Chapter 85

It seemed that this old lady had been observing what was going on in her house, and the smile on Tang Wan's face faded.

No one would be in a good mood if they were being watched every day.

She said indifferently, "It has been divided, but the money I have is not enough at the moment, so the share is the smallest.

Apart from what I use for my own use, I am afraid I won’t be able to lend it to you.”

She was not as thin-skinned as Xu Cuiying and the others said. After Tang Wan knew who she was, she was more direct in her refusal.

Sure enough, Aunt Cao's expression changed, and a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes.

They probably didn't expect that Tang Wan, a young girl of her age, could speak as rudely as they, the old hands.

She thought she would at least be embarrassed to lend her some.

"Alas, my son is not as good as Vice-Captain Lu. He has a lower allowance and a large family to support at home.

The family ran out of gas this month, and he didn’t even bother to buy some.”

Aunt Cao thought that Tang Wan would soften her heart by saying this, after all, she had used this trick to get a lot of good things.

Tang Wan covered her mouth in surprise, "So Comrade Cao is so frugal. How can this be possible? It's not good for children in the family not to have meat."

"Yeah yeah."

Aunt Cao was confident, "I also feel sorry for my child, otherwise I wouldn't come out to borrow oil."

"I will ask my husband Huai Jing to talk to him about this and ask Comrade Cao to be more considerate of us, the head of the family."

Tang Wan's serious words left Aunt Cao stunned in place, her mouth slightly open, obviously not expecting Tang Wan's move.

"This... is something between us women, so we don't need to tell men, right?"

"This is not something that happens between women."

Tang Wan raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Auntie, logically I shouldn't be involved in your family affairs.

But your children can’t be hungry. Look at how malnourished they are. This is unacceptable. I am doing this for the children’s own good.”

She pointed at a few children who were crouching and looking over here at a corner not far away.

Aunt Cao turned her head suddenly and glared at the children, scaring them so much that they ran away quickly.

"Forget it, forget it. You look young, but you are so good at picking holes that you can't even pick anything out with a needle."

Aunt Cao seldom got angry with others, because she knew very well that if she greeted people with a smile, others would feel embarrassed to refuse her.

It was the first time that Tang Wan made her head buzz with anger, and she had no way of refutation after hearing a few soft words from her.

Seeing her walking away with an empty bowl, Xu Cuiying gave Tang Wanshu a thumbs up.

"Sister Wanwan, you are really amazing!"

The word "Sister Wanwan" brought the two closer together, and Tang Wan also called her "Sister Cuiying" with a smile.

"Sister Cuiying, this is how you deal with people like her. She's not a bad person at all.

In this world, every household is struggling, so how can we continue to support her?"

This person loves to take advantage by nature. Tang Wan had seen this before she traveled through time.

Hearing this, Xu Cuiying nodded and said in agreement: "Yes, no one's family is rich.

The main reason is that she has many children. I remember there were about seven or eight. You urged her to have children, saying the more the better. I don’t understand them.”

"It's definitely not enough for one person to support so many people with just one allowance. She even wants to have a son. I'm afraid she's crazy."

Tang Wan was speechless and could not feel any sympathy for them. This was the path she had chosen herself.

"More children means more blessings. Hers is a bit too much."

Xu Cuiying caressed her belly tenderly. Perhaps because she was going to be a mother, her face radiated a maternal glow.

Tang Wan didn't comment, "I'm going to find Sister Hongyan, you go back and have a good rest."

After parting with Xu Cuiying, Tang Wan knocked on the door of Zhang Hongyan's house where she was cooking.

Wang Shengli was catching earthworms in the yard.

"Sister Hongyan, after sending Huaijing off this morning, I went to the town to grab some lard. You can try some of the lard residue."

Tang Wan took out a large bowl from the basket, and Zhang Hongyan was so scared that she quickly pulled him into the yard.

"You silly girl, leave more for you and Zhou Zhou. You brought so much here, aren't you afraid of being seen by others?"

If you eat better than others these days, you will be envied.

"Don't I treat Sister Hongyan as my own sister?"

Tang Wan liked Zhang Hongyan's straightforwardness, so she lowered her voice and told her the story of Aunt Cao.

Zhang Hongyan's eyes widened in surprise, "There are actually people like this."

"The world is full of wonders, so be careful."

Tang Wan nodded vigorously, but the next second Zhang Hongyan patted her head in frustration and said:

"That lady always smiles when she speaks. She looks very friendly!"

"You've been tricked, haven't you?"

Tang Wan raised her eyebrows suspiciously, and saw Zhang Hongyan nodded in confusion.

"Yes, she came to my house yesterday to borrow a handful of salt. I thought the neighbors didn't have much."

Tang Wan: …

"Forget it. I'll stay away from her next time."

If Zhang Hongyan had known that she was such a person, she would never have lent her anything.

As she spoke, she poured the oil residue in Tang Wanhai's bowl into her own bowl, and gave Tang Wanhai a handful of fresh beans.

"I bought it from the auntie in the compound. It's not worth much. You can take it back and have a taste with Zhou Zhou."

Zhang Hongyan has never been one to take advantage of others. Whenever Tang Wan gave her something, no matter how much it was worth, she would give something in return.

"Thank you, Sister Hongyan."

Tang Wan didn't bother to be polite with her. She put the beans in a basket. After returning home, she cooked stir-fried beans with meat in a pot with boiling oil.

Afraid that Tang Zhou wasn’t full, Tang Wan made some fried eggs, and the two of them ate with relish.

Tang Zhou was reading in the room. Tang Wan closed the door and went into the space. She had not finished planting the vegetable seeds she had planted before.

Lu Huaijing was not at home, so she could tidy up the space.

Radish, cabbage, coriander, onion, garlic, ginger, beans, loofah, winter melon, pumpkin, pepper, etc.

Tang Wan was busy in the space, sweating profusely. She hadn't finished planting yet. After cooking in the evening, she was busy in the space again.

She cleared several vegetable plots outside the mall, so she can have whatever she wants to eat in the future.

She even planted the wild fruits she picked in the mountains, and she was thinking about planting some fruit trees in the space if she had the chance.

She also wanted to eat fish, so she went back to dig a fish pond. This was a big project, so Tang Wan could only write it down in the plan for now.

Tang Wan was busy until after eleven o'clock, when she finally finished washing up and lay down on the bed tiredly.

Because she was too tired, she fell asleep almost immediately and woke up at six o'clock the next morning.

After preparing a simple egg pancake for Tang Zhou, Tang Wan rode her bicycle to Maozhuang Brigade.

Still putting away her bicycle, she took the path to the cowshed.

According to the agreement between her and Tang Shi, she imitated the sound of birds and called a few times.

After a while, Tang Shi and Qin Su came over while everyone was still asleep.

"Mom and Dad, are you okay?"

She was still a little worried that Mao Goudan's family would do something bad.

"We're fine."

Qin Su shook her head, and Tang Shi added, "I don't know what happened, Mao Goudan went to the hospital yesterday and became mute.

His brothers were unwilling to bear the burden of supporting him and refused to pay for his medical treatment.

His mother was anxious but had no other choice but to bring him back."