Chapter 157

Chapter 157

Wang Chengcai's marriage fell through.

Wang Chengcai returned to the private room and said, "Qianqian broke up with me."

Li Xia was still confused: "Break up? What break up? Weren't they just fine? Why would they break up!"

Seeing Wang Chengcai remained silent, Li Xia panicked: "Just for a gold necklace? Her family is so rich, why would she covet a gold necklace from you? Besides, it was her mother who said she didn't want it!"

Li Xia thought about it and felt that she didn't say anything unpleasant. What was wrong with what she said?

If she was offended just because of this gold necklace, she felt that it was not her fault.

Wang Chengcai looked extremely tired. He silently picked up the things scattered on the ground.

These were all the gifts he had carefully prepared. Thinking back to how anxious he had been for this meeting, his mother destroyed them all in less than half an hour...

When Li Xia saw him like this, she knew that Wang Chengcai was blaming her.

But why did Wang Chengcai blame her? Can she be blamed? It was Hu Qianqian's fault!

"...I'll go ask her! Did she break up with us because she despised our poverty? If not despising the poor and admiring the rich, what is this? Doesn't her family just have a few bucks? Why does she look down on me so much..."

Wang Chengcai was so angry that he dropped the things in his hand and asked, "Are you done yet?"

Li Xia was stunned. She could never have imagined that her son would speak to her like this one day.

Wang Chengcai bent down again to pick up the bags, but Li Xia had already opened the door and was about to leave, wiping her tears.

"Because of you, I haven't eaten or slept well these past few days. I've spent hundreds of dollars just on shopping to provide you with food, drink, and schooling. Now you've exposed an enemy. You can't get along with him, so you take your anger out on me. What did I do wrong that you didn't like? Over the years, I've suffered so much for you. Everything your father and I do is for your own good. Fine, you leave your parents for a girlfriend, and we won't be here to bother you. Wang Yuexi, why don't you come with me? Now that they don't want us two old guys anymore, let's not be annoying here. In the future, you can be buried where you die, and just consider this son as one you raised in vain..."

Wang Chengcai has heard this set of words too many times. Li Xia is like this. If you say that today's meal is not cooked, she will ask if you dislike her and she will not invite you to her grave even if she dies and is buried in the future.

Every time she said this, within two days, Wang Chengcai would give in and take the next step.

But this time, Wang Chengcai didn't want to go on.

He is so tired.

He didn't understand why his mother had to ruin such a good thing.

Li Xia always said that it was for his own good, but Wang Chengcai sometimes wondered in his heart, was his mother really doing it for his own good?

If you really want to do good for someone, isn't it to listen to his ideas and let him get what he wants?

Why did Li Xia always pour cold water on him when he was happy? As if a short-lived happiness meant decadence and unfilial piety.

Li Xia left with her husband sadly. Wang Yuexi looked at his mother and sister, and finally followed his wife.

Wang Mengmei: ...This is real garbage.

No matter what the occasion is today, this guy is like a puppet, not caring about his wife and not encouraging his children.

Zhao Chunlan stood up in a hurry: "Wait for me."

Wang Mengmei: "...What? Are you following them back to your hometown?"

Zhao Chunlan was stunned. That’s right, why was she in such a hurry to leave? She lived with her second daughter, what was there to be afraid of?

Wang Mengmei sighed, helped Wang Chengcai pack up his things, and advised: "Take these things and see if you can return them. Things have come to this. No one else can help you except you to think more positively."

Anyone with eyes can see Li Xia’s problem, but who can give Wang Chengcai some advice?

Wang Mengmei couldn't say bad things about herself as a mother in front of her son. No matter how bad Li Xia was, she was the one who took care of everything concerning Wang Chengcai over the years. Wang Yuexi was just a hands-off manager and was of no use at all.

Wang Chengcai hummed in a depressed tone.

"Aren't you still living in school this semester? I'll take you back later, just calm down."

Wang Chengcai's eyes flashed with hope and he said, "Second Aunt, do you think there is still a chance for Qianqian and I?"

