Chapter 66: Youth
Reborn in this family, the life of the family has been affected by Zhang Xiaoman, Zhang Xiaoman looked at the light snow falling from the sky, slowly stretched out her hand to catch it, when she looked up, she saw the young man with snowflakes on his shoulders, I don't know how long he has been standing there.
Zhang Xiaoman walked over, looked at him and said with a smile: "I'm here to say goodbye, or I'm here to get together." ”
The young man looked at Zhang Xiaoman, and in the distance, a woman in purple clothes stood on the corner of the street with an umbrella, looking closely at the young man here.
The young man blinked, and the hand behind his back stretched out, and a jade pendant was placed in his palm.
Zhang Xiaoman looked at the jade pendant and looked up at the young man, "Give it to me?" ”
The young man nodded, and Zhang Xiaoman noticed that the woman's hand holding the umbrella on the corner of the street moved, and the snowflakes fell all of a sudden.
She smiled and picked up the jade pendant, put it in the air and looked at it, it was crystal clear, this was the second jade pendant she had, Zhang Xiaoman bent down, "Thank you." ”
The young man nodded, didn't speak, looked at Zhang Xiaoman twice, and slowly turned around and left.
Zhang Xiaoman watched him walk to the side of the woman in purple, the two of them held the same umbrella together, and slowly walked away, that scene was like a slow motion, Zhang Xiaoman didn't know what she was thinking in her heart at that moment, she only knew that when the people walked away, she wiped her face, her face was moist, and her hand was cold.
When she got home, there was a stranger at home, Zhang Xiaoman didn't know her, she didn't want to eat because she was in a low mood, she fell asleep when she returned to her room.
In the dead of night, Zhang Xiaoman took out the jade pendant he received during the day, rubbed it for a long time, and put it in a golden box, there were two jade pendants in the box, and two hundred taels of silver, which was all of Zhang Xiaoman, and then Zhang Xiaoman put Xiao Hei into the box, no more, no less, just right, Zhang Xiaoman looked at it again and again, covered the box and looked at the snowflakes outside, stunned.
In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the family got up very early.
Everyone had a smile on their faces, even Li Yuechan, who hadn't laughed for a long time, smiled, and took out the copper plate early in the morning to distribute a few sisters, and Zhang Xiaoman also got two, one more than everyone else, so she was flattered.
Li Yuecian took Zhang Xiaotao to do the work after handing out the money, Zhang Erzhu went out with the stranger who lived in the day before, Zhang Dafu took Zhang Xiaofu to study, all of which were taught by Li Yuecian the day before, Zhang Xiaofu would wander from time to time, or run out to play, Zhang Xiaoman held hands to clean up the house and cook.
There is no big scene in the Chinese New Year in poor families, what children crave most is to be full, if there is oil and water, it is the best, Li Yuecian got back two big bones the night before, and you can boil a soup at night, as well as Zhang Xiaoman's wild vegetables that she picks whenever she is free, the bacon that Zhang Erzhu has kept for a long time, and the fresh vegetables are not allowed to be eaten, because the season does not allow it.
Zhang Xiaoman cooked a big pot of rice, all of which was dry, Zhang Xiaofu screamed when he saw it, although Zhang Dafu was not as exaggerated as him, but he still couldn't help swallowing his saliva, everyone knew that they might have eaten this meal at night, and they would start drinking porridge tomorrow, and they had to save some money, otherwise they wouldn't be able to drink porridge if the harvest was not good.
A few days ago, I heard that Zhang Erzhu sent something to his hometown, and Zhang Xiaoman didn't know what he sent, but he only knew that Li Yuecian was very unhappy, and then this year of the family, Zhang Xiaoman's first year was spent in Ganlin County.
Every household starts to prepare early in the morning, and it should be a scene, in fact, they are all poor people who have no money, there is nothing to prepare, Zhang Xiaoman can't waste wood, after stewing the bones with a warm fire, he has been cleaning up and down, and from time to time he can hear the sound of frolicking outside, Zhang Xiaoman is busy with his hands, and he hums happily.
Zhang Dafu, who was reading, and Zhang Xiaofu, who was playing in the yard, listened to it well, temporarily put down the things in their hands, and also hummed quietly.
In the afternoon, Zhang Xiaoman put the boiled soup next to the firewood and warmed it, prepared the dishes and put them in the kitchen, let Zhang Dafu and Zhang Xiaofu eat, Li Yuecian and they all ate at the employer's house today, and they were all sent by Zhang Xiaoman before, and suddenly had time, Zhang Xiaoman felt too idle, and when he thought of some things, he couldn't sit still.
She asked Zhang Dafu and Zhang Xiaofu to watch the door, went into the room, looked at the golden box again, turned around and carried a basket out of the room.
Zhang Dafu's eyes didn't dare to look into the basket, Zhang Xiaofu didn't pay attention to Zhang Xiaoman taking things at all, Zhang Xiaoman thought about it and found a rag to cover the basket, and then cautiously went out again.
The wind was blowing wantonly, the snowflakes were flying, Zhang Xiaoman's hands were red from the cold, holding the basket tightly, trembling and walking in the direction of the outside of the city, the sky was dark, she was almost the only one outside during the New Year, and gradually a figure could not be seen, only a small row of footprints.
Even the little brothers guarding the city have taken a holiday, Zhang Xiaoman almost only heard her heartbeat along the way, and she had to look and look at a person who suddenly walked by, for fear that someone would rob her of her things if she didn't pay attention, she laughed at herself, and her courage was getting smaller and smaller.
If I remember correctly, on the way to her, she saw a tree outside the city, evergreen all year round, extraordinarily tall, Zhang Xiaoman guessed that the stranger who stayed at her house last night was to pick her up, from the beginning she didn't want to go with those people, she didn't want to be at the mercy of others, she didn't understand at first that not leaving was her mistake, and now it may not be the best way to go, Zhang Xiaoman planned to find an excuse to get separated from that person on the road, and then took her things and left.
The world is big, can there be no land without her?
The things sent by Li Yuecian and Qi Ziyun are very precious, and Zhang Xiaoman will have to go far away this time, otherwise the things may be recognized as soon as they appear, and it will be a drama that can't be sung. She wanted to take a look outside, since Li Yuechan didn't want her, she had no home here, so she could only treat the world as a writer, where she went, and stayed if she liked it.
Zhang Xiaoman was very reluctant, she originally thought that even if Li Yuechan didn't want her, Qi Ziyun would take her away, didn't they have a marriage contract?
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaoman's footsteps stopped, she always felt that Li Yuechan would let her hand over all the money to the person who took her away, in case Zhang Xiaoman had another moth, she instinctively wanted to hide it, among them, Qi Ziyun's jade pendant She hid a thought, no one could rob her, and Qi Ziyun's attitude yesterday told Zhang Xiaoman that she had wasted her thoughts.
Zhang Xiaoman looked at the snow, turned around and walked towards the city.
Zhang Xiaoman stood behind the big lion, looking at the crowd of people coming and going, she wanted to ask clearly, if she saw him, if he was willing......