Chapter 236 Parents are on guard against me
"Why do you look so familiar to me?"
Hearing his wife's voice, the man quickly turned his head and looked in the direction of her finger, and indeed saw Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu.
The old couple were wearing coarse linen clothes with many patches on them. They were talking and laughing with a beautiful woman, and the kindness in their eyes was almost overflowing.
Seeing the old couple, the man hurriedly hid in the alley, revealing only a pair of eyes, and muttered, "It shouldn't be... Why are they here?"
"How come my parents didn't send us a message when they came to the capital?" The woman's face turned even uglier. Suddenly, she thought of something and hurriedly tugged at the man's sleeve. "Rou'er's father, do you think... could it be that the old couple knew that our family had moved to the capital?"
"Impossible!" The man denied it without a second thought, his face livid. "We were so careful, deliberately leaving at night. Even Rou'er didn't cry. No one except my old boss in town knew I quit my job as an accountant. My parents are in Xinghua Village and haven't come out for a long time. How could they know our whereabouts?"
"I'm afraid my parents will go to town to look for your old boss!" The woman hugged her infant daughter tightly, her face full of bitterness and hatred. "We tricked the old couple into spending all their money on their coffins and then spent all their wealth to buy a small courtyard in the capital. Liu Shoucheng, let me tell you, that small courtyard is only big enough for our family of three."
"We don't even know what's going on right now, why are you shouting so hastily?" Liu Shoucheng glared at her, his tone impatient, "My old boss only knew that I wanted to quit my job, and didn't know we were in the capital. It must be a coincidence that we ran into my parents today."
"What a coincidence?" The woman naturally didn't believe it and curled her lips and said, "I've been married to your family for so many years, and I've never heard that your family has such noble relatives."
Liu Shoucheng looked back at her, confusion in his eyes. "Noble?"
"Open your eyes and take a good look. That's where your parents came from!" The woman raised her hand and pointed at the Zhao family, lowering her voice. "That's the Zhao family. The head of the Zhao family is the Minister of War. Do you see that beautiful girl? That's the eldest daughter of the Zhao family!"
Liu Shoucheng looked over hastily and saw the words "Zhao's Residence" engraved on the gilded plaque not far away. "Are you sure that the girl leaning on my mother's shoulder is the eldest daughter of the Zhao family?"
"It's absolutely true!" The woman was so angry that she pinched him and almost broke her back teeth. "I saw it with my own eyes. How could I have mistaken him for someone like that?"
Liu Shoucheng frowned and muttered to himself, "But how could my parents get involved with the Minister of War..."
One is an official appointed by the imperial court, the other is a peasant working in the fields.
These two identities should never meet in a lifetime.
"Hmph, if you ask me, your parents are just being wary of me!" The woman sneered, rocking her daughter gently in her arms. "I've been married to your family for so many years, and even borne you a child, yet I still had no idea you had such a wealthy relative!"
"Shut up!" Liu Shoucheng's face looked really ugly, and he looked at her with vicious eyes, which scared her so much that she dared not speak again.
Liu Shoucheng's mind was in a mess, and he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation no matter how hard he racked his brains.
Not to mention his wife, even he himself didn't know when the old couple had found such a strong supporter.
If I had known this, why would I have to scrape together money from all over, even lying to my parents and saying that I owed gambling debts, just to buy a yard as big as a birdcage in the capital?
Is it really like Cuilan said, that my parents are wary of me?
Seeing the carriage leaving, Liu Cuilan hurriedly tugged at his sleeve, "Dad, hurry up and catch up!"
Liu Shoucheng came to his senses and hurriedly chased in the direction the carriage left.
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Dieyixuan
"The material is good, and the ready-made clothes are also nice. It's better to buy them all at once. The remaining material can be used to make a pair of pants for the little girl." Su Cheng casually ordered a few pieces. Just by looking at them with the naked eye, it was obvious that they were very expensive. The shopkeeper next to him smiled with wrinkles on his face and was very attentive.
"Ah Cheng, that's enough, that's enough..." Aunt Liu stood in the shop, somewhat at a loss. Seeing Su Cheng buy seven or eight ready-made clothes and more than a dozen pieces of fabric with just a wave of her hand, her expression suddenly changed. She hurriedly tried to pull her away, "You kid, your uncle and I have plenty of clothes to wear!"
"Where did you get the clothes?" Su Cheng didn't even turn her head, and instructed the shopkeeper to pack up all the clothes that caught her eye. "If you can come up with a piece of clothing without patches, we won't need all the materials and ready-made clothes."
"I..." Aunt Liu's words were stuck at the tip of her tongue. She clutched her sleeves in embarrassment and closed her mouth.
She and her husband had finally come to the capital, and she knew that wearing poor clothes would embarrass her children, so she rummaged through boxes and drawers to find this dress.
What they are wearing now are the clothes with the least patches that the old couple have.
"Oh, auntie, you have such a good child at home, aren't you secretly happy?" The shopkeeper smiled with his eyes curved, and when the white money came into the account, he praised Su Cheng without any ambiguity, "The child is filial, which is a blessing for us as elders."
Aunt Liu was not good at speaking, so she could only smile foolishly with a red face, and her heart felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey.
It was not until he saw the coachman coming out carrying large and small bags of clothes that Liu Shoucheng, who was hiding in the dark and watching, was completely dumbfounded.
"Look!" Liu Cuilan was furious and pinched him again, "That's Dieyixuan, the most expensive and best clothing store in the capital!"
Normally, whenever she passed by the shop door, she would stand on tiptoe and look inside for a long time.
"Ah Cheng, don't spend so much money in the future." Uncle Liu looked at the mountain of clothes that was almost filling up the carriage and sighed softly. "I treat you like my own child. I know you have a promising future, but from now on, you have to spend your money on yourself. Don't worry about us two old people."
Su Cheng held up a finger and smiled endearingly, "Just this once."
"When can you come home?" Aunt Liu held her hand. The two of them were as close as real mother and daughter. "I go to your yard every day to tidy up. Looking at your empty house, I really miss you."
Su Cheng smiled softly, "Don't worry, Auntie. I have some difficult things to deal with right now. I will definitely go back to the village after I finish them... By the way, why didn't Xiao Ni come?"
"She's in school now, right where Suzhou used to teach." Aunt Liu smiled even more heartily when she mentioned her daughter. "You don't have to take care of the potatoes too much. Your uncle is out working, and I'm weaving bamboo baskets at home. I've saved some money so that Nizi can learn to read."
"Dad! Mom!"
The smile on her lips froze. Aunt Liu slowly turned around and saw her biological son, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, running towards her.
Maybe because he was too anxious, one of his shoes even fell off.
"...Shoucheng?" Aunt Liu blinked, making sure she wasn't dreaming. "You...why are you in the capital?"
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