"Zhang Yan's face lit up with a smile, revealing a set of wrinkles and a gleaming white teeth. She happily replied, 'Alright, you wait for Grandma to put on some clothes, Grandma will accompany you to build a snowman.'
Huang Duo Duo exclaimed, 'Yay, that's great, Grandma!'
Zhang Yan quickly returned to her room and put on thick clothes, gloves, a hat, and a scarf.
'Grandma, hurry up!' Huang Duo Duo stood at the door, urging her. She couldn't wait to go out and play in the snow.
'Coming, coming.' Zhang Yan walked briskly out of the room, holding an old scarf in her hand. 'Let's go build a snowman!'
Seeing the scarf in Zhang Yan's hand, Huang Duo Duo realized something and asked, 'Grandma, do we have any carrots at home? Can we get a carrot too?'
'Yes, we do. I'll go get one right away.'
Saying that, Zhang Yan quickly took out a carrot from the refrigerator.
Huang Duo Duo was delighted and cheered, 'That's great, let's go!'
Without waiting for Zhang Yan, Huang Duo Duo opened the door and ran outside.
'Duo Duo, slow down, wait for Grandma.' Zhang Yan hurriedly chased after her.
Li Man looked down from the window and saw the grandmother and granddaughter happily building a snowman in the snowy yard. The sound of their laughter was infectious, and a smile appeared on the corner of Li Man's lips involuntarily.
Li Liangsheng had been away for over a month, and Zhang Yan was slowly recovering from her grief.
To prevent Zhang Yan from being too sad, Li Man often had Huang Duo Duo chat with her and make her happy, so she wouldn't have time to overthink.
But in the quiet of the night, Zhang Yan couldn't help but shed tears.
Because at that moment, she had to face the reality that her husband had already left.
Whenever Li Man saw her mother secretly wiping away her tears, she felt extremely distressed.
So she stayed in Ancheng and didn't mention returning to Shenzhen.
But staying away for a long time meant leaving Chen XiaoHui to run the stall alone, which was extremely unfair to her. So Li Man took the initiative to withdraw her shares, allowing Chen XiaoHui to run it on her own without having to split the profits.
At first, Chen XiaoHui didn't agree, but Li Man insisted on withdrawing, and Chen XiaoHui went along with it.
'Will you come back?' Chen XiaoHui asked Li Man.
Li Man pondered for a while and said, 'I won't be going back for now. Let's talk about it after the New Year.'
There was nothing left in Shenzhen worth her nostalgia.
She used to stay in that city for a man, but now, that man was no longer worthy of her doing anything for him.
In the future, she wouldn't neglect her family for a man.
Now, the most important people in her life were her daughter and her mother.
After withdrawing from the barbecue stall, Li Man had no income, which made her feel uneasy, and she always wanted to find something to do.
The one million yuan Zhang Yan gave her was intended for Huang Duo Duo's overseas education. The cost of living abroad was high, and one million yuan wouldn't last long.
As for the house and shop that Zhang Yan gave her, she rented them out. The annual rent for the shop was 200,000 yuan, and the house was 45,000 yuan per year.
Zhang Yan said that she would be in charge of collecting the rent next year.
But Li Man felt that she couldn't rely solely on the rental income to make a living. She had to find something to do.
Just as Li Man was thinking about what she should do, a tall figure appeared in her line of sight."
I saw him carrying bags of things and walking towards Huang Duo Duo and Zhang Yan. I don't know what they were talking about, but in the end, he placed the things in his hands on the ground and joined the group building snowmen.
The three of them had a great time playing.
This man, Li Man, knew him. He is Chen Shi, the son of Uncle Chen, a good friend of his father.
Chen Shi is two years older than her, and he used to come to her house to play with his father often.
She played with Chen Shi from childhood to adulthood, from elementary school to high school. They always studied at the same school until they went to college, and that's when they separated.
Because Chen Shi was a top student, she couldn't get into the same university as him.
