In the southwest of Shudu, there is a very remote village called Shiyu Village.
A white brick bungalow built in the 1970s and 1980s, one can still vaguely see traces of the times [if one person has an extra child, the whole family will be sterilized].
Next to the bungalow was a brick house with a fence. Light smoke seeped out from the gaps between the bricks and tiles, and drifted over the bamboo forest with the wind, so smoked that a few sparrows flapped their wings and went to stand on another tree.
“Brother, brother, brother…”
"Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle..."
Shen Qingning, wearing ordinary clothes, an old-fashioned blue cotton and linen apron, and sleeves, was in the smelly chicken coop...
With the sound of "cluck, cluck, cluck...", an old hen was caught out of the chicken coop by Shen Qingning.
The throat was cut with a knife, the blood plasma was thrown into the boiling water bucket on the spot, and the hair was plucked out.
Teacher Shen's movements were very skillful. After a while, the old hen was lying naked in the winnowing basket, about to become a delicious delicacy.
In order to nourish grandma's body, this chicken is a great blessing.
The village is very poor. There are about 130 people in all the households in the village, but there are only about 40 permanent residents in the village, with an average age of over 50 years old.
They are all left-behind elderly people.
Grandma Chen Biling has not been in good health these days. As she is old, she has some problems every few days.
As soon as Shen Qingning heard that her grandmother was sick, she would immediately rush home to accompany her.
However, this time I came back not because my grandma was sick, but because she was about to celebrate her 70th birthday.
This woman Shen Qingning...
In terms of her background, she cannot compare to the saint, let alone the future queen. She is just an abandoned baby.
In terms of talent, it was already quite good that she could scrape together enough money for college tuition. Talent was not something that a family like his should cultivate.
In terms of appearance, she is not a stunningly beautiful woman.
However, Su Ran likes her self-improvement.
…
"Qing Ning, why don't you call and ask your uncle and second uncle if they are free to come back to eat chicken tonight?"
The old woman Shen Biling sat under the eaves, making cloth shoes and speaking fluent Sichuan dialect. She would occasionally slide a needle through her hair and then continue making cloth shoes.
"You asked."
When she returned to her hometown, Chen Qingning naturally spoke Sichuan dialect, with an accent more like that of Ziyang and Neijiang.
Shen Qingning didn't dare to call her uncles because she had been a burden since she was a child. Her uncles didn't like her because Shen Biling had gone out to pick up scraps in her 50s to raise Shen Qingning. Now she was about to turn 70 and was suffering from a lot of illnesses.
The family was already extremely poor, and Shen Biling had to raise a burden. Every time she was hospitalized in her later years, it cost a lot of money. Naturally, the uncles didn't like Shen Qingning, especially the aunts, who hated her even more.
Shen Qingning knew that she was not welcome in this family. When she was a child, she often had nightmares. The uncles wanted to take her out and abandon her somewhere while she was asleep, to put an end to it all.
To be honest, it's just a hard life.
She was able to survive thanks to her grandmother Shen Biling.
Grandma didn't go to live with her uncle, but lived in the old house with Shen Qingning. The old lady knew that it was natural for her to live with her son, but the aunts would not accept Shen Qingning. It would cost money to have another old lady, and they would not be willing to support another burden. After all, they were all poor families, and it was difficult for them to live frugally.
In short, Shen Qingning has no sense of existence in the Shen family, and only her grandmother treats her as her darling.
but…
Life is like this, and she has come to the Shen family. Shen Qingning works as much as possible to earn money to support her grandmother's medical expenses in her later years.
However, as a girl with no special skills, it was very difficult for her to make money.
The last time I was sick, I borrowed 500,000 yuan from the squad leader, and I haven’t paid it back yet. Fortunately, I have been sleeping with the squad leader and occasionally chatting with him. Does this count as offsetting the interest?
She actually wanted to improve her relationship with her uncles and aunts, but she just couldn't find a way to do it.
Maybe...when grandma is no longer alive, Shen Qingning will be expelled from the Shen family by her uncles and aunts, and will become an 'abandoned child' again.
…
"They'll be back tonight."
Grandma hung up the phone and called into the kitchen.
"Okay, I'll go to the vegetable garden and pick some garlic sprouts. My second uncle likes to eat garlic sprouts."
Shen Qingning smiled brightly.
Her dream is simple, so simple that it is just "a harmonious family brings prosperity".
…
Vegetable garden.
Chen Qingning was picking garlic sprouts when she remembered that the day after tomorrow would be her grandmother's 70th birthday. The family had decided to hold a grand rural banquet, with 600 yuan per seat and 20 tables in total. The cigarettes would be "Ruanyun", and the total cost would be around 20,000 yuan.
The money was shared equally by Shen Qingning and the two uncles.
Originally, the eldest uncle said that he and the second uncle would share the cost, but the second mother said, "Chen Qingning, your grandma loves you so much. You've been attending university and working part-time this year, so you should have made some money. Why don't you give your grandma a big treat and show your filial piety?"
Chen Qingning sells clothes in Qishan’s wife’s two-dimensional clothing store, earning more than 5,000 yuan a month plus commission, which means an average of more than 7,000 yuan a month (Qishan’s wife gave her more, fearing that if she gave less, Master Su would ignore Qishan).
But how much you earn is one thing, how much you can save is another.
Young Master Su's expenses are not small. Usually, Shen Qingning cooks for the expenses in Chu Garden. Su Ran is a rich man and is very particular about food. Shen Qingning always buys good food for Su Ran, so this expense is not a big deal.
Actually, the money is not spent here, but the maintenance of the garden, such as...
In summer, the central air conditioning in the park covering thousands of square meters is always on.
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