Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 20

Cheng Jinxiang, who was also eating roast chicken, looked up and said, "I believe your father has no money."

Zhao Da'e rolled his eyes: "Mom, just stay put. My dad has fifty yuan in his pocket, but he's reluctant to spend it. He's planning to save that fifty yuan to have a baby."

Zhao Tiesheng quickly explained, "Those fifty yuan were stolen by a thief when I went home the day before yesterday..."

Zhao Da'e: "Uh... I don't care, I have no money. No coins. I have no money, but you can take my life."

Cheng Jinxiang couldn't bear it, so she took out a few coins from her pocket and handed them to Zhao Tiesheng: "Don't listen to Da'e. Although the old lady isn't a good person, she's still your mother. Your mother has bound feet, so if something happens to her, those guys will blame it all on us. I can't bear that responsibility."

Zhao Tiesheng took the money and then left.

Zhao Da'e complained, "Mom, my grandma isn't a good person. And my aunt, my third aunt, my third uncle, there are too few good people in our family. My second aunt isn't much better either. Speaking of good people, my dad's siblings are basically not very good either."

“There’s no good or bad, it’s all about money.” Cheng Jinxiang sighed. “Your father isn’t good with words, but he’s not a bad person at heart. The first two days I was hospitalized, your father said that it would be fine if it was a girl, and he wouldn’t give her away…”

"Alright, alright. I don't believe it. If my dad really thought that way, Mom, do you think you would show up at the hospital to give birth? My dad is incredibly stingy. Would he really be willing to spend money to let you give birth at the hospital? Why wasn't he there when I was born?"

Cheng Jinxiang: "..."

Zhao Da'e picked up the chicken leg he had saved and handed it to Cheng Jinxiang: "So, with your IQ, you should just eat and drink as much as you want. As long as you're healthy and don't get sick, that's fine. Leave the rest to me."

Cheng Jinxiang lowered her head, not daring to speak: "My daughter seems to have grown up a lot..."

After Zhao Tiesheng took the money, he soon found his mother, Wang Guixiang. The two then took a taxi to the vicinity of Zhao Chunqin's workplace.

After getting off the car, Zhao Tiesheng looked around and saw that there really was a residential building behind the unit.

So Zhao Tiesheng led Wang Guixiang inside. When they reached the bottom of the apartment building, Zhao Tiesheng observed for a while and then said, "Mom, my younger sister should live in Unit 3, on the sixth floor."

Wang Guixiang was stunned: "How did you know?"

"Because the sixth floor of this building is the worst, it's the top floor, and the space is terrible. Plus, it faces the street, so it must be incredibly noisy, and look at that light bulb, it's so dim..."

Wang Guixiang was dumbfounded: "What do you mean?"

"Mom, think about it, my little sister must feel embarrassed to bring you home because she thinks her place is too run-down. So, of all the apartment buildings, the one that's the most run-down must be her place."

Wang Guixiang was furious when she heard this: "What kind of bullshit logic is this? I don't believe your sister lives in the worst building. This is a staff housing building, and we paid for it. We can't just buy whichever building we want, can we?"

"Go up and have a look?"

So Zhao Tiesheng and Wang Guixiang climbed the stairs to the sixth floor.

Wang Guixiang had bound feet, making climbing stairs extremely uncomfortable. She complained incessantly as she climbed: "Ouch, my legs! Ouch, my knees! Ouch, my big toe! Ouch, my back! Ouch, my head..."

With a thud, because the corridor was too dark, Wang Guixiang was not paying attention and bumped her head against the wall, resulting in a large bump.

It was already past five o'clock. In the northern winter, the sun is no longer visible until around 4:30, when it gets dark.

It was past five o'clock, and the stairwell was completely dark, with no light at all. Wang Guixiang, whose legs were not very strong, bumped into something and got a big bump.