Chapter 240 Episode 4
"That's right, you two have to be filial!"
"you……"
"Bang!"
Some people even said that Xu Shanshan had already slammed the door shut.
This move left the workers' families, who had come to watch the drama unfold, completely dumbfounded.
Even Xu's mother, who had been wailing inside the house, stopped crying.
Soon, a cacophony of voices erupted outside, nearly lifting the roof off: "Wow, what a temper! That's something else!"
"That's right... we didn't say anything!"
"Yeah, what's going on? Giving us attitude?"
"..."
Everyone outside was saying that Xu Shanshan was being unreasonable, but Xu Shanshan ignored them.
Xu Junjun quickly came over, "Shanshan, you..."
Xu Junjun is a timid person who is afraid of causing trouble.
Xu Shanshan's action of slamming the door was also inappropriate in her opinion.
Xu's mother, who had been unable to get out of bed, finally managed to get up this time. She stood, supporting herself on the bed frame, her gloomy eyes fixed on Xu Shanshan standing in front of the door. "What do you want?"
"Do you want your mother to die right now?"
Xu Shanshan felt annoyed. "When did I say that?"
Suddenly, Xu's mother pointed towards the door and shouted, "Then what are you doing?"
Are you slamming the door in front of people?
"You're slamming the door in front of me," she said, clutching her chest and bursting into tears again.
As she cried out, the shouting outside the door stopped.
Xu Shanshan felt like her head was about to explode, so she simply started packing her things.
Xu Junjun was terrified when she saw that Shanshan was in a daze, so she quickly stepped forward to stop her, "Shanshan, Shanshan, where are you going?"
“Don’t worry about it,” Xu Shanshan said, pulling her hand away.
On this sweltering day, Xu Junjun was so anxious that she was covered in sweat. "I'm your older sister, how can I not care?"
"Listen to me, don't be angry with your mother, she's only doing this for your own good!"
"Bang!" Xu Shanshan threw down the clothes in her hand and questioned Xu Junjun, "For my own good?"
"For my own good, she can't hear what those people are saying about me?"
"Not only does she not help me, but she also sides with outsiders to criticize me, right?"
"It's my fault, it's my fault," Xu's mother cried, raising her hand to slap herself in the face.
Xu Junjun was so frightened that she tried to stop her mother again, "Mother, Mother..."
When Xu Junjun stopped her, Xu's mother actually tried to kneel down and say, "I'll kowtow to you and admit my mistake, kowtow and admit my mistake..."
Xu Junjun desperately held her up, "Mother, Mother, please don't do this, Shanshan... Shanshan didn't mean it that way."
"Shanshan, quickly apologize to your mother," Xu Junjun said anxiously to Xu Shanshan.
Xu Shanshan took a deep breath and finally said, "I'm sorry."
Supported by Xu Junjun, Xu's mother stopped falling and choked out, "I'm your own mother. I only gave birth to you two in my whole life. My heart is torn in two, and it all belongs to you, all to you..."
Xu Junjun stroked her mother's back and coaxed her in a flattering manner, "Shanshan knows, Shanshan knows everything."
"Mom, don't be angry. The doctor said your body isn't suited to emotional outbursts. Can you just think of me and Shanshan for our sake?"
"Shanshan and I can only rely on you now!" Xu Junjun said, crying again.
Xu Shanshan stood by her bedside and closed her eyes helplessly.
Xu's mother glanced at her again before, with Xu Junjun's help, she weakly walked toward the bed surrounded by curtains.
She was so thin that she looked like she could be blown away by a gust of wind. Xu Junjun didn't dare to use too much force when supporting her, for fear of accidentally breaking her bones.
After all that fuss, Xu Junjun went back to work at the factory without even having lunch.
Before leaving, Xu Junjun advised Xu Shanshan, "Mom is upset because Dad was arrested. Don't take it to heart. Cook some noodles for Mom and me later."
"I'm going to work," he said, grabbing his arm sleeves and hurrying away.
Xu Shanshan sat on the edge of the bed without saying a word, and didn't move even after Xu Junjun left.
She was thinking back, wasn't her mother like this before?
No, that's not true. Before her father's two concubines passed away, she was also prone to crying. She would cry about how her womb was not fertile enough, or about what would happen to her and her sister without any family in the future, saying that she would not be able to close her eyes in peace even after she died.
Later, due to policy changes, after the two concubines left home, her mother smiled much more and rarely complained about her unproductive womb.
But the good days didn't last long. This year, tax audits started, and her father was found to have evaded a large amount of taxes. He had to pay back the taxes, was fined a lot, and was arrested.
Her mother has gone mad again.
Not only did she sell her family's assets and try to get her father out of trouble everywhere, but she also started crying in the middle of the night and during the day.
Almost all of the remaining family property was spent, and her father couldn't get it back. Then her mother fell ill, coughing all day long, unable to get out of bed, and unable to sleep at night, needing to take medicine every day.
Fortunately, her father was smart enough to spend money to buy her and her sister jobs at the matchbox factory before he went in.
Although the income is not high, the work is not tiring, and they can rent a room cheaply in the family compound so that the mother and her two children can have a roof over their heads.
Otherwise, I can't even imagine what would have happened to them.
Xu Shanshan sat there all afternoon without cooking noodles, and her mother, separated by a curtain, remained silent, as if in a huff, and even stopped coughing.
In the evening, Xu Junjun came home from get off work carrying a small piece of pork skin. As soon as she entered the door, she said that she was lucky.
"I was lucky today, I actually managed to buy a piece of pork skin."
"I'll chop it up in a bit, render the oil first, and use the cracklings to stir-fry cabbage. I'll also make some cold noodles; it's too hot today."
"Mother, why don't you come sit at the door for a while?"
"I find the breeze quite pleasant, unlike the hot wind during the day..."
As Xu Junjun spoke, she lifted the curtain of her mother's bed and saw her mother with tears streaming down her face.
Startled, Xu Junjun quickly knelt down beside the bed, asking, "Mother, Mother, what's wrong?"
"Are you feeling unwell again?"
Xu's mother just silently shed tears, not uttering a single word.
Xu Junjun could only ask Xu Shanshan, who was behind the bed curtains, "Shanshan, what's wrong with Mother?"
Xu Shanshan had the idea of going to find Wen Changyu countless times throughout the afternoon. She knew that if she went to find Wen Changyu at this time, he would definitely be very happy and would not refuse to take her away.
She was finally free.
Moreover, with Wen Changyu's protection, her mother would no longer torment her with tears and tantrums.
But her pride and self-respect wouldn't allow her to rush into it.
Because her father was a businessman, she knew the saying, "Those who rush to buy are not necessarily the ones who make a sale."
If she takes the initiative to go to Wen Changyu, what will Wen Changyu think of her?
Wouldn't you think that something easily obtained is not a good thing, and therefore not take it seriously?
Although it was unlikely, she didn't dare to gamble.
Therefore, she hesitated for an entire afternoon but still didn't leave.
Faced with Xu Junjun's question, Xu Shanshan could only numbly reply, "I don't know!"
Xu Junjun could only ask her mother again, "Mother, what's wrong with you?"
Xu Junjun nervously gripped her mother's hand and finally suggested, "Mom, shall we go to the hospital to get it checked out?"
Upon hearing this, Xu's mother burst into tears and forcefully pulled her hand away.
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