"Um."
Mengmeng didn't know why her brother said that, but she nodded sensibly.
Early in the morning, the wake-up call rang.
Wu Xia yawned and got up from the bed. He suddenly changed from a night owl to a lark, which was really uncomfortable.
After washing, she folded the quilt and found pen and paper at the desk, preparing to write down the shopping list for Xu Guoping.
She had no money, so she had to rely on others to buy things. The feeling of asking for money with her palms upward was so uncomfortable that she became frustrated while writing. I started writing novels when I was in college, and never asked for a dime from my family after that. Now I have to make a list to buy toilet paper, and I don’t dare to write more. It’s really sad!
"I want to make money!"
Finally finishing writing, Wu Xia threw the pen aside, stretched out and shouted.
"Ahem." Xu Guoping coughed and walked in. He happened to see Wu Xia raising his hands to the sky, revealing a small, white waist. He quickly turned his head and said a little unnaturally: "I'll bring you breakfast." ”
"Oh, thank you." Wu Xia put down his hand and said naturally.
Hearing Wu Xia's thanks, Xu Guoping's hand paused. He felt that this woman seemed to be a different person from before. Could it be said that she had really changed her ways?
Wu Xia gave Xu Guoping the list he had written, then pushed the lunch box to his side and started eating with a spoon.
Xu Guoping stood beside her, looking at the things written clearly on the list, and started thinking.
These things are toilet paper, soap, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, noodles, vegetables and other household items. They are not worth a lot of money in total, and even if they are made, they will not cost much.
Okay, just believe her for once.
"I'll go to the service shop to buy it for you during my lunch break today."
"Hehe." Seeing Xu Guoping agreed, Wu Xia laughed happily. The small red mole on that delicate and beautiful face became particularly eye-catching. Xu Guoping glanced at it, and his eyes seemed to be attracted by a magnet. Same, can't be moved away.
He had always known that Wu Xia was good-looking, and she did not look like a girl who grew up in the countryside, but he had never seen Wu Xia smile so charmingly, and her face suddenly felt like it was on fire. Xu Guoping took the list and left. And escape.
Wu Xia finished her meal, put on a washed cotton dress and walked out of the house.
When she first came here, she had to get familiar with the terrain first, but after taking just two steps, she realized something was wrong. Every military wife she met along the way looked at her with vigilance.
There was a stocky military wife who was holding two washed sweet potatoes. When she saw her, she put her hands behind her back and said in a rough voice: "I won't borrow the sweet potatoes, and I won't borrow anything else."
Seeing her protecting the sweet potatoes like a child, Wu Xia said in a fit of laughter and tears, "No way, I can't use those two sweet potatoes of yours."
"Before, you even stole people's salt." The strong military wife said seriously, which made Wu Xia realize the seriousness of the problem. She was a disaster in the eyes of the people in the compound.
She couldn't help but greet the original owner in her heart: As soon as I come, you will open the hell difficulty for me, won't your conscience hurt?
Seeing the stout military wife standing there, fearing that she would come and snatch the sweet potatoes, Wu Xia had no choice but to smile awkwardly at her, change places and walk out.
At this moment, she suddenly heard the sound of wind, and on the side of Wu Xia's head, she saw a pebble shooting towards her back.
If this was hit, a big piece of green would definitely come out of it.
Wu Xia saw a figure flash past, it looked like a child, and she chased after the child.
What a naughty kid, she had to teach him a lesson. If that pebble hit someone on the head, they would definitely have to go to the hospital for stitches.
She is an adult, with long legs and long hands, and she can catch naughty children in a few clicks.
Looking at those sinister eyes, Wu Xia called out his name directly: "Xu Bing, why did you hit me with a stone? If you break someone, you will have to go to the juvenile detention center."
After Xu Bing was caught by her, he stiffened his neck stubbornly, waiting for the bad woman to slap him, but he didn't know that the bad woman suddenly said this.
Did she want to destroy herself like Aunt Lanzi said?
Thinking of this, Xu Bing was so anxious that he opened his mouth and bit Wu Xia's wrist. Wu Xia didn't expect Xu Bing to bite, and he bit him so hard that he shed tears in pain.
"What are you doing?" She slapped Xu Bing on the butt.
"Tsk, the stepmother is beating the child!" At some point, Li Xiulian walked out with Mengmeng in her arms, looking like she was watching a good show.
Li Xiulian's voice was so loud that she called out all the other military wives. Everyone pointed at Wu Xia, and even without hearing it, Wu Xia knew that Wu Xia definitely didn't say anything good about her.
"Why did I hit you?"
Xu Bing closed his mouth like a clam shell, and Wu Xia pointed his wrist directly at him: "First hit me with a stone, and then I will teach you, and then you bite my wrist, and then I will slap you." , am I right?"
Seeing Xu Bing frowning and not speaking, the military wives basically guessed that what Wu Xia said was true. Although her reputation in the compound was not very good, she did the right thing.
