School days are good, because I stay at home with my mother-in-law and Qin Tiantian all day long. Four or five days pass by in a flash.
Seeing that Li Ying and Qin Tiantian seemed to be enjoying themselves, Chen Xingling could only pretend to casually talk about their studies and then changed the topic to Gu Xuan.
"We have finished our first mock exam today, and we will have two days off. Mom, has Xuan started his mock exam?"
Li Ying paused while chewing the pig's trotter, then frowned and said "ouch".
"How would I know from here? She has a lot of study tasks. She gets up early every morning and studies until midnight. Occasionally I ask her what she has learned, but she won't tell me."
Gu Yi said as he ate his meal, "The college entrance exam will be in two months, and there's not much time left. Mom, you must remember to give Xuan some nutrition. A full stomach and a good spirit will help him study better."
Li Ying couldn't help but think of the scene when she asked her neighbors to make steamed buns and steamed buns for her before her death, and a rare sense of guilt as an old mother welled up in her heart.
"Um... Hu Zi's mom, please book a ticket for me tomorrow. I can't stay here all the time. I have to go back and take care of the two students at home."
Chen Xingling nodded hurriedly: "My brother will come to pick me and Hu Zi up from my parents' home tomorrow. If there is a tractor coming soon, I will stop by the train station on the way."
"Tractor?!" Li Ying asked in confusion, "Where can I find a tractor?"
Chen Xingling calmly replied: "My house."
Little Tiger at the side explained excitedly: "Grandma, my grandma's family has a tractor - thump thump! thump thump! It's very loud when it's running, but it goes very fast!"
"Really?" Li Ying glanced at Chen Xingling and asked suspiciously, "Yours? Borrowed, right?"
Seeing his mother's face full of disbelief, Gu Yi lowered his voice and whispered to her.
"Mom, it was bought by my sister-in-law's brothers. Actually, my sister-in-law's family is not far from the city. The roads are smooth and easy to walk on. There are many houses. The economic conditions are really good. Each of my sister-in-law's brothers has a building, two rooms, two or three floors, a car, a tractor, and a radio. They are very rich."
Li Ying swallowed and rolled her eyes.
"Really? It's not... a fishing village in the countryside? Is it as good as you say? Are you kidding me?"
Gu Yi asked back, "Why would I lie to you? The countryside here is not as backward as ours. If you don't believe me, why don't you ask my sister-in-law to take you there tomorrow and you will believe it? My sister-in-law's family eats fish and shrimp every day, and the whole yard is full of seafood drying in the sun. It's enough for you to eat for a year or two, and you won't want to leave."
Li Ying was stunned and looked at Chen Xingling.
"Um... Hu Zi's mom, I haven't seen my in-laws much in these years, and I don't know how they are doing. You said I came all the way here, I should at least say hello, otherwise it would be embarrassing."
Chen Xingling secretly found it funny and asked, "What do you mean?"
Back then, her parents had a brief meeting with her mother-in-law. She was so pretentious and arrogant that to this day, her parents can't help but frown whenever they mention her.
For years she has been complaining about coming from a rural fishing village. It's time for her to see what some wealthy fishing villages look like.
"Prepare some things tomorrow." Li Yingshi said bluntly, "Prepare more. I will go with you to visit my in-laws."
She didn't want to be polite at all because she didn't pay for the things herself.
Chen Xingling didn't care much and said, "If you're not afraid of riding a tractor, come back with us. However, we will stay there overnight and come back the day after tomorrow."
"That--that's not possible!" Li Ying refused.
Zhao Xiaoxing, who was standing by, had her eyes twinkling slightly, and whispered, "Mother-in-law, my sister-in-law's family has a lot of space, enough for many people to stay."
Li Ying shook her head in disdain: "What's so good about living in the countryside? My son's apartment is spacious and bright, but I don't even like living there. I'll go out tomorrow morning and be back in the evening. At most, I'll have a meal there."
