Chapter 717: My Daughter is the Heroine Who Runs Away with the Baby (6)
"Zhuyin, mom doesn't want to find a job here anymore. Although my body looks better now, I'm actually very easily tired. I feel uncomfortable when I work too much. The doctor said that I overdrew my body before and I need to recuperate for several years before I can barely recover. Otherwise, my life span will be shortened. Doesn't mom want to stay here with you? But mom has no choice. Mom wants to live a few more years and watch your children grow up..."
Zhou Shichu also had tears in her eyes. She held Jiang Zhuyin's hand and said, "Zhuyin, you can understand your mother, right? You definitely don't want your mother to stay here with her illness..." Who can't act? Zhou Shichu was a professional in her previous life. She found that the excuse of poor health was a good one, and she could get rid of Jiang Zhuyin's trouble.
What else could Jiang Zhuyin say? Her expression was frozen, and she could only nod and say yes: "Of course I don't want Mom to be in poor health...Mom, if you have really made up your mind, I can only respect your idea."
"That's good. I was worried that you couldn't understand your mother's difficulties. I didn't expect Zhuyin to be so understanding." Zhou Shichu acted relieved and said to Jiang Zhuyin with great satisfaction.
Jiang Zhuyin could only laugh dryly to hide her inner uneasiness.
Zhou Shichu reminded her again: "Zhuyin, after I leave, you have to live and work well. And as for the child, since you chose to give birth to him, you have to be responsible for him, understand?"
"I will, don't worry, mom." Jiang Zhuyin promised. When she thought of her child, she seemed to have courage and immediately became energetic. "I will be a mother soon. Even if it's just for the child, I will definitely cheer up, work hard, and take good care of him."
After telling Jiang Zhuyin, Zhou Shichu quickly packed up her things and sent them back to her hometown. She would not return to this place to live again, so naturally she had to take everything with her.
The house they live in now is not bought by themselves, but rented, a small and cheap house. The original owner is an uneducated woman with a child. It is very difficult for her to work and earn money to support her child's education. It is naturally impossible for her to buy a house in this city. Therefore, after Zhou Shichu returned to his hometown, Jiang Zhuyin had to pay the rent herself.
Jiang Zhuyin has not yet realized how much her life will change after her mother leaves. Her greatest sadness now is just the emotional reluctance to leave her mother.
But after Zhou Shichu left, Jiang Zhuyin suddenly found that the places where she needed money suddenly increased, and the housework she had to do also increased. She came home tired after a day of work, and still had to clean, cook and do laundry... She had never felt so tired before.
At this moment, she finally remembered that when her mother was still alive, she would not be so tired at all. She didn't need to buy groceries or cook, let alone wash clothes and mop the floor. But now, she had to do everything by herself.
She has been pregnant for more than five months, and even going downstairs to throw away the garbage is not an easy thing for her, but she has to do it.
When Zhou Shichu returned to his hometown, he felt like a bird that had escaped from a cage, free and happy.
The original owner's hometown was a very remote village. Due to urbanization, there were less than a hundred households that had not moved out of the village. Most of these one hundred households were left-behind elderly people and children, and there were basically no young people to be seen.
Zhou Shichu came back here because she didn't want to stay in the city and work like a slave for Jiang Zhuyin. Besides, the village was not populated and the environment was good. Wasn't it just right for her to come back and "recuperate"? Jiang Zhuyin had no reason to doubt.
"Are you the wife of Jiang Si's family? Why are you back?" An old lady with gray hair came forward to ask Zhou Shichu when she saw him appear at the Jiang family. She squinted her eyes and looked at Zhou Shichu. "You've been away for so long, but you haven't changed at all. You still look so young..."
Zhou Shichu smiled and said, "Jiang Si has been dead for decades. Auntie, please call me Zhou Shichu, otherwise I won't be used to it. Thank you for praising me for my youth. You are also very energetic and strong. You are Auntie Liu, right? I came back here to live in old age. My daughter has grown up and has her own life. I raised her to adulthood, and my mission is over. Isn't this why I'm back?"
Aunt Liu asked cheerfully, "Don't you want to enjoy the good life with your daughter?"
"No, I don't want to burden her. She doesn't have a good life in the city. Young people are under a lot of pressure now." Zhou Shichu said frankly. Isn't Jiang Zhuyin having a hard life? She is so kind, so naturally I won't burden her.
Aunt Liu chatted with Zhou Shichu for a few words, then enthusiastically gave Zhou Shichu a handful of vegetables and a few eggplants, and left. Zhou Shichu continued to clean his old house.
Afterwards, Zhou Shichu gradually replaced the furnishings and furniture in the house, transforming it into the way she liked. Then the things she sent back arrived, and she openly decorated the house into her own territory.
Just when she was excitedly buying a lot of flowers and plants to decorate the yard, she suddenly received a call from Jiang Zhuyin.
"Mom, um...is the rent paid once a month?" Jiang Zhuyin asked embarrassedly. She had just returned home from get off work when the landlord came to collect rent.
Because this building is very old and many of the residents are elderly who don’t know how to use online banking, the landlord has to collect the rent in person.
Jiang Zhuyin had met the landlord before, but they had only said hello and had never dealt with each other, because in the past it was the original owner who dealt with the landlord. Jiang Zhuyin didn't have to worry about anything and just needed to study hard. Naturally, she didn't care what her mother was like when the landlord came to collect the rent.
But she knew very well what her mood and expression were when facing the landlord who was demanding payment of rent. She didn't have much money and couldn't even pay the rent of 700 yuan a month, so she shamelessly and embarrassedly asked the landlord to give her some time and pay it after she got her salary.
The landlord agreed to let her pay late because she was pregnant and the original owner had never defaulted on the rent.
Jiang Zhuyin had just sent the landlord away when she called her mother anxiously.
When Zhou Shichu heard her words, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course the rent is paid once a month. By the way, the landlord should come to collect the rent by now. Have you paid it?"
"No... I, I don't have enough money on me right now..." Jiang Zhuyin bit her lip and said while trying to suppress her shame.
"It's okay, just wait until you get your salary." Zhou Shichu comforted her, "I used to reserve rent in advance after getting my salary, otherwise I wouldn't be able to pay it. Sometimes our family would have some unexpected situations and need more money, so I had to divert rent, so I had to borrow money from others, or ask my employer for an advance on next month's salary. It was so hard and sad at that time, but now it's okay, I've made it through it, I believe you can do it too, don't worry..."
(End of this chapter)
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