Qiao Yicheng came out of Wang Gang's house and didn't know where to go.
When the loan failed this time, Qiao Yicheng did not blame his brother. He also knew that his request was a bit excessive.
Wang Gang once said that if you are poor, you can live alone.
My life is very tight, so how can I help others?
No matter how rich my brother is, he cannot lend money to strangers.
As for Qiao Zuwang's matter, Qiao Yicheng himself didn't want to care about it, but every time he saw Qiao Zuwang's pitiful look, he couldn't bear it.
After all, the blood relationship between father and son is not so easy to cut off.
Unknowingly, Qiao Yicheng walked to the door of a tofu shop, not because he wanted to buy tofu, but because someone rushed out of the tofu shop and bumped into him.
The man was so fat that Qiao Yicheng's small body couldn't bear it and he was knocked to the ground.
After Qiao Yicheng fell to the ground, another woman rushed out of the tofu shop, took the man's arm and shouted: "You can't take the money away, I still have to do business."
"Get out of here." The man was furious and pushed the woman away.
"Why are you hitting people?" Qiao Yicheng couldn't see anyone bullying a woman, so he immediately stood up and accused the man.
"Can you control me if I beat my wife?" the man yelled fiercely.
When Qiao Yicheng heard that they were a couple, he knew that he was meddling in other people's business, but he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.
"Even couples can't hit each other! You call this domestic violence." Qiao Yicheng muttered.
The man said angrily: "Who are you? Why do you care about my family's affairs?"
Qiao Yicheng shrank his neck, intimidated by the man's aura.
The woman couldn't see it and pulled her husband away.
"Don't be unreasonable and make trouble with a student!"
The man looked at his wife and Qiao Yicheng suspiciously, and asked angrily: "What is your relationship with this pretty boy?"
"What relationship can I have with him? I don't even know him." The woman said angrily.
"Don't you know him to help you?" The man said angrily: "I'm telling you Ma Suqin, if you dare to do anything sorry for me, I can't spare you."
After saying that, the man took the money and left angrily.
The woman looked apologetic and said to Qiao Yicheng: "I'm sorry, my lover has a bad temper. Don't be surprised."
Only then did Qiao Yicheng take a good look at the woman.
This woman named Ma Suqin is in her early thirties, dressed plainly and unable to hide her gorgeous face. Qiao Yicheng believed that she must have been a rare beauty when she was young.
Qiao Yicheng looked at it and saw a familiar scent on Ma Suqin.
That was the scent he felt in his mother when he was a child, simple and kind with a hint of cowardice.
"If your husband hits you, you can go to the police or the Women's Federation." Qiao Yicheng noticed a bruise at the corner of Ma Suqin's eye.
Ma Suqin covered her eyes with her hair and said, "I accidentally hit it."
Qiao Yicheng knew she was lying, but he didn't expose it. Every family had a difficult time reciting it. They didn't know the situation and couldn't intervene.
"Wait for me." Ma Suqin said suddenly, then ran into the tofu shop and came out soon, carrying two pieces of tofu in her hand.
"Take this home and eat it," Ma Suqin said to Qiao Yicheng with a smile.
"No reward for no merit, I can't ask for anything from you." Qiao Yicheng quickly declined.
Ma Suqin said: "Two pieces of tofu are not worth much, so I am trying to make amends on behalf of my husband."
As she spoke, Ma Suqin stuffed the tofu into Qiao Yicheng's hand.
Qiao Yicheng took out a dollar from his pocket, handed it to Ma Suqin, and then left with Tofu.
"Classmate, classmate." Ma Suqin wanted to return the money to Qiao Yicheng, but unfortunately she couldn't catch up.
Ma Suqin looked at the dollar in her hand and her nose felt a little sore. No one had shown kindness to her for a long time.
Her unfortunate marriage has left her physically and mentally exhausted, and the kindness of a stranger can move her for a long time.
Qiao Yicheng carried the tofu home, and Wen Ju'an was quite surprised.
"Why are you buying tofu?"
Qiao Yicheng couldn't help but think of Ma Suqin and said: "I suddenly wanted to eat mixed tofu, so I bought two pieces."
Wen Ju'an didn't suspect anything and asked again: "Has your father's matter been resolved?"
Mother Wen walked out with a calm face.
Qiao Yicheng handed the tofu to his mother-in-law, changed into a pair of slippers, and sighed: "The matter is basically clear. My dad is also a victim, but some people are unwilling to let him go and block the door of our house every day."
Mother Wen's face became even more ugly and she said: "Your father's matter must be resolved as soon as possible. It is shameful to deal with these things during the Chinese New Year."
Qiao Yicheng blushed and lowered his head, not daring to refute.
Wen Ju'an said: "We'll go see my dad later. I've been busy with your dad's affairs these past few days during the Chinese New Year, and I haven't had time to visit his old man."
