Chapter 89: Missing One Family's Joy and One Family's Sorrow
"..." Yan Yichen didn't say anything. He didn't even use a handkerchief to wipe his forehead. He felt the blood flowing from his forehead but didn't touch it.
"Yan Yichen, you've grown up and become more powerful!" Yan's mother was a little crazy, "It's no use talking to you! You're going to piss off your dead father by doing this."
Yan's mother firmly believed that Yan Yichen did not dodge, he deliberately bleed, he just wanted to make Yan's mother give in. Yan's mother said that she would never give in, she would not let Yan Yichen succeed, she would never recognize Xu Ruyun as her daughter-in-law.
"If Dad could survive, you would be very happy." Yan Yichen said self-deprecatingly.
"You...you..." Yan's mother said, "I said so much to you, but it was all in vain. I taught you so much, but you learned it in vain. If I had known this would happen, I would have let you be with Ning Jiaxuan."
At this time, Yan's mother would say that Ning Jiaxuan was good. If Yan Yichen was with a girl from a better family, Yan's mother would also say the same thing. Because those girls' family backgrounds were not as good as Ning Jiaxuan's, Yan's mother would say that sooner or later, it was just a matter of time. Yan's mother did hate the Ning family, but that didn't stop her from saying such things.
"The Ning family can't just watch Ning Jiaxuan jump into the fire pit." Yan Yichen said, "Mom, how many people are willing to jump into the fire pit?"
"Who are you calling the fire pit?" Yan's mother asked, "Do you know that our Yan family..."
"Okay." Old Madam Yan came down from upstairs. Yan Yichen was hit so hard that he bled. She had to go downstairs. "Yichen, go spend the Little New Year with her first. Come back on New Year's Eve."
Old Mrs. Yan felt distressed when she saw the blood on her grandson's head.
"Don't go, don't go, don't go." Yan's mother wanted to go over and grab Yan Yichen.
Pa, Old Lady Yan slapped Yan's mother directly, "Have you had enough of the trouble?"
Yan Yichen had his back to his mother. He heard the crisp sound of the slap, but he did not stop. He was going to Xu Ruyun. It was just a hit and a little blood. Yan Yichen did not care much.
Yan Yichen left, and Yan's mother covered her face and stared blankly at Old Lady Yan.
"Yichen is not a three-year-old child. You smash things when you are angry. He is your biological son, not an illegitimate child brought back from outside!" Old Lady Yan said, "Aren't you afraid that he will become alienated from you if you treat him like this?"
"He has been alienated from me for a long time." Yan's mother was afraid of Old Lady Yan, who really dared to take action.
"Do you still want to be buried with his father in the future?" asked Old Mrs. Yan.
"..." When Mother Yan heard this, she calmed down. She had to be buried with her husband. She had to be buried with her husband.
When Xu Ruyun saw the wound on Yan Yichen's forehead, she was shocked, "Who did it?"
"My mother made it." Yan Yichen said.
"Your mother..." Xu Ruyun didn't know what to say. She couldn't say that Yan Yichen shouldn't go to Yan's house. Yan Yichen's biological mother and grandmother were there. "Didn't your grandmother take care of him at all?"
"Grandma is old and can't look after mom all the time," Yan Yichen said.
Xu Ruyun helped Yan Yichen treat his wounds. "Do you want to go to the hospital?"
"It's just a minor injury, not a big deal. Apply some medicine and bandage it." Yan Yichen said. When he was injured in the countryside before, it was difficult to go to the clinic for treatment, so he treated it himself.
"Just bear with it for a while." Xu Ruyun said. She had to use water to clean Yan Yichen's wound and apply medicine. She felt horrified when she saw this scene. "How could Mom be so harsh?"
"This is considered light." Yan Yichen said.
"Is this considered light?" Xu Ruyun was shocked.
"It's considered minor as there are no stitches," Yan Yichen said.
"You..." Xu Ruyun didn't expect that Yan Yichen's experience was even worse than she thought. "Next time, stay away a little, don't be too aggressive. If you are aggressive, your mother will be unhappy and you will also be hurt. This is a lose-lose situation. Stay away a little, understand? It will hurt."
"Okay, next time, stay a little further away." Yan Yichen said.
"That's right." Xu Ruyun said, "No mother wants her child to get hurt. It's not that Mom doesn't love you at all. If she didn't love you at all, you wouldn't be so obedient to her. Mom is sick, we won't argue with the patient, but we have to learn to avoid her and protect ourselves."
