"What?" Xu Meili listened to Li Qingge's words in a daze. Her brother could just buy clothes worth a few dozen yuan? The family was already struggling to make ends meet, and she still had to figure out how to pay for her father's medicine and even endure the old man's...
"Brother, let's go home for dinner." Li Qingge stopped talking and went home with Li Qingdong.
Xu Meili took a deep breath and returned home in a state of despair. Zhao Hongying disliked her for coming home too late, pointed at her nose and cursed, "The family is waiting for you to cook! I'm so sick, do you still count on me? What's the point of me supporting you? I think it's better to find you a marriage partner quickly, so just get married!"
"Why are you back so late?" Xu Guoyong frowned, expressing his dissatisfaction with his daughter's late return. "You are not a little girl anymore. You have to learn to do these things at home! Otherwise, when you get married in the future, your in-laws won't be so pampered with you."
"Humph! If I think you're too lazy and send you back, don't even step foot in my house! It's embarrassing enough."
"Alright, stop talking too." Xu Guoyong glared at Zhao Hongying impatiently, then turned to Xu Meili and said, "Go cook!"
Xu Meili stood still, her voice hoarse, "There's no rice or noodles at home, what are we going to eat?"
"Impossible! The little flour we have at home is enough for us to last until the end of the month. How come it's finished so quickly? It's obvious that you, a damned girl, don't know how to manage your life!" Zhao Hongying cursed, "Then eat something else! Don't we have cornmeal? We can make pancakes with it!"
"No more." Xu Meili said expressionlessly.
"Then let me ask you what else you have at home?" Zhao Hongying raised her voice.
Xu Meili shook her head, "Everything is gone."
Zhao Hongying said, "Hey!" "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Where can I buy it so late at night?"
"Forget it, let's go borrow some first and buy some tomorrow morning." Xu Guoyong ordered Xu Meili to go out and borrow some from the neighbor. At least they could fill their stomachs tonight and worry about tomorrow's!
"Dad, Mom, I want to go to the city to work and earn money." Xu Meili said suddenly.
Zhao Hongying refused without hesitation, "No!" Changan was working in the city to earn money. If she went there, who would do the housework? Could it be that he was still counting on her and Lao Xu?
"Meili, the city is not as good as you think. If your brother wants to be outside, let him go. You just stay at home honestly. I will arrange a marriage for you in two years!" Xu Guoyong said seriously.
"Dad, do you know that our family has no money? Do you know how the money for your medicine comes from? Do you know that I went to the clinic that night?" Before Xu Meili could finish her words, Zhao Hongying interrupted her impatiently, "Shut up! I can see that you are just a wild girl!"
Xu Guoyong frowned, very dissatisfied with his daughter's performance.
Xu Meili saw that her parents were very partial to each other, and it was originally her brother's responsibility to stay at home and take care of them.
Why should she stay in the countryside and live such a hard life while her brother lives a good life in the city?
After I get married, I don’t know how I will support my parents.
Life like this is really boring.
Xu Meili secretly made up her mind and turned around to go out to borrow food.
"No one is obedient!" Zhao Hongying raised her hand and rubbed her forehead in anger. "I don't know how Chang'an is doing in the city!"
"You've spoiled him!" Xu Guoyong snorted in annoyance, "You've spoiled him!"
"It was Li Qingge who ruined our son!" Zhao Hongying threw the "dirty water" back unconvinced, "It has nothing to do with me."
"I don't care. You can do whatever you want. Our family is finished anyway!"
"..." Zhao Hongying ignored him, thinking that her son must do better!
An hour later, Xu Meili came back with half a bag of cornmeal, and went back to the kitchen with empty eyes to cook.
Seeing her look so miserable, Zhao Hongying kept cursing her in the yard.
"What took you so long? You little bitch, you want to piss me off to death, right?"
"How could I give birth to a daughter like you? Hurry and cook."
The next day, Zhao Hongying woke up hungry again. Xu Guoyong came in from outside and muttered, "Where did Meili go so early in the morning?"
"Who knows where she's gone again?" Zhao Hongying was so angry that she almost died! She was really a worry.
Zhao Hongying angrily went to her room and found that the closet was already empty. She seemed to have thought of something and ran out in a panic, "Oh no! This girl ran away to the city again!"
Xu Guoyong immediately denied it, "She has no money at all."
"If you don't have money, can't you think of other ways? Go find someone!"
Zhao Hongying and Xu Guoyong hurried to the place where they were waiting for the bus at the village entrance, but they didn't see Xu Meili at all.
"Hey? What are you two doing here so early in the morning?" The speaker was Xu Guoyong's uncle and aunt.
"Looking for our Meili! This girl might have gone to the city early this morning! Where does she get the money? I'm so worried!"
"Really?" Aunt Xu Guoyong frowned. "My son saw Meili and Li Qingge together last night. Did he borrow money from her?"
"Will Li Qingge lend money to my daughter Meili?" Zhao Hongying didn't believe it.
"No matter what, let's ask what happened first!" Xu Guoyong turned and walked towards the Li family.
Li family.
Li Qingge held her little niece in her arms and watched Xiaohao play in the yard.
"Qingge, you don't have to hold her all the time. Your arms will hurt after a while." Ran Lijuan threw the dirty clothes into the washing machine and watched it spin curiously.
It’s true, washing machines save effort and wash clothes very cleanly.
"Gugu" the little niece hugged Li Qingge's neck, "slurp" a mouthful, "porridge gugu"
"Auntie likes you too," Li Qingge thought. What a nice daughter!
It would be nice to have a daughter with Li Hanting.
"Aunt, was the gold ring on your hand given to you by your uncle?" Li Hao asked curiously while playing with it.
"What gold ring?" Zhang Xiu Lan was chopping pork in the yard, planning to eat dumplings for lunch today. She looked over and didn't really notice the gold ring on her daughter's hand.
"Yeah." Li Qingge didn't deny it. "Does it look good?"
"It looks good. Auntie looks good in anything she wears. Auntie, when will uncle come back?"
Li Hao didn't see him come back this time and looked disappointed.
"In two days."
"Will my uncle drive the car again this time? Can I take a ride again?"
"Okay." Li Qingge curled his lips and smiled.
"This gold ring must have cost a lot of money, right?" Zhang Xiulan thought it was really big and shiny.
Li Qingge nodded slightly, "Yeah."
"..." Zhang Xiulan hesitated to speak.
"Mom, Han Ting is a really good person. At least he has Qingge in his heart. I think our family will have a wedding soon." Ran Lijuan joked.
Li Qingge didn't say anything else this time, as if he agreed with what his sister-in-law said.
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