After Xia Linbei said this, he and Yu Sui looked at each other and both smiled helplessly.
The atmosphere is much better.
Yu Sui: "Have you told your sister about the child?"
Xia Lin said: "I said, I said that we should take the two nieces together. My eldest sister said that we should ask mother about this matter to see what mother has plans. What mother is worried about now is the miscellaneous expenses and living expenses for the rest of the trip. Although the tuition is not high, the family has also made up the accounts. What doesn't cost money when going out? Travel expenses, food, miscellaneous expenses, accommodation expenses, etc. add up, it will cost a hundred or eighty yuan.
I immediately suggested that if Mom could help take care of our children, I'd pay for Yu Cheng's college tuition and bring my two sisters' children along. My eldest sister was a little embarrassed and said she'd wait until she got back and asked Mom before giving her an answer. I told her we'd call again at 2 p.m. the following afternoon.
Yu Sui nodded. "You're right. If my mother goes to the capital, Yu Cheng and I can reunite and take my sister's two children with us. That would be great. How about this? I'll call my sister at the post office this afternoon, and we'll decide directly."
"That's fine." Xia Linye kept an eye on Yu Sui's mood. "Then, what do you think about how to deal with Xiao'e's matter?"
Yu Sui gave a bitter smile, but ultimately didn't want to vent her anger on Xia Lin for this matter:
"What should I say? I could report someone like Li Afen for opening my letters privately! Of course, I'm too busy to actually report her, but if she did that, I'd definitely hate her daughter as well.
Besides, if I need help, why not find an experienced nanny? Why would I want a teenager to look after my only son? Do I have no money or do I just want to suffer? Li Afen is really crazy! I won't interfere with how you deal with Xia Xiao'e. Anyway, I won't let her take care of the child. "
Xia Lin nodded: "I understand. I'll tell her later to rest here for two days, and then I'll buy her a ticket to send her back home."
Yu Sui had to remind him, "Old Xia, don't forget. We didn't know she was coming here, so anything that happened on the way had nothing to do with us. But if she has to go back, and no one is there to see her off, if anything happens, it will be our responsibility. We will have to bear the responsibility for the rest of our lives."
"..." Xia Lin was silent for a while, and then he said, "I understand. I'll find a way."
Yu Sui didn't say anything more, after all, they still had to prepare dinner.
In the kitchen, Xia Lin was holding her son, Yu Sui was cooking, and Xia Xiao'e came out.
After a good sleep, she looked energetic, but when she saw Xia Linpao, she hid behind the door feeling a little guilty.
Xia Linye, holding the child in her arms, didn't dare to speak loudly. She pointed at the bench outside and said coldly, "Come and sit here. I want to ask you a question!"
Xia Xiao'e didn't dare to sit down and took the initiative to say:
"Brother, I know what you want to ask, and I'll tell you. My mother was in the brigade, and when she heard the post office say there was a letter from the north, she secretly brought it home and showed it to our father. He read it and learned that my sister-in-law had been admitted to university and asked my in-laws to stay with us and raise the children. They said you only cared about the Yu family, not us, the Xia family. Why didn't you tell us about this good news that could benefit the capital?"
Our father also said that our eldest brother is a high-ranking official, and our eldest sister-in-law is a university graduate, and will be cadres in the future. We have endless delicious food at home, and we have endless money, but you don’t think about us at all, and let us live a hard life in our hometown. You are so unfilial.
The two of them scolded you for a long time. Finally, mother said, there is nothing we can do. You are far away. Even if we want to take advantage of you, we can't. But we can't let Sun Yuying take advantage of us either. The letter must not be known to Sun Yuying, otherwise she will be unable to get away with it.
Mother then said, "Didn't the boss write down the time? Since we're in a hurry, let me come." She also meant that she was asking me to come to please my sister-in-law, saying that she was too strong to be bullied easily, and that if hard tactics didn't work, she'd try soft tactics. She wanted me to come here to help with the work, to be more diligent, and to eat less.
Actually, I didn't want to come. I'd never been out of the house. Even though my sister-in-law and I were from the same brigade, we weren't very familiar with each other. My mother had repeatedly told me how awful my sister-in-law was, and I was afraid. But my mother...she insisted I come! Otherwise, she'd make me go to Paralytic Zhao's house to learn tailoring. I'd heard that Paralytic Zhao was disgusting and required apprentices to take care of his excrement and urine. Thinking about it, it seemed better to come to my brother and sister-in-law's place, so I...had no choice but to agree.
Xia Xiao'e spoke these words fluently, without any intention of hiding anything for her parents. At the same time, it also basically proved that she did not lie.
Yu Sui observed quietly and felt that this girl seemed to be a little clearer-headed than her mother. At least she knew that at this time, it would be unwise not to speak from the perspective of a mother.
Moreover, Yu Sui had also heard about the story of the paralytic Zhao from Yu Hemiao.
This man is an old man with paralyzed lower body, but his tailoring skills are very good. In the past, most tailors sewed by hand, and a few could also use hand-crank sewing machines. So although he is disabled, dozens of people around like to ask him to make clothes. So he is one of the few people in this poor generation who lives a very comfortable life.
Zhao the Paralytic has never been married, so he doesn't need to accept an apprentice like other families do, where they have to do three or five things for him and offer him various expensive gifts before he can teach him. He just wants the apprentice to take care of his food, drink, and toilet.
In this generation, this alone has become the reason why many families are willing to send their children to learn a skill.
Moreover, everyone believed that since he was a paraplegic, he had no ability to do bad things. Most families with daughters who wanted to learn tailoring would choose to send them to him - it would save money and be relatively safe.
But Yu Sui had heard from Yu Hemiao that this man was actually very bad. He always recruited teenage girls and would use all kinds of subtle means to bully them. However, most teenage girls were not mentally mature enough and wanted to save face, so they were too embarrassed to say anything even if they were bullied.
The bad and disgusting deeds of the paralytic Zhao Yu were only spread among the young girls and wives who were close to him.
The adults only saw that learning a skill from him would help him become an apprentice and make money earlier, so they always regarded him as a good person!
As soon as Xia Lin heard what Xia Xiao'e said, she immediately said, "What's wrong with learning a craft from Paralytic Zhao? At least you don't have to pay to learn from him, and most people can earn money after becoming apprentices. But you refuse. Once a teacher, always a master. Isn't it normal to take care of his shit and urine? You're just lazy, aren't you?"
Xia Xiao'e was anxious: "Brother, I'm not lazy! I do all the housework at home! If not, would mother ask me to come? Wouldn't she have asked my second brother to come and enjoy the good life a long time ago? She just wanted to please you, so she asked me to work for you! So I'm not lazy! I'm the least lazy person in our family!"
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