Chapter 78

Shang Nanchen looked over with sharp eyes, his brows knitted into the shape of a "川" character.

Wu Zhanfu scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "You also know that my wife is not a very good talker and often does things that offend people. She is actually not a bad person. She sincerely apologized to Comrade Jingxian later. It's just that I was too embarrassed to ask Jingxian for help."

"Then I can't help you." Shang Nanchen rejected him coldly and ruthlessly, appearing to be very inhumane.

He made the decision on his own about □□'s matter, which was actually very unfair to Jing Xian.

His salary is more than enough to support six children, let alone four.

But he was not at home, so Jing Xian took care of the children.

It was Jing Xian who suffered.

How could he agree to such a thing?

Wu Zhanfu felt a little embarrassed when he was rejected, and even Chen Baomin felt embarrassed when he heard it.

Shang Nanchen was not someone who did not understand human nature, so he explained, "Jing Xian is very busy, taking care of four children, doing housework, and working. Her salary is not less than mine. How can I ask for this? If your family wants to eat, let sister-in-law go to her. She is not a hard person to talk to."

"Are you so afraid of your wife?" Wu Zhanfu seemed to have found a soulmate, and his eyes lit up.

Shang Nanchen didn't blush at all, and even said righteously: "Am I afraid of my wife? I love my wife! I'm afraid that my wife will be tired, so I won't take this job. But if your wife is capable and can let my wife help, then I have nothing to say."

Wu Zhanfu said loudly: "That's right!"

Chen Baomin: “…”

Don't want to comment.

"But Baomin, are you planning to find a wife? My wife asked me to ask you. If you are interested, she can introduce you to someone." Wu Zhanfu turned around and went to act as a matchmaker for Chen Baomin.

Chen Baomin didn't expect that the fire would burn himself.

He said expressionlessly, "Not considering it recently."

"Are you still thinking about Liu Cailan? No way!"

Chen Baomin's pupils were shaking. He never expected that Wu Zhanfu, who looked quite gentle on weekdays, would be such a person.

So shocked!

"Liu Cailan is a female spy, a very stupid female spy." Chen Baomin looked down on Liu Cailan from the bottom of his heart. "She has been here for a year, and she couldn't even trick a man into passing on a message for her. Would you like such a woman?"

After saying this, Chen Baomin showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

Shang Nanchen couldn't help but want to laugh.

Wu Zhanfu: “!!!”

Feeling offended.

"No, why do I feel like there's something else you're saying? Your sister-in-law is a little bit stupid, but she's not stupid. She's a female comrade with a firm stance, how could she be like an idiot and become a spy?" Wu Zhanfu felt that his wife was pretty good. Although she had many shortcomings, she also had many advantages.

At least she had a clear position.

He used to have a kind of contemptuous and superior attitude towards others, but his mother's hammer had completely destroyed him.

Now I am an honest person and get along well with my neighbors.

By the way, when Liu Cailan was arrested, she was called over for questioning.

Liu Cailan hinted that she should find a job, anyway, she had a lot to do.

Since that time, Zhao Xiuzhi never talked nonsense again and never interfered in other people's affairs.

"However, why didn't you remind me when you noticed that there was something wrong with her?" Wu Zhanfu felt that although Chen Baomin looked honest, he actually had a dark heart.

Chen Baomin looked at Wu Zhanfu meaningfully without saying a word.

Wu Zhanfu was stunned for a while, then realized what his look meant and swore.

"Grass!"

He rolled up his sleeves and stood up. "No, let's go out and have a fight. I can't stand this."

Is it too late to get over the fact that he called his wife stupid?

Shang Nanchen also laughed.

When I woke up the next morning, the rain had not stopped, which really fulfilled Shang Nanchen's wish.

Difficulty upgrade

Everyone was running in the rain, no one backed down.

Wu Zhanfu wiped the rain off his face and said, "Once we were fighting and it was raining. The enemy thought we didn't dare to come out and planned to attack us. Who knew we were waiting for them in the trenches? That battle was really fun."

Shang Nanchen also showed a nostalgic look in his eyes.

He had no idea that his ex-wife had really come, and was concentrating on training his troops.

