Chapter 20: On Fire
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No, Zihan thought that he could watch the fire from the other side freely, but now, his eye circles seem to be wet.
Zheng Lan had already stood up and hurriedly walked into the back room.
Zihan rushed behind his mother with an arrow, and behind him, his grandmother was already standing by the door.
"I'm fine, why are you crying!" Grandma said as she trembled and moved her small steps to the back room.
"Is Yongcheng awake?" Grandma was a little strange, why didn't he hear such a loud voice?
The aunts and aunts threw themselves into their grandmother's arms at a rather neat speed, and with a hoarse tone, they screamed like a storm.
"Mom, we can't live this day!" The two women spoke in unison. Tears rolled down like a dam bursting its banks.
Grandma panicked for a while, raised her eyes to look at the back room, and kept babbling: "Yongcheng, Yongcheng!" ”
Zihan snatched the flat wooden box from his mother's hand, tightly guarded the wooden box with both arms, stared at his mother with wide eyes, and swept the corner of his eye to the empty bed.
"Give it to me!" The mother angrily grabbed Zihan's slender arm.
"Wash your face and brush your teeth, the big girl's house is unkempt!" His gaze instantly stared softly at the markings that slowly faded from the corners of Zihan's eyes.
"Where's Daddy? Will you wait until he comes back? Zihan's clenched fists were pale cyan on his knuckles.
The mother and daughter looked at each other, and Zihan took out one hand and slowly brushed a strand of hair from his mother's forehead behind his ear.
Zheng Lan sighed lightly, let go of Zihan's arm, and walked silently to the door.
Carefully put the wooden box back in its place, Zihan pinched the tip of his nose, groaned for a while, and slowly walked out of the door.
"Daddy's not at home!" With a faint sniff, Zihan stopped speaking and silently walked into the bathroom.
Grandma looked at Zihan fixedly, like that, it seemed that she wanted to see Zihan through from the inside out.
The crying abruptly stopped, followed by a long, suffocating silence.
Zheng Lan brought two bowls of light salted water from the kitchen and handed them to the two aunts.
Neither of them answered, but just raised their red and swollen cherry blossom eyes and looked at grandma in a daze.
"I don't know, Yongcheng went out early in the morning, her aunt and aunt, don't worry, let's figure it out together." Zheng Lan leaned down and pulled a person's arm with one hand, forcefully.
The two of them did not move at all, like a rock.
"Mother Zihan, is Yongcheng deliberately avoiding us?" Sitting on the narrow stool, Grandma's slender arms rested on Aunt Honghua's arms.
"Kid, let's go!" Grandma stood up, her cloudy eyes full of anger and dissatisfaction, as well as an invisible sense of loss.
Holding Zang Honghua's arm has not been loosened, Ye Yongfen just looked at her mother steadily, climbed Zheng Lan's shoulder and tried to get up from the floor.
Zheng Lan pursed her lips, she clearly understood her mother-in-law's intentions, and the secret in the small wooden box, she really wanted to make it public.
After 30 years of marriage, I have saved less than 20,000 yuan, as well as a heavy piece of paper and two real estate certificates.
It's just that another real estate deed, with it, is very blocked.
Zimo has been locked in the room, blowing the air conditioner silently, as if he really feels that he really has to escape from such a home as soon as possible.
It's just, that person, can you give her a solid shoulder?
Also, that bamboo pole, that neuropathy! Hum!
The old house is gradually being burned by fire, and all the people in the living room are wiping sweat.
Zihan brought a large basin of cold water, soaked three small towels, and wrung it out.
At this time, they seemed to have really seen this almost forgotten house.
Old, cramped, clean, old-fashioned, the old-fashioned cassette recorder still sits comfortably on a wooden cabinet. The only eye-catching thing is the family portrait of a family of four in the middle of the sofa, with a smile on Mingjing's face.
"Auntie, is your food unhygienic?" Zihan squatted down and respectfully delivered the towel to his grandmother, aunt, and aunt.
"How is that possible?" Ye Yongfen kept shaking his head.
"Yes! Yongfang! Grandma's face softened a little.
"Dad will definitely help you figure it out. Dad is not the kind of person who doesn't care! The last few words, Zihan pinched very deeply.
"Then, when your father comes back, let's discuss the matter of your second grandfather's house......" Grandma still threw that sentence out.