Wang Mengmei paused for a moment and said tactfully, "Now that we've come to this, I suggest you think carefully about it and put yourself in Qianqian's shoes. If you were Qianqian, how would you feel? In short, Chengcai, if you really want to do good for others, you should be more considerate of others."

Wang Chengcai said dejectedly: "I know."

He knew what Second Aunt meant. She was afraid that he would get involved with Hu Qianqian.

But he won't.

His mother Li Xia did so many things that he didn't like under the banner of doing good for him, and he would not do anything that would make Qianqian dislike.

"Second aunt, I'm going back."

Wang Chengcai rejected Wang Mengmei's suggestion to send him back to school. He staggered out, ready to think carefully about what Qianqian and Second Aunt said.

Wang Mengmei took Zhao Chunlan home with a bunch of packed vegetables.

…

"You didn't see how angry the girl's parents were." Wang Mengmei said to Jian Feng.

She had been holding back words for the whole day and couldn't tell them to Zhao Chunlan. Zhao Chunlan's mouth was a colander, and as soon as she finished speaking, the old lady would immediately do something stupid like reprocessing her words and passing them on to Li Xia.

So Wang Mengmei had a lot to say, just waiting to complain to Jian Feng.

"It's good that the girl has come to her senses now. Although Chengcai looks good, he really hasn't dealt with the problems at home well."

Li Xia's personality has been like this for a long time. It is caused by her own problems, but also by the unhappiness of her family life over the years.

There is no other reason, it is just that Wang Yuexi is not good enough.

Wang Yuexi, who has been spoiled since childhood, is a true "poor playboy". He is the kind of person who won't even help someone if he falls.

When he graduated and gave up his good job and returned to the town, Wang Yuexi not only felt that he was superior to others, but also felt that he should focus on his career and did not interfere in family affairs, no matter how big or small.

Li Xia said that she gave birth to Wang Chengcai, but in fact she was also Wang Yuexi's new "mother".

This is also the reason why Wang Mengmei was unwilling to argue with Li Xia most of the time. She really looked down on her younger brother and vaguely felt that she was the one who had let Li Xia down.

"I see that Chengcai is very dissatisfied with his mother now, but I don't know what to do in the future."

Jian Feng looked down on such a guy the most, but because he was Wang Mengmei's nephew, he didn't say anything too harsh: "For someone like him, don't get married early. Wait for a few years first, think clearly about your career or family, and solve his mother's problem before considering starting a family."

Otherwise, wouldn't it be cheating someone if you married them?

Wang Mengmei thought about it and it made sense. In fact, late marriage has been advocated in recent years. It is no longer the time when people were urged to get married in their twenties. For young people nowadays, it is not too late to get married in their twenties or twenty-sixes.

Jian Feng thought, what twenty-five or twenty-six? His daughter could be thirty-five or thirty-five. Any time would be fine!

It doesn’t matter if you never get married in your lifetime!

*****

Li Xia and her husband returned to Wangjiazhuang that day. Wang Mengmei sealed Zhao Chunlan's mouth and repeatedly warned her not to spread gossip when she returned.

Zhao Chunlan: “I know.”

She didn't want anyone to look down on her own son.

Wang Mengmei took Zhao Chunlan to the zoo and then to the park...

This year is the first National Day holiday, and there are obviously more people going out to play.

Zhao Chunlan saw the people and the cars, it was a feast for the eyes. After staying for five days, she wanted to go back.

Wang Mengmei: "You can stay a few more days."

She doesn't have much to do now, so Jian Feng is busy but has free time. During the time when his mother-in-law was around, he often drove to pick her up and dropped her off, and he did a very good job.

But Zhao Chunlan refused to stay any longer.

"I'm worried."

Wang Mengmei was helpless: "What are you worried about? Do you need to farm the land or feed the chickens?"

At home, she just chats with people every day.

Zhao Chunlan: "I just feel uneasy."

Living in her daughter's house, she always felt ashamed. If she didn't go back, she was afraid that people in the village would say that the brothers Wang Yuedong and Wang Yuexi didn't take care of her and left her mother to be taken care of by a maid.

This is a shameful thing in the countryside.

