Chapter 13: Eccentric Eyes
We don't know if this was discussed between Widow Zhang and my father, or if my father made an impromptu idea, in short, for me and Shen Bi, it was tantamount to a bolt from the blue.
It's not that I can't live without his 100 yuan a month in child support, but my dad's irresponsible attitude makes me feel very cold.
So for a while, Shen Bi and I both lowered our heads and didn't speak.
It was my grandfather, whose hands trembled angrily, "This son of a! ”
"What are you doing, on a happy day, what are you talking nonsense?" My grandmother was not happy and glared at my grandfather.
My grandfather gasped angrily, "Shen Guozheng, Shen Guozheng, I thought at first that he and his family really felt sorry for the child, but I didn't expect there to be this layer behind, it's really ...... Alas! ”
In front of many guests, no matter how much fire there is, my grandfather will not be able to make it.
After all, family ugliness should not be publicized.
It's just that I can't continue to eat, so my grandfather put his hands behind his back and went upstairs angrily.
My grandmother was a little reluctant to eat these foods, and sat down again, eating and drinking.
Shen Bi and I glanced at each other, and neither of them could eat, so they put down their chopsticks one after another, said something to my grandmother, and prepared to leave.
My grandma didn't care about the two of us girls, and nodded while eating, meaning she knew.
We stood up and prepared to leave.
However, at this time, Zhang Qiongyu, who had been snuggling up to Widow Zhang, suddenly ran over and stopped in front of me.
"There are still a few big dishes and soups in the back, isn't my sister going to eat them?" She looked up and asked me with a sweet smile.
"Who's your sister?" Shen Bi hated Zhang Qiongyu tightly, "Don't mess around with the relationship in the future, my mother gave birth to our sisters." ”
"Sister......" Zhang Qiongyu looked at us with blank eyes, and after a while, her mouth was flattened, and tears slipped down the corners of her eyes, "My mother married your father, we are sisters, I call you sister, isn't it right...... It's Qiongyu, isn't it? If so, then Qiongyu admits her mistake......"
It was obviously a choked voice, but Zhang Qiongyu could make everyone around her hear it.
For a while, the relatives who came to the banquet all looked over.
My dad also heard the movement here, angrily threw down the wine glass in his hand and walked over, stretched out his hand to protect Zhang Qiongyu behind him, and scolded me and Shen Bi with a face, "You two don't bully Qiongyu, I know your mother hates her mother, but this has nothing to do with her, she is still a child, so small and so well-behaved, how can you two be sisters who bully her so much." ”
Shen Bi looked at my dad dumbfounded, "I didn't bully her!" ”
"And said that you didn't bully, Qiongyu cried!" My dad glared at Shen Bi angrily, turned around, wiped Zhang Qiongyu's tears with his cuffs very gently, and coaxed her softly, "Qiongyu doesn't cry, Dad bears them for you, Qiongyu doesn't cry." ”
"Dad, I really didn't bully her, she loves to cry and what does it matter to me." Shen Bi raised her voice and retorted stubbornly.
I pressed her hand and motioned for her to stop.
But this time, Shen Bi didn't listen to me.
"You're still tough, I don't know you have a temper? I've been amazing since I was a child, and I'm used to it by your mother, everyone has to give you three points, and you're the best! My dad scolded without looking back.
"That's it." My father's eldest sister, that is, our eldest aunt, also joined in the fun, stretched out her head and said, "I have known that my eldest brother's second girl is powerful since I was a child, but I didn't expect it to be so big, and it is still so unforgiving, big brother, you have to educate and educate well." ”
My second aunt tugged at her arm, but didn't move her.
"You ......" Shen Bi tilted her head angrily, staring at my aunt with dead eyes, almost wanting to breathe fire.
I was afraid that she would get into trouble, so I grabbed her hand suddenly, shoved her behind me, and smiled at the relatives who were watching the excitement around me, "I heard that Qiongyu has lost her father since she was a child, and my father and my aunt feel sorry for her, and even our two relatives are in the back line." Shen Bi and I hurried home, I'm afraid there won't be room for us here."
After speaking, without waiting for the relatives to recall this sentence, he pulled his sister and left here.
Shen Bi seemed to be still immersed in the anger that had not come back to his senses, and his steps were a little stiff.
I looked back at her with some concern, and just happened to see Zhang Qiongyu holding my father's arm and looking at us with a smug smile.
