I am reborn and refuse to be a sickly rich woman

Chapter 242 Chapter 240 A chance encounter with Zhao Lianmai.

Mangshan.

Near the Yellow River wetland, there is a large cemetery, which is the final resting place of many Zhengcheng people.

Xu Musen got up early in the morning and prepared to bring Yao Mingyue and Liu Rushuang here to pay tribute to Uncle Yao.

Before leaving, Xu's mother also handed Xu Musen the desserts and food that she had prepared in advance for visiting the grave.

"These are all the food your uncle Yao used to love to eat. Bring them over. There's still snow on the road, so drive slowly."

Xu's mother explained slowly, and Xu's father also brought a bottle of wine for Xu Musen to take over. He didn't say much, but there was some reminiscence in his tone: "Remember, kowtow to your uncle Yao a few more times when you get there."

"understood."

Xu Musen nodded.

"Aren't you going together?"

"It's not appropriate for us to go today. We'll go and see them separately in two days. You take good care of them."

Father Xu patted him on the shoulder.

Xu Musen nodded. He felt that his parents wanted to say something but swallowed it back.

When talking about Yao Mingyue's father, her parents always feel a little guilty.

……

The mountains are blocked by snow and the land is flat in the Central Plains. It is not easy to find such a place with water, mountains and good feng shui.

Many people went up the mountain to worship today.

Burn paper, burn incense, and kowtow.

Xu Musen kowtowed respectfully together with Yao Mingyue.

In Xu Musen's memory, Uncle Yao has always been a man with calm and gentlemanly manners.

He is very capable at work and is always smiling at his family. He is also tall and handsome, which is what most boys want to become in the future.

She treats Xu Musen as her own son. Every time she comes back from a business trip, as long as Mingyue has a gift, she will prepare one for Xu Musen.

When Xu Musen was a child, he was naughty and was beaten by his parents. Xu Musen always ran to Yao Mingyue's house to seek protection from Aunt Liu and Uncle Yao.

Even in the past, Yao Mingyue's family was better off than his own. If it weren't for that accident, Yao Mingyue's family would definitely be better off than they are now.

When Xu Musen was a child, he always regarded Uncle Yao as his role model: to get into a good university, have his own career, meet a girl as elegant and gentle as Aunt Liu, and form a happy family...

If that accident hadn't happened, both families would have been happier, and perhaps many things would have been different.

Xu Musen laid out the desserts and meals prepared by his mother, as well as the bottle of wine prepared by his father.

Yao Mingyue was in front of her father's grave. She was in a particularly low mood and silently wiped the snow off her father's grave with a handkerchief.

Two more glasses of wine were placed in front of the grave.

I remember when she was a child, she always hated it when her father came back from social events drunk and would deliberately poke her face with his beard to tease her.

But now, she wanted to toast her father with a glass of wine in person, but she could only do so through a grave.

"Brother Yao, look, the children have grown up and have been admitted to good universities. Xiao Yao has become more and more cheerful, and Xiao Sen has become more and more promising..."

Liu Rushuang also knelt in front of the grave. She burned paper money and talked with a chuckle, just like she used to chat about family matters when she waited for him to come home from a business trip.

After Xu Musen kowtowed, he silently left the space to the mother and daughter. He stood not far away and waited quietly.

"Xu Musen?"

Xu Musen was standing under a tree waiting when a voice suddenly came from behind him.

Looking back, Xu Musen saw a familiar figure. His wheat-colored skin was particularly conspicuous in the white snow.

"Miao-san?"

Xu Musen didn't expect to meet her here again.

Zhao Lianmai was wearing a long down jacket that looked a little worn, and still had a baseball cap on. In her hand, she was holding a bag containing paper money, apples, dumplings and the like.

"Are you here to visit the graves too?"

"Well, send some paper money and food to my grandparents."

Zhao Lianmai nodded.

Xu Musen also nodded. He always felt like he didn't know what topic to talk about in this place.

"Then go ahead and we'll talk later."

"You are standing next to my grandparents' grave."

"……Feel sorry."

Xu Musen quickly took a step back and saw that there were two short graves next to the tree.

"fine."

Zhao Lianmai walked over and ordered everything, including some apples and bananas, a bowl of dumplings, a bowl of braised pork, and even a few fried dough sticks.

She kowtowed a few times and began to burn paper money silently.

Didn't say anything either.

