PNB Chapter 277 Guilt
Chapter 277 Guilt
Fang Qiuyan never looked at Lu Jingsong from beginning to end.
Firstly, she knew that he hated her, and Fang Qiuyan didn't want to make everyone unhappy during the New Year.
Secondly, to her, he was actually just a stranger who bore the title of her husband.
Unless it was necessary, she would not go to him to cause trouble.
The New Year's Eve dinner was finished with the three of them chatting casually.
It was mainly Fang Qiuyan who talked to Douhua.
Lu Jingsong occasionally wanted to interrupt and say a few words to Douhua, but she had no other response except "um" and "oh".
Lu Jingsong was extremely frustrated.
After Douhua finally finished his meal, he couldn't wait to jump off the chair.
"Mom, I want to play with firecrackers with my brothers and sisters."
When talking about firecrackers, Douhua's eyes lit up and she no longer had the timidity she had when facing Lu Jingsong.
Lu Jingsong felt a little uncomfortable.
Suddenly thinking of something, he took out a red envelope from his pocket.
"Douhua, this is the New Year's money your dad gave you."
Douhua was stunned again when he saw the red envelope handed to him.
When she finally reacted, she looked at Fang Qiuyan helplessly.
Fang Qiuyan squatted beside her, touched her head, and encouraged her: "This is the New Year's money your father gave you. Please accept it. Remember to say thank you to your father and wish you good luck and prosperity."
Hearing this, Douhua slowly stretched out her hand and took the red envelope from Lu Jingsong.
"Thank you...thank you dad...Dad...congratulations...congratulations on your prosperity..."
He spoke so haltingly that his tongue almost broke.
But when Lu Jingsong heard her call him dad for the first time, he suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.
It was as if something had taken root inside.
Looking at the little guy in front of me whose eyes and eyebrows are very similar to mine, an indescribable tenderness surged in my heart.
"Douhua, do you want to set off firecrackers? Daddy will take you there, okay?"
For fear of scaring her, Lu Jingsong spoke very softly.
When Douhua heard this, he subconsciously looked at Fang Qiuyan.
His face still had that helpless and pitiful look.
Fang Qiuyan was naturally happy to see Lu Jingsong wanting to get close to Douhua.
"Douhua still wants to set off firecrackers, right? Your dad is very good at setting off a lot of interesting firecrackers. Don't you want to watch?"
When Douhua heard that his father could also set off a lot of awesome firecrackers, his eyes lit up and he looked at Lu Jingsong with anticipation on his face.
"miss you!"
She said this excitedly, and was eager to go with Lu Jingsong.
But just as he took a small step, he was stopped by Fang Qiuyan.
"Not yet, you need to take a shower before you can go out and play."
After all, today is New Year's Eve, so I should take a shower early.
Douhua was also very well behaved. When he heard that she was going to take a bath, she hurried back to the room to get her clothes.
The child left, and there was another strange couple left in the kitchen.
Facing Lu Jingsong, Fang Qiuyan has become more and more calm.
No more stuttering.
"Can you wait a moment?"
she asked calmly.
Lu Jingsong gradually got used to her transformation.
Hearing this, he nodded.
"Ah."
Still a stingy one-word response.
Fang Qiuyan didn't take it seriously. She filled a bucket of water for the tofu pudding and took it to the shower room.
After Douhua found the clothes, she carefully washed her hair and gave her a bath.
Finally, she changed into the new clothes that the girl had made for her when she was back home.
Although they were said to be new clothes, they were actually altered from her old clothes.
Although there are no patches on it, you can still see that the fabric is old.
Douhua didn’t mind. She was very happy to put on her “new clothes”.
He opened his arms and turned around in front of Fang Qiuyan.
"Mom, does it look good?"
Of course, it wasn't good-looking. After all, the mother and daughter lived such a difficult life that even their clothes had to be made two sizes larger.
I’m afraid if it’s too small it won’t fit me next year.
Looking at the half-new and slightly too large clothes she was wearing, Fang Qiuyan felt a little sad.
But she still smiled and nodded.
"My tofu pudding is so pretty, it looks good on anything."
Wan Shu said that children should be encouraged more, so that they will be braver and more confident.
Fang Qiuyan felt that everything she said was right, and she did it without any hesitation.
Sure enough, Douhua smiled happily when he heard her praise.
Lu Jingsong, who was standing in the yard, saw Douhua wearing a "New Year outfit" which was obviously made from old clothes, and looked very satisfied. In an instant, the bits of guilt in his heart finally gathered into a vast ocean, almost drowning him.
What on earth was he doing? How could he allow his own flesh and blood to live such a miserable life?
Douhua didn’t know what her father was thinking, so she ran towards him happily wearing her “new clothes”.
"Dad... Dad... Are you still setting off firecrackers?"
Walking up to Lu Jingsong, Douhua looked up at him.
Lu Jingsong looked at the tofu pudding with its sleeves and trouser legs folded in half, and he didn't know what to feel.
His lips moved, and finally, he said in a somewhat dry voice: "Let go."
The father and daughter went out, leaving Fang Qiuyan alone at home.
She quickly cleared the dishes and looked at the sky. It seemed to be just after four o'clock.
Taking advantage of this time, she hurried back to the room to review what Lin Wanshu had taught her in the past two days.
Lin Wanshu gave her a storybook.
She recognized many of the words in the storybook, and for the few she didn't know, she looked up the new words in the dictionary, wrote them down, and practiced them.
Just by looking up the dictionary while reading, she was able to slowly understand the story in the book.
Fang Qiuyan read the stories eagerly and didn't know how much time had passed until it was too dark to see the words any more. She then got up to take a shower.
Xiao Douhua had her old clothes transformed into "New Year outfits", but she had nothing of her own.
During the New Year's Day, she was still wearing the same two pieces of clothes that she wore every day and had many patches on them.
After taking a shower and washing her hair, Fang Qiuyan dried the water from her hair before going back to the house.
After entering the room, she fumbled in the cupboard and took out the skin cream and body lotion given by Lin Wanshu.
Fang Qiuyan was used to being frugal in her life, and there was no electricity in her hometown in the countryside. Therefore, she usually did not turn on the lights in her room during the time she had been in the family compound.
After opening the skin care products, she started applying them in the dark, using the faint light from the window.
After wiping her face, she skillfully took off her clothes, scooped out a large amount of lotion, and rubbed it on her body.
I have to say, this skin care product is really amazing.
After only using it for a few days, she felt her skin had become much smoother.
The visible effects also made Fang Qiuyan more active in using it.
After carefully applying lotion all over her body, she prepared to put on her clothes.
But at this moment, there was a sudden creaking sound from the door.
"who!"
Fang Qiuyan shouted loudly and quickly picked up the clothes on the bed to block in front of her.
But it's still too late.
Although it was dark in the room, there was still a little light outside the window.
Even if there is only a little light, what should be seen and what should not be seen are still completely exposed to the visitor!