Jing Xian opened the door and saw a woman in a skirt standing at the door. She raised her eyebrows, continued to pour the ashes on the dung pile opposite, and turned into the house.

She didn't even close the door and was cooking in the yard.

After a while, several children also got up.

"Da Mao, watch the fire. Tiedan, go pick some persimmons and cucumbers, wash them and put them there while I come back to cut them. I'm going to the grocery store and will be back soon." After Jing Xian finished speaking, she rode away on her bike.

She was riding her bike at a very fast speed and rushed past Sun Wenxin in a flash.

Sun Wenxin was so scared that she quickly stepped back, staring at Jing Xian's back with a frown.

I don’t know where Shang Nanchen found this woman, she is really not presentable.

Sun Wenxin raised her head with disgust in her heart, met Tiedan's cold eyes, and immediately showed a gentle smile.

"Tiedan, Mom came here specifically to see how you and your brother are doing." Sun Wenxin knew that the key to her remarriage with Shang Nanchen lay in the two children.

She had good intentions at first, but she didn't expect that Shang Nanchen would remarry so soon.

Sun Wenxin felt a cloud in her heart when she thought of Jingxian's face, which was younger and prettier than hers. She unconsciously put on a frown, which was seen by Tiedan.

Tiedan stood in the yard without opening the door, and had no intention of letting Sun Wenxin in.

"Now you can see that we are living a good life. Can we leave now?" Tiedan said impatiently.

He remembered what Jing Xian said. Although her attitude was not very good, she knew the limits well and did not leave any handle for criticism.

With tears in her eyes, Sun Wenxin said sadly, "Don't you miss mom very much? Now that mom is here, are you particularly happy? Mom was too busy before, but mom will never leave you again in the future."

Fusheng immediately came over cautiously and asked fiercely, "What do you mean by not leaving us? Do you want to stay here? My dad and you have nothing to do with each other anymore. Please don't come and disturb my dad's life."

"Fusheng, don't you miss your mother?" Sun Wenxin didn't like this little son before, and she dislikes him even more now.

At this time, he did not stand on the side of his own mother, but instead stood on the side of that woman.

She gave birth to them and raised them for four years.

That woman had only been with them for a few months?

Fu Sheng shook his head and asked righteously, "You often don't let my brother and I eat enough, why should we miss you?"

Zhao Xiuzhi, who was standing at the foot of the yard wall, sighed.

Shang Nanchen's ex-wife looked gentle, but I didn't expect her to be so cruel.

It’s true that you can’t judge a book by its cover.

"You should leave quickly! My mother will be unhappy if you stay here. You should leave quickly and find your husband. When you are old, you don't have to worry about my brother and I not supporting you. My mother said that you are our child and it is our responsibility and obligation to support you in your old age. So, leave quickly! Don't let her feel uncomfortable after seeing you."

The people who were eavesdropping around felt very complicated after hearing Fusheng's words.

They were actually all waiting to see Shang Nanchen make a fool of himself.

It's not intentional, it's just that people tend to be that way.

They all thought that Shang Nanchen couldn't keep such a pretty young wife. Even if he did, it wouldn't be good for the two children. It's hard to tell now, but you'll see it when Jing Xian gives birth to her own child.

The house will be a mess by then.

Life is definitely not as good as theirs.

At this time, when they heard what Fusheng said, they realized that they had mistaken him.

Jingxian is young, but she is

through.

Such a person can live a good life wherever she goes, let alone marrying an old man who has been married for a while.

She has a scale in her heart.

Even if he favors his own children, he will never let his two stepchildren suffer any great loss.

Sun Wenxin's face turned pale and blue. She cursed the ungrateful boy in her heart, but she tried to look sad on her face.

"Tiedan, Fusheng, Mom is not here for you to take care of her in her old age. Mom wants to..."

Tiedan interrupted her impatiently, "It doesn't matter what you think. If you worry about us not having enough to eat and not having enough clothes to wear, there's no need to worry. My mother will cook braised pork for us and make pancakes for us. She will make new clothes and new cotton-padded jackets for us. She will also make shoes for us. She will make sure we have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, and she will buy incense for us to wipe our faces. She has never hit my brother, and she won't poke a finger at us. Everything you worry about will not happen. We will live a thousand times and ten thousand times better than before, so can you leave now?"