But she is usually like this, silently and not talking to anyone. She doesn't give face to her boss Xu Musen, but she still has a smile on her face to her boss Nuannuan.

Xu Musen stood nearby, not knowing what to say.

Instead, Zhao Lianmai raised her head and looked at him: "Are you here to burn paper too?"

"Yes, I came here with someone."

Xu Musen nodded.

Zhao Lianmai looked in the direction of his gaze and saw Yao Mingyue not far away.

It was no secret that Xu Musen and she were childhood sweethearts.

Zhao Lianmai didn't ask any more questions, but continued to burn the paper and said slowly: "Nuannuan has been chatting with me these few days."

"Nuan Nuan chats with you?"

Xu Musen was stunned for a moment. Would that little cutie take the initiative to chat with others?

"Well, she asked me what colors and patterns boys like nowadays."

"Why does she ask this?" Xu Musen asked curiously.

"That's your girlfriend, how should I know?"

Zhao Lianmai seemed to roll her eyes at him.

Xu Musen smiled and said, "What did you say to her?"

"I don't have a boyfriend, how would I know?"

Zhao Lianmai replied calmly.

Good, good, we can attack and defend.

Xu Musen rubbed his temple: "You are invincible."

"But she must be missing you. She usually waits alone in the milk tea shop from morning till night. We have been apart for so long, I wonder if anyone misses her..."

Zhao Lianmai seemed a little sarcastic, but as a staunch supporter of "Nuan Sen", she fully supported her boss's wife.

Xu Musen looked at Yao Mingyue not far away.

He looked away and smiled again, looking at the offerings she had placed for the grave. Dumplings were normal, but it was the first time he had seen fried dough sticks.

Zhao Lianmai noticed Xu Musen's gaze, and she slowly said, "My family was poor before. My grandparents wanted to eat a bite of fried dough sticks before they passed away, but they didn't get to eat it until the day they died."

Xu Musen listened silently. Although this province is rich in grain, it has also suffered from the most severe famines in history. When families were poor in the past, if a family had seven or eight children, half of them would starve to death.

"It was a tragedy in the past. In today's society, it's hard not to have enough to eat. If they knew that, they would be very relieved."

Xu Musen comforted softly.

No matter what the current social structure is like, it is indeed difficult for most people to go hungry.

In this regard, it is a great and incredible thing looking at the whole world.

Zhao Lianmai also nodded, and looked at Xu Musen, her pretty face finally softened a little: "I want to thank you for making my family's life much better."

"Now you know how to curry favor with the boss?"

Xu Musen smiled. It was rare to see her smile.

Sure enough, Zhao Lianmai resumed his stern face: "It's better to curry favor with Nuannuan than to curry favor with you. You will listen to her in the end anyway." Xu Musen smiled and touched his chin: "That's why I think you have a bit of black humor. You tell jokes in a serious manner."

Zhao Lianmai ignored him.

Xu Musen was used to it: "Auntie, are you feeling better?"

"Well, I'm much better. I'm resting at home now."

Zhao Lianmai said, she pursed her lips slightly, and then said: "My mother knows about my work, she is very grateful to you."

The salary she earned during the six months she worked at the school was more than she had earned from her part-time job in the previous few years.

The family can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Mom can finally go to the doctor, my sister can continue to go to school, and she can finally have three meals a day.

"You deserve this. Your abilities will make you shine wherever you are in the future."

Xu Musen replied that although Zhao Lianmai usually did not give him face, there was nothing wrong with his work. It could be said that if Zhao Lianmai had not been able to do the work of several people in the early days, he would not have been able to go to other schools to expand his territory without any worries.

When starting a business, talent is the most important thing.

Zhao Lianmai shook his head.

"In all things, it's the deeds that count, not the heart. For the money I earned from you, you are the benefactor of my family."

"Then can you be nicer to your benefactor in the future?"

"As much as possible."

"Ok."

Xu Musen couldn't help but smile. Well, he didn't expect her to greet him with a smile in the future.

"Then I'll go back first."

"Ah."

Zhao Lianmai looked at his back, and after a moment she burned the last handful of paper money in her hand, packed up her things and prepared to go down the mountain.

Liu Rushuang went to find the person in charge of the cemetery and wanted to plant a sunflower next to the grave so that the people here could help take care of it.

I came out to pack my things and prepare to go back.

Driving on the road.

Didn't walk far.

