Chapter 152 Those who don’t know would think I’m a stepmother
New Year's Day.
Tunan and Pengfei came to wish Huang Ling a happy new year, and the Lin family of three also came.
Everyone stayed at Zhou's house for lunch.
"With three more children, it suddenly becomes lively." Huang's mother and aunt could hear the laughter outside while sitting in the house.
"It's mainly because of Dongzhe's new addition." Huang Ling said frankly.
"Yeah! Sister Ling, you don't know, Dongzhe was crying after you moved in! He said that now he's the only one in the yard, and no one will take care of his homework, so his grades are bound to get worse."
"Oh, no, who is he trying to fool? He doesn't do his homework without a whip every day, and he's afraid of getting bad grades." Huang Ling expressed her firm disbelief.
"Tsk, because I didn't make spare ribs for him, he sat on the steps and cried. As soon as my aunt left, my mother abused me..." Song Ying was learning from that.
"Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute! He doesn't feel right!" Huang Ling interrupted her.
"Oh, listen to me. He said, Aunt Huang! I miss you so much. I want to move to your house! I can sleep in the living room!" Song Ying continued.
Everyone in the room laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt.
Huang's mother had lived in the courtyard for so long that she was already very familiar with the Lin family. She felt sorry for Dongzhe and shouted outside from inside the house:
"Dongzhe! Do you want fresh or cured ribs? I'll make them for you at noon!"
Dongzhe threw away the firecrackers and ran in to answer, "Grandma, I want to eat them all!"
"There's no need to ask him. There's not much to choose from with him. He usually wants everything!" Huang Ling continued.
"Okay, then let's do it all." Huang's mother responded.
"Auntie, please ignore him! I don't feed him because he's fat. Look at Tunan, he's growing upwards, but he's just growing sideways!" Song Ying hurriedly stopped him.
"It's not the right time yet. He is several years younger than Tuanan. It will be fine when he enters junior high school." Huang's mother waved her hand.
"It doesn't matter what he eats! Usually when Sister Ling is around, she has her own aura. If he wants to do something bad, I just glance over to the next door and he'll understand and behave immediately. But now, this trick doesn't work. It happens all day long! Oh! I really am. I grit my teeth every time I think about it. Whenever I beat him up, he cries for help from Aunt Huang! Those who know me think I'm his biological mother, and those who don't think I'm his stepmother!"
New Year’s greetings have become a large-scale complaint site.
Zhou Huaiyi’s box of various fireworks was not bought in vain, as the three boys had a lot of fun playing with them.
There was a noise every now and then. Xiaoting didn't dare to go near, so she stood on the steps and looked around.
Dongzhe ran over and pulled Xiaoting to the middle of the yard.
"Lin Dongzhe, don't pull me!"
"You're so timid!" Dongzhe curled his lips.
Xiaoting was about to argue when Dongzhe stood in front of her and said, "Then stand behind me. What are you looking at from so far away? Pengfei is going to release the little bee!"
"I watched it yesterday! Uncle Zhou showed it to me last night!"
Xiaoting was afraid but also wanted to see, so she stuck her head out from behind Dongzhe.
Of course, there is nothing interesting to see in the little bees during the day, but the children are still very happy.
During the meal, the elders gave red envelopes to the children.
My aunt, Huang's mother, and Zhou Huaiyi gave New Year's red envelopes to the three children who came.
Dongzhe accepted it without hesitation, but did not forget to say thank you.
"Thank you, Auntie. I wish you and Uncle good health."
"Thank you, grandma. I wish you and grandpa good health."
"Thank you, Uncle Zhou. I wish you great fortune."
He followed Xiaoting's call, but used different words, so Huang Ling asked:
"Dongzhe, is there any difference between your words kangjian and kangxing?"
"Auntie Huang, please don't expose my past on New Year's Day. I'm speechless! You insist on making me say it."
His words caused everyone to burst into laughter.
