Chapter 17 Why, Zhuang Chaoying doesn't have a mother?
At night, after the children fell asleep, Huang Ling began to fiddle with the lock on the table.
"This matter..." Zhuang Chaoying wanted to say that he was wrong, but then he thought that Huang Ling was wrong first, so he retracted the second half of the sentence.
Huang Ling smiled and said: "If you come back to pick the lock, you won't be able to eat or sleep."
Zhuang Chaoying sat down on the edge of the bed and pushed his glasses.
"Which one has a longer face, my sister or me?"
Zhuang Chaoying lowered his head.
"This New Year, without you and the children, we didn't have a good New Year's Eve dinner, and Mom and Dad were injured..."
"I guess I'm their unlucky one. Even if we don't spend the New Year at home, they will get hurt." Huang Ling continued.
"That's not what I meant."
"It means that without me to do the work or to serve you, you can't do anything anymore!"
"Anyway, let's take the kids to visit them tomorrow to wish them a happy new year. What do you think?"
"Sure! We must go!"
Huang Ling had to go and see how miserable they were. Just thinking about it made her happy.
Zhuang Chaoying looked at Huang Ling. She didn't even ask him how he was doing these days or whether he had enough to eat. She completely treated him as an outsider.
He felt an inexplicable panic in his heart.
Huang Ling did such a ruthless thing this time that he was more panicked than angry.
"Why didn't you tell me why you took my salary and bonus in advance?"
"I told you, will you give it to me? You only think that I should leave some for my mother and some for my brother. It doesn't matter whether my wife is dead or alive. The child can go hungry, right?"
"No, how could I not care about you!"
"So, what's the problem if I take it in advance?"
Zhuang Chaoying felt that he could not argue with her.
"If my mother asked me to pay money this month..."
"I will also go to collect your salary this month. Do you think your leader will make things difficult for a person with a serious illness?" Huang Ling wanted to see if Mrs. Zhuang could take another penny from her.
"As for you! You have to pay me to apply. As long as we are not divorced, your money will not flow to them for no reason."
"But......"
"I will show my filial piety! I will give gifts during festivals and holidays. Of course I will give gifts when I go to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow."
Zhuang Chaoying breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
The next day, Huang Ling put new clothes on herself and her children and returned to the village together.
This time I didn't rush for dinner.
Went there early in the morning.
If you make someone unhappy, you will spend the whole morning
This can make a person's whole day miserable.
Perfect!
Arriving at the banker's house, Zhuang Chaoying entered the door first:
"Mom and Dad, Tunan and Xiaoting are here to wish you a happy new year!"
Zhuang's mother and father looked at each other and began to prepare to set up the stage for the show.
"Hey! Tunan, Xiaoting is here!" Zhuang's mother greeted her warmly.
"Grandpa and grandma, Happy New Year!" The two children were very well-behaved.
"Okay, Happy New Year to you too!" Zhuang's mother only had one mouth to open.
Huang Ling showed the stack of red envelopes in her pocket.
When Zhuang's mother saw that there were more than two people, besides the children, they also had children, so she quickly winked at Zhuang's father.
Mr. Zhuang returned to the house and gave each of his two children a red envelope of two cents.
"Come here! Tunan, Xiaoting, this is the red envelope your grandparents gave you."
Lin Fang also reluctantly gave each of the two children a red envelope of 20 cents.
After receiving the red envelope, Huang Ling stopped moving and sat down to drink tea and eat melon seeds.
"Oh! There's also a White Rabbit!" She reached out, grabbed one, and put it in her pocket.
Zhuang's mother's face turned green.
It doesn't matter what they eat, what matters is to make them unhappy, so even if there are nails on the table today, she will grab them, not to mention delicious food.
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"Tunan's sweater looks so festive! But for a boy to wear red... well, that's not good!"
"Mom! What are you talking about! Are you saying that the color of our national flag is not good? You are making a mistake!" Huang Ling stood up in surprise and yelled at the door.
"No, no, why did you bring this up?"
"Oh, that's not what you meant." Huang Ling sat down again.
"Your clothes are pretty good too. You must have spent a lot of money on them!"
Zhuang's mother came over and twirled Huang Ling's new tweed jacket.
Huang Ling pulled her hand away: "Yeah, it's quite expensive."
"Tsk tsk tsk, you really know how to spend money! You three are wearing new clothes, but your man has nothing..." Zhuang's mother was a little unhappy.
The three people's new clothes contrasted sharply with Zhuang Chaoying's old dark blue cotton coat.
"Hey, my clothes were bought by my mother, and Tuanan and Xiaoting's clothes were bought by me, their mother. How come Zhuang Chaoying doesn't have a mother?" Huang Ling stared with innocent big eyes and blinked at Zhuang's mother.
Zhuang's mother was restrained for several seconds.
"Huang Ling!" Zhuang Chaoying reacted first.
Lin Fang was very happy to see Huang Ling coming. She said:
"Sister-in-law, I'm glad you're here. I'll go buy some groceries in a moment..."
"Oh, there's no need to buy our vegetables. We'll be going back soon and having lunch at the state-owned restaurant before going home. We won't bother you." Huang Ling glanced at her.
"Huang Ling, let's eat first!" Zhuang Chaoying felt a little embarrassed.
"Oh, go ahead and eat! You stay home and eat, and I'll take the kids to the state-owned restaurant. We can also order one less dish and save a couple of bucks!"
Huang Ling stood up and said to the two children, "Kids, say goodbye to Grandpa and Grandma! Let's go to the state-owned restaurant to eat braised pork, okay?"
"Okay!" Tuanan was the happiest. He waved goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Zhuang.
Huang Ling had no intention of calling Zhuang Chaoying.
Zhuang Chaoying didn't want to eat the braised pork, but he knew that if he left it, he would get more cold stares than if he had rice, so he had no choice but to stand up.
"Mom and Dad, we'll leave first. Aling has just returned from medical treatment and hasn't fully recovered yet. We'll come back to see you later." He stood up and began to make amends for Huang Ling.
Zhuang's mother no longer wanted her to stay. She would rather eat fart than stay in the same room with Huang Ling.
Her eyes were fixed on the red envelope in Huang Ling's pocket.
At this time, Huang Ling slowly took out the red envelope and handed it over:
"Happy New Year, Dad!"
"Happy New Year, Mom!"
"Zhendong Zhenbei, Happy New Year!"
The family watched Huang Ling's family leave, as if they had sent away the god of plague.
Zhuang's mother was so angry that her teeth were itching.
"This little red envelope isn't even enough to buy me candy!"
As Zhuang's mother spoke, she opened the red envelope. When she saw it, she was stunned at first, thinking that she was seeing things. Then she looked at it carefully again, with a look of astonishment on her face.
"Look at yours!"
Mr. Zhuang hurriedly opened the red envelope in his hand.
Lin Fang also opened the red envelopes in the hands of her two sons.
Not surprisingly, it was full of one-yuan government bonds.
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