Before, Xu Ruyun was still thinking about how to deal with Yan's mother. Now, she felt that she didn't need to be too anxious to deal with Yan's mother. Just based on Yan's mother's attitude towards Yan Yichen, Yan Yichen's affection for Yan's mother would fade sooner or later. When that time came, it would only take a few minutes for her to decide how to deal with her.
When Yan Yichen still had deep feelings for Yan's mother, Xu Ruyun was willing to be more tolerant. The grievances she endured now were all for the future.
Xu Ruyun and Old Lady Yan had the same idea. They both wanted to let Yan's mother gradually consume Yan Yichen's affection for her.
"Are you going back to have dinner on New Year's Eve?" Xu Ruyun asked.
"Yes, I have to go back." Yan Yichen said, "Mom and my wife are here."
"You have to go back." Xu Ruyun bandaged Yan Yichen's wound. "When you go back, buy more gifts for mom and grandma to make them happy. It's New Year's Day, and with grandma here, mom will treat you better."
Yan Yichen did not tell Xu Ruyun that his mother was slapped by Old Lady Yan. Old Lady Yan rarely hit his mother. Yan Yichen knew that Old Lady Yan did it for him. He was injured and his grandmother felt bad.
"Okay." Yan Yichen nodded, "Buy it."
"But if something happens, you can come over. It's not that you can't come over." Xu Ruyun said, "You have to protect yourself. I will be back early on New Year's Eve."
Xu Ruyun did not tell Yan Yichen that she was waiting for him here, for she was afraid that Yan Yichen would think that she was forcing him to come back.
The news that Yan Yichen was injured by Yan's mother spread quickly. The blood was bloody, it was not fake. Some people saw Yan Yichen coming out of Yan's house and saw blood dripping from Yan Yichen's forehead to the ground.
When Ning Jiaxuan told Su Xueqing about this matter, she was very clear that she did not love Yan Yichen.
Ning Jiaxuan sat on the sofa, hugging a pillow. "If she can do this to her own son, let alone others. At that time, she can just say that Yan Yichen's mother is a lunatic. Others can't argue with a lunatic, after all, she can do this to her own son."
"That's right." Su Xueqing nodded, "You are right not to be with Yan Yichen. Yan Yichen doesn't love you. His mother often says that you are the daughter of his enemy. If you are together, Yan Yichen will sooner or later regard you as his enemy."
It's just a matter of time. Men like to beautify their own actions. When men feel that a woman cannot help them, when they feel that a woman is uninteresting, everything that is not a mistake becomes a mistake.
"Yes." Ning Jiaxuan said, "When Yan Yichen and I had not broken off our engagement, his mother still wanted him to be with Xu Ruyun. Now that Yan Yichen and I have broken off our engagement, his mother no longer approves of Xu Ruyun."
"She's deliberately disgusting you." Su Xueqing said, "She can't really let her son marry a girl from a bad family."
It's not that Su Xueqing was being harsh. Xu Ruyun only had the drawings she designed, the hairpin drawings, which others could also design. Xu Ruyun didn't show any other skills. She could make hairpins, and others could make them too.
After all, Yan Yichen had some feelings for Xu Ruyun in the beginning, so he looked for Xu Ruyun.
Xu Ruyun must also be aware of this. She knows that she has some strength, but not much, and is not irreplaceable. It would be better for Xu Ruyun to hold Yan Yichen tightly. After the two of them are tied together, it will be different.
As the heroine of the original novel, how could she not have any brains? Xu Ruyun had already thought it through.
"I guess they'll continue to make trouble." Ning Jiaxuan sighed.
"It's okay." Su Xueqing said, "It's not like you're making trouble in front of us, nor are you trying to make trouble for us."
Su Xueqing meant that they just had to watch the fun. No matter what the final outcome of Yan Yichen and Xu Ruyun would be, it wouldn't be too bad. Xu Ruyun wouldn't be stupid enough to sacrifice herself. Xu Ruyun would always get something in the end.
"It's not wrong to want to climb up." Su Xueqing said. Everyone has selfish desires and it is impossible to be completely selfless.
"That's right." Ning Jiaxuan said, "Those people around me...some said they wanted to deal with Xu Ruyun, but I said no. What's the point of dealing with her? To put it bluntly, Xu Ruyun is just a woman who is working hard to climb up the social ladder. She wants to live a better life for herself. What's wrong with that? Yan Yichen and I have broken off our engagement, so why should I not allow others to be with Yan Yichen? If that's the case, it would be too much."
