Chapter 2 The Wall Has Ears A roast chicken, two chicken legs...
Su Xueqing looked at her elder sister with a complicated expression. Her elder sister should try to stay here instead of saying those words. Of course, Su Xueqing had never been to the countryside before. She had never experienced what her elder sister had experienced, so her words were useless.
Don’t advise others to do good unless you have experienced their suffering!
Su Xueqing was very helpless. If she didn't know the plot of the original novel, she wouldn't want to get involved.
"Sister, if you want to go to college, you can still take it." Su Xueqing said, "When the college entrance examination is resumed, you can take it."
"I've been doing rough work in the countryside for so many years, and I've long forgotten all that knowledge. How can I take the exam?" Amelia Su rolled her eyes, "If you've been in the countryside for so many years, you might not be able to get into college. Little sister, are you teaching me a lesson?"
"Amelia Su, can you please have some shame? Your little sister didn't say anything bad about you, why do you have to say that?" Mother Su was speechless. Amelia Su had thorns all over her body. If Amelia Su was allowed to stay, there would be a lot of trouble in the future. "At most, you can live here for a month. During this month, you can find a job or sell roasted sweet potatoes. Don't stay at home then."
"This is my home, why can't I..."
"A married girl is like spilled water." Su's mother was furious.
"Mom, tell my little sister, don't just tell me." Amelia Su said.
“……” Su Xueqing was silent.
Her elder sister was really good at stirring up trouble. Su Xueqing thought that if it was someone with a worse temper, she would probably make a scene.
Amelia Su pulled her mother aside, and Amelia Su started to make the bed herself. There were two books on the bed, and Amelia Su threw the books directly on the ground, and Amelia Su hurried over to take the books away.
“I thought it was an unwanted book.” Amelia Su sneered, “If you want it, pick it up quickly.”
"There's nothing else." Su Xueqing slept in the living room. She couldn't put more things on the bed in the living room. She put away all the valuable things, at most some clothes. Su Xueqing's clothes were placed in Su's father and mother's room, and two or three sets of summer clothes were placed outside.
“Su…”
"Mom." Su Xueqing pulled her mother away again, and they went back to the room together.
Mother Su was very angry. Thinking of what she had just said, she quickly pulled Su Xueqing's hand and said anxiously, "Xiaoqing, Mom doesn't have any problem with you."
"Mom, I understand." Su Xueqing did not misunderstand Su's mother. When people are in a hurry, they sometimes speak without thinking. "My eldest sister and brother-in-law just came to the city. They have no place to live, and it is not easy to find a temporary place. Renting a house also requires money. It will be fine once they find a job."
"It's not that easy to find a job." Su's mother sighed, "Many educated youth who returned to the city still don't have a job. Even for the job of sweeping the streets, many people are vying to do it. If you don't work, how can you succeed? You have a family to support, so many mouths to feed. If you are alone, it doesn't matter much, as long as you have something to eat. Your eldest sister brought her husband and daughter here, three mouths to feed, three mouths!"
One of them is a grown man, he must have a big appetite.
Life in the city is not much better than in the countryside, everything is rationed. Reform and opening up have only been going on for a few years, and some things have been liberalized, but some things still cost a lot of money to buy.
If Su's mother doesn't live frugally, how can she make ends meet?
"Your eldest sister thought that we were all living a good life in the city, and she was living the hardest life." Su's mother said, "The policy at that time was like that, so she had no choice but to go to the countryside. She didn't want to find a partner to marry quickly, so what else could we do? Your second sister is smarter, she didn't want to go to the countryside, so she found someone to marry herself."
"Mom, my elder sister and the others are back." Su Xueqing said, "Everyone should be quiet. My niece is so young. If my elder sister gets angry and runs away with the child, what will we do if such a young child is lost? A five or six-year-old child is unfamiliar with the place. If she is really taken away, it will be difficult to find her back."
"Who would want a girl?" said Su's mother.
