Chapter 81 Huahua
In the evening, Aunt Qiao cooked everything she could get at home, including stir-fried bacon with green peppers, scrambled eggs with green onions, cabbage stewed with vermicelli, cold-mixed black fungus and cucumber, and a large steamed pot of steamed buns.
"Wanyang, you should eat more. You kid, Sanguan said he would buy you one when he was young, so why did you go to the city and push two bikes back?"
Xia Wanyang glanced at Zhang Shiye secretly, "Oh, I just thought it would be more convenient to have a bicycle. I don't know how to ride a men's bicycle, and the women's bicycle is too small for Zhang Shiye to ride. It just so happens that the department store has them in stock, and they are quite hard to find, so I bought them all."
Zhang Heping twitched his lips. Their team was considered rich, with only five in the whole village. Fortunately, his family bought two, so the fourth child was confirmed to be a gigolo.
Zhang Shiye also knew this, but he didn't care. He was not happy to be able to live off Yangyang.
The rain stopped the next day. After finishing her morning work, Xia Wanyang went to the city again wearing long clothes, long pants and a sun hat, but this time she was accompanied by Zhang Shiye.
Two bicycles floated past on the road, and the crowd exploded instantly.
"Oh my god, those were Xia Wanyang and Accountant Zhang, right? Captain Zhang asked his other two sons to divorce in order to marry his eldest son, and even bought them two bicycles? You didn't tell me how much the bicycles cost, did you? Where did he get the tickets?"
"Are you stupid? That educated youth Xia came from Shanghai. What he eats, wears and uses is the best. How can't you get two bicycle tickets?"
"What tickets? The train was probably bought by Xia Zhiqing. The money Captain Zhang had was remitted by his second son. He can't spend all his second son's money on his youngest son. Yuan Hong can't do that!"
Lin Feifei and Xue Xingran passed by, and Lin Feifei laughed, "Look at your ugly jealous faces, listen to your sour tone, they are getting married soon, it's their business who buys it, why are you talking about it? Xia Wanyang has the conditions to make herself comfortable, how does it bother you?"
Xue Xingran added, "That's right, it's no good for a dog to meddle in other people's business."
Xia Wanyang didn't know what everyone was saying, but even if she knew she wouldn't care. She was persecuted by rumors in her previous life, so nothing anyone said could affect her in this life.
He Hua was almost recovered, and the wounds on her body had scabbed over. When the two of them went directly to the hospital, Su Man was packing her things.
"Wan Yang, you're here? The hospital said He Hua can be discharged today."
Xia Wanyang walked over and chuckled, "That's great, we've already found a house, but our team leader said that you two need to transfer your household registration to the team. But don't worry, the police officer who responded to the call was my dad's comrade-in-arms, so it will be very convenient to ask him to do it."
He Hua hesitated to speak, "Wan Yang, I..."
Su Man sighed beside them. The two of them talked a lot last night. He Hua was just afraid that there would be too much gossip and they couldn't bear it. Su Man was the same. Over the years, people have said that she couldn't have children and was rejected by her husband's family. Some people even said that she was a barren woman.
Xia Wanyang smiled, "Sister He Hua, are you afraid that people will gossip about you when you move to the team? I understand you very well, but what I want to say is that life is only a few decades long, why do you have to live in other people's comments? As long as you don't care, other people's words won't affect you at all. People have mouths on their bodies. No matter whether you do well or badly, people who want to say something about you can say it anyway, right?
We can't use other people's words to punish ourselves. We can't hide away because we're afraid of being criticized. I feel that being happy is more important than anything else. Ask yourself in your heart, do you want to live in the Dongfanghong Brigade?"
He Hua's eyes were red. "I want to go. I'm tired of living under someone else's roof and being dominated by others. I want to live on my own. Wan Yang asked me to go. I'm not afraid to say it."
Su Man nodded, "Me too, thank you Wan Yang."
Xia Wanyang clapped her hands, "Okay, it's decided. You two can come with us later. My partner is here too and is waiting outside. We both came here by bicycle."
He Hua shook her head. "Don't bother. I haven't sold my house yet, and my divorce papers haven't been finalized yet. I want to take care of everything first before going."