Su Xueqing had already figured it out. In the original novel, Ning Jiaxuan's going abroad was probably Ning Jiaxuan's own choice. After all, when the Ning family was still so powerful, and when Xu Ruyun and Yan Yichen had already been involved, it was impossible for the Ning family to stand on Yan Yichen's side.
Ning Jiaxuan was undoubtedly a clear-headed woman. She had no hope for Yan Yichen and had not truly fallen in love with Yan Yichen.
"It's not that I want to be a good person, it's just that it's really meaningless." Ning Jiaxuan said, "Why should women make things difficult for other women?"
What Ning Jiaxuan hates most is that as a woman, she makes things difficult for other women. She thinks every day that if other women can't live better than she does, how miserable her life will be. Some people really don't want others to live better than them, and they will do all kinds of things. Ning Jiaxuan is not like that. She believes that if those people can live a good life, it is their own strength.
"Yes." Su Xueqing nodded.
"How's the baby?" Ning Jiaxuan looked at Su Xueqing's belly.
"It's okay." Su Xueqing said.
"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?" Ning Jiaxuan asked.
"I just ate something." Su Xueqing said.
Ning Jiaxuan lifted Su Xueqing's hand and said, "Your hand is the same as before, and your cheeks too, it doesn't look like you've gained any more flesh."
"This is the physical condition." Su Xueqing said.
"Some people swell up like balloons after they get pregnant." Ning Jiaxuan said, "You still need to take some. What does the doctor say?"
"The doctor said the baby is healthy," Su Xueqing said, "and said it's okay to eat more."
When Su Xueqing was pregnant for the first time, she didn't know how much she ate. Compared with other people, she felt that she ate more. But who knew that when she went to the doctor, the doctor said that Su Xueqing didn't eat much. Su Xueqing didn't eat all the time, she ate small meals frequently, but she didn't eat a lot.
"As long as you're healthy, that's all." Ning Jiaxuan said, "After you give birth and have your confinement, and we graduate from college... I'm going abroad soon, and it'll take a few years."
"Didn't you come back in the middle?" Su Xueqing asked.
"It depends on the situation. Come back when you are free." Ning Jiaxuan said, "I want to see your baby more. The baby must call me aunt from now on."
If Su Xueqing and Ning Yanjing were not together, the baby would call Ning Jiaxuan Auntie. Ning Jiaxuan looked at Su Xueqing and thought it was great that Su Xueqing married her brother. The baby in Su Xueqing's belly would definitely grow up to be very beautiful.
"Of course." Su Xueqing said.
On New Year's Eve, Su Xueqing and Ning Yanjing went to Ning's house early, but Su Xueqing did not help with the work. She sat next to Ning Yuhao and played with him. Ning Yuhao could talk to Su Xueqing a lot, and his mouth kept talking.
"When playing tug-of-war, a handful of candies were thrown out and they all ran to pick up the candies instead of playing tug-of-war," Ning Yuhao described vividly.
"Go pick up candy?" Su Xueqing didn't expect such an operation.
"Yes." Ning Yuhao nodded.
Ning Yuhao did not attend a private school, but a public kindergarten, and Ning Yurong also attended a public elementary school.
Mrs. Ning and her husband did not want their two children to go to so-called private aristocratic schools. They hoped that their children would be able to go into politics and the military in the future. They wanted their children to get to know more ordinary people, rather than playing with children from rich families all day long. If the children continued to grow up in aristocratic schools and did not understand the sufferings of the people, they might not be able to do well in some things when they grew up.
Public schools are not bad. There are many very good schools. When Ning Dasao and her husband chose a school for their children, they took it into consideration.
Ordinary children rarely get to eat candy, so when the teacher throws candy on the ground, many children will pick it up.
"Did you pick it up?" Su Xueqing asked.
"I didn't want to pick it up at first, but when I saw so many people picking it up, I picked one up too. I had to fit in." Ning Yuhao said.
"Well, it's okay if you didn't pick it up." Su Xueqing said.
"Be more sociable, it's more interesting." Ning Yuhao laughed.
"Okay, get along well." Su Xueqing said, "Xiao Yuhao is the smartest."
