Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband-Chapter 509 - 501: The Miserable Days of Liang Weixiang and Her Daughter
"It was inside the pocket of my jacket, Iโve been wearing it since I got on the train. No one knew it was there. Dan Dan, how did the money disappear?"
"Youโve been wearing it? Didnโt you take it off when we got off?" ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ท๐๐ฟ๐๐ต.๐๐๐
Liang Weixiang thought back to when she was changing clothes at the train station and someone bumped into her. Suddenly realizing, she slapped her thigh and exclaimed, "Dan Dan, someone stole my money. Quick, letโs get off. Letโs hurry to the train station." She shouted to the driver in front, "Comrade, stop the car. We need to get off. Comrade, stop the car."
"Comrade, we can only stop at the station. Please sit down quickly."
"By the time we get to the station, the money will be gone. Hurry, stop the car."
Liang Weixiang kept shouting for the driver to stop, not understanding. Zhang Dandan was so embarrassed she could have died.
When they finally reached the next stop, they quickly got off the car.
"Mom, the money was lost at the train station. Itโs no use going back. Who knows where that person has gone now. I told you at the time to endure a bit, but you wouldnโt listen. Now, itโs all gone. You brought only fifty yuan, when did it become so much?"
"Canโt a mom have some secret money? Your dad doesnโt even know about this money. What if we canโt find it back? Iโve been saving for years. I saw that personโs face, letโs go back and see, maybe weโll run into them."
"Mom, just let it go. Anyway, Auntโs family is wealthy. You can stay at her place without worrying about food and drink. Maybe sheโll even give you money. Itโs just right that it got lost. Last time I came, just said everything was lost, and in the end, the clothes they gave me were my cousinโs, all brand new and very pretty. Not only did they prepare clothes for me, but gave me money. Mom, when you get there, just play the poor card." Zhang Dandan advised with experience.
Of course, Liang Weixiang knew what to do, but she couldnโt just lose all her hard-earned money, right?
In the end, Liang Weixiang still dragged Zhang Dandan to the train station. They wandered around the station for more than an hour but didnโt see the person who bumped into her.
In the past few days, the snow hadnโt melted yet, and the cold wind was howling. The two of them froze at the train station for more than an hour.
By the time they arrived at Liang Hongmeiโs house, their hands and arms were almost numb.
Liang Hongmei had been paying special attention to visitors these few days. Whenever someone knocked, she would peek through the crack in the door first.
Seeing it was Liang Weixiang and her daughter, she quickly ran to her daughterโs house in the backyard to call Qin Xiu.
Then she slowly came back to open the door for them.
"Why so slow? Iโm freezing to death." Was the first thing Liang Weixiang said to Liang Hongmei.
Liang Hongmei didnโt respond to her complaint, instead, she asked, "Hey, why are you here?"
"Why canโt I come? Dan Dan said your restaurant is big and must need a lot of people. Hiring others is still hiring, why not use your own people. Letting outsiders make all that money for nothing. So, I came with Dan Dan." As she spoke, Liang Weixiang looked around the yard.
Just as her daughter said, Liang Hongmeiโs yard was even bigger than that of their village secretary. This house was impressive, with a very high threshold.
No wonder her daughter said this place was good.
Zhang Dandan awkwardly smiled at Liang Hongmei, "Aunt, I told my mom not to come, but she insisted. I couldnโt help it."
"Didnโt I tell you all, we donโt need people at the shop now, didnโt let you come. Coming here is a wasted trip."
"What, how could it be a wasted trip. How could you not need people, arenโt there many people in the shop? Just dismiss one or two, wouldnโt that work? Itโs a lot per month, just given to others for nothing. Why not give it to me? I do work just as well as them back home."
"Sister Wei Xiang, our shopโs staff are all long-timers, theyโve worked diligently for many years, well-skilled, nothing wrong with their work, why should I dismiss them?" Liang Weihong spoke coldly, not inviting them inside.
Liang Weixiang, freezing with chattering lips, just wanted to warm up by the fire, impatiently waving her hand, "Letโs not talk about this first, let us in to warm up. We lost our money on the way and searched for more than an hour at the train station, wearing too little, Iโm freezing to death."
"Truly like mother, like daughter," Liang Hongmei gave Zhang Dandan a meaningful look but still let them in. Liang Weixiang had never seen such good furniture in her life. Not even the principalโs home of their town school had furniture like this.
