Several people from the Hu family started to make a commotion and chatter outside the compound. Since they had come from the countryside, Hu Jie had no choice but to call them home.
"Let Yingying have lunch at your house. I will persuade them to go back home as soon as possible." Hu Jie took the time to secretly say this to Chen Xiangnan.
Chen Xiangnan nodded in understanding.
The story of the Hu family is hard to describe in a few words. Even if people in the compound have never seen them, they all know how mean they are. Their family has always been synonymous with meanness in this compound, just like Dong Chunmiao's family. After all, Hu Yingying was raised in the countryside when she was a child, and then was brought back dirty, sick and skinny. The story of the Hu family spread instantly.
Hu Jie's wife had a difficult labor, and soon after giving birth to Hu Yingying, she developed a fever and died. After a month of juggling work and childcare, Hu Jie became emaciated. Finally, with no more time off at the factory, he returned to his hometown in the countryside and asked his parents to take care of the child. He gave them ten yuan a month and bought the baby's milk powder and other supplies.
As a result, after driving a car for half a month, he returned to the countryside to see his daughter, only to find that Hu Yingying had a terrible fever. She was plump when he was raising her, but now her head was big, her body was very thin, and she was dirty.
The milk powder he bought for his child was drunk by his nephew, and the toys were played with by his nephew. Even the cradle was nowhere to be found. His parents said they sold it because they wanted to buy some good food for the child.
Hu Yingying was only a few months old at that time, and she had nothing good to eat except milk powder. After Hu Jie had a conflict with his family, he brought the child back overnight.
Later, Hu Yingying was hospitalized for a long time before she finally survived, but her health was not good and she would get sick every time the season changed. Hu Jie still had to drive his car to earn money to support his daughter, so he could only ask several aunts in the compound to take care of her. In the end, Aunt Yin took on the responsibility and has been taking care of her until now.
Hu Jie gave Aunt Yin fifteen yuan a month and brought her some gifts every time he returned from a trip. Aunt Yin was a kind person, having raised Hu Yingying from a baby to her current state. However, with her mother dead and her father often absent, the child was inevitably a bit introverted, only playing with the few other children in their compound and being particularly timid around strangers.
Other people in their compound also often received small favors from Hu Jie. In addition, Hu Yingying had a miserable life, so he also took care of her. Even Lao Ma, who often beat his wife, did not dare to speak loudly to her, for fear that Hu Jie would scare her and make her cry and then kill him.
After Hu Jie's wife died, he was often introduced to potential partners. However, Hu Jie felt that he was away from home all year round, and Hu Yingying was young, so he wouldn't know if she was being bullied. Besides, he also had feelings for his ex-wife, so it would be unfair to her to accept someone new. So, he has remained single ever since.
After the recollection ended, Chen Xiangnan looked at the family's faces with a bit of disgust, thinking that they were here to extort money.
Chen Xiangnan was right. Hu's father brought his family here because he was jealous of the good things in Hu Jie's family.
They originally lived a good life in the village, but some time ago they heard that Hu Jie had made a trip and brought a lot of good things to the people in their compound, and that the little girl Hu Yingying had been raised to be plump and white, so they became interested.
Hu Jie was the second child in their family and only had a girl. All those good things went into Hu Yingying's mouth and were used on her, which they felt was not worth it.
How wonderful it would be if he could give all these things to his eldest grandson. Only the eldest grandson of his old Hu family deserves to eat these, how can they be given to a little girl?
The more they thought about it, the more they couldn't sleep. So they simply asked for leave from the brigade and came to Hu Jie's place. After all, their second son was often away from home, so they could use the things in his house as they pleased. It would be best if they could persuade Hu Jie to get married and have a son, so that they would have two grandchildren.
More children, more blessings!
As for Hu Yingying, will the second son still take care of her when he has a son? He will raise her to a suitable age and marry her off to a family with a high bride price, and they can make some money.
Even if Hu Jie couldn't figure it out, they could just leave their eldest grandson here, register him under Hu Jie's name, and make him a city resident. Hu Jie was a worker, wouldn't it be easy for him to find a household registration through connections?
Hu's father had beautiful ideas and thought Hu Jie was extremely powerful, almost making him the municipal party secretary.
Chen Xiangnan held Hu Yingying in his arms, took Chen Lingling by the hand, and walked towards his home. The Hu family didn't look like a good family. Don't scare the timid Hu Yingying. This child was rescued by Hu Jie with great difficulty, and everyone in their compound had helped take care of her.
Old Lady Yin also came out at this time. Seeing that it was Hu Jie's family, she took Hu Yingying from Chen Xiangnan's arms familiarly and said, "Let me take care of her. She will take a nap at my house after lunch."
Chen Xiangnan nodded and handed the child over to her with confidence. After all, Aunt Yin's house was considered a nursery for the children in the compound. Anyone who had problems would leave their children at their house and give them some money or things, so everyone was very relieved.
Although Old Lady Yin was not short of money, after all, she had a promising son who was generous to her, but as an old lady without a job, she often stayed at home with nothing to do. Besides, she also liked children, but her son had not yet married, so she did not dare to urge him, always feeling that he had his own plans.
Therefore, Old Lady Yin also likes to help others take care of children, and she can earn some extra money, and she can save quite a bit in a month.
The most stable source of income comes from Hu Jie's family, and the second is from the children of her good sister, Old Lady Xia, who is also Chen Xiangnan's mother. They have a lot of family matters, so they often leave their children at her house and run away, and then give her money when they come back.
In the past, she was the one who often gave money to her eldest grandson. Later, when she stopped giving money, she asked her eldest son and his wife to pay for it themselves. Even if they refused to pay, they were forced to come and pay in person, which was quite interesting. So she loved her sister Yue'e the most and never liked to owe money. Even if she said she didn't want it anymore, she had to pay it off.
"Yingying, why don't you go back with Grandma Yin for lunch? Grandma Yin will make you some delicious clear soup noodles and top it with an egg!"
Hu Yingying hugged Old Lady Yin's neck and leaned against her affectionately. "Okay, who are they?"
Mrs. Yin: "I'll tell you when Dad comes to pick you up."
The old man and the child went back, and Chen Xiangnan also returned to the house at this time. He went into the kitchen and started cooking first. He would wait for Chen Xianghong to come back and cook another dish before starting to eat.
They didn't know yet that a big quarrel had taken place behind closed doors in the Hu family.
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