Chapter 4: Seeing Red
Wednesday, December 19, 2014: Fine
Dressed in a thick down jacket, Eleven sat on the stone steps of a cafΓ© not far from the Shanghai Museum, her face covered by a big hat. After a whole day and a night's rest, Eleven's face finally returned to ruddy, because the weather was cold, she wrapped her tightly for a thick woolen scarf, her brown eyes hidden behind thick glasses, and she looked at her shoes boredly. When Han Leng came back from buying hot drinks, he saw Eleven like this. It's still five o'clock in the morning, and there is no one on the street that is usually crowded, except for the 24-hour convenience store, other stores have not yet opened, so Han Leng ran far away to buy two cups of hot coffee. Han Leng looked at Eleven in front of him funny, sat beside her, and handed her the hot coffee in his hand, "No one has come yet?" β
Eleven took the hot coffee with both hands, gently brought the coffee cup close to his cheek, and after feeling the cold skin slowly warm, a happy smile appeared on his face, "Hmm." Not here yet. β
Han Leng looked amused and distressed, and gently hugged Eleven in his arms and asked, "Wouldn't this be better?" β
"Hmm." Eleven leaned on Han Leng's arms and took a sip of coffee, a hot stream from his mouth to his stomach, so warm!
"I'm sorry, I'm late." A car stopped in front of the museum, and a polite young man jumped out of the car and trotted all the way to Eleven and Han Leng, and said apologetically, "There are some things on the road that have delayed you for so long. β
"Well, soon, it's only half an hour." Han sneered coldly.
When the young man on the side heard Han Leng's words, he had to laugh with him, "Director Zhao won't participate in this archaeological team if he has something." However, he specifically asked you to participate. It's cold here, let's go to the car, there is air conditioning inside. After a while, the archaeological team came, and when everyone was there, we walked together. "For Director Zhao's unclear explanation, the young people were a little embarrassed, and specially explained that they were allowed to participate, and they were not allowed to participate in the archaeological work, so what did they do, and how to explain it to others when the time came? The young man thought of countless reasons in his mind, but none of them could convince him, so he had to sigh and put it down.
After Eleven and Han Leng heard the young man's words, they got up from the stone steps, and as soon as Eleven reached out to carry his luggage, Han Leng immediately snatched it over, stuffed the hot coffee in his hand into Eleven's hand and said, "I'll carry it!" You can just help me get my coffee. β
"Thank you." Eleven was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile.
"What are you talking about, Little Eleven. I'm your Brother Han Leng, what is it to do this thing. Han Leng said indifferently, he is the eldest in the family, there is only one elder brother above, since he met Eleven, he has always regarded her as a younger sister, and he loves Cheng DΓΉ and Zhu Chenyang on par, how could he be willing to hear Eleven's words like this.
Han Leng and Eleven followed the young man to the bus, Han Leng asked Eleven to get on the bus first, and after putting away his luggage, he only carried his computer bag and got on the bus. As soon as he entered the bus, there was heat in his face, and a mist immediately appeared on Han Leng's thick glasses, covering his eyes tightly. Han Leng hurriedly took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the mist off his glasses before putting it back on. Glancing at the empty carriage, he found Eleven sitting in the last row, and walked over without thinking about it. As soon as Han Leng sat down, he found Eleven looking at the back of the chair in front of him with a bewildered expression. "What's wrong Eleven?" Han Leng asked nervously.
"Brother Han Leng, I can't see it?" Eleven turned her head, her body straightened, and her hands clutched at the corners of her clothes, even if she couldn't see her eyes clearly, she could understand that she was nervous right now.
When Han Leng heard her say this, his heart beat uncontrollably at first, how could it be that after a while, Eleven's eyes couldn't see. Who knows, when he saw Eleven, he turned his head and laughed out loud, "There is fog in your glasses, so naturally you can't see it!" β
"I know, what do you have to do to make the white mist disappear?" Eleven looked at Han Leng seriously, with white glasses, and asked seriously.
"Give it to me, I'll just wipe it for you." As he spoke, Han Leng reached out to take off Eleven's glasses, but Eleven tilted his head, making Han Leng's hand fall short.
"You can't take this down." Eleven said lightly.
