Bai Hongmei caused a huge commotion in the guesthouse and attracted the attention of the waiter on duty.
The waiter ordered Bai Hongmei not to make loud noises and disturb others' rest, but Bai Hongmei not only refused to listen, she also wanted to check out and get back half a day's room fee.
The guesthouse refused to refund the money, so Bai Hongmei insisted on staying.
"You want to house four people for the price of two people? What a pipe dream! I'm telling you it's not possible. If you make trouble again, I'll call the police to arrest you!"
The waiter's attitude was so tough that Bai Hongmei calmed down immediately. It wasn't that she didn't dare to argue, but she didn't have the energy to continue.
Knowing that Qiao Baozhu had left food coupons and money in the cafeteria, Bai Hongmei took the mother and daughter to the cafeteria to have a full meal without caring whether the two children were hungry or not.
After eating and drinking, Bai Hongmei returned to Yard No. 13.
Looking at the messy room, Bai Hongmei turned around and slapped Wei Fang hard in the face.
"Why did you hit the child again?"
Bai's mother looked at Wei Fang, who was crying with her hands covering her face, and could not help but complain to her daughter: "You are full and energetic again! It is not up to the children to decide whether to go to the guesthouse. Didn't I just say that the matter has been turned over, and don't mention it again in the future."
Bai Hongmei's chest heaved up and down with anger as she pointed at the messy room.
"I'm not angry about the guesthouse. I'm angry that Wei Fang doesn't know how to work at her age. I've been in the hospital for so many days, and if you can't bring me a bowl of hot soup, at least clean up the house."
"Look inside this room that you two sisters built. Is there any room to step?"
Wei Fang didn't eat enough in the cafeteria just now. Qiao Baozhu paid for two people's meals, but Bai Hongmei didn't even get an extra steamed bun. The four of them shared two portions of rice.
She was angry but didn't dare to resist, for fear that Bai Hongmei would go crazy and beat her up.
At this moment, her stomach was empty and she was slapped in the face. Hunger, pain, grievance, and anger intertwined together, causing Wei Fang to completely explode.
She screamed and threw all the clothes that Bai Hongmei brought back to the ground, then jumped on them and stomped on them hard.
Pointing at Bai Hongmei, she yelled hysterically, "Why should I clean up? You don't clean up yourself. This house is already a mess. Grandma doesn't clean up, and you don't clean up either. Why should I clean up?"
"Our house has always been a mess. It's not as clean as Aunt Qiao's house. It was like this before you were hospitalized. You have always been like this. You are a sloppy and dirty person."
Wei Fang tore off her mother's face and pressed her to the ground and stomped on her.
Bai Hongmei just came back from the hospital. She stayed in the hospital for ten days. The environment was more comfortable than at home, and she ate meals that her mother brought back from the cafeteria.
The meal tickets were raised by instructor Duan, and also secretly sent by Captain Jiang. The amount was not too much, but it was enough to ensure that they would have enough to eat for 10 days.
After ten days of recuperation in the hospital, Bai Hongmei and her daughter recovered well. Otherwise, Bai Hongmei would not have had so much energy to take care of her own child.
Wei Fang started to make a scene, and Bai Hongmei left Wei Fang at home in a rage. She took Bai's mother and Wei Hong to the guesthouse and locked Wei Fang in the room.
The guesthouse originally did not allow Bai Hongmei to stay there because Qiao Baozhu paid for two people.
This time, Bai Hongmei found the waiter of the hotel and claimed that there were only two adults sleeping together for the night, and Wei Hong was a child, so she didn't have to pay if she followed the adults.
The staff at the guesthouse knew that Bai Hongmei was difficult to deal with, and since there was only one night left, they simply arranged for the mother and her three daughters to stay in a double room. The staff didn't bother to care how they stayed.
Bai Hongmei happily moved into the guesthouse. She and her mother pushed two single beds together and let Wei Hong lie in the gap between the two beds.
The three of them were lying in bed at night. Wei Hong was very hungry because she had eaten dinner too early.
