Chapter 49: Girls Change a Lot
"Mom, I will investigate everything thoroughly and will never let Shen Daqiang and Wang Fengqin go!"
"Mom, I have good news for you. I gave birth to a lovely daughter. Her name is Yaya."
"When she's older, I'll bring her to see you."
"Mom, I miss you so much."
Shen Zhiqiu burst into tears. Yue Mingyuan felt so distressed that he went forward to hug her and gently wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
"Mingyuan, I..."
Shen Zhiqiu grabbed Yue Mingyuan's arm and said awkwardly: "I want to borrow some money from you to buy a cemetery for my mother. I will pay you back after a while."
"Zhiqiu, I'll be angry if you do this again."
Yue Mingyuan deliberately turned cold, Shen Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment, a hint of embarrassment flashed in his eyes, and he slowly let go of Yue Mingyuan's hand: "Yes..."
"Zhiqiu, look at me and listen carefully to what I say."
Yue Mingyuan held Shen Zhiqiu's shoulders with both hands. When he saw her looking up at him, he spoke loudly: "We are husband and wife. We also have Yaya together. We have been a family since the day we got married."
"There is no distinction between yours and mine between us. My money is your money, and your mother is my mother."
"Don't ever say anything like borrowing and returning to me again. Every time you're polite to me, it makes me feel like I'm an outsider in your heart."
"You are not an outsider." Shen Zhiqiu sniffed, avoided Yue Mingyuan's gaze that made her blush and heartbeat, lowered her eyes and replied in a low voice.
But Yue Mingyuan still heard it, and the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably.
"Let's go buy a cemetery for Mom now. Buy the best one."
Yue Mingyuan took Shen Zhiqiu's hand and went to find the staff to buy a cemetery for Ye Yunshuang a little below the top of the mountain.
After completing the formalities and handing all the invoices to Shen Zhiqiu, Yue Mingyuan talked about the subsequent arrangements: "The factory director here is my comrade's father. I asked him to ask the craftsmen to make the tombstone overnight."
"He told me that tomorrow will be a good day, and we can come over in the morning and move Mom over."
"When you go back, ask Sister Jiawen if she's coming over tomorrow?"
Shen Zhiqiu nodded: "Okay."
"Mingyuan, thank you." Shen Zhiqiu blushed and took the initiative to reach out and grab Yue Mingyuan's hand and shook it gently.
Yue Mingyuan was helpless: "Zhiqiu, have you forgotten what I just said to you?"
"I haven't forgotten, but as a family we still have to say thank you and apologize."
"Comrade Shen Zhiqiu, you have more convincing reasons. I will listen to you on this point."
Yue Mingyuan grabbed Shen Zhiqiu's hand and interlocked their fingers: "Where do you want to go next?"
“I don’t have anywhere in particular I want to go.”
"Then you should follow me."
Yue Mingyuan brought Shen Zhiqiu to the department store first, and went straight to the gold jewelry counter after entering the door.
"What are you doing here?"
“Of course, I buy things.”
Yue Mingyuan quickly scanned the counter and pointed at a unique and novel gold bracelet through the glass, and called to the waiter: "Please let me see this."
After the waiter took it out, Yue Mingyuan took Shen Zhiqiu's hand and put it on her: "Well, it looks good."
"Zhiqiu, what do you think?"
Shen Zhiqiu raised his wrist and took a closer look, then nodded: "It looks good."
Of all the jewelry, she preferred bracelets because in her memory, her mother wore one.
"That's it. Waiter, give me the ticket."
Yue Mingyuan was very happy that Shen Zhiqiu would like the things he chose.
Yaya is right, we need to prepare some little romance from time to time.
"Don't open it!"
As Shen Zhiqiu was about to take off the bracelet, Yue Mingyuan held her hand and said, "Wear it. If you like it, we can buy it."
"It's too expensive." Shen Zhiqiu glanced at the price tag and whispered in Yue Mingyuan's ear.
