Mrs. Xu? She remembered that cousin Luo Xi's husband seemed to be called Xu Jianguo.

This is right.

When Xu Jianguo pursued cousin Luo Qi, it was a huge success.

He also often read love poems to his cousin Luo Xi downstairs in the Zhong family's building.

Even if the mountains have no edges, the rivers have dried up, the thunder roars in winter, and it snows in summer, and the earth is closed, I dare not break off with you.

What is the meaning of holding on to your son and growing old with him?

Why not leave the green mountains?

Zhong Luoqing was a gentle and shy girl, so she could not stand such an attack and was soon pursued by Xu Jianguo. That guy was used to lying and talking eloquently, and he even coaxed several elders of the Zhong family into believing him.

Later, the original body met the Xu couple at Zhong Luoqing's wedding, and the memory is still fresh. Xu's mother even said in public that she would treat Sister Luoqing as her own daughter.

God's mother's daughter.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. It seems that Sister Luo Qing's life in the Xu family is not easy. She is also the type who chooses to report good news but not sorrow. Maybe she has suffered a lot of grievances in private.

Mrs. Xu didn't look like a good person at first glance, she had a sarcastic face.

I haven't contacted my cousin Zhong Luoxi in these days. Thanks to her for telling me about Lanting's news, I don't know how she is doing recently.

I was so busy recently that I forgot about this matter.

Gu Qinghuan happened to meet her mother-in-law today. After hearing her neurotic words, she had a bad feeling in her heart, but it was not a good time to verify it right now.

Let's go see the watch girl tomorrow.

A few middle-aged women looked around but didn't buy anything, so they wandered off to other counters.

Xu Jianguo's mother turned around and around but didn't recognize Gu Qinghuan. It might be because Gu Qinghuan's temperament had changed so much and her aura was too strong, or it might be that she simply didn't remember such a small matter as her daughter-in-law's family.

The clerk finally brought the two watches over.

Seeing that Gu Qinghuan's eyes were fixed on the ladies who were leaving, she whispered, "Do you know them?"

Gu Qinghuan shook his head and denied: "I don't know him, I'm just curious."

The clerk was sure that she didn't know them, so she said with disdain: "They are regular customers of Friendship Store, the kind of hypocritical people who only look but don't buy. They often boss us around and ask us to show them our best products.

At first everyone was fooled and talked a lot, but people just didn't buy it. Later everyone knew about them.

Tell me, what do people like them want?" The clerk shook his head.

Gu Qinghuan understood it immediately. This was similar to the fake socialites and fake rich women in later generations. They had no money to spend but loved to go to luxury stores, click around and try on items, making the sales clerks very annoyed, but in the end they didn't buy anything.

They seek a kind of satisfaction that ordinary people cannot understand. They feel that they often go to high-end places, which makes them look very prestigious and they can brag about it.

In short, it is meaningless and embarrassing.

Gu Qinghuan smiled, inspected the goods, and left with Ming Ruxue and the two children.

The two children have been very well behaved today. When they paid the bill, Gu Qinghuan even bought them two boxes of imported chocolates as a reward.

Imported chocolate is expensive, and Ming Ruxue can't spend money every time. She can actually afford it, but she can't buy it often. Not only does it require foreign exchange coupons, but eating too much is not good for the child.

Dabao had already learned numbers and had some basic economic sense in his head. When he was checking out, he was shocked to hear the clerk say that a box of chocolates cost three yuan.

There are only a few small pieces of chocolate in this box, but it costs three yuan. Three yuan can buy a lot of White Rabbit chocolates and several kilograms of fruit candies.

Aunt Ruxue usually buys them boxes upon boxes. Isn't that very expensive?

Dabao held onto Gu Qinghuan, his clear eyes full of resistance: "Mom, I don't want chocolate anymore."

Beibei didn't know why her brother didn't want such delicious chocolate, and pouted unhappily.

Gu Qinghuan understood that he might be heartbroken about the money. He was such a sensible child. However, she didn't need them to be too sensible. After all, growing up was so hard. They should just enjoy the fun of being a child when they were young.

"Why don't you want it anymore? Do you think it's too expensive?" Gu Qinghuan asked, bending down.

Dabao looked at her, then looked at Ming Ruxue, tugged at the buttons of his clothes, lowered his head and whispered, "Yeah."

He was worried that his mother thought he was embarrassing.

But he really doesn't want it anymore, and it's very hard for mom and dad to earn money to support them.

He had heard from his mother that he had hired Aunt Xiaowei to clean the two small western-style buildings for a fee of $10.

He used to think he had to pay a lot of money, but now he knows that the chocolates he usually eats cost three yuan a box. He feels that he is so extravagant and wasteful.

Aunt Xiaowei had to clean two small Western-style houses to earn enough money for a box of chocolates. Thinking of this, he couldn't bring himself to eat this thing called chocolate anymore.

Gu Qinghuan didn't say anything, but smiled and rubbed his little head: "Our Dabao has grown up and can save money for mom.

Okay, Mommy came here to give you and your sister a box of chocolates as a reward. Since you don’t want them anymore, Mommy will give you the money for the box of chocolates to deal with.

Whether you want to keep it or spend it, it's up to you, okay?"

Dabao didn't expect this to happen. He thought his mother would be unhappy, but he didn't expect his mother to give him the money to deal with. He was stunned for a moment.

Beibei was still young and had no concept of money. She could not resist the temptation of chocolate. Gu Qinghuan bought her a box of chocolates, and she happily held it in her arms.

Along the way, Dabao held the newly earned three yuan tightly in his heart, planning to use it to do something more meaningful.

Beibei broke off a piece of chocolate and ate it while asking her brother: "Brother, do you want to eat it? I'll give you one of mine."

Dabao shook his head. He had already taken the money, and chocolate no longer tempted him.

"You eat it, I'll take this." He raised his fist.

Beibei looked at him puzzledly, as if he were a fool: "Brother, money can't be eaten, you are so stupid!"

"You're the stupid one!" Dabao snorted and turned away.

After a while, the two were back to normal.

Ming Ruxue looked at the two little ones she loved in front of her, and looked at Gu Qinghuan with admiration: "Sister, you are so good at educating children! Not perfunctory, not spoiling the fun, treating children as equal individuals, respecting their own wishes, I dare not imagine how happy it would be to be your child!

You and my brother-in-law should have a baby as soon as possible!"

For the last sentence, Gu Qinghuan said that it was totally unacceptable. She and Xu Huai'an were still roommates, how did it develop to the point of having a child?

In fact, she doesn't know how to teach her children, and she doesn't dare to be a mother. She is always afraid that she is not doing well enough, ignoring the needs of her children and frustrating their little hearts.

Raising these two children is just an effort to make up for what I lacked in my childhood, hoping that they can be happier and freer.

People say that raising a child is actually raising yourself again, and this is true.

Many times, she could see reflections of her own childhood in Dabao and Beibei, and was afraid that they would encounter the same difficulties as she had encountered and suffer mental setbacks.

Although these wounds cannot be seen, they are there and may never heal in a lifetime.

If you are not praised or cherished as a child, you will probably not cherish yourself when you grow up.

That's why she would try her best to be better to her two children, so that they would have enough confidence to cope with the ups and downs of life in the future.