In late autumn, the city of Chongqing finally has the feeling of autumn. The midday sun is no longer scorching hot, the heat is less, and there is a hint of coolness in the mornings and evenings.
Early in the morning, Chen Xingling prepared breakfast.
Ever since Zhao Xiaoxing started working as a cook on the construction site with an extra fixed salary, her and Gu Yi's lives quickly stabilized.
They felt embarrassed to always take advantage of their brother and sister-in-law, so since their income doubled, they rarely came to "Sanyuan" to eat and drink for free.
Chen Xingling asked them to come over in the evening to eat together, but they only came occasionally and did not dare to come every day.
They were embarrassed to come, and Gu Qi and Chen Xingling didn't want to force them.
Chen Xingling usually eats lunch at the construction site and only cooks at home in the morning and evening.
Gu Qi was still responsible for picking up and dropping off his son from school, and the father and son had lunch together in the shipyard cafeteria.
"Mom!" Little Tiger ran over while putting on a thin coat, "You have classes again this morning!"
Chen Xingling smiled bitterly: "There's nothing I can do. My mom got scolded by the counselor a few days ago, so I don't dare to skip classes recently. I have two classes in the morning, so I have to report to class."
A while ago, she hid in the space for several days in order to earn Director Luo's 20,000 yuan instant noodles. Fortunately, she had an electric cutter, which increased her work efficiency several times.
Twenty thousand was a bit too much. She had to unpack and pack the items by herself, and it took her more than a week.
Although she skipped classes every day, she would pop in from time to time in the morning to do her homework, chat with her classmates, and show her sense of existence.
I thought that it was only a week or so and as long as I handed in my assignments on time, I should be able to pass the test.
Unexpectedly, she lost the battle due to carelessness. She asked Jia Shuanghua for help, and Jia Shuanghua asked Ma Dali for help. That night, something happened at the door of Li Nishang's house. The scene was so chaotic that Ma Dali turned around and forgot about his homework.
She didn't hand in her homework for two subjects in a row, and the teacher criticized her by name in class, but she didn't respond!
So the teacher went to complain to the counselor, who gave Chen Xingling a lecture and told her to make up the homework and ensure her attendance rate in the future.
Chen Xingling did not dare to disobey and tried his best to make sure he did not skip the first two periods in the morning, but he would still skip classes whenever possible during the rest of the time.
Fortunately, the construction site is close enough to Chongqing University, and she has a bicycle to assist her, so running back and forth is not a problem.
Even though she was scolded by the counselor, she was not angry at all, because more than 20,000 yuan of fried noodles were delivered on time, and she suddenly had more than 3,000 yuan in her pocket. She was in a very happy mood!
In addition, she arranged the meals on the construction site, and most of them were moved out of the supermarket space. The prices were roughly converted into market prices and deducted from the "meal allowance", so she made about 200 yuan from it.
The days when some small amount of money comes into the account are so great!
Gu Qi is from the north, accustomed to the extreme cold in the north. He disdains the slightest chill in Yucheng. He still wears his usual short shirt, but never forgets to give instructions.
"Xing'er, it's a bit chilly in the morning, remember to put on an extra coat."
Chen Xingling said “oh oh” twice perfunctorily and shouted: “Breakfast is ready! Come and eat!”
The family of three happily ate soy milk and barbecued pork buns.
Little Tiger was munching on a bun, his cute eyes darting around.
"Dad, Mom, yesterday - yesterday Uncle Lin Danhui came to school to look for me again. Later, the teacher kicked him out."
Gu Qi's cold and handsome face was calm and gloomy: "Don't be afraid, just don't bother with him. I have already told your teacher and your principal not to let him get close to you."
Xiao Huzi hurriedly explained: "He came and the teacher chased him away. The teacher said that the parents don't agree with you having contact with the child, so let him go quickly and don't make things difficult for her."
Chen Xingling reminded again: "Anyway, don't listen to him no matter what he says - just ignore him!"
Little Tiger nodded obediently: "I ignored him. But he said his teacher would come to Yucheng to see me and my father."
Forehead? ?
Chen Xingling was so confused that he couldn't help but look at Gu Qi beside him.
