Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 377: Might As Well Feed a Dog!

Chapter 377: Chapter 377: Might As Well Feed a Dog!

The handsome Chu Zizhou looked deeply at Song Ting.

This girl only knew how to play the piano and sing.

Then his gaze fell on her fingers, as he saw her pull over the accordion.

Some people are naturally talented, the kind whom God seems to spoon-feed.

Without ever touching an accordion before, she could take it, press a few keys while looking at the sheet music, and play a wonderful melody.

But him, when he first learned to play the piano, it was Aunt Zhu who taught him, and regrettably, he only knew "I Stand by the Roadside."

Aunt Zhu tactfully said, "We all have our strengths and weaknesses," and piano playing was not his strength.

Later, his father said that his strength was fooling around instead of doing anything serious.

Thinking of this, Chu Zizhou smiled and pointed at the names one by one, saying.

"This is Huai’an, this is mine, Old Mr. Ji’s family, Xia Bowen’s, even Second Young Master Zhong is here, hm, you should stay away from this Second Young Master Zhong... he has some issues, this one is Secretary Fan, met at summer camp, Ye Wenzhi? And the Ye family’s youngest, you might know Old Mr. Gong, Jin Ju? Hm, you must have been introduced by Huai’an, a very decent person, with a chivalrous spirit..."

Song Ting was shocked as she looked at Chu Zizhou: "Other than Gu Huai’an and Uncle Ji, I don’t know any of them, right, isn’t Xia Bowen an enemy? How would I dare ask him for anything?"

Chu Zizhou: "You don’t know, out of these people, Xia Bowen is actually the most useful. If you really need help, he would go out of his way to make sure it’s done for you."

"Why?"

"Because you are Little Nuan’s aunt," Chu Zizhou marveled at Song Yunuan’s connections, actually just Tang Shougui and Qin Wang alone, if they were really needed, they would be more than happy to help.

Powerful?

Hm, naturally, they have many friends.

He even felt a bit jealous, in such a short time, her network had expanded like this.

Without experience, there’s no wisdom gained — the saying made sense, Song Ting seemed much more composed.

Even so, she couldn’t help but proudly raise her brows: "That’s right, I am Little Nuan’s youngest aunt, Little Nuan said I should just tell her if I lack or need anything, she told me not to worry and to just happily sing songs."

Song Ting’s words might seem unambitious, but her expression was extraordinarily radiant.

Chu Zizhou felt his heart skip several beats.

Song Ting was smiling, but her eyes were brimming with tears.

She thought of Qin Siqi.

The Qin Siqi who didn’t want her letters and then looked at her with disgust.

But she hadn’t seen Little Nuan, hadn’t carried her and played with her, she didn’t even know what Little Nuan was like as a child.

Without thinking, she must’ve been as lovely as a child in a New Year picture.

Chu Zizhou, seeing Song Ting’s tear-filled eyes, also wanted to say: You sing happily, play the piano joyfully, live the life you love, as long as you like me, I will never let you down!

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Song Yunuan finally found time to talk with Xique.

Whang Xiaoman didn’t dare to trouble her, but he’s been darting around the village, putting on airs like he’s the head of the Xia family.

Xia Xinshan originally worked at the pig farm, but later, when Zhilan Garment Factory became too busy, he went straight there to help.

He was busy every day.

Even living close by, he still left early and returned late.

These days, her youngest uncle was always at the flight test base’s lab.

So at home, it was only Aunt Zhu, Xique, and Whang Xiaoman.

Xique is her nickname, her full name is Xia Huili, resembling Aunt Zhu closely, and also raised by her from a young age.

She’s in the first year of middle school this year.

A young girl now.

She was shy by nature, not talkative, and liked to smile with her lips pursed.

She wore cotton clothes that Xia Guilan had made for her, and the leather boots on her feet were bought from the provincial city, which all the kids in the family had, including Xiao Gang, Xiao Ru, and Huzi from the county town.

Of course, Asheng’s were custom-made by Song Yunuan in Beidu.

Today was Sunday, and Song Yunuan took Xique to the edge of the village. Xique saw Song Yunuan and felt a bit nervous, and somewhat frightened.

She knew what Song Yunuan was going to talk to her about.

These days, although Whang Xiaoman had not been throwing her weight around as before, she was still no good, not cooking or doing chores, and even expecting Grandma to wash her clothes and cook for her.

Grandma slapped her and told her to get lost if she didn’t want to stay, scolding her for remembering only the good and not the beatings, calling her a worthless thing. She said if Xique thought her grandma was not acting right, she could get lost together with her mother.

Grandma was a gentle and kind person—she had never seen any other grandma as charitable as hers.

Only Grandma Song, in fact, had a bad temper.

Xiao Gang was mischievous and caused trouble, yet she would chase him with a fire poker from the west to the east of the village.

It was the first time Grandma had spoken harshly to her.

Many people scolded her for being hopeless, saying what was the point of letting her come back with such a mother.

Other people called her an ingrate and said Grandma had wasted her efforts and might as well have fed a dog.

She had heard all these things.

She attended school at the commune, and the teachers there still talked about how her mother had not let her go to school before.

If it wasn’t for Grandma and Dad, she would be illiterate, not recognizing a single character.

Xique lowered her head; she liked her cousin, but she was also a little scared of her.

Mainly because when she scolded someone, she did not hold back, leaving them with no face to show.

She had seen her scolding Xiao Gang and Xiao Ru, and after the scolding, both of them really began to study properly.

Xique’s voice trembled as she spoke, "Cousin Little Nuan, I...I...I know I’m hopeless, I’m sorry to Grandma and Dad, I hate her too, I’m even afraid to go out alone with her."

Xique could also hear Little Nuan’s inner thoughts, during that time in Willow Tree Village, where she had a nightmare the same night.

She knew her mother was not a good person.

Song Yunuan asked in surprise, "Why are you afraid to go out alone with her?"

At the same time, her inner thoughts emerged.

[Xique surely doesn’t know that in her past life, her own mother sold her to Nan City. If she’d been sold to an old bachelor, it actually might have been better.]

[Whang Xiaoman planned to sell her daughter to Xiangjiang to do ’that’ job, which meant death was an impossibility.]

[Whang Xiaoman has never liked Xique, and actually had no affection for her at all, knowing full well that Xique was not even fourteen yet and still had the heart to sell her to such a place. She was not a person, but a beast.]

[Fortunately, the traffickers tried to take advantage of Xique on the way, and accidentally suffocated her to death.]

Song Yunuan said seriously, "If you already know all this, why do you still have a soft heart?"

She couldn’t possibly forget Cousin’s inner thoughts that day, and now they were brought up again.

Xique’s face turned deathly pale, so frightened that her legs were trembling.

Song Yunuan quickly held her shoulders, a trace of energy spreading from her palms, and Xique’s complexion quickly recovered a bit.

Crying, she said, "I...I just can’t help it, that day she came to my school looking for me, and then the man she married caught up and beat her on the ground. When I saw people trying to separate them and saw someone dragging her away by her hair, there was...there was blood on the ground...I couldn’t watch, so I had to beg Grandma and Dad to let her stay for a while."

Xique cried her eyes out, her eyes filled with heartache and despair.

"I...I regret it too, she’s still the same as before, she’ll never be a decent person."

Xique’s vision blurred with tears; she couldn’t see Song Yunuan clearly anymore.

She said, "I’ve been trying to find a way to make her leave these past few days, but it’s easy to ask the gods for help and hard to send them away. She stubbornly won’t leave, I...I...If she keeps this up, then I’ll just jump into the river. That way, she’ll have no choice but to leave...sob sob sob..."

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