"Some kids picked up several candies and hid them in their pockets." Ning Yuhao said, "The teacher also gave me a few candies, but I didn't want them and gave them to other people."
Ning Yuhao doesn't like to eat candy because he is afraid of bad teeth. He hid the candy in the northwest, but it attracted ants. Ning Yuhao doesn't like to hide candy anymore. His mother said he can give the candy to other children, and the other children will be very happy.
"They were laughing so happily." Ning Yuhao said.
"Eating sweet things makes people happy." Su Xueqing said.
"It's too sweet and not tasty." Ning Yuhao said, "It's greasy."
"It's good enough to have something to eat, and you're picky." Mrs. Ning said to Ning Yuhao.
"That's right. Didn't mom tell me not to eat too much sweets?" Ning Yuhao said.
"That's because you always wanted to eat sweets." Mrs. Ning said, "I gave you candy, and you cried."
"I'm not crying anymore, mom, please don't talk nonsense, my little sister is still here." Ning Yuhao glanced at Su Xueqing's belly, "I'm a big brother now."
Mom can't let him, as a brother, lose his image!
Ning Yuhao was afraid that his mother would continue talking, "Mom, mom, don't you want to go cook? I'll help you."
"No, just sit down and play." Mrs. Ning said.
If Ning Yuhao really goes to help, I'm afraid they won't be able to get things done.
"Sister-in-law, please play with Yuhao." Mrs. Ning said.
"Yuhao is with me too." Su Xueqing said with a smile.
Ning Yanjing took Ning Yurong out, and they went shopping. Ning Yurong behaved more maturely and steadily, and he was like a little adult even though he was only in elementary school. Su Xueqing asked Ning Yanjing to take care of Ning Yurong for a while, and as for Brother Ning, basically forget about it, because Brother Ning just answered a phone call and went out again.
Mrs. Ning was busy at home. Ning Jiaxuan played with others late last night and is still sleeping and hasn't gotten up yet.
There were servants at home, but the servants had gone back to their own homes. Ning's mother still wanted to make some food by herself, which had a bit of the atmosphere of the New Year.
This year's New Year's Eve dinner, Amelia Su did not plan to eat with the Su family. If she always ate with the Su family, she felt that her parents would look down on her even more. Su's father and mother did not mean this, Amelia Su thought so herself. Su's mother was too lazy to say more to Amelia Su. If Amelia Su wanted to cook the New Year's Eve dinner by herself, then she could cook it by herself.
Amelia Su took Wei Yaozu back, but not Wei Shanshan. Amelia Su's family had the New Year's Eve dinner, but missed Wei Shanshan. Fortunately, the people on the Su family's side did not miss Wei Shanshan. The Su family had already regarded Wei Shanshan as one of their own, and they did not expect Amelia Su to take care of Wei Shanshan.
When it was almost time to eat the New Year's Eve dinner, Wei Dashan didn't see Wei Shanshan and asked, "Where's Shanshan?"
"She...she doesn't want to come." Su Yamei said. She didn't even think about it. She didn't ask Wei Shanshan to come for the New Year's Eve dinner at all. She felt that since she had said that they would have the New Year's Eve dinner at home, Wei Shanshan should have come over on her own initiative regardless of whether she heard it or not.
Wei Dashan didn’t quite believe what Amelia Su said, but since Amelia Su had said so, he couldn’t say anything else, for fear of making Amelia Su unhappy.
"She won't be hungry. Can mom and dad not let her eat?" Amelia Su said, "She's so old. Doesn't she know how to find a chair to sit down and eat? We have to open the store, make New Year's Eve dinner, and take care of her brother. We have to do so many things by ourselves. No one helps us do it."
At this time, Wei Yaozu cried out a few times, and Amelia Su quickly asked Wei Dashan to pay more attention to Wei Yaozu.
"Look after your son." Amelia Su said, "It's ready now, we can eat it."
The Su family was not surprised that Amelia Su and her husband did not bring Wei Shanshan back for the New Year's Eve dinner. Amelia Su and her husband valued sons over daughters, and their daughter was not important, not important at all.
Yan's family, Yan Yichen returned home to have dinner with Yan's mother and old lady Yan. Yan's mother was very unhappy, but she didn't dare to lose her temper at the dinner table. Yan's mother saw the gauze on Yan Yichen's forehead, and she felt a little guilty, but not much.
At the dinner table, Yan's mother couldn't help but say, "Yichen, if you listen to me, these things won't happen at all."
