"Mom, Dad hasn't even had breakfast yet! Let's have breakfast before going to the hospital to see Grandma! It's still early, Grandma might still be sleeping! If we go later, we can also bring Dad's breakfast to the hospital." Wen Ziqiu hesitated for a while, but still said what was in his heart.
Wen Ziqiu knew her mother, Wu Xiuli, was always looking at Wen Yulong, no matter what she did or said. Wen Ziqiu knew that if she didn't say anything, Wu Xiuli would definitely chase Wen Yulong to the hospital. Wen Ziqiu was exhausted after sitting on the train all night. Going to the hospital on an empty stomach? She didn't want that!
That's right! Yulong didn't ask them to go together just now, maybe because he wanted them to stay at home to clean up the room. Wu Xiuli thought for a moment and asked Aunt Wang in the kitchen: "Auntie, is breakfast ready? Hurry up and serve it. We'll eat for a while and then go to the hospital."
As a daughter-in-law, knowing her mother-in-law was hospitalized, she had to rush to the hospital to visit her. She was afraid of gossip if she waited until she had cleaned her room before going to the hospital. However, she thought she could still fool Wen Yulong by using the excuse of cleaning her room to go to the hospital later.
Over the years, Wu Xiuli had become accustomed to acting according to Wen Yulong's mood. Wen Yulong was so worried about Feng Xueying that even if Wu Xiuli had any opinions about Feng Xueying in her heart, she couldn't let Wen Yulong find out.
Aunt Wang listened to Wu Xiuli's instructions without saying anything. She quickly filled two bowls of porridge, picked up a plate of steaming buns, and brought over a dish of pickles.
"Mom, why are there only two breakfasts? My brother hasn't eaten yet upstairs!" Wen Ziqiu looked unhappy when she saw that the breakfast dish was just a plate of pickles. She got angry and made the excuse that Aunt Wang had put one less breakfast.
In City N, Wu Xiuli's daily breakfast consisted of either steamed buns and soy milk or dumplings and noodles, something Wen Ziqiu had grown accustomed to. Seeing Aunt Wang serve these "guests" from afar with porridge and steamed buns, Wen Ziqiu felt deeply aggrieved.
Didn't Mom always say Grandpa had a high rank? A high rank meant a high salary! And Grandma Feng Xueying was a leader in the Education Bureau! Grandpa and Grandma were both well-off, so Aunt Wang's decision to not prepare extra food for these "guests" was clearly retaliation.
Wen Ziqiu didn't even ask, and directly condemned Aunt Wang in her heart. In fact, Aunt Wang was really wronged.
Wen Yiran had loved meat his whole life. Before he fell ill, the Wen family's breakfast consisted of steamed buns, fried eggs, or noodles with meat slices. After Wen Yiran fell ill, Hu Zhongliang and Zhao Qingshan both said that the elderly should eat a lighter diet, especially for breakfast, preferably porridge and steamed buns, avoiding anything greasy. Following Zhao Qingshan's instructions, even meat buns were banned from the Wen family's breakfast these days.
Wen Yiran didn't like eating porridge, but for the sake of his health, he had to eat porridge buns all the time. In order to avoid being envious, Wen Yiran asked Aunt Wang to make porridge buns for breakfast every day, and not even make buns with meat to make him greedy.
Aunt Wang was so busy that she didn't think to ask Wu Xiuli and the others what they wanted for breakfast. So when Wu Xiuli urged her, Aunt Wang directly brought the porridge and steamed buns. Hearing Wen Ziqiu's temper, Aunt Wang was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile on her face, "I'm sorry, I was in the kitchen just now and didn't know how many of you were back. How about this! I'll get another portion, and you can call the young comrade upstairs to come down for breakfast, okay?"
Wen Ziqiu felt extremely aggrieved when she saw that Aunt Wang only apologized and did not offer to make a new breakfast for her.
Wen Ziqiu threw his chopsticks on the table, stood up with raised eyebrows, and cursed, "How do you do your job? You're such a grown-up, but you don't even have the eyesight to see. How hard is it to call people to dinner? Can't you just run upstairs yourself? You're so lazy, you deserve to be a nanny."
Wu Xiuli remained silent, still resentful that Aunt Wang hadn't helped her quilt. Seeing her daughter scold Aunt Wang, Wu Xiuli felt a surge of relief. Her daughter, Ziqiu, was indeed sensible and sympathetic to her mother, venting her anger on her behalf.
Aunt Wang was being scolded and pointed at by a teenage girl, her entire body shaking with anger. What was wrong with her being a nanny? A great man once said, "There's no distinction between high and low professions." Wang Shufen earned her living through her own hard work, so how could this shrewd little girl make her look like a lowly person?
"Sister, why are you so rude? Apologize to Auntie right now." Wen Ziyun had just walked out of the room when she heard Wen Ziqiu's sharp words and hurried downstairs. His sister had a bit of a shrewd temper. She was fine at home, but she was so picky at Grandpa's. It was a wonder she didn't get a scolding from Grandpa.
"Why should I apologize? She didn't do it right, brother, why are you scolding me?" Wen Ziqiu was unhappy. She had just regained a little bit of her status as the young mistress of the Wen family, so why did her brother stop her?
"Zi Qiu, Auntie is an elder. You can't speak to an elder in that tone." Wen Ziyun patiently persuaded his sister. It was a rare opportunity to visit Grandpa's house once a year, and he wanted his sister to avoid being disdained by Grandpa. Grandpa was an old revolutionary, and he hated his sister's contempt for the working people.
"Elder? What kind of elder is she?" Wen Ziqiu saw that Wen Ziyun kept speaking for Aunt Wang, and his stubborn nature came out, and the words he said became even more unpleasant.
"Ziyun, your behavior of casually recognizing elders is really unacceptable. People who don't know would think that it is so easy for our Wen family to establish relationships with them!" As soon as Wu Xiuli opened her mouth, she suppressed Wen Ziyun's statement and implicitly admitted that what Wen Ziqiu said was not wrong.
Aunt Wang was almost furious. Who had she offended? She had sacrificed her holiday during the Lunar New Year to go to the Wen family and ask for trouble, and then she had to be pointed at and scolded by a little girl. She was so ashamed.
Forget it, the younger generation of the Wen family is more powerful than the other. She should get out of this as soon as possible to avoid ending up like her predecessor, Aunt Liu. A housekeeper's reputation is not good after being fired.
Aunt Wang made up her mind and retorted without hesitation: "I'm just a nanny. I really don't deserve the title of elder. I've been a little tired these past few days, and my back pain has come back. Please tell the boss and Secretary Wen that I can go home and rest for a few days."
After Aunt Wang finished speaking, she didn't even look at the pale faces of Wu Xiuli and her daughter. She took off her apron and hung it on the kitchen wall, picked up her things, opened the door, and left.
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