Chapter 43 Chunyan Leaves
Everyone was noisy all night last night, and everyone got up late the next day, but fortunately it was still a holiday today.
Gao Xiulan got up and was standing by the pool washing wild vegetables, preparing to make wild vegetable pancakes this morning.
Mix cornmeal with a little white flour, add chopped wild vegetables and stir well, then put a little rapeseed oil in the pot.
Spread the wild vegetable paste into small pancakes the size of a palm, bake until both sides are golden brown, and then they are ready to be taken out of the pan.
The freshly made wild vegetable pancakes are full of steam. If you swallow them in a hurry, you may burn the corners of your mouth. But you can't bear to let go, so you have to eat the wild vegetable pancakes in small bites while breathing out.
This batch of wild vegetables is tender, so Gao Xiulan left some that were not dried. She plans to make some wild vegetable pancakes for her family to try when she has time today.
Gao Xiulan put the washed wild vegetables aside to drain, and when she looked up, she saw Wu Chunyan, the eldest daughter of the old Wu family, walking into the backyard door with a shoulder bag on her back.
Gao Xiulan asked loudly, "Chunyan, why are you back today?"
Wu Chunyan replied: "Aunt Gao, I have something to do when I get back. You go ahead and do your work."
Gao Xiulan replied, "Okay."
Gao Xiulan watched Wu Chunyan take the key, open the door and go into the west room. After thinking for a while, she went back to cook.
Wu Chunyan just entered the house and prepared to go to her room to get some things.
I didn't expect that when I opened the door, I found that the originally tidy room was in a mess.
All the locked cabinets were smashed open, and the floor was littered with torn books and garbage.
Seeing this scene, Wu Chunyan's eyes instantly turned red and she clenched her fists tightly.
I held back my tears and packed up the few remaining books and the clothes I had bought after I started working.
When she left home, she took with her one hundred dollars she had saved from working and some books.
"You damn girl, you came back without saying a word, you almost scared me to death."
Diao Yulian woke up and was about to get up to pour a glass of water for Wu Jiabao when she saw that her door was open.
Just as he was about to call Wu Shengli to come out and catch the thief, he turned around and saw Wu Chunyan standing in the next room.
Diao Yulian finally let go of the worry in her heart and said to Wu Chunyan in a bad mood.
Ever since the last time things were discussed, Wu Chunyan has been living in the dormitory of her good friend Wei Minghua during the day.
Except for the night when Wu Jiabao was missing and Wu Chunyan stayed at home for one night, Diao Yulian had not seen Wu Chunyan for a long time since she was not at work.
"Hey! You still remember to come back? I thought you would never set foot in this place again in your life."
"From childhood to adulthood, I have never lacked food or clothing for you. I even paid for your schooling, and yet now that you've grown strong enough, you still want to fly away!"
"If you have the ability, don't come back in this lifetime."
Wu Chunyan lowered her head, her ears filled with sharp insults.
"You are mute, speak?"
"What are you doing here today?"
After Diao Yulian went crazy, she looked at Wu Chunyan without saying a word, and felt a lump in her chest.
"I'm leaving tomorrow."
Wu Chunyan raised her head and looked straight into Diao Yulian's eyes.
"Where are you going? Another business trip to Shanghai?"
"You don't have to tell me when you're leaving."
Diao Yulian felt a little uncomfortable being stared at. She spoke in a low voice and turned her head away, not daring to look Wu Chunyan in the eye.
"No, I'm going to college."
"Don't worry, I won't come back to bother you anymore."
Wu Chunyan's voice was very soft, as if floating in the wind, but just loud enough for Diao Yulian to hear.
"What did you say? You really want to go to college?"
Diao Yulian looked at Wu Chunyan with surprise as she looked serious.
"Old Wu, something happened, come out and take a look."
Diao Yulian was startled. She thought Wu Chunyan came here today just to get some things and go back to the factory dormitory. She never expected that she was leaving.
"What are you yelling about so early in the morning?"
Wu Shengli came out in slippers, looking sleepy, and took out his anger on Diao Yulian impatiently.
