Chapter 3: Tell Me When I'm Hungry
The pile of money was quite a lot, and it made a crisp sound when it was thrown onto the kang.
But Ling Ye's attitude was even more annoying.
He looked down on her.
He looks down on her as a woman and yet wants to go out and earn money.
Song Rui knew that he was somewhat patriarchal and believed that women should stay at home to take care of children.
In her previous life, she used money from her family to support her younger brother, and she always felt guilty about it. Her mother-in-law was not kind to her and her, so she wanted to do some handicrafts to supplement the family income.
When she brought it up, he dismissed her by saying that she was a woman and couldn't make any money.
Later, she secretly hid it from him and brought back the handicrafts.
When he found them, he filled them all into the stove pit, causing her to lose both her wife and her army.
If it were in the past, Song Rui might have kept silent again after hearing him say this.
Regardless of whether she was ready to do it or not, at least she didn't dare to talk back to him.
But now, she is no longer prepared to continue supporting her brother.
2. I am not going to continue living with him.
Why is she afraid of him?
She just didn't believe that he could really hit her.
Thinking of this, Song Rui glanced at his muscular arms, and finally tilted her neck, "I'll go!"
She looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, but her voice was still small and she muttered in a lack of confidence.
Ling Ye was obviously stunned, "If I say you can't go, then you can't go."
He said, grabbing his coat and heading out.
The door slammed shut and Song Rui glared at it angrily.
Looking back, he saw the stack of money he had taken out was still there.
It’s a thick stack, probably about one thousand yuan.
Song Rui knew it because in her previous life she answered Song Baohe’s call and asked Ling Ye for money.
This was the thousand that Ling Ye gave.
These days, workers in state-owned factories only make two or three hundred yuan a month.
Ling Ye spent one thousand, which was not a small amount.
But it still couldn't satisfy Song Baohe's ambition.
He returned the one thousand, saying that the money was not enough. Liu Jia was unwilling to marry him, so the marriage fell through.
Song Rui's parents followed closely and came to her crying, saying that they finally found a girl who didn't care about Song Baohe's disability, and this marriage couldn't be ruined.
In the end, Song Rui was forced into no choice but to sell the gold bracelet that Ling Ye bought for her when they got married, and managed to raise another 3,000 yuan for him.
Even so, on the day of Song Baohe's wedding, her sister didn't even get a word of thanks.
Her sister-in-law Liu Jia was very dissatisfied with her and complained that she had not bought all four major items for her.
In order to prevent their daughter-in-law from being in a bad mood on such a happy day, her parents didn't even let her and her daughter-in-law eat a bite of food and let her leave quickly.
Song Rui remembered that day was the coldest day of the year and the weather was so cold that it could freeze one's fingers off.
She gave them all her money. She was so short of money that she didn't even have enough for the bus fare. She walked for an hour holding her daughter before she got a bus.
After coming back, Nan Nan developed a high fever.
This also made Ling Ye get the most angry at her.
From then on, Ling Ye was even less willing to come back.
And her younger brother came to apologize to her a few days later.
He said he was too busy on the wedding day and didn't notice that the mother and daughter were given the cold shoulder.
Otherwise, even if he didn't get married, he would have to support them.
Seeing that Song Rui was still angry and ignoring him, Song Baohe said he wanted to go back and get a divorce.
He spoke sincerely and his face turned red and his neck became thick with anxiety.
Song Rui believed it and forgave him.
It was a long time before she realized that this play of one playing the black face and the other playing the white face was their best trick.
Thinking about her past life, Song Rui felt very sad.
She hated others, and hated herself even more for being stupid.
Little Nannan saw that her eyes were red, and raised her little hand to touch her face with heartache.
"Mom, don't cry. Nan Nan, don't eat less. Don't let mom get scolded. Nan Nan won't be hungry."
This one sentence made Song Rui feel heartbroken.
She is not a good mother.
But my daughter is the best daughter.
Nan Nan has been sensible since childhood.
She could sense the pain her mother was feeling, being caught between her husband's family and her own family, feeling torn between both sides.