"Mother!"
Mengmeng looked at Wu Xia's bitten purple wrist, opened her arms and tried to break out of Li Xiulian's arms to find Wu Xia.
Seeing that her goal was not achieved, Li Xiulian felt angry in her heart and shouted in a loud voice: "What do you call it? Your stepmother will beat you too."
Mengmeng's eyes were filled with tears from her fierceness, and her little body was trembling.
Xu Bing clenched his fists tightly after seeing it, but he bit his lips and dared not say a word. He was still young and could not resist but could only endure.
Wu Xia was heartbroken to see Mengmeng like this. If such a child hadn't been bullied by Li Xiulian, he wouldn't even dare to cry.
She had the impression that before she got married, Xu Guoping asked Li Xiulian to take care of his children for half a year. From this look, the life of the brother and sister before she came was not very good.
Although this was not her biological child, she couldn't stand such a child being bullied. Thinking of this, Wu Xia stepped forward and snatched Mengmeng into her arms.
"My man paid you to take care of the child. Is this how you take care of the child? You yelled at her in front of me, and did you beat the child behind her back?"
Seeing the look on the military wives' faces, Li Xiulian shot back: "Oh, you're pretending to be cool in front of others. You could tell me how I bullied my children, but my voice was a little louder. Whose children are not raised like this?" What’s more, Guoping would rather let me take care of the child than use you, after all, you are nothing!”
"Really, whose children are raised like this?" Wu Xia directly lifted up Mengmeng's little vest, and saw several bruises on her belly.
She noticed it yesterday and thought it was Mengmeng who accidentally touched it. Now thinking about Li Xiulian's attitude towards the child, she must have done it.
Seeing the injury on Mengmeng's stomach, Xu Bing's little fists clenched tighter, and his knuckles lost their color.
He tried his best to hold back the anger in his heart, because he knew that his father was busy with work and he could not cause him any trouble. Moreover, neither this woman nor Grandma Li treated their brothers and sisters well. Even if there was another person, it would not be much better. He just wanted to grow up quickly and shoot everyone who bullied him and his sister.
"Tsk, what's wrong with beating the child twice when he disobeys? How can a soldier's child be so delicate?" Li Xiulian thought she was standing on the moral high ground and looked at Wu Xia proudly.
Wu Xia sneered: "Okay, when I see your grandson in the future, I will spank him every time I see him. The children of soldiers will be stronger when spanked."
Li Xiulian's face changed with anger at her words: "If you dare to hit my grandson, I will fight with you!"
"Isn't that what my aunt taught me just now? How come my aunt can beat other people's children, but she can't let go of my own children?" Wu Xia said sarcastically.
This time, the military wives sided with Wu Xia. Although she was not a very good person, she was still okay when it was critical to her children.
While the military wives were discussing in low voices, Wu Xia heard Mengmeng's stomach growling.
"Mengmeng, haven't you eaten yet?" Wu Xia couldn't help but frown.
Mengmeng saw Li Xiulian's fierce gaze and whispered: "Grandma Li is not ready yet."
Wu Xia couldn't help but feel sad when she saw Mengmeng's little mouth pressed down, enduring hunger. This is the 1990s, and although people are not eating that well, I have never heard of such a small number of children going hungry.
"Let's go, mommy will cook for you." Wu Xia hugged Mengmeng and walked to Li Xiulian's house.
Li Xiulian quickly stopped her: "Where are you going!"
"My man gave you fifty yuan to take care of the child's food. You starved the child to this point and you said I don't care? Get up!" Wu Xia hit Li Xiulian hard with her shoulder and knocked her away. He staggered, and then walked into Sun's house in two or three steps.
The Sun family's kitchen is also on the left hand side of the door. A gas tank has a bracket placed on it to become a simple stove. There are some millet and corn noodles piled under the bracket, as well as some radishes and potatoes. Wu Xia is a little dumbfounded. Fifty Just eat this for 1 yuan?
I don't know what happened to Li Xiulian. The money Xu Guoping gave her was enough for their family to eat. Who would have thought that the food the children ate at Sun's house was not as good as the food in the cafeteria.
When she went back to talk to Xu Guoping, the child was growing, so she couldn't deal with it like this. If it didn't work, she could just cook for the child under his nose, but she couldn't bear the child to suffer this.
While thinking about it, Wu Xia opened the cupboard and looked for the pot underneath.
Li Xiulian caught up with her just then. As soon as she came in, she saw Wu Xia opening the soup pot and revealing the pork and eggs she had hidden inside for Lanzi to start a small stove.
Wu Xia held the thing in his hand and looked at her with a half-smile.
Such a good thing was secretly hidden in the soup pot under the cupboard. The Xu family's children made her so thin. Needless to say, she already knew the reason.
Li Xiulian looked at the meat and eggs, and her heart skipped a beat. The secret was about to be revealed.
