Chapter 16: Returning Home
Ling Shuang was still very young when she left the village, she was not called Ling Shuang at that time, everyone only called her the Li family's eldest girl, she was still a yellow-haired girl when she left, and now she has grown into a big girl, and because of Liang Xue's possession, the whole temperament has changed too much, and for a while, everyone can't recognize whose family she is from.
The village chief, an old man in his 70s, heard that they were here to look for relatives, so he began to ask about Ling Shuang's family situation: "I don't know which family you are looking for?" ”
Looking at the village elder who had not changed for more than 8 years, Ling Shuang spoke up under Ling Feng's signal: "Uncle Zhu, I am the eldest girl of the old Li family!" You don't know me anymore? In the past, I used to go to your house to play with Sister Chunhua! ”
The village chief looked at Ling Shuang carefully, and then found that he was really a familiar face, and he was still wearing a sword on his body, so he immediately asked suspiciously: "You are the eldest girl of the old Li family, didn't you go to the town to be a maid for the old man Wang's family?" I haven't seen you come back all these years, what a big change! ”
Ling Shuang shook her head and didn't say much, just explained to him: "There was an accident that day, I didn't go to Master Wang's house to be a maid, but now I want to come back to see the house because of some things, if there is nothing wrong, I will go home first, and when I am free, we will talk." ”
The village chief thought to himself, the daughters of the family have not come back for so long, so he waved his hand and said, "Since you are back, let's go home and have a look first!" I'll talk about it when I'm free. ”
Bidding farewell to the village chief and those warm-hearted villagers, Ling Shuang followed the familiar road all the way to the east of the village, where she had been away from home for 8 years.
Before the two of them could walk to the small mud house in front, Ling Shuang heard a familiar voice, where he shouted loudly: "You dead boy knows how to be lazy, let you go and feed me the chickens, you are good, you dare to run to the mountains to catch sparrows for me, you see that the old lady will not kill you little bastard today." ”
It was another dead boy, and it was the shouting of the little bastard, so that Ling Shuang's forehead couldn't help but pick up a few black lines, only to see her turn around helplessly, and said to Ling Feng: "The person in that room is my mother, my mother is a rough person, if you say something that you don't like, senior brother, don't mind." ”
Although Ling Feng said that it didn't matter, the impression of her mother in his heart was a little lower, if it wasn't for the sake of his junior sister this time, I was afraid that he would never step into this kind of family in his life.
The two of them had only taken a few steps before they were almost hit by a small figure rushing out of the room.
Ling Shuang looked at the little boy who threw himself into his arms and the woman who chased him out with a broom, and his heart instantly lifted.
When Ling Shuang's mother chased her son out, she saw her own leather boy lying in the arms of a beautifully dressed girl, seeing that the girl was still carrying a sword on her back, afraid that her son would cause a big disaster, she hurriedly rushed over and dragged her son behind her, looking at Ling Shuang nervously.
The woman was trembling and frightened, and apologized again and again: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! My son didn't deliberately bump into the two, and asked the two of them to raise their noble hands and let him go this time. ”
Looking at her mother's gray hair in this body, she was so frightened by the two of them that she was about to kneel, Ling Shuang hurriedly stepped forward to help her body that was about to collapse, and opened her mouth to shout: "Mother, I'm a big girl!" I am back. ”
"Big girl? Are you really my big girl? When Mother Li heard Ling Shuang's words, she looked at Ling Shuang's face until she observed for a while, and then she dared to confirm that it was really her daughter who had returned. It's just that I don't know how to face it for a while, and this daughter who has been away from home for 8 years can't believe it.
Huzi, who was hiding behind his mother, heard that his long-missing sister was back, and he didn't care about his mother's ugly face, so he rushed to the house with his legs out, and shouted while running into the house: "Dad, Dad, my sister is back, my sister is back..."
Li Mu, who was lying on the kang in the house, heard the shouts of his son Huzi, and didn't care about the leg that he broke when he went up the mountain many years ago, grabbed the crutches on the edge of the kang and limped out.
"Ah, I have to come back?" Li Mu walked out, and called his daughter's nickname in his mouth, and his staggering steps made Ling Shuang, who originally felt that his parents were a little ruthless, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"Daddy, what's wrong with your leg?" Ling Shuang looked at his limping figure, didn't care about his mother and senior brother, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
Li Mu looked at his eldest daughter, who had become a little unrecognizable, excitedly hugged her tightly in his arms, and said in a choked voice: "My poor girl! Are you back? Daddy thought he would never see you again. It's all my father's fault, I thought that you went to the house of the old man Wang, and you could live a good life for a few days, and you didn't have to follow your father to eat bran vegetables, how could you think that those people were beasts! I even told my good daughter to resell it again. ”
Ling Shuang originally felt that in her memory, her parents were ruthless people, but now when she heard her father's words, she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. Looking at the more and more villagers gathered around to watch the excitement, he hurriedly patted his father's back and comforted him: "Dad, aren't I coming back?" Don't be too upset, let's come in and talk about something. ”
Li Mu realized that something was not quite right around him, so he hurriedly took his daughter's hand and walked inside, muttering as he walked: "Where have you been all these years?" You okay? Daddy has inquired about you for many years, but he hasn't heard from you, I'm afraid that you have a good one, and now that you're finally back, Dad will be blind even if he is dead. ”
Seeing Li Muneng limping, Ling Shuang's heart was not to mention how uncomfortable it was, if he let the person in front of him know that his daughter was long gone, I was afraid that he would not even have any hope of living! Thinking of this, he was still holding Ling Shuang, who came to cut off the fate of the earth, and felt that since his grandmother and mother were no longer there, he would only be Ling Shuang in the future.
Ling Feng watched their family of four enter the house, forgetting all about themselves, an indescribable kind of amazement in his heart, he also looked forward to a family reunion, but after a long time, this expectation slowly faded, and now he is watching his junior sister's family reunited, and it is not like what his junior sister said, so he is much more relieved.
He waited in the courtyard for a long time, but he didn't see his sister come out to call him, so he could only shake his head helplessly and walk in by himself.