"The agricultural machinery factory is nearby, and the equipment is broken, so they asked me to take a look." Xiao Shanhe explained.

Shen Huanxi just remembered that he did see an agricultural machinery factory when he came here on the bicycle just now. Now looking back, he can still see the wall of the agricultural machinery factory in the distance.

"I left home early this morning and have been busy till now. You must be tired, right? Thank you for your hard work."

"No." Shen Huanxi shook his head.

On the contrary, she felt that Xiao Shanhe had a hard time. She was quite touched when she learned that before he divorced Lan Linxiang, he refused to take any extra work no matter how Lan Linxiang scolded him, but after he married her, he took it without her telling him.

But when she thought about it carefully, she felt a little guilty about letting a power engineer do all this.

"I'm not done here yet..."

"Xiao Shen, this is your lover. You should accompany him when he comes to see you. You have done the most work today and done it the best. We grown men feel embarrassed." Director Zhou's voice came and interrupted Shen's joy.

The other male colleagues also agreed.

"You are a female lesbian, but you work so hard and have contracted three more trees than me. I am a male lesbian, and I feel ashamed of myself."

"Xiao Shang, you're still lucky. I packed four fewer than Comrade Xiao Shen. I don't know how Xiao Shen is so agile."

"Xiao Shen, take a break. We have so many male comrades. We can't let you, a female comrade, do more than us. Otherwise, we will be embarrassed when we return to the unit."

…

The voices of colleagues came from far and near, so Shen Huanxi simply put the rope and plastic sheet in his hand back on the Xiaosan jumper.

"Okay, then the rest of the trees are up to you."

After saying this, she returned to Xiao Shanhe.

"Actually, you don't have to work so hard." The couple said in unison.

The next second, they were both stunned, then smiled at each other.

"Shanhe, if I work more, my monthly salary is 45 yuan, and if I work less, it is still 45 yuan. I work more purely because I love it. I have this passion, so you don't have to think that I am working hard.

You are different. You are engaged in train power design. Asking you to take small jobs in the machinery factory is a bit of a waste of your talent..."

Shen Huanxi thought of the drawing of the oil press drawn by Xiao Shanhe. Compared with his drawing of the train power system, it was like the comparison between first-grade math problems and advanced mathematics.

Xiao Shanhe smiled.

"I have passion too... One day when you are free, bring your passbook and go to the credit union with me. There is a sum of money deposited into the account."

"Ah...yeah." Shen Huanxi nodded, feeling a warm feeling flowing through his heart.

Xiao Shanhe didn't make much money, but he was willing to give it to her. The passion he was talking about was making money for her.

"When I was at the agricultural machinery factory, I heard the employees talking about afforestation. Their unit has annual quotas these years. This area was planted by members of a nearby commune. They planted more than 3,000 trees, and these are the only ones that survived.

The workers at the agricultural machinery factory also had a target of planting 1,000 trees, but only two survived, both in the factory. Huanxi, planting trees is a long and arduous task. I know you like this career, but if you get tired one day, you can always go home.

"No." Shen Huanxi shook his head. "This is my favorite career. Here..."

Shen Huanxi pointed to the desert Gobi in front of him where there were a few scattered trees.

"This place will be covered with green trees in the future. We have a long way to go, not a dead end with no hope. As long as we work hard, we can definitely do it. The country has the determination and perseverance, so why can't I have the same?"

"Yeah." Xiao Shanhe looked at Shen Huanxi and curled his lips.

Shen Huanxi could clearly see admiration in his eyes.

Maybe he just didn't want to see her suffer, but he could understand her.

"Just like power engineering, our country's train power technology is very backward now, but with your efforts, it will develop and one day in the future, it will become one of the best in the world!"

Shen Huanxi thought about the future high-speed rail. She knew that it was the result of the joint efforts of thousands of power engineers like Xiao Shanhe and thousands of railway workers.

"Will it?" Xiao Shanhe asked suddenly.

Shen Huanxi nodded heavily. She came from the future, so she knew it best.