"Is he done yet? It's so annoying!"
Gu Qi also felt annoyed, frowned and whispered: "It's okay, if they dare to come into the factory, I will have them kicked out."
Little Tiger gulped down a few sips of soy milk and said "Wow" happily.
"It tastes so good! The soy milk my mom makes is the best!"
Chen Xingling asked the master at the construction site to make her a mini stone mill, which was about one foot wide, small and easy to move, so she took it home directly.
Since then, the fully automatic soymilk machines in supermarkets have finally come into use!
As a result, breakfast for their family of three became richer.
"Don't burn yourself." Gu Qi reminded: "You still have more than half an hour before school starts, so drink slowly."
Little Tiger suddenly remembered something and asked curiously, "Dad, when Mom was in her third year of high school, she had classes at around 7am and didn't finish until around 4pm. Aunt Xuan is in her third year of high school, and Aunt Miao is in her first year of high school. Do their classes start and end at the same time as Mom did?"
"It should be the same." Gu Qi replied: "In the same school, the time for going to and leaving school is fixed."
Chen Xingling nodded: "Many students in the third year of high school will stay in the classroom to continue studying after school. There are also some students in the first and second years of high school, but not so many."
Little Tiger couldn't help but ask: "Why doesn't Aunt Miao go to school at noon? And not in the afternoon?"
Gu Qi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is it the weekend?"
"No!" Little Tiger replied, "Yesterday was Tuesday, and I saw Aunt Miao with a tall and thin uncle. The last time was Friday, and I also saw them together. My school time is around three o'clock, shouldn't Aunt Miao be back in school?"
Forehead?
Gu Qi's heart skipped a beat!
Chen Xingling also looked suspicious and asked, "What uncle? Do you know him?"
"Yes!" Little Tiger replied, "I have seen him often before, but I don't know his name."
Chen Xingling thought for a moment and asked, "Before? When do you mean 'before'?"
"That was when we were still in our hometown in Beijing." Little Tiger answered crisply: "Erniu's mother said he was a second-rate person and told us to hide away from him if we saw him, otherwise he would sell us. However, I have never seen him sell children. Erniu's mother was probably trying to scare us."
Second rate guy?
Chen Xingling suddenly remembered and blurted out, "The second-rate son of the Chen family—Chen Nantai!"
Little Tiger blinked and asked, "Is his name Chen Nantai? Same last name as his mother, 'Chen'?"
"Yeah." Chen Xingling whispered, "It should be him. Tall and thin, with a ruffian look, right? There are only a few people from the capital nearby, and there is no one else except him."
Shangjing City is very far away from Yucheng City, one is in the north and the other is in the south, and it takes two days and two nights to travel by green train. Unless you have someone familiar to guide and take care of you, it is impossible to come here from afar.
Apart from their family, the only people nearby who came from the capital were Qin Tiantian and Chen Nantai.
Chen Nantai often wandered around the streets in his hometown, whether he had something to do or not, so he got the nickname "Second-rate Guy".
People around him just called him "second-rate guy" and no one called him by his name, so Xiao Huzi only recognized his nickname and appearance.
"Your aunt is with him? Really?"
Little Tiger nodded: "Yes, he was riding a bicycle with Aunt Miao. I saw it two or three times, and it was like this every time. It was quite far away, so I didn't call Aunt Miao."
Gu Qi's face didn't look very good, but he still calmly asked his son where exactly he met his younger sister and Chen Nantai.
Little Tiger answered them one by one.
Gu Qi had a feeling that something was not right, so he asked, "Hasn't my mother come here these days? Did she say anything?"
"No." Chen Xingling explained, "We have only been home in the evening and at night recently. Your two sisters are just finishing school at that time, and mother-in-law has to go home to prepare meals, so she doesn't have much time to come. Last weekend, she came to get eggs, and asked me to buy her a few slices of bacon, and then she hurried back home. Tomorrow is Saturday, and your sisters will be home after school in the afternoon. Otherwise, you can go back then."
It’s better to ask in person about things like this, and don’t be careless.
Gu Qi frowned slightly and nodded slowly.
"Okay, then I'll go upstairs and take a look after get off work tomorrow."
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