke off with them, and mom regretted it a long time ago. After she left you last time, mom wanted to divorce dad. She..."
But at this time Liu Mei beside him stopped him.
Then she took out the cardboard and charcoal that she had prepared in advance.
Liu Mei squatted in front of the bench, holding a piece of charcoal, and began to write slowly.
Qiao Qingqing raised her eyebrows slightly as she watched the scene.
Qiao He knew that she didn't understand what her mother was doing, so she explained in a low voice: "Mom has a lot to say to you, so after I left, I started learning to read and write. I've been learning for a few months."
Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed across Qiao Qingqing's eyes.
She pursed her lips.
After Liu Mei finished writing, she couldn't wait to hand it to Qiao Qingqing to read. She was afraid that Qiao Qingqing would refuse. Her eyes were expectant and cautious.
Qiao Qingqing took it and looked down.
"Qingqing Mom is wrong"
Liu Mei wrote for a long time, but the two words "Qingqing" had too many strokes and were too complicated. Liu Mei couldn't write it correctly, so she scribbled and finally used pinyin instead.
Qiao Qingqing was stunned. This was an apology from her mute mother.
It was just a light sentence, and Qiao Qingqing didn't feel anything.
After all, she doesn't lack love now.
So Qiao Qingqing shook her head and said, "It's all in the past. I don't need your apology anymore."
She looked at Qiao He again, "The reason I asked you to come in is, firstly, to thank you for taking the trouble to catch crucian carp and send it to me while I was in confinement. Second, I wanted to talk to you calmly."
Qiao He looked at her nervously, probably realizing that his sister had not "changed her mind".
"Qiao Weiguo and Liu Mei were grateful to me for my life, but this gratitude has been completely consumed when the Qiao family persecuted and wronged me time and time again. I owe nothing to the Qiao family, so I am breaking off my relationship with them. Do you agree with this?"
Under Qiao Qingqing's gaze, Liu Mei nodded with tears in her eyes.
Qiao He looked annoyed, but he also said: "The Qiao family owes you, you don't owe the Qiao family."
"Since you can say that, I will assume that you agree with what I said. Since we have severed our relationship, I hope you will know what is going on in the future. I will accept your kindness, including the clothes you knitted for me, Comrade Liu Mei. Because we don't owe each other anything, I will not reject your kindness, just like I would not reject the clothes Aunt Xiumei gave to the triplets."
"In my heart, you are no different from the villagers who showed me kindness. In return, I also gave you medicine and food when you needed it."
"At most, this is the only relationship between us. Don't you understand?"
"If you accept, then we can still have contact in the future. But if you have more expectations, then I'm sorry, I won't accept anything from you anymore."
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