Chapter 576: Missed family affection is like falling stars. (Page 1/2)
Wen Wan was so angry that she was about to explode. The nameless fire in her heart was burning fiercely. She really wanted to start cursing on the spot.
She thought she must be crazy for making such a special trip to ask that evildoer to come home. But who could have imagined that not only would she not see Lin Man, but she would also be angered by her husband's cold attitude.
The more Wen Wan thought about it, the angrier she became. She cursed inwardly: Was this biological daughter really born to be incompatible with her? Perhaps they were born to be incompatible, otherwise why would God separate them for so many years?
In the end, she left with her daughter-in-law full of resentment, leaving behind only an angry and lonely back.
At the same time, Lin Man was happily taking her children for a walk around the city.
They first walked into the Xinhua Bookstore with great interest. The children walked between the bookshelves, choosing their favorite books.
Then, they came to the bustling department store. The dazzling array of goods made everyone dazzled. Lin Man bought school supplies and clothes for her four children and Zhang Haijun, and also bought a corduroy jacket for her sister-in-law Huo Rou.
Inadvertently, she noticed that the coat Huo Qinghuan was wearing had become noticeably tighter and no longer fit him.
Lin Man always treated him as her own son, so she did not hesitate to pick out a brand new thick coat to give to him.
However, Huo Qinghuan stubbornly refused to accept the gift.
Faced with his persistence, Lin Man said earnestly, "Qinghuan, as the saying goes, an elder sister-in-law is like a mother and an elder brother is like a father. Now our mother is in poor health and cannot take care of you.
And you only earn a dozen yuan a month now, and after paying for food, you don’t save any money at all.
So your brother and I bought you a new dress. This is a perfectly normal thing. You really don't need to feel any psychological pressure!"
Hearing this, Huo Qinghuan's eyes reddened slightly, and his voice choked a little: "Sister-in-law, over the years, I know that I owe you and brother too much. I'm afraid I will never be able to repay this deep friendship in this lifetime."
Lin Man patted his shoulder gently and comforted him softly, "Qing Huan, your elder brother and I have never thought about getting anything in return from you.
Our greatest wish is to see you live a happy and smooth life. As long as you can manage your life successfully in the future, it will be enough for us.
But the most important thing right now is that you have to devote yourself to your work and at the same time review your high school homework seriously.
You should definitely read and study the physics and chemistry series I bought at the bookstore when you get home; you never know when it might come in handy."
Huo Qinghuan nodded vigorously, his eyes firm and full of confidence. "Sister-in-law, please rest assured! I will work hard and not let my family down. I will redouble my efforts to review and prepare for the exam, and I will definitely not let you and my brother down."
Lin Man whispered again, "Qing Huan, do you know how many candidates there will be if the college entrance examination is reinstated? Besides the current year, there will also be candidates from previous years. So even if the college entrance examination is truly reinstated, the competition will definitely be very intense.
I also know that you had good grades before, and the competition is so fierce, so you have to take it seriously. Sister-in-law hopes that you can be admitted to a key local university, such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Renmin University. "
Huo Qinghuan nodded and said, "Sister-in-law, I feel that these three universities are a bit difficult to get into, but I will still work hard."
Huo Qinghuan originally wanted to apply to a university in Hai City and see the world. Now his sister-in-law wants him to apply to a local university. He will do his best to get in and not let her down.
After buying a coat for Huo Qinghuan, I bought him a pair of shoes, and then I bought a new coat for Grandpa and Huo Qingci.
Lin Man bought herself a silk scarf and three bottles of vanishing cream, one for herself and two for the children.
She didn't buy clothes because she had no cloth coupons. Huo Qingci and her grandfather had saved up the cloth coupons for a long time, but she used them all up in one go.
After buying clothes and shoes, she took the children downstairs to buy some candies and snacks. They weighed two pounds each of sorghum candy, White Rabbit candy, and peanut candy, and half a pound of colored bean candy. They also weighed a pound of spring cakes, poria cocos cakes, and peach cakes.
Before I knew it, time had passed and it was already twelve o'clock noon, time for lunch.
Afterwards, they happily went to the famous Quanjude to taste the delicious roast duck.
After a hearty meal, Lin Man thoughtfully packed up two roast ducks to take home. She planned to save one for dinner, and let Huo Qinghuan take the other back to her parents-in-law to try.
After dinner, they didn't continue shopping, but took a bus home.
After returning home, Lin Man didn't have time to catch her breath and rest for a while before she got up and started to organize the things she bought, and then cleaned the house and prepared dinner.
In short, after returning home, she never stopped to rest.
During the meal, Huo Qingci never mentioned to Lin Man that her mother had come today. And Huo Li, who had been away from home all day, knew nothing about it.
It was not until late at night and the children had fallen asleep that Huo Qingci pulled Lin Man into her space and slowly began to tell her what had happened during the day.