She also believed that she and Xiao Shanhe could understand each other.

“As long as we move forward towards a clear goal, no matter how difficult it is, as long as we persist, we will always reach our goal. The road may be long and difficult, but if we keep moving forward, we will reach our destination. We are not like headless flies who work blindly.

Look at this piece of sand. There are more than 50 trees now, right? Last year, there was not a single tree. Isn’t this getting better? The same is true for train power. As long as we keep moving forward, there will always be progress.”

"Yeah." Xiao Shanhe looked at Shen Huanxi with a firm gaze.

In fact, it was only after Shen Huanxi joined the Three Norths Project that he truly realized how difficult this project was.

In the future, many people in this country will not know about the sandstorm, but how many people know that this is the result of the low-key but great Three Norths Project? She didn’t know it before...

She still had a lot to say to Xiao Shanhe. She knew that the desert Gobi in the northwest would become an oasis in the future, and that the northwest region, which currently had inconvenient transportation, would be traversed by the "New Lan Line" and the "New Bao Line".

Green mountains and clear waters are the direction of her efforts, and well-connected roads are the direction of his efforts. One day in the future, the causes they are working for will be integrated together, and ordinary people will sit on the trains on the new Lanzhou Line and the new Baotou Line to see the successful results of the Three Norths Project.

I wonder how she and Xiao Shanhe will view this land when that day comes.

She thought, maybe when they are old and gray, they will hold hands, sit on a train designed by him, and look out the window at the green forest that she helped plant...

…

The survival rate of trees was not very high, and Shen Huanxi and his colleagues could not be busy for long. They took measures to protect the surviving saplings from the cold, and the publicity department gradually became idle.

It was the day for issuing new stamps again. This time it was the "Tenth National Congress of the Chinese Trade Unions" stamp. Shen Huanxi queued up at the door of the post office early in the morning.

There are more people lining up this time than when the family planning tickets were issued.

Shen Huanxi looked at the long queue in front of him, which already had more than twenty people in it, and even wondered if they had queued up at three or four in the morning before dawn.

Without any suspense, she met her acquaintances again, the same people who bought family planning tickets she met last time.

A fat woman named Sister Zhang was standing right in front of Shen Huanxi.

"Xiao Shen, you're here too. Hey, I'm not going to hide it from you. The family planning coupon I bought from you last time has gone up a few cents. You sold it too early."

"Is Xiao Shen here?" A thin lady in her fifties who was standing not far in front of Sister Zhang turned around when she heard the voice.

"Xiao Shen, you really lost money. You sold it too early. The West Box tickets I bought from you have increased by nearly thirty times. You sold it for ten times the price. You really lost money."

After hearing what Sister Zhang and Auntie Thin said, everyone felt sorry for Shen Huanxi's death.

Only Shen Huan liked the look of himself not caring.

"I won't lose money if I can make money. Besides, stamps go up and down. If you don't sell them, they will only be a number in your hand. You can get real money if you sell them. I also advise you to find a suitable time to sell them if you can. Don't be too greedy."

Shen Huanxi was telling the truth.

The increase in the price of each type of stamp will reach a peak, and after the peak, it will fall.

Even the 1980 Monkey Stamps, where a set of four could be exchanged for a house, slowly depreciated in value after the mid-1990s, let alone other stamps?

But the people who heard her say this obviously didn't believe it.

"Xiao Shen, everyone knows that stamp prices will increase. Don't make us sell stamps because you are losing money. Otherwise, you will feel uncomfortable."

"Or did you, Xiao Shen, lose money on the sale? Now you want to buy them back from us and store them for when you get rich, so you want to trick us into selling the stamps earlier?"

"Xiao Shen, you are very smart and you have made money, but it is not realistic for you to be like this."

…

Shen Huanxi was delighted to hear them say this, so he smiled and without explaining anything, he asked them how much they planned to buy this time.

Sister Zhang spoke first.

"I'll buy fifty dollars, all I have, and if I had more money I'd buy more."

