Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Dare you bring it home? ...
Not only Shen Miao, but anyone passing by nearby would subconsciously take a look at the car parked at the entrance of the building.
Through the window, you can see the leather seats inside and a few brand-name shopping bags in the back seat. When the wind blows, you can even smell the faint scent of perfume wafting from the car... Well, its owner must be a very elegant woman.
There are not many people who can afford a Santana these days, let alone a Mercedes-Benz?
Especially when he saw the license plate with four 8s, the envy in his eyes immediately subsided.
The car is expensive, and the license plate is even more expensive. The people who can afford such luxury cars are not something that ordinary people like them can look directly at.
But why is this car parked here? In this poor and mixed village in the city?
Looking at the unpacked maternal and child products in the shopping bag, Shen Miao was even more certain that the person coming was Wu Guifang. At this moment, she should be in this tube-shaped building that had been added to the eighth floor.
Why is she here?
“Three words!”
"I've already said 'three words', so it doesn't count if you arrest me."
"He's gone, I'm on the third floor, come and touch me!"
"You're a pig! You're a pig!"
"It's too late. I've already caught you! It's your turn. It's your turn to be a ghost!"
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The tube-shaped buildings in the urban villages are a little different from the buildings planned in the city. They are not rectangular structures with two or four households on each floor, but are really circular structures like "tubes".
In this way, the same area can be divided into more rooms to accommodate more families, and the light-transmitting open space in the middle of the "tube" provides a place for leisure and entertainment for children and the elderly living in the building.
There are many children living in the building. They are not worried about going to school yet and are playing a game called "Three Words". From time to time, chirping laughter can be heard from every floor.
The weather is nice today. Some of the elderly people sitting downstairs are listening to the radio, while others are playing chess together, each having their own fun. Although reinforced concrete separates each home, the warm atmosphere here is the same as that in the village near the city.
When Shen Miao came in, she heard the voices of Lai Di and Ying Di. When she looked up, she saw that Lai Di, who was the "ghost", deliberately let Ying Di go by her side and did not catch the sister who could not run fast, but instead tried to catch the little boy who was running upstairs.
"Laidi? Yingdi?"
Hearing Shen Miao's voice coming from downstairs, Yingdi's little head popped out from the railing and waved at her excitedly: "Sister Shen!"
"Stop playing, stop playing. Let's stop for now. I have to take Sister Shen home to see my mom."
“Who is Sister Shen?”
"You wouldn't recognize her even if I told you. My sister Shen is amazing. She's even been on TV!"
The last time I saw Lai Di and Ying Di, they were still wearing their sisters' old clothes from previous years. Today, when they ran downstairs, they had already changed into their own new clothes.
Judging from the stitches, it seems that Wang Qin bought the cloth herself and made them for the children. However, it is very beautifully made and the style is no worse than those sold in the market.
I haven't seen them for a long time. Lai Di and Ying Di seem to have grown a little taller, with more flesh on their faces, and their dimples are full of sweetness when they smile.
When taking Shen Miao upstairs, Lai Di held Shen Miao's hand tightly and kept muttering about how many new and interesting things she had seen in the city. She looked very unhappy. Shen Miao listened to her while looking around at the environment here.
Each floor of the tube-shaped building is built the same: ten square rooms of 30 square meters, two public toilets, and cooking and drying clothes are done in the corridor or on a bamboo pole outside the window.
Most of the people living in the urban villages come to the city to work from the villages on the outskirts of the city. From an outsider's perspective, this place is very unsafe because of the messy gathering of people. But only the villagers who live here know that this is the only place in the city where they can huddle together for warmth.
When I arrived at their house, Zhaodi was picking vegetables in the house, and Pandi was changing her little sister's diaper. Hearing the voice outside the door shouting "Sister Chen is here", Youdi hurried to help clean up the house.
“Sister Shen!”
When she entered the door, Youdi ran over enthusiastically and gave her a warm hug.
Although they and Shen Miao were just doctors and patient family members, in their eyes, Shen Miao was a good sister who was not their biological daughter but was better than their biological daughter.
There are two bunk beds in the 30-square-meter room, where the girls sleep. Wang Qin and Zhou Qiang's 1.8-meter bed is on the side near the window, separated by a cabinet filled with clothes.
There is a foldable round table in the corner, which is usually only opened when eating. However, the space in the room seems even more cramped when it is opened.
This place is not as spacious as home. There is no yard, no space, and even the sun only comes in in the afternoon, but they are very happy living here.
Shen Miao heard Zhao Di say that Wang Qin knew she was coming to eat at noon today, so she just went to buy vegetables and would be back soon.
While waiting for Wang Qin to come back, Shen Miao gave their youngest sister Jiabao a simple checkup.
