Chapter 164: A tiger in troubled times is bullied by a dog
Li Xu hesitated for a moment, "Okay, just clean it up and throw out the garbage, and I'll take care of the rest tomorrow morning."
Li Xu took off her apron and walked in front of the three children: "Okay, okay, put away your homework, let's go home!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Zixuan and Ji Ziang obediently put their homework books into their schoolbags.
Li Xu took her three children back home. Zhang Kun cleaned up the store and went back to the dormitory.
Early the next morning, when Ji Yuanyuan and his two siblings came down from upstairs, they were surprised to find that Hu Chunli and Yang Jingyi were waiting downstairs.
Seeing Ji Yuanyuan coming down, Yang Jingyi greeted her cheerfully: "Yuanyuan!"
She came running, and Hu Chunli was so scared that she kept chasing after her, saying, "Don't run, walk slowly."
Ji Yuanyuan asked curiously, "Why are you here?"
Yang Jingyi held Ji Yuanyuan's hand and said, "I will go to school with you from now on."
Upon hearing this, Ji Yuanyuan looked at Hu Chunli in surprise.
Hu Chunli smiled helplessly: "Yuanyuan, Zixuan, Ziang, I'll trouble you three from now on. Help auntie keep an eye on Yang Jingyi and don't let her run around. If she gets hurt, it will be a serious matter."
Hearing this, Ji Zixuan nodded very seriously: "I understand, Auntie, I will help you look after Jingyi."
Yang Jingyi looked at Ji Zixuan and smiled unconsciously.
"Buy something on the way and share with your friends!" Hu Chunli stretched out her hand and handed five dollars to Yang Jingyi.
Yang Jingyi took it casually and put it in her pocket: "Got it."
Seeing Yang Jingyi's impatient look, Hu Chunli was somewhat helpless, "Okay, go quickly, don't be late."
Yang Jingyi nodded randomly and pulled Ji Yuanyuan away.
"Why do you suddenly want to go to school with me?" Ji Yuanyuan asked in a low voice, "Did your mother agree to this?"
Yang Jingyi said irritably, "She follows me every morning and keeps nagging me on the way, telling me not to walk too fast, not to lower my head, and not to get close to anything with sharp corners. I'm almost annoyed to death."
As she spoke, she raised her head and chuckled, "If she doesn't agree with me, she'll cry. When I cry, she gets scared!"
Ji Yuanyuan listened to Yang Jingyi's words and looked back.
Hu Chunli did not leave, but followed them closely about ten meters behind.
Seeing Ji Yuanyuan looking at her, Hu Chunli quickly hid.
Seeing her like this, Ji Yuanyuan felt a little sad.
After all, she has been a mother, and she can understand how important a child is to a mother.
"Your mother is doing this for your own good. You can only achieve your goal by hurting yourself in front of someone who loves you." Ji Yuanyuan whispered, "If you do this in front of strangers, they won't care even if you faint from crying."
Yang Jingyi's face wrinkled as she listened to Ji Yuanyuan's words: "Why are you becoming so long-winded?"
Ji Yuanyuan sighed helplessly.
Yang Jingyi is still young and playful, so naturally she cannot appreciate her parents' good intentions.
Maybe it will be fine when she's older.
Ji Yuanyuan held Yang Jingyi's hand tightly.
Ji Zixuan and Ji Ziang followed behind, and when they passed by a breakfast shop, they went in and bought a few buns.
Coming out of the bun shop, Ji Zixuan handed one of the buns to Ji Yuanyuan. Ji Zixuan knew that Yang Jingyi had eaten, so he didn't buy her some buns when he bought them.
But seeing Yang Jingyi looking at him eagerly, Ji Zixuan hesitated for a moment and gave one of his two buns to Yang Jingyi: "This is for you."
Yang Jingyi smiled ingratiatingly, took the bun from his hand, and took a big bite: "It's delicious..."
Children are like this, the food they rush to eat tastes the best.
The four people walked towards the school, but they didn't see two pairs of eyes behind them, staring at them closely.
“Mom, I’m hungry!” Shen Lingxue reached out, tugged at Shen Mei’s sleeve, and whispered.
Shen Mei came back to her senses, and grasped Shen Lingxue’s cold little hand with some distress, and took out a handful of money from her pocket, but only a few dimes were left.
She hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "Boss, this is all the money I have. How many buns can I buy?"
The boss raised his head and looked at the mother and daughter.
The mother and daughter were wearing thin but expensive-looking coats, and their hair was messy, and it seemed as if they hadn't had it taken care of in many days.
There were a few scratches on the adult's face, which looked like they were made by a woman's fingernails and had already formed scabs.
The girl also has it on her face, but the degree is much lighter than that of an adult.
Anyway, the mother and daughter don't look like good people.
The boss immediately took out three buns and said, "You can only buy two. The other one is a gift from me."
He just hoped that the mother and daughter would stop pestering him and just take the buns and leave!
But who would have thought that after Chen Mei took the buns, she smiled and said, "Boss, can you give me two bowls of hot water? It's so cold..."
When Chen Mei smiled, she deliberately leaned forward with a pitiful look in her eyes.
She has a pretty face, and this trick almost always works in front of men.
However, what surprised Chen Mei was that the boss of the bun shop showed disgust when he saw her expression: "Go, go, go, the store doesn't provide hot water. Move aside quickly, there are people queuing behind you!"
Chen Mei was stunned. She bit her lip and looked at the owner of the bun shop with a wronged look on her face.
"Boss, we are really too cold..."
"Where did this beggar come from?" At this moment, the proprietress of the bun shop noticed the situation here and walked over with her hands on her hips.
"Hey, who are you showing this face to? Are you a bitch? You flirt with every man you can get? This face is meant for flirting with men and making them feel uncomfortable, right?" The proprietress started scolding Chen Mei when she saw her expression.
They are all women, who doesn’t know who?
Chen Mei couldn't hold her angry expression anymore after hearing this, her chest rising and falling: "Who are you scolding? It's just asking for two bowls of hot water? Who would want to hook up with a man like you?"
He's just a stinky bun seller, and he stinks all over.
"You..." The proprietress was anxious.
But the boss stopped her and said, "Alright, alright, don't let her affect your business. Don't bother with her."
As he spoke, he called out to the customers in line behind him: "Come on, those in the back, move forward. There are still a lot of buns."
Seeing this, the guest behind her bypassed Shen Mei and walked in front of her.
Shen Mei glared at the couple fiercely, then left with Shen Lingxue.
It's really like a tiger in trouble being bullied by a dog. If she wasn't in such a bad state now, she would have made this couple suffer!
Shen Lingxue didn't care about that. She pulled Shen Mei's sleeve and said impatiently, "Mom, buns, buns..."
(End of this chapter)
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