"Yes, if you have some spare money, just buy more. If you buy more, you will make money. This is an investment, which is much better than putting money in a bank."

"I also used up all my savings to buy it. I will save it for more than ten years before selling it."

…

Shen Huanxi just listened to them and didn't say anything.

She first speculated on a batch of special stamps, turning more than 200 yuan into more than 2,000 yuan. She then used the more than 2,000 yuan to stock up on family planning tickets. Now, the family planning tickets have not been sold out yet, but she has already become a "ten thousand yuan household."

If she had the same idea as these people at the beginning and was reluctant to sell the stamps, she might only have the special stamps that she bought for more than two hundred yuan.

As a result, she may not even be able to spend more money to stock up on family planning tickets, let alone buy special tickets for the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Trade Unions issued today.

Stamps can't keep going up in value. Even if she said it now, no one would believe her. They would think she was lying. If she said that there would be several major crashes in the stamp market in the future, they might think she was crazy. She never said it again.

Soon, it was time for the post office to open. More and more people lined up to buy stamps. Shen Huanxi thought she was a little late, but now it seems that she was still early.

The person in front of Shen Huanxi moved very quickly, and soon it was Shen Huanxi's turn. Xiao Yang came to greet her in person.

"Xiao Shen, you have made a reservation, so you don't need to line up so early. I'll keep the stamps for you. Just come with me."

"Okay." Shen Huanxi said, and went to the office with Xiao Yang.

The trend of stamp collecting started in 1980 and became popular rapidly from 1983 to 1984. The Ministry of Post also saw this business opportunity and started printing stamps crazily. They printed as many stamps as the people wanted. Anyway, it didn't cost much for the Ministry of Post and they could make a lot of money, so why not do it?

Shen Huanxi of course knew this, so he went to the post office in advance to make an appointment and asked the Yunnan Post Office to apply for more goods in advance.

Shen Huanxi reserved four thousand yuan worth of stamps, filled a sack with them, and then tied them to the back seat of his bicycle to carry them back home.

Other people queuing to buy stamps knew that she had made an appointment in advance. Well, they learned a new trick.

Many people shook their heads just looking at Shen Huanxi's back as he rode away on his bicycle.

"This woman is smart. She was one of the first people in Yunnan to speculate in stamps. But she was a little impatient. She sold the stamps soon after she bought them."

…

When Shen Huanxi went to the post office to queue up to buy stamps, Lan Linxiang quietly drove to Guixiang Village, found a corner to park the car, and then waited in an alley near Xiao's house. Finally, she waited for Xiao Shanhe who came back from outside.

"Xiao Shanhe." She called out and walked over.

Xiao Shanhe was holding a plastic bag in his hand, and frowned when he saw her.

"What's up?"

"Now you know it's not my fault, right?" Lan Linxiang asked instead of answering, "Does Shen Huanxi quarrel with you every day?"

"No." Xiao Shanhe said, and looked down at the plastic bag in his hand.

Shen Huanxi has been busy with publicity planning and stamp speculation recently, and sometimes he works until very late.

He heard that lavender essential oil can help with sleep, and he was afraid that Shen Huanxi would be too tired and have trouble sleeping, so he went to buy some.

Lan Linxiang followed his gaze and saw the lavender essential oil in his hand, and sneered.

"Are you starting to please a woman? You and she don't have any conflicts, so why did you buy these things to please her? What's the use of this cheap care? If you don't have money, will Shen Huanxi respect you?"

Lan Linxiang knew very well that Shen Huanxi was too powerful. Even if she married a man from a wealthy family like Su Chaoyang, she would end up in divorce, let alone Xiao Shanhe.

"I'm not trying to please her. I just feel sorry for her and care about her. I've been pretty good to you before." Xiao Shanhe didn't say much.

They both recalled the past.

Xiao Shanhe turned in his salary as soon as he got it. He had almost no desire for money and never kept any on him. Lan Linxiang used his meager salary to buy beautiful clothes and bags.