Su's mother doesn't like girls in nature, but Su Xueqing is the youngest, so Su's mother loves her more. Many families give birth to girls and throw them on the roadside. When others pick up baby girls, many people don't think of calling the police, but just raise them at home. Many people wonder if the baby girls were abandoned by their biological parents.
Not everyone will call the police when they see a baby girl. Most girls grow up to know that they are not their biological children, and they don’t think about looking for their biological parents. They all think that they were most likely abandoned by their biological parents.
A small number of girls were trafficked, but they themselves did not know it. Their biological parents had been looking for them for many years, but they did not know it either. Grown-up girls longed for the love of their biological parents, but they did not dare to look for them, as they did not dare to take the risk of a low-probability event.
When Su Xueqing heard Su's mother say these words, she was not surprised at all. There was a neighbor who had no sons and gave birth to several daughters in succession, and the neighbor was ridiculed.
This is the general environment. Su's mother is just an ordinary person in the city. Su Xueqing can't expect Su's mother to understand so much.
"In the early years, when there was a shortage of food and clothing, many baby girls were thrown away." Su's mother said, "We were lucky enough to raise your eldest sister to this age and let her go to junior high school. As for her, she resented us for not giving her the job, so she had to go to the countryside. With so many mouths to feed at home, how could we give her the job?"
Su's mother got angry just thinking about it. Amelia Su didn't know how to consider the family at all. Amelia Su just wanted to take advantage of her.
"No matter what happened in the past, my elder sister is back." Su Xueqing said.
"Do you really want to live in the school?" Su's mother asked, "If not, then go to your grandma's room..."
"No, I'll live in the school dormitory." Su Xueqing shook her head. There was a bad smell in Mrs. Su's room. "Living in school, I can go to the school library to read more books. The school is very safe. As long as you walk on the main road and don't go to the empty paths, you will be fine."
"It's hard for you." Mother Su stroked Su Xueqing's hair gently.
"I was originally living on campus." Su Xueqing had thought about living in the school because it was not convenient to live in the living room. Living in the school dormitory, although the dormitory is small, at least all the people in the dormitory are women.
Before Su Xueqing went to college, Su Sange had already married, and she slept in the living room at that time. After being admitted to the university, Su Xueqing naturally chose to live on campus. Living on campus was convenient for studying, and it was also to minimize disputes with her sister-in-law. Living under the same roof, it was inevitable that there would be some conflicts.
Of course, Su Xueqing had a good relationship with Su Sansao, and Su Sansao did not say anything bad about Su Xueqing. When there was something delicious at home, Su Sansao did not eat it all by herself, she would leave some for Su Xueqing.
"Mom." Su Xueqing pointed to the next door. Walls have ears, and who knows, someone might be listening to their quarrel with their ears pressed against the wall.
In the living room, Amelia Su looked at the bamboo mat on the bed, and then looked at the fan next to it. Su Xueqing was really enjoying it, and there was an electric fan to use, but for herself, Amelia Su thought that she could only make a fan by herself and fan herself manually, and she felt more and more aggrieved.
“Mom.” Wei Shanshan timidly pulled Amelia Su’s sleeve.
Just now, when Amelia Su was talking to her mother, Wei Shanshan was held by her biological father, Wei Dashan. Wei Dashan naturally did not dare to confront his mother-in-law. He stood by and did not dare to breathe, for fear of upsetting his wife and mother-in-law.
Wei Dashan looked quite honest, and he basically listened to Amelia Su. Wei Dashan was a few years older than Amelia Su, and he was a country boy who made a living by digging in the fields.
This time, Wei Dashan had not thought about coming with Amelia Su, but Amelia Su asked him to come, and she said that if he didn't come, she would find a stepfather for the child. Wei Dashan came with them, but he had no money, no money to rent a house, and was in all kinds of embarrassment.
After Wei Dashan heard what Amelia Su said to Su's mother, his face felt hot and painful. He knew that many girls from other families did not come to their parents' home like this, but they did not live here and really had no other place to live.
