Nine

After returning to work in Hougou Ancient Village the next day, Chen Yuxin went to find Xiao Zihua, she wanted to know if Xiao Zihua had told her family about going to work in the south, and what the result was. But she didn't see Xiao Zihua, and the security guards told her that Xiao Zihua took two more days off.

Xiao Zihua walked for three days. Chen Yuxin had to ask Xiao Zihua if he had come back every day when he saw the security guard, and all he got was a negative answer. Chen Yuxin couldn't help but be secretly anxious, thinking, "Teacher Jurong is still waiting for a reply." It's just that he is taking a leave of absence at this time, what if he finds someone over there?"

Chen Yuxin was anxious and worried about Xiao Zihua's trip to the south, and he was very upset. After Chen Yuxin received a group of tourists in the evening, he saw that it was getting late and knew that there would be no more tourists. She did not return to the reception station, but walked around the Longmen Divine Spring. Longmen Shenquan is a spring water naturally precipitated from the mountain rock covered with loess, and I don't know how many years it has flowed, before the well was not drilled in Hougou, the villagers of Hougou have been drinking this spring water for generations. On top of the Longmen Divine Spring is the Dragon King Temple of Hougou Ancient Village, and the Dragon King enshrined in the temple is called the "Four Dragon Kings" in Yuci. This dragon king is very influential among the villagers of Yuci, and legend has it that once when he was invited by the villagers of Yuci Longtian to pray for rain, the four dragon kings would fall in love with Yu Shuniang, a girl from Longtian Village, by fate, and achieved a good story of marriage between man and god. Chen Yuxin didn't know how many times she told this story to tourists, but when she thought of this story at this moment, Chen Yuxin suddenly felt a lot of emotion in her heart, she thought: "It would be good if people also had divine powers, and if they encounter any difficulties, they will be solved by casting mana!"

Chen Yuxin was thinking about it when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him. She looked back and saw Xiao Zihua coming over. Chen Yuxin hurriedly greeted him and said excitedly: "You're back!" Xiao Zihua nodded and said, "I heard them say that you have looked for me several times, is there anything wrong?" Chen Yuxin hurriedly said: "Oh, it's okay." What have you been doing in the past two days, and you have rested for so many days?" Xiao Zihua said: "My wife wants to take the dietitian certificate, and I accompanied her to Taiyuan for two days. Chen Yuxin became angry when she heard this, and thought: "Teacher Jurong is still waiting for a reply, why did you go out unhurriedly?" So she said angrily: "Isn't it just going to Taiyuan to take a test? Why do you still have to accompany you? Aren't you also very tight? Is it necessary to take two days off for this?" Xiao Zihua listened but didn't gnaw, just looked at Chen Yuxin helplessly.

Chen Yuxin saw that Xiao Zihua didn't speak, so he asked again: "Did you tell your family about going to the south?" Xiao Zihua nodded and said, "I said." Chen Yuxin then asked, "Where can you go?" Xiao Zihua didn't answer immediately, and paused for a moment before saying, "They don't want me to go that far." Chen Yuxin said anxiously: "Why?" Xiao Zihua said: "Because the family also needs me." Chen Yuxin asked: "Are your parents not in good health?" Xiao Zihua said: "It's okay, there's nothing wrong with it." But they're getting older, and I'm not worried about going away. Chen Yuxin asked again: "Does your wife need someone to take care of her?" Xiao Zihua said: "No, she is working well." However, my daughter is still young and needs to be taken care of. Chen Yuxin continued to ask: "So you are old and young, and you really can't leave?" Xiao Zihua said: "Yes, I am indeed a little embarrassed." Chen Yuxin suddenly said loudly: "Okay! Don't make excuses for yourself anymore." Some of our neighbors are working outside, and there are old and young people in the family, don't they also do a good job?" Xiao Zihua was silent. Chen Yuxin waited for a while, and saw that Xiao Zihua didn't mean to speak, so he urged: "You are talking!" Xiao Zihua was still silent.

