Chapter 14 No one was seen
Zhuang Ganmei said first, "Let him go back! Pick the lock! If you don't want to, I'll do it!"
"Why do you have to make things so awkward? Don't you want his twenty-five dollars a month?" This was the voice of Zhuang's mother.
"But now it hasn't been given to you yet?" Zhuang Ganmei was very angry.
It was as if the money was his and his elder brother had stolen it or borrowed it and not returned it.
"He is honest and obedient. He was mainly instigated by Huang Ling. We just need to teach him a lesson. Can he abandon his parents for his wife?" said Zhuang's father.
"Anyway, I don't want to serve another man. How inconvenient it would be to have one more person at home!" Lin Fang also interrupted.
"Okay, okay, stop talking. He will be back soon. When Huang Ling comes back, send Zhendong and Zhenbei to stay for two days, and then everything will be back." Zhuang's mother interrupted everyone.
Zhuang Chaoying heard that the dishes were being set out in the house in preparation for dinner.
He waited a moment, then quietly walked into the house and began to pack his things.
"Chaoying, it's time for dinner, you..." Zhuang's mother followed him and looked at him packing up his things, her expression seemed not right.
"I'm not eating anymore. I'm going back and asking someone to pry the lock open. I'll be staying back here today."
Mother Zhuang glanced at everyone and said gently, "Eat your meal before you go back. Your sister-in-law used her meal ticket to get you a meal."
Speaking of eating, Zhuang Chaoying took out two fifty-cent bills from his pocket and put them on the table.
"This is... yesterday's meal money."
"You kid, why do you need money when you come home for dinner? Sit down and eat!" Zhuang's mother stuffed the money back into Zhuang Chaoying's hand.
Zhuang Chaoying handed the money back to his mother and shook his head, saying, "I'm not eating anymore. I've hired someone to help me, and they're waiting for me to come back home."
Zhuang Chaoying found an excuse and left with her bag.
Back at the alley, Song Ying and the others were preparing to have lunch.
When he saw Zhuang Chaoying coming back in a depressed mood, he knew that he had been upset at home, so he hurriedly invited him to his house for dinner.
"Teacher Zhuang, it's not convenient for you to cook alone at this time, why not come to our house for a bite to eat!"
"This...is not good!"
"It's okay, come on!"
Zhuang Chaoying couldn't be polite even if he wanted to. He was so hungry that he just picked up the bowl and started eating.
Song Ying and Lin Wufeng even put vegetables into his bowl. They were much closer to him than their own family.
The two of them tried to persuade and preach.
Finally, after dinner, Lin Wufeng lent tools to Zhuang Chaoying and asked him to remove the lock on the door.
"Don't tell us that we helped you then! Otherwise, Sister Ling will definitely blame us." Song Ying instructed.
"No, no, I will apologize to her for this matter and cannot involve you." Zhuang Chaoying replied quickly.
Everything was within Huang Ling's expectations.
I knew that he would not be able to stay at the banker's house and would have to come back.
She also thought that he could pick locks, and originally she just wanted to force him to try the dealer.
She also knew that Zhuang Chaoying would go to his hometown to pick her and the child up, and that there was a big gift waiting for him!
Zhuang Chaoying stayed at home alone for two days. After much thought, he decided that he should go and pick up Huang Ling, so he borrowed money from Song Ying to buy a ticket to Changzhou.
Song Ying suggested: "You still have to bring some gifts, to show your sincerity."
"I know." Zhuang Chaoying answered, but he had nothing, so what could he use to buy it? He would have to borrow money.
Finally, Song Ying gave him half a pound of sugar granules and two cans of malted milk that she had bought but couldn't bear to eat.
She didn't do this for Zhuang Chaoying, she really wanted Huang Ling to come back soon.
Zhuang Chaoying went to Changzhou with many thanks.
When I arrived at my parents-in-law's home in Changzhou, I only saw two children.
Zhuang Chaoying was very surprised and hurriedly asked about the whereabouts of his father-in-law Huang Ling.
"He went to another place for medical treatment." Huang's father replied.
"What happened to Huang Ling? When did she get sick?" Zhuang Chaoying was even more surprised.
"Tunan, Xiaoting, you can watch more TV today!" Father Huang said to the two children, then took Zhuang Chaoying into the study and closed the door.
"Dad...what happened to Huang Ling?"
"You still care about her, huh? No, you're concerned that she hasn't disappeared after you guys devoured her completely, right?"
"Dad, what you said..."
"I feel bad that such a good daughter of mine is being treated so badly by you. I originally was attracted by your honesty, reliability and education, but now it seems that you are harming her."
"Dad...it's actually not as serious as A-Ling said..."
"Just like Aling said, people like you are so stubborn. There's no point in trying to persuade you, and there's no point in making a fuss. If it worked, Aling wouldn't have come back. I'm just telling you that now, she's going to relax and see a doctor, but if you don't change at all, you'll lose her."
"Dad, I will definitely treat A Ling well in the future. I will pick her up wherever she goes."
"Don't worry about it. Go back first! She'll be back in a few days and will stay with me for the New Year with the kids. If you're interested, come pick her up on the third day of the Lunar New Year. If not, she'll go back on her own."
"That's not good!" Zhuang Chaoying had never heard of a married girl returning to her parents' home to celebrate the New Year.
"Humph! What's wrong with it? We as parents don't think it's wrong, but you don't think it's wrong! It's because no one prepared the New Year's Eve dinner, right? Even if the dinner was prepared, we can't eat it at the table, right?" Father Huang glared.
"Dad, I really won't do that again. My mom didn't mean it." Zhuang Chaoying hurriedly explained.
"Whether it was unintentional or not, you know it better than anyone else. Next time you come to our house, eat in the kitchen too! It was unintentional for me, too."
Having said that, Huang's father began to list every detail of the Zhuang family's affairs. To Zhuang Chaoying, they were all trivial matters. He thought that perhaps it was because small matters gathered together that they were magnified.
After listening to the complaints, Zhuang Chaoying returned home in a huff.
At this time, Huang Ling was busy all day long in Guangzhou.
She had worked in Guangzhou for three years and was very familiar with the city.
Although people are not allowed to do business on their own at this time, there are signs of active transactions behind the scenes.
After 1978 and the beginning of the 1980s, the business was at its most active, and anyone setting up a street stall could earn a fortune of ten thousand yuan.
So Huang Ling would not miss this good opportunity to make money.
The cotton mill will soon go bankrupt, and there will be a wave of layoffs later. Huang Ling doesn’t know how far this drama will go, but she has to plan until that time.
She has a system space, so she is not afraid of being caught.
She would gather her things and stand in a corner where no one was around, and no one could do anything to her.
Taking advantage of the good opportunity of the Chinese New Year, she earned half a year's salary in just half a month.
With money in her pocket, Huang Ling finally felt a little more at ease.
He also used some of the money to buy a batch of commonly used items on the black market and put them in the space in case of emergency, and he could even do some small business.
New Year’s Eve.
Thanks to her open-minded parents, Huang Ling and her two children spent a happy and relaxing New Year at her mother's home.
On New Year's Eve, Zhuang Chaoying returned to his home alone to celebrate the New Year.
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