18. Have a bad day
Ah Ling looked at me apologetically, lowered her head to make milk powder for the child, she only put two small spoons of milk powder in a bottle of water, shook it well and handed it to the child's mouth, the dry skin on the child's mouth pouted, and the milk was immediately sucked in a big gulp.
When the eldest brother who was eating noodles next to him checked out, his eyes drifted on me intentionally or unintentionally, and he leaned next to her while Ah Ling was looking for change and whispered, "Is there something wrong with Ah Ling?" ”
The child Ah Ling was holding in one hand handed the change to the eldest brother in the other, and said with a smile, "It's okay, brother, we know each other." The eldest brother was suspicious, walked to the fruit stall next to him, pointed to this side, and said a few words before leaving.
After doing everything, Ah Ling cautiously asked me if there was something wrong?
I folded the scarf and asked her, "Can you put so much milk powder and the child will be full?"
Ah Ling bit her lip violently, her eyes were slightly red, she lowered her eyes and re-covered the child's sheet, looked up and said, "Let's go to my house." She asked the fruit seller next to her to help take care of the stall first, and then she would come back after a short time when she went home.
The place where Ah Ling lives is a lime bungalow, the room is very small, the walls are dark, the furnishings are simple but clean, Ah Ling put the sleeping child on the bed and poured me a glass of water.
I took off my gloves and warmed up the water glass in my hand, "I'm actually fine, I just want to see you all of a sudden." ”
Ah Ling smiled crampedly, rubbed her hands and sat opposite me without knowing what to say, her hands were chapped, and the red flesh could be seen in the cracks, and the skin on her face was even worse, the wind and rain made her skin rough and dull, revealing an indescribable sense of vicissitudes.
These are completely two people from the Ah Ling in my memory, I still remember the woman I saw at the Public Security Bureau a few months ago, a little fat, with two red clouds on her face, revealing her radiant spirit everywhere.
That's right, at that time, she had her husband to take care of her, to be accompanied by children, and the burden of life had not yet weighed on her, and now she has no husband and I have no parents, we are all pitiful, but there are different pitifuls.
I said, "I miss my parents, so let's see how you're doing." ”
Ah Ling wiped away her tears and pretended to be strong, "I can make do with it, no matter how I live, it's all the same." "For a while, we didn't know what to say, we were both responsible for the accident, no one asked for compensation, I still have the belongings left by my parents, and she is afraid that she has nothing.
I didn't sit much, and when I got up to leave, I saw that there were still leftovers from yesterday on the table, Chinese cabbage and potatoes stewed together, there was no oil star on it, it seemed to be stewed with boiling water, and there were wedding photos of the couple hanging on the wall next to the bed, and they were smiling very sweetly and happily.
I took out my wallet and took out the only five hundred cash, and while Ah Ling was watching the child, I pressed it under the glass and quietly went out.
Just a few steps away, I heard Ah Ling shouting my sister, still holding the money in her hand, chasing out the door to give it to me, I waved her hand to let her hurry up to see the child, and trotted away before she caught up.
Sitting in the car, I was out of breath, lying on the square plate and crying for a while, I was very uncomfortable and seemed to be able to only be relieved by tears, after crying I put on makeup again and drove back to the company.
At dinner in the evening, Su Ling found that I was not in a high mood, and I sandwiched a piece of beef brisket for me and asked me what was wrong, I lowered my eyes and poked the beef brisket with chopsticks and said that I went to see Ah Ling today, Su Ling asked who Ah Ling was, and I said that it was the wife of the truck driver.
After hearing this, Su Ling hurriedly put down the chopsticks and asked me, "Why are you going to see her?"
I sighed and clenched the chopsticks in my hand, "I have been dreaming of my parents and the driver these days, and I want to go to see her if I have nothing to do today, she is alone with this child, and she is having a bad time, very pitiful." ”