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Chapter 114, Mother and Daughter Fighting (Please subscribe!)
the next day.

Early in the morning, Tian Run'e prepared two bottles of white wine, two bags of sugar, and a bowl of goose meat, and asked him to deliver them to the second uncle.

The goose was the one that was brought back from her eldest sister's house last night. It was too noisy when it was moved to another place. Tian Run'e thought that her son was about to leave, so she simply killed the goose as a snack.

After washing up, Li Heng put his toothpaste and toothbrush on the washstand and went out with his things.

The second uncle was very energetic, taking only two hours of nap a night, and going to the fields to work before daybreak. As soon as he entered the house, he saw the pond was full of loaches and eels.

Among them was a very large eel, coiled in the water like a snake, and estimated to weigh no less than two and a half kilograms.

"Second uncle, I came to see you. How have you been lately?" Li Heng asked.

"I, hey, I still have several months to live."

The second uncle laughed and took the liquor, unscrewed the bottle cap and poured half of it into his mouth, then wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand and said, "Do you dare to eat that big yellow eel?"

Li Heng knew which one he was talking about, and asked curiously: "Where did you get it from?"

The second uncle said proudly: "It took me half an hour to pull it out from an abandoned old well. If you dare to eat it, just catch it and eat it."

Li Heng asked: "Are you not going to keep some for yourself?"

The second uncle smacked his lips and said, "I just ate a big one last month, but it didn't make me gain weight. You can stew it and write something good to make our Li family more prestigious."

Hearing this, Li Heng looked at his pupils that were gradually turning yellow, and felt inexplicably sad.

The second uncle seemed to know what he was thinking. He went over and picked up the scoop net to catch the eels and loaches.
"Xiao Hengzi, I'm leaving soon. Every time you eat me, there's one less. Don't refuse. I can't finish all this by myself, and neither can the chickens I raise."

He started talking nonsense again. Li Heng sat next to him, watching him fishing and listening to him chattering.

After chatting for an hour or so, when he was about to leave, the second uncle called him and asked, "When are you going to town?"

Li Heng said: "I am going there today to mail a letter."

The second uncle slipped back into the house, took out a letter and gave it to him, "Please mail it for me."

Li Heng took it and looked at it. Wow, the stamps were already affixed. The old man was quite particular. "Okay, no problem."

Seeing Manzai bringing back such a big yellow eel, Tian Run'e was shocked and asked, "Did the second uncle give it to you?"

"Well, mom, please give it to my elder sister. Women who have just given birth generally suffer from anemia, and this would be helpful for my elder sister." Li Heng also coveted the eel.

Although eels are easier to catch nowadays, it is rare to see one of this size. However, good things should still be used where they are most needed.

Li Lan was already drooling, but when she heard that it was going to be given to her elder sister, she shrank her head back.

After dinner, Li Heng borrowed a 28-inch bicycle from Quexinyan's home and rode leisurely to the town.

First, he mailed the reader's letter to Huang Zhaoyi, then dropped the letter from the second uncle into the mailbox. Then he ran into the post office to take a look, and when he confirmed that Wei Shiman was not inside, he also joined the queue to make a phone call.

There are no public telephone booths in the town. To make a phone call, you usually have to queue up at the post office and go through a manual call desk. Although it is cumbersome and expensive, it is the most fashionable way these days.

On a whim, he wanted to call the Xiao family to see if he could try his luck and get Xiao Han to come out?
There weren't many people calling today, but there weren't a few either. After the first six people had called, Li Heng, whose legs were numb from standing, breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally his turn.

I don’t know if this old lady just now was so rich that her balls were aching, but she talked for more than 20 minutes. It was so damn extravagant.

He remembered the Xiao family's number. Xiao Han told him a while ago, 885809
However, just as he finished dialing the number and was waiting for the manual transfer, he suddenly noticed someone beside him out of the corner of his eye. He turned around and was almost frightened to death.

"Li Heng, come and make the call."

Wei Shiman thought his profile looked a bit like him, so she walked closer to identify him. While saying hello, she also wanted to ask if their family still sold rice.
Because the Li family's rice is delicious, she gave some of last month's rice to her sister-in-law and her family. As there is not much food left at home, she came to ask about it.

"Hey, good morning, Aunt Wei."

Li Heng greeted him while glancing at his electronic watch.

11:12
It was clearly past working hours, and I thought the other party would not come, but I didn't expect to be caught red-handed.

Li Heng was very depressed.

Wei Shiman smiled and asked, "Does your mother still sell rice now?"

She spoke in a very good tone and used question sentences.