Fortunately, although Wang Qin is an older mother and her child's congenital development may be slightly worse than that of children of the same age, they still take good care of her. She is not fat, but healthy.
"Yingdi! Yingdi!"
Outside the door, a little girl's joyful shouts were approaching this side, and there was also the "pa pa pa" sound of her little leather shoes stepping on the ground.
The girl was a little out of breath after running up from downstairs. She held the door with one hand to catch her breath, and tightly grasped a plastic bag tied with a bow in the other hand.
"An An, why are you here?"
The girl named An An took the initiative to walk to Yingdi's bed and poured out everything in the plastic bag.
Crash...
Is it chocolate?
Unlike the "gold coin chocolate" that costs one cent each, each chocolate in the plastic bag is wrapped in candy paper with English words written on it. Through the translucent paper, you can see the purest dark brown color of cocoa butter.
"Wow!"
Seeing the pile of chocolate, the girls exclaimed at the same time: "So much chocolate!!!"
They didn't take it actively, but just moved a little closer to smell the aroma of the chocolate.
"Hurry up and eat them," An An took the initiative to grab a handful and stuffed it into the sisters' hands, "I have a lot more at home, eat them quickly!"
The girls had eaten maltose the most in the village before. Chocolate? They had only seen other children in the village eat it.
Yingdi peeled one and put it into her mouth tentatively. It tasted bitter at first, but soon a strong fragrance spread in her mouth. She gently bit the outer shell and found a sweet cream filling inside!
"Hmm! Delicious!" Holding the candy wrapper, Yingdi blinked at An An with surprise on her face.
This is the most delicious candy she has ever tasted in her life!
Seeing that a strange older sister had come to her house, An An generously stuffed one into Shen Miao's hand, "Sister, you eat one too~"
"Thanks."
The little girl named An An is about the same age as Ying Di. She has big eyes, a rosy face and is very pretty. She is wearing Kappa brand clothes. It is hard to tell what brand the small leather shoes on her feet are, but they look very expensive.
I just don't know why a little girl as delicate as a porcelain doll like her would live here.
Looking at the packaging of the chocolate in my hand, I can't find a single Chinese character from inside to outside. Most of it is English, and there are two rows of flamboyant characters from an unknown country below. I guess it was brought back from abroad.
"This is Sister Shen, she's been on TV before, she's amazing." Moving closer to Shen Miao, Yingdi took the initiative to introduce her to her good friend.
The girl also stuffed a chocolate into her mouth, puffed up her cheeks and said hello to Shen Miao: "Hello, sister~ My name is Chen An, the Chen with ears, the An of peace."
Shen Miao nodded: "Hello, An An."
Speaking of being on TV, Chen An has some good news to share with all the sisters in the Zhou family, "By the way, my house is going to install a TV today, come to my house and watch TV later~"
"TV? Your family is going to buy a TV?!" Lai Di asked in surprise.
"Then can I come to your house to watch Pinocchio from now on?"
"Really? My dad said that TV sets are very expensive."
"Really?" Chen An sat down on the bed, swinging his feet back and forth. "The workers are installing it at home. If you don't believe me, come home with me and you'll know."
As she was speaking, a voice came from outside the door urging her to go home.
"An An? Where have you been?"
Chen An quickly ran out of the door, leaned over the railing and replied to the people downstairs, "I'm playing at Yingdi's house, I'll be back soon."
"Come back quickly and prepare for dinner, and then go play in the afternoon."
Chen An was reluctant but still said "oh" with a long tone.
Hmm, why does this voice sound familiar?
Although it is a local dialect, but...
Shen Miao followed him out of the house, and when she looked downstairs, she indeed saw the face that she had met twice.
Chen Weimin! It's Chen Weimin!
It turns out that Chen An is Chen Weimin's daughter? !
Yes, Chen An’s eyes are so beautiful, and her last name is Chen. Besides, Qian Wanli’s car is parked downstairs, so Chen Weimin should be here too…
The moment their eyes met, a trace of astonishment and surprise flashed across Chen Weimin’s eyes, he seemed to have not expected that Shen Miao would appear here.
However, when Shen Miao saw that he had a women’s windbreaker hanging on his arm, she also did not give him a good look.
What a despicable man! It’s fine that he just spends time with the boss’s wife outside, but he actually brings her home!
Did he ever consider the child's feelings? !
"Oh, no hurry, let An An play at his friend's house for a while longer."
As he was talking, a sweet chocolate-colored figure came into the corridor and pulled the corner of his clothes with her hands. Her movements were very ambiguous. "Anyway, the TV needs to be installed for a while, so she has to wait when she comes back."