So she always felt sorry for her, was considerate of her, and never put her in a difficult position.
But children who are too sensible will never get any candy.
Especially the Ling family and the Song family, they are a bunch of greedy jackals and tigers.
She knew how to endure hunger at the age of four, but she will never be able to endure hunger in her entire life.
Song Rui wiped the corners of her eyes, helped Nan Nan stand up straight, looked at her and said seriously: "Nan Nan, this is your home, I am your biological mother, you must tell me if you are hungry, you must tell me if you are cold, you can't bear it by yourself, understand?"
"But……"
Nan Nan's voice was as weak as a cat that has not been weaned. She lowered her head and said in a small voice: "But Nan Nan said she was hungry, grandma would scold you, and uncle would have no money to spend. If uncle has no money to spend, mom will be unhappy."
Song Rui resisted the urge to cry, "Nannan, mom will not give money to uncle anymore. Uncle is not mom's biological child, so he is not mom's responsibility. Only you are mom's most important baby. Do you understand?"
Nan Nan raised her head, and there seemed to be light flashing in her bright eyes, "Nan Nan is mom's most important baby?"
"Yes, my favorite is Nan Nan. When Nan Nan is hungry, I feel very sad."
"Not sad, not sad."
Nan Nan patted her belly anxiously, "Nan Nan is hungry, Nan Nan needs to eat! After eating, she won't be hungry anymore, and Mom won't be sad anymore!"
"Well, Nan Nan is really good."
Song Rui hugged her, told her to sit on the kang and not move, and then she got up and went to the main room.
There are three rooms in the Ling family's yard.
The main house, east wing and west wing all have stoves and kangs.
The winters in Northeast China are cold. Even if you don’t cook, you still have to heat the kang to keep warm.
But only the kitchen in the main house had food.
Her mother-in-law Xu Chunying kept a close eye on the food at home, and even wanted to hang it on her belt, for fear that her daughter-in-law would steal it.
Song Rui has never stolen before and will never steal in the future.
Because she was planning to rob.
After entering the kitchen, Song Rui carried a copper basin, opened the noodle bag and scooped out two bowls of noodles.
Her sister-in-law He Jinyan heard the noise and came out of the house, cracking a handful of melon seeds in her hand. Seeing this, she said, "Making dinner? Isn't it a little early?"
The Ling family has always had two meals a day.
The old man and eldest son of the Ling family had lunch at the factory, and He Jinyan's eldest daughter and youngest son also ate in the school cafeteria. There were only three adults and Nan Nan left at home.
It’s okay for adults. They can just eat less at noon and won’t feel hungry after getting used to it.
The only exception is Nan Nan, who has to eat two meals a day at such a young age. It would be strange if she can get enough nutrition.
Song Rui had suggested before that she wanted to make lunch for Xiao Nannan every day.
But every time she mentioned it, she would only receive a rebuke from her mother-in-law Xu Chunying.
He implied that she didn't make any money, and not only did she use her son's money to support her younger brother, but she also pampered a money-losing girl.
Song Rui used to be shy, and after a few incidents she was too ashamed to mention it again.
It seemed that in this family, it was wrong for her and Nan Nan to have enough food to eat.
But now Song Rui is no longer the same Song Rui as before.
During the years when she was raising two children alone, if she wasn't tough, she would be eaten alive by others.
All the shyness and weakness in the past have long been worn away like a soft shell.
She took a few eggs from the egg basket and replied without raising her head or opening her eyes:
"It's not dinner. Nan Nan is hungry."
"Hey! Are you giving me some special treatment? Wow, you are really brave."
After He Jinyan finished speaking, she rolled her eyes and continued, "I'm hungry too. Since you want to make it, give me more later, or I'll tell mom."
Song Rui looked up at her, "Then if mom asks why there is less food, I will say that you ate all of it, okay?"
"How can that be! It was obviously you who did it! What does it have to do with me?"
"Yeah, I'm going to make lunch, what does it have to do with you?"
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