Chapter 054 Arrogance (Happy New Year's Eve, babies)
This time, the place where Yan Xiaomai lived was quiet. The mother and son set up a table outside and pasted paper boxes while basking in the sun. It looked a bit warm from a distance.
Seeing Tian Xiang coming, Yan Xiaomai was very happy and poured her some hot water.
Tian Xiang: "The Second Residential Committee is going to set up a new handicraft group, mainly making paper bags. It won't take up space without this. It will start on the first of next month. You can go over and get the job then."
Yan Xiaomai nodded, "Thank you, Secretary Tian."
Tian Xiang snorted twice.
Thanking her without telling the truth doesn't sound sincere.
Yan Xiaomai was a little embarrassed, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Thank you for replacing Zhiqiang."
She didn't need to think about it, she knew it was Tian Xiang who helped.
Tian Xiang: "It's just a small matter, it's not necessary. I just feel sorry for Du Zhiqiang. Following you here has led to no result. I don't know how long he can hold on."
Yan Xiaomai held the paste brush in her hand and smiled reluctantly.
Tian Xiang knew that these words were unpleasant to hear, but she had to say them because she needed Yan Xiaomai to support her performance.
Tian Xiang: "I heard from Chairman Jiang that your late husband was twelve years older than you. You married him when you were eighteen, and he was already thirty at that time."
Yan Xiaomai nodded, "Back then he worked as a master chef in the cable factory in town and took on apprentices. We met through a matchmaker."
Yan Xiaomai’s late husband Huang Wenhua was an engineer and also worked in a special type of job in a machinery factory.
Tian Xiang: "What's going on with him? Why is he still single at the age of 30?"
If you are still not married at the age of 30, you will be single for the rest of your life.
Yan Xiaomai lowered her head, "He doesn't like to talk and is quite introverted."
In those years, there were many blind marriages led by the units. As long as one was a normal person, there was no reason why he could not find a wife.
Tian Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the little boy Huang Qidong who was sitting next to her.
The five-year-old child's face was red from the sun, and he smiled at Tian Xiang with bared teeth.
Tian Xiang also smiled and asked the little guy, "Do you want some candy?"
The little guy smiled shyly, twisted his fingers and said, "Yes."
Tian Xiang rubbed his head and said, "I'll take you to the grocery store in front. I don't have a ticket, so I can only buy two."
You can buy bulk glass candy at the grocery store next to Lixin Primary School, but the quantities are limited.
The last time Tian Xiang brought a piece of tofu, she had completely won Huang Qidong's heart. This time when Tian Xiang wanted to take him out, he did not even ask Yan Xiaomai's opinion, but stood up and prepared to leave.
Yan Xiaomai obviously didn't want her son to get too close to Tian Xiang, and looked at the two of them with something to say but stopped herself.
Tian Xiang: "I'll take him to buy some candy, make the little guy happy, and then I'll send him back in a while."
Tian Xiang has said this much, if Yan Xiaomai doesn't agree, it would be very ignorant of human relations and etiquette.
Yan Xiaomai pinched the corner of her clothes and watched the big and small ones go away, then began to pack up and prepare to move back home.
In the distance, a gray-blue figure slowly approached from the other end of the alley, and soon arrived at the door of the Yan family.
Yan Xiaomai was clearing the table and didn't notice it at all. When she was about to go back with the bamboo dustpan, she turned around and made eye contact with the man.
Yan Xiaomai screamed "Ah!" and the bamboo dustpan fell to the ground, with the matchboxes inside scattered all over the floor.
"Huang Wenbiao, why are you here?"
Yan Xiaomai stared at the person a few steps away in horror, bent over to be on guard, and retreated step by step.
This person is Huang Wenbiao, Yan Xiaomai’s brother-in-law.
Huang Hongyun has been holding on to Yan Xiaomai, just wanting her to marry this man.
Huang Wenbiao, who has the character of a little gangster, looks to be in his early twenties, with a thin and skinny body, a straight look in his eyes, and looks very vulgar.
He smiled at Yan Xiaomai and said, "I'm off work now, so I came to see you."
get off work?
Yes, the machinery factory operates in three shifts.
But this person had never worked the early morning shift before.
Yan Xiaomai: "No need, just leave now."
Huang Wenbiao snorted and asked Yan Xiaomai, "Do you think that I won't have a chance to take action just because Du is watching over you every night? Xiaomai, we are even..."
"ah!!!"
Huang Wenbiao had not finished speaking when he was interrupted by Yan Xiaomai's scream.
She pointed at him and said, "Get out of here! If you don't get out of here, I'll call for help!!"
Huang Wenbiao was also angry. "You can yell if you are not afraid of losing face! Anyway, I, Huang Wenbiao, have already given it all and am not afraid of going to jail. And you, if people find out, will you still have the nerve to live? Xiaomai, you can only marry me in this life, and don't even think about going anywhere else!"
The person who bullied him was still shouting recklessly. Yan Xiaomai was filled with grief and rushed over after picking up a broken brick.
At the grocery store next to the school, Tian Xiang bought two glass candies for Huang Qidong and took him back.
On the way home, Tian Xiang asked him, "Are you scared living here?"
The little guy had candy in his mouth, which was originally sweet, but when he heard this, his smile fell and he nodded, "I'm afraid."
Tian Xiang: "Who are you afraid of?"
The little guy didn't know that Tian Xiang was trying to trick him, and simply expressed his inner fear, "I'm afraid of my uncle."
Huang Qidong has only one uncle, and that is Huang Wenbiao.
Tian Xiang: "Why are you afraid of him?"
The little guy pursed his lips and said nothing.
Tian Xiang laughed, "Why, you just said you wanted to be friends with me, but you don't take it seriously anymore after such a short time. Qidong, being friends means sharing secrets with each other."
The little guy said in embarrassment: "Mom doesn't allow me to tell anyone."
"Is that so? Then you don't need to tell me, you just need to answer my questions."
The little guy nodded.
Tian Xiang: "Has Huang Wenbiao ever bullied your mother?"
"Yes. Uncle Zhiqiang was not at home that day. My uncle had a fight with my mother. My mother bit his hand and stabbed him with a knife. Then my uncle left."
Tian Xiang brought up the topic, and the little guy completely forgot his mother's instructions and spoke directly to Tian Xiang.
Tian Xiang looked suspicious, "Was it day or night?"
"night."
Tian Xiang was certain that the knife at the head of Yan Xiaomai's bed was meant for none other than her brother-in-law Huang Wenbiao.
Tian Xiang could have imagined that the man would come and bother her, but she didn't expect him to be so arrogant.
Why didn't Yan Xiaomai call the police when things had come to this? If there was a charge, Yan Xiaomai could marry Du Zhiqiang with her child, and the matter would be much easier to handle.
So, could there be something else going on?
Tian Xiang decided to investigate this aspect thoroughly.
Just at this time, the two returned to the alley.
Yan Xiaomai was not there, and the paper boxes in the bamboo dustpan were scattered everywhere, with traces of being stepped on.
Tian Xiang frowned, "Sister-in-law Yan, Sister-in-law Yan?"
Huang Qidong was also calling out while holding the candy in his mouth, "Mom..."
Tian Xiang stretched out her hand and tried to lift the straw curtain hanging outside the wooden door. Suddenly, someone bent down and walked out from inside. It was Yan Xiaomai.
"Sister Yan, these paper boxes..."
Tian Xiang originally wanted to ask how these cardboard boxes were stepped on, but when she looked at Yan Xiaomai, she found that there was something wrong with this man. His eyes were red and there was a red mark on his neck, like a scratch.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
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