Double Life: My whole world is you

After seeing the three of them off, it was getting dark. Cheng Qiao came to the kitchen to help Cheng Ma cook. Cheng Ma's eyes were full of worries. When she saw Cheng Qiao coming in, she forced a smile and said, "Qiao, you should hang out with people your age more often. With your personality, I'm afraid you'll have no friends in the future."

Hearing what Cheng Ma said, Cheng Qiao smiled helplessly. It was just as Cheng Ma said. At the age of 30, she really had no friends except Ma Xiaomeng. Maybe she got lonelier as she got older. They all left in the back. She walked over and hugged Cheng Ma, "It doesn't matter! You still have your mom!"

"Silly child, my brother and I are your relatives, and you need friends too." Cheng's mother said, "One more friend means one more way forward."

"Mom is right. I will definitely make more friends in the future." Cheng Qiao responded with a smile.

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She worked until about twelve o'clock in the evening to finish her geography homework and her daily calligraphy practice. In the morning, she was the last one to get up. Cheng's mother pulled Cheng Zhu out and closed the door, letting her sleep peacefully until she heard Cheng Zhu ask in a daze, "Mom, why hasn't Auntie come back yet?"

Cheng Qiao looked at her watch and it was already half past nine. She had no study plan today, so she got up slowly. After brushing her teeth and washing her face, Cheng's mother brought the noodles to the table. Cheng Qiao ate while asking Cheng Zhu, "Brother, why do you want your aunt to come over so much?"

"Auntie will bring us delicious food and red envelopes when she comes." Cheng Zhu said happily. Indeed, since they were young, they have only received red envelopes from Auntie, in addition to Cheng Ma.

Chengzhu continued with a smile, "If my uncle wins money playing cards, I will give it to him again."

Because the red envelopes given by my aunt do not need to be returned, the red envelopes from relatives on my grandmother's side cancel each other out, so they look forward to the red envelopes from my aunt every year.

Finally, after Cheng Zhu waited five times, Cheng Qiao heard a clear voice from afar, "Qiaoqiao, Zhuzi..."

Hearing the noise, Cheng Zhu rushed out happily, followed by Cheng Qiao and Cheng's mother. Before they had walked out of the door for a few steps, their cousin Wei Wei rushed over and hugged her, "Qiao Qiao, I missed you so much."

Cheng Qiao looked at the girl who was about the same height as her, with side bangs and a ponytail, and held her hand, "I want to have a hug too."

Weiwei is the youngest child of the aunt, one year younger than Chengqiao, and in the same class as Chengqiao. She studies in the city. At this time, the aunt appeared in the tile cellar with her cousin. Chengzhu went to meet the aunt from a distance and helped her take the things in her hand. The cousin came over with the aunt. After meeting, Chengqiao and the cousin greeted each other. The aunt gave Chengzhu and Chengqiao a red envelope each. Cheng's mother wanted to take out the red envelope from her pocket, but the aunt held her back. Several people came to the house together, and Cheng's mother quickly threw a pack of firecrackers outside. According to their local customs, when guests come to pay New Year's greetings during the New Year, they need to set off firecrackers to welcome them.

After the sound of firecrackers, Cheng's mother put food on the table. Aunt and Cheng's mother sat and chatted. Cheng Zhu pulled Cheng Qiao, cousin Wei Wei and cousin Fang Fang to play cards. After playing five or six games, Cheng's mother got up to make lunch, and aunt followed to accompany them. An hour later, Cheng's mother finished the meal. Everyone helped to bring the dishes to the table. Cheng's mother took the half-eaten beef and chicken legs from their New Year's dinner, and also specially baked a plate of dumplings. Cheng's mother asked, "Little sister, ask Zhu to call their uncle to come over to eat."

"Don't worry about him. He will go to the card table as soon as he comes back. There must be food." said my aunt.

"I hope my uncle can win more money, haha." Cheng Zhu said with a smile.

"If he wins money, he will definitely give us a red envelope." Weiwei followed.