Han Leng was stunned, thinking that she had misunderstood what she meant, and thought that it would be inconvenient for her to take it down for a long time. So patiently explained, "It won't take a lot of time to wipe it off. You'll be able to bring it in no time. β
"You can't take this down." The same words, but in a different tone, Eleven Qingyue's voice was serious. Han Leng was shocked, thinking that this glasses might be more than just glasses. Although he didn't know the specific reason, it definitely had something to do with Eleven's specialness. Han Leng withdrew his right hand, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, asked Eleven to lean back on the seat, and wiped it directly in her posture, "Look, you don't have to take it off this way." β
Eleven raised his head, and the white mist in front of him was quickly wiped clean by Han Leng, although there were still a few traces in the corners that had not been wiped clean, but it was enough for Eleven to see the scenery around him.
"Eleven, haven't you ever encountered this situation at home in winter?" Han Leng asked curiously, this situation is basically encountered by everyone with glasses in winter, has Eleven never encountered it?
"You don't need glasses at home. I slept at school. "So it makes no difference whether you see it or not at school. Eleven pushed the glasses that were about to fall off the bridge of his nose before replying briefly.
Han Leng noticed that Eleven didn't need three words to explain the situation at home, he had seen Eleven not wearing glasses at home, thinking that she had brought contact lenses, so it seemed that he had misunderstood. This further proved his guess, this pair of glasses is not just glasses for Eleven, maybe it has the same effect as Zhu Chenyang's sealing seal. Thinking of this, Han Leng carefully advised, "Then next time you remember, if you enter a hot place from a cold place, the white mist that appears on your glasses can be wiped directly with a dry cotton cloth like I did." This way, you don't need to take your glasses off. β
"Hmm." Eleven replied lightly.
"Would you like to sleep first?" Han Leng asked with concern, I got up so early today, and I was freezing outside for so long, it is normal to sleep in the air-conditioned car at this time, not to mention, Eleven is a person who loves to sleep.
Before Eleven could answer, the door of the car suddenly opened, and then there was a commotion of people boarding the car.
"Xiao He, what's going on with these two children?" The middle-aged man who came first asked strangely when he saw Eleven and Han Leng sitting in the back row. The car was full of colleagues who had gone to participate in the archaeology, and these two children, who looked like teenagers, did not look like archaeologists, and they couldn't help but be a little puzzled, so they turned to ask the young man who led the crowd.
The young man who was called Xiao He by the middle-aged man was the man who led Eleven and Han Leng into the car. He looked at Eleven and Han Leng, he really didn't know how to explain it, and wanted to explain it truthfully, but he didn't know the specific situation, and wanted to hide the past, which was too difficult, among this group of people, he was the youngest, but he was also twenty-eight years old, and he was still doing chores, so how could they count? The key thing is that Curator Zhao told himself to keep their identities secret from everyone. Identity? You didn't say who they were, how can I keep it a secret! Just as Xiao He was complaining about his own curator countless times in his heart, he thought of a good excuse in a hurry, "They ...... They are relatives of Curator Zhao and are interested in archaeology, so they want to go and see it. β
"Nonsense!" When the middle-aged man heard this, he immediately reprimanded Xiao He with a cold face, "Two junior high school students are still high school children, what kind of archaeological site do they go to, it is a historical scene, how can they be allowed to fool around!" Let them hurry home! β
"But......" Xiao He almost cried, this is the person named by Director Zhao to go to the archaeological site, how can he get rid of it, "But Director Zhao has already agreed." Said to take them with you. β
Lao Zhao also followed the nonsense. I'll call Lao Zhao and ask! The middle-aged man took out his mobile phone and got out of the car directly to call Director Zhao.
Han Leng glanced at the middle-aged man, then ignored him, and Eleven simply closed his eyes and went to sleep. If they can cancel the mission, they can just go home to catch up on sleep, and they can be considered earned.
After a while, the middle-aged man returned to the car in fragments, and when he saw Han Leng looking over, he frowned, and found a seat to sit down with an unhappy face.
"Professor Qian, don't be angry. Isn't it good for kids to like archaeology. Doesn't that mean that we have a successor? What are you angry about? Said a man with a big belly and a bit of Mediterranean sitting with a middle-aged man.
