The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Wu Shanshan is a very pretty girl, about the same age as Zhuang Xiaoting. They go to the same school but in a different class.

Master Wu also has a son who is younger and has not yet started primary school.

Wu Shanshan's mother died early, and her father Wu Jianguo was busy with work and had no idea how to take care of children. As the eldest daughter, Wu Shanshan had to take care of the housework and take care of her younger brother at a young age.

But she was just a child, how could she take care of the family? Her clothes were dirty and her brother looked like a mud monkey.

Wu Shanshan had some hostility towards Huang Ling, and although she didn't show it, Wang Gang still saw through it.

"Shanshan, do you want some candy?"

Wang Gang took out three White Rabbit milk candies from his pocket, gave one to his sister Zhuang Xiaoting, and gave the other two to Wu Shanshan as a token of goodwill.
Wu Shanshan looked at Wu Jianguo timidly and didn't dare to reach out to take the candy.

"Sister, I want some candy." Wu Shanshan's younger brother Wu Jun pulled his sister's clothes.

Seeing that Wu Shanshan didn't dare to take the candy, Huang Ling took the initiative to put the candy in her hand.

Wu Shanshan was a little scared and took two steps back.

"Aunt Wu, are you here for a blind date with my dad?" Wu Shanshan asked with a little fear.

Huang Ling was stunned, and Wu Jianguo said awkwardly: "You dead child, what nonsense are you talking about? Your Aunt Huang came to me to make furniture."

It turned out that Wu Shanshan misunderstood that Huang Ling was the widow who had a blind date with Wu Jianguo.

After Wu Jianguo's wife passed away, the street office saw that he was a grown man who was incapable of taking care of a child, so they introduced a widow to him.

When Wu Shanshan heard about this, she thought Huang Ling was her future stepmother, so she felt a little hostile.

Huang Ling took her hand back somewhat awkwardly and explained to Wu Shanshan: "Shanshan, Auntie is already married, and we will be neighbors soon."

Wu Shanshan breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Jianguo said embarrassedly: "I'm so sorry, this child has lost his mother since he was young, and I don't know how to discipline him. I'm sorry."

Huang Ling took a look at Wu Shanshan's worn and dirty clothes, feeling a little distressed and couldn't help feeling sympathy for her.

"Shanshan, your clothes are dirty. Auntie will help you wash them."

"No, she can wash it herself."

Wu Jianguo politely declined Huang Ling's kindness, but Huang Ling did not insist and took Wang Gang and Zhuang Xiaoting home to paint the walls.

The three of them worked for an hour and basically painted all four walls white before Zhuang Chaoying arrived late.

"Huang Ling, where are you guys at?"

"I'm almost done. I'll wait for you to come and then I'll finish it in the evening."

"I'm sorry, the school is too busy. I have to go on a business trip in two days. I have been officially notified to mark the papers, and there will be a concentrated training meeting in two days. I really can't spare the time." Zhuang Chaoying said guiltily.

"By the way, how are you packing your things? I'll move some of them over first."

Huang Ling said: "No need, I borrowed a tricycle from a co-worker and we can move it together when the time comes."

Zhuang Chaoying felt relieved when he saw that his wife had arranged everything.

"I've thought about it. You and Tunan will sleep in the room inside, and I'll take Xiaoting to sleep outside. We'll put a dining table in the corner and a bed opposite it." Huang Ling told Zhuang Chaoying about her plan.

"You take Xiaoting to sleep inside! Tuanan and I will sleep outside." Zhuang Chaoying said.

The new house has only two rooms, one big and one small. The small one is used as a bedroom, and the big one is naturally a living room and bedroom. As for the toilet, there is only a public toilet 50 meters away, and the kitchen needs to be shared with the neighbors next door.

"I've thought about it. Tunan will take the junior high school entrance exam next year, and you have to grade homework. The room inside is quieter and won't affect you." Huang Ling explained:
"After all, the outside is going to be used as a living room, and it faces the main door, so Xiaoting and I should live there!"