Zihan glanced at her mother lightly, her mother's eyes were looking at her, and she only bowed her head slightly, and she already knew it.
Now, everyone is sitting upright and patient.
The door, with a creak, was pushed open, followed by two people.
"Dad, you don't say a word when you go out, is your heartache better? It's worrying! Looking at his father's pale and haggard face, Zihan believed that his father had no sleep all night.
Before Ye Yongcheng could answer, Li Zhixue took over.
"Big brother, thank you!" Li Zhixue stared at Ye Yongfen's swollen eyes in displeasure.
"You're just going to cause trouble, I said, Ms. Ye, who told you to ask the hotel kitchen to add senna to the health soup?" Li Zhixue grabbed Ye Yongfen's collar and immediately released it.
Zihan stood next to him, stunned for two seconds, covered his belly and laughed: "Aunt, you let people lose weight by diarrhea!" ”
Ye Yongfen waved his arm and punched Li Zhixue fiercely, and his swollen eyes widened.
Li Zhixue ignored it completely, he had always suffered from the pain of fists and feet, but at this time, with his round head held high, his eyes were like torches, and he glared at Ye Yongfen angrily. The tone was much more modest.
"I asked you to buy perilla leaves to make tea, what did you hear? Yongfen, I'm not talking about you, it's not easy for us to do this business today! You say, how many restaurants are there in this city, if we are not careful, we have to close them! Last time, you bought the two yuan a pound of cottonseed oil, but the result was that the one made gutter oil! Alas, if it weren't for the big brother to help us, this time, we would really have to lose a lot of money! Li Zhixue glanced at Zang Honghua, who was silent, gently dragged the corner of Ye Yongfen's clothes, and pulled her to the door.
"Yongcheng!" As soon as Ye Yongcheng sat down, he was stopped by his mother.
"That, tell your second uncle, just say that your brother and sister want to buy his house, but the money is a little tight, first on credit, and then pay it back when you have money!" Gently taking a sip of light salt water, grandma's cloudy pupils had obvious deep meaning.
Ye Yongcheng slowly touched a cigarette from his pocket, struck a match, and his fingertips trembled slightly.
"Oh!" There seemed to be something blocking the throat, and only a long smoke ring was muffled out of his mouth.
The smoke ring spread little by little, sweeping over Zheng Lan's face, and Zheng Lan's eyes glanced out the window slightly.
The sky was blue, the clouds were light, and the sun was hot and hot.
"Mom, actually, the second uncle hasn't contacted me for a while...... Again, the ...... he gave me the key to before" was low and deep.
"So, Cancan, don't you often tutor her in math? She was the first in the country in the math competition, isn't it your credit? If you have money, you can't underestimate us? Then, just forget it......" Grandma hurriedly pulled out and stood up, Zihan was afraid that she would fall hard, so she leaned against her very reluctantly.
"Mom, can you help me scrape together tens of thousands of dollars? The restaurant is still a little tight......" Ye Yongfen looked at his toes with a blank look, his voice was low, and his thin cheeks were dry.
Also, how can such hard tears be shed in vain?
Zihan leaned against his grandmother's weak body, and his eyes stared carefully at the two pairs of eyes that narrowed into a gap, but never became sleepy.
Aunt Honghua's face was not easy to perceive, her round hand touched into her pocket, took out a very inconspicuous mobile phone, stared at it a few times, and in an instant, she hurried to the door. Suddenly remembered something, turned around and took grandma's hand, crying silently: "Mom, you wait, I'll pick you up immediately, Yongcai, he ......"
"Honghua, what the hell is Yongcai?" Grandma held Honghua's hand tightly.
"Yongcai borrowed the money from the loan shark and speculated in stocks, and all the money was trapped...... Honghua couldn't care more at this time, and tears poured down like a torrent.
"Say it quickly, how much has it been set, and besides, is there anything wrong with Yongcai?" Grandma became more and more anxious.
Everyone present was stunned.
Zihan thoughtfully swept over his parents' faces.
"Mom, brother, sister-in-law, let's ......" Li Zhixue wanted to say something, but Ye Yongfen pinched his chin fiercely.
"Aunt, uncle, drink porridge and then leave!" Zihan was polite, and he didn't know if his mother had made porridge.
"Oh no, the kitchen is on fire!" The moment he raised his legs and walked into the kitchen, Zihan screamed loudly.