"But you can't just take it to the scene. The scale of the ancient tomb this time is very large, and our workload is already very large, who has the leisure to take care of them. Professor Qian said unhappily.
"You're right. But since Curator Zhao asked them to follow, it is estimated that they will be able to take care of themselves. Don't worry, although the ancient tomb discovery site this time is very remote, don't we have a team led by your friend Director Li in addition to us? So many people won't be able to get into trouble. The middle-aged man from the Mediterranean smiled and patted Professor Qian comfortingly.
"It's all like this, what else can I say. But this time, thanks to my old classmate Li Mingguo, otherwise we would really not be able to interfere. Professor Qian no longer thought about the affairs of the eleventh eleven, and talked with his companions about this work with great interest. The car drove slowly towards the train station.
Yuxi Village
Zhang Dazhu's wife Fang Yu has not been in good spirits in the past two days, and she will always lose everything. No, I just went to the field to dig up two Chinese cabbages, but I forgot to put them in the vegetable basket and landed in the ground. Fortunately, Sister-in-law Li next door went home with her, and after knowing about it, she asked her to wait on the side of the road and helped her go back to get it. Fang Yu sat on a big stone on the side of the road with her waist on her back, and Sister-in-law Li soon came back, put the cabbage into Fang Yu's basket, and said, "When a woman is pregnant, anything can happen." When I was pregnant with my Jiajia, I didn't want to touch the mushrooms I usually loved at that time, but I didn't usually like to eat leeks, but I tried my best to eat them. So, don't worry about it, it's just that you forget things. It would be nice to have a baby after giving birth. β
"Yes." Fang Yu continued with a little perfunctory, the reason for her trance during this time, her vague feeling may be related to the cat meow she heard at night, recently she always heard the cat meow like a person crying at night, which made her sleep very badly at night, let Zhang Dazhu go to see, Zhang Dazhu always felt troublesome and refused to go, and she couldn't force him to go, so two days passed in a daze.
"Sister-in-law, is that Jiajia?" Fang Yu walked back with his waist up, but he didn't expect that as soon as he walked to the intersection of his home, he saw a girl squatting in the shadow of the haystack on the side to play, and from time to time she raised her head to the side and said something, and hurriedly asked, "Who is she playing with?" β
"Jiajia!" As soon as Sister-in-law Li saw that it was her daughter, she immediately shouted loudly, Jiajia turned her head, and when she saw that it was her mother and Aunt Fang next door, she immediately showed a sweet smile, turned her head and said something to the shadow of the haystack, and then ran happily to Sister-in-law Li.
Sister-in-law Li took Jiajia's hand and asked strangely, "Jiajia, who did you just play with?" Why don't you play in a sunny place, won't it be cold to hide under the grass? β
"Oh, that little brother said he doesn't like the sun, so that's why we're playing over there." Six-year-old Jiajia said as she shook her mother's hand.
"Little brother? Is it the elder brother of the village chief's family?" asked Sister-in-law Li, pulling Jiajia.
Jiajia shook her head, "No. I don't know him. β
When Sister-in-law Li heard this, she immediately sank her face, "In the future, no one you know is allowed to play with him, what if I kidnap you!" I don't hear it. β
When Jiajia saw her mother's calm face, she hid behind Fang Yu in fear, Fang Yu turned sideways to protect Jiajia in her arms, and persuaded, "Isn't Jiajia only six years old, where do you know this." Maybe that kid is the child of the tomb digger in front of you, sister-in-law, don't be angry. The next time I see it, just ask if it's okay. β
"Aren't I afraid that my child will be abducted by unknown people? Nowadays, there are many people abducting children, and they can use any method. It's really unsettling. Sister-in-law Li pulled Jiajia out of Fang Yu's arms, took her hand and walked back slowly with Fang Yu.
In the evening, Fang Yu made dinner and moved a high stool to sit at the door waiting for Zhang Dazhu, and the sister-in-law Li next door also happened to cook at this time, Fang Yu beckoned Sister-in-law Li to come and sit down, Sister-in-law Li took off the apron on her body, and also moved a stool to sit with Fang Yu.
"Xiaoyu has been in this body for more than seven months, right?" Sister-in-law Li and Fang Yu pulled the family routine.