Fusheng put his hands on his hips and said, "If you don't want to leave, don't stand at our door."

Da Mao and Xiao Mao walked out and stood beside Tiedan and Fusheng. The four brothers stared at Sun Wenxin with unfriendly faces, as if Sun Wenxin was some kind of villain.

Sun Wenxin was so angry that she felt itchy all over.

She saw someone nearby looking in at the excitement, and thinking of what her son had said, she left in a hurry with a grimace.

Fusheng was relieved to see him leave, but then he said worriedly, "Brother, she won't come again, will she?"

"She will definitely come!" Tiedan's expression was almost the same as Shang Nanchen's when he wasn't smiling, and he looked quite imposing. "So what if she comes? No matter what she plans, she won't succeed."

He would not let her bully her mother.

Tiedan walked back with the fire stick in his hand: "I'm going to pick persimmons, you guys pump out the water."

Da Mao is tall, and he said, "I'm going to pick cucumbers."

"good."

Xiao Mao was the type of man who was ruthless but taciturn. He put the stick back into the compartment and came over to help Fu Sheng press the water.

Fusheng whispered to Xiaomao: "Simao, is your mother good to you?"

"not good."

"Why not?" Fusheng asked, puzzled, "Does she like someone else like my mom?"

Xiao Mao shook his head: "She doesn't like others, she likes herself more, so she abandoned us."

If it weren't for her, Grandpa wouldn't have been sent down, and Dad might not have died.

They won't change their names.

In the past, they took their mother's surname, but now they take their father's surname. They added the word "Ling" in the middle of their names. From Shen Xiu, they became Xie Lingxiu.

Xiao Mao likes his current name.

This makes them seem closer to their father.

Jing Xian didn't know about this little episode.

She bought some pork liver and came back, ready to piss off Shang Nanchen's ex-wife. But when she came back, she was gone.

Jing Xian pushed the car in, and Xiao Mao closed the door sensibly.

"Where is the person at the door?" Jing Xian asked Xiao Mao in a low voice.

Xiao Mao said, "Let's go."

"Um?"

Gone?

How could Sun Wenxin leave by herself?

There is definitely a story behind this.

"Tell me, what happened?" Jing Xian didn't ask Xiao Mao, but went straight to ask the culprit.

"We said she was not welcome and asked her to leave quickly. And she left." Tiedan said it very concisely, directly extracting the main idea.

Jing Xian: “…”

Sun Wenxin clearly had a purpose in doing this, so there was no way she would leave so easily.

"Do you guys talk, or should I ask?" Jing Xian looked at Tiedan, then at Fusheng, and finally at Damao and Xiaomao.

Fusheng said, "Mom, let me tell you."

"Go ahead."

Jingxian listened.

After listening to her, she looked at the two kids with a complicated expression, rubbed their heads and said, "I'll make you something delicious today."

The green pepper is a bit red and a bit green, and looks ugly and not very good-looking.

Jing Xian broke the green pepper into pieces and placed them in a bowl. She also cut the pork liver and started to stir-fry the pork liver.

The overbearing aroma spread far away, and the neighbors were all gritting their teeth.

Zhao Xiuzhi glanced at her son, turned back and went into the house, gritting her teeth and scolding: "Jingxian, this spendthrift woman, makes delicious food all day long. She is not afraid of being reported for corruption."

Old Mrs. Wu happened to pass by and heard what she said. She said calmly, "The couple earns more than 200 yuan a month, and patients come to see them and give them things. They have four children, but any one of them earns more than the two of you put together. They can afford to eat well. What are you talking about here? Don't learn from the gossipers outside. Remember what to say and what not to say."

In the past, Mrs. Wu would never have said these words.

She only needed a look to make Zhao Xiuzhi shut up.

But this is not the village, and the person in charge of the farm is not from the Wu family. She said it without thinking, and she did something that offended people. When the time comes, it will definitely be her son who will be the one to suffer.

Only then did Mrs. Wu speak.

