Chapter 30 [30] Just pick on Tang An, the weak one. ...
Aunt Huang saw that Tang Yuanyuan didn't eat, and worried that she was too shy, she took two egg pancakes and used chopsticks to peel a cucumber and roll it inside. "Eat well! If this is not enough, I have more at home."
Tang Yuanyuan took the egg pancake and said, "Thank you, Auntie."
Li Mu drank a bowl of porridge, two egg pancakes and a salted duck egg.
He asked Aunt Huang for two tender cucumbers with yellow flowers to chew, and squatted on the ground to appreciate Old Lady Wu's crying from a close distance.
Old Mrs. Wu was already tired, thirsty and hungry from crying.
...And watching Li Mu eat, so infuriating.
Is there something wrong with this guy? Normal people hate it when others cry, but why is he acting like he's watching a monkey show during the New Year while eating melon seeds?
Unable to stop crying, she prepared to continue her humiliation. She stood up and went to the kitchen to get some porridge. Just as she was about to fall in, Li Mu shouted, "Tang Yuanyuan, I'm going to call the police. You watch the house and don't let the thief get away. Don't worry, I'll definitely find the lost money when I go to Wu Chuang's house."
Tang Yuanyuan: "If you break into a house and steal, even if the amount involved is small, you'll still be detained at the police station for a few days."
Li Mu: "If you have a criminal record and commit another crime, you can be sentenced."
Old Mrs. Wu was so angry. Her beautiful daughter-in-law was alone at home. If this shameless man went to his house, would the baby in her daughter-in-law's belly have a chance of survival?
She could tell that the little beast was trying to scare her on purpose, but she couldn't afford to take the risk. After all, her old man had passed away last year, and it was too dangerous for her daughter-in-law to be alone at home.
"You two little bastards, just wait for me!"
"I'll come again tomorrow."
Aunt Huang pinched her waist in anger and spat at Mrs. Wu's back: "How can this family be so shameless!"
"You hit someone, and you still have the nerve to make trouble."
"People like this deserve to be shot."
Tang Yuanyuan estimated that the old woman would probably have to bring food and drink and sleep at the door tomorrow. Unable to think of a good solution for the time being, she turned back to her room and opened a book to study.
Li Mu: "...Didn't you hear that the old woman will come tomorrow?"
Tang Yuanyuan explained the problem: "I know."
Li Mu: "Then why are you still studying here?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "If I don't study, will she not come tomorrow?"
Li Mu: “…”
She brought trouble upon herself, but the other person acted as if nothing had happened. Li Mu finally understood that this person was even more heartless than himself.
Tang Yuanyuan had already prepared herself for Mrs. Wu to come and make trouble before dawn, but she slept soundly until dawn.
It would be better if you didn’t come. After breakfast, I carried the sack and went to the countryside to sell goods.
From a distance, Tang Yuanyuan heard the voices of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Tang family's house, and she knew that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had chosen to make trouble for Tang Aiguo.
Tang Aiguo didn't have the courage to sign the letter of understanding. As for Tang An, he claimed to be a glorious person and it was impossible for him to ask for the money, let alone ask Tang Aiguo to sign it. So she was too lazy to care and continued walking towards the bus stop with the big sack on her shoulder.
Mrs. Wu and her daughter-in-law indeed thought so.
After all the commotion yesterday, Mrs. Wu was exhausted. After returning home, the family held a meeting. Both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law agreed that Tang Yuanyuan was a very evil girl, and that Li Mu was even more of a tough guy.
I'm afraid he is really thinking about his daughter-in-law.
There will be no good results from going to the Li family to cause trouble.
Persimmons, of course, are soft and easy to squeeze.
So they decided to start with Tang Aiguo. Early in the morning, they knocked on the door of the main room. Tang An, dazed, rubbed his eyes and opened the door. Isn't this the murderer's relative?
As soon as Mrs. Wu entered the yard, she lay on the ground and wailed, "I am so old, my husband is dead, and now my son is going to jail. My son, my son, have pity on me! He is so young, but he is in jail and can't even be with my wife when she gives birth."
Wu Chuang's wife also cried: "Why am I so pitiful? My son is still in my belly, but his father is going to jail. How can we, mother and son, survive?"
"Little brother, can you please have pity on us orphans and widows and sign a letter of understanding for us?"
Tang An sighed, "The pillar of the family is gone, leaving you two women behind. Sigh, if Wu Chuang had known this would happen, why would he have done this evil? He has harmed our family as well as his own. One person has implicated the relatives of two families."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other. Tang An's flowery answer actually showed his pity for them. He was a soft-hearted person!
Just siege him.