Even so, her clothes and bags looked very cheap in front of her friends. Every time she went home after a party with her friends, she would scold Xiao Shanhe for being incompetent and always say how good other people's men were.

Thinking of these things, both of them frowned.

Xiao Shanhe looked at Lan Linxiang coldly.

"Comrade Lan, we are divorced, you are living the life you want, and I am living well with my lover. I hope we can stop disturbing each other. Why did you come to see me today? Go back quickly after you finish your explanation."

"Living well? I don't care about what happens between you and Shen Huanxi. You know in your heart whether you are living well or not, but I can't ignore my two sons! I came to you today to talk about something upright.

Do you know what I saw a few days ago? I saw Shen Huanxi eating food from a street stall with a straight face. If you don't want to associate with me, can't you control your two sons?

You want them to be the kind of people who are not presentable forever! And why do you send them to the Children's Palace to learn martial arts and painting?

Did you let him learn martial arts to do acrobatics? Only low-class people like those things. And Zheng Zheng, he is like a girl, and you let him learn painting.

Do you know how to educate children? If I were to learn from you, I would let them learn foreign languages, which will be useful in the future. As for talents, learning piano or violin is better than learning martial arts! "Lan Linxiang became more and more angry and could not stop talking.

Xiao Shanhe's brows were tightly furrowed.

"Respecting children is more important than anything else. They may not like what you say."

"Like? You're talking to me about liking something when the child is so young! Children like to play, are you going to indulge them to play and not study or work hard? It's no wonder you can't educate your children well!" Lan Linxiang was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.

She and Xiao Shanhe were really incompatible. They quarreled every day before they got divorced, and even after they got divorced, they still quarreled every time they met.

But to be precise, she was the only one who was very excited, while Xiao Shanhe seemed very calm.

"One year during the Chinese New Year, when the family was reunited, Tangtang really wanted you to be by his side, but you insisted on going to meet your sisters. Because of this, you cried for a whole day and night, and on the first day of the Chinese New Year, you became sick from crying.

Comrade Lan, you were no longer qualified to take care of the children at that time, not to mention that you did not take them with you when you remarried. Now I am the child's guardian, and my wife and I will take good care of and educate the children."

"Good! Good education! Good education! Just educate them well! When the child turns out to be a murderer, suffers from depression, and is useless, then we'll see if you still dare to say that you educated them well!"

Lan Linxiang didn't want to talk to Xiao Shanhe any more. It wouldn't make sense and would only make her angry. She turned around and walked away, heading towards where she had parked her car.

In the past, Lan Linxiang loved to say harsh words, even harsher than this, so Xiao Shanhe didn't take her words "murderer", "depression", and "good-for-nothing" to heart.

It was only after Lan Linxiang's words that his relaxed brows wrinkled. When he looked down and saw the lavender essential oil in his hand, they relaxed again. With a smile on his face, he pushed his wheelchair back home.

Shen Huanxi had already returned on his bicycle and heard the conversation between Xiao Shanhe and Lan Linxiang at the corner of the alley.

In her previous life, she and Lan Linxiang were sisters-in-law for many years. She knew that Lan Linxiang managed the family very well and her two step-sons were very promising. When everyone mentioned her, they said that Su Liming married the right person and that Su Qiangwen and Su Qiangwu were happy.

The fact that she is praised by so many people and that she has indeed managed a five-good family shows that Lan Linxiang is a pretty good person. But when she is with Xiao Shanhe, they always quarrel.

This reminded Shen Huanxi of a dark dish he saw on the Internet in his previous life: fried pork belly with strawberries.

Strawberries are good, pork belly is good too, but they taste terrible when fried together, just like an inappropriate marriage, both individuals are good, but they just can't get along when put together.

In order not to embarrass Xiao Shanhe, she waited for a while before going home. When she returned, he was already waiting for her in the yard.

"Lavender essential oil. I went to the department store to buy it. It's an imported brand. I heard it's good and can help you sleep. You can take it back and try it."

