Chapter 357 The Orphanage's Lies: The Handsome Flower Boy 57
What are you looking at? Why are you always dreaming about living off a woman? Shen Ci glanced at the several layers of pork head meat piled up on the back of Director Wang's neck.
She curled her lip in disdain and quietly left the yard.
Even looking at it for a second feels cloying.
A fat, middle-aged fat man, greasy, with a stubble-covered face, wearing white socks, was reading an illegal novel in bed. The image was quite shocking.
Back in the car, Shen Ci stared intently at the building, her eyes deep.
Zhou Weimin abandoned his wife and children for his future career and rose rapidly through the ranks thanks to his father-in-law's connections.
His brother-in-law was not only a bullying idiot, but also a philanthropist who repeatedly refused to change his ways.
If these books are discovered, who will be implicated?
What's even more interesting is that Director Wang is currently unemployed and at home, and his mind is restless.
She doesn't need to do anything to Zhou Weimin herself; she just needs to let Director Wang, that incompetent teammate, detonate the bomb in his own home.
Money makes the world go round, and unfortunately, she happens to have a little bit of money.
As darkness fell, snowflakes began to fall sporadically. Shen Ci started the car and slowly drove away from the West District.
Snowflakes hit the windshield and instantly melted into fine water droplets.
Just like some things that seem solid, once you find the crack, a gentle tap will shatter them completely.
Before they knew it, the Shen family had been enjoying themselves in Beijing for more than ten days.
Happy times always fly by, and these ten-odd days have passed in the blink of an eye, before we've even had a chance to savor them.
In the courtyard, Mr. Shen looked at the food on the table, but his face showed a faint worry.
The food on the table is something they wouldn't dare eat more than a few times a year. Every meal they have here includes meat, and you could say the whole family has gained some weight.
This kind of fat is healthy fat, it's fat with energy, and the complexion is much rosier.
It's great to be here. You don't have to do anything all day. You wake up, cook, eat, and then wander around, have some fun, see the sights of the big city, and broaden your horizons.
After having enough fun, I can come back and stay in such a nice big house.
However, although this kind of life was comfortable, he felt uneasy about it after a while.
He was always thinking about the pigs and cattle at home, and the fields. He felt uneasy because he wasn't walking on the soil of Shenjia Village.
"Mom and Dad, dinner is ready."
The two daughters-in-law are still very capable, managing the household and everything else perfectly. They now cook for themselves most of the time and pay for their own groceries.
Even so, despite minimizing expenses, Mr. Shen still felt it was expensive. Of course, the Shen family also felt that buying groceries was indeed not cheap.
A bunch of bok choy and a bunch of chili peppers—in Shenjia Village, you could just pick some fresh from the field. But in Beijing, even these things cost money.
There's nothing I can do; I simply don't have any land.
"Why are there meat dishes again? We should be careful with them. And what's this?"
Father Shen asked, looking at the sumptuous meal on the table, feeling a pang of heartache. He had already enjoyed himself to the fullest during this time.
But once they return to Shenjia Village, will they be able to adapt to eating simple meals every day and having meat only once every ten days or half a month?
"This is shredded pork with sweet bean sauce, premium tofu, and this is braised pork belly in a clay pot."
My younger sister had these delivered; she has something to do today and won't be coming to eat.
Listening to his eldest daughter-in-law describe the dishes, Mr. Shen felt a pang of heartache again. These three dishes must have cost a lot of money. He wondered if his daughter had enough money.
The three dishes that were delivered were all made in restaurants and were quite large. In addition, there was rice that I cooked at home, a stir-fried green vegetable dish, and a potato shredding dish, making a total of five dishes on the table.
Even without Shen Ci, there are still ten people to eat at home. Ten people means ten mouths to feed. If it weren't for the three dishes added by the little girl, we would only have two bowls of food to eat.
My daughter was worried that with so many people, they wouldn't be able to afford to eat well, so she specially bought meat.
The four grandchildren of his family were at the age where they could eat a lot. They didn't often eat meat in the countryside, but when they came to Beijing, they ate to their hearts' content.
"It's delicious! The hot pot with lamb that my aunt took us to last time was even better. It was all meat, and it was so satisfying to eat!"
One of the grandsons said, and after thinking about it, Father Shen realized that it was indeed delicious, but it was too expensive.
We can't let our family members get used to the food and become picky about it, otherwise they'll have difficulty adapting later.
"Ahem, time to eat."
I have something to say. Our family of ten has been in Beijing for half a month now, and in that time we've tried everything we could want to do, see, and eat.
Shouldn't we go home too?
The city of Beijing is in turmoil; this isn't our home. Our roots are in Shenjia Village, and our home is here too.
Your younger sister has her own work to do and needs to go to school before the Lunar New Year. Although we're all family, it's not appropriate for her to stay here indefinitely; she should go back now.
It was rare for Mr. Shen to say so much, because he was afraid that his family would think he was favoring one of them. He also felt uneasy living like this for too long.
"Dad is right, I still miss the land back home."
And the pigs at home, I feel bad about asking someone else to look after them for too long.
Shen Guodong added that he had been living a relaxed life these past few days, but he felt pressured.
"Grandpa, we haven't had enough fun yet."
The little grandson grumbled that he didn't want to go home. Children always yearn for bustling and lively places, where there are many new and interesting things to do and more fun.
"If you like Beijing, you can come here to work and settle down when you grow up."
If you really want to play, wait until the holidays and tell your aunt that she'll send you over to play for a few days.
"How can you keep staying here? Don't you think so, old woman?"
Mr. Shen desperately needed support, but little did he know that Mrs. Shen had already made her decision while eating.
"Yes, that's right. Nier is busy, she doesn't have time to take care of you."
Besides, the children still need to go back to school, and we need someone from our own family to look after the village school for peace of mind.
From now on, I won't have to get up early and stay up late to go to school. This is all thanks to your aunt. You should all remember this.
I'll pack my things and get ready to go back in the next couple of days.
The most important thing is to take good care of the pigs, chickens, and fields at home.
By the way, how are the children going back to school? Eldest and second eldest, when you harvest the grain this year, send some over for your little sister to try.
Old man, go back and take care of yourself and rest more. Don't overwork yourself. Now that your daughter is successful, you don't need to work yourself to the bone.
My daughter took us to the hospital for a checkup a few days ago, didn't she? We're getting old, we need to be more careful.
While eating, Shen's mother arranged everything perfectly for the family, and Shen's father sensed that something was wrong.
"Wait, you said there's a whole bunch of stuff, isn't there something missing?"
You've arranged everything for us, but what about you?
Aren't you going back?
He looked at Shen's mother in surprise. Shen's mother raised her head confidently and looked at the whole family. She had spent too long of her life taking care of this big family in front of her.
"I'm not going back."
My daughter is finally back, I have to stay with her.
She was all alone, how could she not have someone to give her advice when she encountered trouble? And as a mother herself, and at this age, Shen's mother felt that she should spend as much time as possible looking at her daughter.
Every meeting in this world is one less chance to meet.
"You're not going back? How can that be? The family can't function without you! You're the head of the household!" Father Shen hurriedly advised.
We all came in all our way, so we should all go back in all our way!
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