35. Tailgating
The Tang family has now become a hall of Tang's mother's words, Tang's mother said that no one dares to fight for the west, everyone is within a tolerable range, carefully avoiding Tang's mother's "nuclear reactor", for fear of accidentally triggering a family war.
After finishing dinner, Tang's mother said that she would not say anything and Tang Qing would go back to Liwa Village at night, and locked the door very neatly: "Tonight, no one wants to go out." ”
Tang Qing's room is next to Tang's father and Tang's mother, and it is the most spacious and bright room in the whole family except for Tang's father and Tang's mother's main house. Originally, according to Tang Qing's assumption, he had not lived at home for so long, and the room should have been occupied by others, but when he first chose the room, Hu Die and Huang Ting were staring at this sunny house.
But when I entered the door, I found that the furnishings in the house were exactly the same as when I left. The table was clean, there was no dust at all, and it looked like it was often cleaned. The sheet and futon on the bed, close to sniff, a fresh fragrance that has just been basked in the sun. In the cabinet are the clothes that I have left over from my childhood.
Although Dad Tang loves her, he will not be so careful in doing things, he can care about his daughter, and it would be good to eat well in the countryside. Brother Tang is even more impossible. Thinking about it, only Tang's mother will clean her room for several years. Thinking of this, Tang Qing's heart couldn't help but feel a little sour. She faintly felt that Tang Ma knew that she was not the real Xiaoqing. Therefore, over the years, I have always been a little timid when I go home, and there have been a few times when I want to put down my things and leave.
Since living in Liwa Village, Tang Qing has been accustomed to getting up early, even if he doesn't sleep well at night, he will still get up on time the next day according to his biological clock.
Tang Qing sorted out his things, bypassed Tang's father and Tang's mother's room, and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Before I even entered the door, I felt a hot air in the kitchen. After settling down, I saw clearly through the white fog that Huang Ting and Tang's mother were busy in front of the big stove. For a moment, not knowing whether to enter the door or not, Tang Qing leaned on the door frame and hesitated.
"Aunt Tang, the water is almost boiling, I'll scoop it out. Huang Ting covered her mouth, afraid of choking on water vapor.
"Hey, scoop some out and pour them into the thermos. I went back and used it to heat the soy milk I bought. By the way, pick out a few more red bean buns made at home a few days ago, Xiaoqing loves to eat this one the most. Mama Tang wiped the sweat from her forehead. Before dawn in the morning, Tang's mother went out and came back at this time.
"If you want me to say, the soy milk in the stall at the door of our house is also well ground, Aunt Tang, why do you have to go so far to buy it at the stall in the west of the county, this time you come and go, and it takes a lot of delay. Huang Ting poured water into the thermos with a water ladle.
"Pay attention to the water you pour and don't burn it. The house in the west of the city, Xiaoqing is used to eating, she buys food at that house every morning when she enters the city, and she doesn't like to be able to buy soy milk there all the time. Tang's mother looked triumphant.
Tang Qing sighed, that was because every time he entered the city, he passed by there, and he didn't go there to buy breakfast. She stood quietly at the door of the kitchen for a long time, neither Tang Ma nor Huang Ting noticed her, thought about it, and finally secretly returned to the room.
During breakfast, Tang's mother kept putting vegetables in Tang Qing's bowl, which made Tang Qing a little embarrassed. The key is that Tang's mother doesn't stop in her hands and mouth. As soon as he gave Brother Tang an order to go on a blind date, he fired at Tang Qing again.
"You have to give me a word today, when to move home, don't prevaricate me with any words like "it's going to be soon", and don't go back to the village health center without telling me the exact time. Tang's mother straightened her face, paused for a few seconds, and softened her voice a little, "It's not that your mother is forcing you, you are not too young, a sixteen-year-old girl always runs outside, what is it like, isn't it good to live at home? You live outside, you can't help but make up for your body, you see how thin you are now, the hemp rod is better than you." When you were a child, your face was round and red, how cute. And now?"
As she spoke, Tang Ma rolled up her sleeves and wiped away her tears. Tang Qing saw that Tang's mother was crying, and she was really a little overwhelmed in her heart, and she was in a hurry for a while: "Mom, don't cry, I'm fine, the girl looks thinner." I'll go home often in the future, don't be sad. ”
"I don't care, at the end of this year, either you move home for me, or I will move to Liwa Village with you, you say you want to study medicine, okay, Mom supports you, I will take care of you nearby, isn't this still possible. Tang's mother glared at Tang Qing and said a cruel word.
"Mom, you asked me to think about it again, think about it again. Tang Qing ran behind Tang's mother and gently slapped her shoulder, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, don't be angry, it's not good for your health." ”
Tang's mother burst into tears and laughed: "You still know that you care about me, you don't have a home all day long, I almost thought that my daughter was given to someone else's family?"
