Chapter 262: Feeling sorry for the child
It was very lively outside, but this liveliness had nothing to do with Wen Wan. There was a charcoal brazier in the room, and the charcoal fire in the brazier was burning brightly. For fear of suffocation, the window was half opened, and a cold wind slowly seeped in.
Today was a day of slaughtering pigs, and it was even more lively than the New Year. Shengxia and Lu Chun'e and the others had all returned and were helping with cooking in the kitchen, but she didn't go.
She was sewing clothes, having started during winter break, since she rarely went out unless necessary. She used up all the cloth coupons she had, from Dandan and Lu Dongping, making a lot of clothes, both thin and thick, for inner and outer wear.
The capital is far away from here, and it's not easy to come back. If she leaves, Lu Dongping won't starve, and Dandan won't starve either. As for clothes, they will definitely suffer, so she spent all the rest of her time preparing these things.
The college entrance examination results came out a long time ago. It was the first college entrance examination in ten years. The candidates were of varying quality. The number of questions was not large and the difficulty was not great. She scored 463 out of a total of 500 points. Lu Chun'e was slightly worse but also scored 420. Xu Qingming actually scored a few points higher than her. She would probably be able to get into the school she applied for before, but she didn't know when the admission letter would be sent. After all, the journey was far and the weather was not good here.
When Xu Qingming arrived, the fire in the yard was burning brightly. Lu Dongping sat in front of it, teaching Lu Donglin how to clean pig intestines. He had always done this job in previous years, but this year, for some reason, he had Lu Donglin's help and wouldn't let him go.
Lu Donglin obviously didn't have his patience. He cleaned up and ate faster than anyone else. Now he turned over his feces-filled stomach, and his handsome face was wrinkled so much that it was impossible to look at him.
The others didn't see it, but there was constant talking next door, so it must be over there.
He called out to Lu Dongping, who stood up and greeted him, "Here I come!"
Yesterday he went to call Xu Qingming and asked him to come over for dinner today, but Xu Qingming refused and didn't bother to be polite with him. He just said, "Nowadays, except for you, probably no one in your family likes me, so I won't go and cause trouble for everyone." The college entrance examination had a big impact. It had been a few months, and Wen Wan and Lu Dongping's parents were still awkward and didn't talk to each other. If he came again at this time, he would be deliberately making himself uncomfortable.
But I didn't expect Xu Qingming to come to the door again at this time.
Xu Qingming raised the thing in his hand: "I'm looking for Wanwan."
Lu Dongping nodded, walked towards the bridal chamber, and said, "Wanwan, your seventh brother is here."
Wen Wan had just finished the last stitch, tied a knot and cut the thread deftly, piled the clothes on the sewing machine surface, and got up to go to the outer room.
"Seventh brother! Why are you here at this time?" Ever since she had an unpleasant quarrel with the Lu family, Xu Qingming never came to visit again.
Xu Qingming said, "The notice has arrived. I'll bring it to you."
Wen Wan was slightly startled and then smiled. She reached out to take them. There were two envelopes, one for her and the other for Chun'e. She didn't rush to look at them first, but asked Xu Qingming: "Seventh brother, has yours arrived? Which university did you get into?" Although she asked this, she already knew the answer in her heart, but she just wanted to hear Xu Qingming say it in person to confirm it again.
"Huada!"
Wen Wan's eyes suddenly shone brightly. "Great! So, have all the educated youths arrived yet? How did you do on the exam?"
"They're all here. They come from all over the place, some from far and some from near. The earliest one arrived the day before yesterday, and ours just arrived today. Aside from Zhou Guoping, who overestimated his score and didn't reach the cutoff for the school he applied to, the others are all okay. The worst one has around 260 or 270 points, so they should have no problem going back to school."
Lu Dongping didn't go into the house nor walk far. He just stood by the door, leaning against the wall, looking at the gray sky in the distance. He listened to the gentle and joyful voice and exhaled a breath of hot air, which turned into white mist.
He felt that this winter was really cold and he didn't know when the sky would clear up.
Xu Qingming didn't stay in the house for long. He said a few words to Wen Wan and was about to leave. When he went out, he happened to meet Zhang Hongying coming out of the kitchen. He greeted her, "Aunt!" with a faint smile on his face, no different from usual.
Zhang Hongying's face was not natural, but she forced a smile and greeted him: "Qingming is here! Come in and warm yourself by the fire."
"No, I came to see Wanwan for something, I'll be leaving now."
"It's freezing cold, so there's nothing to do back home. I'm here, it's lively here."
Xu Qingming smiled and shook his head to refuse, his eyes falling on Lu Chun'e who had just come out of the kitchen: "Congratulations!"
Lu Chun'e didn't know why she was so happy. Like Zhang Hongying, she asked him to invite her for dinner, but he still refused her and she quickly left the yard.
If Wen Wan hadn't left and it was just a casual argument, then he wouldn't have to do this. He could have just continued to interact with her as usual, perhaps even offering some advice. But now, he couldn't stay here much longer, and the same couldn't be said for Wen Wan. As for the future, who could predict it now?