"Thank you." Shen Huanxi took the essential oil and felt warm in his heart.

She has been too busy recently and her sleep quality has indeed declined.

Lan Linxiang was seen arriving at Guixiang Village. When Xiao Yutang came back from school with his younger brothers and sisters, a neighbor told him about it.

"Xiao Yutang, your mother is back. I just saw her there."

"Where?" Xiao Yutang's eyes lit up.

"That way." Aunt Wei pointed in the direction where Lan Linxiang left.

Xiao Yutang looked towards Chang'an Changning.

"Changan, take your sister home and put her schoolbag away before going out to play. Zhengzheng, let's go find mom."

Xiao Yutang took Xiao Yuzheng's hand, but Xiao Yuzheng took his hand back.

"Mom is at home. Mom told me not to run around after school and to go home first."

"I'm not talking about the new mother, I'm talking about our ex-mother. Let's go!" Xiao Yutang didn't say anything and pulled Xiao Yuzheng and ran away.

Xiao Yuzheng followed him reluctantly. They ran for quite a distance, all the way to Nanjing Road, but the two children still didn't see Lan Linxiang's car.

Xiao Yutang had no choice but to return home disappointedly with Xiao Yuzheng.

…

Friday afternoon.

There was no class the next day. The children from Guixiang Village were all having fun in the alley. Xiao Yutang went out to practice boxing in front of the boys. Chang'an was reviewing English vocabulary in the house. The next day, the cram school teacher at the Children's Palace would be checking on them.

Changning and Xiao Yuzheng were both learning painting, and the two children painted together on the stone table in the yard.

Shen Huanxi went to the yard to collect clothes. When she saw the children's looks, she smiled and went into the house to fold the clothes. After putting away the clothes, she still had to cook.

"Tangtang." Xiao Yutang was enjoying the envy and admiration of the neighborhood children when he heard a familiar voice coming from the corner of the alley. He was suddenly delighted.

"That's all for today. I'll call you next time. Remember to come to our house on Wednesday night to watch Huo Yuanjia!"

After that, he said goodbye to the boys.

When he ran to the corner of the alley, he saw Lan Linxiang as expected.

"Mom!" Xiao Yutang ran over sobbing.

What child doesn't like his own mother? What child doesn't miss his own mother after being separated from her for such a long time?

Xiao Yutang rushed towards Lan Linxiang.

He had attended classes at the Children's Palace all day today and had just practiced boxing for the neighborhood kids to watch. He smelled of sweat, and Lan Linxiang smelled it, frowned, and gently pushed him away.

When Xiao Yutang noticed Lan Linxiang's action, he felt an indescribable painful feeling in his heart.

Fortunately, Lan Linxiang still hugged him gently.

Xiao Yutang smelled a sweet scent on her body, which should be what people often call perfume. He thought it smelled good, but he felt that he didn't like it very much.

"Where is your brother? Call your brother out and I will take you to play." Lan Linxiang finally pushed Xiao Yutang away gently.

When she smelled the scent on Xiao Yutang, she was a little unhappy. It was not because she disliked the stench, but because she was not happy about Xiao Yutang learning those martial arts.

"Mom, I'll be right back."

"Wait." Lan Linxiang called Xiao Yutang again.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"Be quiet and don't let anyone know I'm here to see you."

"good."

Xiao Yutang nodded obediently and went back home.

In the yard, Changning and Zheng were painting. It was not dark yet, but the sun was about to set. Shen Huanxi was afraid that the two children would become nearsighted, so he hung a lamp on the branch of the locust tree next to the stone table to illuminate the two children, regardless of the high electricity bill.

Chang'an and Changning are both very focused.

"Sister, do you think my painting of this little bird is good?"

"Great drawing! Look at my little chicken."

"Sister is also good at drawing."

"Zhengzheng, come with me." Xiao Yutang called out to Xiao Yuzheng.

Xiao Yuzheng and Chang Ning were painting happily when they just shook their heads.