"Cough." Old Mrs. Yan coughed lightly, signaling Yan's mother to stop talking and to shut up if she couldn't speak.
Yan's mother always does this, fearing that others don't know how cruel she is to her own son.
"Stay home tonight and don't go out." Mother Yan gritted her teeth. She couldn't let Yan Yichen go to accompany Xu Ruyun.
"Eat." Old Madam Yan said, "Yichen, eat."
With Old Lady Yan at the dinner table, Yan's mother didn't dare to say much.
After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, Yan’s mother saw that Old Mrs. Yan did not go upstairs, so she could only hold it in.
In fact, even without Yan's mother telling her, Old Lady Yan didn't really want Yan Yichen to go to Xu Ruyun's place tonight. It was still uncertain how far Yan Yichen and Xu Ruyun would go in the end. Old Lady Yan didn't think highly of Xu Ruyun. She was a girl from a poor family, and she got shares in the factory because of Yan Yichen. She could have given him a salary, but she gave him shares instead. Xu Ruyun couldn't help Yan Yichen much.
Old Lady Yan hoped that Yan Yichen could find a girl with a good family background, but it would be difficult for her to do so with Yan's mother's attitude. Old Lady Yan did not stop Yan Yichen from being with Xu Ruyun, but she did not want Yan Yichen to only go to Xu Ruyun's place.
It was normal for a rich man to have a mistress before marriage. If Yan Yichen wanted to marry a girl from a better family, he could just cut off contact with Xu Ruyun.
Old Lady Yan is not Yan's mother. She is not hysterical and she has not deliberately used cruel means. Old Lady Yan is old and she doesn't want her grandson to hate her. If Yan Yichen wants to be with Xu Ruyun in the end, Old Lady Yan can't say too much and can't ask them to do this or that.
With Old Lady Yan around, Yan Yichen felt a little more at ease.
Xu Ruyun did not go back to Xu's house for the New Year's Eve dinner. She told Yan Yichen that she went back to Xu's house for the New Year's Eve dinner, but that was all fake. Xu's family told everyone around them that Xu Ruyun was married. If Xu Ruyun went back for the New Year's Eve dinner, it would only make others laugh at the Xu family. Xu Ruyun was not without a place to live. She had a big house and a big dining room. Xu Ruyun could have the New Year's Eve dinner by herself.
In her previous life, Xu Ruyun and Liao Jiankai lived in a house that was not that big, but she felt happy. What happiness was that? Liao Jiankai betrayed her. In this life, Xu Ruyun only felt that owning these properties was really comforting and made her feel good.
It doesn't matter whether Yan Yichen comes back to accompany her for the New Year's Eve dinner or not. Xu Ruyun doesn't have deep feelings for Yan Yichen. She is not unhappy. What's important is that Yan Yichen will definitely compensate her later. Xu Ruyun just needs to wait for the compensation. Men are just like that.
At the Ning family, Su Xueqing and Ning Yanjing finished their New Year’s Eve dinner, gave the children New Year’s money, and sat for a while before preparing to go back.
"Drive slower on the road." Ning's mother said, "Be more careful."
Ning's mother and others sent Su Xueqing and Ning Yanjing to the car, "Get some more food on the way back."
"Okay." Su Xueqing said, "There's food."
"I'm not asking you to do it. Let Yan Jing do it for you." Ning's mother said, "Let him play a role."
"Mom, you don't need to tell me. I know what to do." Ning Yanjing said, "Let's go back first."
"Drive slowly on the road." Ning's mother said to the driver, "Don't drive too fast."
Ning's mother and the others watched the car go away, then they went back. Ning Yuhao almost got in the car, but was stopped by his mother.
"You can go and play with your aunt some other day. Haven't you had enough fun today?" said Mrs. Ning.
"Not enough." Ning Yuhao said, "It's still fun."
Amelia Su sent Wei Yaozu to the Su family. She glanced at Wei Shanshan and said, “I said I would cook New Year’s Eve dinner at home, but she didn’t even know she was going there. She had to ask someone to invite her. I won’t invite her.”
“…” Mother Su was speechless.
"I'm her biological mother. When she heard what I said, didn't she know what I meant?" Amelia Su said, "People who don't know would think we didn't let her go back for the New Year's Eve dinner."
"Okay, we've already finished the New Year's Eve dinner, why are you still talking about this?" Su's mother said, "We didn't say anything about you."