Wu Guifang's fingertips gently brushed past Chen Weimin's neck, and perhaps because he was being watched by Shen Miao, or perhaps because he was worried about being seen by the children, his expression was a little unnatural, and he subconsciously took her hand away.
Looking up in the direction he had just been, Wu Guifang also saw Shen Miao.
"Sister Shen? What a coincidence, why are you here too?"
There was no sense of shame in Wu Guifang's words, as if she had always lived here. Look at the surprise in her eyes, it seems that she is looking forward to meeting Shen Miao again.
Shen Miao was a little embarrassed, “I, uh, I came to see a patient.”
"Have you finished reading it?" Wu Guifang waved to Chen Miao, her attitude was very enthusiastic, "It's been a long time since we last met. I was just thinking about when to come and see you again. Let's go downstairs and talk."
When the two were talking across the air, Chen Weimin felt like he was being stabbed in the back. He wanted to escape from this situation, but he had nowhere to go. When Wu Guifang invited her to come down, he was so scared that he couldn't help but gasp.
He knew how disgraceful it was for him to bring someone home, so he didn't want to be looked at strangely by Shen Miao. "I, uh, still..."
Shen Miao was just trying to find a reason to refuse, but Wu Guifang interrupted her again, “Forget it, I’ll just go up.”
"No, no, you're not feeling well right now, I'll be able to go down."
Wu Guifang was so noble and awe-inspiring, Shen Miao didn’t want to affect the girls of Zhou’s family, so she had to take the initiative to go down from upstairs and talk to her.
She just hoped that Wang Qin, who went out to buy groceries, would come back soon so that she would have a reason to leave.
When we arrived at the third floor, the sanitary conditions were obviously much worse than those upstairs. The floor had turned black due to years of accumulation of oil, and many of the room doors were in tatters.
The residents of this floor are not permanent and often leave after living there for a few months. Only a few elderly people and workers who share the rent as a dormitory live here permanently.
Those who can rent a house are people with little money. In their spare time, they mostly pass the time by listening to radio broadcasts. This is the first time I have seen someone install a TV in a rental house like Chen Weimin.
Following Chen An to Chen Weimin's home, it can be seen that his family's conditions are obviously more difficult than Zhou Qiang and Wang Qin's.
There were only two beds and a table in the room, no other furniture. There was not even a gas tank for cooking at the door. There were only a few enamel bowls with peeling porcelain on the shelf.
It’s hard to imagine that this is where they have lived for most of the year.
But today, their "home" has undergone changes.
A worker was installing an antenna to receive signals, and two people were assembling a study table and chair for the children. There was a brand new wardrobe, a dozen new sets of clothes and several bags of snacks... The originally empty house was filled with a lot of things.
Chen Weimin has more than one child. Another little boy is sitting quietly in the room, holding a piece of chocolate in his mouth, waiting for the workers to install the antenna. He can't wait to turn on the TV screen.
"Chen Pingping, come out and say hello to Sister Shen," Chen An walked over to the little boy and led him out of the house. "Yingdi said this sister has been on TV, she's amazing!"
The little boy is also good-looking. After putting on beautiful new clothes, he looks like the little prince in the fairy tale, with a pair of bright and sparkling black eyes.
Coming to Shen Miao, the little boy politely said hello and took out a chocolate from his pocket and handed it to her, "Want some chocolate? It's delicious."
Chen Ping and Chen An are twins. Both brother and sister inherited Chen Weimin's good looks. The brother is shy and the sister is lively. They become more and more likable the more you look at them.
It seems that Wu Guifang likes them very much too, which is why she sent so many good things to their home today.
However, Shen Miao felt that perhaps it was also because of the baby in Wu Guifang's belly, and the TV set given to the children was a reward for Chen Weimin's hard work day and night.
"An An, be good and go play with your brother first. I want to talk to your sister Shen about something." Wu Guifang rubbed her hair on her forehead lovingly, her tone very gentle.
Chen An nodded sensibly, "Yeah."
The brother and sister were very polite to Wu Guifang, probably because she had given them so many gifts today. When they looked up at her, their eyes were filled with sparkling little stars.
The world of children is very simple. They only know that this aunt is very kind, but they don’t know that her appearance will hurt their mother.
"Sister, the medicine you prescribed for me last time really worked after I took it. I sleep soundly every day."
Wu Guifang took Shen Miao's hand and walked to the side, and started talking naturally as if she were talking to her own sister, "I just feel like vomiting every day these past two days, and I can't stand the smell of fishy or meaty things, and I can't eat after just a few bites of food, can you help me see what's going on?"
Shen Miao was somewhat at a loss as to what to do.
This was only the third time they had met today, they weren't that familiar with each other...
Well, no wonder they make so much money and are so successful. I guess in the business world, everyone is their brother or sister.
