“But, why? You are all just irrelevant people.”
Jiang Wu replied seriously: “Ah Wu’s heart is only this big. It can only be filled with the people who like Ah Wu and people whom Ah Wu likes.”
Jiang Wu drew the size of the heart with Xu Baozhu’s pen. How many people could fit in such a small heart, including Lin Pingchun, Widow Xu, and the woman in front of her?
Although she suddenly had many memories related to them, in Jiang Wu’s view, those were unimportant. Since it was unimportant people and unimportant things, why bother getting involved?
“What’s irrelevant?”
Xu Baozhu murmured to herself. It was really ridiculous. She regarded the person in front of her as enemies and opponents. As a result, in her eyes, she and others were irrelevant existences.
Are all fools like this? They are heartless.
However, Jiang Wu’s straightforward and simple answer reflected Xu Baozhu’s embarrassment even more. Why had she lived her life like this over the years?
Xu Baozhu finally left in despair. Not long after, she divorced Lin Pingchun and moved back to her parents’ home.
The days after the divorce were not so easy. Xu Baozhu never remarried because living with her sister-in-law would inevitably lead to bumps and bruises.
Lin Pingchun failed one after another, and his fame was limited to that of a scholar. Later, he could no longer afford the expenses of Yunshan Academy, so he chose to return to the village to teach at a private school.
Widow Xu arranged another marriage for him, but this time, Widow Xu misjudged the girl. The girl she chose was a woman who was gentle on the outside but very capable on the inside.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law kept fighting for Lin Pingchun. Widow Xu was defeated by her new daughter-in-law and suffered several losses.
Perhaps because she loved her son so much that she was paranoid. In order to prevent her son from being attracted to her new daughter-in-law, Widow Xu got rat poison from somewhere and smeared the poison on the rim of the bowl where her daughter-in-law eats.
Fortunately, the amount of poison was small, so the young daughter-in-law was rescued. However, Widow Xu’s poisoning came to light and she was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Because of this incident, Lin Pingchun and his widowed mother were completely separated. When Widow Xu was in prison, the couple built several other houses.
They relied on Lin Pingchun’s teaching as a book repairer and his occasional private work of copying books to live a comfortable life as a couple.
It was still relatively well off, but compared to when Lin Pingchun was at his most wanton and prosperous, it was definitely not as good as it was back then.
***
“Do you like me more today?”
Every day, Huo Lindong would ask Ah Wu this question.
The elderly Liu Yuanzheng’s medical skills were superb, but he could not solve the illness that Jiang Wu brought from her mother’s womb. However, the prescriptions he gave were somewhat effective. Only people who were very close to her could feel the subtle changes in Jiang Wu day by day.
“Yes, the candied haws apples given by Brother Lindong are delicious, and Ah Wu likes them.”
Ah Wu didn’t know what kind of love Huo Lindong was asking about, but love was a happy emotion, and Brother Lindong would bring her more happiness every day.
“Do you like me more today?”
“Yes, I like the little clay figurine you made for Ah Wu.”
“Do you like me more today?”
“I like it even more. Ah Wu wants to kiss Brother Lindong. Can you squat down quickly?”
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Lucien On ABRWF Chapter 34.1