Tian Kai lived in the staff dormitory of the cigarette factory. The dormitory was a double room, but Tian Kai lived in a single room thanks to his father-in-law's relationship.
When Tian Kai saw Li Li and her son blocking the door, his face changed.
Seeing that many people in the dormitories and corridors on the same floor were looking over here, Tian Kai quickly took them out.
After walking a long distance from the dormitory building, Tian Kai dared to complain to Li Li, "Why did you come here? And you brought Jiale with you. What if someone recognizes you?"
Li Li glared at him, "Your son misses you and is clamoring to see you."
Tian Kai was about to say something when Ling Jiale grabbed his legs.
"Dad, I want to eat roast chicken! You said you would buy it for me! You lied to me!"
Faced with his own son's coquettish behavior, Tian Kai lost all his resentment and temper, and just picked up his son and started coaxing him.
"Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you tomorrow. It's just a roast chicken."
There happened to be a vendor selling candied haws on the roadside, and Ling Jiale pointed with his little hand and clamored to have some.
Candied haws were not expensive, so Tian Kai bought two strings without saying a word. Ling Jiale held a string of bright red candied haws in each hand and ran around Tian Kai happily.
After coaxing his son, Tian Kai turned around and sternly warned Li Li, "Don't come to the dormitory to find me in the future. Yanchun comes here often. If she sees us, we're all done for!"
Seeing Li Li's nonchalant expression, Tian Kai had to soften his tone, "Aunt, didn't I tell you that whether I can get promoted or not depends on Yanchun's mood.
She has already promised me that she will persuade her father to transfer me to the sales department as soon as possible. Once I join the sales department as a salesperson, my income will at least double. I will be better off, and you and Jiale will have a good life. "
Only when money was mentioned did Li Li react.
"I can choose not to bother you, but when you get to the sales department, Jiale and I will have to increase our subsidies."
Tian Kai had been anxious and angry about money issues at the moment, and Li Li's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, making him angry all of a sudden.
"Can you please stop talking about money? I've spent dozens of dollars on you and your son in the past half month. What else do you want from me? I have to secretly borrow money from others when I go out to eat with my boyfriend. Li Li, you're good enough. You insisted on giving birth to this son. If I don't recognize him, you can't blame me!"
Li Li didn't want to push him too far, fearing that everything would be ruined, so she quickly showed weakness and said, "I just said it casually, but you took it seriously. Besides, your money wasn't wasted. Jiale loves you better than I do as his biological mother."
Seeing his son spinning happily, Tian Kai's anger instantly dissipated a lot.
Seeing that she couldn't get any money from Tian Kai for the time being, Li Li started talking about her son's kindergarten.
"I've found one. There's a kindergarten right in front of where I live. The tuition is 40 yuan per semester, including one meal at noon. All in all, it's just over 10 yuan a month, which is not expensive."
More than 10 yuan a month is not expensive, but now he has to give 10 yuan to Li Li every month, and he only has more than 10 yuan left on hand. After paying his son's kindergarten tuition, he has no money left even for cigarettes.
Although he doesn't need to spend money on cigarettes now, as a grown man, he still has to keep some money on him.
Thinking of this, Tian Kai turned his face away from Li Li, "Where's your own money?"
"How can I have the money? My salary is only 20, plus what you give me, it's only 30 a month. I have three mouths to feed, and it's hard to eat. How can I have spare money for other things?"
Tian Kai thought for a moment and said, "I think you should take Jiale back to the village and let him go to school there first. When the situation here gets better in two years, I will find a way to get him to go to school in the city."
Li Li was extremely unhappy with Tian Kai's proposal.
Firstly, she didn't want to be separated from her son, and secondly, she felt that her son would have no future if he stayed in the countryside to go to school.
But she could also see that Tian Kai really couldn't come up with the money.
"How about you pay half, and I'll figure out the rest myself."
Seeing that Tian Kai was still hesitating, Li Li could not help but said, "You only think about going back to the countryside to save money, but why don't you think about Jiale's future? He is your biological son, and if he has a bright future, you, as his father, will also benefit from it! Maybe you will have to rely on Jiale to support you when you are old. If he knew that you refused to pay even 20 yuan for tuition, you will wonder if he will pay any attention to you in the future!"
Having said that, Tian Kai had no choice but to agree.
"Let's wait until next month. I don't have any money this month."
Tian Kai is not as honest as Ling Jiang. He just listens to whatever Li Li says.
In his opinion, Li Li and her son are just sesame seeds, while his girlfriend's family is watermelon. He is not a fool, so he would not pick up sesame seeds and throw away watermelons.
"Li Li, you don't need to worry about my affairs, just take care of Jiale."
After saying that, Tian Kai looked at his son twice, then turned around and warned Li Li again, "Li Li, the reason you can get into the cigarette factory is not because I, Tian Kai, have a lot of face, but because of my father-in-law's relationship. If Ma Yanchun finds out about what happened between us, don't expect me to save you!"
After being scolded by Tian Kai, Li Li restrained herself a lot. She no longer brought her son to Tian Kai for no reason. When she was in the factory, she would not get close to Tian Kai intentionally or unintentionally.
The news that Li Li brought Ling Jiale to see Tian Kai soon reached Yun Mo's ears.
In order to prevent Li Li from causing any trouble, she asked Xu Lixue to find someone to keep an eye on Li Li.
In addition to Li Li's current situation, Yun Mo also had Tian Kai's personal information in front of her, including the family situation of Tian Kai's girlfriend Ma Yanchun.
After reading it, Yun Mo immediately handed the investigation materials to Ling Chuan. As for whether Ling Chuan wanted to conceal it or tell Ling Jiang the truth, it was none of her business.
After washing up in the morning, Yun Mo went into the main room to have breakfast and found a bowl of steaming noodles on the table.
There are two round fried eggs on the surface, and a few green vegetable leaves are dotted around, which looks appetizing.
Yun Mo picked up the chopsticks and started eating without hesitation.
"Sister-in-law, why did you eat the noodles?"
Halfway through the meal, Ling Jiang walked in with a large plate of cooked dumplings and looked at her with surprise.
Yun Mo calmly swallowed the food in her mouth, "What's wrong? Isn't this noodle cooked for me?"
Ling Jiang smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll just go cook another bowl."
Yun Mo reacted belatedly, "Brother, is there anyone at home having a birthday?"
"Ah, sister-in-law, don't you know? It's Chuanzi's birthday today. He's turning 25."
Well, it turns out it’s her husband’s birthday.
Not only did she not prepare a birthday present, she also ate the person's longevity noodles.
Amidst the embarrassment, a trace of shame spread in my heart.
Just at this moment, Ling Chuan walked in from outside. Seeing that his wife had shown off half a bowl of longevity noodles, he was not angry but smiled.
"Are you full? If you are, it's my turn to eat."
"Don't eat this!"
Seeing the man was about to eat the noodles she had left, Yun Mo quickly stopped him, "I'll go make you another bowl, wait for me."
"No need to bother."
Haha, man.
He said it was not necessary, but as he looked at the woman's slender and graceful back, the smile in his eyes was about to overflow from his eyes.
Ling Jiang on the side was still wondering, "Chuanzi, why didn't you tell your sister-in-law that it was your birthday today?"
If he had told me in advance, how could he eat the longevity noodles made by his wife? "Brother, I forgot."
Second update~ (End of this chapter)