"It's up to you." Chen Xingling reminded: "Remember to pack your luggage in advance. The train ticket may be the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Don't forget anything in a hurry."
Li Ying couldn't help looking into the small room and muttered, "I don't know where Tiantian has gone. She's nowhere to be seen all day! Her luggage is in a mess. I'm too lazy to even look at it."
Chen Xingling raised his eyebrows slightly and couldn't help asking, "What does she do every day? I haven't seen her come back for dinner in a few days."
"She leaves early and comes back late." Gu Yi sneered, "If you don't know, you would think she is busy at work every day! She hangs around in various departments all day long, and always talks nonsense in my brother's name. If she and my mother were not going back soon, I would really want to scold her and slap her twice!"
Everyone looked at each other and looked at Gu Yi curiously.
Zhao Xiaoxing lowered her voice and said, "She...she dresses up beautifully every day. This morning, she spent almost an hour fiddling with her face before going out. She just said she wouldn't be back for dinner, and then she went downstairs."
Gu Yi said disdainfully, "She dresses up all day and flirts with Guo Shijing. There are many people in the factory, and all departments eat together all day. There are many people who like to gossip, so the news spread quickly."
"Guo Shijing?" Chen Xingling thought about it carefully and asked, "Director Guo's son?"
Gu Yi nodded and glanced at his old mother with dissatisfaction.
"Mom, why did you bring her along if you came by yourself? I've already told you that she is not an easy person to deal with. She is just as hypocritical and disgusting as her father!"
"What the hell!" Li Ying couldn't stand it any longer and frowned and muttered, "What are you yelling about! If she hadn't told me in time, I wouldn't have known that you were doing something behind my back! She said she wanted to accompany me, could I say no? It's such a long way, and Xuan and Miao still have to go to school, who can I rely on? Thanks to her for taking care of me and talking to me on the way, otherwise I would have suffocated to death on the train alone!"
Gu Yi was slightly stunned, narrowed his eyes and asked: "How did she know about Xiao Xing and me? Huh?"
Li Ying avoided his gaze and lowered his head to eat.
Chen Xingling raised his eyebrows suspiciously and whispered seductively: "Mom, now that things have come to this, you have agreed with Ayi and Xiaoxing, so it doesn't matter if you say it out loud."
"Mom, tell me quickly!" Gu Yi said in a rough voice.
Li Ying was startled and glared at her son.
"What? Why are you shouting so loud?! Tiantian said that she learned it from reading a book, and she said it was absolutely true! Could it be fake? Humph! She didn't lie to me!"
Gu Yi asked in a deep voice: "Yueshu? Lin Yueshu?"
"Who else could it be except him!" Li Ying said unhappily, "You and him are best friends! If there is anything, you would rather tell him than your own mother!"
Gu Yi's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth: "It's him again..."
You are such a good guy, Lin Yueshu! He thought he was a good brother, but he came to trick him again and again!
He trusted him so much, but he turned around and betrayed himself!
What a fucking bastard!
Chen Xingling was not surprised at all. He whispered, "I warned you before. It doesn't count this time. Every failure is a lesson. You must be extra careful with this person in the future."
"I understand, sister-in-law." Gu Yi nodded slowly, his eyes full of hatred.
Zhao Xiaoxing on the side wanted to say something but stopped herself. She looked at her mother-in-law with fear and finally swallowed her words and dared not speak out.
Chen Xingling was still thinking about the previous topic, and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Ayi, you just said that Qin Tiantian is dating Director Guo's son?"
"I can't help but get angry when I talk about this!" Gu Yi was furious. "She flaunted herself everywhere saying that she was Gu Qi's sister, causing many people to come to me to inquire about her. I was so angry that I quickly explained that my sister was studying in my hometown in Shangjing and had never come here. Girls don't care about their reputations, but she is so good! She flirts with men and uses Ah Xuan and Ah Miao's reputations to tarnish her reputation!"
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