Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Wenxiu and Wenjin's home is in an old residential area. Five years ago, Wenxiu spent 500 yuan to rent the smallest single room in the suite. Wenjin was born here four years ago.

Standing in the corridor, Wenxiu was about to use the key to open the door when the door opposite was suddenly opened.

"Huh? Ah Xiu?" The person who spoke was a middle-aged woman with curly hair. She was holding a bag of garbage and was a little surprised to see Wen Xiu. "Did you go to pick up Xiao Jin?"

Wenxiu said, "Yes, Sister Liu, I forgot to tell you. Wenjin had some trouble in kindergarten, so I expelled him."

Liu Meihua was a little shocked: "What's going on? Is it going to get you expelled?"

"A boy hit him on the head." Wenxiu said as she took out the key and opened the door.

"So, are you planning to change his kindergarten?" Liu Meihua said, "That's the cheapest kindergarten here."

Wenxiu said something casually, said hello and closed the door.

Liu Meihua was the first person she met here, and the house she lives in now was also found for her by Liu Meihua.

Seeing that Wenxiu was alone, without any relatives or friends, and pregnant, she looked particularly pitiful, so she helped her a lot. After learning that Wenxiu was pregnant and had to help wash dishes at a restaurant, she would often give Wenxiu the fruit that her wife could not finish.

After Wen Jin was born, Wen Xiu started working two or three jobs to raise her, leaving her with no time to care for the children. Liu Meihua then offered to let Wen Jin take care of them, since she had taken care of her daughter-in-law's children, so one was fine, two was fine.

So Wenxiu gave Liu Meihua 500 yuan every month as food expenses for Wen Jin. Wen Jin was left with Liu Meihua during the day and brought back at night.

After throwing away the garbage, Liu Meihua picked up her grandson from kindergarten and bought some discounted vegetables on the way home.

Her husband was whistling on the balcony to entertain the birds.

Liu Meihua put the dishes on the table. Her husband asked her, "Where's Xiaojin? Didn't you bring her back with you?"

"Oh, Ah Xiu went to pick it up." Liu Meihua said, "Ah Xiu said a boy hit Xiao Jin today. I guess the teacher called Ah Xiu."

"A-Xiu has been working really hard," Liu Meihua sighed as she picked celery. "Tuition has gone up a lot in the past couple of years. Even Wheatfield Kindergarten is charging 4,500 yuan a semester. Now I'm planning to switch schools."

The husband was surprised: "Change? He went through a lot of paperwork when he was studying at Wheat Field, so he can't get into other schools."

Their grandson attends the best kindergarten in the entire county, and the tuition is more than 9,000 yuan a year.

"A Xiu hasn't mentioned Xiao Jin's father to us in all these years. I guess—" Liu Meihua curled her lips and shook her head, "Some time ago, I asked her to introduce someone to me, but she refused."

"If you don't find another one when you're still young, you're probably afraid that the stepfather will treat Xiao Jin badly." The husband said, "Wenxiu is young, and another one won't be able to take care of Xiao Jin."

"That's right." Liu Meihua said, "Let's have asparagus and celery tonight. We bought them on sale. The celery is only 80 cents a pound. It cost 1.2 yuan this morning."

In the evening, Wenxiu steamed some pumpkin and corn and had dinner with some leftovers from yesterday.

After dinner, Wenxiu took Wenjin out for a walk to help digest the food.

The temperature is still very high in the evening of midsummer, but occasionally a gentle breeze blows out from the entrance of the alley, which makes the moment particularly comfortable.

Wenxiu took Wenjin to a mobile phone store first. The original mobile phone had been used for several years and it was often slow even when accessing the Internet.

Wenxiu spent a thousand yuan to buy a new mobile phone and spent dozens of yuan more to sign up for a monthly data plan.

After leaving the mobile phone store, Wenxiu took Wenjin to the market to buy some fruits. Wenjin followed them quietly throughout the whole process without saying a word.

After dinner, Wenxiu took a close look at her adopted son. He was so thin, his face lacking the baby fat a child should have, and his body felt like nothing but bones.