Chen Yuxin couldn't help but say again: "You go back and talk to them again, let them support you." Tell them how rare this opportunity is and how important it is to you......" Xiao Zihua said: "It's useless, they won't agree." In fact, when I came out of the newspaper office that day, I knew that I would not be able to go. Chen Yuxin couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly: "If they don't let you go, won't you go? Can't you work hard? Why are you so cowardly, no wonder you are so old and you can't achieve anything!" As soon as the words came out, Chen Yuxin regretted it, these words were too hurtful. Sure enough, Xiao Zihua's body trembled, and his eyes looked straight at Chen Yuxin, his eyes were full of pain without anger. For a moment both of them were silent.

After a while, Xiao Zihua said hoarsely: "I'm sorry to disappoint you." Chen Yuxin wanted to apologize to Xiao Zihua, but he opened his mouth but couldn't say it. Xiao Zihua said again: "I have to continue to inspect, I'll leave first." Chen Yuxin stood there in a daze, Xiao Zihua didn't know if she heard what she said. After walking a few steps, Xiao Zihua turned around and said, "It's not early, you should go back early." ”

However, until Xiao Zihua's back disappeared into the twilight, Chen Yuxin still stood there blankly. Her mind went blank, and she couldn't tell what it was like. After a long time, Chen Yuxin, who was in a cold mood, shivered, and she came to her senses. She looked around and saw that it was already dark, so she hurried back to the dormitory.

As soon as she entered the dormitory door, Qin Lei asked, "Where did you go, and you came back so late?" Chen Yuxin replied: "You didn't go anywhere, you just walked around the village." Qin Lei smiled secretly: "Is it true that you haven't gone anywhere?" Chen Yuxin said: "No is no, what do you want to do?" Qin Lei shouted: "Tell me honestly, are you going to meet Xiao Zihua again?" I can see him coming back. Chen Yuxin didn't make a sound. Qin Lei stepped forward and stretched out her hand to scratch Chen Yuxin, and asked, "Is it? Don't you see that people are annoying?" Qin Lei stopped and asked with a straight face: "What's the matter, did you two quarrel?" Chen Yuxin said: "No." As she spoke, she recounted what had happened.

In the end, Chen Yuxin said: "Such a good opportunity, his family just won't let him go." What a pity you say!" Qin Lei also said: "Yes! How can there be such a family, don't think about his future." Chen Yuxin said anxiously: "I just found out now that he can't get any support from his family, how can he develop in the future?" Qin Lei said with both arms: "You ask me, who do I ask?" Chen Yuxin said angrily: "Little girl, I know that what I say to you is in vain." Saying that, Chen Yuxin turned around and sat on his bed, clasped his knees with his hands and was stunned again.

Qin Lei walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out her hands to hug Chen Yuxin's shoulders and looked at it for a while, and said, "Yo, look at our Yuxin!" Seeing that Chen Yuxin didn't react, Qin Lei said again: "Okay, don't think about it." It's useless for you to think about it like this. In two days, it's time for the two of us to take turns off, let's go out and have fun together, okay?" Chen Yuxin said: "Don't bother me. As he spoke, he lay on the bed with his face against the wall. Qin Lei had no choice but to return to her bedside.

When she went to work the next day, Chen Yuxin found that Xiao Zihua was deliberately avoiding her. Every time he saw her coming from afar, Xiao Zihua walked away. This made Chen Yuxin's already depressed mood even more disturbed. So Chen Yuxin accepted Qin Lei's suggestion and agreed that the two of them would go together to have a good time on the day off.

On the day off, Chen Yuxin and Qin Lei returned to the city together but did not go home, so the two went shopping directly. The two played for a whole day and didn't break up until the evening. When parting, I also made an appointment to go back to Hougou Ancient Village to work together early tomorrow morning.

Chen Yuxin walked into the small street where his house was located with lazy steps. The street is not wide, and there are locust trees planted on the side of the road. At this time, the locust tree is growing and flourishing. When she was about to arrive at the gate of the community, Chen Yuxin suddenly heard someone calling her in the shade of the trees on the side of the road: "Sister." Chen Yuxin followed the voice and asked her people to stand behind the tree. In addition, it was already dark at this time, and the light was dim, and Chen Yuxin couldn't see the person's face clearly. She stepped into the shade of the tree and saw her cousin Komine standing there.