Tang Aiguo was originally sleeping, but the wailing made his head hurt, so he had to get dressed.
"Brother, Brother Tang, please have mercy on us mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Please give us a way out and sign a letter of understanding. Our whole family will kowtow to you. My son will take care of you in your old age, and I will also give you the 2,000 yuan savings in our family."
How could Tang Aiguo dare to sign? He was afraid that Tang Yuanyuan would chop him to pieces with a knife.
He said impatiently: "I can't make the decision on this matter. I still say the same thing, you go find my daughter, if she agrees I have no objection, it's useless to find me."
Wu Chuang's wife said, "Uncle Tang, we've talked to your daughter, but she didn't agree. If she had agreed, we wouldn't have to bother you. You're the head of the family. If you don't agree, I'll blame your family. I even gave birth to my child in your house. Who told your daughter to send my husband to the police station? You owe me the blame."
Mrs. Wu: "That's right, we will live in your house starting today. When you sign the letter of understanding, we will leave."
Tang Aiguo was overwhelmed. He had never seen such an unreasonable person before. "Whatever you want, I have to go to work. Xiao An, you take care of the house."
Tang An: "Dad, how do we do this?"
Tang Aiguo had no idea what to do. He was so annoyed by the noise that his head was about to explode: "You decide what to do. I'm going to be late for work."
Tang An just remembered: "Dad, you haven't eaten yet."
Ever since Zhang Lancao left, the cooking job has completely fallen into Tang An's hands. His son's cooking skills... are hard to describe.
His life is such a mess right now.
My second brother is right. It’s really not a good family to have no woman.
That damn girl is so hateful. She is so cruel and doesn’t care about him as a father at all. Whenever he thinks about this, he has a heart attack. This life is so boring.
"Dad's going to eat in the cafeteria, just get yourself something."
Tang Aiguo strode away with his hands behind his back. Tang An looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law squatting on the ground and knelt down. "Your son hit my mother to death. He did evil and must bear the consequences. You are his family. I know life would be hard without a son and a husband, but you have hands and feet. As long as you work hard, you will have no problem feeding your children. My mother used to sweep the streets in this area and earned 60 yuan a month, which is enough for you to live on."
"If you're willing, I'll take you to the office, and you should be able to earn some money."
That Li Mu, although he had a well-behaved face, had an inexplicably evil quality when he smiled. He didn't even bother to listen to reason and just looked at his daughter-in-law with lustful eyes.
And there was Tang Yuanyuan, whose face showed that he was not to be messed with.
Even Tang Aiguo looked impatient, his impatience for communication written all over his face.
Mrs. Wu immediately smelled a different scent.
This Tang An has a childish face, looks gentle and polite, and speaks politely.
Most importantly, he is reasonable!
People who are reasonable are easy to bully.
Mrs. Wu felt she saw hope and grabbed Tang An's hand: "Child, wuwuwuwu, you are so kind. You are willing to pity an old woman like me. I am so pitiful."
"I'm old, this is a catastrophic disaster. I'm an old man with a baby in my wife's belly, how can I sweep the streets? What should I do? Ahhhhhhhhhh."
Old Lady Wu wiped her tears and snot on Tang An's sleeves: "My child, please persuade your sister and your father. My son didn't mean it, and neither did we, the mother-in-law and I. We really have no way out. Please have pity on us."
Wu Chuang's wife sobbed, "Little brother, it's not that I don't want to sweep the streets, it's really because I'm pregnant. If my husband can't have children in the future, this will be the Wu family's only child. I don't want anything to happen."
"Asking my husband to do this for ten years is pushing our family to the brink of death. Please be kind and persuade your sister to leave a way out for our family."
Tang An: "Don't cry, what's the point of crying when you encounter problems? Although you are women, Chairman Mao said that women hold up half the sky. As long as you two women are willing to work hard, you will definitely have no problem raising a child."
"Throughout history, there have been many legendary women who have raised children alone."
"In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, Ms. Wang Shuzhen worked as a nanny and laundry worker, raising 13 children on her own, all of whom are now doctoral students."
During the Republic of China period, Ms. Qiu sold pancakes and tofu and worked as a wet nurse, raising seven children to adulthood. Her son, Jin Yunpeng, and her wet nurse, Pan Fu, both became Prime Ministers.
"And the Mongol Empire. Manduhai, widowed at 32, married the 7-year-old Batu Mongke, raised her husband single-handedly, and helped him unify Mongolia..."
Mrs. Wu and her daughter-in-law were both completely confused. Why did they suddenly talk about being a widow and becoming an official?
She also said that she would work as a nanny and sell pancakes, trying to trick them into suffering.