After dinner, the four of them still gathered together to play poker. Aunt and Cheng's mother sat together to chat. Cheng Qiao couldn't understand why the adults always seemed to have endless topics to talk about when they sat together. After chatting for a long time, they were tired of playing cards. Aunt still talked about that topic, "Second sister-in-law, I also heard about the incident on New Year's Eve. It's true that they went too far, but..."

"Aunt, look at my back, it still hurts." Cheng Zhu lifted up his clothes and said to his aunt.

The aunt looked at the bruises on his back and her eyes turned red. "We are all family. How could you have the heart to do that to two children?"

"My aunt is the worst. When I was a kid at their house, she often bullied me and didn't give me food." Weiwei also said, "She has a bad mouth. When no one is around, she speaks very harshly."

"Don't talk nonsense, little kid." Aunt glared at her. "Your aunt has been taking care of you for a year."

That was when Weiwei and Chengqiao were in the first grade. Their aunt's house in the city had not been negotiated yet. Their aunt and uncle were selling fruits in the city, and their cousins ​​were studying in their hometown. Weiwei was still young, so she was sent to Chengqiaowan to study in the first grade. At that time, Chengqiao was living with her grandmother, and Chengma took Chengzhu to work in a relative's braised food shop in the city. My uncle was not married yet, and my uncle's family had two children who were studying, so Weiwei was at my uncle's house, and my mother took care of her.

"I was so sad that year," Weiwei said. "I ate what they left over. Chengkun often beat me, and my aunt often scolded me. Although my uncle would occasionally secretly give me some food."

"They are very bad, but the eldest brother is still a good person." Aunt said quickly, "He never participated in any incidents and secretly took care of you. Qiao, Zhu, did your uncle also secretly send you food?"

"Yes, aunt, he sent us food, just like secretly giving some food to beggars." Cheng Qiao responded lightly.

"Nonsense, he still loves you." Auntie said quickly, "Every time he talked about you to me, his eyes were red."

"How fake!" Cheng Qiao sneered, "Every time we were bullied, he always looked on indifferently like a stranger. Has he ever said a word to help us? This fake affection is worse than nothing."

"You are going too far, kid." Auntie's face darkened. "After all, they are your uncles and have the same blood as you."

"Although we share the same blood, we don't have the same kinship." Cheng Qiao glared back, not wanting to be outdone.

"Second sister-in-law, Happy New Year." At this time, my uncle came over and greeted her with a smile.

"Brother-in-law, Happy New Year. Come in and sit down." Cheng's mother quickly got up to pour water.

"Happy New Year, uncle." Cheng Qiao followed Cheng Zhu and shouted.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year." The uncle smiled and took out a handful of money from his pocket and gave ten yuan to each of them. Weiwei and Fangfang also gave theirs. The children thanked him happily. After drinking the water, the uncle said, "Second sister-in-law, is there anything to eat? I'm so hungry."

"It's already three o'clock. Didn't you have lunch?" asked my aunt with a frown.

"Yes, I saw that no one had cooked for them, so I left the table because I couldn't stand the hunger anymore." Auntie said, "I ate dumplings at home around six in the morning."

"Brother-in-law, please sit for a while. I'll heat up the lunch we had for you." Mother Cheng hurriedly got up and went to the kitchen.

After my uncle finished his meal, my aunt continued the topic, "Second sister-in-law, Qiao and Zhu are still young, they have the mentality of children, you are an adult, you should think more about it."

"I know." Cheng's mother lowered her head.

"Second sister-in-law, you also know how hard it is for me. My mother passed away early, and my father passed away just after I got married." The aunt said with difficulty, "Second brother was also good to me since I was a child, but unfortunately he passed away early. My parents-in-law are not around anymore, so we have to rely on ourselves for everything. It took more than ten years to have a home of our own. Last year, you lived upstairs from us, and you saw that their aunt went to make trouble several times, saying that I only cared about my own family and not my in-laws. How could I have such great ability? I also have three children to raise. This year, your relationship with them is so bad, and the eldest sister-in-law said that if we continue to help you, they will also cut off contact with us..."