Wasn’t the family’s condition terrible? What she feared was that she was poor and hypocritical.
With a character like Xiao Wu’s, she would definitely be liked by the relatives when she entered a new family.
“Thank you, Grandma.”
According to the memory left by ‘Qiu Wu’, it was common for two families to send things to each other. She did not refuse and accepted half of the watermelon with a smile.
“Xiao Wu, what if your mother… Aiya, I just want to say that it has not been easy for your mother to raise you by herself all these years. Sometimes your mother speaks in a hurry, and you have to be considerate.”
Old Mrs. Lin originally wanted to mention Qiu Xia’s remarriage and test Qiu Wu’s opinion, but then she thought that this matter had not happened yet. It would be bad if Qiu Wu got into trouble because of it.
“I know, Grandma.”
Ah Wu nodded in agreement.
In ‘Qiu Wu’s’ memory, her mother didn’t like her, but as a bystander, Ah Wu saw a completely different view from ‘Qiu Wu’ in some details.
For example, if the family bought new clothes, there was always a piece for ‘Qiu Wu’.
If the family cooked fish, her mother would never touch the meat in the fish belly.
No matter how difficult the conditions were, the necessary expenses for studying in ‘Qiu Wu’ would always rank first in family expenses…
In Ah Wu’s view, Qiu Xia loved her daughter, but for unknown reasons, she couldn’t express her kindness in front of her. Instead, she often spoke and stabbed her as if she was an enemy.
How could the young ‘Qiu Wu’ distinguish this awkward liking?
Therefore, in her heart, she thought that she was never loved.
Ah Wu had no memory of the past, but the experiences of several lifetimes were still affecting her thinking.
She could feel the indistinguishable love of ‘Qiu Wu’, and naturally, she would not get into trouble with Qiu Xia because of this.
“That’s good. All right, you can go to the library quickly. I’m afraid it won’t be easy to find a seat if you get there late.”
Like supermarkets, places open to the public such as libraries were also favorites of the elderly. When the weather was cold or hot, a group of old men and women liked to go there to enjoy the air conditioning and read a few newspapers.
Old Mrs. Lin urged Qiu Wu. She felt more and more that she could be a matchmaker.
***
The old landlady acted quickly and arranged a time for the two people to meet for dinner the next day after communicating with Qiu Xia. For this reason, Qiu Xia had to postpone her daughter’s day to work.
However, it was not appropriate to have a meal with a blind date for the first time and also take care of the children, so Qiu Xia just asked Qiu Wu to order some noodles for herself on the pretext that she had something to do.
On this day, Qiu Xia put on her best clothes, a floral dress that she bought at a night market clothing stall and still cost 80 yuan after bargaining. Except for occasionally wearing it to wedding banquets, this was usually a bottom-of-the-box skirt.
Qiu Xia had lipstick, a well-established domestic product, water red, which cost her 48 yuan. After using it for three years, she still had half of it left.
Before going out, she carefully arranged her hair, put on lipstick, and looked in the mirror for a long time.
After making sure that there was no problem, she hurriedly left home.
Ah Wu watched this process. She realized that maybe she was going to have a father soon.
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