"Alright, do you think your dad and I would hold a grudge against you?!"
Li Jumei patted Song Lan lightly on the back and said, "Comrade Fu and your older brother are waiting for you. Hurry up and catch up, and be careful on the road!"
Song Lan responded, took two steps forward, turned around and waved to Li Jumei and Song Sanhe: "Mom, Dad, we're leaving now, goodbye!"
Li Jumei and her husband waved back, watching Song Lan get on the back of Song Qingbin's bicycle. They only looked away when Song Lan and the others were out of sight.
It should be noted that Song Lan's bicycle was ridden by Fu Jinheng, who carried Song Guoqing and followed behind Song Qingbin's bicycle. The four of them chatted all the way and unknowingly arrived in the town.
The main gate of the town's middle school.
"Little sister, let's go, I'll take you home."
Patting the back of his bicycle, Song Qingbin said, "Hurry up and get on. It'll only take about ten minutes round trip. It won't delay me at all."
His words directly shut Song Lan up.
Fu Jinheng: "I'll go take the shuttle bus!"
“The shuttle buses are infrequent, and you don’t know how long you’ll have to wait. Just listen to my older brother. You keep riding my bike, and I’ll ride on his. We’ll get to the factory’s residential area soon.”
As Song Lan spoke, she walked to the back seat of Song Qingbin's bicycle and easily sat down: "Big brother, thank you for your trouble!"
Song Qingbin laughed out loud: "You're so witty!"
Song Lan didn't reply, but just chuckled softly.
...
The capital city.
The Wang family.
Ever since Wang Jingjing returned to her home in Beijing from the Hongxing Machinery Factory, she seemed to be doing fine, going to work and leaving get off work on time every day, and chatting and laughing with her family. However, in Wen Mei's eyes, her daughter Wang Jingjing had been acting a little strange lately.
No sooner had Wang Jingjing entered her home from get off work than Wen Mei stopped her, saying, "Don't rush back to your room, I have something to ask you."
Unexpectedly, before Wang Jingjing could say anything, Wang Junchi and Chen Shu walked in from outside. Upon seeing this, Wen Mei's expression changed almost imperceptibly, and she changed her words to Wang Jingjing, saying, "Alright, I'll talk to you again later."
Wang Jingjing felt somewhat confused, but she didn't say anything. She gave a soft "hmm" and went upstairs to the second floor.
"Mom, what are we having for dinner tonight?"
"The same as always."
"What do you mean by 'the same old thing'? Mom, can't you come up with something different?!"
Wang Junchi complained, “Porridge, steamed buns, and a table full of rabbit grass—Mom, why is it so hard for your son to eat anything with a bit of meat?”
Is eating meat three times a week too little?
Wen Mei said irritably, "You do nothing all day, and you have the most complaints about food. If you want to eat meat every meal, go work at the company your dad arranged. Once you get your salary, hand it all over to me, and I'll serve you big fish and meat dishes!"
"Mom, are you disgusted that I'm just sitting at home doing nothing?"
Before Wang Junchi could speak, his wife, Chen Shu, with tears glistening in her eyes and looking as if she had suffered a great injustice, said, "Because I've been in poor health since childhood, my family was always afraid of tiring me out at home."
They wouldn't let me do anything. When I graduated from high school, I wanted to go to work, but my body wouldn't cooperate. I only worked one day and couldn't get out of bed the next morning..."
Regardless of Wen Mei's expression when she heard Chen Shu's words, Wang Junchi's lips twitched involuntarily when he heard his wife's words.
Has been in poor health since childhood?
Even ghosts wouldn't believe that!
But Wang Junchi had to admit one thing: his wife was truly as delicate as a flower, frail and boneless, walking like a willow swaying in the wind, and her eyes would often fill with tears when she spoke, making her extremely pitiful.
Okay, it was precisely because of this "pity" that he got together with her, but now, to be honest, he's incredibly annoyed by her constant teary-eyedness!
But he couldn't stand this woman throwing tantrums at him. After all, he was the one who insisted on marrying her, and he even said that once he made up his mind, it would be for life. If she suddenly got tired of him and wanted to send her away, it would inevitably make him look too shameful.
"Enough!"
Wen Mei's expression was not good. She interrupted her unpleasant daughter-in-law and said, "I was talking about Xiao Chi. When did I mention your name?"
"Is there a difference between what Mom said about Junchi and what she said about me?"
Chen Shu sobbed, "In this family, Junchi and I are just freeloaders, so you always look down on us and complain that we don't go to work. Mom... do you think our family needs the meager earnings of the two of us?"
Besides, Junchi is your son, and I am your daughter-in-law. We are the youngest in the family, shouldn't you treat us better?
"We don't need you two to eat, and we don't need the little money you earn outside, but can you rely on this family for the rest of your lives?"
Wen Mei's blood pressure soared with anger. She said coldly, "You are three years older than Xiao Chi. He is still immature and playful, and doesn't want to go to work. Are you also immature? You only think about eating and drinking well, and don't plan for your future?"
"With you and Dad here, Junchi and I have no worries about the future."
Chen Shu looked completely innocent.
"..."
Wen Mei was stunned. She had seen shameless people before, but she had never seen anyone so shameless, making it sound so righteous to rely on her parents for a living.
"Say less!"
Wang Junchi glanced coldly at Chen Shu: "Go upstairs, don't just stand here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped onto the stairs.
"Wang Junchi, you're being mean to me!"
Watching Wang Junchi's retreating figure, Chen Shu stamped her foot and pouted as she chased after him upstairs to the second floor.
Wen Mei's face was extremely ugly. She felt that marrying Chen Shu as her daughter-in-law was a disaster. She didn't want to work and just stayed at home eating for free. She also had to drag her son into the house and make him a nuisance. If she could, she really wanted to throw this disaster back to the Chen family!
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