"Manman, your mother came to look for you this morning. She couldn't find you, so she came to the hospital to look for me."
A few days ago, Song Jingjing personally went to the door to act as a lobbyist, but what was unexpected was that today, her always confused biological mother also came to the door.
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There is no doubt that Song Jingjing must have lost face in front of her, so she exaggerated the matter and called the Song family. Song Jingjing's mother then contacted her biological mother Wen Wan.
Otherwise, with her gentle personality, why would she be so impatient to come here?
Thinking of this, Lin Man couldn't help but wonder: That woman came to the door in such a hurry, could it be that the old man of the Qiao family is about to die?
If it weren't for this, why would Wen Wan be in such a hurry to find her?"
In fact, several years ago, Lin Man’s biological father Qiao Yan also visited her and tried to recognize her.
At that time, she righteously refused, so the outside world did not know that she was Qiao Yan's biological daughter.
The outside world didn't know that she was a child of the Qiao family, so she had to publish an announcement in the newspaper to sever the relationship.
If she really did that, she might instead attract criticism from others, who would accuse her of trying to get close to the Qiao family but failing, and ultimately breaking off the relationship out of shame and anger.
At that time, Lin Man thought that as long as they stopped communicating with each other, it would be equivalent to completely severing their relationship.
However, now that I think about it, this approach obviously doesn't work.
Look at the Qiao family's capricious attitude, it's just like an intermittent mental illness attack, it's really annoying to the extreme!
Seeing Lin Man's cold face and silence, Huo Qingci gently pinched her fingers and said, "Manman, don't be surprised. I believe she will definitely not come next time."
"I hope so! Qingci, do you think I should publish an announcement in the newspaper to sever ties with Qiao Yan and Wen Wan?"
"Manman, just do what you want!"
Lin Man thought about it and finally shook her head, saying, "Forget it, it's not necessary, so as not to affect the future of you and the children.
Instead of severing ties in the newspaper, I could actually write a letter to the Qiao family severing ties. That way, they'd be too embarrassed to come knocking on my door again, right?"
Huo Qingci felt that Lin Man’s method was not bad, as long as the Qiao family did not know his daughter-in-law’s attitude clearly.
Then they will definitely be like a group of headless flies, coming to your door and bothering you for no reason, which is really annoying.
He comforted her softly, "Manman, no matter how you want to act, I will fully support you."
Lin Man smiled and said, "Qingci, thank you."
Seeing Lin Man's smile, Huo Qingci's mood also brightened. He chuckled and then slowly said, "Your mother is really not an easy person to deal with! I guess she has always been a government official's wife. Her every move is full of arrogance.
At first, I pretended not to know her and naturally didn't say hello to her. However, later she took the initiative to introduce herself, so I had to politely call her "Auntie".
Who would have thought that Mrs. Qiao would start scolding me and ask me to call her mother?
Hearing this, Lin Man couldn't help but snort coldly, with a look of contempt on her face, and said indignantly:
"How could she have the nerve to ask you to call her mom? I didn't even recognize them, so just call her comrade. By the way, how did you recognize her?"
Huo Qingci shook his head slightly and explained with a smile, "It's actually very simple. When I first saw her, I found that her facial features were somewhat similar to yours.
Therefore, with a little speculation, we can guess that she should be your biological mother.
She is petite and not very tall. She looks weak on the surface, but is actually very arrogant.
Manman, although your facial features are somewhat similar, I don’t think she is as pretty as you, not even one-third as pretty as you.”
Lin Man raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "You are exaggerating a bit. Madam Song praised her in front of me before, saying that she was very beautiful when she was young and charmed a lot of young men from the courtyard.
I think it must be the ruthless passage of time that makes people grow old, so you think she is not that pretty. After all, she is not young anymore. "
"Manman, to be honest, your eyes are more similar to Minister Qiao's. They are like dazzling black agate, sparkling and glittering."
Hearing this, Lin Man couldn't help but wonder: Even if I looked exactly like them, what would it matter? Could it change the fact that she was mistakenly taken away and abandoned?
But they are really blind! Qiao Sitian looks ordinary, and there is no trace of them at all. But after so many years, they are still completely unaware?
If he really lacks insight and judgment, how did her so-called good father manage to climb to his current high position?
Or perhaps they had actually noticed something was wrong a long time ago, but knew they were powerless to change the situation and could only silently accept this cruel reality.
"Okay, let's not talk about them anymore. I'm planning to write them a severance statement tomorrow morning. Please help me take a look when you get back from get off work."
"Okay, once you finish writing, I'll help you mail it."
Some things could have been discussed face to face, but the Qiao family kept pestering her for some unknown reason, so she could only send them a letter of severance.
She would also specify in the letter that they were not allowed to reply, and she would not even read their reply. She would then put the letter in a larger envelope and send it back directly.
Belated affection is cheaper than grass, and missed family affection is like falling stars.
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