Chapter 63 [63] Tang An was dumped.
"How do you sell these fireworks?"
Chu Bing clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves, feeling a little nervous.
Tang An: "Why are you back again? Did Fangfang ask you to come back?"
Chu Bing felt sad. Fangfang went home to eat cake and watch TV. She lied to Yu Fangfang that she was going home, but in fact she had walked all the way here.
But Tang An only has Fangfang in his heart.
"Well, Fangfang asked me to buy it, but you know her, so don't ask her in person."
Chu Bing is still young, only on the second day of the New Year.
"I see."
Tang An packed up all the fireworks and handed them over.
Chu Bing asked: "How much?"
"No money."
There were so many fireworks, which looked like they cost more than ten yuan. Chu Bing put 20 yuan into his pocket, turned around and ran away.
But after running a few steps, Tang An caught up with her and grabbed her wrist through her thin down jacket.
"Wait a moment, it's getting dark soon and it's not safe for you to walk alone."
Chu Bing watched Tang An swiftly collect the sacks and the small stool, and then push a somewhat worn 28-inch bicycle.
He was tall, so he straddled the huge bike, propped one leg on the ground, and tilted the bike a little lower. "You sit in the back."
Chu Bing tugged at the corner of her clothes and walked over slowly. She was very short and wanted to sit sideways, but it was difficult and she couldn't jump up at once.
Tang An chuckled softly, and Chu Bing was a little annoyed and her face turned red.
"I won't sit here anymore. I'll go home by myself."
Tang An: "Okay, I was wrong. I won't laugh at you anymore. Come up."
His voice was very gentle, sounding like he was coaxing someone.
Chu Bing hadn't been coaxed by her parents for a long time. Every time she was scolded and sent out, she would go to Yu Fangfang's house to stay for two days before going back. Her mother seemed to never realize that she was scolded out of the house. Her mother was still the same, always around her father and serving him carefully.
She was never in his eyes.
Chu Bing carefully held the back seat of the bicycle and tried again before jumping on.
Chu Bing's house is not far from Yu Fangfang's house. He also lives in a two-story Western-style building with a garden at the door.
This house is only more high-profile than the Yu family's. After all, the cotton mill is a state-owned unit. Although the Yu family lives a luxurious life inside, they still have some concerns. But the Chu family is different. It is their own factory. Now the country is vigorously developing feed and fertilizers to support agriculture. This business may not sound high-end enough, but it is the right time now and a good business to make a fortune.
In fact, the Chu family is the one that is truly rich.
Chu Bing didn't dare let Tang An stop at the door of his house.
"Thank you, I'm here."
Tang An stuffed something into her pocket, and she took it out. It was the twenty yuan from before.
"you?"
Under the dim light, Tang An's handsome face was covered with a beautiful smile. "I know you came here to buy it. If your sister asked you to come, how could she let you come here?"
"Also, this isn't Fangfang's home."
Chu Bing tugged at the corner of his clothes in panic.
Then Tang An said, "I know you are kind-hearted and don't want me to feel the cold wind."
"Last time, when you secretly gave me the ointment, I knew you were a very warm-hearted girl."
Chu Bing was no longer panicked, but a feeling of grievance filled his heart again.
Tang An: "It's too cold, you should go home quickly."
Chu Bing mechanically held the fireworks and ran home quickly. When he entered the yard, he looked back and saw Tang An still pushing his bicycle and standing in the snow.
She ran out again: "Why don't you go home?"
Tang An: "Seeing you come in, I feel more at ease."
Chu Bing's heart melted like butter, and she heard Tang An say, "You are Fang Fang's cousin, so of course I have to take good care of you."
"Go back quickly before you get frozen."
In one word, Chu Bing felt like he was falling into hell again.
Holding the fireworks, he ran into the yard and rushed to the door in one breath. Looking back, he saw Tang An still standing there pushing his bicycle, and he couldn't control his joy again.
He secretly stood at the door and watched Tang An turn his bike around and ride away.
"What are you looking at?"
Chu Bing was startled and turned around to meet her mother's impatient face.
"No, I didn't see anything."
"Look at you, you're such a hopeless piece of crap," Chu Bing's mother said, irritated at the sight of Chu Bing clutching at her clothes and shrinking. She poked her forehead with her finger, "Look at Fangfang, she's just a little girl, but her dad loves her like the apple of his eye. And look at you, your dad doesn't even want to look at you."