Because she was not sure whether the now wealthy Li family would still sell rice?
After all, selling rice is hard work. Not only is it tiring, but you also don’t make much money.

You have to know that the boy in front of you is a wealthy man with tens of thousands of dollars in his hands. I wonder if he would still look down on that small business worth a dozen or twenty dollars?
Don't ask her how she knew this?
The question is: out of curiosity, she had nothing to do last night, so she read all the recent news about him, and naturally learned about the royalties issue that was causing a lot of controversy in the outside world.

At first, Wei Shiman didn’t care much about it. It was just 5% of the royalties. How much money could it be?

But when she read another news report saying that 58 copies had been sold, she lost her composure and immediately used a calculator to calculate. The amount she got shocked her for a long time.

87000 yuan!
Eighty-seven thousand!
Even though he handled enough money from her every day, to the point of being numb, he was still shocked when he learned that an 18-year-old boy already had such a fortune.

Facing each other, Li Heng said in an ambiguous tone: "Auntie, I can't reply to you now. I have to go back and ask."

In fact, there is no need to ask, Comrade Tian Run'e will most likely continue to sell rice.

But he didn't say it explicitly.

"Okay, the rice in my house can last for about three days. You can give your mother a message. If you don't sell it, I will have to find another one in three days." Wei Shiman said.

She was also very upset. Her husband and two sisters-in-law had finally gotten to eat a kind of delicious rice, but the seller suddenly became rich. Who could she complain to?

Before Li Heng could reply, the call was connected and a clear voice came from the other end: "Hello."

Ok?
My daughter's voice?
Because they were too close, Wei Shiman was able to distinguish the voice from the vague one.

Because her daughter's voice resembles hers, people often joke that their voices are as clear as mountain spring water, very pleasant to the ear and very recognizable.

With just one glance, Li Heng judged the current situation from the other party's expression.

Li Heng sighed secretly. He didn't know whether to hang up or answer the phone. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak into the microphone:
"Is this Xiaohan? I'm Li Heng. Please help me call Yingwen. Something happened at her home, and her mother wants her to go back as soon as possible."

He said all this in one breath, at a very fast pace, for fear that Xiao Han would interrupt him midway without knowing the situation.

For a moment, he really wanted to let Xiao Han speak in front of Aunt Wei and take their relationship a big step forward.

But after thinking about it, I decided to give up the idea for the time being. No matter what, out of respect, I have to ask Xiao Han's opinion on this matter.

After all, besides being a writer, he had another notoriety: he had slept with the noble lady of the Chen family when he was in his second year of high school.

Xiao Han was a little confused. Why didn't Li Heng care about her and mentioned Ying Wen right away?
Why do you call yourself Li Heng?
Could it be?

Later she realized that the call might have been made from her mother's workplace, and her mother might be there, which made it inconvenient for him.

Moreover, if you really need to find Ying Wen for something, there is no need to spend money on phone calls. You can just come to his house directly.

Thinking of this, Xiao Han suddenly felt a little worried. She would rather spend money to make a phone call than to visit the person in person. This was a loophole. Given how shrewd her mother was, she must have become suspicious.

Wei Shiman was indeed suspicious.

There are two doubts:
First, how did Li Heng know his home phone number?

In order to prevent others from interfering with her husband's work, her home phone number was known only to some relatives and friends. Question 2: The post office was only a few steps away from her home, so why did she spend money to make a phone call? Why didn't she go to Yang Yingwen's house?

Although the Xiao family lives in the town government compound and one has to pass through the message room at the entrance to enter, but compared to spending money, these are not problems, right?
Is it because he has too much money?

Could it be that he has a bad relationship with his daughter and doesn't want to come to her house?
Since the relationship is not good, how do you explain this phone number?

Xiao Han replied: "Ying Wen didn't sleep much last night and is catching up on her sleep. I'll tell her."

"Okay, thank you."

The call ended here, less than 20 seconds later.

Li Heng handed a dollar to the counter, then smiled at Wei Shiman and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, Wei Shiman called him, "Li Heng, where is your home in Shangwan Village? Is it far from Ying Wen's home?"

Li Heng said: "I was in the same production team as Yang Yingwen, in Group 5 of Shangwan Village, at the intersection."

This information is almost public, and you can find out by just checking and asking. There is no need to lie.

Wei Shiman extended an invitation: "You and Hanhan are classmates, do you want to come to my house and sit for a while? It's almost time for dinner, let's have dinner together before leaving."

Well, there is a big difference between today's attitude and yesterday's.

Although it is just a polite remark as always.

