At night, the cuttlefish did not sleep peacefully, perhaps because she was in a stranger's house, and although she was very tired, she still could not sleep for a long time.

The moonlight outside the window shone through the thin curtain in the room, the cuttlefish and Aunt Zhang were crowded on the small kang, each covered with a washed white old blanket, she could clearly hear the sound of Zhang Yuan pacing back and forth in the next room, it was very slow, and it seemed that he didn't sleep.

After a long time, the sky was almost dawn, she closed her eyes on the spot, and slept lightly for half an hour, accompanied by Aunt Zhang's snoring and the barking of dogs in the distance.

When the rooster crowed and Aunt Zhang got up to dress, the cuttlefish also woke up with her.

Aunt Zhang said politely, "Girl, you don't have to get up so early to sleep for a while." The tone was amiable, but not warm.

The cuttlefish shook his head and replied with a light smile, "No need for auntie, I'll help you make breakfast together." ”

After all, she can't live in someone else's house for nothing.

Aunt Zhang didn't say anything more, she went down to put on her shoes to make breakfast, the cuttlefish looked down at the cloth clothes on her body, she was not used to such a simple dress for a while, she gently rubbed the mud stains on the corners of the clothes, and then put on her coat and went out of the house.

As soon as he got out of the house, the cuttlefish met Zhang Yuan, although he slept late last night, but now he seems to be very energetic, he can't see the slightest haggard, and even the clothes on his body have changed, which is more chic than when he first met yesterday.

"Miss Amo, did you sleep well last night?" Zhang Yuan asked.

The cuttlefish nodded, "Fortunately, with your mother and son to take me in, I can have a place to stay." ”

Zhang Yuanxi smiled, rolled down his long sleeves, and replied, "Thank you for a trivial matter, you have a good meal today, and we can go to the city in the afternoon." ”

After that, he turned around and said to Aunt Zhang in front of the stove, "Mother, make more delicious food, you can't neglect Miss Amo." ”

The eldest lady didn't reply, just continued to wash the dishes.

The cuttlefish still felt a little awkward about Zhang Yuan's enthusiasm, she smiled politely √ him to show her gratitude, and then went over to the stove to help the eldest lady wash the vegetables.

Half of the vegetable leaves in the pot have turned yellow, and the cuttlefish can't help frowning when she washes it, she wants to talk to the aunt several times, but the aunt only cares about bowing her head and busy with the work in her hands, and doesn't seem to care about the freshness of the vegetable leaves.

Aunt Zhang didn't take the initiative to talk to the cuttlefish again, which made the cuttlefish can't help but feel puzzled, yesterday Zhang Yuan clearly said that his mother is very hospitable, and will make a good vegetable soup to entertain guests, but now it seems that it doesn't seem like this.

What kind of specialty vegetable soup, is it not a soup made from stale vegetable leaves? And Aunt Zhang doesn't seem to like the arrival of cuttlefish.

The cuttlefish didn't know if he accidentally offended Aunt Zhang, so that the aunt didn't even bother to say anything.

Soon, breakfast was ready, nothing more than a small plate of tasteless fried vegetables and a few steamed buns.

Zhang Yuan looked at the simple and simple meal on the table, and suddenly lowered his face, he was not good at attacking in front of the cuttlefish, so he had to endure his displeasure and asked in a low voice, "Mother, didn't I let you cook a good meal?" You also ...... It's too much to handle. ”

Aunt Zhang picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of the dish, bowed her head and said, "There is nothing at home, what do you let me entertain Miss Amo." ”

As the so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, this is the reason.

Seeing this, the cuttlefish hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's better to eat lighter in the morning, I like to eat green vegetables very much." ”

Hearing her say this, Zhang Yuancai stopped complaining, but he only took two bites of steamed buns, and then got up and left the table.

Aunt Zhang kept a straight face, without any smile on her face, and even when Zhang Yuan put down her chopsticks, she didn't say a word. The more the cuttlefish thinks about it, the more he feels that something is wrong, generally speaking, the son finally returns home, and the mother should be very happy, but why is this aunt not affectionate, could it be that their mother and son quarreled?

It's not easy to ask about other people's family affairs, and the cuttlefish is not embarrassed to ask the eldest mother, let alone ask Zhang Yuan, she is too lazy to care about these idle things, she just wants to wait for the afternoon and leave here quickly.

After breakfast, the cuttlefish sat boredly on an old wooden chair in the back room, thinking about his thoughts. Zhang Yuan didn't know when he had left home and gone elsewhere.

The door curtain trembled slightly, and the cuttlefish raised his eyes and saw Aunt Zhang walking into the house, and the aunt had a hesitant look on her face, as if she had something to say.

After a while, Aunt Zhang tentatively opened her mouth, "Girl, are you really my son who I only met last night?" ”

The cuttlefish nodded affirmatively, "Yes, didn't Brother Zhang say it all?" What do you want to say? ”

After hearing this, Aunt Zhang approached the cuttlefish and lowered her voice, "Girl, I advise you to hurry up, go all the way to the west, out of the village, and don't come back." ”

has always been an expressionless lady, but at this time, she has an anxious look, and she is like two people.

The cuttlefish groaned in his heart and hurriedly asked, "Why?" Brother Zhang said let me ...... with his carriage."

"Don't take his word for it!" Aunt Zhang interrupted the cuttlefish, "He is going out to buy meat now, saying that he wants you to have a good meal at noon, while he is not at home, it is still too late for you to run away, if you wait for him to come back, it will be terrible!" ”

The cuttlefish looked suspicious, and she couldn't understand what the eldest mother was saying, but she could feel that there was a problem between the mother and son, and the relationship was not as good as Zhang Yuan said.

Aunt Zhang sighed while sitting on the kang and said helplessly, "Last year, there was also a girl like you who was taken home by Zhang Yuan, do you think he was kind enough to save people?" Then you're really wrong, he's not a good man! He brought the girl back, saying that he was staying overnight, but in fact, he wanted to marry the girl by force. As a result, the girl was unwilling, so she pulled with Zhang Yuan, but she didn't expect that the girl was stronger than him, and broke his forehead, as soon as he was excited, he accidentally pushed the girl to the broken wall, and the girl accidentally lost her life. ”

What the? The cuttlefish covered its mouth, its eyes widened, and it was a little frightened. She couldn't have imagined that Zhang Yuan, who seemed to be polite, would do such a terrible deed.

Aunt Zhang continued, "You may still refuse to believe my words, but if you think about it, why should I lie to you? I am Zhang Yuan's stepmother, and I don't have too deep feelings for him, he only comes back to see me once every six months, just to stop the neighbors from being infamous for not supporting his elders. Every time he came back, he would only give me a little bit of silver, and he would never see anything again. ”

After saying that, Aunt Zhang sighed and shook her head helplessly. (To be continued.) )