"In a few days, we'll go find a job," Wei Dashan said, "and then find a house."
"It costs money to rent a house." Amelia Su's voice was muffled. She also wanted to move out, but the situation was like that. They were short of money. It was still uncertain whether they could find a suitable job immediately. If they didn't find a job in a short time, they would have to live here. Did these people think she wanted to fight? If she didn't fight, she would have no place to stay!
Amelia Su thought that the Su family owed her this. None of her four brothers and sisters went to the countryside, so she went to the countryside by herself. Amelia Su thought that the Su family was too cruel. These people could have found a way to keep her in the city instead of letting her go to the countryside.
When Su’s mother came out of the room again, her expression was much better, and her attitude was not as bad as before. Even though she still had a stern face, she didn’t say much about Amelia Su’s faults.
"It's not good for children to sleep on bamboo mats. Give the bamboo mat to your man, and you can use rattan mats." Su's mother said.
Su Xueqing was afraid of being provoked. She had slept on a bamboo mat before. Su's mother had previously asked Su Xueqing to sleep on a rattan mat, but Su Xueqing refused. Su Xueqing was old, so it was okay. Wei Shanshan was still young. Su's mother looked at her little granddaughter, who was thin and small, much thinner than the second child.
"Come." Su Xueqing waved to Wei Shanshan.
Su's mother went to tidy up Su Yamei's things. With the steps down, Su Yamei did not continue to say those sharp words. Su Yamei gently pushed Wei Shanshan, and Wei Shanshan went to Su Xueqing's side.
Su Xueqing took out a few candies from her bag and handed them to Wei Shanshan, and then took out a bag of shortbread. This bag of shortbread was the result of Su Xueqing's study of baking outside. She went there with a roommate. The roommate didn't want to stay there alone to study, so she asked Su Xueqing to go there. The roommate paid the tuition, so Su Xueqing didn't have to pay.
"It's just been made, and it's still warm." Su Xueqing said, "There are also a few pieces of egg cakes, you can try them."
Amelia Su caught a glimpse of Su Xueqing's movements from the corner of her eyes. She hadn't paid much attention to Su Xueqing's bag just now, but she knew with a little thought that these things were unlikely to be given to Wei Shanshan by Su's mother. If Su's mother really wanted to give them, it would be to Su Xueqing.
"Little sister, do you still have money to buy these foods?" Amelia Su couldn't control herself, she wanted to say something unpleasant again, and her man pulled her clothes. The four looked at each other, and Wei Dashan shook his head at Amelia Su.
"My roommate wanted to learn baking, and she didn't want to go alone, so she asked me to go, and she also paid for the tuition." Su Xueqing said with a smile, "We made it in the training class, and my roommate took a small portion back, and asked me to bring back the rest. It may not taste as good as what you buy outside, but it's edible and clean."
"Call me auntie." Amelia Su looked at her silly daughter. Why was she so silly?
"Aunt." Wei Shanshan was still a little scared, and she didn't dare to take those things.
Amelia Su simply stuffed the things into Amelia Su’s hands, “You are her biological mother, you hold it for her.”
"Yeah." Amelia Su nodded. She knew that Amelia Su could continue to hide these things from her daughter, but Amelia Su took them out. Amelia Su looked at Amelia Su. She was not the kind of person who didn't understand reason. Her going to the countryside had nothing to do with Amelia Su. It was just that she had suffered too much in the countryside and was full of grievances. Sometimes she couldn't control herself.
Just at this moment, there were sounds of laughter coming from outside.
"A roast chicken and two chicken legs, one for me and one for my little sister." Mrs. Su said with a smile.
"Isn't it for grandma?" asked Brother Su San.
"Grandma always says she doesn't want to eat, but they always tell me to let my younger sister eat." Third Sister Su said, "My younger sister has the highest level of education. We may have to rely on my younger sister in the future..."
When Mrs. Su stepped into the threshold, she saw Amelia Su, and the expression on her face froze, “Big…Big sister?”
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