652 Does Not Appreciate Art
The coachman only sent Li Gui to the entrance of Foshan Village. He was afraid that if he went to Li Gui’s house, he would not be able to go home alive! Anyway, he was already paid. They only asked him to send her back to the village, but they did not say that he had to send her to her doorstep.
Li Gui got out of the carriage in a daze. The coachman quickly turned the carriage around and left without any delay.
It was the time when everyone was at work in the fields. Li Gui did not meet anyone along the way, so she did not have to hear any gossip. Everyone knew that Zhao Hong had taken Li Gui with her and was waiting for Li Gui to come back so that they could hear what had happened!
Zhang Wei was drawing on the ground with Zhang Chao and Zhang Qin in the courtyard. They drew out everything that they liked and even wrote on the ground. Anyway, they could modify it easily, so it did not matter how they wrote it!
“Brother! Look at what this looks like!” Zhang Qin asked as she pointed excitedly at the picture on the ground.
Zhang Wei thought for a long time and said awkwardly, “It’s… a big tree?”
“What! This is clearly a crab! You don’t appreciate art at all!” Zhang Qin said angrily as she pointed at Zhang Wei.
“Your drawing looks like a talisman! Who can tell what it is! Look at Zhang Chao! Look at the boat he drew! Then look at yours! As if it’s a crab! I don’t think you’ve ever seen crabs!” Zhang Wei said.
“I’ve seen it before! It’s just that you can’t appreciate my art! I won’t show it to you anymore!” Zhang Qin squatted down and quietly finished drawing her crab.
Zhang Wei was not interested in drawings at all. Hereferred to his book and focused on practicing calligraphy on the ground. Chen Hu had told him before that even if he had very good physical fitness, it was useless if he was uncultured!
His brother-in-law was much more capable than Uncle Chen Hu, and was good in both his studies and physical fitness! Zhang Chao had heard that his brother-in-law was also an army warrior! When he grew up, he wanted to be like Xia Zhe and become an army warrior!
Li Gui stood quietly at the door and looked at the children for a long time. She did not know how to face them. At that time, she had left very suddenly with Zhao Hong because of Old Madam Li’s illness and did not even make any arrangements for the children.
Although Sun Jian had promised her that he would find the money and return it to her, it would be hard to find what Old Madam Li wanted to hide away.
Zhang Wei looked up and saw Li Gui standing at the door but not entering. He had thought that she would be gone for half a month or so this time, and he did not expect her to return so quickly.
“Mom… you’re back,” Zhang Wei said stiffly.
The other two children looked up when they heard him. Zhang Qin ran happily towards Li Gui and threw herself into her arms. One night without her mother was probably the longest that she could bear.
“Yes… I’m back. Have you eaten?” Li Gui said awkwardly.
“Yes! We had nice food! Grandpa brought a big pot of meat over!” Zhang Qin said excitedly.
Most of the meat from the potato and kidney bean stew that night was given to these children. It was not an exaggeration to say that the dish was actually stir-fried pork with potato and kidney beans.
Li Gui felt even more ashamed. If Qiao Mei did not allow it, Qiao Qiang would not have brazenly brought the meat from home to give to these children.
She stared at the house opposite and sighed. “Let’s go in first. It’s getting late. I’ll heat up some food for you.”
After rummaging through the cabinets, she only found a small handful of rice and the leftovers from yesterday.
She had no money and no food at home, while the children were still waiting to eat. In the past, Qiao Mei would be there to help her at times like this. Now that she had no one to rely on, she finally understood how much she had gone overboard with Qiao Mei.
“Sigh…” Li Gui looked at the empty rice jar and sighed.
She had been busy with these terrible issues at home for the past two days and did not have time to work in the fields at all. Therefore, she also did not have enough work points to exchange for food. It was all her fault for being such a disappointment.
“Zhang Wei! Come and eat! Your elder sister made delicious food today! Come and eat quickly!” Qiao Qiang stood at the door and shouted with a smile.
Among the three children, only Zhang Qin was the happiest. The older children, Zhang Wei and Zhang Chao, did not move. Now that Li Gui was back, where did it leave her if they went to Qiao Mei’s house for dinner?
Qiao Qiang looked at the children in puzzlement and asked, “Why? You don’t like your elder sister’s cooking? Everyone in the village says that your elder sister’s cooking is nice! If you’re tired of it, then maybe I should cook next time.”
Li Gui walked out of the house uneasily. Qiao Qiang immediately understood the reason why the children did not speak. It was indeed not convenient for them to go over to his place now.
