Chapter 12

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Translator: Alyssa

Editor: Sei

Urban housing in this era is in short supply, even compared to the 21st century. Basically, the whole family lives in the same house. Pull a curtain to separate it, and it becomes a private space. A half-year-old child can sleep in a bed, and even that is in a very good condition.

Although Xu Jiansheng is a cadre in the mine, his house is not too big. In a two-room house, the small living room can only fit a table.

One room is the master bedroom, with blue checkered sheets and curtains, and a bottle of flowers on the bedside table, which looks very warm. The other room is for the children, two big bed, one for two nephews and one for two nieces. There are also two desks. There are neat school supplies and books on it.

The whole house will make people feel that this family is very happy and the hostess is in good faith.

Xu Xiaoman looked at the children’s room with envy, but she didn’t dare to step in. It looked very cramped. Xu Nannan didn’t care about anything, and looked at Xu Jiansheng’s home in and out. She thinks the two couple living in the city are quite good. What a family that loves each other.

Fortunately, the original owner has never entered the city since she returned to her hometown. Otherwise, seeing this scene, I am afraid that she will faint with anger.

“Nannan, Xiaoman have something to eat first.”

Xu Jiansheng came in with two bowls and chopsticks.

Xu Nannan took Xu Xiaoman to sit at the table. Looking at the noodles floating in the bowl, there was no expression on her face.

Xu Jiansheng was a little embarrassed, “Your mother said that there is not enough food at home. I will go out and borrow some money later.”

“Dad, how did you live like this in the city.” Xu Nannan said directly, looking straight at Xu Jiansheng with big dark eyes. The question made him feel embarrassed, and he did not take her gaze back.

“Do you think we have a good life?” Li Jing frowned and walked in from the outside, followed by a little girl in an old blue flower short coat. The little girl was very thin and looked timid. She looked at Xu Nannan with a look of expectation, but she didn’t dare to come close.

Xu Nannan’s heart was a little soft, but it was only for a moment. She looked at Li Jing, “Last time sister Honghong came back, I saw that they bought a lot of school supplies. I thought my family had a good life. Since they can even eat full meals. And now you’re saying that all money are gone, but there’s still money to buy school equipment. I heard it’s a high-end product in the city.”

“What’s wrong, you are trying to compare with your cousin sister Honghong. They are scholars, and how do you even compare with them? Your cousin Honghong has a good grades, and is about to take a high school entrance examination, and will be a college student in the future. When she graduates, she will earn a lot of money.”

Li Jing said with an upset expression.

“It’s up to me to find out whether she has a good grades in school.” Xu Nannan grinned.

“Nannan, why did you talk to your mother like that?” Xu Jiansheng also frowned.

He felt wronged by the girl before, so the girl turned her face, and he didn’t have any episodes. But the child really became more ignorant, and even talked back to her mother.

“What am I talking about? Dad, you know how long I lived at home, and you know why I talk like that? Sister Honghong is studying in the city, taking high school exams, while I work in the countryside, and i accepted that. But what do you want? Let me be married to a fool? I’m only fifteen years old and this is a new society. How can you treat me this way?”

Xu Nannan said with tears in her eyes.

Xu Jiansheng choked, he didn’t know what to say about this matter. You can’t tell the child directly that your grandma is wrong. Isn’t that a disrespect for the elders?

Even if the elder is wrong, he just acknowledge it in his heart, but he don’t dare say it. Not even mention it to the children.

“Crying and crying to even let people see it, and think you have suffered some great grievances. I think your grandma is right. Life is not good at home, you can live in someone else’s house. Live a good life. That Hu Tiejian, I have also heard of it when I was at home. He used to help with steel making, but now he can make kitchen knives and other kitchen tools. There is only one son in the family. Isn’t it all yours in the future? Don’t you compare yourself with your sister Honghong. They came out of learning books while you don’t know a big Chinese character, and the long one is not that good. You can say that such an in-law’s family is too bad for you.”

Li Jing said later, her face became more cordial, like a loving mother persuading a rebellious girl.

After speaking, she looked at Xu Jiansheng, “When I first married you, I was only seventeen or eighteen years old. Although Nannan is a little bit younger, it’s not too late to meet a good husband’s house. Besides, It’s Mom after all, it’s an old person. As children, we must respect the old lady’s arrangements.”

Xu Jiansheng has always had no opinion on family matters. Hearing his wife say this, he was a little moved, and his eyes began to waver when he looked at Xu Nannan.

“Bah!” Xu Nannan stood up directly. “I thought I came to the city to look for you so you can persuade grandma not to sell me. I didn’t expect you to have the same idea as grandma. Am I not your daughter anymore? Is there anyone else who allows her young child to marry a fool?”

Xu Xiaoman was scared and cried, “My sister won’t marry a fool.”

Xu Nannan resolutely said, “If you let me marry someone, I will go to the mine to find someone who could help. Anyway, I am also a worker’s child, and they can’t ignore me.”