"Can't you learn from Fangfang and coax your dad more? You're just a blockhead."
Chu Bing ran back to her room with puffed cheeks, crying in grievance.
When Tang Aiguo returned home, he saw the car driving towards the courtyard gate. He thought it was Tang An who had returned first. He was carrying the remaining half bag of fireworks and walked towards the house while calling, "Xiao An?"
"What's for dinner tonight?"
Out of the blue, Tang Yuanyuan suddenly stood at the door: "Did my mother ask for a divorce from you before she passed away?"
Tang Aiguo was startled, "Why are you back?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Don't worry about how I came back. Before my mother left, did she want to divorce you?"
Tang Aiguo shook his head: "Nonsense, your mother never mentioned divorce."
"Your mother is a street sweeper who can't even read a single word. How could she possibly divorce me? If she divorces me, I won't even have enough to eat."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Don't try to lie to me. I know everything. My mother asked Director Wang two days before the car accident. My mother wanted to divorce you."
"If you're willing to tell me the truth, I'll give you two hundred dollars."
Tang Aiguo: "I really haven't heard your mother talk about divorce."
"Your mother has the best temper. She listens to me the most and never argues with me. How could she possibly divorce me?"
Tang Aiguo's hair had turned half white in just half a year. Now, a deep sense of nostalgia appeared on his face, which was wrinkled by the cold wind.
Tang Yuanyuan found it funny. When her mother was around, Tang Aiguo was like an emperor. If the steamed buns were not baked well enough, he would say unhappily, "You are such a grown-up, but you can't even bake a steamed bun properly. What can you accomplish?"
Her mother's cooking skills were already very good, but he never praised her. He always said that she was not as good as this one or that one, and that every woman was better than her mother. He compared her in terms of making money, culture, clothing, and sweet talk. Her mother seemed like a weed that no one could compare to.
Now, I miss her mother.
Tang Yuanyuan: "My mother is so kind, you are not just for 5,000 yuan, you want to forgive her murderer, you deserve to miss my mother."
Sticks, confetti, Tang Yuanyuan's cold face, the neighbors' whispering judgment, and knees.
Tang Aiguo's head was buzzing, and he was gasping for breath. He held his head with his hands and pressed his ears, "No, no, I didn't... I didn't, I didn't..."
He ran into the room like a madman and covered his head with the quilt.
The quilt was shaking.
What happened to Tang Aiguo?
"Tang Aiguo, Tang Aiguo?"
"Dad, it's okay." Tang An heard his father's wailing of fear while he was still standing at the door. He parked his bicycle, strode into the room, and comforted Tang Aiguo through the quilt.
After a while, Tang Aiguo gradually calmed down and fell asleep in the quilt.
Tang An tiptoed and closed the door.
What a filial son.
Tang Yuanyuan: "What happened to him?"
Tang An's voice was hard. "It's all thanks to you. You're not worthy of being a daughter. You forced him to kneel in public. How could he bear it? Since then, he can't bring up that incident anymore. His memory is messed up. He's in a daze. Then a finger was cut off by a machine. Now he can only work as a cleaner in the factory. Do you know how many people laugh at him?"
The more successful Tang Yuanyuan became, the more those people laughed at them.
The daughter is a treasure. The Tang family has such a big house and store, but they are so blind that they drove away such a good daughter and left her to eat coarse food at home. They are nothing but fools.
The father and son have become a laughing stock in the entire Chuncheng Lane.
"Dad is like this now, it's all your fault."
Why didn’t I realize it before? Tang An is a real member of the Tang family. He talks about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but he is actually vicious and likes to put labels on others.
Tang Yuanyuan took out a piece of heavy and old rag.
"I was just looking around at home and saw this. It suddenly reminded me of a lot of things from my childhood. When you were little, you loved being held in your arms and never wanted to walk on your own. Tang Aiguo was impatient with your crying, but I do love my children. I still remember that before you were five, you always lay on my back."
"Mom tied you up on her back with a piece of cloth. She carried you on her back while cooking and washing clothes. You grew up on her back."
“It’s this piece of cloth.”