"What are you doing, brother? I don't want to watch you boxing."

"You don't come to watch me boxing. Come with me. I have something to tell you. Changning, you draw by yourself first. I'll take Zhengzheng out for a while." Thinking of Lan Linxiang's instructions, Xiao Yutang didn't explain much. He grabbed Xiao Yuzheng's hand and pulled him out.

"Brother, where are you taking me? Aren't you boxing?"

"No, just come with me." Xiao Yutang pulled Xiao Yuzheng past the big locust tree in Guixiang Village. He ignored the neighbors who were sitting under the tree and chatting, and also ignored the other children who were playing.

After entering the alley, Xiao Yutang finally spoke.

"Yes, mom is here."

"Isn't Mom home? She just helped us turn on the light bulb."

"It's not her, it's our biological mother." Xiao Yutang said, and pulled Xiao Yuzheng to the corner of the alley, where Lan Linxiang was waiting for them.

Xiao Yu was looking at Lan Linxiang in front of him, who was wearing black pants, high heels, a red woolen coat, and a black wool scarf. He felt a little strange, yet familiar.

After a while, he remembered and ran over.

"mother."

"Well, let's go." Lan Linxiang did not show much enthusiasm. Xiao Yu was holding out his hand for her to hold, but she did not pick him up. She just took his hand and walked forward, asking Xiao Yutang to follow.

Xiao Yutang saw what Xiao Yuzheng did and Lan Linxiang's avoidance. He pursed his lips, said nothing, and followed.

Not long after, Lan Linxiang brought her two children to her car.

"Mom, where are you taking us?" Xiao Yuzheng asked.

"I'll take you to eat something delicious." Lan Linxiang stuffed the two children into the back seat, fastened their seat belts, and then returned to the driver's seat.

Delicious?

Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng were still at the age of being greedy, and they were very happy to hear Lan Linxiang say this.

"Mom, are you going to take us to buy spicy noodles? Or persimmon cakes? Or popsicles?" Xiao Yuzheng asked.

These are the things that their new mother took them to eat. He likes them very much, but their new mother doesn’t let them eat so much, saying it is unhealthy. I don’t know if their biological mother will take them to eat these.

After hearing what Xiao Yuzheng said, Lan Linxiang frowned and looked very unhappy.

Is this how Xiao Shanhe and Shen Huanxi raise their children when she is not around? They just feed them these things.

"Those are junk food, even pigs won't eat them, don't eat them! They're oily and spicy, they're only for inferior people." Lan Linxiang was very unhappy.

She was also very angry and her tone became heavier, which sounded very fierce to Xiao Yuzheng. The little boy was frightened and dared not speak.

Xiao Yutang also felt uncomfortable after hearing this. Spicy strips, persimmon cakes, and popsicles were all things they liked to eat, but Lan Linxiang said that even pigs wouldn't eat them and that they were for inferior people to eat.

Not long after, Lan Linxiang parked the car in front of a cafe and went in with her two children.

The cafe was well decorated in a Western style, very clean and bright. The two children had not had dinner yet. Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng saw many people eating and drinking in the cafe, and their stomachs almost growled.

Lan Linxiang took the two boys and sat deep inside the store, far away from the window. The waiter came over and she ordered three cups of coffee and three small cakes.

Xiao Yutang was shocked when he noticed the amount she paid when she checked out. It was almost as much as Shen Huanxi's monthly salary.

He wanted to say it was too expensive, but he didn't dare to say it.

He is not young anymore, and the changes in his family have made him more mature than other children. He knows that Lan Linxiang is very rich now and even drives a car.

He heard that the most expensive car costs more than 200,000 yuan. In Guixiang Village, if a family has 10,000 yuan in savings, the government will issue them a glorious sign that reads "Ten Thousand Yuan Household".

Soon, the waiter brought the coffee. The two boys had only seen coffee on TV and were curious about being able to drink it now.

The coffee was still a little hot, and Xiao Yutang wanted to take a sip. But before he could drink the coffee, his lips were burned by the cup. He let out a cry and leaned back.