This brat, still a greenhorn, still wants to fool them.
Both of them rolled their eyes impatiently. After crying for a long time, their mouths were dry, and they were thirsty and hungry, so they got up from the ground.
Wu Chuang's wife said, "Little brother, we are both thirsty. Do you have any hot water at home? Give us a cup."
Tang An nodded: "It seems not. I'll go make it for you. You guys go inside and rest first."
Mrs. Wu and her daughter-in-law looked at each other and confirmed that this man was indeed a fool. They no longer felt any burden and went to sit in the living room where guests were received.
I looked around the house carefully. There was not even a TV. There was a fan, a light bulb, and a pendulum clock hanging from the beam. It had been out of service for who knows how long. There was not even a decent electrical appliance.
This family is too poor.
My son is really capable. He now has a color TV and a big refrigerator.
This house is indeed the home of a loser like Tang Aiguo, which is quite a match.
Tang An boiled some hot water and brought it out from the kitchen: "Grandma, Auntie, have some."
Wu Chuang's wife: "Baishui?"
"Hey bro, do you have any malted milk? Or any sugar?"
There was some sugar. Zhang Lancao used to sell food and couldn't live without sugar every day. She had wholesaled a lot of it before, and there were still seven or eight kilograms of it at home. Tang An went to get the sugar.
Mrs. Wu and her daughter-in-law both put in a large spoonful, and their brows and eyes relaxed with satisfaction.
Mrs. Wu said again, "Little brother, we are both hungry. Please go and make us some food."
Wu Chuang's wife was surprised by this request. She even cooked, and it was good enough that someone could boil water for her.
You won't kick them out again, will you?
She didn't expect that Tang An didn't even frown when he heard this request. Instead, he asked politely, "Grandma, Auntie, my cooking isn't very good. Do you mind?"
These are not excuses for not wanting to cook!
...Is this person a fool?
Mrs. Wu got up and went to the kitchen: "Then I will teach you. Let's go to the kitchen and take a look."
Mrs. Wu was rummaging through the drawers and cabinets in the kitchen like a master, and her mouth was almost twisted with anger as she rummaged through the drawers.
This family is really poor.
There is no meat, eggs or vegetables, just some mung bean and pea flour. This cannot be eaten as a meal.
There were only some noodles, not even any lard to mix with them.
"Have you any money on you?"
Tang An nodded: "I have 2 yuan."
Mrs. Wu: "That's good. Go buy some eggs and a dollar's worth of pork, the fat part, and come back to make some noodles for me."
Tang Yuanyuan rode away with the half-new bicycle, and Tang An now only had this old bicycle to ride. He went out to buy meat and eggs in the summer heat.
Wu Chuang's wife whispered, "Mom, this guy looks so gentle and refined, but isn't he mentally ill?"
Such requests can be granted.
Mrs. Wu had lived for most of her life and had seen many honest people, but she had never seen anyone who could do this. "Isn't it said that this kid is a super good student? He can get the first place in the grade. His brain can't be bad."
"Maybe it's really kind."
"Why think so much? He's willing to do it, and it's easy for us mother-in-law and daughter-in-law."
Mrs. Wu instructed Tang An to refine the fat, fry the eggs, put hot water into the pot, and cook out a milky white soup. Finally, she added some chopped vegetables and two spoonfuls of fat. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law each ate a large bowl of soup.
Tang An put down his chopsticks and said, "Grandma, Auntie, after you finish your meal, you can go back."
Mrs. Wu has lived half her life, and now she is surprised by Tang An's kindness. But, little brother, I'm sorry.
There's nothing I can do, old lady.
"No rush. When your dad signs the letter of understanding for us, we'll leave."
"Which room here is suitable for living?"
Tang An: "Grandma, Auntie, we should be reasonable. You can't..."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were too lazy to talk to him, so they just chose a room and went in, closing the door with a bang.
The room was empty, with nothing in it. Mrs. Wu was glad that she was smart enough to bring her luggage with her.
Bend over and make the bed.
Wu Chuang's wife held her belly and said, "Mom, can we really stay here? Will he get angry and chase us away?"
Mrs. Wu looked at her daughter-in-law's belly and said, "If he dares to chase me away, then fine, I will fight him. He's so pedantic and has skinny arms and legs, he's definitely no match for me."
"Just pick on Tang An, the soft persimmon, and make him unable to bear it, so that he will sign a letter of apology with me, right?"
I'm sorry, little brother, it's your fault for looking so noisy.
"Remember to stand back. If we start a fight, you can go back home. I must get a letter of apology and rescue Chuangzi. Only then will you and the baby in your belly have a safe place to rely on."
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