"Besides providing living expenses, what has Tang Aiguo ever done for this family? You and I were both raised by our mother. I really don't understand why you are so biased towards Tang Aiguo. Tang Aiguo wanted to write a letter of apology to the murderer for 5,000 yuan, but you didn't say a word. And you felt so distressed when I scolded him and hit him a few times. You really have no conscience."
Tang An: "It's natural for men to earn money and women to raise children and do housework. Every mother should hold her own children. It's their duty. There's nothing to say. Mom works hard, and dad's job is not easy either."
Tang Yuanyuan: "So that's what you think."
"You think she's a mother and it's natural for her to live for her child."
"So, Mom was about to divorce Tang Aiguo, and you stopped her. What did you say to her that made her willingly return home and serve you and your son?"
Tang An avoided Tang Yuanyuan's gaze and poured himself a glass of water and drank it: "I don't know what you are talking about."
Tang Yuanyuan: "You know, I met Director Wang today. Mom went to ask her how to get a divorce despite being hurt."
"Before I left, Mom stopped caring about Tang Aiguo. She was planning a divorce, so she definitely wouldn't want to serve him. Why would she be in such a hurry to come back and cook? It must be you. What did you say to her?"
Tang An: "Mom never told me about the divorce, so I didn't know about it."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Tang An, haven't you always wanted me to go home? As long as you tell me, I will go home and continue to support you to go to school."
Tang An poured himself another glass of water and drank it in one gulp.
"I told Mom that it was all my fault. I shouldn't have told Dad about this. Mom, you just focus on the business from now on. You can do whatever you want. I'll take care of the housework."
"That's it, give me the tuition."
Tang Yuanyuan raised her hand to slap him in the face, but Tang An was prepared and grabbed her wrist: "Do you think I'm a fool? So easy to fool?"
Tang Yuanyuan didn't delay at all and slapped him with his left hand.
This time he couldn't dodge it.
"I want the truth."
"Tang Yuanyuan, I'm telling the truth. What's the matter? Are you planning on cheating?"
"You are so shameless!" Tang Yuanyuan said, "I can guess even without you saying it. You must have tried to persuade her not to divorce. Tang Aiguo knows he is wrong."
"Tang An, you are the real murderer who killed my mother!"
Tang An challenged him with an arrogant tone, saying, "If you think it's my fault, go call the police and have them arrest me."
Tang Yuanyuan picked up the cheap Erguotou on the table and smashed it on Tang An's head.
The wine bottle shattered, and the inferior bottom of the bottle was submerged in the broken wound, causing the pain to surge and the nerves to become enlarged.
You were the one who attacked me first.
During the fight, he accidentally hit his head on broken glass, but you can't blame him.
It's all your bad luck.
With his nerves tingling, Tang An looked at the broken glass on the ground, calculated the angle, and rushed towards Tang Yuanyuan like a madman.
But Tang Yuanyuan's strength was greater than he thought.
He didn't pounce on her immediately, so he pulled her hair instead. Once she fell, he could just turn around and press her temples against the broken glass.
Just at this moment, someone came to the door again.
"Tang Yuanyuan!"
Li Mu dropped his bicycle and saw Tang An grabbing Tang Yuanyuan's hair and running towards him like a mad dog. He kicked Tang An to the ground and Tang An's hands fell into the broken glass.
Tang An screamed "Ah" in pain.
His whole hand was cramped and every finger was trembling.
But Li Mu still raised his foot and stomped down hard, and all the debris penetrated into the flesh.
Tang An screamed "Ah" and his hands started shaking like he had Parkinson's disease.
Li Mu bent his knees and half-knelt, his eyes fierce: "Remember this feeling."
"If you dare to touch your sister again, next time, all ten of your fingers will suffer the same punishment."
Tang Aiguo rolled off the bed and rushed into the living room, where he saw his son lying in a pool of blood with his hands shaking.
"Xiao An!"
"Xiao An!"
"You, you dare to hit my son?!"
Tang Yuanyuan came over and said, "It was all accidental. I didn't hit you on purpose. This is to compensate you for your medical expenses."
She threw a hundred yuan on the ground, turned around and pulled Li Mu away.
Tang An stared at the hundred yuan, his eyes red. "Li Mu, we grew up together. I fed you and clothed you. I treated you as my best brother, and you treat me like this?"
