◎Second update◎
Xu Shengya has never enjoyed parental care since she was a child. She was brought up by her grandmother, but after all, her grandmother is a grandparent. Instead, it is her sister-in-law who makes her feel vaguely the motherly love she imagined.
At this moment, she was staying in the room of her sister-in-law and eldest brother, next to her was her fragrant sister-in-law.
Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengya both took a shower and changed into pajamas. Tomorrow was the college entrance examination, and Liang Baozhen told her not to read tonight, as the foundation had already been laid, and there was no need to cram.
The two of them sat at the desk in the room. Liang Baozhen unwrapped the cap of the vanishing cream, scooped out a little and rubbed it on the back of Xu Shengya's hand, then went back and scooped some on her cheeks, rubbing it gradually.
After taking a shower, Xu Shengya felt much more relaxed. She patted her face and felt that she smelled good. She couldn't help but feel happy.
"Sister-in-law, I smell good too." It was rare for Xu Shengya to act like a child in front of Liang Baozhen. She smelled the back of her hand, and a sweet scent came to her face.
"When you pass the exam, I'll give you a bottle of vanishing cream."
Xu Shengya had been a junior high school and high school student. She was young, had a tender face, and fair skin. She had never used any facial products until she used clam oil. When Liang Baozhen went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vanishing cream, she wanted to buy some for her sister-in-law, but Zhou Yun had always refused. She felt that they were still children and students, and should not spend their time on these things.
Liang Baozhen did not force it.
But in a few days, Xu Shengya will no longer be a high school student. After estimating her scores and filling out her application forms, she will be a college student, so it won't be too much to buy her some vanishing cream.
Xu Shengya nodded. She liked it too. Who doesn’t like the fragrant smell?
The two of them lay down on the bed and blew out the kerosene lamp. Xu Shengya couldn't sleep because of the college entrance examination the next day. Her mind was in a mess. Sometimes she was very excited thinking that the college entrance examination was finally coming, and sometimes she was worried that she would not perform well and fail. In short, there was no certainty.
"Sister-in-law, were you nervous during the college entrance examination?"
No one can see anyone clearly in the dark, Xu Shengya asked softly.
"Nervous, anyone would be nervous taking such an important exam." Liang Baozhen was not actually too nervous, but she couldn't say that at this moment. "You are nervous too, right? I remember I couldn't sleep the night before the college entrance examination, and your brother was worried and advised me to go to bed early. But can I fall asleep just because I want to?"
"Hahahaha." Xu Shengya nodded in the darkness. She was absolutely right. "I can't sleep either."
"But once you walk into the examination room, you'll see that everyone is the same, no matter who you are, male or female, tall or short, fat or thin, from a poor or rich family. In the examination room, everyone has only one pen, and everyone is on the same lane, and it all depends on who can get to the front."
Liang Baozhen's voice was clear and pleasant. In the pitch-black night, Xu Shengya only felt that her sister-in-law's voice was so gentle, like a breeze blowing by. Her tense nerves gradually relaxed, her eyelids began to twitch, and she only replied with "hmm" from time to time.
"So, just relax and write whatever you want to write. Don't have any mental burden. No matter what the final result is, your family will always be your support." Liang Baozhen knew that her sister-in-law was sleepy when she heard her response. She reached out and patted her arm gently, one by one, as if she was coaxing Shanshan.
Xu Shengya fell into a sweet dream, sleeping next to her sister-in-law. In her dream, she seemed to see her biological mother, the beautiful lesbian in the photo - Wu Huacui.
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The next morning, Xu Shengya set out for the college entrance examination in high spirits. As usual, Xu Shengwei prepared a fried dough stick and two eggs for her and supervised her eating very strictly.
“That’s a good sign.”
"If I don't get 100 points in the exam, it's your fault." Xu Shengya started arguing with her second brother.
"You can't blame me for that. Blame the poor skills of the fried dough stick maker outside."
Grandpa: "..."
I feel wronged!
Xu Shengjie went to the store later today, and he still rode his bicycle to take his sister to the examination room. The family stood at the door to see them off. Liang Baozhen held Shanshan and asked her to cheer for her aunt.
