"Honey, I'm going out to have a few drinks with Lao Li. You go to bed tonight and I'll take the key."
An Quan Chengzhe returned, took the key from the table and said to the mother and son sitting at the dining table not far away.
Then without waiting for a reply, he left the house with long strides as if running away.
He was afraid of hearing disapproval from his wife.
In fact, Su Yan did not show that she was unhappy.
Regarding her husband's sudden departure, Su Yan, who knew about the troubles in Li Zhengmao's family, did not have much reaction.
Because every once in a while the man would come back to his husband for a drink.
She's used to it.
After watching her husband leave, Su Yan immediately withdrew her gaze, reached for the towel beside the table, and wiped the dirty mouth of her little son.
An Yuanyao also said nothing.
An Yuanyao was actually not familiar with her friend's father. In her impression, she only knew that he was her father's best friend, but she had not had much communication with him since she was a child.
This is why she was not so enthusiastic when the other party came in just now.
An Qianxun, who was beside him, was being wiped by his mother. Because his mother didn't control the intensity, he felt extremely uncomfortable and couldn't help but make a moaning sound from his mouth.
However, Su Yan didn't care at all about what he showed.
After wiping his son clean, he put the towel aside, then picked up a piece of dumpling with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
After chewing it for a few times, the expression on his face began to turn dissatisfied.
Whispering quietly.
"Your dad is really capable. How did he make the stuffing I made so unpalatable? The skin is so thick..."
"Hehe, my dad has never been able to do this."
After hearing her mother's complaints, An Yuanyao couldn't help but laugh twice and then picked up a piece of dumpling and took a bite.
Chew in small mouths.
"correct……"
As if she had thought of something, An Yuanyao, who was chewing the dumpling wrapper in her mouth, turned to look at her mother beside her.
He asked with some curiosity in his tone.
"Mom, I've always been curious about something."
"What?"
Su Yan obviously didn't pay attention to her daughter's question. After finishing one dumpling, she pointed her chopsticks at the next one.
Just as he was about to pick it up, his daughter's voice came to his ears.
"Wan Ran's mother, why do you always quarrel with Uncle Li?"
"..."
The chopsticks were hanging in the air.
An Yuanyao didn't notice her mother's strange behavior at the first time. When she asked this question, she first took a bite of the dumpling she had just eaten, chewed it a few times and then swallowed it.
Then he spoke as if talking to himself.
"When I go to play with Wan Ran, she doesn't seem to welcome me every time... It's not just me, she doesn't seem to talk to anyone."
"..."
"What's going on?"
"..."
After falling silent, the expression on Su Yan's face became a little solemn after her daughter asked these questions.
I'm thinking about whether to tell my daughter this...
However, women have a common problem.
Rather, it is a common problem among most human beings.
Like to share gossip with others.
Even if that person is his daughter.
Su Yan wanted to tell others about this, but because her husband had warned her, she had always buried this matter in her heart and never mentioned it to anyone.
Until my daughter started asking...
At this moment, her heart fell into a tangled whirlpool.
Should I tell my daughter about the grudges from the previous generation?
Should...
She didn't hesitate for too long. Su Yan, who had already suppressed her feelings, immediately put down the chopsticks in her hand.
A slap hit the dining table.
Following the bang, siblings An Yuanyao and An Qianxun were startled.
Tremble subconsciously.
The two siblings turned to look at their mother.
Looking at my mother's somewhat excited face...
"mom……"
"Actually, your father told me not to talk nonsense about this matter, but you are my daughter, so it's okay to talk to you."
"What?"
"Aren't you curious why Li Zhengmao and Ye Rong are like this?"
The chopsticks held in his right hand were slowly put down.
Su Yan looked at her daughter, who was looking confused, with a smile on her face.
He leaned his body in the direction of his daughter.
Come closer.
Just as he was about to say something, he realized that his son across from him was also looking directly at him.
With eyes widened, Su Yan took on the posture of a strict mother.
"Eat your food and watch whatever you want!"
"..."
Hearing his mother's scolding, six-year-old An Qianxun's originally high head immediately lowered his head, and he unskillfully used chopsticks to scoop the dumplings in the bowl into his mouth.
He looked like he only had food in his eyes.
After Su Yan saw her son eating honestly, she turned to look at her daughter.
At the same time, he lowered his voice.
"Actually...your Uncle Li's family used to be very poor..."
"Ah? Uncle Li...how could it be?"
An Yuanyao looked shocked when her mother mentioned this.
In her impression, Li Wanran's father was a first-rate rich man, and she had realized this since she was very young.
Li Wanran always has new clothes, as well as toys that her father brings back to her from outside from time to time...
Those were things that An Yuanyao had never seen before.
Nice pencil case, beautiful doll...
But now my mother tells me that Uncle Li was very poor before?
Before An Yuanyao could recover, her mother's voice came to her ears again.
"When your dad was learning painting, Li Zhengmao also followed him. At that time... the teacher said he didn't have the talent in this area, so in the end only your dad was left, unwilling to teach him..."
"..."
"I don't know exactly what happened. Anyway, he left suddenly not long after. Before leaving, he came to see your father and said he wanted to get into trouble..."
"This...this and now..."
"He actually came back once not long after he left. No one in the village noticed at that time. He came back secretly in the middle of the night. At that time, your grandfather's family was considered a prominent figure in the village. Li Zhengmao climbed over the wall in the middle of the night to ask your father.
He borrowed money..."
"Borrow money?"
"Well, I borrowed a lot. At first, your dad asked him if he had committed any crime outside. Who knew that he didn't say a word and looked quite embarrassed when he came back, as if he had been beaten?
Same."
"Been beaten...Mom, how come you know these details so well?"
After hearing her mother's detailed description, An Yuanyao's focus was obviously a little misplaced.
It doesn't sound like describing it from the perspective of a bystander, but more like seeing it with your own eyes.
It was An Yuanyao's inquiry that made Su Yan, who was in high spirits, suddenly feel stuck and start hesitating.