Chapter 205 My husband suddenly arrived and I panicked
In the store, all the benches were the same as what I saw yesterday, wiped clean and placed upside down on the tables.
The minced meat from yesterday was stewed in a large iron pot and made into large meatballs.
Qian Sanni was much more enthusiastic today. She quickly took down the stool for Ye Xiaomei, poured her some tea, and said honestly:
"I'll make the meat stuffing into lion's heads early in the morning, otherwise it will go bad. If you haven't eaten breakfast, I'll give you a few to try."
As he spoke, he took out a bowl and scooped out three lion heads, and added a spoonful of broth into it.
Ye Xiaomei immediately smelled a fragrance: "Thank you, Auntie, where did you learn this skill?"
"My father was a village chef in my hometown. I learned this from him. Come and try it."
Qian Sanni stared at Ye Xiaomei with shining eyes until she took a bite and raised her thumb before she smiled:
"Not bad."
"Hmm, not bad, but a little hot. Auntie's cooking skills are really good." Ye Xiaomei suddenly looked at Qian Sanni while eating. Her reaction today was completely different from yesterday.
"Well, what did the police station say, Uncle Zhang?" Ye Xiaomei didn't understand. Even if Zhang Hao and Qian Sanni were both country people who were illiterate and didn't know the law, he secretly took the son away before confirming the father-son relationship, which was also a violation of the law. It would be absolutely impossible to let them go back to their hometown so easily.
The smile on Qian Sanni's face suddenly faded. It was obvious that she had something to hide. She opened her mouth several times before she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet and said:
"The authorities said that my husband is suspected of child abduction. Although there are reasons for this, we still have to abide by the regulations. We have to discuss this matter with the child's parents and let the child decide whether to stay with us or not. As for why this child is my husband's, it's all because of the embarrassing things in the past. Auntie doesn't want to mention it."
Qian Sanni didn't want to talk about this matter any more, especially the past events. She naturally didn't know that Ye Xiaomei already knew about their past events.
"Well, since we are discussing it, you don't have to rush back home, auntie." At least we have to wait until Zhang Hao comes out and things are clear.
"No..." Qian Sanni turned her back, lifted her sleeves and rubbed her eyes, then turned around and said with a smile:
"Don't be fooled by me, little girl. Ah Zhi didn't want to be with us. He thought we were poor and that we couldn't even afford a ship or anything like that. So I went to ask around and found out that the ship was very expensive, at least several hundred dollars. So I wanted to sell the shop to you as soon as possible."
Just to buy toys for the kids? Ye Xiaomei's jaw dropped as she watched Qian Sanni rubbing her knees nervously, her hands trembling slightly as if she didn't know where to put them.
"Auntie, if you sell it to me like this, you won't be able to stay in Chaocheng." Ye Xiaomei felt a little sad.
"Yes, I found one." Qian Sanni's eyes lit up. "I was questioned yesterday and came back in the afternoon. I went to the third primary school, thinking that I could accompany my child to school and rent a cheap place to stay. I really found it. It's 30 yuan a month. Although the road section is not very good, I can still continue to do my old business. At worst, I can set up a stall in front of the school to sell it."
"So, auntie is not planning to go back to her hometown?" Ye Xiaomei had to confirm these things clearly.
Qian Sanni waved her hands and said, "I'm not going back. It's convenient to study in the city, and my child will have a bright future. It's too hard to go to school in the countryside, as we have to climb mountains and so on. If Ah Zhi follows us to the countryside, he won't be able to adapt."
Ye Xiaomei still felt a little bit reluctant: "Well, will the other man be willing to hand the child over to you?" If she remembered correctly, when she had dinner with Xue Wenhao last night, he kept saying that he watched Ah Zhi grow up and he couldn't bear it.
Unexpectedly, Qian Sanni's eyes lit up a little more: "I agree."
"..." Ye Xiaomei hesitated for a long time and then looked at Qian Sanni's smile as if her wish had been fulfilled, okay!
She was willing to rent this store to Ye Xiaomei for 120 yuan a month, and she had to pay for half a year in one lump sum:
"The landlord of this house is an old lady. I heard that her promising son took her abroad. Sometimes she comes back once a year, sometimes once every two years. All you have to do is deposit the money into her account."
As expected, the deal was done, and Qian Sanni's face flushed:
"Also, the landlord is a very easy-going person. I have a piece of paper here that says I have the right to sublet the house on my own. Please take a look at what it says, is it correct?"
Ye Xiaomei took a look and thought that the landlady was quite thoughtful.
Before noon, Ye Xiaomei brought the money over, and the matter was settled as soon as the fingerprints were pressed.
She had to take away the steaming baskets and other things in the store so that she could continue her old business in the future. The rest of the time, Qian Sanni had to clean up by herself.
Ye Xiaomei took the key to the store and went back to school.
"This woman is really stupid. She is working so hard for a son who is not her biological son." Shang Zhen knew that this matter was being discussed in the dormitory, but her mouth was not idle. She was eating the lion heads that Qian Sanni forced her to put on before leaving.
Ye Xiaomei didn't think so: "You are your father's biological daughter, and your relationship may not be good. I think that treating your child with care can always warm the child's heart."
"I told you not to mention my dad." Shang Zhen finished one and then ate the second one. However, now, Shang Zhen was obviously not as excited as before when he mentioned his dad:
"This lion's head is really delicious. I can eat two more steamed buns with the remaining broth."
"Eat, eat more. We will be busy after auntie finishes cleaning up." Ye Xiaomei thought that the store had been rented, and every corner of the room had to be cleaned.
"Don't worry, I'll do all the heavy work, and you'll be in charge of the command."
Having said that, the two of them went to do it in the evening. In less than half an hour, Shang Zhen was sweating all over and sat down on the stool:
"Oh my god, this job doesn't look like much, but why is it so tiring? Xiaomei, I think I should take advantage of your sex appeal now."
"Hue?"
"Well, now that the students who were supposed to go back to school at this time have all returned, who are you going to find? The one who looks at you with eyes that bloom all day long, oh yeah, Shang Xuetang, and Li Song from Class 2, and the curly-haired one."
Shang Zhen scratched her head and thought hard, but the only people she could think of were these few acquaintances who lived on campus. She didn't know which class the other male classmates who looked like Ye Xiaomei and had a crazy crush on her were from.
"..." Ye Xiaomei pulled the corner of her mouth: "This...is not good."
"What's wrong with that? We can treat them to fried noodles after we help them." Shang Zhen was thinking that fried noodles were the cheapest, only 1.5 yuan a bowl:
"How about I go, in your name."
Shang Zhen ran back to school as fast as he said he would. When he was crossing the road, he was almost hit by a cyclist.
"Be careful." Ye Xiaomei warned while standing at the door of the store.
As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Xiaomei saw from afar a police car parked at the school gate diagonally opposite. The person who got out of the car stood upright and was taking out his cell phone to make a call.
Ye Xiaomei gasped. Wasn't he busy? How could he have time to come to school?
If he knew that I rented a store, wouldn't he be furious?
Before Ye Xiaomei could think any more, the cell phone in the cloth bag started beeping.
Ye Xiaomei quickly took out her cell phone and took a deep breath to adjust her tone:
"Hey, honey, how come you have time to call me?" The voice was so soft that it gave people goosebumps, and it had a slight lilt.
Ma Qijun at the school gate thought he had heard wrongly, so he took out his cell phone and checked, and it was his wife's hotline number.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
