MMB Chapter 1282 - 1281: You Want to Bring Me to Enjoy Life, Don’t You?
Chapter 1282 - 1281: You Want to Bring Me to Enjoy Life, Don’t You?
Chapter 1281: You Want to Take Me with You to Enjoy Life?
"Auntie, I’m still young, how tiring could it be to cook a few meals? You don’t know, many people want my job." Auntie Ding said happily, this is Mengyu’s factory, she needs to get inside to keep an eye out for her.
If Mengyu knew her thoughts, she would surely be at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She invested fifty thousand in the captain to open the brick factory, not to make money, but to repay the captain for his kindness in two lifetimes.
"Auntie, since you’re cooking at the brick factory, why did you run out here? Isn’t it time to cook?"
"Ah, it’s almost New Year, the factory is already on holiday. I was just watering the vegetables in my garden when little Dongdong ran over to tell me you’re back, so I came out. You’re back, planning to spend New Year here with Auntie, right?"
Auntie Ding paused and looked expectantly at Mengyu.
Once again, Mengyu felt choked up; she had no way to fulfill Auntie’s wish.
Mengyu contemplated for a moment and then said, "Auntie, actually, I’ve already found my birth parents."
Auntie Ding was shocked, "You found your birth parents? Where are they? How could they abandon you? How could they be so heartless?"
Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua adopted Mengyu, publicly stating she was an unwanted abandoned baby girl, nearly at death’s door, whom they saved.
In the countryside, some women who gave birth to girl after girl would grow resentful and abandon their newborn daughters at hospitals or bus stations, sometimes even on the roadside.
Thus, the villagers all believed Mengyu was abandoned by parents who favored sons over daughters.
Mengyu sighed, saying, "I was intentionally swapped and then paid to be raised by the Jiang Family."
Indeed, when Nan Ming confirmed Mengyu was already in Li Chunhua’s hands, he paid Li Chunhua and Jiang Haidong, instructing them to suppress Mengyu, not allowing her to stand out.
Mengyu straightforwardly revealed her background to Auntie Ding.
Auntie Ding spoke as if she were telling a story: "I always wondered why every time I saw you, there was a noble aura about you, turns out you truly are from a wealthy family. Alas, Jiang Haidong and Li Chunhua have committed a sin, you’ve truly suffered." She reached out to touch Mengyu’s hair, full of affection.
Mengyu shook her head, "As the saying goes, ’Fragrant plum blossom blooms from bitter cold,’ I’m doing well now."
Suddenly remembering her discussion with Ah Xin, she hurriedly said, "Auntie, I started a scrap recycling company in the county, led by my apprentice Ah Xin, managing a bunch of orphaned children. I want to ask if you’d go cook for them. Will you stay at the brick factory, or help that bunch of children in the county?"
Auntie Ding was surprised, "What, you want me to go to the county and cook? Auntie’s cooking skills aren’t quite up to par."
"Auntie, actually I’m asking you mostly because they’re all orphaned children, they need a mother’s love. If you go, show them a little more love, their lives will be a bit better."
Hearing it was a bunch of orphaned children, Auntie Ding felt a bit sympathetic, "Alright, I’ll talk to the captain, I’ll go."
But soon, she realized, "You want to take me along to enjoy life?"
Mengyu laughed, "Auntie, that scrap recycling company is mine, those orphaned children really need care. Unlike the brick factory, where cooking has others watching your position. Plus, the monthly wage is only ten yuan. I’ve already told Ah Xin, besides room and board, she’ll give you a monthly salary of US$ 30."
"Alright, I get it. But Mengyu, Auntie wants to stay here. When my little brother returns, he could receive my broth."