Li Mu: "There's nothing I can do about it. You can only line up behind your sister."
"So, be smart and don't mess with her next time."
Tang An, with his bloody hands shaking, picked up the hundred dollars and laughed out loud!
His mother and his brothers both gave up on themselves for Tang Yuanyuan!
He ended up in this situation because of Tang Yuanyuan.
He will definitely not let Tang Yuanyuan have an easy time.
Tang Yuanyuan, I will never let you have an easy time.
Li Mu rode his bike alongside Tang Yuanyuan: "Why did you get into a fight with Tang An? What are you doing here for no reason?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "I met Director Wang today. She said that my mother consulted her about divorce before she passed away, but Tang Aiguo didn't know about it. I think Tang An said something, so I want to ask him."
Li Mu: "Did you get the result?"
Tang Yuanyuan shook her head. "He's very tight-lipped."
Li Mu: "It's just those words that are used to persuade people to reconcile. There's nothing much to ask. Don't go to him alone in the future. I think he wanted to kill you just now."
Tang Yuanyuan also made the same analysis, but her intuition told her that there might be something else.
If Tang An was just trying to persuade her mother not to divorce, then her mother wouldn't have to rush back to cook.
But Tang An would never tell her the truth, this matter still needs an opportunity.
Li Mu added, "Your brother has become vicious. He wasn't like this before."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Before, he didn't have to worry about anything at home, he just needed to study. Now, he has to make money, doesn't have decent clothes, is laughed at, and has to take care of Tang Aiguo, and Yu Fangfang can't catch up. How can his mood be the same as before? I am happy to see him like this."
"Before, when I dropped out of school, I felt unbalanced. Whenever I mentioned it, my father and son would accuse me of being petty. Now it's his turn, and he knows what it's like. He knows how tiring it is for Mom to run the household alone."
"Why does he always act so high and mighty? We're just family, so why would he bother with that?"
"I haven't eaten yet. I need to eat."
Qian Tingting probably made dinner for her at home, but she was too hungry and didn't want to let herself down, so she went to the wonton shop and ate a small portion of tofu wontons.
Although it is made of tofu, the filling is very fragrant with chopped green onions and tastes not bad at all.
After dinner, they were not far from home, so Tang Yuanyuan asked Li Mu to go back and she would go home by herself. However, Li Mu still sent her to the gate of the community before returning.
Qian Tingting was doing her winter vacation homework at the dining table. When she heard the door open, she put down her pen and went to the kitchen to heat up some food.
There's a radiator in the house, so wearing a sweater is enough. It's not like outside where it's freezing and snowy, and you have to wrap yourself up tightly in three layers. Tang Yuanyuan hung his military coat on the wall. "Have you eaten?"
Qian Tingting: "No, I'll wait for you."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Next time if I come back late, you can eat by yourself. You don't have to wait for me. I will buy food outside."
Qian Tingting: "I understand."
Two vegetarian dishes, a pile of pickles, white rice porridge, and steamed buns, it's quite a feast.
Tang Yuanyuan washed her hands and sat down to eat: "Thank you for your hard work, but cooking takes too much time, and you haven't finished your homework yet. Hurry up and do your homework. I can buy food for you."
There is a lot of homework for the winter vacation this semester, but there are only a few days left of the vacation.
Qian Tingting: "How long does it take to cook? The money you gave me wouldn't cover three years of tuition, and this is all I can do for you."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Three meals a day is very troublesome, not less at all."
Qian Tingting: "When I was at home, in addition to cooking three meals a day, I also had to feed the pigs and chickens, and I had to boil several large buckets of pig feed a day. I also had to make clothes for the whole family, and I had to go to the fields during the busy farming season. For your cooking, I don't even have to gather grass to make a fire. This stove can be lit in an instant. It's not a hassle at all. My life is like a paradise."
Tang Yuanyuan was embarrassed to say that Qian Tingting's cooking was quite bad, but Tang Yuanyuan didn't have any requirements for food most of the time. If she cooked for herself, she would just have sweet potato porridge three times a day, so she didn't have any requirements, as long as she could fill her stomach.
After finishing her meal, Qian Tingting quickly washed her hands and feet.
Tang Yuanyuan: "Just stay here and sleep. It's too cold in the store. It will be troublesome to run around to make breakfast tomorrow."