Shen Miao simply felt her pulse and comforted her, “The fetus is in good condition, this is a normal pregnancy reaction, pay attention to a light diet, eat more fruits and vegetables and you will feel better.”
Hearing what Shen Miao said, Wu Guifang’s heart was half relieved. After taking her hand back, she asked again: “Sister, you said that I had so many miscarriages before, and I’m so old, this child, I…”
"You are in good health, don't worry too much. Pay attention to your nutrition and rest, and there shouldn't be any big problems."
"That's good."
Touching her belly which had not yet bulged, Wu Guifang could not help but turn her head to look at Chen Ping and Chen An in the room, "It would be great if the baby I give birth to could be as lively and healthy as Ping Ping An An."
Shen Miao: ???
Shen Miao couldn’t tell for a moment whether she was talking to herself or herself.
I glanced at Chen Weimin. He was like a transparent man, with his arms on the railing, looking quietly in the direction of the downstairs door. I wonder if he was worried that the children's mother would come back.
No matter what he thought, Shen Miao didn't want the children's mother to come back, lest she would have an emotional breakdown after witnessing this scene, and end up with some cliché drama of the original wife beating the mistress, the husband protecting the original wife, and the children sitting on the ground crying.
“Let’s have dinner together later. I heard that Chinese medicine has many health massage techniques. It would be a good opportunity for you to teach me a few. After that, I will let Weimin drive you back.” Wu Guifang took Shen Miao’s hand again and invited her to dinner.
“No, no, you guys should eat first.” Shen Miao refused repeatedly, “Sister Wang upstairs hasn’t come back yet, I have to see her, and I promised to have lunch with her at noon.”
Wu Guifang sighed regretfully: "Well, I'll come see you next time and we'll eat again."
After that, she walked to the door again and asked Chen Ping and Chen An in a gentle voice: "Ping Ping An, can Auntie take you out for dinner? What do you want to eat for lunch?"
"Going out to eat? Really?"
"Great! Thank you, Auntie! Auntie Wu is so nice!"
When they heard that they could go out for dinner, Chen Ping and Chen An's eyes lit up.
"No need for that. I'll buy some for them later." Chen Weimin grabbed Wu Guifang's arm and quickly refused on behalf of the children.
Wu Guifang pushed his hand away, not allowing him to object, "I'm treating the children to a meal, and I'm not asking you to pay, why are you in such a hurry?"
Chen Weimin was very sensitive about money, and when Wu Guifang said this word, his self-esteem was inadvertently hurt.
"Auntie, can we really go out to eat?" Chen Ping opened his eyes wide and asked her in disbelief, "The kind that sits in a restaurant."
"Of course~"
Wu Guifang scratched his little nose with her hand and said, "You can eat whatever you want, as much as you want."
"Aunt Wu, you are so nice!"
"Wow! Thank you Aunt Wu!"
The brother and sister stood on Wu Guifang's left and right, hugging her waist tightly. Wu Guifang also hugged the children in her arms and left a sweet kiss on their foreheads in turn.
At this moment, in this situation, their identities seemed to have been swapped: Chen Weimin was like the cruel stepfather, not only mistreating his children but also having a black heart, while Wu Guifang was the biological mother, loving her son and daughter who had no blood relationship with her...
After a few minutes, Wang Qin finally came back from buying groceries.
Shen Miao finally had a reason to leave, so she hurried downstairs to help Wang Qin carry two full baskets of vegetables: "Hey, sister-in-law, why did you buy so many vegetables!"
"Oh, it's not much, but I'm sorry to bother you with the trip."
As they went upstairs together, Wang Qin glanced at the door of Chen Weimin's house, but immediately looked away when she saw Wu Guifang.
"Sister Shen, we must have a meal together next time~"
Shen Miao forced out a smile: “Hey, okay…”
Wang Qin was a little surprised to see Shen Miao and Wu Guifang knew each other.
She didn't say anything at first, and only asked quietly after they went upstairs, "Do you know each other?"
“Yes,” Shen Miao nodded, “She came to the clinic to see a doctor before.”
After a while, Shen Miao also belatedly asked, “You also know…her?”
Wang Qin also said "hmm".
After entering the house, Wang Qin gave the meat and vegetables to Zhaodi, then washed her hands and prepared to cook.
She seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if she had something to say, but the children were all there, so she was too embarrassed to speak. It was not until Shen Miao came out and said she wanted to help that she found an opportunity to say to her: “The two children of the Chen family are also very pitiful, having such a pair of parents.”
“Yeah,” Shen Miao just joined in and sighed, then suddenly realized something was wrong, so she changed her words and said, “The father’s actions are indeed not authentic, but what’s wrong with the mother?”
Wang Qin was stunned for a moment: "Ah? You don't know?"
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