Chapter 7: Who is pitiful?
When the door closed, Luo Xiangnan pulled her husband into the courtyard. Ye Xiaochi always felt that they had something to say behind her back, so she lifted the white embroidered curtain on the door that was half blocked by the glass and took a look.
Seeing from a distance what a few of them were really saying, Ye Zhengang was about to go out after hearing it for a while, but was stopped by Luo Xiangnan, and her fourth aunt was also beside her, I don't know what they said, Ye Zhengang stood under a tree in the yard and smoked.
She sat back on the small kang covered with artificial leather mats, raked her hair, and sighed, no matter how helpless she was, she could only accept such a reality.
The wooden blue-glazed windows of the hut were open to a path behind the house next to the pond and a field not far away. A woman shouted while walking on the road: "Xiaoxin, Xiaoxin, where are you?"
She didn't know which new person was shouting, was it Xin, Xin, Xin, Xin, or Xin......
But no matter which one it is, it all evokes her memory, the little girl in her memory is in kindergarten, often crying for her name, always asking her father to change her name, she doesn't want to be called Xiaoxin. She said that the name had so many strokes that it was tiring to write.
At that time, the father always hugged her and coaxed: "Xiao Xinxin is good, it will be easy to write when you grow up, you are short of gold in the five elements, so it is good to call this name." Let's go, Dad will take you to buy something delicious..."
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaochi covered his face, and when he let go of his hand, there were tears in his eyes.
The next day, before dawn, Ye Zhengang went to work in the field, and he had to get up early in the morning to go to the field while it was cool. When it was almost noon, it was too hot and I went home to rest.
Busy until half past ten, Ye Zhengang returned home from the field on a bicycle. He had drunk all the bottle of water he had brought with him in the morning, sweating profusely, and wanted to drink some water.
When I entered the house, I found that the half tank of water was gone, and there was no water when I turned the faucet.
Luo Xiangnan was drying clothes in the yard, and when he saw his movements, he told him: "I had to wash my clothes in the morning, only to find that the water had stopped." Washed with water from a tank. There is a basin of water left in the kitchen for cooking, and there is also a bottle on the table, I see that Xiaotao drank it in the morning, if you are thirsty, drink it first. The water will come in a while. ”
Ye Zhengang heard this, so he unscrewed the bottle, the water inside looked a little dark, but Ye Xiangnan wouldn't lie to him, so he poured some into the white transparent glass he used next to him and took a sip.
At this time, Luo Xiangnan came in with a basin after drying his clothes, and found that her husband was holding a water bottle, his face was full of entanglement, as if he was sour. She was thinking about it, and Ye Zhengang shivered very cooperatively.
"Why are you like this? I watched Xiao Tao take two sips and leave, nothing happened. ”
"This water is from Xiao Tao? What is this? The sour smell finally passed, and Ye Zhengang had some anger on his face, this son didn't go to the house for three days, is there any ghost idea?
"What are you going to do? Is this water so unpalatable? Xiao Chi said that this is lemonade, didn't she take it back with Chinese medicine to eat? Her aunt was afraid that her mouth would be bitter, so she thought about bringing her some sugar cubes back. But she doesn't like sugar, you know, and in the end, her aunt brought back a few lemons from others and asked her to make lemonade to drink. Xiao Tao was curious, so his sister made him a bottle, what did Xiao Tao do. ”
As soon as he heard that it was Ye Xiaochi, the expression on Ye Zhengang's face immediately softened.
Luo Xiangnan asked him, "Is it really that sour?"
Ye Zhengang: "I don't believe you try." ”
Two minutes later, Luo Xiangnan decided never to drink this lemonade again.
"Where did they go?" Ye Zhengang sat down and saw that his sister and brother were not at home, so he asked.
"Koike said that he wanted to go out for a walk and take a look. I asked Xiao Tao to accompany her. Don't say it, after Koike came back this time, he was obviously easy to speak. ”
"Go out now?" Ye Zhengang listened to the sound of "crackling" firecrackers coming out from time to time, and was a little worried, Lao Xue's family went to the beam today, and many people went.
What if his daughter was watching something outside, and the child was in a hurry and angry?
"I thought it was okay, so I didn't walk for a while, and when I left, I said that I would go to the store and buy something first, and then go to her uncle's to have a look. I think this child is so old that she can't hold it at home all the time, so maybe it's a good thing to let her go out for a walk. ”
"I'd better go out and have a look, you have a big heart. Ye Zhengang still didn't support it when he thought about it, in case the child was angry outside, and he was still on crutches, and he was on the road with his little brother, how uncomfortable it would be. I can't think about it, and I can't stay at home for a minute when I think about it.
He decided to go to the store first, and then go to his brother-in-law's side.
At this time, Ye Xiaochi was walking slowly to the store with the boy named Ye Jingtao on the side of the road, and a group of children could be encountered playing on the street from time to time.
There was a child who walked quietly behind her like Ye Xiaochi on crutches, and was discovered by Ye Jingtao and chased after him to beat him. The boy ran as fast as he could, as far as he could, and stuck out his tongue to anger him.
"Forget it, don't pay attention to him, I'm a little tired, go up there and sit there for a while before leaving. Ye Xiaochi was not in a hurry to go to the store, she wanted to sit in the shade under the tree for a while, and it would be good to watch the children next to her play and jump the grid.
Children always have a cruel side, not as good at hiding their emotions as adults, and they feel funny when they see her limping, so they follow along. It's no wonder that Ye Xiaochi was reluctant to go home, unwilling to go out, and stayed at home all day long, his body was so weak.
However, such children are also individual, and most children just look at her curiously and continue to play with themselves.
After a pause, a group of people came over from the corner, all from Liudaogou Village, who had just come out of the banquet after Xue's dinner. As he was talking, he didn't notice Ye Xiaochi, who was sitting in the shade on the stone pier under the tree.
By the time someone found out, it was too late, and everything that should have been said and what should not have been said had already been said. When she looked over, the girl was looking at them with a smirk.
"Oh, it's Koike, what are you doing here?" asked an embarrassed person.
"Go to the store and buy something. Ye Xiaochi said, stood up on crutches, didn't say much to them, and walked to the store, which was still more than two hundred meters away from the store, and it would be there in a while. Ye Jingtao looked at the adults angrily, didn't say anything to them, and followed Ye Xiaochi to the store.
"Oh my God, she listened to everything she just said, right?"
"I don't look like there's something wrong, by the way, I heard that Ji Wenwen, even Xue Shaojun's new girlfriend, also said that she was going to the store, you said these two wouldn't bump into each other, right?"
"What if you run into this?"
"Otherwise, let's go over and take a look, it's really not good to pull a little, Ye Xiaochi is quite pitiful. ”