Era: Life's Big Winner

Chapter 97 He Wenhui Returns to Her Parents' Home
The breeze is cool and the night is dark.

Liu Hongchang walked back, holding his bicycle with one hand and the locust flowers with the other.

"Are you really okay?" Liu Hongchang asked with concern.

Huaihua shook her head gently, her cheeks flushed, and she smiled and replied, "You'll get used to it after walking a few steps slowly. It won't be a problem."

"Remember to wash with hot water. Don't be careless. Hygiene is very important." Liu Xingchang reminded.

Huaihua hummed, took a deep breath, turned around and threw herself into his arms, and they separated uncomfortably.

Liu Hongchang stroked her hair, patted her back, and said softly, "Go back, see you tomorrow."

"I don't want to go home." Huaihua said in a soft voice.

Liu Hongchang chuckled and asked, "It's so late, and you still don't want to go back? Aren't you afraid that your mother will beat you?"

"Don't be afraid, I'm a good girl at home. I'll just say I went to a classmate's house to play. They won't suspect anything." Huaihua said in a low voice.

Liu Hongchang nodded and smiled, "No wonder you are so confident."

"You... you don't think I'm not serious, do you?" Huaihua looked up and said nervously, "I've only been with you this late before."

Liu Hongchang shook his head and said, "No need to explain, the obstacle just now has completely explained everything."

"Ah!" Huaihua's face turned red with shame. She hit him lightly and said resentfully, "You are so annoying!"

After a pause, he continued in a greasy voice: "I will always remember what happened tonight. The heart-wrenching pain made me love and fear it at the same time."

Liu Hongchang lowered his head and kissed her, comforting her: "It won't hurt anymore. As you said just now, you will get used to it slowly. I will also teach you a lot of new knowledge, so you must study hard!"

Sophora japonica: ...

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When I got home, everyone was asleep.

Liu Hongchang put his bicycle in the corner of the living room, then slipped into the space, took a shower, and walked into the bedroom.

He Wenhui was a light sleeper. Her five or six-month-old baby was already very big, which made her always feel uneasy when she slept.

Hearing the noise, she woke up instantly, reached out to turn on the desk lamp, yawned and said casually, "You're back!"

"Did I disturb you?" Liu Hongchang walked to the bedside and asked in a low voice.

He Wenhui shook her head and said, "I didn't sleep well in the first place. The child was naughty and kicked me from time to time."

Liu Hongchang took off his clothes, lay down, put his face on her belly and listened, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work!"

He Wenhui smiled and put her hand on his head: "I don't know if it's a boy or a girl."

"I like both men and women, so don't worry about these trivial things." Liu Hongchang moved his head away and said with a smile.

He Wenhui gently lay in his arms and whispered, "I'm just afraid that my mother-in-law will be dissatisfied!"

"My mom? If you gave birth to a girl, she would like it more." Liu Hongchang said with a smile.

He Wenhui curled her lips and said, "Just comfort me. When my mother-in-law says I can't have children, you have to stand by me."

"Haha, okay, I'll be your backer." Liu Hongchang said with a smile.

He Wenhui smiled and said thoughtfully: "I want to go back to my parents' home tomorrow and stay there for a few days."

"Okay, I'll take you back." Liu Hongchang nodded, "Does your mother still tell you about He Wentao in private?"

"Why not? How could she not miss her own son? She's just pretending to be strong on the surface." He Wenhui sighed.

"Don't worry too much. Sister Junling and I often counsel her. Now that things have come to this, what else can we do?"

Liu Hongchang nodded slightly, was silent for a moment, and asked: "Do you blame me for sending He Wenyuan to the coal factory?"

"That's not the case. Wenyuan does need discipline, but it's a pity that he has a bad life..." He Wenhui said dejectedly.

……

The next morning, Huaihua went to work at the food factory on time. Liu Hongchang taught her what to do step by step, and she adapted quickly.

After a meeting in the morning, Liu Hongchang said something to Manager Li and left the factory.

Now the factory doesn't need him to watch over it all the time, and his working hours are flexible. He can even skip going to the factory for several days without any incident.

On the way home, Liu Hongchang took some gifts from the space. When he got home, He Wenhui had already packed his luggage.

So without delay, following Wang Cuilan's repeated instructions, Liu Hongchang and He Wenhui went to Suxiang Hutong together.

The weather is a bit gloomy and stuffy, like it's going to rain.

There was no conversation along the way. When they reached the entrance of the alley, He Wenhui got out of the car and Liu Hongchang pushed the car and walked slowly with her.

"As soon as I got here, I felt a lot more relaxed," He Wenhui sighed.

Liu Hongchang asked in confusion: "Why do you say that? Life in my house is very depressing?"

"That's not the case. Maybe it's because I grew up here, so I feel more at home here." He Wenhui shook her head and smiled.

Liu Hongchang nodded and smiled, "It seems that you haven't fully adapted to the environment over there. You will get used to it after staying for a few more years."

"That's true. In fact, I have adapted to it now." He Wenhui said with a smile.

"To be honest, the impression my mother's family left on me was that they were poor, lacked food and clothing, and even went hungry. That's why I have a very deep memory of them."

"Do you remember when you gave me sheep bones when we first met?"

Liu Hongchang nodded and said, "I remember."

The original owner had known He Wenhui for a short time last year and lent money to He Wenhui.

So she went to the garment factory to do odd jobs every day, burning soldering irons and earning one dollar a day.

One time, the cafeteria was selling lamb bones internally. He Wenhui happened to go there to pay back a debt and saw the lamb bones and wanted to buy some, but those bones were only for internal employees, so she didn't buy any.

The original owner happened to be away that day. He only found out about it after he came back and heard from Liuzi, so he gave his share to He Wenhui.

"At that time, we hadn't eaten meat for several months." He Wenhui pursed her lips and said, "It's not like now, we can eat meat every day and we can be picky about the fat and thin meat."

Liu Hongchang said with a smile: "It's just our family. In fact, it's common for many families to not have meat now."

For city dwellers, food is no longer in short supply in recent years, but they still have to buy it in fixed quantities.

There is a lot of free side dishes. The affordable ones require tickets and are relatively cheap, but they are limited in quantity.

The ones without tickets are relatively more expensive. For most families, they don’t have that much money to buy meat every day, so they can only eat a little bit of oil and water.

If we expand the scope to the whole country, the vast majority of people are still struggling to make ends meet, and spending more than they earn is the norm.

Only a very small number of places have good harvests and can barely provide enough food and clothing.

While they were talking, the couple came into the yard.

Although Yu Qiuhua was blind, she was not idle. She stayed at home weaving. The loom took up a small half of the room.

In the past, the clothes of He Wenhui's four siblings were all made of the cloth she wove.

The house was cleaned tidy. It seemed that He Wenyuan had indeed become more diligent. He had to be diligent. Now she and her mother depended on each other and could not rely on others.

"Mom, I'm back to see you." He Wenhui walked into the house and said with tears in her eyes.

Liu Hongchang held the gift and said with a smile, "Is my mother-in-law busy?"

"Hongchang? Wenhui?" Yu Qiuhua smiled happily. "I dreamt of a large field of wheat last night. When I woke up in the morning, I wondered if you were coming. I didn't expect you to really come!"

Liu Hongchang put the gift aside and said with a smile: "Wenhui said she missed you, so I sent her over to stay for a few days."

He Wenhui walked over and sat next to Yu Qiuhua, holding her hand and asking with concern: "Mom, are you used to moving back home?"

"I've lived here for decades. What's there to be uncomfortable about?" Yu Qiuhua said angrily, "Hongchang, pour yourself some water!"

(End of this chapter)