Meng Jiu'an thought about Yu Changxi's words for a while, and remembered what he said while holding his hand last night, and he quickly came back to his thoughts.
It seems that Yu Changle used the family income to support her younger brother without telling him.
Not only was Meng Jiu'an not angry about this, but he also didn't think Yu Changle did something wrong. It was just the way she did it behind her back... Did she think he would disagree?
In her mind, is he such a heartless and unjust person?
Meng Jiu'an, who was a little depressed, bought two steamed buns and three flower rolls. As soon as he walked to the entrance of the courtyard, he saw Yu Changle and Yu Changxi talking and laughing in the courtyard.
Yu Changle had lost a lot of weight during this period. She wore a light blue cotton dress, her hair was hung casually on her head, and her eyebrows stretched when she smiled, now she looked like an eighteen-year-old girl in her prime.
Realizing that there seemed to be a gaze falling on him at the entrance of the courtyard, Yu Changle looked up naturally, with a smile still on his cheeks.
"You're back? I'm asking you to buy breakfast again."
"Well, it's okay."
Meng Jiu'an looked away unnaturally, agreed, and motioned for the two of them to go in for breakfast.
Yu Changxi whispered in Yu Changle's ear: "Brother-in-law, why are you embarrassed to talk to you?"
Yu Changle rolled his eyes at him, was Meng Jiuan embarrassed? That's because I don't want to say one more word to myself.
After breakfast, Meng Jiuan wanted to return to the army. Before leaving, he called Yu Changle aside:
"Changxi doesn't know about us...?"
Yu Changle nodded. She hadn't had time to tell him, and she hadn't thought about how to say it yet.
Meng Jiu'an nodded: "Since I haven't said it yet, let's not say it yet."
Seeing Yu Changle's puzzled expression, he coughed lightly and explained:
"I'm happy that Changxi is admitted to college. I think this kid is emotional and a little sensitive. Yesterday, he pulled me and said a lot of worried things. He also said that if it affects our relationship, then he won't study. I'm worried that if I tell him at this time, he will think too much."
"It's not too late to wait until he adapts to school life, not to mention... we are indeed not divorced now."
What Meng Jiuan said was exactly what Yu Changle was worried about. She said to him gratefully:
"Thank you for your consideration. I will find the right time to tell him the truth as soon as possible."
Meng Jiu'an took a deep look at Yu Changle, his deep eyes flashing with unknown meaning.
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Yu Changxi made up his mind to finish plowing the ground in the courtyard this morning, and resumed work after breakfast. He didn't even listen to Yu Changle's orders to rest.
He worked until Yu Changle came back from Li Mei's house at noon, and he had just finished plowing the last piece of land.
Seeing that his face was red from the sun, Yu Changle felt a little distressed: "You said you would dig the ground, why are you in such a hurry? You have to finish it in one go."
Yu Changxi smiled, took the candy handed over by his sister, and drank it in one gulp, which was sweet to his heart.
"Why do you put sugar in it? I can just drink plain water! Don't you think that if you finish plowing it earlier, you can plant it earlier? Then you and your brother-in-law can eat the vegetables I grow earlier."
Yu Changle couldn't resist him, so he pushed his head with his finger: "You silly boy, take it!"
Yu Changxi took it and took a look. It turned out that Yu Changle had asked him for some vegetable and fruit seeds and seedlings from Li Mei's house.
Now he was very happy: "This is a loofah, this is a pepper, this is a bitter melon, this is a tomato... It's great, I have basically everything I want to plant."
He knew that his sister was the best to him. She said don't do it, but in fact she always supported him.
Yu Changle herself felt it was strange. She didn't feel anything before meeting Yu Changxi, but from the first time she saw him, from the moment he hugged her tightly and cried with joy, she seemed to recognize Yu Changxi as her younger brother. Her childhood memories were as if she had experienced them herself, and she could not help but develop a strong sibling affection for him.
At noon, the siblings made noodles again. They had no choice but to buy meat and store it since there was no refrigerator at home. If they wanted to cook, they had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative early in the morning to buy meat. Noodles were the most convenient option.
But even a bowl of ordinary omelette noodles made Yu Changxi eat with joy, and even drank all the soup at the bottom of the bowl.
Yu Changle was heartbroken: "Didn't I send you money and food stamps? What do you usually eat?"
Yu Changxi was stunned, scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I usually eat these, but you made them so delicious, sister, that I lost my appetite."
Yu Changle didn't believe his nonsense. He didn't have the nerve to remind him last night. The way he looked when he ate meat showed that he hadn't touched meat for at least half a year!
"Tell me the truth to my sister. Did you get the money and food stamps that my sister sent you?"
Yu Changle straightened his expression.
Yu Changxi saw that she had become serious and did not dare to tell lies anymore. He was silent for a while and shook his head gently.
Yu Changle took a deep breath, and she knew it was like this: "Then what do you usually eat?"
Yu Changxi murmured for a long time before hesitatingly said: "Aunt Shi makes two cereals every day, and grows green onions in the ground..."
"Pah!" Yu Changle was so angry that he slapped his hand on the table, "I probably know in my heart that the money and food stamps can't reach you, but I must at least let you eat well! Is she so deprived of others? !”
Yu Changxi looked worriedly at her hands clapped on the table, and said carefully: "Aunt Shi said that the money and tickets sent by my sister were just enough for me to study, and she saved the rest of the food from between her teeth. I don’t know how much my sister has sent, so I can only listen to her.”
Yu Changle sneered: "Fifteen yuan a month, plus five kilograms of fine grains and ten kilograms of coarse grains, is just enough for you to study? It's a shame she can say it!"
"Ah -" Yu Changxi obviously didn't expect that his sister would send him so much every month, and he felt even more guilty, "Sister, why did you send so much to me? How did you survive?!"
Yu Changle was still immersed in anger, but suddenly turned around and saw Yu Changxi's eyes were red with anxiety, and quickly comforted:
"Are you still worried about me? You have seen that your brother-in-law is very kind to me. Do you think I have suffered a lot?"
Yu Changxi looked carefully up and down, left and right, and shook his head honestly: "It doesn't look like it."
This answer made Yu Changle dumbfounded, but at least it solved Yu Changxi's worries.
Yu Changle asked the last question: "Then how did you find this place?"
Jinbo City can be said to be big or small, but it is almost impossible to find someone by luck without an accurate address.
Based on Yu Changle's understanding of human nature, in order to continue to receive monthly money and food stamps from her, the evil woman would definitely not be able to tell him Yu Changle's address.
What's more, if the two of them met, all the things she had done to deprive Yu Changxi of these years would be revealed!