This bracelet cost nearly one thousand yuan, which was three months' salary for her and Yue Mingyuan.
Yue Mingyuan imitated Shen Zhiqiu and replied in her ear: "It's okay, Mom and Dad will pay for it. This is a task given to me by Mom. She asked me to buy it for you."
"When we get home, Mom will beat me up if she sees that I didn't buy it for you."
"Just take it, okay?"
Shen Zhiqiu could tell that Yue Mingyuan was trying to coax her, but she really liked the bracelet, so she stopped being pretentious and nodded in agreement.
Yue Mingyuan went to pay immediately, looking as if he was afraid that if he was a second late, Shen Zhiqiu would regret it, which made Shen Zhiqiu laugh uncontrollably.
"We finally get to come out, let's go buy some things for mom and dad, as well as for our eldest brother and Xiaoxin and Xiaohui, our second brother and his wife, and our sister and brother-in-law Xiaofeng." Shen Zhiqiu counted them one by one on his fingers.
"Yaya doesn't need anything, Mingyuan, do you need anything?"
Shen Zhiqiu looked left and right. She hadn't been shopping for a long time, so she found everything new and interesting.
"I don't need it, and my parents don't need it either."
"Then go and have a look too."
Shen Zhiqiu remembered that day when she heard Yue Guohuai say that his pen was broken, so she bought him a pen and also bought some stationery for Yue Youxin, Yue Youhui and Qin Feng.
She chose the cosmetics for Wan Jiayin, Meng Fang and Yue Minghui.
The three are different. Wan Jiayin is skin cream, Meng Fang is lipstick, and Yue Minghui is perfume.
Yue Mingde, Yue Mingli and Qin Liping were also simple people. They all smoked and each of them was given two packs of cigarettes.
Passing by men's clothing, Shen Zhiqiu caught a glimpse of a tie, pulled Yue Mingyuan over to compare it, and asked the waiter to put it on.
Yue Mingyuan was delighted: "Zhiqiu, thank you."
"You're welcome. You still have to pay."
Shen Zhiqiu was very embarrassed. He said he was buying things for Yue Mingyuan's family, but he even paid for his own share.
It really proved what her mother used to say: "With money in hand, you are not worried. Without money, you can't hold your head up."
After moving her mother there tomorrow morning, she will have to settle the accounts of all these years with Shen Daqiang and Wang Fengqin and take back everything that belongs to her!
"Qiuqiu? You are Shen Zhiqiu, right?"
A girl with shoulder-length hair and glasses, who looked particularly capable and neat, walked over and came back, standing in front of Shen Zhiqiu, looking at her with an extremely excited smile.
"Yes, may I ask who you are?" Shen Zhiqiu looked at the girl seriously for a long time, but he couldn't remember who she was.
The girl pointed at herself and said, "I'm Xing'er, Li Xing!"
"Xing'er!"
Shen Zhiqiu excitedly stepped forward and grabbed Li Xing's hand, his eyes widened, and he looked at her carefully: "Xing'er, you have changed so much!"
Li Xing smiled sheepishly: "Girls change a lot when they grow up."
"You haven't changed much. You're still as beautiful as when you were a child."
Li Xing smiled proudly: "So I can recognize you at first sight."
"Xing'er, do you still live in Yangxi Hutong? How is Grandma Xu?"
Grandma Xu's family was their neighbor before they moved. When Shen Daqiang was on a business trip that year, her mother fell at home. Fortunately, Grandma Xu's family sent her mother to the hospital, which saved them and their daughter.
Her mother got along very well with Grandma Xu, and the two families often gave each other gifts.
She was the same age as Li Xing. They often played together and were classmates for a short time.
But at that time, Li Xing was dark and thin, completely different from what she is now.
Later, her mother passed away, and Shen Daqiang married Wang Fengqin and moved away with them not long after that. She lost contact with Li Xing.
"My grandma is still healthy, but she is blind."
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