Xu Musen suddenly spotted a familiar figure appearing on the snow-covered roadside.

Wearing an old down jacket, a baseball cap and carrying a basket in his hand, he walked in the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

This mountain road is two or three kilometers long, and the snow has not melted yet. Her shoes are soaked by the snow. It must be uncomfortable in this weather.

She just walked up the mountain like this, and she was still a girl...

Xu Musen sighed silently.

"Is that... that little employee of yours?"

Yao Mingyue also saw her. Whenever a girl appeared next to Xu Musen, she would always have a good impression of her at the first sight.

"Xiao Sen, is this your friend?"

Liu Rushuang also asked.

"Yeah, we're from the same university, so he and I are colleagues."

Xu Musen began to introduce.

"Why is this child going up the mountain alone in the snow..." Liu Rushuang is a mother after all, and she couldn't help but feel heartbroken when she saw this scene.

Xu Musen drove directly to her side and rolled down the window.

"Zhao Lianmai!"

Xu Musen shouted, and Zhao Lianmai turned around and met his eyes.

This is the thing about Zhao Lianmai. She doesn't want to trouble others and wants to take advantage of others. Even though she met an acquaintance, she was unwilling to even ask for a ride.

"boarding."

Xu Musen spoke.

Zhao Lianmai first looked up at him, and also saw Yao Mingyue and Liu Rushuang in the back seat of the car.

"Child, get in the car. We can go down the mountain together smoothly."

Liu Rushuang smiled and said to her.

Zhao Lianmai looked at their open car windows and knew that if she didn't go over, they would continue to be blown by the cold wind, so she went over.

After getting in the car, Zhao Lianmai looked at Yao Mingyue in the car and the elegant and gentle woman beside her, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Girl, I'm Mingyue's mother. I heard that you and Xiaosen are good friends in college?"

Liu Rushuang chuckled and stretched out her hand.

Zhao Lianmai looked at Liu Rushuang, then at Yao Mingyue. Why were the mother and daughter so different in temperament?

"Hello, Auntie. My name is Zhao Lianmai. I work with him at school."

Zhao Lianmai also immediately stretched out his hand and shook hands with Liu Rushuang politely.

"That's fate. Your hands are frozen. Here are some hand warmers. Warm them up first."

Liu Rushuang spoke in a gentle tone and rubbed her skin gently with her hands.

Then he asked Yao Mingyue to bring the hand warmer from the car.

Zhao Lianmai looked at Liu Rushuang, then looked down at her hands holding hers. For some reason... a warm feeling surged in her heart.

This kind of being locked up by the elders
The feeling of heart.

"for you."

At this time, Yao Mingyue also took the hand warmer and handed it to her.

Zhao Lianmai looked at the mother and daughter, and she seemed to have a better understanding of Yao Mingyue's views.

"Thank you."

Zhao Lianmai said softly, holding the hand warmer in her hand.

Along the way, Liu Rushuang chatted about various topics with a smile on her face. Although Zhao Lianmai spoke very little, she still responded to every word of Liu Rushuang's questions.

Yao Mingyue didn't say anything, but she didn't have much hostility towards Zhao Lianmai. Her woman's sixth sense could tell her.

This person shouldn't be her love rival.

The vehicle drove all the way to the foot of the mountain, and there was a village not far away.

"It's fine right here."

Zhao Lianmai started talking.

"I'll just take you home."

Xu Musen thought that since it was delivered, it would be better to just deliver it directly to the doorstep.

"No need, just stay here."

Zhao Lianmai's eyes twitched slightly.

"Then stay here."

Liu Rushuang also spoke at this time. She smiled and touched Zhao Lianmai's head again: "We are not too far away. You are welcome to come and play with Mingyue and Musen."

Zhao Lianmai looked at her and nodded. She wanted to keep the hand warmer, but Liu Rushuang smiled and said, "You can use it first and return it to them later."

"Ah."

This time, Zhao Lianmai did not refuse. She got out of the car and bowed slightly to them: "Thank you."

"Go back and help me take care of it for Auntie."

Xu Musen spoke.

Zhao Lianmai nodded, turned and left.

Xu Musen looked at the village she was heading to. This was the suburbs outside Zhengcheng. The village was still mostly made up of old bungalows.

Compared with Zhengcheng with its high-rise buildings a few kilometers away, this place seems to have been forgotten.

Xu Musen sighed and drove away.

(End of this chapter)