It was very quiet in the café. When he shouted like that, people at the surrounding tables looked over with frowned brows. Lan Linxiang felt very embarrassed and glared at Xiao Yutang with frowned brows.

"Don't be rash. Drink slowly. It's hot. Wait a minute?" She lowered her voice, but the two boys could still tell that she was unhappy.

Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng didn't dare to say anything. They blew on the coffee and waited until it cooled down a little. Then they scooped half a teaspoonful of it with a spoon and put it into their mouths with great anticipation. Before they could drink it, the two boys frowned and Xiao Yuzheng spat it out directly.

"Mom, it's bitter." Xiao Yuzheng said with a wrinkled face.

Lan Linxiang was going crazy and wanted to curse, but when she saw that there were people sitting at the tables in front, behind, and to the left of her, she held back.

"This is coffee. This is what coffee tastes like. You have to learn to get used to it. Don't just eat spicy snacks and popsicles all day long. People with good taste don't eat those things!"

After being suppressed by Lan Linxiang's fierce voice, Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng didn't dare to say anything and didn't touch the coffee.

The waiter brought the cake ordered by Lan Linxiang, and Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng went to taste it with great anticipation.

The two children were not used to the dark chocolate cake. It was too bitter for them. They only took a small bite and frowned again.

Xiao Yutang swallowed the cake with a bitter face. Xiao Yu was about to vomit it out, but was afraid of being scolded by Lan Linxiang like before, so he did the same as Xiao Yutang and swallowed the cake that he thought was not delicious.

The two children stopped touching the cake.

Lan Linxiang was very upset. She had originally wanted to take her two children out to see the world and talk to them about things, but she had never expected that her two children's performance would disappoint her so much.

It turns out that Xiao Shanhe and Shen Huanxi are unable to raise a child with high quality and taste.

She was afraid that the two children would make a fool of themselves again, and seeing that they looked uninterested in the cake and coffee, she simply took them out again.

"Tangtang, Zhengzheng, do you remember that you have a cousin in the provincial capital?" Lan Linxiang asked after returning to the car.

"I remember." Xiao Yutang replied.

Xiao Yuzheng thought for a while and nodded: "I seem to remember."

"Yes, it's your cousin in the provincial capital. He's ten years older than me. His family is very rich and they process raw coal. He and your cousin's mother don't have any children and want to adopt a child, but they haven't found a suitable one. Are you willing to be their children and live with them?"

"Mom!" After hearing what Lan Linxiang said, Xiao Yutang wanted to stand up from his seat, but unfortunately Lan Linxiang had already fastened his seat belt for him.

"Mom, you don't want us. We already don't have a mom. Do you want us to be without a dad?" Xiao Yutang didn't know whether he was more angry or more sad.

Or maybe, to be more precise, it is... disappointment?

Lan Linxiang chuckled.

"What do you mean by having no parents? When you go to the provincial capital, your cousins ​​are your parents. They have money, they can give you a good education, and they can make you the top of the pyramid!"

Xiao Yutang felt an indescribable feeling in his heart when he heard Lan Linxiang's excited tone.

"Mom, is having money really that important?" After asking this question, Xiao Yutang felt that his question was in vain.

My mother divorced my father because she despised him for not having money, and remarried a rich man. Of course, she thinks that having money is important.

Sure enough, Lan Linxiang turned around and looked at him.

"Of course, having money is important. Money can make you a better person, make your life better and more comfortable, allow you to interact with higher-quality people, and make your social circle and circle of friends more upscale."

"But we feel that being with our parents is more important. Family members are something that money cannot buy..." Xiao Yutang lowered his head and spoke in a low but firm voice, his tone revealing an undisguised sense of loss.

Lan Linxiang was disdainful and even a little angry.

"Don't be so useless. You think it's more important to stay with your parents. Look at what your father taught you, martial arts, painting?

Why learn martial arts? Do some acrobatics? Do things like monkeys in a circus and perform for others to see? Why can't you learn something elegant, like the violin or the piano?