Shanshan was very considerate and shouted at the top of her voice, "Auntie, come on!"
Xu Shengya smiled while sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, waved to them, and then set off.
Liang Baozhen stayed at home today, taking Shanshan for a walk and jump in the yard. Shanshan can now run steadily. She wore her favorite baby red plastic sandals and trotted around in the large yard. She was not running very fast, her little head shaking, her face smiling, her eyes almost curved into crescents, and she was muttering to herself.
"Mom, look at me, am I running well?"
"Good run." Liang Baozhen squatted at the destination, opened her arms and waited for Shanshan to run over. When the little girl saw her mother in front, she rushed over when she was about to arrive and was hugged by her mother.
"Shanshan runs really well." Liu Nianhua was also resting today. She had just come back from the grocery store after buying vegetables and saw Liang Baozhen and her daughter playing in the yard.
"Sister Hua, what delicious food did you buy?" Liang Baozhen turned the girl around and asked her to call someone, "It's Aunt Nianhua."
"Auntie Nianhua." Shanshan smiled sweetly at Liu Nianhua, and when she saw Zhou Hu next to her, she called him "little brother" without anyone reminding her.
When Zhou Hu was called brother by a baby, he suddenly became shy and replied politely, "Sister Shanshan."
Liu Nianhua felt that his son was shy, so he touched his face and said, "Go play with Biaozi and the others."
He turned around and showed Liang Baozhen the vegetables he bought. "I just bought a few. The eggplant and cowpea are quite fresh today."
Liang Baozhen has spent much less time with Liu Nianhua since she went to school and started her business. Today, she had nothing to do, so she went to talk to her.
Liu Nianhua was sitting by the stove in the yard picking vegetables. She picked the cowpeas neatly into small sections. Liang Baozhen was sitting on a stool next to her, helping her pick the vegetables one section at a time. Shanshan was running around on the ground, having a great time by herself.
"Baozhen, how is your business going now?"
Everyone in the compound knew that the couple had gone into business, and many people talked about them behind their backs, saying that Xu Shengjie and his wife were stupid and refused to take up a good job in a state-owned factory and instead chose to do something unstable.
Especially Xu Shengjie, who actually sold his job.
Liu Nianhua didn't think they were stupid, she was just surprised and thought these two were so troublesome.
"Business is pretty good." Liang Baozhen actually wanted to talk to Liu Nianhua about the future, but she was afraid that what she said might reveal something, so she just said, "Sister Hua, society is changing a lot now, you can see that, this is the time with the most opportunities, if you don't seize them, you will regret it later."
Liu Nianhua nodded. She didn’t quite understand what social changes and opportunities were. She only knew that life was much more convenient now and many things could be bought, which was a good thing.
"You two are capable, so you can go through as much trouble as you want. But I can't do that. I have two little ones at home. I just want a stable life."
In the past two years, people have introduced her to potential partners, from a widower in the big compound next door to an older bachelor in the nearby alley. Many people were attracted to Liu Nianhua because she looked good and had a formal job, but she rejected them all.
"I'm not ready to think about those things right now. It's good enough to raise Xiaolong and Xiaohu."
Liang Baozhen thought of Zhou Qingdang and wondered what the situation was between the two of them. However, Liu Nianhua had not said anything, so she did not dare to ask.
"That's fine. Just follow your heart. If you don't want to find it, then don't look for it. If you want to find it, then look for it. Don't care about what others think."
Liu Nianhua nodded. Ever since she had made things clear with Zhou Qingdang, this man rarely bothered her and only helped her occasionally. She didn't even meet Xiaolong and Xiaohu often.
Even when we met and talked, he never mentioned those messy thoughts, and just treated me as a neighbor in the yard.
Thinking of Zhou Qingdang and what he said back then, Liu Nianhua's heart was filled with ripples, but fortunately it was all in the past, and now they were still neighbors, ordinary neighbors.
As they were talking, Cheng Caili and her husband and Zhou Qingdang also came back from outside. Chuchu saw Shanshan in the yard and ran over. There were three children of the same age in the yard, all little girls. The three of them were playing together cutely, but Luo Hongmei's granddaughter Lili came out less often.
