Chapter 27: The old lady acts like a monster again
That night, the old lady couldn't stop, asking for water or a spittoon. Zhuang Chaoying fell into a deep sleep and had to wake up many times. This was very difficult for Zhuang Xiaoting, who slept in the compartment above the old lady.
As soon as she fell asleep, the old lady woke her up with a loud voice.
So when she went to school the next day, Zhuang Xiaoting fell asleep in the classroom and was severely criticized by the teacher, which made Zhuang Xiaoting cry in the classroom.
Lin Dongzhe gloated about his misfortune and came back to show Qin Hao and Song Ying.
Huang Ling had no choice but to agree to change shifts with her colleagues.
"This old woman is too good at being a monster." Song Ying felt indignant on Huang Ling's behalf.
Huang Ling was full of apologies: "In this way, the two of us work the morning shift together, so we won't be able to take care of the children at different times."
Previously, Song Ying and Huang Ling's schedules were staggered. There was always one person who could take care of the children at home. When the next shift changed, no one would take care of the children at home.
"If it doesn't work, let Lin Wufeng keep an eye on it."
Song Ying and Huang Ling both knew that Zhuang Chaoying could only help the children with their homework at most, and he couldn't handle other housework by himself. There was no hope at all, otherwise the old lady wouldn't have tried every means to let Huang Ling change her shift.
Came to take care of her.
"Aunt Song, Aunt Huang, don't worry, I will take good care of Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting."
Song Ying thought for a while: "It seems like this is the only way to go."
Huang Ling nodded. It stands to reason that Zhuang Tunan is the oldest of the four children, so he should take on this responsibility. However, Zhuang Tunan's character is a bit similar to Zhuang Chaoying. Apart from reading, he knows nothing about other things. On the contrary, Qin Hao
Although he is young, he is the most mature of the four children.
"Haozi, Xiao Ting will leave it to you from now on. After this period of time passes, Aunt Huang will prepare something delicious for you."
"I want to eat braised pork ribs."
"Okay, that's enough."
But in the second half of the night, the old lady was still making a lot of noise, and Zhuang Chaoying couldn't count on it at all. Huang Ling was worried that Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting were not energetic at school during the day, and they had to half-close their eyes while sleeping. She would have to get up to serve them if the old lady shouted.
After staying up for a few days, Huang Ling was in a trance when she went to the morning shift, and her face looked very haggard.
Song Ying felt very distressed: "Sister Ling, you can't go on like this. The old woman won't recover while you fall ill."
Huang Ling remained silent. In this situation, if she couldn't endure it, who could?
"Aunt Huang, why don't you let Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting sleep in my house? My second uncle and aunt have moved out, and my house happens to have an empty room. Zhuang Tunan and I will sleep in the same room, and Zhuang Xiaoting will sleep in the same room."
Qin Hao thought for a while.
"Is this... going to be too much trouble?" Huang Ling hesitated, somewhat embarrassed.
Qin Hao said seriously: "Aunt Huang, this house was left by my mother. Whoever I want can live in it. Besides, Zhuang Tunan lives with me. I can also ask him some questions."
Although the life of a primary school student is leisurely, it becomes a bit boring after a long time, and it is very tiring to pretend to be a child all day long. Therefore, Qin Hao decided to skip a grade next semester and advance to junior high school as soon as possible, just in time to draw Zhuang Tunan as a shield.
Song Ying immediately agreed upon hearing this: "That's it, we will move later."
During dinner, Huang Ling told Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting how to sleep at Qin Hao's house in the evening.
The old lady was not happy when she heard this: "Oh, my own grandchildren are disgusted by my old age. As soon as I came here, I asked Tunan and Xiaoting to live out. People who don't know thought I was mistreating them."
Zhuang Chaoying showed displeasure upon hearing this: "It's not like we don't have enough room at home, so why live in someone else's house and still owe a favor for nothing."
"Moreover, Qin Hao is a smart kid, but he has no respect for his elders. He even sent his second uncle and aunt to jail, causing their family to be separated. In the future, Tunan and Xiaoting should be less allowed to have contact with him.
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Huang Ling's face turned cold, and she was about to complain for Qin Hao, but Zhuang Xiaoting spoke first.
"Brother Qin Hao is a good person, but his second uncle and aunt are the bad guys. He beat brother Qin Hao until he was covered in injuries before he was arrested by the police."
The old lady glared at Zhuang Xiaoting with dissatisfaction: "Look at this child, he has learned to talk back to his father at such a young age. I think he learned it from that Qin Hao. You are not allowed to play with him in the future. Even good girls have followed his example and become bad."
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Huang Ling couldn't stand listening anymore and placed the bowls and chopsticks heavily on the dining table.