Qian Tingting shook her head. She didn't want to be a troublemaker. Li Mu already hated her enough. If she did more, he would hate her less.
After finishing her homework, the store was just across a traffic light, not far away at all. The wind in the countryside was much wilder than in the city, so she didn't feel cold at all.
The store was already such a good place to live. Unlike her home, the windows and doors were drafty and it was warm once the door was closed. She was very content.
At a New Year's market, clothes were unexpectedly popular, and half of the goods purchased before the New Year were sold out. School was about to start after the Lantern Festival, so Tang Yuanyuan and Li Mu rushed to Ningcheng to purchase more goods before the New Year. When they got home, it was already midnight.
This Lantern Festival was spent on the road again.
Fortunately, the next day we only had to collect books and there were no formal classes. Tang Yuanyuan still had a few papers to finish, so she was frantically making up for the homework.
Yu Fangfang combed her bangs in front of the mirror, headphones in one ear. "Tang Yuanyuan, it's okay for a poor student like me not to finish my homework, but why are you making up for it? What? Are you trying to be like me?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "There's not enough time. We're all on the road."
Yu Fangfang: "Then can you still copy my homework? Or I can ask someone else to copy it for me."
Tang Yuanyuan: "It's easy to copy. I only have two pages left. I can finish it."
As soon as she finished speaking, Tang An walked over to their table and said, "Fangfang, give me your homework. I'll copy it for you."
Yu Fangfang glanced at Tang An casually, then nudged Xu Ming in front of her and said, "Copy my homework."
Xu Ming was overjoyed. Yu Fangfang hadn't ordered him around for a long time. "Fangfang, it's my honor to copy your homework for you. It's just that my handwriting isn't very good. You won't be angry, will you?"
Yu Fangfang: "It doesn't matter. The teacher knows it anyway. I asked others to copy it."
Being ignored, Tang An said: "Fangfang, I'll copy it for you."
Yu Fangfang: "No need to copy it for me. You don't have to worry about my affairs from now on. Go back."
Tang An: "Are you unhappy because I didn't buy you your favorite food last time?"
"Here, you eat."
Tang An took out two pieces of chocolate from his pocket. These were the most expensive snacks in the store, costing three yuan each.
But there were more than a dozen scars on his hands, half of which were caused by frostbite and half by glass shards.
Yu Fangfang picked up the chocolate and put it back into his pocket.
"You don't have to worry about my business anymore, don't you understand?"
"Tang An, you're broke as hell. My dad is the factory director. What you can give me are things I can easily buy without any effort. Don't think that these little snacks can move me."
"You are not worthy of me at all. I was just playing with you before. I never thought about being with you. Do you understand?"
Tang An smiled bitterly, looking very hurt: "I understand."
Then he turned and left the classroom.
Tang Yuanyuan put down her pen, turned around, and looked at Yu Fangfang: "Why did you change your temper?"
"That's not like you."
Yu Fangfang's arrogant and domineering temper was gone, replaced by a playful look of a little girl.
"Tang Yuanyuan, don't pretend with me. You never liked me having anything to do with Tang An, and you're even more afraid that I'll fall in love with him."
Tang Yuanyuan: "You are right."
"I'm still curious, what did he do that made you not even want to order him around anymore?"
Yu Fangfang thought of the plum cake that fell on the ground, and her scalp tingled:
"I've figured it out."
"You're right. Your brother is a man of deep thoughts. I'm no match for him. I admit defeat and I won't play with him anymore."
"Wang Erniu is still the most entertaining."
It’s too tiring to play with someone like Tang An.
Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Yu Fangfang was very unhappy because Tang An wanted to use her as a ladder to success, so she decided to take revenge on him and lure him out.
Tang Yuanyuan: "Fangfang, Tang An is a man with deep scheming. You can't touch him. You may not believe me when I say this, but I dare to make a bet with you."
"You can't beat him. Sooner or later, he will play you into trouble."
"If you sense danger, remember to pull yourself out quickly. Don't get stuck in the mud and regret it later."
Yu Fangfang got goosebumps all over her body. People like Tang An are too dangerous.
It’s better not to get involved.
Finally, she heard Tang Yuanyuan say, "Chu Bing is your cousin, right?"
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