"You didn't say anything about me. I just think Shanshan is stubborn." Amelia Su said, "She doesn't know how to adapt at all. She's not flexible. She's so old, but she doesn't have legs. Can't she walk?"
"Don't keep saying that to her." Su's mother said, "You rarely bring Shanshan back home for dinner. Shanshan basically eats here."
Wei Shanshan had long been accustomed to Amelia Su's attitude, and Amelia Su always disliked her. No matter whether Wei Shanshan did well or not, Amelia Su would say something about Wei Shanshan. Wei Shanshan understood that she was not her brother, she was not a boy, and her biological father and mother did not like her, so she could only stay at her grandparents' house.
"Mom, I'm thinking about buying a house next year after the Chinese New Year." Amelia Su said, "We always rent a house. The landlord hasn't driven us away yet, but it may not be the case in the future. It will always be better to have our own house."
"Do you have that much money on hand?" Su's mother asked.
"Of course we don't have enough money." Amelia Su said, "We've thought about it. We don't need to buy a big house. A two-bedroom and one-living room house will be enough."
"Two bedrooms and a living room?" Su's mother asked, and she looked at Wei Shanshan.
"Yes, Dashan and I share one room, and Yaozu shares another." Amelia Su said, "Shanshan will get married sooner or later, so we don't have to leave her a room. If we had more money, we could buy a bigger house, but we don't have that much money. Didn't my younger sister sleep in the living room before? My younger sister can sleep in the living room, and Shanshan can sleep in the living room too."
“…” When Mother Su heard what Amelia Su said, she really wanted to say that it was because her family had no money. If her family had more money, they would certainly not let Amelia Su sleep in the living room.
Also, before Third Brother Su got married, Amelia Su slept in the room. Mother Su saw that Amelia Su was planning to let Wei Yaozu sleep in the room. Regardless of whether Wei Yaozu was married or not, Amelia Su did not plan to let Wei Shanshan sleep in the room.
"If not possible, save money for two more years." Su's mother said.
"You need money to pay for the rent." Amelia Su said, "Buying a house early can save some rent. Mom, how much money have you and Dad saved?"
"Don't think about me and your father." Su's mother said, "This money is not for you."
Su's mother thought that she had helped Amelia Su a lot, and it was impossible for her to give the family's money to Amelia Su.
“It’s a loan, not that I won’t pay it back.” Amelia Su said.
"I can lend you a hundred yuan, but no more." Su's mother said, "If you want to buy a house, you'd better rely on yourselves. You have to pay back the money you borrow from here or there. You don't have to pay interest when you borrow money from relatives, but you have to repay the favor."
It is difficult to repay favors, so the Yu family asked so many people for money, including relatives from the Yu family and relatives from the Su family.
Amelia Su went to borrow money from those relatives to buy a house, but she was afraid it would be difficult to borrow money.
"I didn't ask anyone else to borrow money." Amelia Su said, "I'm just wondering if you and dad are well-off, so you can lend me some."
"Then who are you going to look for? Yanan or Xueqing?" Su's mother asked.
"No, I won't ask them. Yanan doesn't have a job, she relies on her husband, and her mother-in-law is still here. If I ask her to borrow money, her in-laws will be unhappy." Su Yamei said, "I have paid back all the money I borrowed from Yanan before. As for my younger sister, I won't ask her for money either."
Amelia Su felt that asking Amelia Su for money was equivalent to bowing to Amelia Su. She was fifteen years older than Amelia Su, so much older, so she didn't want to borrow money from Amelia Su.
"If you can't borrow money, then wait a little longer." Su's mother said, "You see that others have houses, do you want a house too?"
"Yu Guochao can own a house." Amelia Su really thought so.
After Yu Guochao and his wife were separated, they really didn’t dare to borrow usury. Yu Guochao was afraid that his hands would be chopped off again, and Yu’s wife was afraid that Yu’s family would ask Yu Guochao to divorce her and drive her back to the countryside. Yu Guochao and his wife’s children followed them, and the children could not go to Yu Jiachao and his wife’s place for free meals.
During the Chinese New Year, there were only three or four dishes on the table. They bought a fish but no chicken or duck. Yu Guochao and his wife gave all their money to Yu Dasao's parents' family and had to pay back all the money they had borrowed from her.
