Chapter 234 Brothers and Sisters Separate 2 It’s like marrying a parentless person…
Qi Changxiao's words were unpleasant to hear, especially the last part about Xianglin Sao, which hurt Chu Lingze a lot.
But the fact is that the truth hurts, and Chu Lingze also knows that his family's situation has indeed forced him to become a miserable Xianglin Sao.
And what Qi Changxiao said was right. If he wanted to live a good life, he had to make choices. He had to try his best to give a perfect answer to the dilemma of having his cake and eating it too. Otherwise, he would only suffer.
He stood up and thanked him, then walked back in silence.
The moonlight above his head was dim, just like his life. He couldn't see where he was coming from or where he was going. He could only bite the bullet and continue forward in this dim and blurry alley.
Since the possibility of running into a wall is unavoidable, let's just go for it and see if moving out will have any effect.
If a man doesn't even have the courage to burn his boats, how can he support a family and become a man?
When he returned home, he tried to persuade Li Xiaorui.
Instead of haggling over every penny, it is better to just lose a little money, live a peaceful life and have peace of mind.
Li Xiaorui was silent. This was such a loss, as it was equivalent to marrying an orphan without parents.
She didn't understand: "What about the money you owe for your sister? Whose is it?"
Chu Lingze smiled bitterly: "I don't know. I'll talk to my dad about it. If it doesn't work, I'll ask him to write me an IOU. That's the only way."
"It's such a huge loss!" Li Xiaorui regretted it. If she had known earlier, she would not have given the job to Chu Lingyi. The next morning, she hurried to the sugar factory to ask.
Fortunately, because there was a record of reprimand in Chu Lingyi's file, the newly appointed factory director was very disgusted with her and had not yet made Chu Lingyi a formal employee.
In addition, when Li Man was in the factory, she had a good relationship with this former deputy director, so after Li Xiaorui pleaded for mercy, the factory director agreed to give her a chance to regret, which was valid within half a month.
Li Xiaorui breathed a sigh of relief, and with tears in her eyes, she kowtowed to the kind factory director and turned back to the Chu family.
When she got home, she saw her mother-in-law chasing her sister with a pair of scissors, saying that a hair collector passed by and saw that her sister's hair was nice and wanted to buy it.
Mother Chu thought, she is just a lunatic, and it is already a great honor for her to keep her at home with good food and drink. There is no need to ask for her opinion on cutting her hair, right?
Unexpectedly, the madman was not happy about it. He kept yelling and playing the Qin King's game in the yard. Just as he was about to be caught by Chu's mother, Li Xiaorui came back. The crazy woman immediately rushed over and hid behind Li Xiaorui, crying loudly.
Li Xiaorui looked at her unreasonable mother-in-law with a dark face and asked, "What are you doing? Do you want to kill someone?"
"What? I'm just cutting her hair. Her hair is so nice, black and smooth. It can be sold for a good price." Mother Chu looked down on her daughter-in-law, so naturally she wouldn't be polite to her crazy sister.
Li Xiaorui felt deeply insulted, but she remembered what Yao Zhizhi taught her. She did not make a scene in the yard, but instead dragged her sister to the alley to cry.
All the neighbors knew about her crying. Even though no one came out to mediate, many people stood at their doorsteps and pointed at Chu's mother.
Mother Chu was so angry that her face turned black. She could only snort coldly and locked the gate to prevent Li Xiaorui from returning home.
Li Xiaorui had nowhere to go during the day, so locking the door was not a problem for her. She dragged her sister to the bamboo product store and continued to learn the craft from Xiao Qiu.
Her sister seemed to know that she was in trouble. She sat quietly in the store, lowered her head and played with two pieces of bamboo strips, without crying or making a fuss.
It was not until lunch time that Chu Lingze came to ask them to go back, and the two sisters left the store.
Xiao Qiu breathed a sigh of relief silently. It was terrible. He was an old bachelor and was suddenly in the same room with two female comrades. He was so nervous. Fortunately, they were all honest and decent people like him.
He didn't go home at noon. He just lit a stove at the door of the store, boiled some water and made a bowl of noodles, so as to avoid going home and being scolded by his brother and sister-in-law.
And with the time saved, he can do more handicrafts and earn more money.
Let’s not talk about whether I can get married or not, at least it’s better to be prepared.
While eating noodles, a woman's voice sounded behind him. Xiao Qiu turned around and saw that it was "Xiao Xie".
Shen Qingwan claimed to be a relative of Xie Chunxing and her surname was Xie, which saved her a lot of trouble and also brought her a lot of convenience.
As soon as she arrived, Xiao Qiu immediately greeted her warmly: "It's you, are you buying anything?"
"Yes, the other two female comrades living in my yard are coming back. I'm afraid my things will take up space, so I want to buy a few bigger baskets to store them." Shen Qingwan smiled and took out the money.
Xiao Qiu usually looks after the store, and Shen Qingwan occasionally comes to help Yao Zhizhi check the accounts, so the two are considered acquaintances. Xiao Qiu quickly put down the bowl and went to the back of the store where large products were placed to get two baskets: "Is it enough? If not, I'll get more."
"That should be enough. Let's go back and try it first." Shen Qingwan paid the money. When giving the change, Xiao Qiu specially took out two brand new banknotes from the drawer where the money was kept, for fear of wronging this woman.