As if to say: "Look, your dad hurts me the most, this is my dad, not your ......"
……
After that, Shen Bi and I silently hid the things at the wedding that day.
My dad's alimony is not important, anyway, my mom also promised him to postpone the payment for two months, and we will be lenient with him first for these two months.
As for the matter of taking us to live, there was no movement on the side of Xiaolou, and Shen Bi and I were happy to live with our mother with peace of mind. Every day, we take care of our small stall and sell ice porridge that is becoming more and more popular.
Unlike fruit bowls, the making of ice porridge requires some skills, including some beans that I carefully boil, others want to imitate, but can only imitate a rough idea, and the essence of the taste cannot be imitated.
Therefore, our family's ice porridge is still the hottest, and when the weather is particularly hot, we can make a net profit of 20 yuan a day.
At that time, this was a lot of income.
My dad worked as an accountant in a factory, and he took a lot of work outside, and he was only about 500 yuan a month.
However, once this makes money, it is easy to make people angry.
Shen Bi and I were very careful to be on guard, for fear that someone would come over and bully my mother.
But we didn't expect that in the end, the people who bully people turned out to be acquaintances.
On this day, the county school unified a class in the morning, Shen Bi and I rushed over to help, and when we were far away, we saw a person squatting next to my mother.
When we walked up, we saw clearly that it was my aunt who was eating ice porridge there.
Seeing me and Shen Bi, my aunt raised her head, wiped her mouth, and said with a smile, "Why did Xiao Jiang and Xiao Bi get out of school so early today, come and eat some ice porridge." ”
This is to treat yourself as a master, so politely greet us.
I pursed my lips, but I didn't speak, even though I was unhappy in my heart.
Shen Bi was a temperamental, because she still remembered what my aunt instigated my father on the day of her father's wedding with Widow Zhang, so she said very angrily, "No, our ice porridge is sold for money, and my sister and I generally don't eat it." ”
"Ouch, isn't it just a little fruit, a little bean, and a little ice, it's worth a few dollars." My aunt shook her hand and ate half of the ice porridge left, and said with a disgusted face.
"It's not a lot of money, just five cents a bowl, it's not as good as the eldest uncle to earn a lot of money after a while." I said with a smile on my face.
My eldest uncle worked on a construction site, two dollars an hour, and although the work was heavy, he earned a lot.
"Of course, your uncle is much better than your father." Hearing me exaggerate my uncle, my aunt raised her head proudly.
"That's it, my uncle is so prolific, he can make so much money in an hour, which is much better than our small business." I smiled and walked over to my mom to help her sell ice porridge.
My aunt snorted with satisfaction, cleaned the small bowl in three or two bites, threw it on the ground, came to me, and said very naturally, "Xiao Jiang, scoop three more bowls for your aunt and bring them to your uncle and your two younger brothers, they all praised it for being delicious yesterday." ”
Listening to the meaning of her words, it was not the first day she had eaten here.
I glanced at my aunt and asked, as if inadvertently, "How does my aunt know that we are selling things here?" Did my dad say that? ”
"Ah, no, it was Qiongyu who said it." My aunt lowered her head, touched a few mangoes very naturally, and stuffed them into her bag, "Didn't I say you, Xiao Jiang, you said that you sell things here, you don't tell your aunt, your two younger brothers' schools are not far away, I used to scream when I was hungry after school every day, but now I can come over and eat two bites......"
"Ice porridge doesn't suppress hunger, let's bring them some biscuits or something." I said slowly while making ice porridge.
"Just eating fruit doesn't make you hungry, but beans make you hungry, Xiao Jiang, you scoop me more beans, your brother loves to eat beans." My aunt stood next to me and directed me to scoop things.
Shen Bi pouted and took my mother's hand beside her, and asked her in a low voice, "Did my aunt give money yesterday?" ”
My mom shook her head in embarrassment.
In an instant, Shen Bi's eyes were full of storms.
She frowned at me and tugged at my sleeve.
I smiled at her soothingly, turned my head and pressed the lid on the lid of the three small bowls of ice porridge and put them in the bag.
"Xiao Jiang's movements are much neater than your mother's." My aunt grinned and reached out to pick up the bag in my hand.
I dodged her hand and smiled at her, "Auntie, four bowls, a total of two yuan." ”