chapter 3

Besides, if she catches a fever or catches a cold tonight, she might even let her stay here.

Her own house is small and crowded, and she still doesn't have a bed of her own. The house that Second Aunt was assigned is large and spacious, and the room specially prepared for Grandma is empty. She has long wanted to come and live here, but Second Aunt won't let her.

Now that she is sick because of making medicine for Luzhu, she has no reason to refuse. Moreover, Luzhu has been recuperating at home recently, and she will definitely stew a lot of broth and tonic food at night. She must enjoy it in any way.

Not to mention that living together will make it easier to ask for money. Maybe she can find a place to hide money. If she gets more money, she will have less hardship in the countryside, and her future husband will have more capital to start a business.

Thinking about this, she became more excited, and the frequency of looking at the alley increased sharply.

There was the sound of a bicycle in her ears, and she turned her head to see that Second Uncle had returned. She immediately fanned herself hard, acting very seriously, coughing from time to time, pretending to be in great trouble.

When the bicycle stopped, Bai Zhenzhu coughed twice again, shrunk her shoulders, and smiled obediently: "Second Uncle, you're off work. Luzhu is delicate and feels sick when she smells the Chinese medicine. I've been sitting here boiling the medicine all afternoon. It's so windy and cold today."

Seeing Bai Zhenzhu like this, Bai Yueming's anger grew.

She would rather be exposed to the cold northwest wind all afternoon than boil this medicine to harm his daughter. He never knew that his niece, who usually looks obedient, is so vicious!

Bai Yueming kicked the coal stove hard, and the Chinese medicine was scattered all over the floor.

The coal stove continued to burn on the ground. He grabbed the remaining medicine bag on the side, grabbed the frightened Bai Zhenzhu, and strode out.

Bai Zhenzhu was so scared that her face turned pale. Her arm was pinched so hard that it hurt. She screamed, "Ah! Second Uncle! What are you doing!"

Seeing Ge Changhui riding back on her bike, she screamed even louder and struggled hard, "Second Aunt! What is Second Uncle doing?"

However, Bai Yueming was a veteran and had been moving and unloading goods all year round. It was impossible for a lazy person like her who would rather lie down than sit to get through it. After struggling for a long time, she still didn't move and was dragged out.

Ge Changhui ignored him with a stern face and rode her bike to the door of her house. She was afraid of a fire and helped to pick up the stove that had fallen on the ground.

Bai Luzhu took out a rope from the basket, made a rope buckle, put it on the mouth of the Chinese medicine jar, and then pulled it hard on both sides to tighten it completely and lifted it up.

After cleaning up the stove and looking at the Chinese medicine soup all over the floor, Ge Changhui didn't want to continue cleaning up. She told her daughter: "Be careful of the burns. Your dad is the same. He loses his brain when he's impulsive. If you don't bring the evidence over, can you just rely on your mouth to explain it?"

The mother and daughter rode their bicycles but couldn't catch up with Bai Yueming's pace, which shows how angry he was.

There are dozens of families living in the textile factory compound. The houses are small and there are many people. Things are piled up in the yard, even outside the gate, leaving only one path for bicycles to go. It is messy and cramped, and it is crowded.

Parking the bicycle outside the yard, the mother and daughter lifted the clothes that had not been collected on the drying line all the way, and walked into the yard carefully to avoid stepping on the debris next to them.

Bai Yueguang's family lives on the first floor. Bai Yueming dragged his niece into the compound and was seen by many people.

Although there were no people around the door, some old ladies sitting at the door picking vegetables, children who had just finished school to help their family wash rice, women cooking under the window, and a few men squatting and smoking, were doing things with their hands, and their eyes and ears were not idle, always paying attention to the Bai family.

"Did the third girl come to you and talk about the furniture, making you unhappy? His second uncle, the child is immature, don't take it seriously."

"Humph, what's the big deal if she said it? Is it necessary to make you so angry?"