"Okay." Qiao Yicheng nodded.
In fact, Qiao Yicheng didn't really want to meet Wen's father, because every time he met, his father-in-law would ask him for money for drinks, but Wen Ju'an didn't like his father drinking and was worried about his health.
Qiao Yicheng felt very uncomfortable being caught between his father-in-law and his wife.
Now he can see that Wen's father is a heavy drinker. He is fine if he doesn't drink. But when he drinks, he becomes irritable and difficult to get along with.
However, no matter how drunk Wen's father was, he would not lay a finger on Wen Ju'an, which made Wen Ju'an think that he was the best father in the world.
Mother Wen walked into the kitchen carrying tofu. She didn't want to hear about her ex-husband at all.
Qiao Yicheng couldn't help but think of the Ma Suqin he had just met, and felt that her situation was quite similar to that of her father-in-law and mother-in-law.
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On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, units started going to work one after another, and Wang Gang also reported to the sports team.
I just went to work after the Chinese New Year, and I didn’t have much to do. The sports team didn’t have much training tasks, and most of them were meetings.
Wang had just held a meeting all day and was about to go home when he was stopped by the guard, Uncle Zhao.
"Second Qiang, your dad called and asked you to come home at any cost tonight."
Wang Gang pushed his bicycle, thanked Uncle Zhao, and then rode home without returning to Shamao Lane.
When we got home, Xiang Nanfang had already gone home first and bought groceries.
Wang Gang and his wife went into the kitchen to work together for half an hour, making two dishes and one soup.
"I'll go back to Shamao Alley after dinner." Wang Gang said as he picked up the rice.
"Do you want me to go back with you?" Xiang Nannan gave Wang Gang a chopstick dish.
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Xiang Nanfang nodded and said: "The leader has talked to me and will transfer me to Jiangning County next week."
"So fast?" Wang Gang said in surprise: "Then can you come back normally?"
Xiang Nanfang said with a grimace: "It takes four hours to drive from Jiangning County to the city and back. I may need to live in a dormitory on weekdays and can go home on weekends."
Wang Gang sighed: "It seems we can only be a weekend couple."
Xiang Nanfang put down his chopsticks, held Wang Gang's hand, and said: You wait for me for three years, and after three years, I will find a way to transfer him back to the city no matter what."
Wang Gang smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. If you don't come back, I will find a way to go to Jiangning County to see you."
"Thank you." Xiang Nannan said movedly.
"Silly girl, what's the point of thanking us as husband and wife?" Wang Gang comforted his wife and said, "You can work with peace of mind, maybe I can be the husband of a big leader in the future."
Xiang Nanfang smiled and said: "Don't put pressure on me, I also plan to be a general's wife."
Wang Gang smiled and said: "Okay, then it depends on which of us achieves the goal first."
After the couple had a warm meal, Xiang Nanfang took over the dishwashing job and asked Wang Gang to go to Shamao Alley quickly and go back early.
Wang Gang rode his bicycle leisurely, and when he arrived at Shamao Lane, he found Qiao Yicheng, Qiao Simei, and even Qiao Qiqi arriving.
"Why did the old man call you here?" Wang Gang frowned and asked Qiao Simei and Qiao Qiqi.
"As soon as I arrived at the dormitory today, I was taken home by the old man." Qiao Simei said with a bitter face.
Qiao Qiqi also said: "It was my father who went to my aunt's house to pick me up."
Wang Gang said to Qiao Yicheng again: "Where is the old man? He called us back, but he disappeared?"
Qiao Yicheng said: "The old man is going to see off those creditors and will be back soon."
Wang Gang raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you negotiated with those people?"
Qiao Yicheng nodded and said, "I lost some money."
"Where did the old man get the money? You borrowed it from him?"
Qiao Yicheng shook his head and said: "The old man wrote me an IOU, saying that he would pay it back slowly in the future."
Wang Gang sneered in his heart, Qiao Zuwang had no ability to pay back the money. Today he called all his children back, and most of them wanted money.
Sure enough, Qiao Zuwang returned home not long after, and the first thing he said was: "I don't have a dime on me, and the rice jar at home is almost at the bottom."
"I have no money." Wang Gang said as soon as he opened his mouth: "I just bought two houses, all the money was spent, and I still owe Nanfang's father tens of thousands of dollars."
Qiao Zuwang became angry when he heard this.
"Are you really going to watch me starve to death?"
Wang Gang sneered and said, "Who is to blame? It wasn't you who did it yourself."
Qiao Zuwang's eyes suddenly turned red and he complained: "I, Qiao Zuwang, worked hard to bring you up, but I never thought that you would end up with no one to rely on."
The four children of the Qiao family watched Qiao Zuwang's performance with no intention of continuing.