2. Hometown neighbors

After returning home, Sister Chen had already sorted out Nan Nan's clothes, but she left a note, saying that there was something wrong and she left first. Ye Ning was even more strange, but he didn't think much about it. Even though she and Sister Chen are like relatives, people always have their own **.

Ye Ning asked his son to read the picture book first. Ye Nan can now recognize a lot of words, and he is now reading the "Magic School Bus" series of picture books, which contain many science stories, which he likes very much. Sometimes after reading it, I will come over and tell Ye Ning.

Ye Ning went to the kitchen by himself to prepare dinner. Except for the first two difficult years, she has been cooking for her son by herself since then. The food outside is not very clean, and the oil and salt are heavy, so she likes to cook some light and nutritious home-cooked meals for her son.

When the meal was ready, Ye Nan sat there and ate by himself, and although Ye Ning was not hungry, he also ate with him.

This is the rule that Ye Ning set for herself when she was very young. When she was a child, her mother often worked outside, and there was no way or time to eat with Ye Ning. Ye Ning was eating on the balcony with a rice bowl at that time, looking out while eating, thinking about when her mother would come back. Later, my mother was gone, and she lived at her uncle's house, and at first it was okay, and my grandmother loved her. When grandma is gone, my aunt's face is getting uglier and uglier day by day, and she rarely has the opportunity to eat on the table, so she picks up some leftovers from others and cooks them cold, or goes directly to the kitchen to pour hot water on steamed buns and eats.

For this reason, for Ye Ning, it was really a luxury to be able to sit together as a family and share a meal while saying something casually.

Ye Ning has never been married, so since she left Qingnan City, she has not had any relatives. After having a son, at the beginning, the son needed to be taken care of, and it was not considered to eat together. Now that my son is older, he looks like a little man, and he can still say something very warm and considerate from time to time. So until now, Ye Nan felt that she had a relative, and her son was her only relative. When her son eats, she must accompany him.

Although she was not too hungry, she still took a little porridge and chewed it slowly.

Six-year-old Ye Nan likes to eat meat when he eats, and he doesn't like to eat vegetables. But he was very sensible, after glancing at Ye Ning, he stretched out his chopsticks to the garlic rape on the side, and said to Ye Ning with a flattering smile: "Mom, I love to eat vegetables, and I can grow up by eating vegetables." ”

Ye Ning wanted to laugh when he saw it, but he actually knew that he didn't like to eat vegetables, so he finally had to make a high-profile appearance when he ate some food. There are so many children's hearts.

However, she still smiled and encouraged: "That's right, eating vegetables is healthy." ”

Ye Ning usually looks at a cold and indifferent person outside, but in fact, he is a natural baby face and looks small. is in her early thirties, relying on the hairstyle of clear soup and noodles, others often think that she is in her early twenties, let alone having children out of wedlock.

She smiled at this time, and the baby face became more obvious.

Ye Nan looked at her mother while chewing the food in her mouth, thinking that her mother looked much better than the children in the kindergarten. Those children are not as good-looking as their mothers! When he gets married in the future, he will find a mother like this, so that he doesn't want to find Tuan Tuan who always chases after his ass.

Ye Ning drank porridge in small sips, looking at his son's eyes that were slightly squinted when he smiled, those eyes were clear and beautiful, and when he squinted, it was like a stone thrown into the lake, and the lake rippled, and the sunlight shone into it, reflecting a fine brilliance.

These eyes don't look like their own, their eyes are not so good-looking.

Ye Nan ate to his heart's content, and obediently went to the bathroom to rinse his mouth and brush his teeth. Ye Ning quickly cleaned up the table and chopsticks, and Ye Nan came out after brushing his teeth, drank a glass of Ye Ning's freshly squeezed juice, and went to his room.

He still remembered the magical school bus series of picture books that he hadn't finished reading just now.

Ye Nan looked at his son frowning and looking at the picture book intently, and wanted to laugh a little, this serious little appearance is cute. At this time, the mobile phone rang, Ye Nan didn't want to disturb his son, so he quickly closed the door and came to the living room with his mobile phone.

On the other end of the phone was a thick Qingnan City accent, he should not be young, and the other party called Ye Ning "Ningning" when he opened his mouth.

"Ning Ning, I am your aunt, I used to live next door to your house, when your mother was still there, I often went out with your mother to cut skins, do you remember?"

Ye Ning thought about it for a while, and then he barely remembered that it seemed that when her mother was still alive, when she had not yet sent it to others, there was indeed an aunt next door.

An aunt with five big and three thick, black and fat, with a pair of big teeth when she laughs, speaks heartily, loves to laugh, and loves to grow long and short, and at that time she was still trying to introduce her mother to someone.

"Aunt Sun, is there something wrong with you?"