Chuchu and Shanshan are still the best.
"Shanshan!"
"neat!"
Liang Baozhen and Cheng Caili looked at their respective girls with shining eyes looking at each other, then ran towards each other, hugged each other with smiles on their faces, and the two little kids held hands and went to play together.
"Oh, what a pity! Both of them are ladies. If they were a boy and a girl, our children would be brought up like this since childhood and they would definitely be a childhood sweetheart." Cheng Caili has always been brooding over this matter.
Liang Baozhen teased her, "Now that you have a son, I can consider having him and our Shanshan arranged to be married."
Cheng Caili waved her hands and refused, "Forget it, I don't want to have a baby. Besides, I think your Xiao Xu is unwilling. He will definitely be a troublesome father-in-law in the future."
Hearing Cheng Caili talking about Xu Shengjie, Liang Baozhen laughed again. She remembered what Xu Shengjie said, that in the future, she would never allow her daughters to find a son-in-law casually, and they must strictly examine him.
Shanshan, who was just over one year old at the time, was drinking malted milk. I don’t know if she understood what her father said, but she agreed with her father, “Yes!”
"Shanshan and Chuchu have a really good relationship, and the two little girls are so pretty." Zhou Qingdang looked at other people's children and couldn't help feeling a little envious, especially the two cute little girls.
Cheng Caili then sat on the stool on the other side of Liu Nianhua and said to Zhou Qingdang, "Zhou Qingdang, aren't you ready to find someone? I see Aunt Zhang is very anxious, waiting for you to get married and have a baby."
Not only her, many people in the compound were puzzled. Zhou Qingdang was handsome and had a job, so he should be a popular man. But why did he refuse to find a partner and get married? Aunt Zhang tried to arrange a relationship for him several times, but he refused.
"Let's talk about it later." Zhou Qingdang looked at Cheng Caili and replied. His eyes inadvertently passed her and fell on Liu Nianhua, "Sister Hua, where are Xiaolong and Xiaohu?"
As soon as Liu Nianhua heard Cheng Caili's questions, her heart suddenly started beating fast. She always felt that she was keeping a secret and was afraid of being discovered. It was obviously none of her business that Zhou Qingdang didn't go to see a partner and was not married, but she still felt panicked.
Being suddenly questioned by Zhou Qingdang, she was stunned for two seconds before she responded, "I went to play with Biaozi and the others."
Liang Baozhen also exchanged a few words with him. She heard from Aunt Zhang a while ago that Zhou Qingdang was preparing for the third-level worker examination. If he could pass the examination, his salary subsidy would increase. There were not many third-level workers in the compound now.
Zhou Qingdang had just returned to the city. If he could pass the exam, he would have a bright future. To this end, he had been working hard for a long time.
"The exam will be held next month. If you pass, I'll treat everyone to candy."
Who wouldn't be happy to hear that there was candy to eat? Cheng Caili immediately congratulated him, "You must pass the exam, we are all waiting to eat candy."
Zhou Qingdang nodded in agreement and said goodbye with a smile, "Okay, I'll go home first, you guys can chat slowly."
After Zhou Qingdang left, Cheng Caili was still thinking. Shanshan and Chuchu went to play somewhere else. She looked at Liang Baozhen and Liu Nianhua and said, "What do you mean by Zhou Qingdang? At this age, he is not in a hurry to find a partner?"
Liang Baozhen felt that she might know the inside story, but she couldn't say it out loud, so she could only laugh it off and said, "Maybe he hasn't thought about it yet."
Liu Nianhua kept silent and refused to get involved.
Cheng Caili felt something was wrong. "Do you think there is something wrong with him?"
"What's the problem?" Liu Nianhua became interested when he saw her mysterious look.
Cheng Caili pursed her lips, and when she saw that no one was around, she whispered, "What else could be the problem? It's a man's problem."
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Happy Saturday, see you tonight~
Thanks to the cuties who irrigated the nutrient solution: 1 bottle of Qianmo Hongchen; 1 bottle of Zhixia; 1 bottle of Zhang Zhang, have you lost weight today?; 8 bottles of Xiaoyu; 1 bottle of Zhai A Zhai;
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