Xiaofeng is the child of Chen Yuxin's second aunt. Chen Yuxin's mother has three sisters, and her mother is the eldest. Chen Yuxin is a few years older than Xiaofeng, and she is the only daughter in the family, so she treats this cousin as her own brother, and she gets along very closely. At this moment, Xiao Feng stood behind the tree, his head bowed and curled up. Chen Yuxin knew at a glance that his cousin had been wronged again, and hurriedly asked, "Xiaofeng, what's wrong?"

Chen Yuxin asked several times, and Xiao Feng said slowly: "Sister, you can lend me some money." Chen Yuxin smiled and said in his heart: "Is it so difficult to do such a thing?" replied: "Okay! How much do you borrow?" Xiaofeng hesitated for a long time, and didn't say how much he wanted to borrow. In the end, he said fiercely: "How much do you have, give me all the money you have!" Chen Yuxin was stunned, feeling that something was wrong, but still smiled: "Sister doesn't have much money on her." But it doesn't matter, you can just go home with your sister and get it. With that, she picked up Xiaofeng and prepared to walk into the community.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Feng shook off her hand and shouted, "No, I won't go to your house! Chen Yuxin took a few steps and grabbed Xiao Feng again, and said, "Xiao Feng, what's wrong?" You make it clear, otherwise my sister won't let you go." Xiao Feng struggled a few times and didn't break free, and suddenly turned around and fell on the locust tree next to him and cried "woo".

Chen Yuxin hurriedly said softly: "Xiaofeng, what's wrong? Tell your sister?" Xiaofeng cried for a while before he said fiercely: "Sister, I'm going to run away from home!" Chen Yuxin trembled in surprise when he heard this, and asked, "Why?" Xiaofeng said while crying: "I didn't get admitted to college, and my mother scolded me all day long." I just can't take it anymore. When Chen Yuxin heard this, a stone fell to the ground in his heart. Looking at her cousin, she felt angry and funny. If you have to run away from home for such a small thing, and you can't even earn a penny if you want to run away, where can you go?

Chen Yuxin said softly: "Xiao Feng, where are you going?" Xiao Feng said: "I don't know." Chen Yuxin said: "You can't even earn money, what should you do if you go out?" Xiao Feng was stunned for a moment, choked up: "Anyway, I won't go home! Xiao Feng stubbornly shook his head and said, "No, no." But this time Xiao Feng didn't run, maybe he also found that he had nowhere to go.

Chen Yuxin couldn't pull Xiaofeng, so she had no choice but to take out her mobile phone and call her father, and ask her father to come down and persuade Xiaofeng.

After a while, Chen Yuxin's father appeared at the door of the community. Chen Yuxin's father is a middle school Chinese teacher. Medium build, very simple dress, and average appearance. He doesn't overwhelm the crowd and doesn't look amazing. But those who have been with him will find him very amiable and friendly. It was as if a piece of ice was in front of him, and he could make it melt quickly. Chen Yuxin has trusted her father the most since she was a child, and she has relied on her father the most. No matter what happened, the first thing she thought of was looking for her dad. When she ran away from her boyfriend, she called her father to pick her up.

Sure enough, Chen Yuxin's father only said a few words, and Xiaofeng obediently followed their father and daughter home.

As soon as he entered the house, Chen Yuxin's mother greeted him and asked, "Xiaofeng, what's wrong?" Just now your mother called and said that you hadn't been home for a day. She's looking for you in a hurry. If it weren't for your sister's call, your uncle and I would have gone out to look for you. Originally, she received a call from Chen Yuxin, and she was also going to go downstairs to pick up Xiaofeng. But Chen Yuxin's father was afraid that there would be too many people to embarrass Xiaofeng, so he didn't let her go down.

Chen Yuxin's father pressed Xiao Feng to the sofa, and while asking Chen Yuxin to pour water for Xiao Feng, he took out a snack from under the coffee table for Xiao Feng to eat. At first, Xiaofeng didn't eat or drink, but under the repeated persuasion of Chen Yuxin's family, he barely ate some.