"Okay then, I'll go back and help you get the house ready and clean it up. By the way, are you renting or buying? If you rent, it's two dollars a month, and if you buy, it's sixty dollars."
He Hua opened her wallet, took out three big unity notes and handed them to Xia Wanyang, "Let's rent it first, and buy it when we are stable. Help me pay for a year first, and hire a few aunts to clean the house for the rest. Why would I need you to do it?"
Xia Wanyang didn't hesitate and took the money with a smile, "Okay, I'll take care of it!"
After leaving the hospital, Xia Wanyang and Zhang Shiye went to the department store, bought two bottles of Moutai and a pound of egg cake, and went to the Public Security Bureau. They still needed Uncle Fan's help with He Hua's matter. He had helped them buy tickets before, so it was reasonable for them to go see him.
Things went more smoothly than expected. After leaving the Public Security Bureau, the two returned to the Dongfanghong Brigade.
As soon as I entered the village, I met an unexpected person.
Li Ling watched the two men riding their brand new bicycles, her eyes full of resentment and unwillingness. If it weren't for them, her sister wouldn't have been sentenced at such a young age, and her parents wouldn't have shamed her and married her off again less than a week after her divorce, to a useless man with a disabled lower body.
Huahua held Li Ling's hand and begged, "Mom, can I just live with my grandma? Or send me back to my grandma's house. I'm afraid of my new grandma. She always pinches me behind your back. Mom, it hurts so much."
Li Ling impatiently let go of Huahua's hand and said, "I still want to live at your grandma's house, but you just saw that your grandma and grandpa didn't even look at you except for the money I have. They won't agree to let you live there."
Huahua started to cry, "Then...then can I go back to Dad? I actually miss my brother too."
Li Ling's eyes rolled, "Hua Hua, let's go see how your brother is doing. When you see your grandma, cry and make her cry until she softens her heart, then you can go back!"
Huahua quickly wiped away her tears and nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "Okay."
Li Ling came to the door of Zhang's house and wanted to go in directly, but after thinking about it, she knocked on the door. Aunt Qiao had just coaxed Sanwa to sleep, and when she saw that it was Li Ling knocking on the door, she was immediately furious, "What are you doing here? I heard that you are married, it's not appropriate for you to come to our Zhang family again, right?"
Li Ling smiled awkwardly, "Huahua misses her brother, I came to see the child."
Aunt Qiao stood at the door to block Li Ling from coming in, "There's no need to look. Sanwa just fell asleep. Since you're divorced, there's no need to use the child as an excuse to come over."
Huahua stood at the door, looking at Qiao Shuyun with tears in her eyes, "Grandma, don't you miss me?"
Aunt Qiao looked at her granddaughter with mixed feelings. In less than a month, not only had she lost weight, but her body was also extremely dirty. Her face was covered with tears and snot, and there was black food residue at the corners of her mouth.
Aunt Qiao looked at Li Ling and asked, "Is this how you raise your children?"
Li Ling looked at Hua Hua coldly, "I can barely protect myself, it's lucky she's still alive."
Huahua burst into tears as soon as she smiled, "Grandma, I want to come back. Can you ask Dad to bring Mom and me back? I miss Dad and my brother so much. My new grandma always beats me and won't even let me cry after beating me."
Zhang Shiye just happened to hear this when he came back from sending Xia Wanyang. Just as he was about to speak, Huahua came up and slapped his thigh, "It's all your fault, uncle. If you had married my aunt, my parents wouldn't have divorced, and I wouldn't have been beaten and scolded by my new grandmother. It's all your fault!"
Aunt Qiao pulled Huahua over and pointed at Li Ling and said, "You've been telling her things like this behind her back, haven't you? Li Ling, Huahua is only a few years old, and you're teaching her like this?"
Zhang Shiye ignored them, pushed the door open, went in and parked the car in the yard, then pulled Aunt Qiao into the yard and closed the door.
Li Ling didn't dare to say a word. She pulled Huahua and slapped her on the butt a few times, "I told you to say everything. She was already soft-hearted. Now you don't even think about coming back!"
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