Chapter 12

Qiao Wei took Yan Xiang home and went to Yan Xiang's room first.

She opened the closet and box and looked through them. She turned around and asked Yan Xiang: "You don't have any patched clothes?"

"No." "

Are your clothes torn?" "

I gave away all the torn clothes."

Qiao Wei asked: "Has anyone ever said that you look like a young master?"

Yan Xiang nodded: "Yes."

Qiao Wei suddenly became nervous, but after asking, it turned out that it was some little kids who made fun of Yan Xiang when they were playing together and said that Yan Xiang was a young master.

Qiao Wei relaxed, thought for a moment, and asked again: "Military clothes are patched. Do other people's clothes have patches?"

Yan Xiang thought for a moment and answered: "Some have patches, some don't."

Qiao Wei asked again: "Do the children in the compound have patches on their clothes?"

"Fewer in the compound, more in the town." Yan Xiang said.

This answer revealed a much better organization and observation than an ordinary three or four-year-old child. But Qiao Wei had no experience in raising children, so she didn't notice it.

She thought children should be so smart.

Qiao Wei felt that she was a little nervous.

Because she understood this era, and she knew the general trend and severity. But she didn't understand it either, and she had no idea in which year the important events happened.

Not to mention that this was a world in a book. We also have to consider the errors caused by the author's low level, unclear history, and personal settings.

But she changed her mind and thought that Yan Xiang was Yan Lei's son, and Yan Lei was the male protagonist. She immediately felt that she had nothing to worry about.

With the male protagonist's halo, what else is there to be afraid of?

Thinking of this, she felt relieved.

But then she remembered that Sister Yang didn't let Junjun play with Yan Xiang. Indeed, when she came back yesterday, she saw Yan Xiang playing alone at home.

In Qiao Wei's cognition, in the era and environment of living in bungalows, shouldn't these children play together in groups?

She asked Yan Xiang: "Do you usually play with the soldiers?"

Yan Xiang shook his head: "No, I don't play with them."

Qiao Wei thought that it might be because the original owner Qiao Weiwei was not sociable among the military families, which led to Yan Xiang being isolated, just like what happened at Captain Zhao's house just now.

Those mothers did not let their children play with Yan Xiang.

In the future, Qiao Wei also read the news that a child was allowed to wear a skirt worth thousands of yuan to kindergarten, and it was torn, and the parents were asked to pay thousands of yuan. So the child was isolated in the kindergarten - who dared to let their children play with this child, and if they accidentally damaged the clothes of the child, they would have to pay thousands of yuan.

It is not unreasonable. If Qiao Wei was the parent of the "other children", she would not let her own children play with children wearing luxury goods. So she did not blame Sister Yang.

But Qiao Wei is Yan Xiang's mother now. How could she be happy to see Yan Xiang being isolated?

She decided: "Mom will find you two suitable clothes later so that you can play with them."

Just when she was wondering if the child could understand the truth in this matter, Yan Xiang shook her head and said: "I don't like to play with them."

Qiao Wei: "?"

Yan Xiang's little face was serious: "They are too noisy and don't listen to me."

After Yan Xiang finished speaking, he ran to drink water.

Qiao Wei was left behind: "???"

There were enamel basins and several enamel pots on the table under the eaves.

Yan Xiang was holding one of them and drinking.

Qiao Wei screened her memories and remembered that it was all boiled water.

Speaking of which, I have to thank the original owner, although the original owner gave a bad impression to people outside and did not handle the marriage and emotional relationship with the male protagonist well. But really, she at least made the male protagonist change many bad habits.

For example, drinking raw water, not washing feet, smacking lips, and spitting.

Qiao Wei's impression of Yan Lei yesterday can be said to be quite good, that's because this man has been made a basic transformation by the original owner with great effort. I think in the original text, Yan Lei can marry Lin Xixi first and then fall in love, and he should also thank the original owner.

Those who came before us plant trees, and those who come after us enjoy the shade.

Others only see that Qiao Weiwei is aloof, arrogant, and picky, and they don't see that she is hygienic and pursues the level of life and spiritual needs.

It's still the wrong era.

Seeing Yan Xiang playing by himself in the shade under the eaves, Qiao Wei went to the study.

After going to the cafeteria and the farmers' market today, her understanding of money became clearer. She opened the drawer, took out the tin box, and counted the money inside.

There were more than a hundred yuan.

The salary of an ordinary worker is about thirty yuan, which can support a family of four or five.

This iron box is placed in the drawer. It is for daily household expenses at home and is the amount that Qiao Wei can control.

More than a hundred yuan is really a lot of money.

Qiao Wei thought about it, stood up and went into the bedroom, stepped on a stool and fumbled on the top cabinet, and sure enough, she found a tin box. But this metal box was equipped with a nose lock and a small iron lock.

Qiao Wei shook it and put it back.

According to the original owner's memory, the box in the drawer was for daily household use, and the box hidden on the top of the closet was for family savings.

But the original owner didn't know how much savings the family had. Yan Lei gave the original owner 50 yuan for household expenses every month. If it was not enough, she could ask him for more. But it was always enough, even very comfortable.

A bra dress cost six or seven yuan, seven or eight yuan, and she bought it just because she said so. There were several in the closet.