After Xiao Feng ate something, he talked about the reason for the incident under the questioning of Yu Xin's mother. It turned out that after the results of this year's college entrance examination came out, Xiaofeng's mother saw that Xiaofeng did not pass the exam, so she sulked all day long. Then he began to reprimand Xiao Feng, scolding him for being useless. Yesterday's scolding finally reached its peak, and Xiao Feng's mother scolded Xiao Feng for more than an hour. The harsh words are unbearable. In the end, Xiaofeng's father couldn't help but quarrel with Xiaofeng's mother, and the two had a big quarrel. In this way, Xiaofeng felt that he couldn't stay at home anymore, and slipped out of the house early in the morning.

After listening to the narration, Chen Yuxin first said: "The second aunt's temper is too violent. She's so noisy, how can this house make people stay!" Yu Xin's mother heard this, and hurriedly said: "Yu Xin, don't talk nonsense." He turned around and said to Xiao Feng with a pleasant face: "Xiao Feng, your mother's temper is not good. She has been like this since she was a child, and she can't control herself as soon as she gets angry. In fact, she loves you in her heart, and you see that as soon as you don't go home, she will look for you in a hurry. Yu Xin's father also said: "Xiaofeng, your mother is angry because you didn't get admitted to college, and she feels uncomfortable." This shows that she cares about you, and she will be even more uncomfortable if you leave. You are already a big child, and you should also learn to be considerate of your parents' feelings. When you grow up, you will have to take on the responsibilities of the family. To take on the responsibilities of the family, you must learn to be patient. If you want to escape from a little grievance, you can't afford anything. A man can't be so irresponsible!"

Xiao Feng quietly listened to Yu Xin's father, and then said, "Uncle, I also understand what you said. But my mother scolded me so much yesterday, I really can't stand it!" Yuxin's father said: "That's because you are still young, and it will be fine when you are older." Hearing this, Chen Yuxin couldn't help but interject again: "Yes, Xiaofeng is still young and can't afford it." Dad, if you force him to take on something he can't afford, you'll crush him. Hearing this, Yuxin's father was also silent. After a slight pause, Yu Xin's father said, "Xiaofeng, it's not right for your mother to be angry like this. As a mother, it is irresponsible to not care about the feelings of her children at all, and only want to be happy. Now that you are married and have become parents, you can't do whatever you want. ”

Listening to his father's last words, Chen Yuxin's heart couldn't help jumping. Because there has always been such an understanding in her consciousness that when a girl gets married, she can find a support, and she can do whatever she wants. But today, I heard my father say, it turns out that this is not possible? Dad seemed to see Chen Yuxin's thoughts, and turned back to her and said earnestly: "Yuxin, you have to remember." Children can only do what they want when they are around their parents, and once they have a family, they have responsibilities, and they can't come by temperament. Chen Yuxin's heart was still pimple, and he couldn't turn around for a while, and said mockingly: "I don't think Xiaofeng can do what he wants now!" Yuxin's mother listened and said busily: "Xiaofeng, if your mother is angry with you again in the future, you will come to your aunt's house." Don't run around, okay?"

Xiao Feng nodded sensibly and said, "Auntie, I wrote it down." He turned around and said to Yu Xin's father: "Uncle, can you accompany me home?" Yu Xin's father smiled: "Of course you can." ”

So, Chen Yuxin's father accompanied Xiaofeng home. They had just walked for a while when the doorbell rang again. Chen Yuxin walked over to take a look, but it was her aunt who came. It turned out that Yu Xin's mother had already informed her two younger sisters of the news that she had found Xiaofeng. My aunt came over to inquire about the situation.

As soon as the aunt entered the door, she asked, "Sister, where is Xiaofeng?" Yuxin's mother said, "Your brother-in-law sent him home." The aunt sat on the sofa after hearing this, and said angrily: "What do you say this kid is doing to run away from home?" We're all so busy, and he's still making trouble here. Yu Xin's mother said: "I also blame your second sister for being too short-tempered, and the Xiaofeng she said is too heavy." ”