After dinner.
Bai Hongbing called Bai Ying to the yard, took out a handful of money from his pocket and stuffed it into Bai Ying's hand.
The money in my hand was all scattered, and a lot of it was just small change of eighty cents.
It totaled thirteen yuan.
Bai Hongbing rubbed his hands awkwardly. "Little sister, you know I just built a house, so I don't have much money on hand. This is all I have. Use it to pay Jiahui's tuition. If it's not enough, I'll pay you back when I have more money."
Bai Ying was startled, and then wanted to return the money to Bai Hongbing, "Brother, it's okay. I'll pay for it first, and it's the same. Why do we have to be so clear about it as siblings?"
"That won't do! Not accepting my payment means you're looking down on me!"
Hearing this, Bai Hongbing's face turned stern, and he really looked a bit intimidating. "Big brother knows that he is incompetent, so it is normal for you younger brothers and sisters to disobey me."
“No, I…”
Bai Ying was extremely helpless, but she didn't know how to explain. She could only take out six dollars and keep it, wanting to return the rest to Bai Hongbing. "Brother, six dollars is enough for tuition for one semester. Jiahui lives with me and doesn't spend much. You should take the rest back."
Bai Hongbing refused to accept it. "No, you still have to rent a room for Jiahui. If this money is not enough, I'll ask you to fill in some of the gap when the time comes."
Bai Ying was puzzled. "Huh? Why do we need to rent a house? Jiahui is just a small child. She won't take up much space when sleeping. She can just squeeze in with me."
Hearing this, Bai Hongbing's face turned red instantly, and he felt a little embarrassed to say what he was thinking.
After all, Bai Ying is his sister, not his brother.
How dare he say this?
Bai Hongbing hesitated for a long time before saying, "Jiahui is your niece, not your daughter. You're married now. It would be somewhat inconvenient for you to take Jiahui to school. Your husband may not say it, but he's definitely not happy about it."
"Chen Ao? What does this have to do with Chen Ao?"
This made Bai Ying even more confused, "Brother, are you overthinking it? Don't say that this matter has nothing to do with Shen Ao. Even if it really is related, he is not such a hypocritical person."
"...You! You! Keep the money! If you don't, then just pretend you don't have me as your big brother anymore."
Seeing that Bai Ying really couldn't understand his subtext, Bai Hongbing stomped his feet a few times and had to give up continuing to talk to Bai Ying at cross purposes. He left a few words and turned around to go back to his new home angrily.
"Brother, what kind of riddle are you talking about..."
Watching Bai Hongbing's hurried and slightly frustrated back, Bai Ying couldn't help scratching his head in confusion.
After putting the money away, Bai Ying went into the house where the dining table had already been set.
"What did your eldest brother just say to you outside?"
Chu Xianglan asked while wiping the table.
Bai Ying said casually: "Oh, nothing, just gave me money for Jiahui's schooling."
Hearing this, Chu Xianglan sighed deeply, "This kid is just too obsessed with face to live in misery. We old couple can afford Jiahui's schooling, so why should he swell up his face and pretend to be rich? It's better to save the little money we have and find another wife."
No matter what era it is, it is impossible for the older generation not to urge people to get married.
It’s just that... Bai Hongbing has a bad reputation because of Huang Xia’s incident.
Even if Huang Xia cheated on him, it was Huang Xia's fault and they should get a divorce.
Besides, stealing is not uncommon in the countryside.
Regardless of whether they are men or women, few people make such a big fuss as Bai Hongbing. Others continue to live their lives behind closed doors. No matter how they quarrel or fight, it is their own family matter and outsiders have no right to interfere.
Bai Hongbing was the first person in Liushu Brigade to divorce his wife because she cheated on him.
At first, Chu Xianglan was afraid that bringing up the matter would upset Bai Hongbing, so she held back for two months and didn't urge him to get married. But now she really couldn't bear it anymore.
The eldest brother is not even thirty years old yet, still a grown man. We can't really let him live the rest of his life alone, right?
If I get married again, whether I have children or not is secondary. The thing is, if I don’t have someone who understands me and cares about me, I will die early like the old bachelor in the team.
After all, Bai Hongbing is Chu Xianglan's child, so it is impossible for him not to have any considerations for her.
These days, she also tried to sound out the matchmakers in several nearby brigades, but... when the matchmakers heard that Bai Hongbing was divorced, they waved their hands and said that they could not arrange the marriage.
To put it bluntly, even a man who beat his wife to death and remarried would be more popular than a divorced man like Bai Hongbing.
I'm very angry.
"mother."
Seeing that Chu Xianglan was not in a very good mood, Bai Ying reached out and hugged Chu Xianglan's arm, saying coquettishly: "I want to sleep with you tonight. Let Dad go to the second and third brothers' rooms to sleep together, okay?"
Chu Xianglan instantly broke away from her previous unhappiness, smiled and glared at Bai Ying, "You are already a grown-up, and you still want to sleep with your mother."
"mother……"
"Okay, okay."
Unable to resist Bai Ying's coquettish skills, Chu Xianglan had no choice but to agree repeatedly. Then, she glanced at Bai Maozhong, who was sitting beside her like a master, with a look of suspicion, "Hurry up and move your bedding to make room."
Bai Maozhong: “…”
He felt like an outsider, out of place in this family.
That night.
Bai Ying and Chu Xianglan slept on the kang in the main room, Bai Qiaolan slept with Jiahui, and Bai Maozhong went to the empty room alone to sleep on the bed with his quilt and pillow.
The yard was shrouded in darkness.
The candlelight lit in the main house passed through the window paper and shone on Bai Maozhong's departing back, revealing a hazy sense of loneliness.
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