"Well, okay." Zhuang Chaoying looked at the neighbors next door and asked, "Has the neighbor not moved in yet?" "No, I see the rooms next door are almost ready, and the furniture is all there, so they should move in faster than us." Huang Ling said, "We can move in once the furniture is ready."

Zhuang Chaoying said: "Do you know who your neighbors are? We will all share a yard and kitchen in the future, so we still need to build good relationships."

Huang Ling shook her head and said, "It should be a worker from the cotton mill. I don't know who it is."

Zhuang Chaoying sighed and said, "I will be on a business trip in two days. They are under closed management. I rely on you to take care of all the big and small things at home. Thank you for your hard work."

Huang Ling said coldly: "I have something I need you to do right now."

Zhuang Chaoying was puzzled and asked: "What's the matter?"

Huang Ling said: "It will cost a lot of money to make furniture this time. I don't have enough money, so I may have to borrow some from my parents."

Zhuang Chaoying was surprised and asked: "Ah, how much is still missing?"

Huang Ling thought for a moment and said, "It's quite a big difference. Can you get back the salary you gave to your parents?"

"This, isn't good!" Zhuang Chaoying hesitated.

"What's wrong with that?" Huang Ling said angrily, "As the eldest son in the family, it's understandable that you support your parents after you start working. But after you got married, you separated and lived alone. Now you have two children to raise. Most of your monthly salary is given to your parents. What about the children?"

Zhuang Chaoying said in embarrassment: "It's not easy for my parents to raise me. I can't just ignore them after getting married!"

Huang Ling said coldly: "I didn't ask you to ignore them. I won't stop you from being filial, but can you please think more about your own children?"

Zhuang Chaoying frowned and said, "Aren't Tunan and Xiaoting doing well? As for the furniture, just buy two new pieces! I'll try to get some old furniture for the rest."

Huang Ling saw that her husband was still stubborn and was determined to support his parents even at the expense of his two children. She became even angrier and pulled her children out of the yard.

"whatever!"

Seeing that his wife was angry, Zhuang Chaoying quickly chased after her to comfort her.

"Huang Ling, wait for me."

Huang Ling brought her children back to the dormitory of the cotton mill. Zhuang Chaoying tried to coax his wife all the way, but he still couldn't convince her. Because he still had work to do, he had to return to school first.

Wang Gang never interfered in his parents' conflict until Zhuang Chaoying left, then he took out an envelope and handed it to Huang Ling.

"Mom, there's a hundred dollars in here."

"Tunan, where did you get so much money?" Huang Ling was shocked. She quickly snatched the envelope, opened it and saw that there were indeed ten big unity banknotes inside.

Wang Gang took out some letters and explained, "Mom, I recently submitted an article to a magazine, and this is the money I earned."

"Ah, submission!?" Huang Ling was shocked and asked: "When did you submit the article? How come I didn't know about it?"

Wang Gang laughed and said, "I usually make up some short stories to coax Xiaoting to sleep, and those are the ones I submitted."

Huang Ling knew the little stories Wang Gang told. He had been using these stories to appease Zhuang Xiaoting during this period. Huang Ling asked her son where he heard those stories, and Wang Gang said he made them up himself.

Huang Ling didn't take it to heart at first. She never expected her son to give her a surprise.

"I usually have nothing to do after school, so I wrote those short stories and tried to submit them to Suzhou Magazine. I didn't expect that the editor-in-chief would choose them for publication. This 100 yuan is the fee the magazine gave me."

Huang Ling looked through the letters Wang Gang had sent her and discovered that her son had submitted articles to Suzhou Magazine under her name and was highly regarded by the editor-in-chief. The letters also contained a lot of requests for submissions.

"Those little stories you made up could actually be published in magazines?" Huang Ling said in disbelief.

"Mom, don't forget, I'm a genius." Wang Gang said with a confident smile.

Wang Gang has been maintaining his genius persona for today. From now on, he can use "genius" as an excuse for anything out of the ordinary. (End of this chapter)