She wanted to eat, but she didn't dare to tell her mother, so she could only beg Bai's mother: "Grandma, I want to drink water."
Bai's mother was also feeling hungry. When she heard Wei Hong asking for water, she couldn't help but say to Bai Hongmei, "Girl, I think the child must be hungry. How about I make her some milk powder?"
Bai Hongmei didn't eat enough for dinner. The meal for two people was shared by four people, so it would be strange if she could eat enough.
"There's only a little milk powder left, and there are two biscuits in the bag. Let's eat them all."
Bai Hongmei has never been stingy with herself. She always enjoys herself first and then her children.
She specially left the two cookies for herself, and now she took them out because her old mother had always taken care of her.
Bai's mother knew that there was still some food in her daughter's bag. Seeing that her daughter did not eat alone and was still thinking about her, a relieved smile appeared on her face.
She stood up and prepared to make the milk powder. Seeing this, Bai Hongmei quickly climbed down from the bed and said, "Mom, you don't have to go. I'll do it."
Bai's mother felt sorry for her daughter who had just been discharged from the hospital and whose body had not recovered yet. She looked at Bai Hongmei with pity and said, "Don't move. Just lie down."
Bai Hongmei didn't take it seriously and picked up the thermos to make milk powder: "I have been in the hospital for ten days and have recovered a lot. Look at those women in the same ward, they only stayed in the hospital for two or three days and then went home. They are not as lucky as me!"
Bai's mother sighed, her tone guilty: "10 days is not too long. According to the old rules, a miscarriage for a woman who is pregnant is the same as giving birth. In your case, you should sit for a full month."
"It's a pity that our family is in poverty, otherwise we would have provided you with unlimited eggs, brown sugar, and millet porridge for this month. I'm sure you would be plump and fair, and prettier than a grown girl."
Bai Hongmei felt sad when she heard her mother's words. She said bitterly, "What can a grown-up girl do? If I had known that marrying Wei Yanda would lead to such a miserable life, I would not have married him even if I was labeled a rightist. I have wasted half my life in vain and have not enjoyed any happiness at all."
Hearing her daughter complain, Bai's mother reminded her in a bad mood.
"That's so heartless. When Yan Da was alive, he didn't take care of the family, and you really suffered a lot. Thanks to him, you and our family have benefited a lot. Apart from other things, if it weren't for him, would you have been able to get a share of the house?"
"If you ask me, now that you've lost your child, your days in the family compound are over. You'd better go and ask your father-in-law for help. For the sake of the child, he should be able to give you three some money to celebrate the New Year."
After the newspaper leader got into trouble, the old man's friends and colleagues were more or less implicated. He was about to be labeled a rightist and his whole family would be punished.
All the young talents who usually surrounded Bai Hongmei ran away. Not to mention marrying Bai Hongmei, even if they saw each other on the street, they didn't dare to recognize her, for fear of being found by the committee.
Coincidentally, Wei Yanda went home to visit his family, and he didn't know that something happened in the Bai family. He liked Bai Hongmei in his heart, and Bai Hongmei used a little trick, and the two got married.
With the help of Wei Yanda, the son-in-law, the Bai family quickly resolved the crisis. Bai Hongmei also relied on her status as a military dependent to snatch a house from the postal system. According to her rank and age, Bai Hongmei was not even eligible to apply.
It was Wei Yanda's father who found the leader, and Bai Hongmei was able to get her current housing as an exception.
The old man asked people for gifts, spent money and used favors just to let Wei Yanda and Bai Hongmei have their own house.
After Bai Hongmei got the house, she only told others that she was capable and never mentioned her father-in-law's contributions.
Now that her mother brought it up, Bai Hongmei still didn't take it seriously.
Bai Hongmei couldn't bring herself to ask that old man for money.
"Mom, please don't mention this anymore. I feel comfortable living in the family compound, so I'll settle down here from now on."
Bai's mother looked at her daughter in disbelief: "What nonsense are you talking about? Your husband is dead, and the baby in your belly is gone. Why should they let you stay in the family compound?"
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