Chapter 159 A Lifetime
Jiang Cheng and Grandma Shen were sitting on the kang, listening to Grandma Shen talking about the new people who moved in next door.
"They moved here two days after you left. The man is a driver for a transport team, and the woman is unemployed. There are four children in the family, three older sisters and one younger brother."
Grandma Shen pouted and said, "There are many people who favor boys over girls, but it's rare to see someone who doesn't treat his daughter as a human being."
"That boy in this family...tsk tsk tsk tsk...you'll know once you see him."
At this point, Grandma Shen shook her head and said, "In fact, those three girls are quite pitiful. I felt a little sorry for them! But who would have thought that day, the second girl next door coaxed Shen Yue to steal things from home for her!"
"Pooh!"
"None of them are good!"
Grandma Shen was angry.
Jiang Cheng said affirmatively: "Yueyue can't listen to her."
"Of course! Our Yueyue has been with you for such a long time, but she is not as stupid as before."
Grandma Shen’s words made Jiang Cheng laugh and cry.
"Okay, I think you're complimenting me!"
Grandma Shen had a stern face.
"That must be a compliment to you! How could you doubt yourself? That's not like you."
The old man and the young laughed and continued chatting.
Jiang Cheng asked about the Lin family's recent days. After all, they were the hero and heroine of the book. What if the power of the plot was too great?
"The Lin family? They've been quiet lately."
"But I heard from Li Chunxiang's mother that Lin Chengyuan hasn't been doing well in the machinery factory recently. It seems that he has been excluded."
"He was too cocky before, thinking he could become the director, and offended a lot of people."
When Jiang Cheng heard that it was nothing serious, he didn't care too much.
After Grandma Shen gave Jiang Cheng some instructions, she asked him to pack up his things while she went out to prepare dinner.
Jiang Cheng packed his luggage in the house and prepared the gifts he brought back this time, which he would give to Grandma Shen and the others later.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the Shen family had dinner.
Shen Que had not returned from the machinery factory yet, so Grandma Shen left the food out for Shen Que.
"Sister, this dress is so pretty!"
Shen Yue was wearing the new cotton-padded jacket that Jiang Cheng bought for her and was spinning around happily.
After she had almost finished spinning, Shen Yue carefully took it off. She wanted to wait until the New Year to wear it again.
Jiang Cheng tried to stop her, saying, "We'll buy it after the New Year. If you don't wear it now for a while, it will become too small. You grow very fast."
Shen Yue was happy but reluctant to part with the clothes. She struggled to fold them and said, "Then I'll wear them in two days."
"good!"
Jiang Cheng smiled and nodded, then looked at Shen Xing beside him.
She bought new books for Shen Xing.
Shen Xing couldn't wait to open the new book and start reading.
"Alright! Let's collect them all!"
"It's time to eat!"
Grandma Shen came over with a large bowl of hand-rolled noodles, and Jiang Cheng went to help.
Shen Xing and Shen Yue also took the time to put away their new books and new clothes.
While the four were busy, there was a knock on the door.
Shen Xing went to open the door.
"Um... I'm out of salt at home, I want to borrow some."
Outside the door was a woman in blue clothes, holding a bowl in her hand. Her eyes wandered around dishonestly, and finally she stared at a pot of noodles and a bowl of egg sauce and couldn't move away.
"Oh, is it time to eat? I came at a really bad time."
Jiang Cheng knew without asking that this was the new neighbor next door.
"It's really a bad time. We just ran out of salt and there's no more."
The woman's fake smile froze on her face for half a second, and then she said, "How could it be such a coincidence? You don't want to lend it to me, do you?"
"We are neighbors, can you lend us some salt..."
Jiang Cheng didn't want to listen and interrupted: "You can think whatever you want, it's not true anyway."
"Xing, close the door, it's time to eat!"
"Why!"
Shen Xing responded and was about to close the door. It was the first time that Ge Dahua met such a ruthless person.
“Hey hey hey—”
With a bang, the door closed.
Ge Dahua was about to open her mouth to curse, but when she remembered that her husband said he was the factory director, she swallowed her anger.
"A big factory director, yet so stingy!" Ge Dahua muttered, and turned around to go to Sun's house.
Crash!
A basin of water was poured out by Aunt Sun first.
Ge Dahua turned to the Li family next door.
Knock on the door and borrow salt.
In less than a minute, Li Chunhua's mother's loud scolding was heard in the yard.
“Borrow, borrow, borrow!”
"Your family can't even afford to eat! You've been borrowing money all day long. When are you going to pay me back the two eggs you owe me?"
"Do you have any shame? The thought of taking advantage is written all over your face! How can you come out with such a shameless face? Bah!"
Li Chunhua's mother started scolding her, and the other people in the yard just laughed as they listened.
! .
That's it!
Ge Dahua has only been here for a few days and she has borrowed things from every family.
An egg, some salt, a handful of firewood, and a few matches.
It’s not a lot, but no one’s money was blown away by the wind. Everyone can see through Ge Dahua’s little thoughts.
Ge Dahua just claimed that the things she borrowed were small and not very important, so she never thought about paying them back.
Ge Dahua returned empty-handed and was still muttering to herself when she got home.
"We all live in the same compound, how can they not lend it to me?"
The neighbors before were too embarrassed to refuse.
What Ge Dahua didn't know was that the entire compound had watched Jiang Cheng fight the Lin family several times, and had some experience with it.
At the Shen family, four people, each holding a bowl of noodles, lay down under the crack of the door and listened to Li Chunhua's biological mother scolding Ge Dahua.
"Auntie Sun poured the basin of water well!"
Grandma Shen said in full agreement: "I'll do the same next time."
The four people were in a good mood after hearing this, and they finished the whole bowl of noodles.
After dinner, Shen Xing went to wash the dishes, and Jiang Cheng was pulled by Shen Yue to see her recent paintings.
After Jiang Cheng praised her, Shen Yue's eyes disappeared with laughter.
Although Jiang Cheng may be exaggerating, Shen Yue has made great progress.
And since she started painting, Shen Yue has become more and more confident.
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng simply took out a piece of cloth and asked Shen Yue to give it to Teacher Zhao when the class started.
Shen Yue took it.
"Sister, I went to help Teacher Zhao with work early."
"Good, keep it up."
Jiang Cheng talked to Shen Xing about study again to see if Shen Xing needed help.
The result is that it is not needed.
Jiang Cheng felt that Shen Xing was definitely gifted in studying, and of course he also worked very hard.
After communicating with the two kids, Jiang Cheng went back to the next room.
At around eleven o'clock in the evening, footsteps were heard.
Jiang Cheng, who had not yet slept, opened the door a crack.
"Shen Que?"
"It's me!"
Chen Que, who originally wanted to speak more quietly, responded excitedly and walked towards the next room.
Jiang Cheng opened the door and looked at Shen Que with a smile.
A smile that belonged to Jiang Cheng hung on Shen Que's face.
Jiang Cheng was on the stairs, and Chen Que was at the bottom, and the two happened to look at each other.
There was no hug, no intimate action, just a simple eye contact.
There was a smile in her eyes and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.
His eyes were full of tenderness and his lips were raised.
The temperature around me seems to rise, and heartbeat is the only music at this moment.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Cheng asked with a smile, "How long will we stare at each other?"
Shen Que suddenly went up a step and lowered his head at a very close distance.
"lifetime."
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