Chapter 36: The Warmth of Déjà Vu
"Who else will not wear shoes?" Zhen Zhenyuan was not interested in Xiao Er's accosting, and just talked casually.
Xiao Er smiled and said, "It's a little daughter-in-law, she looks pretty good, but she also lost her shoes, and the blood on her feet is hula, she looks very anxious, she spent three times as much money to hire a carriage and left directly."
When Zhen Zhenyuan heard that it was a woman, he immediately became interested, and he asked eagerly, "Does that woman have slender eyebrows, a tear mole under her eyes, and wear a pale green jacket, isn't it?"
"The clothes are indeed green jackets, I don't remember if there are tear moles, but I remember that her belt is inlaid with a cat's eyeball, which is bright, and it scares me on this big night" Xiao Er thought back to the situation when the woman entered the store, and finally thought of this special.
It's Qiao'er, that's right, that opal was won by Zhen Zhenyuan at the gambling table, and then it was worn on the belt by Liu Qiao'er, "Then where did she go?"
Xiao Er spread his hands, "I really don't know this, our store is a carriage foothold, a transfer station, as for where the coachman goes, what he does is not under our control, and we will not ask." ”
Zhen Zhenyuan did it to the ground, fortunately her daughter-in-law was fine, she just quarreled with her mother and ran away from home, and at the same time she was anxious about not knowing where Liu Qiaoer went. Zhen Zhenyuan can only hope that Liu Qiao'er will be able to come back by himself when she loses her anger or the money is spent.
I didn't sleep all night, and when he got home, he casually perfunctory a few words to the old lady, and after eating some leftovers, he lay on the kang and prepared to sleep. The eldest daughter, Zhen Meimei, pushed him, "What about my mother, I haven't seen my mother since I had dinner yesterday." ”
Although Zhen Zhenyuan is a gambler, he is really good to his daughter-in-law and children, even if his eyelids are sleepy and can't open them, he still fights to talk to his eldest daughter. "Your mother is angry with your grandmother and won't come back to live in the past few days. ”
The little girl, Meiyu, interjected and said, "The second uncle is also angry with grandma, won't he come back to live?"
"What? What did you say? Your second uncle didn't come back last night?" Zhen Zhen was refreshed and jumped off the kang.
Zhen Meiyu was startled by his father's movements, but still nodded.
Zhen Zhenyuan's face turned green, and the first feeling was that the second brother Zhen Zhenhai kidnapped her daughter-in-law. Then he shook his head again, impossible, how could his daughter-in-law fall in love with the second brother?
The top priority is to find the second brother Zhen Zhenhai first. Zhen Zhenyuan couldn't make up for sleep, so he asked the old lady to tell him about the disappearance of his second brother.
The folds on the old lady's face are piled deeper, and if outsiders know, it is likely that the second and third daughter-in-law eloped. If there are such rumors, then the reputation of this family is over. It doesn't matter if a few people who lose money marry or not, but the old man loves face the most, and if he loses face, then he will definitely not let others have a better life.
"You are at home, don't go out, if someone asks, you will say that your daughter-in-law has found an acquaintance in the town to do things, and I will go to find Zhang Xiaofeng. The old lady's mind was absolutely sufficient, and in an instant she thought of a way to quell the rumors.
Zhen Zhenyuan frowned and looked irritable, "Mother, shouldn't you go to the second brother now? What are you doing with Zhang Xiaofeng, if the second brother goes to Zhang Xiaofeng, can you not come back to sleep at night?"
The old lady hated iron and said, "Shut up for me, your sparrow-sized brain can also think about your daughter-in-law, it is not enough when you encounter things, you just stay at home." You don't have to worry about that. ”
Zhang Cuihua and they helped clean up the house for two days in a row, Zhen Duoduo's house already had a general appearance, and now they are waiting for Li Youcai's furniture.
Li Youcai said yesterday that the furniture can be done in three days at most, as for Zhen Duoduo, all the cabinets with drawers are raised, and there are cabinets with doors in front of the erections, these styles, Zhen Duoduo said, Li Youcai smiled and praised her, "It's not difficult to make it, the difficult thing is that you still have this ingenuity." Zhen Duoduo was embarrassed to be praised, this was not her idea, she was just picking up people's teeth.
Dahe and Dashan took out the straw mats and bedding of Dr. Jiang's house, put them in the yard to dry, and prepared to give them back to Dr. Jiang for a while.
Zhang Xiaofeng was spreading the kang, looking at the brand-new bedding on the kang, Zhang Xiaofeng couldn't help but be in a trance, she was separated from the man like this, like a dream, these days have been lively, she didn't have time to calm down and think, she really left.
There was a knock on the door, and Zhang Xiaofeng burst into tears when she saw someone coming. She choked up and called "Mother"
Zhen Duoduo looked at the old lady in a daze, specially, this is the director of the orphanage in the previous life, the gray hair is neatly groomed, the slightly thin feet and face have a pair of weathered eyes, and the padded jacket on the placket is clean and clean, revealing a crisp and clean energy.
The old lady stuffed the basket in her hand to Zhang Xiaofeng, and took Zhen Duoduo's hand and walked into the house, "Let's go, go into the house with grandma,"
The daughter who was in tears at the door, she didn't say a word.
Zhang Xiaofeng carried the basket and silently followed.
Zhen Duoduo was uncomfortable, in her previous life in the orphanage, she was most afraid of the dean. She is the king of children in the orphanage, and there are a lot of fights and troubles, and the old lady of the dean does not quarrel with her or scold her, just looks at her like that, until Zhen Duoduo can't wait to take out the matter of robbing a little brother of a few years ago and regret it, the old lady will look away, but continue to ignore people.
When Zhen Duoduo was dried like this, the old lady would go into the kitchen to be busy, and then she would always bring her a small bowl of hand-rolled noodles, simply fried an egg, sprinkled a handful of chopped green onions, and ordered some soy sauce, but it was very delicious, hot and ironed, and her eyes could be red every time she ate.
A child who has been wronged, what she needs is a hug, if she can't get it, a bowl of green onion noodles can also make him feel warm and make her less disappointed in the world.
During her eighteen years at the orphanage, this bowl of noodles brought her much more than the noodles themselves. Later, time took away the old lady, and when Zhen Duoduo learned the news, he cooked a bowl of green onion noodles for himself, and this bowl of noodles was eaten from evening to dawn, and the salty and bitter taste of tears.
The old lady entered the house, first hugged Zhen Duoduo to the kang, and then she also took off her shoes and got on the kang, took the cotton cloth cut by Zhang Xiaofeng next to her, and began to sew the cotton jacket with stitches and threads.
Zhang Xiaofeng didn't dare to put down the basket in her arms, so she stood on the ground with the basket in her arms, looking anxious, Zhen Duoduo inexplicably thought of her former self, at that time, she was also deeply envious and uneasy in her heart, just like her stepmother now.
"Mother" Zhang Xiaofeng opened her mouth loudly, she is a sharp and bold character, but she will always unconsciously look cowardly in front of her mother.
The old lady looked up at her.
"Mother, I was wrong"
"Then tell me what's wrong with you" The old lady's voice was calm, but Zhen Duoduo always had the feeling that the old lady would burst out at any time and beat her stepmother.