Chapter 164: Playing the Lute to a Cow, Resting in Bed

"Captain Jiang, I'm so sorry. Xiaomei is a kind-hearted girl and she didn't mean it. I apologize on her behalf."

Xu Dajun bent his waist and kneeled, nodding vigorously at Jiang Xingyan. Jiang Xingyan warned him coldly: "If you can't manage it well, don't come out. If you offend someone you shouldn't offend one day, you know..."

"Yes, I'll go back and tell her that this kid doesn't have any bad intentions. Little Chu, you adults should not hold grudges against children."

"Child? A child of fourteen or fifteen? I'm only two years older than her."

Chu Sangning stabbed Xu Dajun, and Jiang Xingyan also warned him. He couldn't just punch Xu Dajun in front of everyone, right?

Have someone educate the child with a stern face, and don't bring everything to the army. This is not a place where she can act recklessly.

Xu Dajun didn't bother to buy anything. He clenched his fists and went upstairs. Seeing him come back, Xiaomei rushed to Xu's mother.

"Xiaomei, come here." Xu Dajun shouted coldly, scaring Xiaomei so much that her eyes turned red with grievance and she didn't dare to move.

Xu's mother was also frightened by her son. The needle in her hand almost stabbed herself. She said dissatisfiedly: "If you have anything to say, just talk about it. You, your uncle, got angry as soon as Xiaomei arrived. Do you not welcome us?"

"Mom, you don't know that Xiaomei went to provoke the downstairs again today. I told you not to pick on the first floor. Did you remember what I did last time?"

Xu Dajun's retort made Xu's mother look even uglier. "I heard what Xiaomei said. It was just a good intention that went wrong. Xiaomei didn't do it on purpose. They don't care. What else do you have to say as an uncle?"

Xu Dajun simply had nothing to say to his own mother. The two of them could not get along. It was like talking to a cow about a lute. He didn't care about anything. If he really didn't care, he wouldn't have reported the last incident to the head of the regiment, and he wouldn't have sent his mother back to her hometown.

The day after his niece came, he confronted Chu Sangning again. Xu Dajun simply didn't want to stay at home. He kicked over the stool angrily, picked up his clothes and went out.

"Grandma, is uncle angry?" Xiaomei asked knowingly, pulling Xu's mother's clothes and whispering coquettishly.

She was sweet and good at coaxing people. Xu's mother was very happy with her coaxing. She waved her hands nonchalantly, "It's okay. Your uncle has such a bad temper. Xiaomei, you did a good job, but next time you should avoid the women on the first floor."

The girl on the first floor is the head of the group's niece. If she were to file a complaint again, Xu's mother would worry that her son's superiors would cause trouble for her son.

Xiaomei was puzzled, "Why, grandma?"

Mother Xu naturally couldn't tell her granddaughter directly. If she did, Xiaomei would think she was afraid of that woman. She could only close her eyes and enjoy Xiaomei's massage vaguely. "It's nothing. Just listen to me and don't deal with the people on the first floor."

Xiaomei nodded doubtfully, "Okay." She agreed verbally, but it was hard to say what it meant in reality.

Xu Dajun left home in frustration, and went door to door to deliver the money that everyone had pooled together yesterday for his daughter-in-law's hospitalization. Wu Fangyun rested in the house, smartly staying out of family matters and not even leaving the house unless necessary.

Today is Chinese New Year, and Jiang Xingyan and Chu Sangning both felt unlucky to have encountered such a misfortune so early in the morning, so they packed up and left first.

"Don't bother with a stupid person. I'll take you to buy fireworks."

Chu Sangning smiled, "Okay, buy a lot and put them in our yard at night."

The little girl would buy anything Jiang Xingyan wanted, let alone just a few fireworks.

During the Chinese New Year, every household was celebrating. Jiang Xingyan and Chu Sangning ran to several places before they found some fireworks. They bought them all and wanted to invite the elders at home to have fun in the evening.

Just at noon, Chu Sangning was making dumplings at home with her aunt, Jiang Xingyan and his two fathers-in-law were arranging couplets. When the family was having a great time together, the door rang again.

Chu Sangning had flour on his hands and motioned Jiang Xingyan to open the door. When he opened the door, he found Xu Dajun's daughter Xu Nier standing outside.

The little girl was filthy, and her clothes looked like she hadn't been changed in weeks. The black stains on her sleeves were already reflecting light. She looked timidly at the expressionless Jiang Xingyan and took a step back in fear.

"Jiang Xingyan, who is it?"

"Xu Dajun's daughter."

Chu Sangning washed his hands and walked out of the house. Seeing the frightened Xu Nier, he squatted down gently and asked, "What's wrong?"

The little girl said nothing. She touched Chu Sangning's clothes with her dusty little hands and whispered, "I'm hungry."

Her grandma didn't leave any rice for her in the morning, and she wasn't full after eating the three dumplings last night. She didn't think about other people. Xu Nier was so hungry that she couldn't stand it anymore, so she came to Sister Chu's house on the first floor.

"......." Chu Sangning stared at the little girl's chapped face, complaining a little. What kind of people do these parents do that they can't even take care of a child?

The little girl was wearing a dress that was ridiculously big. The cold wind would seep in through the gaps in her clothes when she walked a little. It is no exaggeration to say that if she were to go out in this outfit, she would look like a beggar begging on the street.

Doesn’t dad care about it, and neither does mom?

Chu Sangning asked patiently, "Ni'er, where is your mother?"

"Mom is sleeping and won't let me in."

Wu Fangyun was pregnant, and she thought about how she had been hospitalized for food poisoning from eating bean paste. When she came to her senses and thought about it carefully, she felt scared and decided to take good care of her health.

She didn't get out of bed the whole day. Her niece Xiaomei brought food and drinks to her. Wu Fangyun was naturally happy to have some free time, and she held her belly and took good care of the baby.

It was New Year's Day, and a little girl was ignored by her family. Chu Sangning felt bad, but everyone was busy and she couldn't help Ni'er.

I had no choice but to give her two buns and a handful of candy, "Ni'er, eat first and go back early, it's too cold outside."

Xu Nier bit her lip and was unwilling to leave. She whispered, "Sister Chu, I want to follow you."

Chu Sangning stood there in a daze. This... this was not a good idea. If old lady Xu's mother knew about this, she would cause trouble. It was not appropriate to quarrel during the New Year. It was better to have less trouble than more.

"Let's go back first. Today is Chinese New Year. It's a family reunion if the whole family is together."

Just as Chu Sangning was trying to persuade Xu Nier to go back, there were hurried footsteps on the stairs. When Xiaomei saw Xu Nier, she couldn't help but screamed, "Nier, where have you been?"

When she turned around and found that someone was missing from the house, Xu's mother quickly asked her granddaughter to come downstairs to look for him. It was such a cold day and she couldn't stay at home to warm herself by the fire, so she had to come downstairs to look for someone.

Xiaomei was holding back her anger, and the moment she saw the person, she couldn't help but walk forward and hugged Xu Nier and slapped the person on the butt twice.