Chapter 34: Favorite daughter

At eleven thirty, Jiang Xiaozhen finally appeared.
She walked alone under the street lamp, carrying a small black plastic bag in her hand, with long hair scattered, and a tired expression.
Standing at the door of "Rongmei Furniture", He Yu saw a figure from a distance, but did not recognize her at first glance.
It was the first time he had seen Jiang Xiaozhen, a teenage girl, not wearing a princess dress and no hairpin on her head. To be honest, she is more pleasing to the eye than her usual image.
Ordinary and normal, ugly and fat black; better than ostentatious, unknowingly colorful.
He Yu waited for her to come over, and had a whole bunch of things to ask her: Where have you been? Why not wear a princess dress? What's in your hand? Have you been injured in the debt before? What happened to the broken leg?
When Jiang Xiaozhen really stood still in front of him, He Yu opened his mouth and only asked one question.
"Are you okay, Jiang Xiaozhen?"
She nodded and gave him a sloppy smile.
"Suddenly came to me, what are you doing?"
"It's nothing……"
He doesn't know where to start.
"It's good to see that you are safe. You can call your mother. She is looking for you everywhere."
Suddenly, Jiang Xiaozhen guessed why He Yu was here.
She saw a touch of sympathy in his sight.
Jiang Xiaozhen used the landline of the furniture store to dial her mother's number, and the two had a brief conversation.
He Yu looked at Jiang Xiaozhen from a distance.
She held the microphone, while talking, while biting her lips anxiously.
"It's me, I'm home, and He Yu is here too."
"Go ahead, what's the matter?"
"...Did you borrow money from their house?"
"You come back, come back and I will tell you."
Hanging up, Jiang Xiaozhen walked to He Yu.
She crossed her hands, the expression between her eyebrows was indifferent, and she had a clear attitude to draw a line from him.
"When my mother comes back, you take the money."
He Yu stared at Jiang Xiaozhen's torn lips and shook his head firmly.
"No, you want to study, you want to live. This money is borrowed from you, let's get through the current difficulties first."
She snorted and said amusedly: "The difficulties in front of me? He Yu, do you know how much money my family owes? Do you dare to borrow money from us? Have you ever visited my house, I will show you."
While speaking, she grabbed his wrist.
He Yu threw her away: "You don't have to go to see, I just came out from there."
"Then why do you want to borrow? I borrowed so much?" Jiang Xiaozhen didn't understand.
"You sympathize with me? My mother told you about us?"
She pressed harder and harder, drawing surprisingly accurate conclusions based on her own speculation.
"My mom is crying? I beg you crying? It's hard for you to refuse? My mom kneels with you?"
Jiang Xiaozhen knew clearly, as if she was on the scene, as if she had watched the scene countless times.
He Yu quietly stared at her irrational eyes, trying to comfort her: "Jiang Xiaozhen..."
She raised her hand and asked him to stop what he was about to say.
"If you want to help me, He Yu, I don't plan to go to school anymore. Take your money back. This is the conclusion."
He Yu couldn't do it because of Jiang Xiaozhen's future; he couldn't do it for Jiang Xiaozhen's parents.
He really wanted to help Jiang Xiaozhen. He could imagine how sad her mother would be to hear Jiang Xiaozhen say such things, so he even wanted to persuade Jiang Xiaozhen to accept the money before Mrs. Jiang returned.
"You know it’s very difficult for your mother to borrow money, so you shouldn’t let your parents down and say such irresponsible words. If you feel bad about them, there will be a better way to reward them. You can follow them. Read the book well. If you are out of self-esteem, it is difficult to accept the money we give... I am here to tell you from the bottom of my heart, Jiang Xiaozhen, when everyone has difficulties, no one’s life is going smoothly. You are not ashamed, and you are not ashamed of receiving money."
Jiang Xiaozhen listened to what he said completely.
Her emotions calmed down, as He Yu hoped.
Jiang Xiaozhen didn't speak for a long time. He waited for her to recover from the silence, whether it was a counterattack after recovery or acceptance after recovery, he was mentally prepared.
"He Yu..."
Jiang Xiaozhen raised his eyes and said to him with a tired face.
"You think you see me through and tell the truth again and again, but it doesn't work every time."
"I'm serious. Don't say anything about my hard-headedness and willfulness. I have thought about it. For my own sake, I don't want to read it. I can't do it. I can't bear it."
Yes, Jiang Xiaozhen is serious.
He Yu believes that Jiang Xiaozhen, who communicated with him, has really thought about it. Because he had never seen Jiang Xiaozhen with such an expression.
The feeling of boredom pressed the corners of her eyes heavy, and her tone was full of breathless tiredness.
The phrase "unbearable" is for her personally, there is no doubt about this.
"Why? If you can read, why not read it?"
As Jiang Xiaozhen said, He Yu thought she had seen her through.
She didn't answer, so he started to guess again.
"If it's because of campus bullying, don't you plan to change classes? Are you worried that going to another class will have the same experience?"
Coincidentally, Xu Meiyin is back at this moment.
"Campus bullying? Transfer?" She was surprised and flustered, questioning what she had heard: "He Yu, do you mean Xiaozhen was bullied at school?"
He Yu was equally surprised: Xu Meiyin had no idea about Jiang Xiaozhen at school.
Jiang Yuan and Xu Meiyin imagined Jiang Xiaozhen's campus life to be very beautiful.