But Li Heng instantly understood why the other party did this?

He politely declined, saying, "Thank you, Auntie. I'm not here alone. I have to go to Sunjialong with my friends."

Seeing this, Wei Shiman said nothing more and watched him leave.

Half a minute later, she also left the post office and rushed back home.

As soon as she entered the room, Wei Shiman looked around and asked, "Have Yingwen and Xiaofeng left?"

Xiao Han, who was sitting on the sofa, eating an apple and watching TV, replied, "Just left."

Wei Shiman sat across from her daughter, looked her in the eyes and said, "I just ran into your classmate, Li Heng."

"Oh, where?"

"Post Office, he's calling our house"

Xiao Han took a bite of the apple and said, "I see. You came back so quickly because you wanted to ask about the phone number, right?"

Knowing very well why her mother rushed back in such a hurry, she simply took the initiative and started talking about the main topic.

Wei Shiman asked seriously, "How did he know our landline number?"

Xiao Han lied lightly: "Isn't it normal to know? Ying Wen knew, Xiao Feng knew, Chen Zijin knew. And Zhang Zhiyong and Yang Cheng also knew."

Wei Shiman was speechless for a moment, staring at her daughter steadily, and then asked again after a while: "Why didn't he come to Ying Wen's house, but called instead?"

Xiao Han asked: "How much did it cost?"

Wei Shiman said, "One piece."

Then he emphasized: "Half a day's salary is extra."

Xiao Han's eyes were still fixed on the TV, and he never looked away: "Didn't you say last night that a second-married man can also have his spring? What's a dollar to him?"

Wei Shiman frowned: "This is not the way to spend money."

Xiao Han looked at his mother who was about to be mad at him, thought for a moment, and continued to work harder:

"That's because our family isn't rich enough. If I had as much money as he does, it wouldn't be a big deal to tear up 10 yuan and hear the noise. Besides..."

Wei Shiman asked, "What's more?"

Xiao Han said: "Last time they came to my house to deliver rice, I poured them two cups of tea, but they didn't drink it. Do you know what this means?"

Wei Shiman asked subconsciously: "What does it mean?"

Xiao Han scratched the air with his right hand like a cat's claw, and said hurriedly: "This is Mayor Xiao's house, no, it's Secretary Xiao's house now. I'm afraid of dirtying the cup and afraid that you will throw it away afterwards, so I didn't drink it."

Wei Shiman admitted that these words touched her heart. If she had really drunk it, she might have thrown away the cup.

However, she always felt something was odd, so she asked seriously, "Are you very familiar with Li Heng?

Don't rush to deny it, I'll ask Master Zhao and his wife this afternoon and we'll know the answer."

The Mr. and Mrs. Zhao she mentioned were the bus driver and the conductor. Wei Shiman had known them for many years and they were very close.

Oops, I forgot about these two door gods.

Xiao Han's heart tightened, and he finally looked away from the TV and asked his mother, "Madam Secretary, what answer do you want to know?"

Wei Shiman returned to the previous question: "How did Li Heng know our phone number?"

Xiao Han said: "I gave it to you."

Wei Shiman raised her eyebrows and asked after a long while: "What's the reason? Didn't you say you were not familiar with Li Heng?"

Seeing her mother was serious, Xiao Han switched to another mode, smiled sweetly and said, "I want to tell you something, don't be impatient."

Wei Shiman said, "It depends on what you are talking about."

Xiao Han pursed her lips and said, "I want to replace Chen Zijin as Li Heng's wife."

Wei Shiman's mouth opened wide, her eyes popped out instantly, her head was buzzing, and her voice suddenly increased ten thousand times: "What? What nonsense are you talking about?"

It was as if she was meeting her daughter for the first time. "Can you say that again??!!"

Xiao Han put down the apple in her hand, stretched and said, "In the past, Chen Zijin and I were both enemies and friends. I gave him my number to piss her off."

Wei Shiman knew about this and even counselled the two of them, but she didn’t know that the conflict was actually over a boy!!!
Wei Shiman asked: "So are you and Li Heng familiar with each other? What is your relationship?"

Xiao Han tilted his head and thought for a while before saying, "He must have a crush on me."

As soon as the word "secret love" came out, Wei Shiman immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn't doubt the truth of this. Her daughter was so beautiful, and there was almost no one of her age who could compare to her. It was natural for her to be secretly loved by boys.

It all makes sense.

For example, why does Li Heng have his home phone number?

For example, why did Chen Zijin have a conflict with his daughter?
If she were Chen Zijin, she would also have conflicts with her daughter.

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