Last year, Wang Chenchen sold Lu Jiangting's TV and wanted to escape back home.
And now, he remembered Lu Jiangting's kindness again and wanted to save enough money to go to Nancheng to find Lu Jiangting.
He remembered that his mother Fang Qing was about to be released from prison, so he just wanted to stay with Lu Jiangting for a while until his mother was released.
"Brother, what are you hiding?"
Wang Chenchen was startled and quickly held the money tightly in his hand and put it behind his back.
"No, I'm not hiding anything. You're seeing things wrong."
"Are you hiding some delicious food?"
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"No, our family is so poor, where can we get delicious food?"
"But I heard from Wang Er and the others that you went to the mountains to look for sweet potatoes yesterday. Did you find any?"
"No, the sweet potatoes were all gone last month. We'll have to wait until next year to eat them."
Wang Zhi was so hungry that he swallowed his saliva.
But there was nothing they could do without food.
At this time, the voice of grandma cursing grandpa was heard in the room again.
It's nothing more than scolding the old man for having pooped and peed, and then beating him up.
Then she cried and complained about her miserable life. When she was young, she became a stepmother to her grandfather and raised several children with great difficulty.
You should be enjoying your life when you are old, but instead you suffer this pain.
They are all used to it.
After Jiang Mei finished howling, she called Wang Chenchen's name again.
"Chenchen, I asked you to feed the pigs, did you do it?"
Wang Chenchen: "No."
"You dead child, I told you to feed it, why didn't you?"
"There's no more pig grass."
"If there's no pig grass left, you won't go to the mountains to cut it."
Wang Chenchen was furious. He clenched his fists and said, "I just got out of school and I still have homework to do."
"What's there to do? You already got first place in the exam, so what else is there to do?"
Get first place in the exam?
That was the final exam before last winter vacation. He had just returned from the city at that time, and he indeed got the first place in the class.
The children in the village could never compare to him.
But his grades have seriously declined this year and the teacher has told him about it several times.
He had no choice but to use the excuse that his grandmother didn't allow him to read to fool the teacher.
The teacher knew their family situation and just sighed.
Occasionally I would run into Wang Chenchen cutting grass for pigs in the mountains, but I felt sorry for him.
The teacher thought another miracle was going to happen in their family, but unfortunately, the two grandmothers were different.
Wang Chenchen was unwilling to go, so Jiang Mei took out a bamboo stick and spanked him on the butt. He ran away crying, and finally went to the mountains to cut grass for pigs.
It was very scary in the mountains at night, so he had to finish cutting the grass before it got dark.
Wang Chenchen cried while cutting.
Not long after, a little guy found him with a sickle.
"Brother, I'll mow the grass with you."
Wang Chenchen was a little surprised.
He didn't like this younger brother, "What are you doing here?"
"I'll help you mow the lawn."
"Hmph, I wouldn't like you even if you helped me mow the grass. I'm an only child, I don't have any brothers."
Wang Zhi stood aside and looked at him with a pout on his face.
After a while, he spoke again.
"I know you're hiding money."
Wang Chenchen was startled, dropped the sickle and ran towards him, grabbing his neck and saying, "Don't tell anyone, do you hear me, or I'll strangle you to death."
Wang Zhi was frightened and said hurriedly, "I won't tell you, I won't tell you."
"snort."
Only then did Wang Chenchen let go.
Wang Zhi asked, "Are you saving money for the trip? Do you want to go to South City?"
Wang Chenchen: “…” I just promised him not to tell him.
"It's none of your business."
"Of course. If you're going to South City, can you take me with you? I'm still young, so the bus ride is free. I didn't ask for money when I came back."
Wang Chenchen raised an eyebrow, "Why bring you along?"
"I want to go find my mom and my sister." He paused, then added, "I don't want to be a descendant of the Wang family. I hate grandpa and grandma."
Wang Chenchen thought that she was quite scared to sit in a car alone for several days.
Although it's a burden to have him around, at least there's someone I can talk to.
“It’s not impossible, but I don’t have enough money.”
"I don't need to pay for the ride."
"I know, but it's a long journey, and you need to eat and drink. Food and drink all cost money. I'm not saving for the journey, but for food."
Wang Zhi didn't understand either, but after listening to what he said he felt that there was some truth to it.
"So what should we do?"
"I know the old woman is rich, so..."
He came up with an idea and asked Wang Zhi to steal Jiang Mei's money.
Ever since grandpa was bedridden, someone comes to their house to see him every month.
If he is confirmed to be alive, he will be given a month's pension.
Wang Chenchen had already figured it out.
He would wait for that day and ask Wang Zhi to steal all of the monthly pension so that they would have money to go to South City.
The exams are just a few days away. After the final exams, summer vacation will officially begin.
After the holiday, Jiang Mei had no worries about ordering him around. She would wake them up at dawn, ask them to take care of their grandfather, change his diapers, and go to the mountains to collect firewood and cut grass for the pigs.
Wang Chenchen is older and does more work, so Wang Zhi can't sit idle either. Even though he is still young, Jiang Mei orders him to do all kinds of work.
He clearly remembered that his grandmother was not like this before. She often told him that he was a little man and that men should not do these housework.
In the past, when he saw his mother washing clothes and went to help knock on the clothes a few times, his mother was scolded by his grandmother.
But now, all the family's clothes are thrown to him, and grandma doesn't stop him from working.
And he was only five years old, yet he had to do so much work.
One of his clothes was washed away by the water. He wanted to retrieve it, but he was frightened by the rippling water. Finally, the clothes were washed farther and farther away.
In desperation, he went back to Jiang Mei crying.
"Grandma, grandma's clothes were washed away by the water."
Jiang Mei came out of the house, "What? How did the clothes get washed away?"
"I was washing clothes and they got washed away."
Jiang Mei slapped him on the forehead and said, "You useless thing, you can't even wash clothes properly, what's the point of having you here?"
"Grandma, didn't you say I'm a man and men don't have to work?"
"That was in the past. Back then, your mom did the housework, and at worst, your sister did it. Now that your mom and sister are gone, who will do it if you don't?"
"Aren't you still here? Why aren't you doing anything?"
"There's so much work to do around the house. How can I possibly finish it? I have to cook, sweep the floor, and take care of your grandfather."
Wang Zhi whispered with tears in his eyes, "What about the clothes?"
"Go, go get it back. If you can't get it back, you won't have dinner tonight."
"My clothes have been washed away. I don't dare. Grandma, go and get them."
"Just go ahead and fish it out when I tell you to. How dare you quibble?" Jiang Mei threatened him with a stick.
Wang Zhi was afraid of being beaten, so he could only run away crying.
Wang Zhong on the bed knew everything. He was scolded and beaten every day. He wished he could just die.
But his two children still rely on his monthly alimony to survive. What will happen to them if he dies?
Of course, Jiang Mei didn't want him to die either. If he died, the alimony would be gone. Would she be left to starve with her two children?
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