After the meal, the old man called 놛 aside and secretly gave 놛 two yuan.
The living expenses that couple gave were the minimum standard, and we could never get enough to eat, so we would secretly give them some money every week.
It was one dollar at first, and now the price has gone up, so I'll give you one dollar more.
"Grandpa, I..."
"Don't say anything." The old man held my hand and whispered, "I don't know how many more years I can take care of you. If I'm gone, you can only rely on yourself."
"Grandpa, please don't talk nonsense. You will live a long life."
"Grandpa has lived to this age, which is not bad. He has lived longer than others. If I live longer, I will become an old monster."
The two of them came out of the house, chatting and laughing.
"Oh, right." Xie Wen suddenly remembered something and said to Lin Xinghua, "Grandpa, it seems that my aunt came to my house yesterday and had an argument with my parents."
Lin Xinghua frowned, "What are you arguing about?"
"They kept blaming each other. My parents said my aunt was shameless and stole the money and ran away without caring about my brothers' lives. My aunt said she went out to work and was tricked into selling her property. She didn't mean to stay away from home. She also called my parents ungrateful, and we even started fighting after arguing."
"Don't worry about us, we are idle all day. Go upstairs and play for a while. Tell grandpa what you want to eat in the evening."
"Whatever. I'll eat anything."
"Then I'll let you guys make some."
In the evening, we have evening self-study classes, no matter whether we live on campus or go to school on a daily basis.
I usually have dinner here and then go to evening self-study with Hongxia.
…
The past few days passed peacefully, and finally Xie Linan came back.
Ye Xiaozhen drove to the airport to pick up the person and told him about the recent situation on the way.
"I heard that she is now spreading the slander in the village, saying that she didn't take all the money away, but only took part of it, which was used for travel expenses, living expenses, and business capital. It was just that she was unlucky and got a bargain, and was deceived and sold. She only found a chance to escape and come back recently."
Xie Linan sneered, "Does she think that we are like Lin Li and Lin Qi, babies who only know how to drink milk? Are we so easy to fool?"
"So how did she leave? Did she tell you about it?"
Xie Linan shook his head, "I didn't tell anyone about it. He just left without any warning."
Xie Linan recalled what happened on that day. Of all the old events, nothing could be remembered more clearly than what happened on that day.
"That day, it was a rush hour, and she told me and my sister as usual that she was going to the street to buy some things and asked us to stay at home and look after the two younger brothers."
Xie Linan looked at the sunset outside the window and sighed.
"We waited and waited until noon, when grandpa asked us to go to the village entrance to check, but she was not there. No, it was past noon, past one o'clock, and there was still no sign of her. Grandpa saw that we were all hungry, so he said he would not wait any longer, maybe she was delayed by something, and asked us to eat first.
After dinner, we waited again. By night, no one had come. Grandpa started to get anxious and asked people everywhere, but no one had seen my mother. At that time, no one realized anything was wrong. We just thought she was delayed by something or something happened on the street.
After waiting all night and not seeing anything, grandpa said he would report the case at dawn. I never wanted to believe that my mother would leave us behind, but I was not stupid. I felt that she would not come back at that time. I went back to the house, smashed open the box where I kept the money, and found that there was nothing inside. I knew that she would never come back. "
Ye Xiaozhen felt sad after hearing this.
At this point, Xie Lin paused for a moment and then said, "Oh, no, she's back now. The tree has grown into timber and is no longer a nuisance. She's back to collect timber."
"That day, was she really no different? She didn't even tell you how to live?"
Xie Linan still shook his head, "No, she knew that my sister and I were no longer together. She was probably afraid that if she said too much, she would let it slip and affect her plan to leave. She didn't say anything and didn't leave us anything. It's different. She probably just carried a basket that day, and the things in it were probably her luggage."
Xie Linan smiled bitterly and said, "Unfortunately, I was too naive at that time and didn't think too much about it. Seeing her carrying a basket, I thought she was taking something to sell on the street."
Ye Xiaozhen thought, that was intentional, no matter how many excuses he made, it was intentional.
What do you mean you went out to work and got sold out because of bad luck?
If it's true, why didn't you tell the children anything?
"Do you hate her?"
"I hate her. Of course I hate her. She didn't leave us any chance to live. She's so cruel. She doesn't deserve to be a mother."
Ye Xiaozhen clapped her hands and said, "Then I won't admit it."
The veins on the back of Xie Linan's hand relaxed, and he felt a little embarrassed. He said, "Drive well, and we'll talk about it when we get back."
…
Lin Xinghua: "How are you going to deal with your mother's matter?"
Xie Linan handed the medicine he brought back from Haicheng to him and said calmly, "I will handle this matter myself. I have only one request to you, Grandpa. You must agree to it."
"What do you want? Tell me."
"This is a matter between us siblings and her. It has nothing to do with you. You are not allowed to interfere."
Lin Xinghua: “…”
"I'm not discussing this with you, I'm informing you. If you can't do it, I'll send you to Sister Xiao's house."
Lin Xinghua glared at him again and again, "You bastard, am I such an unreasonable person?"
"But you are easily deceived, and she is full of tricks."
Lin Xinghua: “…”
"Okay, okay, I won't interfere. You can do whatever you want. She is your mother anyway, and it has nothing to do with me."
"That'll do."
Lin Xinghua glared at him again before taking the medicine from the table and taking a look.
Xie Linan asked again: "I heard from Xiaozhen that she plans to repay you."
"what?"
"That woman said that she wanted to repay you for helping her raise her child. Now that you are not well, she plans to take care of you, but?"
Lin Xinghua: "She said so, but we didn't agree."
"Well, then you must insist on not agreeing to this. Don't believe anything she says. She ran away on her own and took all the money and tickets from our family. She left us no way to survive. No matter how many excuses she makes, they are just excuses."
Lin Xinghua nodded and said, "I know, but she is your mother after all. She raised you all this time and gave birth to your child. She..."
"Okay, I know you're a soft-hearted person. She hasn't said anything yet, but you're already speaking for her."
Lin Xinghua: “…”
"I'm not speaking for her. What I mean is that she gave birth to you and is your mother. Don't go too far. It's not good for you to let others gossip about you."
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