"yes. After more than two months, I will be considered a complete success. Fang Yu touched his belly, and said with a happy smile on the corner of his mouth as a new mother.
"Hehe, at this time, you have to exercise more, you can't always feel tired and refuse to do it." As a passer-by, Sister-in-law Li is very willing to teach her experience to Fang Yu, who is a first-time mother, "Exercise a lot, you will only be good in your future life." β
"The doctor said the same thing, so I'm going to let Dazhu walk with me more after dinner." Fang Yu looked up at the way Zhang Dazhu came back, and saw Jiajia squatting by the haystack at the intersection again, "Sister-in-law, is Jiajia looking for that little brother to play again?" β
"Hey, didn't I let her play with her brother in the house?" Sister-in-law Li looked in the direction Fang Yu had looked over, and happened to see Jiajia painting on the ground with a stone, while talking to the shadow of the haystack. "Jiajia!" Sister-in-law Li shouted at Jiajia.
Jiajia heard her mother call herself, waved her hand into the shadows, and ran back, "Mom-"
"Didn't I let you play with my brother in the house? How did you get out? Sister-in-law Li asked unhappily.
"I heard my brother calling me in the house, so I went out to play with him." Jiajia explained to her mother.
"Then why didn't my mother hear it? Also, don't I let you play with people you don't know? How are you disobedient. Sister-in-law Li reprimanded with a calm face. Jiajia saw that her mother was angry, and cried out with a frightened 'wow'.
Fang Yu was about to step forward to persuade him, when he suddenly heard a sound of non-existent talking. Fang Yu pricked up his ears and wanted to be careful and clear, but his voice was intermittent, clear for a while and blurry for a while. Somehow, Fang Yu especially wanted to know what this voice was talking about, so he slowly walked towards the entrance of the village.
When Sister-in-law Li was teaching Jiajia not to play with children she didn't know casually, she suddenly saw Fang Yu walking towards the entrance of the village, thinking that Zhang Dazhu and Zhang Hu were back, she got up and looked over, but found that there was no one.
"Xiaoyu, what are you going to do?" Sister-in-law Li asked Fang Yu puzzled.
But Fang Yu didn't seem to hear Sister-in-law Li's words, and was still walking towards the entrance of the village. Sister-in-law Li got up and chased after her, and suddenly saw Fang Yu squatting on the ground holding her stomach, "Xiaoyu! β
"My stomach hurts!!" Fang Yu fell on the road holding his stomach, his forehead was full of beads of sweat, and his hands were tightly grasping the cotton clothes on his stomach, because he was too hard, even the green tendons were protruding.
When Sister-in-law Li saw Fang Yu like this, her heart shook, and she didn't know what to do, "Xiaoyu, how are you?" How can I suddenly have a stomachache? Bear with me, I'll call someone! Sister-in-law Li didn't care about teaching Jiajia a lesson, so she quickly ran to the nearest villagers' house and shouted, "Aunt Li, Sister-in-law Xu, hurry, Fang Yu suddenly has a stomachache, come and help!" β
When the villagers heard Sister-in-law Li's shouting, they all came out of the house, and some of them had just returned from the fields, and they came out directly without washing the soil on their hands, "What's the matter?" β
"Hurry up, Dazhu's wife has a stomachache!"
When everyone heard this, how dare they delay, Zhang Dazhu's wife has been pregnant for several months, and this sudden stomach ache is not a good thing.
Everyone followed Sister-in-law Li to the place where Fang Yu fell, at this time Fang Yu's face was already pale in pain, and the cotton clothes on her stomach had been scratched. Everyone hurriedly lifted Fang Yu up, and as soon as one of them was raised, they heard a woman shouting in horror, "See red!" β
When everyone heard this, their hearts sank. Fang Yu rolled his eyes directly and fainted. One of the older men shouted, "What a shout! Go find the car. Hurry up and send Dazhu's wife to the hospital in the city to see if you can save the child! β
When the woman heard this, she immediately ran to the village chief's house, and the fastest car in the village was the village chief's tricycle. When the woman ran in, the village chief was rolling tobacco leaves in his yard, and when he heard this, he didn't say a word, and beckoned his son to drive a tricycle to Zhang Dazhu's house. For the villagers of Yuxi Village, today's evening is really a heavy evening.