Chapter 50 Putting the blame on
When Ling Zhuoqun returned home, the family of four was waiting for him at the door in an orderly manner. It looked like a military parade.

"How is it?" Li Luo brought a glass of water and handed it to Ling Zhuoqun.

"Aunt Wang and the others are just making trouble. The only one in trouble is Li Ailian. She might be locked up for a few days." Ling Zhuoqun took the water, moistened his mouth, and spoke slowly.

"Dad, will Aunt Wang go to jail? She...she beat my sister before. The bruises on my sister's body were all caused by her pinching." Ling Xiaoguang thought for a long time and then spoke.

Ling Zhuoqun's eyes dimmed. He thought that he had found a nanny to take care of the children and that the children would grow up healthily. Unexpectedly, the children became weaker and weaker, and their personalities became more and more dull.

Ling Zhuoqun originally thought that it was because the children were old and he was often not at home and neglected them, but now it seems that the children have also suffered a lot.

It was precisely because he was busy that Da Mao and Xiao Mao only reported good news and not bad news about many things. Until Li Luo came, the children all wore new clothes and ate meat, eggs and milk. In just a few days, they all gained some weight.

This shows how much food Wang Xiumei had withheld from the children in the past.

"Why don't I take the kids out to play? There's nothing fun to do at home this weekend except visiting the vegetable fields. There's a zoo in the city, and you can eat delicious food." Li Luo saw that the atmosphere was depressing, so he spoke up to help.

When he heard about the zoo, Ling Xiaolei's eyes lit up. He had only seen zoos in picture books, but he had never been there. He liked small animals, such as zebras, giraffes, and elephants!
Ling Xiaoguang's eyebrows moved as well, and he seemed to want to go as well, but he did not show his emotions, he just looked at Ling Zhuoqun silently.

Ling Zhuoqun looked at the three well-behaved children in front of him. Even Yaya's eyes were filled with anticipation. She babbled, and although she didn't know what the zoo that Li Luo mentioned was, she still joined in the fun with Li Luo.

Li Luo was also full of expectations. She had never seen a zoo in the 1980s and was curious about how it was different from what she saw later.

The zoo she had been to before only had the name of a white fox, but what she saw was clearly a Samoyed, and there was also a wolf, which was also replaced by a dog, which really spoiled her fun.

"Then let's go together." Ling Zhuoqun smiled and responded.

Li Luo was stunned for a moment. What he meant was that he would go with us?
"You mean, you're going with us? You... don't have to go to work tomorrow? After all, you are the boss. If you're not there, what if the signature is needed?" Li Luo asked worriedly.

"It's okay, it's just one day. The work isn't that busy yet. It just requires more manpower to deliver the goods, and sometimes I need to visit customers as well." Ling Zhuoqun explained.

If it doesn't interfere with his work, it would be nice for the whole family to go out and play together. Li Luo is also afraid that she can't keep an eye on these two little rascals by herself. Fortunately, Ling Zhuoqun will go with her.

I don’t know when, but Li Luo seemed to have gotten used to having such a person by his side.

"We can buy some food outside the zoo first. After all, the food in the park is a bit more expensive and not cost-effective." Li Luo buried his head, not knowing what he was calculating.

Ling Zhuoqun smiled. Li Luo did have the awareness of an ancient mistress, but she advocated thrift as a virtue. He thought that since she lived in the city, she would not care so much about these things.

However, he would not be taken advantage of by spending the money he could save. Besides, the food in the park might not be as good as Li Luo's.

"It just so happens that we have some mung beans and chicken at home. We can fry some chicken nuggets tomorrow and make some mung bean soup." Li Luo snapped his fingers and said happily.

"Fried chicken?" Ling Xiaolei's mouth watered when he heard this. He had never eaten fried chicken before, although his eyes would always stay on fried chicken when his mother took them there. But he never dared to ask his mother to buy him fried chicken, because his mother said that eating fried chicken was bad for their health and would not make them grow taller.

But now his stepmother took the initiative to make fried chicken for them, and he instantly felt so happy that he was bubbling with happiness.

"Then I'll go borrow a tricycle later, and we'll set off early tomorrow morning." Ling Zhuoqun looked at the children's happy smiles and realized in an instant that they were truly a happy family.

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"Xiumei, what's going on? I heard from the villagers that you guys are causing trouble again?" Li Weiguo's mother was holding a broom in her hand, her face was livid, and she was about to hit Wang Xiumei.

"Where's my Xiaolian? Why didn't she come back with you two?"

"Mom..." Li Weiguo stood in front of Li's mother trembling, not daring to even breathe. He was beaten by his mother when he was a child, and even now he didn't dare to speak loudly to his mother.

"What's wrong? Are you mute?" Seeing that Wang Xiumei still didn't say a word, Li's mother directly threw the rice broom at Wang Xiumei's mouth, and Wang Xiumei's mouth turned red all of a sudden.

"Xiao Lian... was locked up." Seeing her husband's cowardly appearance, Wang Xiumei felt disheartened.

"You are really committing a sin! My daughter is going to get married, but you, as her brother and sister-in-law, are just pushing her into the fire pit and even letting her go to jail? Why don't you just die?"

She was so angry that she picked up a broom and hit the couple, who didn't even dare to dodge.

"Mom, it was all... it was all Xiumei's idea. She was the one who instigated Xiaolian and me to go to Ling Zhuoqun's farm to cause trouble. Who knew that the Ling family had their own tricks? They just had Xiaolian taken away, and we were fined 200 yuan."

"200?" Li's mother screamed and almost passed out. She glared at Wang Xiumei with red eyes: "You are such a jinx! You can't even be a good nanny and you got kicked out."

"Now you have evil intentions again and are instigating your sister-in-law to ruin your own reputation. You are such a vicious woman!" Mother Li pulled Wang Xiumei's hair and started beating her.

Li Aiguo just opened his mouth and looked at Wang Xiumei who was staring at him coldly, but he didn't move at all and shrank into a corner where Li's mother couldn't reach him.

She originally thought her husband would say a few words for her, after all, this was not a decision she made alone. But who would have thought that in the end, she was the only one who had to bear all the anger.

"Oh, am I the only one who wants to climb up the social ladder? Don't forget that it takes two to tango. You know what kind of person your daughter is. Why didn't you say anything when she kept talking about marrying Ling Zhuoqun in front of you?"

Wang Xiumei sneered.

"Then can you send my daughter there and lock her up? If you didn't instigate her, even if she had the courage, would she have done these things?" Mother Li was not so easily fooled. Anyway, her good daughter did nothing wrong, and the fault was all with the woman in front of her.

"I work so hard, isn't it for this family? Do you think I like being a nanny? I have to cook for you, an old man, and your son, a loser, when I come back!"

(End of this chapter)