There she can make educated friends, and get the best education with the most elite children in the city; she has traces of carefully dressed up, shiny hairpins, and beautiful skirts; she is fat and fat Cute smiley, everyone’s happy fruit; she is a conscientious health commissioner who competes for the glory of the class every week.
She should be the most popular girl in the class, and classmates will like Jiang Xiaozhen as they like her.
In order to protect all these beautiful things, they don't count money or hard work. But I didn't want to, struggling to protect their little princess, and let her grow up in the ivory tower carefree.
It was only months after Jiang Xiaozhen was bullied on campus that Xu Meiyin knew about it.
It was not that her mother was not competent enough, but Jiang Xiaozhen had concealed it so well that she could not find any unpleasant clues from her.
"Xiaozhen, don't worry."
After listening to the situation at the school, Xu Meiyin wiped away her tears.
"My parents will help you deal with things that are bad with your classmates. You should go back to class."
"Handle?" Jiang Xiaozhen asked stiffly.
"You mean that those who fill my schoolbag every day must have snacks that I distribute to my friends? Or do you want to find a teacher, find a superior, and tell them to give me justice? What are you going to do? Give it to my classmates Are we kneeling and let them play with me?"
Xu Meiyin was speechless.
"Mom, I went to find a job today."
She picked up the small black plastic bag that was left on the ground, opened it, and took out the contents.
The medicine for wounds comes at a small amount.
"I can work legally at my age, or not go to school. I went to many shops and finally found a barber shop. They were recruiting apprentices. I washed my hair all night and felt that I learned very quickly. Late hours are short and I earn less money, but if I go to work regularly, I can get more wages."
Xu Meiyin held her daughter's icy hand, kept looking, and cried silently.
Jiang Xiaozhen helped her mother wipe the tears, speaking word by word, slowly, gently and firmly.
"You wiped the medicine and the wound was not good. Then, our mother and daughter went out to eat. He Yu's money was returned to them. Next, you and your father, and I will work hard together and pay off the debt. The whole family works hard, When we no longer owe others money, our family will reunite."
She hugged her mother and took the money borrowed from He Yu from her jacket pocket.
Xu Meiyin did not resist.
On the way here, Xu Meiyin told He Yu that this is not the first time her daughter has made trouble not going to school.
He Yu has yet to know the reason why young Jiang Mingzhen is unwilling to go to school. But he quickly learned that when Jiang Mingzhen didn't go to school, how did her parents convince her in the end.
"Snapped."
Xu Meiyin slapped her face severely.
When He Yu and Jiang Xiaozhen did not react. She took another slap again.
Her cheeks immediately turned red, and she used her full energy without blinking.
"Blam me!"
"I made Xiaozhen suffer. We Xiaozhen shouldn't have suffered like this."
"Blam me!"
Jiang Xiaozhen shivered.
"Mom, don't do this, please."
She said the difficult words so firmly; now, with these simple words, her lips trembled and her speech was out of tune.
Xu Meiyin continued to slap herself, saying something in her mouth: "We Xiaozhen, helping people wash their hair. We didn't go to school, and we were bullied. We all blame me. I have no ability.
"no……"
Jiang Xiaozhen began to choke.
"You calm down."
He Yu stepped forward and grabbed Xu Meiyin's hands to prevent her from continuing to abuse herself.
Xu Meiyin's knees softened, she knelt down, and slammed her head at Jiang Xiaozhen: "Mom's sorry for you, mother's sorry for you."
The wound on his forehead broke open, and He Yula couldn't hold it, he heard Jiang Xiaozhen scream.
She broke down, she came to stop her mother, messed hair, nasal mucus, tears, her mother's blood stained her hands.
"I go to school……"
She was hoarse, every word was broken.
"School, school, I was wrong...you stop."
Xu Meiyin did not stop, her hands and feet were restrained.
But she kept crying, and kept apologizing to Jiang Xiaozhen.
"Mom, I go to school. I will get my schoolbag, I will wear a princess dress, I still have hairpins, a drawer of hairpins. I am really happy, every day is happy. Mom, stop crying, you're right, you That’s right, I’m very happy."
So whose fault is it?
Jiang Mingzhen, the jewel in the palm of the Jiang family, the supreme treasure.
Everything I give you is the best, what went wrong? When did it go wrong?
Parents who are in the quagmire raise their hands vigorously to ask you to get out of this mud.
At that time, my mother was sick and had a cough for more than half a month. She had no money to buy medicine, but she had money to give you a beautiful white princess dress on your birthday.
At that time, you passed the western restaurant and glanced unconsciously. Your parents pulled you in and ordered a steak. You said that you can't eat it alone and you want to divide them. They refuse to eat it and want you to eat it. If you don't eat it all, they would rather be left. After returning home, the two adults shared a piece of steamed bread.
At that time, I bought only one hairy crab at home, it was yours. They peeled the shell and dipped the sauce for you. There was no sense of greedy.
At that time, your parents refused to let you follow. You sneaked out and saw them give up their pride and kneel on the ground, with their hands folded, begging to borrow money from others.
Or not long ago, you saw that your mother was beaten, she clung to the money tightly and refused to let go, as if she would rather be beaten to death, in order to guard your living expenses.
After all, who, where, when, made you wrong like this.
When Jiang Xiaozhen stared at herself in the mirror.
Fancy dressing, there is no need to decorate an ugly face; a fat body with a decent dignity on his shoulders.
This kind of her is the most beloved daughter brought up by mom and dad with blood and tears.
She is their hope, their fate.
Jiang Xiaozhen is no one to blame.
She has no right to be unhappy, no right to complain.