Mrs. Rong slowly stood up holding the armrest of the sofa, and said as she walked upstairs: "Chengyi, come upstairs with me."
He Chunni secretly looked at Su Yuehua and said pitifully, "Aunt Su, does Grandma Rong dislike us?"
Xu Qingzhu grabbed his clothes with both hands and kept his head down.
Su Yuehua looked at the two girls standing in front of her, feeling overwhelmed, but still had to put on a smile on her face, "How could Grandma not like you? She is just old, and she is tired after sitting for a long time. You two should come upstairs with me to rest first."
Since both children have been brought home, I have no choice but to keep them for now. As for adopting Su Yuehua, I don't want to do that.
She first led the two sisters to Shen Yuning and Shen Anan's room on the second floor. Their family was well-off, and with two girls like them, they had always been spoiled growing up. The rooms were decorated according to the sisters' preferences, with a full girlish style.
When the door of the room was opened, He Chunni and Xu Qingzhu were visibly stunned, and there was obvious envy in their eyes.
Shen Xiaohu's room has been empty all the time. After graduating from military school, he stayed in the army and didn't go home all year round. But he is a boy after all, and it is inconvenient to let two strange girls live in his room.
Su Yuehua hadn't been in the sisters' room for a long time, and she found that there were many more little things. She turned her head and introduced them to the two of them, "This room is for your sisters An An and Ning Ning. An An is the daughter of your uncle Shen's eldest brother. She is now attending university in the south and only comes back during the winter and summer vacations. Your Ning Ning is the daughter of your uncle and me. She is in the third year of high school this year. You two should stay here first."
He Chunni saw that there was only a double bed in the room, so she asked tentatively, "Aunt Su, Qingzhu and I are staying in Sister Ningning's room. Where will she stay when she comes back at night?"
It is not realistic to squeeze three girls into a double bed, and Shen Yuning is in the final stage of her senior year. If she is squeezed into the same room with two people, it will not only affect her rest but also her review.
Su Yuehua said softly, "You two can stay here peacefully. When your sister Ningning comes back in the evening, let her stay in her brother's room."
He Chunni glanced at Xu Qingzhu and saw that she was silent. She said embarrassedly, "Aunt Su, Sister Ningning is in the most critical period of studying now. Qingzhu and I should stay in my brother's room."
"It's okay, you two can take a rest first. I'll go downstairs to help your grandma Bai make dinner." Su Yuehua said and turned around to leave.
But He Chunni stopped him, "Aunt Su, please let Qingzhu and I stay in my brother's room."
"Your brother is a boy, it's not convenient for you two to live in his room, and he doesn't like strangers entering his room." There was obvious displeasure in Su Yuehua's voice. After she said that, she turned around, went downstairs and walked into the kitchen.
In the kitchen
Lin Hongmei pulled Bai Xiuying aside and whispered, "I've lived to this age, and I've never seen a few that look better than Qingzhu."
Bai Xiuying was about to speak when she saw Su Yuehua walk in and asked, "Yuehua, have you settled the two children?"
"I'll let them stay in Ningning's room first." Su Yuehua walked to the sink and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. She turned on the faucet and was so focused on daydreaming that she forgot to wash her hands.
Bai Xiuying walked over to turn off the faucet, then sighed, "Chengyi is the same, he didn't even inform the family in advance and directly brought the two children back."
Su Yuehua was afraid that the two children upstairs would hear her, so she lowered her voice and said, "Mom, I came back just because of this. Chengyi called me yesterday and said he wanted to adopt a child. I clearly rejected him on the phone, but I didn't expect him to bring two children home directly."
"Chengyi and I are not short of money. We can sponsor ten, not to mention two. But the responsibility of adopting is too great. Moreover, they are girls. Chenchen and Yanyan are in adolescence. It is really inconvenient to have two girls living in the house."
Lin Hongmei also said: "Isn't it? Chengyi is really too inconsiderate in what he did. And Qingzhu is so beautiful at such a young age. Who knows what will happen when she grows up..."
She didn't say anything else after that.
The three of them watched Shen Chengyi walk into the kitchen and stopped talking about this topic.
Shen Chengyi walked to the sink and took the initiative to grab the vegetables that Su Yuehua was washing, “You just came back, let me wash it.”
Bai Xiuying picked up the kitchen knife and was about to cut the meat, but she glanced at Shen Chengyi in the gang and was so shocked that she almost dropped the kitchen knife in her hand.
Lin Hongmei was also surprised. She cleared her throat and said, "Yuehua, you just came back. Go upstairs with Chengyi to rest. Your mother and I will cook dinner tonight."
"Aunt Hongmei, thank you and mother for your hard work. Chengyi and I will go upstairs first." Su Yuehua said to the two of them and turned back to the room.
She always felt uneasy because the matter of the adoption of the two children was not made clear.
Shen Chengyi closed the bedroom door, walked behind Su Yuehua and said in a somewhat flattering manner: “Wife, I know you have the softest heart.”
"You don't have to flatter me. I won't agree to adoption. I can pay for it. You can ask if there are any relatives of the two children who are willing to adopt them. I think it's better for the two girls to live with their relatives than with us." Su Yuehua didn't even give Shen Chengyi a chance to continue and refused directly.
Shen Chengyi was a little embarrassed. He took Su Yuehua into his arms from behind and discussed with her, "Yuehua, if there were other ways, I would not bring the two children home. He Dahai only has one daughter, He Chunni. His wife died early, and Chunni has been living with the elderly in her hometown. Dahai was always worried about this girl before he died."
"I originally wanted to visit Dahai's hometown during my vacation, but when I got there, I found that Xu Jianguo's hometown was very close to He Dahai, so I went to Xu Jianguo's home first. After Xu Jianguo's death, his wife never remarried and lived alone in the town with her children, relying on odd jobs and meager pensions to survive. When I went to his home, I realized that it was not easy for an orphan and a widow to live. I left 1,000 yuan and a phone number for the mother and daughter, asking them to call me if they had any problems. But I didn't expect Xu Jianguo's wife to leave Qingzhu to me and run away."
Su Yuehua's eyes widened in shock. "Explain to me clearly, how could Xu Jianguo's wife just throw the child to you and run away?"
Shen Chengyi unhooked Su Yuehua's arms, sighed, pulled over the chair in front of the dressing table and sat down, "It was already dark when I left Xu Jianguo's house. I planned to stay in the town's guesthouse for one night and then go to He Dahai's house the next day. The next morning, when I opened the room, I saw Xu Qingzhu sitting at the door alone with a schoolbag."
"I asked her why you were the only one left at your mother's place. She returned the thousand yuan I left for her yesterday and told me that her mother didn't want her anymore and asked her to come find me."
Hearing Su Yuehua's anger, she asked, "Her mother said she doesn't want her anymore, so you should bring her back."
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