There's no way he could do that. He himself didn't receive much education, but he really enjoyed dealing with educated people.
Especially since the other party is a woman, she looks like a talented woman with a lot of knowledge and education.
He smiled and handed the money to Shen Qingwan. When Shen Qingwan reached out to take it, she accidentally touched the palm of his hand. At this moment, a current passed through the bachelor's body, making him feel numb, dizzy and his cheeks hot.
He blushed and looked away: "I'm always here. If you don't have enough, you can come back. Or if you have any styles you like, you can tell me and I can customize two for you."
"Really?" Shen Qingwan was very happy. "Then I'll go back and draw a blueprint for you, and you can help me follow it later."
"No problem." Xiao Qiu calmed down, turned around to look at "Xiao Xie", and said shyly, "I will definitely make you satisfied."
"Okay, thank you." Shen Qingwan took the basket and left. It was not until her slender figure disappeared at the end of the alley that Xiao Qiu picked up the noodles in his bag and ate them clean in a few mouthfuls.
He is not picky about food, as long as he can fill his stomach, he is fine.
It's a pity that no matter how much money he saves, he is not worthy of such an educated woman.
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Chu Lingze originally planned to look for a house on his day off, but when he came home from get off work today, he heard Aunt Mao say that his mother was causing trouble again.
He was really fed up, so he had to leave after dinner. Before leaving, he told Li Xiaorui: "You go to the store with your elder sister to avoid another quarrel with my mother. I will go find a house now."
Li Xiaorui nodded: "Okay."
If she can't settle the accounts between the brother and sister when the family property is divided, she will take back the job and sell it to someone else.
In short, Chu Lingyi won’t get any benefit.
This kind of woman takes advantage of others and acts like a good girl. Who would tolerate her?
However, the lunch break was short, and Chu Lingze only had time to visit the woolen mill and the slum, and had not yet visited the tube-shaped buildings in the old city.
Considering the distance to work, it seems that the dormitory near the woolen mill is more convenient.
He also asked, and found out that the rent for a two-room apartment was only five dollars a month, which was not bad.
However, this also has obvious disadvantages. It is too close to the Eight Alleys. If his mother and sister continue to make trouble, he will have nowhere to hide.
But... in the old city, he doesn't have a bicycle, so he has to take the bus to work. Taking into account the transportation expenses of Li Xiaorui and her sister, the cost is really multiplied.
After much deliberation, he finally gritted his teeth and decided to stay in the dormitory near the woolen mill. He paid for the rent for three months and could consider moving if he was not used to it.
After booking the house, he went to work. When he arrived at the office, he found that Ye Zheng had returned.
When he came back, he didn't go back to the editorial office, but was in the communication room, talking to Zhang Wang.
Zhang Wang obviously didn't want to say anything more to her, and his expression was indifferent. In the end, Ye Zheng had to return to the editorial office upstairs in embarrassment and tell Yao Zhizhi that she was back.
Yao Zhizhi put down the work in her hands and looked up: "Why do you look so bad?"
Ye Zheng didn't know how to answer. Lovesickness?
During this period, she thought about Zhang Wang every day. She herself found it unbelievable. Zhang Wang just saved her once that day and then drew a clear line with her. But the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't control herself from thinking about it.
I miss Zhang Wang’s square face, his thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his roar when he sees injustice.
She always felt that a man who was brave enough to stand up for what was right must be the most responsible man.
Zhang Wang avoided her because he must have been disgusted with her parents who were in jail.
So she could only resent her birth and resent that she would not be able to reincarnate.
The more I hated my parents, the more I missed Zhang Wang. Unconsciously, while I was recovering from my injuries, I was almost sick with longing for him.
But she never expected that after returning here, Zhang Wang still didn't want to pay attention to her.
She was really sad, heartbroken.
But she was too embarrassed to express such feelings, so she could only turn into a saw-mouthed gourd and silently resist Yao Zhizhi's questions.
Yao Zhizhi didn't force it. It was normal for a woman who had just recovered from a serious injury to feel depressed.
So she reminded him, "You've just returned, so get familiar with the work environment first. I won't assign you any tasks today. We'll talk about it tomorrow."
"Okay." Ye Zheng lowered her head silently. However, her accommodation problem had not yet been solved, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "Do you know of any vacant houses for rent? Xiao Song won't let me stay at her house anymore."
That's not Xiao Song's fault. Everyone thought Ye Zheng would be more rational, but who would have thought that she would be so love-minded and impulsive.
After all, Xiao Song is just an ordinary colleague of Ye Zheng. He has done his best by taking Ye Zheng in for a period of time. It is only natural that he doesn't want to get into trouble now.
So Yao Zhizhi gave her two options, the woolen mill and the slum, and it was up to her to choose.
After get off work, Ye Zheng went to the woolen mill dormitory and happened to meet Chu Lingze and Li Xiaorui who came to look at the house. Ye Zheng thought that since her colleagues were also here, they should be able to take care of each other, so she rented the last vacant room for three yuan a month.
Ye Zheng moved in that night. Although Xiao Song refused to take her in, he was still very considerate. He rode his tricycle to help her pull her things over and helped to clean up the new home before leaving.
Ye Zheng lay on the bed and waited for a long time, but heard no movement from next door, so she had to go out to take a look.
I happened to see Cao Guangyuan helping an old lady up the stairs.
Ye Zheng didn't know them, so she just smiled and went into the house.
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