The original owner had always lived a life of no shortage of money or tickets, and she had a bad relationship with Yan Lei, so she had never asked about the family's savings.

Don't blame Qiao Wei for being vulgar. She especially wants to figure out the money issue now.

She spent the last days of her life in the hospital ward and saw too many realities of the world. Not to mention her father, who blocked her directly for fear that she would ask him for money for medical treatment. Her boyfriend also backed off in the face of the huge medical expenses. People

have to live realistically. Qiao Wei wants a sense of security. First, she wants a job to earn money by herself, and second, she wants to figure out the financial situation of her family.

As for whether Yan Lei and she can develop feelings for each other, that is secondary. Qiao Wei has witnessed her parents' marriages throughout her life, and she does not have the fantasy of marriage that a little girl has.

After putting away the money and bills, Qiao Wei tidied up the house and swept the bathroom.

She had not done cleaning work for a long time. In the hospital ward, the only space that belonged to her was a bed and a bedside table. Some other people - fellow patients or family members, were not happy with her drawing the curtains, thinking that it would affect the ventilation of the ward.

Now this is her home, and she must cherish it.

After cleaning her own bedroom, study and living room, she walked into Yan Xiang's bedroom and found that Yan Xiang's room was unexpectedly tidy.

In summer, the kang was covered with bamboo mats and a thin towel blanket. The towel blanket has been folded. Although the corners are not aligned very neatly, that is because Yan Xiang is small and not strong enough. It can be seen that the child has tried his best.

Qiao Wei walked outside and saw Yan Xiang still playing in the shade. This child is so quiet, as if he does not exist.

Hearing footsteps, Yan Xiang raised his head and smiled at his mother.

The child's smile is so pure.

Qiao Wei squatted down: "Did you fold the quilt by yourself?"

"Yeah!"

Qiao Wei touched his head: "Xiangxiang is great."

She remembered to ask: "Who put clothes on you in the morning? Dad?"

She woke up late, and when she woke up, Yan Xiang was already playing by himself, and his clothes were already dressed. Qiao Wei thought that it was probably Yan Lei who put them on him?

Yan Xiang raised his face and said, "I wore it myself."

He was very proud.

Qiao Wei didn't know how developed a child should be at this age. It seems that children all start learning to wear and button their own clothes when they enter kindergarten? She had seen cute videos of kindergarten children competing in button-tying competitions.

I have the impression that the army has nurseries, but families like the Yan family and the Zhao family, whose wives do not go out to work, do not send their children to nurseries. They all take care of their children at home.

There are many factories in big cities and many two-income families. However, the economy of small places is underdeveloped, and unlike rural women who have to work in the fields to earn work points, there are many housewives.

The military family members who accompany the army are all the family members of army cadres. The husband earns more, and he does not pay much attention to whether his wife can earn a salary.

So Qiao Wei didn't work and stayed at home as a housewife, and Yan Lei didn't think it was a problem.

There were unwashed dirty clothes in the basin in the yard. Qiao Wei rubbed Yan Xiang's head again, praised him a few words, and stood up to wash clothes.

Now in this family, Yan Lei is responsible for making money, so Qiao Wei has to take care of the housework, which is a natural thing.

Qiao Wei found a basin and a washboard, took a ponytail and sat next to the hand-pressed well to wash clothes. After washing a basin of clothes, her arms and waist were useless.

I had only seen this kind of hand-washing clothes in TV dramas before, and the TV dramas were all very easy. I didn't know that the intensity of physical exertion would be so great.

The clothes were barely washed, but they couldn't be squeezed anymore. It was just the dirt in her own yard, so she hung them up to dry in the air.

Then Qiao Wei went back to the room and lay down on the bed.

Yan Xiang came in to see her: "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm tired." Qiao Wei said weakly.

Yan Xiang: "?"

Qiao Wei sighed: "I'm so tired from washing clothes that my arms can't move."

"Why don't you wait for Dad to come back to wash?" The child blinked his big eyes, and his eyelashes fluttered.

"Huh?" Qiao Wei straightened her neck.

Filter the memories.

It's really troublesome. Memories can be strong or weak. Among the memories left by the original owner, the memory of Yan Lei, the legitimate husband, belongs to the weakest part. She just doesn't want to think about him at all.

There must be a strong trigger or active recollection to filter it out.

After filtering it out in this way, it turned out that Yan Lei was the one who did the laundry at home.

The original owner mainly washed small items. Large items were too labor-intensive and she couldn't do them. After all, it was an era without washing machines. Yan Lei was responsible for all the heavy and dirty work at home.

Qiao Wei's favorability towards Yan Lei increased again.

"Mom, do you want some water?" Yan Xiang asked considerately.

"Yes~" Qiao Wei acted coquettishly to Yan Xiang.

Yan Xiang immediately went out, and came back with a white enamel cup after a while: "Here!"

Qiao Wei drank half a bottle of boiled water from Yan Xiang's hand.

Although he is a son who was adopted halfway, he is really a worry-free and considerate child!

Qiao Wei was generous in her praise. Not only did she praise Yan Xiang, she also expressed her happiness and gratitude for his considerate behavior.

Yan Xiang's little chest stood up higher, and his dark eyes became brighter.

With such a child, Lin Xixi would be very worry-free even if she became a stepmother. It is not surprising that she can be a good stepmother with a good reputation in the surrounding area.