"How about this child Qin Hao? I have more contact with him than you and have more say than you. This is the best child I have ever seen."
After saying that, Huang Ling said to Zhuang Chaoying: "Mom has been struggling all night. Tunan and Xiaoting have to go to class during the day, and they can't sleep well at night. They doze off in class every day. If this continues, can Tunan continue?
She is a high school student in No. 1 Middle School. It is hard to say whether Xiao Ting will be admitted to No. 1 Middle School."
Zhuang Chaoying was silent for a long time after hearing this, and finally nodded in agreement. Although he was foolish and filial, he was still unambiguous in his children's education.
The old lady's face was full of displeasure: "Oh, it sounds like my old lady deliberately made you sleepless. If I hadn't broken my leg, I wouldn't have come to your house and suffered such cowardice."
"Mom, Huang Ling didn't mean that..."
Huang Ling was too lazy to listen to Zhuang Chaoying and the old lady talking, and said to Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting: "Have you eaten? Go and pack your things after eating."
"Okay." Zhuang Xiaoting responded happily, put down the bowl and chopsticks and ran away. She really didn't want to be criticized by the teacher anymore.
Zhuang Tunan hesitated for a moment and then returned to the house to pack up his school supplies. When he was in the attached elementary school, he always felt that he was quite smart and could learn everything in one go.
He has gained a lot, and has a lot of extracurricular knowledge points. His classmates are also top students from various elementary schools. He needs to work very hard to keep from being surpassed by too many people.
That night, Huang Ling took Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting to live in Qin Hao's house. The Qin family couple were naturally unhappy, but now that they didn't have their son as a backer, they only had such a grandson beside them. How could they dare to offend him?
He pinched his nose and pretended not to see it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing that the Qin family had no objections, Huang Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief and started to help the two children make their beds.
The beds in Qin Hao's house are all ready-made and are larger than the beds in Zhuang's house. They are more than enough to sleep two children. Zhuang Xiaoting is even more comfortable. She sleeps on such a big bed alone, and even the sheets Huang Ling brought seem smaller.
cut.
"Mom, why don't you sleep here with me? Brother Qin Hao's bed is much more spacious than ours." Zhuang Xiaoting grabbed Huang Ling who was about to get up.
Huang Ling's eyes instantly moistened: "Don't worry, Mom is fine. Remember to close the door when you sleep later. If anything happens, call your brother and Haozi loudly. They are right next door."
"Um."
After settling the two children, not long after Huang Ling returned home, the old lady started acting like a monster again. A TV was being played in the courtyard. She could only hear the sound but could not see the picture, so she started to make a fuss about getting Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling together.
Ling carried her out to watch TV.
Zhuang Chaoying hesitated: "The courtyard outside is full of people. Mom, your legs and feet are not good. What if you bump into each other and your condition worsens?"
Huang Ling didn't say anything, just looked at the old lady quietly. She knew very well that this old lady's usual trick was to put forward a condition that you couldn't accept, wait for you to reject it, and then put forward a compromise, so that you wouldn't
I had the nerve to refuse.
Sure enough, the old lady said in a nonchalant tone.
"Otherwise, you can ask them to put the TV at home so they don't have to go out."
Zhuang Chaoying was dumbfounded and Huang Ling's eyes widened. She really couldn't figure out how this old lady could make such a rude request.
"Isn't this not good?" Zhuang Chaoying looked embarrassed.
The old lady glared: "What's wrong with this? You ask the neighbor to move the TV in, and our family pays the electricity bill for him, and he has to thank us."
Huang Ling rolled her eyes and almost fell over. This old lady is really thick-skinned. She spent so much money to buy a TV. She brought it in specially for you to watch. Do you still have to thank you?
"Mom, why don't Huang Ling and I carry you out early tomorrow..."
Before Zhuang Chaoying finished speaking, the old lady started to act rudely: "Oh, my grandsons hate me when I grow old, and now even my son hates me. If I want to watch TV, I have to push back..."
Zhuang Chaoying had no choice but to look at Huang Ling: "You have a good relationship with Song Ying, how about..."
Huang Ling looked at her husband in disbelief: "How can I talk to Song Ying with such a rude request?"
"But Mom wants to watch TV, you go and try it, just in case..." Zhuang Chaoying said in a low voice.
Huang Ling took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and shed a few tears from the corners of her eyes, leaving only one sentence.
"The TV belongs to Haozi, and Song Ying can't make the decision. If I want to tell you, go to Haozi yourself."
After saying that, he walked out the door regardless of the reactions of Zhuang Chaoying and the old lady.
The old lady was still scolding her behind her back: "Look at your wife, she has such a bad temper, and she always tries to get in trouble with me. I don't think you have any status at all in this family."