Wang Mengmei had no choice but to prepare a lot of bags for her and send them back to Wangjiazhuang.

As soon as I sent it back to Zhao Chunlan, I received a letter from Sun Cuifang.

Sun Cuifang said tiredly on the phone: "Chengcai ran off to Guangzhou to find a job without saying anything. His mother was furious."

Wang Chengcai didn't tell anyone and just wrote a note of leave to the school. He had less classes in the last year and he had found a job, so he only needed to go back to get his diploma when he graduated.

Facing parents with whom he could not communicate, Wang Chengcai chose to escape.

He went to the south and found a job, then he called his family to tell them.

The call was not even made to Li Xia, but to Sun Cuifang.

Sun Cuifang called Wang Mengmei to ask her to go to Wang Chengcai's school to take down his bedding and daily necessities. When Wang Chengcai left, he took only one suitcase with him, and left the rest at the school to prevent people from stealing them.

Wang Mengmei hung up the phone, feeling helpless about her nephew's situation.

To use Jian Li's words, it's shameful to escape, but sometimes it really helps.

Wang Chengcai obviously doesn't have the courage to tell Li Xia clearly now. If he stays in the local area, it won't be long before Li Xia invades his life. Go to a big city to gain experience now, save money while you are young, and see the world. Who knows, there will be a different world in the future.

Wang Mengmei thought about it and called Sun Cuifang again to get the phone number of the hotel where Wang Chengcai was staying.

After the call was connected, Wang Mengmei gave a few instructions and told Wang Chengcai the name of Wang Liming's store.

"If you encounter any difficulties, go here first. The owner of this store is a friend of your uncle."

She had called Xue Fang in advance, and when she mentioned the relationship, Xue Fang also said that she would definitely lend a hand.

Wang Chengcai's voice choked with sobs: "Okay, auntie."

Wang Mengmei: "Now that we are out, we should just focus on our work."

Don't follow Wang Yuexi.

Wang Mengmei encouraged Wang Chengcai for some time before hanging up the phone.

I looked at my watch. It was still early, so I decided to go to the new store to check out the business situation.

During this National Day holiday, the new store’s customer flow not only did not decrease, but increased instead.

Many people have fallen in love with this kind of spicy hot pot where they can choose their own ingredients. As word of mouth spreads, the restaurant is always crowded from morning to night.

The apprentice was so tired that he could not lift his arms.

Wang Mengmei could only promise to give everyone working wages, and then hurry up to recruit more people.

This time, an old face came.

Yao Feng came to the door shyly and asked if the Chuan Chuan Malatang restaurant in the city center was opened by Wang Mengmei.

Wang Mengmei hadn't seen Yao Feng for a long time. Ever since she bought the house from Yao Feng, the most they had interacted with was when they met at the vegetable market.

"Sister, are you going to..."

Yao Feng mustered up her courage and said, "I want to come to your shop and help out."

Since the family's house and shop were sold, the family's monthly expenses all depended on the eldest daughter's "part-time job income". Although the daughter was very hardworking and it was common for her to bring home hundreds of dollars a month, Yao Feng always felt that her daughter worked too hard.

She wanted to find a job to relieve the burden on her family.

Wang Mengmei: "Will Wenwen agree?"

Yao Feng: "When she heard that she was going to have sex with you, she agreed, but she wouldn't let me do it for too long."

In fact, the eldest daughter had long wanted her to find a job. After being enlightened by Jian Li, Wenwen discovered her mother's biggest problem. Because she had not been working for a long time, Yao Feng's life was basically centered on her husband and children.

Even though such a terrible thing happened before, Yao Feng still cooks and does laundry for her man at home.

When Wenwen got angry, she thought it would be better to let her mother go out to work. At least she would have a salary and the opportunity to socialize.

Spend your time on that useless dad, who does nothing but look for trouble and lie around, never even says a nice word!

After Yao Feng said this, Wang Mengmei thought about it and agreed.

"Okay, I'll pay you 300 a month for the morning shift, ok? 10am to 5pm, with lunch and dinner included."

Yao Feng's eyes lit up instantly: "Okay!"

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