Zhao Xiuzhi said aggrievedly: "Mom, I didn't mean anything else, I just said it casually."

"Is it useful?" asked Mrs. Wu.

Zhao Xiuzhi shook her head in embarrassment.

Mrs. Wu looked at her deeply, turned around and continued to cook without saying anything. Zhao Xiuzhi was scolded by her mother-in-law and did not dare to show any emotion. Although she was unhappy, she still went over to help honestly.

She doesn't cook well and she wastes food.

The children at home don't like her cooking.

Especially Gousheng'er, he was blatantly disgusted.

Gou Sheng'er came in from outside and saw the beans and rice in the pot. He said to Zhao Xiuzhi, "Mom, please buy some spare ribs tomorrow. I want to eat spare ribs."

Zhao Xiuzhi opened her mouth and cursed: "What's the point of eating spareribs? You fool. Spareribs are bones, there is no meat. People buy fat meat, but you want to eat spareribs. I won't buy it for you."

Gousheng'er was not afraid of his mother and said directly: "The ribs made by Tiedan's mother are delicious. I took a bite. It tasted better than all the meat we have at home."

After Mrs. Wu came, she did not ask for money from Wu Zhanfu, and Zhao Xiuzhi did not want to give her and her mother-in-law their wages. But Wu Zhanfu said so, and Zhao Xiuzhi had no choice but to hand over her monthly wages.

Mrs. Wu didn't take it all, and left five yuan for the couple every month.

"Grandma will buy it for you." Old Mrs. Wu felt sorry for her grandson.

Although she couldn't afford to buy bones, Mrs. Wu was still willing to buy some for her grandson to try.

There is no reason why other people can eat it but they can’t.

Besides, Wu Zhanfu now receives a monthly allowance of 80 yuan. He can live very well with 40 yuan to support his family. Old Mrs. Wu will not be reluctant to part with it.

Gou Sheng'er hugged Old Lady Wu and said, "Grandma, you are so kind!"

"Go wash your face and have dinner."

Old Mrs. Wu said happily.

Zhao Xiuzhi muttered quietly: "That's the money I earned."

She didn't dare let her mother-in-law hear her, so after mumbling something incoherently, she turned around and moved the table, took the bowls and chopsticks to eat.

In another family, Ma Shufen looked at the dishes she had cooked, and before her children could start to sigh, she sighed first.

"Can't you learn from Comrade Xiaojing?" Zhang Liansheng looked at the food on the table and couldn't eat anything.

Ma Shufen also has a temper: "You asked me to learn from Comrade Xiao Jing, but he puts in so much oil, are you willing to do that? If you don't send money home, I will learn from him. I will do whatever he does."

Who doesn’t want to eat some delicious, oily food?

Even if her cooking skills are not good, as long as it is a little oily, it still tastes good.

Isn't it because family conditions don't allow it?

Ma Shufen looked at the children with concern and asked them to eat first. Zhang Liansheng could eat or not, and if he didn't eat, he would be hungry, but she didn't serve him.

Zhang Liansheng just complained verbally, but he still had to eat.

The aroma of cooking from next door wafts over from time to time, making one really want to go over and taste what delicious food she has made.

Jingxian thought Sun Wenxin would come again, but she never showed up again.

"Did she leave?" Jing Xian turned around and asked the children, "Didn't your mother come to see you again?"

Tiedan said arrogantly, "Does she dare to come?"

Fusheng said beside her: "She has no face to come again!"

Jing Xian, however, felt that things were not that simple.

Perhaps, there is some light on what she reported.

In the next few days, Sun Wenxin didn't show up, and Jing Xian didn't take it to heart.

The vegetables at home grew very well. Even without Jingxian's help, they were ripe one after another. If they couldn't be eaten, Jingxian would send them to the neighbors. Li Yu would come over every now and then to learn how to cook from Jingxian, and every time he left, he would carry a lot of vegetables.

Today it’s a gourd, tomorrow it’s two eggplants, and the day after tomorrow it’s a few cucumbers.

The apricots on the tree are ripe.