Ye Ning had been away from Qingnan City for so long that it would be a bit impossible for her to suddenly speak the local dialect of Qingnan City. She is not afraid of being told that she has forgotten her old roots, so she did not force herself to speak Qingnan dialect at this time.

"I still saw your aunt, I got your phone number from your aunt, in fact, I have something to find you, do you remember my Xiaochun, her daughter is now twenty years old, and now she is working in City B, I think she is a girl's family, and there is no one familiar with her, I just want to see if you usually help her, and she has something to discuss outside."

Ye Ning nodded: "Okay." ”

Aunt Sun got permission, and quickly asked Ye Ning to write down the mobile phone number of Xiaochun's daughter Chen Hong, and asked her to contact Chen Hong as much as possible.

"Speaking of which, your mother is really a fierce person, in fact, there is nothing to do, why can't she think about it. If she is still alive now, seeing that you are now promising, you have settled down in City B, and it is time to enjoy your happiness! ”

Ye Ning had a headache when he heard it, so he had to not interject and listen to the other party's nagging quietly.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Ning was there for a while.

In a trance, I was reminded of the events of twenty years ago.

In fact, after leaving Qingnan City all these years, she has never been back, and she has experienced so many ups and downs, and she thought she would never remember the little things in the past.

Unexpectedly, it was just a familiar and unfamiliar local accent, which reminded her of those past events.

Originally, Ye Ning also lived a life when his mother spoiled his father when he was a child, and his family conditions were good, and he dressed up like a doll every day. But later, my father, who was engaged in transportation, had a car accident, killed several people, lost a lot of money, and the family became poor all of a sudden. At that time, the debt collectors came to the door all day long, and my father couldn't stand the blow, so he climbed onto the highest water tower in Qingnan City and jumped down directly and fell to his death.

After my father was gone, there were still debts to be collected at home, and my mother lived alone with her, and her life was difficult, and she hid in Tibet with herself every day. Later, I don't know why, my mother's money became rich, and she was even willing to buy new clothes for herself.

No longer wearing clothes with patches, Ye Ning couldn't be happy in his heart. Because there was an uncle at that time, who often came to his mother, the way they talked always made Ye Ning dislike.

Until one day, when Ye Ning came home from school, he saw a lot of people around the house, and when everyone saw her coming, they all looked over, and there was sympathy and expectation in their eyes, and they were even more lively.

Ye Ning listened to the crying and scolding from the courtyard, and suddenly his heart sank, and he quickly opened everyone and entered the courtyard.

In the courtyard, pots and pans and clothes were thrown out and scattered all over the ground, and even some of Ye Ning's textbooks were torn and covered all over the ground. And in this mess, Ye Ning saw that her mother was being stripped naked, crawling there on her knees, and a woman next to her pulled her hair and scolded viciously: "You shameless slut, look at you still dare to seduce men and destroy other people's families, I see what you look like when you get there!" ”

Ye Ning looked at his mother's appearance, and rushed over all of a sudden, wanting to save his mother.

But before she could move, someone pressed her there, and several middle-aged women came over and scolded her, saying that she was a little slut, so they picked Ye Ning's hair together, and even pulled her skirt.

Ye Ning was frightened at the time and struggled desperately, but to no avail, so her skirt was torn, she was pressed there, her hair covered her face and eyes, and her body was stripped to only her underwear.

Her eyes widened in horror, but everything around her was blurred.

There were a lot of people around who were insulting and fighting, and there were many people who were laughing and pointing fingers, and all the eyes and voices were so far away.

She clutched her torn clothes, trying in vain to block out the view from all directions, but to no avail.

At that moment, she felt a deep sense of shame, as if she couldn't hide it, as if she was naked in front of the whole world.

At that time, she realized that when you put on your clothes, the people around you are good neighbors with amiable smiles, the little girl next door is innocent, the little brother next door is friendly, and the aunts and uncles who love to laugh are kind. But by the time you appear there unabashedly, as a disgrace for people to see, the whole world has been shaped.

In a trance, she heard her mother's desperate and hoarse shouts, she shouted that my daughter is still a child, and said that you can't be like this, you can't bully a girl like this, don't you have a daughter.

At this time, the people around were also discussing, and some people couldn't stand it anymore and began to accuse. So finally someone let her go, and those people just beat her mother and verbally abused her.

She curled up there, clutching the torn clothes, trying to protect her mother, but her feet could not obey at all, she was slumped there, and she could not exert any strength.

She suddenly remembered the earthworm in the corner, the earthworm has no bones, just rolling in the dirt, surviving in the ditch, ugly and helpless.

She lay there trembling, trying to squirm towards her mother, but her hands were so tightly pinched into the dirt that she couldn't move.

She desperately raised her face to let herself look at her mother, but in her blurry teary eyes, through so many noisy people, she couldn't see her mother, and only a pair of eyes that couldn't see love were met in her eyes.

Those eyes were indifferent and deep, and they looked at themselves from such a distance.