Chapter 15 Chapter 15
On the other side of the living room, Qiao Qingqing was playing with her uncle.
Shao Shengfei, the eldest son of the Shao family, is 32 years old this year, but his intelligence is only at the level of a six-year-old child. He likes his beautiful younger brothers and sisters very much. He looks at her from the house. When he sees her, he immediately smiles and takes out a handful of fruit candy from his pocket: "Eat! My sister will give you it!"
Shao Sheng'an was talking to his parents, so Qiao Qingqing played with him. The two of them played marbles together, and Shao Shengfei was extremely happy.
Qiao Qingqing bought him a lot of toys, and this box of marble castle was one of them. As expected, Shao Shengfei liked it very much. In addition, he was playing with his favorite sister, and his happiness doubled.
Shao's father looked back and looked loving, turned his head and whispered to Shao Sheng'an: "Qingqing is a good child. She is good to you, to your mother and your elder brother, and to you no longer have such a good daughter-in-law. You have to treat her well. In two days, your mother and I will take your elder brother back. You can live a good life."
"Dad, don't go back first. I have an old classmate at the meteorological observatory. He said that there has been a lot of rain recently, and there will definitely be floods according to this trend. Even if the house at home is not sold, I will ask you to come here to avoid disasters."
"Hey, it's just flooding. I'm used to it in my hometown that I haven't flooded in any year! It's okay, we have to go back to work. We have been taking almost half a month off, and there will be opinions in the factory."
"Dad, if there is a flood, the factory will be shut down. It's okay, stay here! We can also reunite for a while, and my brother misses me, Qingqing."
Shao's mother looked at her eldest son and her younger daughter-in-law having fun and made a decision: "Then stay for two more days. Xiaofei is usually locked in the dormitory and no one plays with him."
The home has been renovated and two more beds have been installed in the loft. Shao's parents and Shao Shengfei live in the attic.
During dinner, Shao Sheng'an found a reason: "The message from my classmate is very accurate. I'll call my uncle and aunt, and store more things at home so as not to be trapped in the future."
Shao’s father and mother didn’t take it seriously, and let Shao Sheng’an arrange it himself.
After dinner, Shao Sheng'an called his relatives close to his hometown one by one. As the only male in his family who went to college, married a city wife after graduation, and settled and worked in the city, Shao Sheng'an was very reliable in the eyes of his relatives, and everyone was willing to listen to what he said.
"...Aunt, I sent you some things. Remember to sign for them... Uncle San, it's nothing. His hometown is low and there are water all year round. But I heard from my classmates that this rain will last a long time, and the rice in the north has been flooded. I guess the grain prices may rise this year... Yes, yes, the government will definitely regulate prices, but our place is a small place, so I'm afraid it won't be managed. It's not easy to make money. Don't be cheated. Don't you have to use rice, flour, oil and salt. If you buy too much, you won't be afraid of wasting it... Uncle Qi's house is too old, so why don't you move to the town first..."
The phone call was called all night before it was over.
"Mom, why did you tell your uncle and the others?" Qiao Qingqing asked Qiao Songzhi.
Qiao Songzhi smiled: "I said I had contacted the descendants of your grandmother, an old sister. They hinted me a few words. Your grandmother was also an old comrade in the past. She left early, and her old sisters walked farther than her. Some of them worked in the government. However, they had not been in contact for many years. Your uncle had long forgotten which one it was. I borrowed their name and said that it was news from them. Don't worry! I didn't say anything, but just hinted to them that I had to stock up at home anyway. You don't understand. The more you understand, the less people believed it. You hide it and it was a secret! Didn't you say that an oil tanker capsized by the beach a few years ago? The news was not accurate, and the salt in the town was robbed, so I didn't say anything in detail, and your uncle and the others believed it. If your uncle and the others were not afraid of letting go, I really didn't say anything."
"Mom, you won't really contact grandma's old sister descendants, right?"
"Of course." Qiao Songzhi smiled, "I divorced your father back then, and Aunt Ming helped a lot. We often contacted each other over the years. She is busy working in the court. I send some specialties from my hometown during the holidays. It is not worth much, and it is all my heart. She is not afraid of causing trouble when accepting it. A few days ago, I called her and said that you don't want to work in the company anymore and want to learn law. I'll consult her."
Qiao Qingqing was very moved and held her arm: "Mom..."
She rubbed Qiao Qingqing's head and said softly: "I sent you some thick quilts and thick cotton clothes to your Aunt Ming, which is a pity." It would be too strange if you sent a lot of food.
That night, the house was very lively.
Shao’s father and mother had only met Qiao Songzhi twice, when they were engaged and married. He was grateful and respectful to this relative who was quite elegant and spoke softly. He thanked her and married her daughter to her youngest son, but did not dislike her that she had an eldest son with intellectual problems. In the marriage, she had no requirements for their family and had a wedding room. Sheng An said that the mother-in-law treats him like her own son. How could the couple not be grateful to him?
This time, my mother-in-law was comforting them and taking care of them. The couple sighed behind their backs: Their family is not so lucky, at least Sheng'an is lucky. If he meets such a good wife and mother-in-law, half of his mother-in-law, and his son has another mother who loves him in another place, the couple will feel at ease.
In Qiao Songzhi's eyes, the son-in-law was also very good. When her daughter was in high school, she was in a low mood because of her father's new children and her grades plummeted. It was Sheng'an who had been protecting her and encouraging her, pulling her to stand up again.
At that time, Qiao Songzhi didn't know about this, and her daughter never mentioned it in front of her. She thought that her daughter's grades had declined because of the pressure on the college entrance examination. After the college entrance examination, her daughter said she wanted to change her surname to Qiao, and she realized that her ex-husband's son and daughter were vicious in the grade and actually stared at her daughter's critical moment of the college entrance examination.
She immediately contacted her ex-husband who had not been in contact for ten years and asked for an explanation. The other party refused to admit it at all and said something disgusting. Although Qiao Songzhi divorced her ex-husband, she did not want her daughter to be filled with hatred. She never said bad things about her ex-husband, and she did not change her daughter's surname.
This time she couldn't bear it anymore. She took her daughter who was just eighteen years old to change her surname, and then brought a basket of rotten eggs to her ex-husband's company and smashed all the rotten eggs onto her ex-husband's face. She threatened her ex-husband and said that what his children and daughters said were recorded. If he was not afraid of being ridiculed by the teenage children, he would just call the police. In the end, she admired her ex-husband's frustration expression and left with a comfortable mood after eating shit.
Both sides are polite, and the atmosphere at home will naturally be harmonious.
The rain does not diminish at night, and it is very disturbing, but after half a month of rainy weather, everyone is used to falling asleep on such a noisy rainy night.
Tonight is when Qiao Qingqing is under the least stressed moment, and her family is around her, which makes her sleep peacefully.
The morning news of the next day was without surprise, and the floods caused by continuous heavy rain in low-lying areas in various places were still related to the floods. Some places even dispatched the People's Liberation Army to rescue and transfer. Qiao Qingqing donated 10,000 yuan to the Red Cross, the first disaster area.
Early in the morning, Qiao Songzhi called his brothers in his hometown: "There is water in your home? It doesn't work even when it reaches your ankle. The water will not be able to retreat for a while! Brother, listen to me, go to Congwen's place now. Cong Fei kept calling you to live there, brother! Alas!"
Chapter completed!