Fried melon seeds

Chen Jiao has lived in the village all her life, but she also watches videos on her smartphone. She subconsciously pricked up her ears and always felt that there was something behind what Song Shixia said.

Li Mengxuan didn't understand what Song Shixia meant, she just thought she was being pretentious. However, she didn't dare to continue to offend Song Shixia. If the guard booth called her husband, she would be beaten up again when she got home.

Her husband is a perfect man in the eyes of outsiders, but Li Mengxuan's competitive spirit does not allow others to know the hurt she suffered at home. She knows that many women in the hutong envy her for finding a good job with the help of her father-in-law, and she only needs to sit in the office and write every day.

As long as she was not beaten to death, she had to keep this matter to herself and not let anyone know. She let Huo Kai know in order to stimulate his desire to protect her so that he could contact Professor Ji. She knew how honest and easy to deceive Huo Kai was. Who knew that she would be turned down by Song Shixia? Some people appear to be kind and generous, but they are so petty that they are unwilling to help even if they say a word.

Li Mengxuan was at a loss and left in a hurry with her daughter.

Of course Chen Jiao was trying to scare Li Mengxue. The check at the guard booth was not that strict. At most, they would stop investigating if they found out that Li Mengxuan's unit had confirmed the existence of such a person.

But Li Mengxuan was unaware of this, so she was frightened out of her wits.

Song Shixia pushed Professor Ji upstairs.

"Now it's our turn to talk about the topic of our female compatriots. Please continue with your work."

Ji Weiqing smiled and shook his head.

"Okay, I won't bother you."

Song Shixia poured a plate of melon seeds and peanuts, and Aunt Feng was immediately happy.

"You are so well prepared."

It's all for the sake of taking care of Chen Jiao's mood. If we comfort her now, Chen Jiao might get even worse. It's better for everyone to just joke about it with a bystander's attitude.

"Yes, I will register for the new semester tomorrow, and you two will also have to register for night school next week, so we will have fewer opportunities to meet in the future."

Aunt Feng grabbed a handful of roasted melon seeds.

"You want to live in the dormitory? Night school is only held on Saturdays and Sundays."

Song Shixia held his forehead with one hand and sighed.

"Look at my memory. Recently my elder brother arranged for my younger brother to transfer to another school. I was so busy helping him contact the teacher that I forgot everything."

Aunt Feng couldn't help but say, "You're really busy all day. You're even busier than us who work all day when you're not at work. Fortunately, your sister-in-law got into college and doesn't live at home anymore. Your mother-in-law will help you take care of the children, so you can relax when you go to college."

Song Shixia smiled and said, "My parents-in-law are old, they can't always rely on others to help them. When the two children sign up for the first grade at the beginning of the school year, their class times will be similar to mine. Maybe I can even pick them up after school."

Chen Jiao held the teacup in her hand. The heat-clearing green tea in her hand was as cool as her heart.

She had been troubled before, wondering what would happen to her children if she went out to work. Now she no longer has to worry about it. Why should she care about the life and death of an ungrateful person?

Aunt Feng, which pot is not open, which pot is not open,

"You don't have to worry about no one taking care of your child while he's in night school. It's easier for you if the little ungrateful kid leaves with his own mother."

Chen Jiao smiled bitterly and said, "How could my mother-in-law let me go so easily? She will definitely ask Li Mengxuan for support for the past few years."

Aunt Feng was shocked: "What? Li Mengxuan never gave me child support?!"

Chen Jiao was helpless: "What can I give? Huo Kai is the only one who uses his salary to support the two children. Li Mengxuan left the children behind and never thought about coming back. How could she possibly give alimony? It's only Huo Kai who cares about the relationship between the two of them and didn't ask his ex-wife for it."

Aunt Feng was hesitant to talk. No wonder Chen Jiao didn't look like a spendthrift person. Huo Kai's salary should be enough to cover the family's expenses, but Chen Jiao was so poor that she couldn't even afford to buy new clothes.

Aunt Feng sighed and said, "Tell me what Huo Kai wants. His ex-wife kicked him out and sent him back to the city, but he still thinks about her."

Song Shixia commented while eating melon seeds: "Maybe he is unwilling to accept it, or maybe he has low self-esteem. He always thinks that one day he will slap his ex-wife in the face and let the person who abandoned him know how wrong her decision was."

It is not quite like that to say that Huo Kai can't forget his old love for Li Mengxuan. His self-esteem as a man has been trampled on by Li Mengxuan, so he wants to show off in front of her and make Li Mengxuan regret her decision to abandon her husband and children. Unfortunately, Li Mengxuan did not regret it even after she remarried and was subjected to domestic violence.

Chen Jiao's reaction was that she didn't care.

"Whatever he thinks, it has nothing to do with me. He can remarry his ex-wife if he wants. But he should help Li Mengxuan not to involve me. I'm sorry for causing you trouble today."

Song Shixia didn't care: "You didn't bring anyone here. Your little girl has already noticed that she is not close to you. You don't have to blame yourself. Just think of it as coming here to see the excitement today."

Aunt Feng looked at Chen Jiao in surprise.

"You don't want to live with him anymore? But what will happen to your household registration after the divorce? Your parents and sister-in-law don't sound like good people."

When Song Shixia met Aunt Feng on the day she returned home, she asked Aunt Feng to tell Chen Jiao that Chen Jiao's parents had pretended to be sick and came to their house. She was worried that she was busy and had forgotten about it, so she told Chen Jiao in advance so that she could be prepared.