You can't learn to paint either, because painting makes you immersed in your own world. You can't get out of it and it's easy for you to have psychological problems.

There is something wrong with your father letting you learn these things. You shouldn’t learn them! "

"But mom... this is something we like."

"Like?!" Lan Linxiang's voice was a few octaves too high. "Xiao Yutang, why are you like your father, always saying 'like'? I think what you like most is playing. Why don't you play for the rest of your life? You useless thing! Come with me to your cousin's house."

"I won't go! I want to be with my dad! I won't go! I don't want to be someone else's son! I won't go!" Xiao Yutang shouted until his voice broke.

He had been talking to Lan Linxiang very calmly just now, but now he could no longer hold back.

Lan Linxiang was so frightened when she heard him suddenly shout that she almost mistook the accelerator for the brake.

She was very unhappy. No wonder the child would become a murderer in the future. Why was his personality so impulsive?

Before she could say anything, Xiao Yuzheng spoke first.

"I won't go either. I don't want to be someone else's son! I want to be with my dad."

"You! You guys! Xiao Yutang, you were really taught badly by your father, and now you are also teaching your brother bad things. Well, if you don't go, I'll see that in a dozen years, your peers will all be driving sports cars to travel abroad, and you will still be squeezing into the bus in Yunnan City. Let's see if you will regret it!"

Lan Linxiang was very annoyed. She parked the car at the entrance of the alley leading to Guixiang Village from Nanjing Road. Before she could say anything, Xiao Yutang unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the car with Xiao Yuzheng, and ran into the alley.

The two children didn't even say "goodbye" to her. Lan Linxiang was even more unhappy.

"Two undisciplined children."

The two children were unwilling to go to the provincial capital to live with their cousin, so she had to find another way.

Since she couldn't start with the two children, she would look for an opportunity to find Xiao Shanhe. If that didn't work, she would look for Shen Huanxi. She would always be able to think of a solution.

…

Xiao Yuzheng was being pulled by Xiao Yutang to run. They ran for a long distance before stopping. He was panting and almost crying.

"Brother, I don't like my biological mother. She was very fierce. I like my current mother."

"Yeah." Xiao Yutang answered sullenly without saying much.

"elder brother……"

"When we get home, we'll pretend we never saw her. Don't mention what happened today. Got it?"

"I understand..." Xiao Yuzheng nodded.

When the two brothers returned home, Shen Huanxi had already prepared dinner.

"Where have you two been? I was just about to call you. Come wash your hands and have dinner." Shen Huanxi greeted them with a smile.

Seeing the friendly smile on her face, Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng both felt very comfortable.

"Let's wash our hands." Xiao Yutang didn't say anything else and pulled Xiao Yuzheng to wash his hands.

When the two brothers returned to the kitchen, they saw a sumptuous meal on the table, including braised pork, braised pig's trotters, stir-fried vegetables, and milk, egg and fermented glutinous rice.

Shen Huanxi made fried noodles. She put the boiled wide noodles, vegetables and bean sprouts on a plate and covered them with two spoonfuls of chili. She went to heat the oil, and when it was hot, she poured the oil on the chili. The chili made a "sizzling" sound, and the aroma of the chili was also fried out.

Chang'an Changning held the chopsticks with an expectant look on his face.

"Mom made spicy noodles with oil again! Thank you, Mom!" Chang'an said happily.

Shen Huanxi quickly asked Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng to sit down.

Xiao Yutang remembered what Lan Linxiang had just said.

She said that oily and spicy food is only for inferior people...

"Didn't you say not to eat so much oily and spicy food?" Xiao Yutang asked Shen Huanxi.

I remember Shen Huanxi also told them not to eat too much oily and spicy food, and she even didn't allow them to eat too much spicy noodles.

But Shen Huanxi's words were not as serious as their mother's, and she cooked it for them now.

"Yeah." Shen Huanxi nodded, "It's okay to eat it once in a while.