Yu Guochao and his wife now work. Yu Guochao moves bricks, while Yu Dasao cleans the place. They also go to the vegetable market to pick up rotten vegetable leaves that others don't want to feed the chickens. During the Chinese New Year, the chickens are not very big, so Yu Dasao is reluctant to kill them. She waits until the chickens are bigger and then kills them. She doesn't have to kill the chickens and buy fish all at once. If they eat well now, they will have nothing to eat in a few days.
When Mrs. Yu first returned to the city, she felt a little uneasy. Now that she has finally settled down, she dares not to make any more troubles and can only do more things.
No one in the Su family cared about how Sister Yu and her husband were doing. After finishing the New Year's Eve dinner, Aunt Su went to see Sister Yu and her husband. They lived very close to them, just a few steps away.
When Aunt Su went over, Sister Yu rolled her eyes when she saw her.
"..." Aunt Su saw this and went in anyway. She took out two red envelopes and said, "This is New Year's money for the children."
Yu Dasao took two red envelopes from Su Xiaogu's hand. She had a problem with Su Xiaogu and his wife. They had money at the beginning, but Su Xiaogu didn't take it out and had to borrow money from them. Even though Su Xiaogu agreed to help pay the loan shark later, Yu Dasao still felt uncomfortable.
"Your dad made it." said Aunt Su.
"Mom, you don't have a job, but isn't it Dad who takes care of you?" Yu's wife snorted coldly, "Dad pays the money and you run errands. You have a clear division of labor."
Aunt Su understood that Yu Guochao and his wife were blaming them for not taking out the money earlier. But Aunt Su really didn't know that her husband had hidden so much money. Her husband said that the money was originally left for their retirement, but now, most of the money has been spent, and only a little is left.
"Are you still planning to sit down?" Mrs. Yu asked.
"No, no, no." Aunt Su said, "I'll go back first."
"Why are you in such a hurry? There are delicious foods when you go back." Mrs. Yu mocked.
Aunt Su didn't say anything else, she just left.
Su Xiao's uncle and others did not come to Yu Guochao, for fear of having close contact with Yu Guochao. If Yu Guochao got into trouble later, those people would come to them again.
When Zhu Baoqian saw Aunt Su coming back from outside, she asked, "Did you go to see your elder brother?"
"Give the children New Year's money." Aunt Su said.
"..." Zhu Baoqian was silent. Her mother-in-law was really concerned about the people in the first house.
Since Yu Guochao and his wife moved out, Zhu Baoqian and his wife have had a much easier time living here. They don't have to worry about loan sharks rushing over, nor do they have to worry about whether Yu Guochao and his wife have offended them again.
Unfortunately, Yu Guochao and his wife moved out too late, and had already offended the entire Su family, including Su Xueqing.
When Yu Guochao had one of his fingers chopped off, Su Xueqing and Su Yanan did not visit Yu Guochao, nor did they give him a red envelope. That was all Yu Guochao's own fault, so why should his relatives give him nutrition money?
At around ten o'clock in the evening, Yan Yichen left Yan's house and went to Xu Ruyun's place. When he returned, Xu Ruyun was sitting in the living room watching TV.
"You're back." Xu Ruyun heard the noise and quickly stood up to help Yan Yichen get his coat. "Is it snowing outside?"
"There are a few snowflakes." Yan Yichen said.
"Did you have a good day today?" Xu Ruyun asked.
"Everything is fine as long as grandma is here." Yan Yichen said, "Grandma is going to sleep, so I came over."
Old Lady Yan was not in a good mood and needed to rest early. Yan Yichen stayed at home, but was afraid that Yan's mother would talk again, so he just came out. Old Lady Yan originally wanted Yan Yichen to go back to his room to rest, but Yan Yichen wanted to come out, so Old Lady Yan did not stop him.
A person has to leave, no matter how late it is.
Yan Yichen thought about Xu Ruyun. He was thinking that everyone outside knew that he and Xu Ruyun had not obtained a marriage certificate or held a wedding banquet, so would it be appropriate for Xu Ruyun to go back to the Xu family for the New Year's Eve dinner? Would the people over there laugh at Xu Ruyun?
"Are you going back to have the New Year's Eve dinner?" Yan Yichen asked.
"No, we eat here." Xu Ruyun said, "The servants are on holiday, so I make some food for myself. I know how to cook. It's not like I can't cook. When I was at home, I helped my mother prepare the New Year's Eve dinner."
"Eating alone?" Yan Yichen felt a little distressed.
