"Why would I ask you to do that? Are you here to pick a fight? Don't you know what you're like? You've chosen your own path. Don't just blame others. Now that we've split up, we each have our own lives to live. No one needs to pamper anyone else."
Zhang Xiulan couldn't hear the disgust in her mother-in-law's words, and her face was full of grievance.
"That being said, why were the second brother's family all called over? If mother is dividing the family, then our family should be included too, right?"
"The second daughter-in-law has always been on good terms with the third daughter-in-law. What's wrong with inviting them over? Didn't you say before that the second daughter-in-law was trying to curry favor with the third family? Just think of it as the result of their currying favor. You don't have to curry favor with them, and you don't have to go to them for help. Isn't that great?"
Zhang Xiu Lan felt that what her mother-in-law said seemed to be okay but also unpleasant to the ear. It took her a long time to realize that it was an insult to her.
When did her mother-in-law also learn to be a hermaphrodite?
I didn't get along well with my mother-in-law either. When I returned to the house and saw my two children, I started to scold her again. I finally felt relieved after I kicked the children out.
Jiang Wanwan watched everyone eat, wiped her hands and went to find her man.
Lu Xiao was still at the new house. As soon as he walked out the door, he saw a child not far away, looking at them timidly.
"Haruki, why are you here?"
Jiang Wanwan waved and called the child over. Seeing that his little face was red from the cold and there was snot hanging from his nose, she took out some toilet paper and wiped his nose.
Haruki's eyes were dark and bright, and they seemed to be glowing as he looked at the woman in front of him.
My mother said that my aunt wanted to separate the family because she didn't like them. If they separated, they would no longer be a family.
But he felt that his aunt was still as gentle as before, and did not dislike him as his mother said.
“I…I…”
Chunshu didn't know how to tell Jiang Wanwan that his mother kicked them out because she was angry and didn't give them any food, so she asked them to come to his aunt's house for dinner.
Jiang Wanwan glanced behind her helplessly and only then realized that there was a child standing behind a haystack not far away.
Jiang Wanwan pulled Xiao Chunshu to Chunsheng. Chunsheng was stared at by those eyes and subconsciously wanted to run away, but Jiang Wanwan grabbed him first.
"What happened? Did you come here to talk to my aunt about something?"
These two children would not come here for no reason. Jiang Wanwan also knows what kind of person Zhang Xiu Lan is after the contact over the past six months. These two children came here now most likely because Zhang Xiu Lan is targeting them again.
Both of them kept silent with their heads down. Jiang Wanwan didn't ask any more questions and just pulled them home.
"Haven't you eaten yet? Go home with your aunt to eat first."
There were many people in the yard, all eating. Jiang Wanwan pulled the two children to the big stove, served them a big bowl of stew in the morning and evening, and took out two big steamed buns, one for each of them.
"Take your brother to eat over there. If it's not enough, come over here and get more yourself."
Chunsheng didn't take the steamed bun. He looked at the hot steamed bun and the stew, swallowed his saliva, looked up and blinked his big black and white eyes at Jiang Wanwan.
"Aunt, I'm not hungry. Do you need help building a new house? I can carry bricks..."
As he spoke, his voice became quieter and quieter, because he saw that the new house had been built to the top and perhaps he didn't need to move bricks anymore.
Jiang Wanwan knew that Chunsheng was thoughtful and rubbed his little head. "Of course you need it, but you should eat first. Only after you have a full meal will you have the strength to work. I'll go see your uncle. He's still working over there."
Chunsheng's eyes lit up immediately. It was good to have work to do. Mantou nodded heavily and said, "I eat very quickly."
Xiao Chunshu had already started chewing on the steamed bun, and after hearing his brother's expression, he said vaguely, "I eat fast, and I can also move bricks."
Before Jiang Wanwan went next door, Lu Xiao came back and saw the two children in the yard at a glance.
After glancing around the yard and not seeing anyone else from the main house, I had a rough idea of what was going on.
He walked forward and gently held Jiang Wanwan's hand, with tenderness in his eyes.
"Now that you're back, I'll serve you some food."
When Jiang Wanwan saw the man, she immediately took a bowl to serve him food.
These days, Lu Xiao has to get up early and stay up late, and many things need to be done by himself. Sometimes he doesn’t even have time to eat. Now that he has time to eat, he has to eat quickly.
Lu Xiao responded and sat next to Chunsheng.
The two children called out "Uncle" at the same time, and Lu Xiao raised his hand and touched the two children's heads.
Feng Huining, who was standing by, also saw the two children. After Jiang Wanwan finished his work, they chatted with him.
"School has started, and all the children of similar age in the village have come to attend. However, your eldest brother's two children didn't come. The Party Secretary said that since the village has established a primary school, the cultural level of the members must be improved. As long as the children are old enough, they must go to school. For this reason, Cao Zhiqing even went to Brother Lu's house to inquire, but he was kicked out by your eldest sister-in-law. She said that their children don't need to go to school and don't like it."
This was the first time Jiang Wanwan had heard of this. "She said the child doesn't like going to school?"
"That's right. I don't know about others, but I don't believe Chunsheng doesn't like going to school. In the past half month since school started, I've seen him sneaking to the back of the school several times to peek at other children in class. I heard that when there was no school in the village, Chunsheng wanted to go to school and was even beaten by your sister-in-law for it."
Jiang Wanwan was truly eye-opening.
It is said that a mother is strong and can sacrifice everything for her children. How could Zhang Xiu Lan do such a thing?
After the family split, Wang Sanni felt more confident in her words. She wiped her hands and continued, "Children need to pay tuition to go to school. Chunsheng was already earning work points for the family at the age of eight. Now he can do all kinds of work, and Chunshu can also earn a few work points. My sister-in-law is reluctant to pay tuition, but she is also reluctant to lose the few work points the child has earned."
"Wouldn't that ruin the child's life?" Jiang Wanwan couldn't understand.
"In her opinion, what's the point of studying for half a day? She still has to stay in the village to earn work points. It's better to save the money and earn more work points in the next few years. I don't know if Lu Jie's words that day irritated her. Recently, she has been saying that the two children should work hard and she won't pay for their future marriages."
"Such a young child is talking about getting married? Is your sister-in-law mentally ill?" Feng Huining was not polite at all when she complained.
She is now a teacher in the village primary school and knows that the learning opportunities for these children are hard-won.
At the same time, she was also secretly reviewing. In case the college entrance examination was resumed, she also wanted to change her destiny through knowledge.
Therefore, we also pay more attention to learning.
While they were talking, the two children had already finished their meal.
I saw the two of them put down their chopsticks and bowls and ran away, and I thought they went home before it got dark.
As a result, after the helpers left, Lu Xiao and Jiang Wanwan went to the yard next door and saw two small figures carrying bricks diligently under the hazy moonlight.
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