Rebirth: Don’t be a coward and be a mother’s baby

Chapter 40: My stepmother is only three years older than me

Xie Jianjia thought for a moment, then lowered her head and took a sip of orange juice through a straw.

In the middle of winter, people whose teeth are chattering when orange juice is iced at room temperature don’t know how Huang Qiaoxiu can drink iced orange juice.

"Is it possible... that Zheng Hui fabricated it?"

Xie Jianjia tentatively spoke, and added: "Maybe she did something on her own without telling you and your father. After all... her current identity is the proprietress of Huang's Food Factory."

Huang Qiaoxiu shook her head: "Being the boss lady is of no use. Apart from the old man, our family's core business only has the five in-depth partners."

"You also said that you are just a partner, not a roundworm in your father's belly. How can you know how many people have their intentions? What if there is someone ambitious inside who wants to cooperate with Zheng Hui and bring down your father?"

Huang Qiaoxiu subconsciously denied it.

"No way, they have been working together for so many years. Besides, Zheng Hui, I have always found someone to keep an eye on her—"

Halfway through her words, Huang Qiaoxiu paused. During the Chinese New Year period, she seemed to have heard the old man talking on the phone about his intention to open the factory to the provincial capital, but the partners did not agree... Besides, Zheng Hui did not work alone, she had several people helping her. People who do things don’t even need to do too much themselves.

Huang Qiaoxiu was a little frustrated and scratched her hair as if to vent her anger.

"Jiajia, what do you think we should do? After the seventh day of the first lunar month, the old man is going to make a will. I don't mean to curse the old man, but I really can't give this money to Zheng Hui..."

Xie Jianjia took the extremely cold orange juice farther away.

"Although you can't touch Zheng Hui, you can start with your father."

Huang Qiaoxiu was confused, "How to start?"

"Feudal superstition."

Xie Jianjia shook her frozen hands in the cold, "Just say that your mother entrusted you with a dream. It is not advisable for the Huang family to travel far before the Lantern Festival. If you can delay it, it will be a day."

Huang Qiaoxiu nodded, "What a great idea. My old man believes in my mother's words the most!"

Hearing this, Xie Jianjia asked curiously, "Then when Zheng Hui came in, why didn't you pull your mother out as a shield?"

Huang Qiaoxiu was speechless when she mentioned this, she curled her lips.

"I was studying in college in Linghai City. It was a long way away. One day the old man called me and said that he had fallen in love with a female worker in the factory. He had eaten with her several times and felt that she was very nice. He If you want to be with others, ask me if I agree."

Huang Qiaoxiu bit her straw bitterly to vent her anger.

"I clearly remember that when I left home to go to college, all the female workers in the factory were in their 50s or [-]s! I thought my mother had been gone for so many years, so it wouldn't be too much for the old man to find someone of the same age. Who knows, which one? In [-], my factory followed the example of other factories and hired a bunch of workers who had just graduated from college."

Huang Qiaoxiu slammed the glass bottle with half of the orange juice left on the table, and there was a "clang" sound.

"The old man also reported to me every day, telling me where he and Zheng Hui went to play, such as Linghu Park, Huangzi Tea House, Citizen Square, Opera Symposium, etc. You tell me! Where is it like a place that young people like to go to? ?”

Xie Jianjia nodded.

Huang Qiaoxiu sneered.

"Then they went to get the certificate. When I came back to attend the wedding, I was dumbfounded. I never expected that this stepmother, who was three years older than me, had already received the certificate. At that time, all the old men invited her to the banquet. Partner, I can't refute his face in public and ask him to get a divorce, right?"

Huang Qiaoxiu rolled her eyes.

"It's really hard for her to follow the old man to those elderly activity centers every day. If the staff were more clumsy, they might think that she and the old man are grandsons. After all, the old man married later and had children later..." Hearing this, Xie Jianjia could only raise her eyebrows. Give Zheng Hui a thumbs up.

Weird.

After complaining about Zheng Hui, Huang Qiaoxiu saw Xie Jianjia looking at her seriously with her round eyes, and couldn't help but poke Xie Jianjia's cheek.

"The food has been good during this period, and my face has become rounder again. Tsk, our Jiajia is not a pitiful little kid with a yellow face and skinny muscles."

Retracting the hand that poked Xie Jianjia's cheek, Huang Qiaoxiu put his hand into the pocket of his thick cotton jacket. After a while of fumbling around, he took out a mobile phone and put it in front of Xie Jian.

"Here, this is for Sister Yanzi, don't give me any money! It's second-hand. I used it. I rummaged through boxes and cabinets at home and found it from the warehouse. If I don't give it to you, it will end up being sold to a scrap collector."

After using several modifiers in a row, Xie Jianjia understood that Huang Qiaoxiu's purpose was not to have any psychological burden on herself and her mother.

She stretched out her little hand to take it, with bright eyes, and said with a sweet smile: "Thank you, sister Qiaoxiu!"

Huang Qiaoxiu looked at the little girl in front of her.

During this period, Xie Jianjia was fed by him and the restaurant proprietress in turns. She ate more and her body became nutritious. Her complexion was obviously much more energetic than when she first saw her. Her face gradually gained some flesh and grew. The little girl's eyes were slightly larger, revealing her original skin color, which was white and red. The little girl's eyes were also a little bigger and bulging, like a little rabbit.

She estimated in her heart that this little girl would definitely be a beauty when she grew up.

"Let's go, I'll take you back, and I'll go to your house for lunch at noon! Zheng Hui will come back today, and I don't want to see her annoying face..."

Xie Jianjia readily agreed.

……

Zhou Chunyan was still busy in the kitchen of her boss's wife's house, and she smiled when she saw Xie Jianjia and Huang Qiaoxiu appearing together.

"Qiaoxiu is here?"

Huang Qiaoxiu called people openly and said New Year's greetings. The landlady also recognized her and smiled and invited her to sit down and have lunch together.

The aroma of food spread from the kitchen to the entire living room area, and Huang Qiaoxiu's stomach made two unsatisfying "gurgling" and "gurgling" sounds.

"Sister Yanzi, what delicious food are you making? This is so delicious! My stomach is pounding!"

Zhou Chunyan poked her head out of the kitchen and asked happily: "Does it really smell good?"

Huang Qiaoxiu nodded, "Yes, I ate a big bowl of noodles at home this morning. I shouldn't be hungry so quickly. What on earth have you cooked to eat? It's made me hungry."

After hearing what Huang Qiaoxiu said, Zhou Chunyan smiled brightly and said, "It's just ordinary fried fish balls. Just wait, I'll serve you a bowl first and you can try it."

When Huang Qiaoxiu heard that it was fried fish balls, her interest suddenly disappeared. She hated fried fish balls, because as long as they were fried fish balls, there was inevitably a fishy smell unique to fish, which she couldn't stand.

When it comes to cooking fish, Huang Qiaoxiu can only accept boiled fish. Only the pungent and sour taste can cover up the fishy smell of the fish itself.

But Zhou Chunyan didn't know what Huang Qiaoxiu was thinking. After a while, a small bowl of fried fish balls was brought out from the kitchen and placed in front of Huang Qiaoxiu.

Huang Qiaoxiu looked at the golden and sizzling fried fish balls in front of her, and she couldn't help but salivate from her mouth.

That fish ball seemed to be shouting crazily at Huang Qiaoxiu: Eat me quickly, eat me quickly!

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