As soon as I entered the door, I heard the conversation between my uncle and aunt. The house has two bedrooms and a living room. The living room is divided into two rooms by a large wardrobe. Cooking is done in the kitchen outside the window. At this time, the window is open, and the whole house is full of oil smoke.

There are eight people living in this house.

Grandma, uncle and his wife, eldest cousin, two cousins, and one cousin.

The eldest aunt looks honest, but she is a smart person. When she saw them, she smiled, "His second aunt and Luzhu are here."

Grandma Zhao Cui'e sat on the only sofa and waved at her, "Luzhu, what's wrong with your father?"

In the past, my uncle would smile a little when he saw her, and she smiled even more after she got engaged to the He family in the city.

Ever since he knew that her parents bought a dowry of 1,200 yuan, every time he saw her, the corners of his mouth collapsed into a line, and he would make a few sarcastic remarks from time to time.

Now she and her father were mocking him together: "The rich are here, it really makes my poor family shine."

Bai Yueming lost his previous fury after hearing this, his face and eyes were as cold as ice as he scanned the people: "Because of a big wardrobe, you are doing something behind the scenes to hurt Luzhu!"

The Bai family knew that this was when he was really angry and ruthless. After all, he had been on the battlefield, and when his face was gloomy, there was a momentum that people dared not look directly at.

"His second uncle, what do you mean? Who is doing something behind the scenes to hurt Luzhu?" Although she felt it was inexplicable, Xu Hongmei did not confront him head-on, and softened her voice to ask.

Knowing that her brother-in-law usually did not respond to force, it was not that they had never had conflicts in the past, and she would never be able to fight him head-on. As long as he gave in, and with the help of his old mother, the other party would not be cruel, and he would give money and things.

"Who has the guts to hurt Luzhu?" Bai Yueguang didn't take it seriously and still planned to continue to show his power. He actually spent 1,200 yuan to buy a dowry for a little girl. What a fool!

Seeing that his niece was so angry, he continued, "Luzhu, you are so prosperous wherever you go now. Look at how your brother lives. He has a bed in the living room. He has no job and no wife. Even the marriage proposal doesn't like him. Don't you feel guilty?"

Bai Luzhu stopped her father who wanted to reply, walked to the boy who was playing cards, patted his shoulder and said,

"Zhicheng, why don't you call me dad in the future? I will definitely not be as useless as your previous dad, and I will not be as shameless as him!"

The cards in Bai Zhicheng's hand flew out in a flash, and the crying Bai Zhenzhu was so shocked that her eyes hung on her face, and she looked at her with her mouth slightly open.

Everyone was stunned, even her parents' eyes were wide open.

"Bang!"

Bai Yueguang slammed the table and yelled angrily, "Luzhu! What nonsense are you talking about!"

Luzhu ignored the person showing off behind her and touched her cousin's crew cut. "Your father is much happier than you. When he was young, he relied on his brother to find a job, to marry a wife, and to raise children. He gave birth to children one after another and never considered what you would eat and drink after you were born. His daughter slept in a box when she grew up, and his son slept on the balcony when he grew up. His wife and children were suffering. He was blind and could not see. He had to watch his incompetent father asking others for money. His life must have been very difficult, right?"

"My parents didn't want to adopt you. You come and be my son. Anyway, your previous father has been a role model for decades. He occupied your old mother and had the confidence. The older one still sucked the blood of the younger one for half his life. With this example, we don't have to care about any ethical rules. You come and be my son, and in the future you will treat your second uncle as your grandfather. Houses and marrying a wife won't be a problem for you."

"Bang!"

Bai Yueguang's face flushed and his hair stood on end. He slammed the table. "Bai Yueming, you don't care..."

"Dad!" Bai Zhicheng suddenly shouted at Bai Luzhu, interrupting his father's words and shocking the whole audience.

The room instantly became silent.

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