Since the children couldn't finish the apricots, Jing Xian dried them in the sun. If the sun was not warm enough, the apricots would grow hair. She used her special powers to extract the moisture inside, so that each apricot could be dried quickly.

The almonds they grow are sweet almonds, which surprised Jing Xian.

She cracked the almonds and spent days picking out the almonds to make spiced almond snacks for the children.

Song Ning thought it was delicious and secretly took some away to avoid being seen by the children.

"Sister-in-law, please plant another apricot tree! Next year I will help you crack the almonds. They are really delicious." Song Ning now calls Jing Xian sister-in-law, and she does so willingly.

Xu Ning also thought it was delicious, and although she didn’t say anything, she looked the same.

"By the way, I heard that Shang Nanchen's ex-wife came here a few days ago." Song Ning was very busy recently, busy preparing for activities, so he hasn't been here for half a month.

She didn't come, and Xu Ning didn't come either.

Usually, whenever Jingxian did something, she would ask the children to send it over to the two of them.

Therefore, Song Ning knew about this but had no chance to ask.

Jing Xian had no expression on her face, and said calmly, "Do you know everything?"

"Not everyone knows about it, right? There are still many children who don't know about it. The main thing is that they know but don't understand." Song Ning's words really touched the heart. "Our place is not that big. If there is a little thing, it will be known to everyone. Isn't this a very normal thing?"

Jing Xian gritted her teeth and smiled: "You are right."

Xu Ning was troubled by the subsidy, but she couldn't say that Song Ning was wrong.

It's because it's right that it's irritating.

"Is she gone?" Song Ning wanted to support Jing Xian. "If she's not gone, when she comes to your house, you can ask me to come over. I want to see what that woman wants to do."

Jing Xian shook her head: "I don't know. I went shopping that day, and when I came back, she was gone. Maybe Shang Nanchen wasn't at home, so she didn't come!"

“That’s really possible.”

Song Ning had never seen that woman, but she had heard about her from her brother.

That woman's whole family is of the highest quality, and she herself is no good either.

At first, Shang Nanchen was on the battlefield and felt that he had made her a widow for five years and given her a child to carry on his family line. Plus, for the sake of the child, he didn't bother with her. But that wasn't the reason why the woman pushed her too far.

"Look at you, you could have chosen anyone else, but you had to choose Shang Nanchen." Song Ning glanced at Xu Ning and said, "Look, my sister-in-law has a good eye. She chose Song Zheng. At least Song Zheng doesn't have so many troubles."

Jing Xian raised her eyebrows: "I'm not as lucky as your sister-in-law."

"Too."

Song Ning said something wrong, but he was so guilty that he didn't even dare to look at Xu Ning.

Xu Ning still didn't understand Song Ning: "I know you don't want me to be your sister-in-law. My cooking skills are average. Basically, my food is just okay, not delicious. I understand that you like Jing Xian. After all, I also want to have a sister-in-law like Jing Xian."

Come on if you can, let’s hurt each other!

It's no big deal.

Song Ning, who was hit hard, said: "..."

She knows

Is it okay if it’s wrong?

Jing Xian made them both laugh.

"The farm has made a lot of flour this time. You two can come over this weekend and we'll kill a chicken to eat." When Jing Xian said this, Song Ning's eyes lit up.

"I've also distributed flour, and I'll bring it all over when the time comes. Just make more and bring me five cakes." Song Ning didn't want to cook, so he ate in the cafeteria every day.

But who can compare with Jingxian’s cakes?

No one!

She took five cakes and ate half a cake at each meal, which was just enough for five days.

"You don't have to bring it all. You can keep the rest and cook for yourself. You can also make dumpling soup, which is easier. When it gets cold in a few days, you can make something to eat in the morning." Jing Xian invited the two of them to dinner, not to take advantage of them.

Song Ning said, "There's still plenty of noodles there! It doesn't matter if you take a little bit of noodles. If you feel bad about it, just ask my sister-in-law not to take any. When my brother comes over for dinner, her cooking skills are not good, so she can still save it with some fine grains."

Xu Ning: “…”

"Song Ning." she called.

Song Ning was outside and asked, "What's going on?"

Xu Ning smiled: "Liao Yu likes girls who don't talk much."