Unexpectedly, the always honest children would dare to make noise in front of their parents. Li Jing looked at the two children in surprise, and then rose in anger, “What’s the matter, you want to shake the sky?! Do you still have us as your parents in your heart? No wonder your grandma wants to marry you out with a fool. If you are like this in front of me and your dad, can you still be more honest at home?”

Li Jing feels really embarrassed. She is smart and clever to raise two nieces by herself, so how come her daughters have grown up like this?

Fortunately, her daughter was not raised by her, and this is not counted as her responsibility.

She waved her hand, “No matter what you say, it’s useless, you have to go back anyway. You have to eat quickly, and you will ask your dad to ask for leave to take you back.” After a long delay, a lot of money will be wasted. This kid is really ignorant.

Xu Jiansheng looked at Xu Nannan, “Nannan, you go home first, and wait for me and your grandmother to have a good talk. I will also go see the situation of that family…”

This is to marry her.

Xu Nannan felt that she and the couple had nothing else to discuss. Anyway, when she came, she didn’t count on the couple in the first place. The attitude of the two of them at the moment was also expected by her.

Although this time, she knew clearly the virtues of the couple.

Xu Jiansheng is stupid and filial, which is considered a reason, but why on earth is Li Jing so cruel to her very own daughters? This is unreasonable.

Xu Nannan couldn’t figure it out, and neither could the original owner from her memories.

Looking at the stubborn look on Xu Nannan’s face, Li Jing felt even more disgust in her heart.

These children were born to kill her!

As a close servant of the landlord’s lady since childhood, Li Jing felt reluctant to admit her fate in her heart. Why should she be inferior to others? Why does she have to serve people from birth?

When she married Xu Jiansheng, It was because the other party was a soldier, and she felt that she was married and could always get rid of this fate as maid’s life anyway. So she went to Mrs. Xu on her own initiative and married Xu Jiansheng, whose life and death was unknown.

She was convinced that even God was helping her, because when Xu Jiansheng came back, he became an official. She became the officer’s wife, and her status suddenly rose. Regardless of who it is, they looked at her highly.

In her eyes, the identity of the officer’s wife is simply her lifeblood. But her own status is not high, and the old lady is increasingly dissatisfied with her. She desperately wants to consolidate her marriage with Xu Jiansheng, so she wants and desire to have a son more and more as time passes by.

But she didn’t expect her first child to be a girl!

After giving birth to a girl, her life in Xu’s family was even more sad. Xu Jiansheng returned from another job and worked as a cadre in a mine in the county town. There are many unmarried young women in the mine.

Li Jing complained more and more about this eldest daughter, feeling that it was because she was a girl that her current position was unstable. And since she gave birth to the eldest daughter, she has not been pregnant, and began to wonder if she hurt her body when she gave birth to the eldest daughter.

After struggling to spend the most difficult years, she finally got pregnant again, and it turned out to be another girl.

Now, not only did the family members have opinions on her, but even the women in the mine began to laugh at her secretly.

Her children were born to shame her!

The shameful children went back to the country, and after taking in Honghong and the others, she started to live well. The old lady didn’t dare to shake her face at her, and the sister-in-law also wanted to please her face. And even in the mine, those people praised her for taking care of her nephew and niece.

No one can compare to Li Jing’s generous treatment.

But now this shameful child is here again, and she will shame her again! Li Jing gritted her teeth bitterly.

Xu Nannan tilted the corner of her mouth, turning a blind eye to her eyes. Who is afraid of whom?

“Auntie, we are back.”

Laughter came from outside the door. The girl smiled like a silver bell, obviously in a good mood.

Hearing the sound, the hostility on Li Jing’s face was swept away, she immediately stood up with a smile on her face, and walked out, “You are back, how are you at school today? You have to study hard to have great ability in the future.” The mouth is fully taught.

A few children came in from outside wearing a green leather schoolbag. The girl at the head is slender, but not short, with straight bangs and two braids. The clothes on her body are neat and tidy, and she looks like a student at first glance. The girl who came in behind had ponytails and a red coat with a slight baby fat on her face. The eyes flickered and looked very bright.

The other two boys kept their heads and their clothes were the same.

After they entered the city, they often went back to their hometown to see the old lady. Xu Nannan naturally knew that the braided girl was Xu Meizi, the daughter of third aunt Liu Qiao, and the ponytail behind was Xu Hong, the daughter of Zhang Cuiqin.

The slightly bigger boy in front is Xu Lei. The small, honest-looking boy who was followed by Xu Long.

TL Note: Xu Hong and Xu Lei are children of Zhang Cuiqin, while Xu Meizi and Xu Long are children of Liu Qiao.

Seeing the few people coming back, Xu Nannan’s expression didn’t change at all, but a few people saw Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaoman coming and they all showed expressions of surprise.

“Erya, Siya, what are you doing here. When did you get here?” Xu Hong opened her eyes and ran over to stare at the two of them. For a moment, her round eyes were a little bit dissatisfied, “Why do you dress like this? If the other people see it, wouldn’t they gossip about Auntie?”

TL Note: That end of chapter 12

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