Aunt Feng probably understood that the situation in Chen Jiao's family was not optimistic. If Chen Jiao got divorced, she might only have one choice, which was to return to her hometown, which was like returning to the wolf's den.

Chen Jiao smiled bitterly.

"Why do you want a divorce? After two setbacks, I understand that we women have to be strong on our own. Another advantage of Hawke is that he doesn't control what I do."

Song Shixia understood what Chen Jiao meant. In her previous life, Chen Jiao married an unpromising husband, and her son became an ungrateful person. In this life, she married a normal person, but unfortunately he was indecisive and had an ungrateful child.

"I figured it out. Didn't we see people setting up stalls when we went shopping? I'm going to set up a stall too. I'll come back after we finish our night school on Saturday and Sunday."

Aunt Feng was a little worried: "Setting up a stall? Wouldn't that be unsafe?"

"It's okay. I happen to know someone who has channels and sources of goods. I can't expect to be robbed when selling clothes and pants."

Chen Jiao finally realized that she was a reborn girl. She no longer relied on men but rose on her own. Song Shixia nodded with relief.

"Sure. If you can't come back too late at night, you can stay in my winery dormitory. You might meet another girl who is my high school classmate."

Chen Jiao expressed her gratitude sincerely: "Thank you. I have also considered whether to rent a house outside. I will pay you the rent."

Song Shixia waved her hand and said, "No need. I usually go to the staff dormitory to do the accounting and sit for a while. You can live here as long as you keep it clean." If no one was living there, she would worry about cobwebs.

Aunt Feng smiled contentedly and said, "Don't be polite with Comrade Xiao Song. She is a very honest person and never speaks falsely to you. If you feel bad for her, just help her clean up the leaves in the yard of the winery. She will be very grateful to you."

Song Shixia didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Someone is cleaning the yard of the winery, don't bother. It's just an idle room anyway, I'm just worried that the girl is scared to live alone, you two women can team up."

After school started, Liu Zhaodi probably went there to work part-time on Saturdays and Sundays, and happened to run into Chen Jiao.

Having said this, everyone stopped being polite to each other, and Chen Jiao silently kept this kindness in her heart.

Mrs. Feng suddenly clapped her hands: "What about Huo Kai's son? Li Mengxuan only wants a daughter. I didn't expect that there are still people who like concubines these days."

Nowadays, every family doesn't like a son. If they have a daughter, they will complain that she is taking up the quota. If they meet cruel parents, they will just throw the girl away.

Chen Jiao said calmly, "I'm not at home only on Saturdays and Sundays. Huo Kai looks after him."

Even if Huo Li didn't show up today, in her heart, she couldn't get to know either of the two children in the Huo family well. Huo Li's coldness towards everyone seemed to make her treat them equally.

Aunt Feng: "Fortunately you don't have children, otherwise you wouldn't be so free now."

"Yes, I don't want to have a baby. Giving birth is like entering the gates of hell for women. I'm afraid of death."

After Chen Jiao and Huo Kai got together, she made it clear that she did not want to have children and that she could treat his two children as her own. She was not selfless, but she was afraid that she would give birth to a son from her previous life, so she simply did not want children.

I thought that I could warm the hearts of the two children over time, but who would have thought that being a stepmother is difficult, especially to sensible children who only have the status of a biological mother in their hearts.

Huo Li is innocent, but she was deeply hurt by Huo Xuan today.

Aunt Feng thought that Jiaye was joking and started teasing Song Shixia again.

"When are you going to give birth? Now that you've been admitted to this university, isn't it time for you to give birth?"

Song Shixia almost accidentally spit out the tea she had just drunk.

"I'm not going to have a baby for now. I can't go to school with a baby bump."

Aunt Feng glared at them and said, "You two are so afraid of childbirth. It's actually not that painful. You just have to grit your teeth and get through it."

Chen Jiao's tone was full of envy: "If I had these two good kids like her, I would not have a child at all."

Song Shixia nodded in agreement: "Yes, my two little babies are so well-behaved. Why would I want to have more children when I have such well-behaved children at home?"

Aunt Feng lowered her voice and said, "You really don't want to give birth? After all, he's not your biological child. What if he grows up and finds out you're his stepmother?"

If it were in the past, Aunt Feng would never say such a thing, but now the relationship between the three is getting better and better, especially after experiencing the conflict between Chen Jiao and the children today, Aunt Feng began to worry about Song Shixia.

"My children will not become like that. If blood ties are more important to them than the grace of raising them, then I am blind."

Song Shixia thinks that the two children actually know that she is a stepmother. It is not easy to deceive children. When they first met, Ji Yuan hesitated to call her mother, and Ji Yang called her after a while of contact. This shows that they all know that the two children have never seen their biological mother, but met a strange "mother" who is very kind to them, so they are willing to accept it.

"You are gambling! You can just have one child. It's not against the law for you to have another child in your family's situation."

Song Shixia's lips curled up slightly: "If I want to have a baby, I'll wait until I graduate from university." Anyway, if I encounter the problem of induced labor, I can just postpone it.

Seeing that her persuasion was of no use, Aunt Feng looked at Chen Jiao who was looking worried. What was going on?

After the guests left, Song Shixia moved his own small treasury and opened the door of the study.

"I found a treasure at home this time. Do you know any of them?"

"What treasure? Ginseng again?"