"It's Chunyan, she's leaving, she's really going to college!"
"How can you go to college? How can you?"
Diao Yulian was in a trance. She took a few steps forward, grabbed Wu Chunyan's arm tightly with both hands, and shook it hard.
"What? Chunyan, are you really going to college?"
Wu Shengli suddenly woke up from his sleep and looked at Wu Chunyan with wide eyes.
"I told you last time that I must go to college!"
"I've given you most of my salary over the years. I don't owe Wu Jiabao anything!"
Wu Chunyan took a deep breath, broke free from Diao Yulian's hands, and picked up the bag on the ground.
Inside was all her belongings, which totaled to just a small bag.
In the past few years that Wu Chunyan has been working, she has given half of her salary to her family every month, and the remaining half is used to cover her own living expenses.
Diao Yulian and Wu Shengli never gave her any money since she started working.
Wu Chunyan's first month's salary was only 15 yuan, and she gave half of it to Diao Yulian. A few days later, she was asked to give her another 3 yuan, saying that she had to buy medicine for her father.
She had to carefully calculate the remaining money every day, and she had to exchange money with others for meal tickets to eat at the factory. If she overspent, she would really have nothing to eat.
Wu Chunyan remembers that one time the factory paid her salary two weeks late, and all the money she had saved was only enough for her to eat a black flour steamed bun with porridge for every meal.
I have to save half of the steamed buns I eat at noon for dinner. The steamed buns are so cold and hard that it hurts my throat to eat them.
Because I had no money to buy hot food, I had to get some boiled water, tear the steamed bun into pieces and soak it in a bowl, and swallow it with the hot water. I was so tired that I fell asleep late at night and was woken up by hunger.
The reason why Wu Chunyan always wears factory uniform 365 days a year is because she has few clothes to change into.
In the past, after she started working, her clothes were taken away by Diao Yulian to be cut and made into other things, or some were given away as a gift to others.
Later, the aunts in the compound watched Diao Yulian tear cloth for Wu Jiabao to make new clothes from time to time.
Jin Qiaofeng mentioned it jokingly, asking why she didn't make one for Chunyan, as the older girl only wore the same piece of clothing every day.
After Diao Yulian came back, she gritted her teeth and made a set of black pants and a white shirt for Wu Chunyan.
Diao Yulian gave her this set when she asked her to attend a staff gathering last time, which silenced the onlookers.
In fact, after Wu Jiabao was born, Wu Chunyan felt uncomfortable with the different treatments from Diao Yulian and Wu Shengli.
"Chunyan, calm down, Chunyan, please don't leave."
Wu Shengli also stopped Wu Chunyan from leaving the house.
"If you want the factory to know the truth about that incident, just stop them."
This one sentence made Wu Shengli hesitate, and taking this opportunity, Wu Chunyan strode out the door.
"elder sister--"
Wu Jiabao didn't know when he woke up, and he watched Wu Chunyan leaving with his eyes open.
When Wu Chunyan heard Wu Jiabao calling her, she stopped and took a deep breath. Something was stuffed into her palm. Her body stiffened and she continued to walk forward.
Wu Jiabao trotted over to Wu Chunyan, and without saying a word, he stuffed the candy in his hand into his sister's hand.
After walking out of the courtyard alley in one breath, Wu Chunyan picked up the candy in her hand and took a look. It turned out to be a White Rabbit milk candy.
She knew that this was bought by Diao Yulian for Wu Jiabao the last time he was found by the police.
After Wu Jiabao finished eating, he kept pestering Diao Yulian to buy him another bag.
"What a little liar! Isn't there another one?"
The sun rises as usual, and the sunlight comes out, making people feel warm when it shines on their bodies.
Wu Chunyan chuckled and put the last candy in her mouth. It tasted sweet.
Nothing matters anymore!
She, Wu Chunyan, is finally going to college!
She didn't know whether she would regret it, but it would be a pity to miss this rare opportunity.
She is going to study in another city. Maybe she will come back to visit when she gets over it.
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