Wen Jin was born with congenital deficiencies, and the original owner was so focused on making money to support the family that she had no time to care for him. Although Liu Meihua could cook some delicious and nutritious meals, her priority was still taking care of her precious grandson. As for whether Wen Jin ate enough or not, she had no control over it.

Wenxiu thought, let's get Wenjin's health back on track first. So she asked the system to create a nutritious recipe suitable for Wenjin.

Coming out of the fruit stall and passing by a seafood store, a fish suddenly jumped out of the water tank in the front and jumped in front of Wen Jin.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you scared?" The owner of the seafood store was killing fish nearby. Seeing this scene, he hurried over to comfort the child, but saw that Wen Jin's expression was calm, and he didn't say a word, just staring at the fish jumping in place.

"Hahahaha, a fish leaps over the dragon gate! Happy occasion!" The seafood store owner was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Maybe he'll become the top scholar in the future."

People who can talk always make people happy.

The fish out of water jumped a few times and soon lost its energy, with only its tail flapping from time to time, and its vitality was quickly lost.

Wen Jin stared for a while, then his eyes fell on the fish in the fish tank.

Wenxiu smiled slightly and said to the boss, "Pack up this fish. I was thinking about what to eat tomorrow."

"Okay—" the seafood store owner picked up the fish swiftly, "Do you want to kill it, sister?"

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Carrying their things, the two of them walked slowly all the way home. At this time, the orange sunset in the sky gradually disappeared into the horizon. When the wind blew, the camphor leaves beside the road rustled.

After returning home, Wenxiu cut the honeydew melon she had just bought into small pieces, put it in a bowl, and brought it into the room for Wen Jin to eat.

"Wen Jin, eat some fruit."

Wen Jin ate a few and stopped. Wen Xiu finished the rest, took the bowl to the kitchen to wash it, and then met one of her roommates who came back.

He was a man in his fifties who lived across the street. Everyone called him Lao Kun, and no one knew his real name.

When he first came five years ago, Lao Kun harassed the original owner from time to time, making the original owner particularly afraid of meeting him.

He was also a drunkard. He would spend any money he earned on drinking and would often come back staggering in the middle of the night.

However, since he knew that the original owner was pregnant, Lao Kun never harassed her again.

Wenxiu glanced at him, nodded in greeting, and was about to leave when Lao Kun stopped her.

The man held a plastic bag in one hand, the wine bottles inside the bag clinking loudly. With the other hand, he reached into his trouser pocket, rummaged around, and pulled out a green frog toy, which he handed to Wenxiu with trembling hands.

The toy was very new. Wenxiu took a look at it but didn't reach out to take it. She asked, "Did you steal it?"

I heard that Lao Kun had a habit of stealing when he was young. Once he was caught and broke one of his hands. So he can't do heavy work or lift heavy objects with that hand, and it trembles when he lifts it.

But he himself did not admit it.

"What's stolen? It's a gift when you buy wine. Give it to your son to play with." After saying that, he stuffed the frog toy into Wenxiu's hand and staggered back to his room.

Wenxiu looked at the toy in her hand. It was a tin bouncing frog with a spring that could be turned. It looked like a product from the 1980s, and the original owner had never played with it as a child.

When I returned to the room, I saw Wen Jin squatting in the corner under the window, looking at something.

"Wen Jin, the uncle who lives across the street gave you a toy." Wen Xiu walked over and put the frog in front of Wen Jin.

Wen Jin was staring at a corner, not even glancing at the toy being handed to him. Wen Xiu looked over and saw a bunch of mushrooms growing in the corner.

This room faces the shade. During the rainy season some time ago, it was difficult to dry clothes on the balcony, let alone this shady room. The quilt was damp for several days in a row.

Wenxiu ignored him, took a few clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower, then put the clothes she had taken off into the bucket and soaked them with detergent.

When he returned to the room, Wen Jin was still squatting in the corner. His entire back was soaked with sweat, and his neck was also wet.

There was no air conditioning in the room, only an old-fashioned table fan. The fan was constantly on, shaking and swaying, but it didn't blow Wen Jin at all.

Wen Jin didn't even know to turn on the fan, and just let himself get so hot that he felt like he had just been soaked in water.