Chapter 187: Feeling so wronged
When going to the textile factory, Kong Wenhui insisted on going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things. Shen Meng did not agree, so she prepared some things herself, saying that she asked someone to buy them in Haishi, and kept them in the basket on the back seat of her bicycle.
"I've already prepared everything. Qianqian just gave birth to her baby, and it's time for her to replenish her body. What I prepared are things for her and the baby, mainly for her."
"How can that be? When we go to the factory director's house, we have to prepare something for them, right? Let me ask Shihao to buy the most expensive things in the supply and marketing cooperative. Let's all get some. The tickets I brought today are not enough. Sister-in-law, do you have any more at home? Lend me some."
"I still have some at home, including sugar tickets, supplement tickets, meat tickets, and also tickets for tobacco and alcohol. I'll get them for you."
The two men were about to rush into the house, and Shen Meng grabbed them.
"Don't go, don't go. This time I'm taking Shihao to see Qianqian, not the director and his wife of a textile factory. If we bring big bags and small bags of things to their home, people will think we're asking for favors. No need to bring those things. I know that Qianqian and the children are the ones who need the most care and love at this time. As long as they are happy, nothing else matters."
"That's right, that's right, we misunderstood."
Cheng Yufen was confused. She had never given gifts before, so she didn't know how to prepare these. Kong Wenhui had given gifts before, but she had never given them for work. Most of them were for personal relationships.
Shen Meng took Luo Shihao into the textile factory. Cheng Yufen and Kong Wenhui were standing at the gate waiting for them. Shen Meng turned around and waved to them. It was so cold, they would freeze to death if they had to wait here.
"Aunt, it's okay. My mother is like that. She is smart. When we get in, she will definitely take my aunt to a warm place to stay. She won't let herself suffer any loss."
After Luo Shihao finished speaking, he found the gatekeeper and handed him a cigarette. His playful and smiling appearance was a bit like Shen Meng.
The security guard thought they were two people who were asking for gifts and quickly let them in. They couldn't hinder the factory director from making money. It was up to the factory director to accept the gifts or not, and it was up to him to let them go or not. Besides, they got two Red Plum cigarettes, which were good for today's class.
The two of them arrived at the factory director's house quickly. Luo Shihao was pushing his bicycle behind her, and he was so well-behaved that Shen Meng looked at him twice.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
"Who is it?"
Shen Meng knocked twice again. She had never heard this voice before. It was not the factory director's wife, nor was it Qianqian's voice. She frowned.
"Hello, I'm a friend of Li Qianqian. I came to see her."
The cleaner opened the door with a cold face and muttered as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Knock, knock, knock. I've already asked who it is, but you're still knocking. Who is it?"
Luo Shihao's face immediately turned ugly when he heard this. It was obvious that his wife was a servant hired by this family. Why was she so arrogant?
"Hello, Auntie. I didn't hear your reply just now. I'm sorry. Take this candy and calm down. Who is it? I'm Qianqian's friend. It's been such a long time since she gave birth, and I haven't come to see her. I just came here while the road is easy to walk on."
Don't hit a smiling person, especially since this person gave her so many candies, and they were milk candies. Auntie Yang immediately stuffed the candies into her pocket and her face was a little friendly.
"So you are Qianqian's friend. Why didn't you tell me earlier? Come in, come in. She is fine. She speaks with full energy. How big of a deal is it to have a child? I take good care of her every day. The child is fine too. He is plump and fair. He is well taken care of."
"Oh, that's really hard work for you. I heard that raising a child is very tiring. You have to get up many times at night and can't get a full sleep. You have to help take care of Qianqian and the child. You've worked hard. It happened that when I came to see Qianqian, I brought her some brown sugar. Her daughter doesn't like it very much. You can eat it, it's just right for your body."
Auntie Yang's eyes widened. She was worthy of being the eldest lady's friend. She gave her a pound of brown sugar without any regrets. After she took it in her hand, she carefully opened a corner. The sugar was very fine and it was obviously good stuff at first glance.
"Oh, that's right. Qianqian has never suffered. I stew chicken soup and boil eggs for her every day, but she still complains. She's really too good to be true."
Shen Meng quickly comforted her with a few more words and then walked towards Li Qianqian's room in her smiling sight. Luo Shihao was behind Shen Meng, watching her coaxing Mrs. Yang into a mess. He was a little unhappy. It was obvious that this old woman was hypocritical and not a good person. What was the aunt doing to be so nice to an old woman? And where did she take out the brown sugar just now? Why didn't he see clearly?
Shen Meng knocked on the door while carrying something. When Li Qianqian heard it was her, her voice choked up, but she was weak, which made Shen Meng a little worried. Li Qianqian was the sister of Lu Zhenping's comrade-in-arms and the daughter of a county official. She and the child were both saved by herself, and the feelings between them were more or less different from those of others.
When he pushed the door open, he saw that Li Qianqian's eyes were dark and her hair was messy. It was obvious that she didn't sleep well. The little child was lying beside her, very thin. The room was messy and there was a smell of feces and urine.
How could this be what Grandma Yang said about taking good care of Li Qianqian and making the child plump and white? This was simply abuse.
"Qianqian, are you okay? What happened? Why did you become like this?"
"Sister Meng, wuwuwu... Sister Meng, I, I feel so wronged, wuwuwu..."
Shen Meng hugged her and patted her back gently.
"Be good, don't cry now, otherwise it will be bad for your eyes. If you have any grievances, tell me. I will never let you suffer here in vain."
"Sister Meng, I won't cry, I won't cry." Li Qianqian sobbed twice, then quickly wiped her tears. She continued, "It's all my mother-in-law's fault. Since my child and I returned home, she has been making a fuss every day. Sometimes her waist hurts, sometimes her legs hurt. I know she just wants to take care of me and the child. I thought, if she doesn't want to, then she doesn't want to. Anyway, Hu Biao and I live alone now, but she made a fuss and didn't let Hu Biao stay at home, saying that it affected his work. Hu Biao disagreed, so she made a fuss at the workplace. My father-in-law couldn't control her, otherwise she would make a fuss. Later, my mother said that Hu Biao should live in the factory and come back to see me and the child every day. I thought about it and agreed. Yes, Hu Biao had to go to work every day, and he had to take care of me and the children, so we didn’t get enough rest, so we let him go. My parents arranged for someone to take care of me, but my mother-in-law was not satisfied. She wanted to find someone to take care of me herself. My parents didn’t want my family to be in a mess, so they agreed. When Aunt Yang first came, she was very nice. She either stewed chicken soup or fish soup, helped take care of the children, cleaned the house very well, and coaxed the Hu family members. But during this period, my mother-in-law went back to her hometown, Hu Biao was sent abroad, and my father-in-law couldn’t come to see me often, so she changed. Look at her now, if you don’t know her, you would think she is the owner of the house!"
Tears welled up in her eyes as she spoke. Li Qianqian couldn't hold it back. She hadn't seen outsiders for a long time and didn't dare to tell her family for fear that her parents would worry. So she had been holding it back. But today she couldn't hold it back any longer. She felt so wronged. If she didn't say anything, she would die of suffocation. She had never suffered such hardship since she was a child.
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