"It's okay." Xu Ruyun said, "I wanted to go back, but I thought better of it. It's more convenient to eat by myself. My second brother moved out after getting married, and they also ate at their own home instead of going back. My parents' house is small, so it's not easy to put a big table. It's hard to seat so many people."
"I didn't come back earlier..."
"Would you like some midnight snack, dumplings?" Xu Ruyun asked. "I've made quite a few dumplings, just cook them in the pot."
"Okay." Yan Yichen nodded, "Eat some dumplings, we'll eat together."
"You sit down, I'll go cook the dumplings, they'll be ready soon." Xu Ruyun said.
In the evening, Su Xueqing and Ning Yanjing watched TV for a while and then prepared to go to bed. Ning Yanjing washed Su Xueqing's feet.
"It's a little cold." Ning Yanjing touched Su Xueqing's feet.
"Well, in winter, your limbs tend to get a little cold." Su Xueqing said, "Just hide in the quilt for a while."
"Next time, don't wait until your feet are so cold before resting. Put your feet under the quilt earlier." Ning Yanjing said.
"Sometimes I wear socks and put my feet under the quilt, but they're still not warm enough. When I take off my socks, my feet warm up immediately." Su Xueqing said, "Tomorrow, I'll wear two pairs of socks."
"You can wear any number of pairs of socks." Ning Yanjing said, "Wear better socks."
"I put it on because it's too cold." Su Xueqing said, "If you don't move around, you'll get colder."
After Amelia Su washed her feet, she quickly put them in the quilt to keep them warm. In fact, Amelia Su's socks were all of very good quality, but sometimes her feet were still a little cold, but it was much better than when she was at the Su family before, and she was obviously much less cold.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Su Xueqing and her husband stayed at home and did not go to pray to the gods. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Su's mother asked Su Xueqing and her husband to come over for lunch.
There were children setting off firecrackers on the road, so Ning Yanjing protected Su Xueqing a little more.
Wei Shanshan wore a new set of clothes, which were bought by Su's mother. Other children had new clothes for the New Year, and Wei Shanshan couldn't be left alone wearing old clothes. Su's mother didn't expect Su Yamei to buy clothes for Wei Shanshan. The clothes Su Yamei bought for Wei Shanshan were a little small, and she said she would buy a bigger one so that Wei Shanshan could wear it next year. As a result, Su Yamei didn't know Wei Shanshan's size at all.
Su Yanan and his wife came with their three children. With so many people coming, it was very lively.
Su Xueqing gave each of the children a red envelope, and they all said thank you to their aunt. Su Sansao's son and Su Yamei's son were too young to take the red envelopes themselves, so Su Xueqing gave the red envelopes to their mothers.
The amount of each red envelope is the same. The amount of the red envelope is not smaller just because Su Yanan has many children.
The weather was cold and there was a little sunshine.
Su Xueqing simply sat at the table in the yard to eat, and she could also bask in the sun and feel a little warmer. Ning Yanjing sat next to Su Xueqing and picked up some food for her.
"The flat meat is here." Su's mother brought a large bowl of flat meat.
The meat filling of the flat meat was specially beaten out by Su's father with a hammer. They made it specially because they thought Su Xueqing liked flat meat more.
"Eat quickly." Su's mother also scooped some flat meat for Su Xueqing.
Su Xueqing took a spoon and took a bite of the flat meat. It was a little hot, so she blew it slightly.
Ning Yanjing simply took another bowl, scooped some flat meat into that bowl and let it cool for a while, so that it would cool faster.
"You eat too." Su Xueqing said to Ning Yanjing, "You don't have to just focus on me."
"I ate." Ning Yanjing said, "You eat, until you are full."
"Yeah." Su Xueqing nodded slightly, "This is delicious. I won't eat anything else. I'll just eat a few more flat meats."
Next door, Xu's second brother and his wife came to eat lunch, but Xu Ruyun and Yan Yichen didn't come. Yan Yichen had a wound on his head, and it hadn't healed yet. Yan Yichen didn't want others to see it, and Xu Ruyun didn't want the people in the alley to see it either. Those people were too gossipy. If they knew that Yan Yichen had a wound on his head, who knows how they would frame Yan Yichen.
"Mom, aren't Ruyun and the others coming over?" Mrs. Xu asked Mother Xu. The Su family was about to have dinner, but the Xu family hadn't started eating yet.
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