She thought to herself how Liang Hongmei knew how to enjoy life.
With the coal-burning stove in the living room, the house was warm, and Liang Weixiang and her daughter gradually warmed up, starting to feel lively.
They got up wanting to go inside Liang Hongmeiโs room.
"What are you doing?" Liang Hongmei couldnโt stand how Liang Weixiang acted like she owned the place.
"Why so loud, I just want to see your place." Liang Weixiang looked at Liang Hongmeiโs brand new jacket and said, "Hongmei, I didnโt know it would be this cold here when I came. Didnโt bring any thick clothes, find me a couple of pieces of your clothes. Let me wear them first."
"They wonโt fit, youโre too fat."
Liang Weixiang frowned, looking at Liang Hongmei, who was still so slender in her forties, feeling a surge of jealousy.
"Winter coats are bulky, and Iโm not much fatter than you. Look, I even fit into Dan Danโs clothes."
When she raised her arms to show Liang Hongmei, the seams under her armpits were already ripped open, and the fabric was stretched.
Zhang Dandan saw her clothes torn and got anxious immediately, "Mom, I told you not to wear them, you insisted. Really, take it off now. Aunt, please find my mom some clothes. Sheโs not fit for mine."
Liang Hongmei frowned and said, "Your mom isnโt any better fit for mine. My jacketโs not even as loose as yours... Oh, wait, I have two pieces. You wait here."
Saying this, Liang Hongmei went inside to bring out two worn-looking jackets, "These I made my first year here. Besides some worn edges, everything else is good. Theyโre really warm."
"Hongmei, Iโm still your cousin, right? Itโs just a couple of jackets, you live in such a big house, why are you so stingy. Now that you have some spare money, you look down on us old relatives, donโt you."
"Cousin, arenโt you describing yourself? All these years, havenโt you been looking down on us? Every time you return to your motherโs house, you never rest without throwing a few insults my way. When my parents passed, we didnโt have money for the funeral. When I dragged myself through the rain to borrow money from you, what did you say? Even if I had to beg, I should keep away from your doorstep. Now you come to our house asking for this and that, what is all this? Slapping your own face, are you?"
"Hongmei, that was just a joke back then, you took it to heart. Besides, weโre not here to beg. These clothes are nice, Iโll wear them for now." Mention of old matters made Liang Weixiang feel a bit embarrassed. She just arrived and couldnโt afford to anger Liang Hongmei over two jackets.
With the clothes in hand, Zhang Dandan quickly urged Liang Weixiang to change her clothes.
"Where are Ah Hui and Xiao Wan? Why havenโt we seen them?"
"Ah Hui went to work, Xiao Wan is at her place." Liang Hongmei glanced at the clock and said, "You havenโt eaten, right? Iโll make something for you to eat first, then Dan Dan, you take your mom to your place. I still have to go to the shop this afternoon."
With Liang Hongmeiโs words, Zhang Dandanโs face flushed, and she mumbled, "Okay, Aunt."
"Iโll sleep in the same room with Dan Dan, right? Thatโs fine, whereโs the room, Iโll put my luggage there first." Liang Weixiang assumed it was her daughterโs room.
Liang Hongmei frowned and looked at Zhang Dandan confused.
Zhang Dandan smiled sheepishly, "Mom, itโs not here. Aunt, you go cook, Iโll explain to mom."
Liang Hongmei didnโt bother with the mother and daughter, quickly preparing them a meal, wanting to send them off as soon as possible.
Lin Wan worried her mom couldnโt handle Liang Weixiangโs mother and daughter alone, so she brought Han Yi over to have a look.
Anyhow, theyโve been dining at momโs for dinner every day, never cooking themselves.
Just as Lin Wan came in, Liang Weixiang was curiously surveying the things in the house.
"This furniture is truly beautiful." Unlike before, when at their old home, with heavy rain outside, it would rain inside too. Even among the worst in the village, they were not the last, then second last.
Unbelievably, in the blink of an eye, transformed into a nouveau riche, wealthier than her own family.
The sudden contrast made it hard for Liang Weixiang to reconcile, deep down, Liang Hongmei was still that woman who wore patches, had dark skin, coarse hands, and was dirt poor.