Zhuang Chaoying looked a little ugly, but she didn't dare to refute her mother, so she could only say cautiously.
"Mom, this TV really doesn't belong to Song Ying, and she can't make the decision."
"Huh, they're all excuses. Who doesn't know that Qin Hao's little brat listens to Song Ying's words the most? She doesn't even ask a question, she just shows her face." The old lady still refused to give up.
That night, in the middle of the night, Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling had a big argument. The noise was so loud that they woke up Song Ying and Lin Wufeng next door.
Song Ying was worried that Huang Ling would suffer a loss, so she went outside in her pajamas to listen to the noise next door. Lin Wufeng quickly put on a coat for her. Seeing that it was already autumn, the weather outside was already a bit cold.
"Sister Ling, are you okay?"
Huang Ling held back tears and tried to respond in a calm tone: "Song Ying, I'm fine. You can go on to sleep. You have to go to work tomorrow morning."
Then, when Qin Hao took Zhuang Tunan and his sister back to the courtyard for breakfast, he found that Song Ying and Huang Ling both had panda eyes.
So he asked Lin Dongzhe, who was yawning beside him: "What happened last night?"
"Aunt Huang and Uncle Zhuang had a very loud argument last night."
Zhuang Xiaoting looked at Huang Ling worriedly. Huang Ling forced a smile and rubbed her head: "Eat quickly."
After the children were sent away, the dishes were washed, and Huang Ling and Song Ying went to work together, the two had a chance to talk about what happened last night.
Song Ying became angry when she heard this: "This old lady is just a troublemaker... Bah, she is just a scoundrel. Why should our TV be shown to her, and Teacher Zhuang has agreed to it?"
"This is also the worst thing for me. Although I knew he was obedient to his parents, I didn't expect him to be so foolish and filial." Huang Ling said while wiping tears.
Song Ying said bluntly: "You have to get this old lady away as soon as possible. Otherwise, if she stays here any longer, the conflict between you and Teacher Zhuang will become more and more serious."
"I definitely hope she leaves as soon as possible, but if I could push her away, why would I take her back in the first place? Could it be that I really let Xiaoting go to her second uncle's house? I know what Haozi's second uncle and aunt did to him when I think about it.
Yes, I couldn't help but think of Xiao Ting. I would rather quarrel with Chaoying every day and compete with the old lady than let Xiao Ting suffer such injustice."
For a moment, Song Ying had no clue. She couldn't persuade Huang Ling to divorce Zhuang Chaoying, right? It would be better to demolish a temple than ruin a marriage. Besides, Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting were still young.
"How about asking Haozi later? He has rich experience in fighting."
"This is not good, isn't this exposing Haozi's scar?"
"That's true..."
In a blink of an eye, it was two o'clock in the afternoon. After handing over to the colleagues in the middle shift, Song Ying and Huang Ling returned to the small courtyard after get off work.
Song Ying could lie on the bed and rest, but Huang Ling had to drag her tired body to clean up the house. The old lady had no one around all morning, so she made the bedside look like a doghouse. Due to her inconvenient legs and feet, the area was destroyed.
Not too broad.
After finally cleaning up the house, Huang Ling started washing clothes again. She was busy until 4:30 in the afternoon with almost no rest. Song Ying felt distressed and advised her to take a rest. However, just a few minutes after sitting down, the old lady
The fuss started again, either asking for water or peeing.
"The old woman had a bowel movement just after drinking. It is obvious that she is deliberately trying to tease you."
The more Song Ying thought about it, the angrier she became: "No, I have to let Haozi find a way to get rid of this old woman and live in the same courtyard with her. I feel uncomfortable all over."
After finally waiting for Qin Hao to come back from school, Song Ying secretly pulled him into the room. Lin Dongzhe also followed him in thinking that Song Ying had something delicious to eat for Qin Hao alone.
"I eat it every day, and you're almost growing sideways." Song Ying finally gave Lin Dongzhe a few candies to send him away, and then explained the situation again.
Qin Hao was speechless for a while. What kind of impression did he leave on Song Ying by letting a ten-year-old child come up with ideas to get rid of the evil mother-in-law of Huang Ling's family?
"Actually, it's not difficult to let her go. There is a permanent way, and there are ways to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. It depends on which one you want to choose."
Song Ying didn't even think about it: "That must be done once and for all."
"It's simple. Just let Aunt Huang and Teacher Zhuang divorce. As long as they are divorced, they will have no relationship and naturally they won't have to wait for them anymore."
"Go, this is nothing to do once and for all, change it!"
"Then we can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause."
"Why treat the symptoms but not the root cause?"
"It's very simple. If the old lady's leg injury is more serious and she has to be hospitalized, will she have no choice but to leave Aunt Huang's house?"