Chapter 176 Waiting for the Divorce (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"I really don't want to go home right now. My head starts to ache as soon as I get home." Zhou Tianyu sighed, then looked at Xu Qingmo with pleading eyes, "For the sake of our unity on the enemy's side, could you let me stay here for a few days?"
Song Wei said, "If Zhou Tianyu can stay here, I want to stay too."
Xu Qingmo didn't want to hear any of this and urged, "My house isn't a place you can just come and stay as you please. If you behave well, you can stay and eat here. If you don't behave well, leave right now."
Neither of them wanted to leave; being able to get a meal here was already a good thing.
After that, neither of them spoke again until they had eaten and drunk their fill, at which point they both breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's really refreshing. I wish I could stay here forever." Song Wei was speaking from the heart.
The environment here is so much better than at home, plus I can eat delicious food here all the time and won't get nagged by my family.
"Xu Qingmo, Lu Ting, since you've both been home alone lately, could you let me stay here for a few days? I promise I won't disturb your normal lives."
Zhou Tianyu: "If Song Weineng can stay here, I want to stay here too."
Xu Qingmo looked disgusted. "You two get out of here right now. I don't want to see you."
“We’re not just staying here for nothing; we can work here,” Song Wei said sincerely.
"No need, we don't need you here." Xu Qingmo waved her hand dismissively.
Before Song Wei could say anything more, Liu Guiying's voice rang out from outside, followed by Zhang Cui's voice.
The two met at Xu Qingmo's doorstep. They were both looking for their respective children. At this moment, the two, who already disliked each other, found each other even more disagreeable.
Zhang Cui snorted, "Some people really like to imitate others. I came to look for my child, and she came to look for her child too. Could it be that you deliberately let your Song Wei follow my Tianyu out so that you can learn from me?"
Liu Guiying didn't want to argue with Zhang Cui, but what Zhang Cui said was too harsh.
"You're really funny. Would I deliberately let Song Wei follow your Tianyu? Only you could come up with something like that. It's disgusting."
"Of course you don't want to admit it, afraid that I'll spread this around and make you lose face."
"Would I lose face because of you? Doesn't someone like you always think you're superior?"
Zhang Cui and Liu Guiying argued louder and louder.
Xu Qingmo didn't want to be watched by others, and she didn't want to hear people arguing at the door.
She opened the door and pushed Song Wei and Zhou Tianyu out.
"Take your mothers home and don't make a scene at the door. I need to sleep soon, and I have a lot to do tomorrow," Xu Qingmo ordered Song Wei, instructing them to take their mothers with them.
Song Wei and Zhou Tianyu dared not offend Xu Qingmo now, so they both brought their mothers home.
After Song Wei returned home, he told her that he had already eaten at Xu Qingmo's house.
Liu Guiying didn't make things difficult for him, but stopped him and asked him curiously about Xu Qingmo's attitude towards him.
Xu Qingmo's reputation has spread far and wide; everyone knows she can make explosives by hand and even helped Shen Jiang take down an enemy stronghold.
Xu Qingmo is currently very popular; whoever gets close to her will definitely have a better future.
Liu Guiying will not stop Song Wei and Xu Qingmo from getting too close now.
On the contrary, she would support Song Wei in taking the initiative to get closer to Xu Qingmo.
“Mom, I’m really tired. These past few days since I came home, I’ve been hearing you and Zhou Tianyu’s mother arguing all the time. I feel like my life is going wrong.” Song Wei didn’t answer Liu Guiying’s question.
Instead, he revealed how unhappy he had been lately.
Liu Guiying said helplessly, "Zhang Cui is like a leech. It's not that I want to argue with her, but that she takes the initiative to stick to me. If I don't argue with her, she will think that I am afraid of her, and our lives will become more and more miserable."
"Okay, I got it. I'm going back to my room to sleep now."
"But don't get too upset. Next spring, Zhang Cui will divorce Zhou Qiang, and once she's divorced, she'll definitely move out of the family compound."
Song Wei could only count the days on his fingers.
Meanwhile, Zhou Tianyu went home but didn't plan to eat.
Zhang Cui called out to Zhou Tianyu's retreating figure, "Aren't you going to eat?"
"I've already eaten at Xu Qingmo's house, you guys go ahead and eat."
"Tianyu, do you really not want to see me right now?" Zhang Cui asked rhetorically.
Zhou Tianyu paused, realizing he really didn't want to argue.
But every time Zhang Cui came home, she would repeat the same thing to him.
She always felt like everyone was hostile towards her.
Zhou Tianyu originally didn't want Zhang Cui and Zhou Qiang to divorce, but now he's actually looking forward to the day they do.
"Mom, can you please stop acting on a whim? When did I ever say I didn't want to see you? I went home when you told me to, but I'm already full and don't need to eat anymore, that's all. Why won't you listen to what's in my heart?"
"Hehe... I just wanted you to have dinner with me. Is that too much to ask?"
Zhou Tianyu didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he pulled up a chair and sat down at the table. "I can eat with you, but let me make this clear beforehand: I've already eaten and I'm not hungry at all. I can only watch you eat. I guess that counts as eating with you, right?"
"Alright, I won't be a bad guy anymore. You can go back to your room and rest."
Zhou Tianyu didn't ask any further questions and got up to leave.
Days passed by, and before we knew it, it was New Year's Day.
Lu Ting followed Wang Jing and Shen Jiang back to Shen Jiang's hometown for the Chinese New Year.
The village was bustling with activity, with New Year's Eve dinner laid out on the table, along with plenty of meat dumplings.
Both the dishes and bowls were steaming hot.
Shen Jiang's parents had passed away, but when the villagers heard that he was returning home, the village chief led a group of people to clean his house in advance.
The village chief also said that we could tell him anytime we needed anything and he would take care of it.
Shen Jiang and the others could feel the warmth and hospitality of the village.
The village chief regards Shenjiang as the pride of their village. Every time he goes to the market and meets the village chief of the neighboring village, he can't help but boast about how amazing Shenjiang is.
This year's New Year's Eve dinner was prepared by Shen Jiang and Wang Jing together.
The sound of firecrackers outside reminded someone that it was time for dinner.
It also serves as a reminder that we've grown a year older in the new year.
After finishing their meal, Xu Qingmo sat next to Wang Jing by the fire, while Lu Ting, who wasn't sleepy either, sat beside Xu Qingmo.
Shenjiang went to the kitchen to tidy up, while the three people in the outer room chatted together.
Looking at the burning flames, Lu Ting couldn't help but say, "Next year, we'll still spend the New Year together by the fire."
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