Tang Xiaoqiang couldn't accept it.
This was not the life he had imagined.
When he learned that they relied on picking up garbage to make ends meet, he refused to believe it.
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Tang Xiaoqiang turned around and went to the bedroom, found Tang Xiaofen's room and started searching.
Tang's mother hurried over and asked, "Hey, Xiaoqiang, what are you doing?"
Tang Xiaoqiang, "I don't believe it's just this little money. I don't believe you can only support your daily expenses by picking up garbage. I need to find it, I need to find it..."
Tang's mother stamped her feet in anxiety, but she was powerless to stop it.
"What are you looking for? You've messed up my room."
Tang Xiaoqiang opened a drawer and found a rental contract inside.
So what the old lady said was true?
Damn, it’s really thirty-five a month, and all the stuff belongs to the landlord.
Damn Fang Qing, you lied to me?
Looking again, he found the household registration book.
Seeing the name on it, Tang Xiaoqiang was shocked, "She changed her niece's name?"
"Yes, your niece's name is Tang Yun now."
"What about my nephew?"
"I haven't had time to go back and transfer his household registration yet. His household registration is still at the Wang family. It's perfect that you're here now. Take me back with you. We can go to the Wang family together and transfer Xiaozhi's household registration."
Tang Xiaoqiang's face froze, "Mom, do you want to come back with me?"
"Of course I did. I've been wanting to go back for a long time, but your sister kept saying she wasn't free and would take me back when she was free. I told her to buy me a ticket and take me to the train station, but she refused, saying she was worried. I couldn't find the way myself, so I ended up staying here. You came just in time, I'll go back with you."
Tang Xiaoqiang thought that his mother was in poor health and was just a sickly sick woman.
Who can afford the medical expenses of twenty or thirty yuan a month?
"Mom, what are you talking about? You're sick, how can you leave? Doctors in big cities are better. You should stay here and get treated."
Tang's mother said, "My illness has been cured. Now I just need to take medicine."
Tang Xiaoqiang's mouth twitched, thinking to himself, you don't even know what disease you have, how can you know if it's cured?
Since you are cured, why take medicine again?
"No, mother..."
Tang's mother got angry and interrupted him, "Xiao Qiang, don't you want to support me?"
"this……"
"Go out and ask around. Whose parents are raised by their daughters? It's not like my son died and I'm being raised by my daughter. You're not afraid of being laughed at if you tell others about it. If a son can't provide for me in my old age, what's the point of having one?"
Tang Xiaoqiang is that old-fashioned person.
Although Tang Xiaofen was always called a money-loser, the idea that a son should provide for his parents in their old age was deeply rooted in his mind.
He also knew that if this matter were to be brought to the village, he would be laughed at and criticized by the people in the clan.
However, their family situation is special, and the old lady passed away on her own, so no one has said anything about him yet.
He could have simply not taken the old lady back and said that the old lady didn't want to go back with him, and that she could stay in Nancheng to help Tang Xiaofen take care of the children.
Tang Xiaoqiang's mind raced, and he made up his mind not to take the old lady back.
"Mom, if you leave, who will help my sister take care of the children?"
Tang's mother lowered her head and hesitated for a while, seeming to be in a real dilemma.
But after a moment, she added, "Then I have to go back with you. I don't know how long I can live with this disease. What if I die out there? I can't find my way home, and then I'll become a wandering ghost."
"How can such a healthy person die so suddenly? If you really feel unwell, I will come to pick you up. You stay here for the time being and help your sister take care of the two children. At the very least, you have to wait until they are older before returning. Otherwise, what will your sister do if you leave her alone?"
"That won't do. She has to spend so much extra money every month to support me. It's so hard for her as a woman. Take me home and buy me some cheap medicine."
Tang Xiaoqiang thought, there is a cheap medicine that the girl doesn't know how to use? She is not a fool.
Besides, if you have a serious illness, it can’t be cured by cheap medicine.
"Mom, let's talk about this later. I just got here and I need to rest for a while."
Tang Xiaoqiang was a little disappointed because he didn't find anything valuable in the room.
He believed what his mother said about 80%, but still had a glimmer of hope.
But now he was really tired and didn't want to think about these things. He planned to take a nap first.
When Tang's mother saw him take off his smelly shoes and lie directly on his daughter's bed, she was very angry.
I tried to call him to get up but he wouldn't stand a chance, and I couldn't pull him up either, so I had to give up.
I just hope he can really believe it, take a two-day rest and leave quickly, otherwise I won’t be able to survive.
…
After Tang Xiaofen finished her work, she returned home and said, "Mom."
"Shh." Tang's mother made a gesture to silence her and pointed into the house.
Tang Xiaofen heard snoring coming from the room and asked in a low voice, "Is he here?"
Mother Tang nodded and whispered, "Let's go out and talk."
The mother and daughter went out together and took the vegetable basket with them.
When they got outside, Tang's mother briefly explained what had happened.
"I think he believed it. I showed him the scar and he didn't doubt it. He even found your rental contract."
Tang Xiaofen sighed and said, "Even if he believed it, he wouldn't leave easily unless he was sure there was nothing to gain."
"What should I do? I'm afraid he'll figure it out if I keep acting for too long."
"Don't worry, we have a backup plan. But don't be too hasty, or he'll get suspicious."
"So what do you mean...?"
"Let him stay for a few days first. If we rush to send him away, he'll get suspicious."
Tang's mother said, "I understand. I won't let him go. I want him to take me with him."
Tang's mother has made up her mind that this time she must protect her daughter.
When my daughter goes to work, she says she's not feeling well and asks him to take her to the hospital, which annoys him to death.
Tang Xiaofen works the early shift and has to go to work in the early morning. They have to cook and eat in the afternoon, and Tang Xiaofen has to go to bed after eating.
Then Tang's mother went to pick up the two children and watched them bathe, eat, and sleep.
Fortunately, Tang's mother came, otherwise Tang Xiaofen would have to do all these things by herself.
As a result, she couldn't get a full night's sleep.
She had to go to work at four in the morning and got up at three.
The rustling sound woke up Tang Xiaoqiang, who had slept for an afternoon and a night.
But he didn't come out immediately, thinking, what am I doing in the middle of the night?
After a while, he heard the sound of a door opening and closing.
Um?
Where are you going in the middle of the night?
Tang Xiaoqiang slowly got up and walked out of the house. He saw that the living room was dark and no one was there.
At this time, Tang's mother came out and asked quietly, "What are you doing instead of sleeping?"
"You're still talking about me. What was that noise outside just now? Who went out?"
"Who's out? Your sister's out at work, so who else is out?"
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