Shumei didn't go into the house to clean up the dishes until she felt it was about time.
The Li family sat in the living room and chatted. After Shumei cleaned up the dishes, she also went out to cut some fruit for them.
As long as Li Wencai didn't start talking, the family chatted happily. After clearing the dishes, Shumei, still thinking about going home to give the money, stood in a corner of the living room with her back against the wall. The Li family was chatting so happily, she hesitated several times, not knowing how to open her mouth at this moment.
The old lady turned around inadvertently and saw that Shumei was worried, so she stood up and walked to Shumei.
"Shumei, is there something wrong?"
“I…”
"Don't hesitate. How can I help you if you don't tell me? Tell me now!"
Seeing her aunt's sincere expression, Shumei finally spoke.
"It's just... I... I want to take half a day off to send living expenses back home."
My aunt thought Shumei had something serious going on, but when she heard it was just a small matter, she seemed relieved and patted Shumei's hand on her lower abdomen.
"Is that all? Go ahead! I'm here, Little Stone!"
"Kekekeke...Where's Sister Meng?"
"It's okay. The old lady is still the master of this family."
"Aunt, that's not what I meant. It's just that I was invited by Sister Meng. I should let her know if there's anything, right?"
Shumei looked at Meng Li, who was sitting on the sofa, teasing the little stone in her arms with a happy face.
The old aunt knew that Shumei was a reasonable person. It seemed that she didn't dare to leave without Meng Li's permission, so the old aunt pulled Shumei to the sofa and said, "Li'er, Li'er, Shumei said she wants to take half a day off to go back and give her family some living expenses."
"Mom, you are the one who makes the decisions in this family. Just say it for this little matter. There's no need to inform me."
"My Li family must have done so many good deeds in our past life to be able to marry a daughter-in-law like you."
The old aunt was quite satisfied with her daughter-in-law, who was capable, sensible, and filial. She couldn't help but praise Meng Li.
"Mom, look at you. I'm not that good. This place is still some distance from Shumei's house. Shumei, please hurry up and get ready to go back! If you really can't make it back in time, come back tomorrow."
This was also Shumei's first time meeting Meng Li face to face. She hadn't expected Meng Li to be so easy to talk to. She was truly grateful to have met such a nice family.
"No, thank you, Sister Meng. I will definitely rush back before dark. Little Stone has been making noises lately, and my aunt and the others are old and can't stand it."
"Okay, since you're so considerate of us, I've decided to hire you long-term. Do your job well, and don't say anything more. Hurry and get back!"
“Hey!”
Shumei agreed, went into the house and tidied up a little, then hurried out of her room, said goodbye to the Li family respectfully again, and then walked out the door.
Seeing that the whole family was so nice to a stranger, Li Wencai rolled his eyes at Shumei and complained to himself.
Seeing Li Wencai mumbling, the old woman suddenly had an idea. This lazy, prodigal son was an eyesore to her anyway, so why not let him go and see how the poor people lived? Perhaps he would be of some use to her.
"Shumei, Shumei, wait a moment!"
The old lady called out to Shumei, who was about to leave the hospital, and walked to Wencai. She grabbed Wencai's ear and pulled him up from the sofa.
"It hurts, it hurts... Mom, what are you doing? My brother and sister-in-law are here, and you don't even give me some face. I'm already a grown-up, why are you still pulling my ears like when we were little?"
Wencai protected his ears, feeling extremely embarrassed and as if he had lost his dignity as a man in front of his elder brother and sister-in-law.
When Li Wenxue and Meng Li saw this, they didn't step forward to stop it. Instead, they seemed to be secretly happy.
"Face is not given by others, it is earned by yourself. If you want to have face, you have to make some progress yourself."
As they were talking, Shumei had already turned back from the courtyard gate and stood at the door looking at the old lady and Wencai in confusion.
"Auntie, is there anything else?"
The old lady then let go of the hand that was pulling Wencai's ear and pushed Wencai two steps toward the door.
"Go, ride your motorcycle and take Shumei back to her hometown."
"What? Let me take her?"
"What? Your mom's words don't work anymore? Go quickly, and come back early. Otherwise, I'll have your brother tie you up and take you to their factory to clean toilets."
"I, I, I... Mom..."
Wencai stammered and couldn't say a complete sentence. He looked at the old aunt with innocent eyes, then looked at his brother for help and kept winking at him.
"Don't look at me, I always listen to my mother. It just so happens that my factory is really short of a toilet cleaner."
Unexpectedly, Li Wenxue completely ignored the brotherhood and teamed up with the old aunt to deal with Wencai.
"Okay, okay, you're my good brother and good mother, I'll go." Wencai turned around angrily and walked out the door, shouting at Shumei who was standing at the door: "Why don't you leave quickly?"
"Auntie, this..."
"Go quickly, the sooner you go, the sooner you'll be back!"
Shumei originally wanted to postpone it, but this was also the old aunt's kindness, so she had to nod and agree, walked out the gate, and caught up with Wencai who was already pushing his motorcycle and preparing to leave the yard.
At the gate of the courtyard, Wencai threw a helmet to Shumei. Shumei was caught off guard and almost dropped the helmet on the ground.
"Put it on and get in the car. I really don't know if I owed you in my past life, and you're here to collect the debt. You're such a nuisance that I can't get rid of. Watch the road. If you take the wrong road and are late coming back, don't blame me."
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