"How can it, I promise, I will go home often in the future. Tang Qing raised two fingers and swore.
ate breakfast, and was kept by Tang's mother for lunch. Tang Qingcai carried a full bamboo basket and walked out of the Tang family. Tang's mother was afraid that her daughter would suffer in the countryside, so she stuffed a lot of brown sugar and milk powder into her bamboo basket. sent Tang Qing to the door all the time, and stuffed a few more tickets into her palm. Tang Qing was so guilty that he refused to accept it, and he was afraid that Tang's mother would be angry, so he could only plan to bring more things next time he went home.
Walking away, Tang Qing unfolded the paper stamps in his hand, which were two pork stamps and one grain stamp. The pork tickets are all from Wu Shijin, and both of them have quotations written on them: The pig industry must have a big development. The expiration date is still the same full year. The food stamp is one pound. They are all tickets that are common in the province. Although Tang Qing hasn't been home much over the years, Tang's father and Brother Tang will always send her something to eat when they go to Liwa Village, and most of those things are also prepared by Tang's mother.
Living in Liwa Village, although there is no food to worry about, there is no other economic income. When Tang Qing went to the county for a medical visit, he wanted to go down to the restaurant to eat something good, but he had no money or a ticket, so he couldn't go anywhere. After a long time, he did not stay in the county, and rushed to the village in a hurry after seeing the patient.
Tang's mother didn't know how many pork tickets she could send out in the factory every month, so she gave Tang Qing two at the beginning of the month, and Tang Qing was embarrassed.
Seeing that it was still early, Tang Qing planned to take a trip to "Jinrong Ji" to get Qi An's letter and see his old friend. She hid in a dark corner, put the brown sugar and milk powder in the bamboo basket back into the space, and put some vegetables and rice grains in the space.
I hadn't walked a few streets before I felt someone following me. Tang Qing glanced behind him a few times, there were many people on the street at this time, and he couldn't see any suspicious people.
After a few more rounds, Tang Qing hid in a narrow alley, and she didn't show up until the person who followed her behind came out.
It turned out to be Hu Die.
Tang Qing grabbed her collar: "What are you doing with me?"
"Who followed you, I happened to be here for something. Hu Die tugged at the collar, "Don't move your hands and feet, even if you are a woman, you can't start it in broad daylight." "A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.
"Do you think that apart from you, everyone else has straw in their heads. Tang Qing chuckled, "Ask you one last time, why are you following me, you can't give me a satisfactory answer, I'll just carry you all the way home." Tang Qing approached her, smiling and her eyes full of starlight.
"I'm curious, you told your godmother that you were going back to that broken village, but you were going in the wrong direction. I care about you, come up and take a look, these days, it's hard to be a good person. Hu Die rolled his eyes and said stiffly.
Tang Qing was obviously not satisfied with such an answer: "It's okay if you don't tell the truth, I don't care what calculations you have in your heart, girl, I have itchy hands, teach you a lesson first, and then throw you into the alley alone, what do you think?"
Hu Die said sharply: "There are not only the two of us here, but also a few families, don't mess around." ”
At this time, someone in the alley heard the quarrel between the two, opened the window and looked out, saw that it was two little girls, only glared at the two, and closed the window with a snap.
Tang Qing spread his hands at Hu Die: "Look, who cares about you?"
"Are you going to see Qi An?" Hu Die said quietly, "I'm going too." ”
"What are you talking nonsense, Brother Qi hasn't been back for several years, where am I going to see him. Tang Qing felt that this girl was simply unreasonable.
"Then does he often write to you, Tang Pei said it, and he also entrusted you to take care of Grandpa Qi. Hu Die said angrily.
Tang Qing looked Hu Die up and down, and it took a long time before he spit out a sentence: "Brother Qi wrote to me, what does it matter to you." Don't make a fuss, I still have something to do, you go home quickly, Mom can't find you when you go back, it's time to look everywhere again. ”
"Don't try to fool me, I won't rob my godmother with you, but don't rob Qi An with me. Hu Die said confidently, "Where you go later, I will go too." You and I are in a stalemate, you are the one who suffers, and you can't get out of the city when it's late. ”
Tang Qing can be regarded as serving this little ancestor, and her ability to watch people cook is simply first-class. knew that he didn't dare to be cruel to her, and he really relied on himself.
What else could Tang Qing do, he could only take a drag oil bottle to "Jinrong Ji". Originally, she had been delayed in the Tang family for a while, but now she met Hu Die again, and Tang Qing didn't care if she could keep up with her, she just walked by herself. Hu Die followed behind, which was really choking.
It's still the same dilapidated little cloth shop on the outside. As soon as Tang Qing entered the door, he looked at the boss, pointed at Hu Die, and gave him a look. Taking advantage of the boss's pestering Hu Die to introduce the fabric, he secretly entered the back room alone.
The layout in "Jin Rong Ji" is getting older and older year by year, and I don't know how many years the cloth has been stored. There are only a few fancy styles over and over again, and the boss has repeatedly introduced them more than ten times. No matter how stupid Hu Die was, he also knew that Tang Qing had left himself and slipped away.
It's so boring, I'm too lazy to wait for Tang Qing, it's better to go. She thought to herself. As soon as the year flashed in her head, she caught a glimpse of a dress hanging from a wicker chair in the corner.