Therefore, if you can avoid getting together, do so, as it will only add to the embarrassment.
After the people left, Zhang Hongying muttered, "This is incredible! Returning to the city is completely different from before. This is a distinguished guest that we can't even invite."
"Mom, be quiet. Why do you talk so much all day long?" Lu Chun'e retorted to her and went towards the new house.
To be honest, Lu Chun'e really didn't understand what her mother was thinking. She wasn't a fool, but when it came to her brother, it was like he'd eaten too much lard and had lost his mind. Putting aside the unpleasantness before, in the past few months, ever since he learned that her sister-in-law was indeed going back, he had become unpleasant to others, speaking in a sarcastic tone. He would often chat and laugh with others, but when he turned around and looked at her sister-in-law, his face would droop.
Since going back was a foregone conclusion, shouldn't she be nicer to him in these last few months? At least she could let him go with a purpose. After school, maybe he'd still miss his brother and Dandan and come back here.
But looking at the current situation at home, not only her sister-in-law, but even she herself doesn't want to stay here any longer.
Zhang Hongying was about to curse when she looked up and met Lu Dongping's cold eyes. The dissatisfaction in her heart came to her lips but she swallowed it back. The rest turned into a sentence: "Why did I give birth to a bunch of debt collectors like you!"
Wen Wan was reading her admission letter in the room when Lu Chun'e poked her head out the door and called out, "Sister-in-law!"
Wen Wan responded: "Come in, Chun'e, your notice has arrived."
Lu Chun'e's eyes lit up, and she hurried into the house. She took the envelope Wen Wan handed her, and she was so excited that she didn't open it immediately. Instead, she asked Wen Wan: "Sister-in-law, yours is here too, right? Is it Huada?"
She heard that Hua University was one of the best schools in the capital, and the admission score must be high, but she knew that her sister-in-law's score was quite high, so she thought she could get in.
Wen Wan nodded: "Huada, look at yours."
Lu Chun'e opened the envelope, her eyes sparkling with excitement, and she almost jumped up.
Capital Medical University, she was actually admitted!
"Sister-in-law, I can go to the capital too!" Even though we are not in the same school, we are in the same city, which is not too far.
Wen Wan had a faint smile on her face, she was really happy for Lu Chun'e.
High school and college are different after all.
After graduating from college, life will go in a different direction.
The whole family soon knew that Lu Chun'e had been admitted to university. They were happy, but their joy didn't last long because Wen Wan also passed.
This meant that she was really leaving. Wen Wan didn't sit down at the table, pretending not to notice the strange looks and frequent stares from the family. She took the bowl that Lu Dongping handed her and went back to the house with Dandan in her arms.
Lu Dongcheng and his brothers found other topics to change, and the table became lively for a while. However, Lu Dongping still didn't say much, just drank one glass of wine after another.
I wanted to get drunk, but maybe it was because I could not drink too much, I felt dizzy, but I was aware of everything.
Gao Xiulan saw that everyone had almost finished eating, so she got up and went to Wen Wan's room.
Wen Wan was tidying up the things on the sewing machine.
She stood at the door and called out, "Wanwan!" She waited until Wenwan turned around before entering the room. She looked at the folded clothes in her hands and asked, "Is this for Dongping?"
Wen Wan nodded: "We have both Dongping and Dandan, both thin and thick. I don't know when I will be back after I leave. Speaking of which, there are winter and summer vacations every year, especially the long summer vacation, so I do have time to come back and visit, but plans can never keep up with changes, and I don't know if I can come back. Dongping is in his forties, he won't starve, and Dandan will not be wronged with him taking care of her."
"It's the needle and thread. He's a man after all, so I have to prepare it for him."
After saying that, he finally reacted and asked Gao Xiulan to sit down.
Gao Xiulan didn't bother to be polite. She sat down and said to her, "I heard from Chun'e that you and your seventh brother both passed the exam, and to the best universities. You both have great potential, unlike the rest of us. Dongfu didn't participate this year, but I think he must have had some thoughts after seeing you all pass. We've been blind our entire lives, never knowing a single word. Naturally, we hope that the younger generation will study more and eat more comfortably."
"Dongping's parents have reached a dead end in their minds, so don't worry about it. They're very nice people, but they just can't think straight. They think that if you leave, Dongping will be alone again. They're just worried about their child. After all, who wouldn't love their own child? You're also deeply in love with them, right?"
Wenwan smiled but said nothing.
She understood this principle, but she also knew that Lu Dongping's parents not only felt sorry for Lu Dongping, but most importantly, they had a dislike for her from the beginning.
If they didn't leave and lived here, as long as Lu Dongping was willing to pamper them, they would suppress their dissatisfaction and maintain superficial peace.
If one day, Lu Dongping gets tired of me and doesn't want to protect and pamper me anymore, then it's only a matter of time before we turn against each other.
She couldn't bear to leave Lu Dongping and Dandan, but she wouldn't stay here and let others bully her just because she couldn't bear to leave them.
Besides, she is gentle and has always had the final say in whether her life is good or not. She will not pin her future on a man.
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