Pengfei looked at the red envelope, then looked at Huang Ling and didn't dare to take it.
Huang Ling said, "Pengfei, take it. This is a blessing from our elders."
After getting her consent, Pengfei accepted it and it was obvious that he was very happy.
Originally, after the winter vacation, Pengfei called his parents and wanted to go back to Guizhou for the New Year, but Zhuang Hualin refused to let him come back.
Zhuang Hualin had been worried for a long time when she learned that her elder brother had remarried, fearing that his sister-in-law would treat Pengfei badly. Furthermore, she was afraid that if Pengfei returned to Guizhou, he would no longer have a place in Suzhou.
Pengfei of course understood this, and he told his mother that Aunt Zhu treated him well.
Zhuang Hualin was not at ease when she heard Pengfei say that. She had originally thought of visiting him and her new sister-in-law during the New Year holidays, but her unit arranged for her to be on duty, which came with a good bonus, so she gave up the idea.
After dinner, the sun was shining brightly in the yard, so everyone moved their chairs and sat in the yard to bask in the sun.
Huang Ling called Pengfei into the living room and pointed at the phone and said, "Didn't you say your mother is on duty today? Give her a call!"
Pengfei had noticed that the Zhou family had a phone a long time ago, but he knew that long-distance calls were very expensive, so he didn't dare to mention it.
"Auntie Huang, it's too expensive..."
"Go ahead and call. Don't worry about the phone bill. Just talk a few more words." Huang Ling had already picked up the receiver.
Pengfei knew the phone number by heart. He dialed it and nothing happened while he was waiting. But when Zhuang Hualin answered the phone, Pengfei was speechless and tears started to stream down his face.
Huang Ling didn't hear the other person's voice, and she seemed to be crying silently like Pengfei.
She left the house.
Pengfei adjusted himself for a while before starting to talk to his mother.
Not long into the conversation, Pengfei called Huang Ling: "Auntie Huang, my mother wants to talk to you."
Huang Ling came over and answered the phone.
Zhuang Hualin said in a hoarse voice: "Sister Ling, thank you."
"It's okay. If you need help finding Pengfei in the future, you can call my home number. You can also arrange a time to talk."
"No trouble, no trouble. I want to ask..."
Huang Ling knew what she wanted to ask, so she said, "Pengfei wouldn't lie to you. I don't know the specifics, so he knows best."
Zhuang Hualin paused: "If...if..."
"Don't worry, I told Pengfei to come to me if he has any problems. I think Pengfei can take care of himself." Huang Ling patted Pengfei's shoulder.
Huang Ling handed the phone to Pengfei and asked the two to say goodbye.
When Song Ying returned, she asked Huang Ling to come back to the courtyard for dinner on the third day of the junior high school entrance examination. Just their two families and Li Yiming's family would be together.
When she returned, Song Ying felt very embarrassed.
She said to Lin Gong: "I didn't expect Dongzhe to receive so many red envelopes. I feel embarrassed. You said they are all relatives. We..."
Engineer Lin waved his hand and said, "It means the elders are kind and like our Dongzhe. Sister Ling won't be bullied, so you can rest assured."
"I'm afraid she'll be bullied. It's good enough that she doesn't bully others." Song Ying was obviously worried, but she still spoke stubbornly.
"That's what you keep saying. Aunt Huailan is a nice girl, but she seems quite powerful. I wonder if we can get along with Sister Ling if we really live together," said Engineer Lin, imitating Song Ying's tone.
"Looks pretty good, doesn't it?"
"I think it's good."
Tuanan hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke when he was about to leave. He said that Zhuang Chaoying had agreed to buy a tape recorder, but there was no ticket yet, and asked Huang Ling if she had one.
Huang Ling gave the ticket to Tuanan.
Huang Ling did not say that studies should not be delayed. She knew that Zhuang Chaoying cared a lot about this and did not need to be reminded.
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