After a while, my mother washed the dishes and chopsticks, flushed her hands, and walked out of the kitchen, and our mother and wife closed the seventh lane, ready to go back to sleep.

"Kobayashi." My mother greeted Meng Hanlin, "Where is your home?" Drop by with us. ”

"I ......" Meng Hanlin was stunned, "My family is in ......"

He pointed to a direction, not too far from the place our family rented, and my mother told him to go together.

The road was dark at night, but our mother was not afraid, talking and laughing, and soon arrived at the place.

My mother waved goodbye to Meng Hanlin, took out the key and entered the house, and then he left in a daze.

The next day, Zhu Lei and Meng Hanlin both came to work as usual.

I arranged a job for Zhu Lei to purchase and move goods, and I usually act as a security guard when I have nothing to do, serving a chicken steak or something, which is quite easy on the whole.

Xiaofang and Zhang Xiaofei's mother are also very happy, because in this way, they don't have to pedal the tricycle to buy goods.

Shen Bi still went to learn the violin, and I tried new foods there when I had nothing to do, while paying attention to Meng Hanlin.

Since it was only a three-day observation period, I didn't arrange much work for him, only two things: delivering food and cleaning the scraps.

Meng Hanlin was more calm than I expected, even though he applied for the management of the store manager, he did not have any discomfort in doing the two things of cleaning and food delivery.

Occasionally, when I encounter some difficult guests, or dirty tabletops, I clean them with a calm face, without any emotional ups and downs.

My mother, Zhang Xiaofei's mother, and Xiaofang all admired him.

Xiaofang blushed when she saw him, looking like a girl was stunned, which provoked Zhang Xiaofei's mother to often tease her, so she covered her face, muttered, and went to the next door to pinch butterflies.

Anyway, the work here in Qixiang, Meng Hanlin alone is enough.

I was busy all the way to the afternoon, and I was sprinkling powdered sugar on the doughnuts I had just made, when my mother suddenly tugged at my sleeve and said anxiously, "Xiao Jiang, your little uncle is here." ”

I looked out and saw a man who looked to be about 30 years old, walking towards the counter with a straight face.

"Big sister!" His voice was very cold, and as soon as he came in, he asked my mother, "I heard that you asked your daughter to beat Taozi yesterday?" ”

My mother hurriedly walked out of the kitchen, "Kang Xin, this is all a misunderstanding, at that time, Taozi's kid wanted to beat Xiao Jiang, and then, the two young people couldn't look at it, so they ......"

"That can't beat Taozi like that, look at it, it's all swollen and can't speak now." My little uncle suddenly interrupted my mother sharply, "You did such a thing back then, you originally owed it to the Liu family, and now what qualifications do you have to treat the children of the Liu family like this?" ”

My mother's face turned pale in an instant.

My little uncle glanced at my mother twice, stretched out his hand, knocked on the counter, and suddenly changed his face again, "Sister, I didn't say you, forget if you don't contact your family for nearly ten years, as soon as you get in touch, something like this happens, do you know how worried my mother is?" ”

My mother's face turned a little bloody, and she said worriedly, "Mom...... Mom, is she okay? ”

"Are you okay?" My little uncle's face hated iron and steel, "You don't want to think about it, my mother loves Taozi the most, Taozi was beaten like that, and her old man was angry." I was not in good health, and I was angry in bed yesterday. ”

"Huh?" My mom looked worried," she ...... She...... Gee, what can I do? ”

"What should I do?" My little uncle frowned and looked my mother up and down, shook his head and sighed, "It's all like this, why don't you go back to see her old man?" ”

I stood aside with an oil drain and suddenly felt like this was a routine.

This little uncle, as soon as he came in, gave my mother a dismount with a black face, and when my mother was at a loss, he changed to a bitter tone, and suddenly dominated my mother's thoughts.

It's a pity that he didn't expect my mother's response to be a little slow, and he didn't understand what he meant, so he had to take the initiative to say the purpose.

"Go...... Going to see Mom? My mother's face turned pale again, and after a while, she was a little red with excitement, "Mom, is her old man willing to see me?" ”

My little uncle knocked on the counter again, but he didn't speak, but his expression was self-evident.

My mom was even more excited, "Okay, okay, I'll go see her tomorrow and go tomorrow." ”

My little uncle nodded with satisfaction, and looked left and right at our shop, "Eldest sister, this shop is well decorated, no wonder my eldest brother has been praising it." ”

"Hey, Kang Xin, have you eaten?" My mom just woke up from a dream, "If you want to eat, I'll make it for you." ”

My little uncle touched his chin, and suddenly said, "I don't eat anything, you make something to eat, and I'll bring it back to my mother." ”

My mother agreed, "hey", "hey", turned around and fried a few large chicken cutlets, made a lot of snacks, and packed them for my uncle.

"Then I'll go first." The little uncle was satisfied, carried the things in his hands, and turned to leave.

My mom looked at his back and stood on tiptoe for a long time.

"Mom." I finally couldn't help it, "What are you looking at?" Why didn't Grandma let you go back? ”

I only know that my eldest uncle and younger uncle beat my mother up and kicked me out of the house, and then the two families broke off contact, and I never thought that there would be other stories in between.

My mother's expression was a little gloomy, and she didn't want to mention it, "It's all in the past, Xiao Jiang." ”

I didn't want to force her, so I had to sigh, turned around and went to fish for chicken steak while discussing with my mother, "Mom, I haven't seen grandma since I was eight years old, tomorrow Xiaojiang and I will go to school, it's not good for you to go alone, why don't you wait for me and Xiaojiang for a week, and we will go together?" ”

"Also...... Okay, too. "My mother is characterized by being easy to talk and cowardly," it's your uncle's side...... Gotta talk to them. ”

"What's there to say about that." A sneer overflowed from the corner of my mouth, "You just said that the store is busy and can't spare time, and they won't come to force you over." ”

My mom nodded apprehensively.

I was not relieved enough, and secretly told Zhang Xiaofei's mother that she must take good care of my mother, and don't let her go to my grandmother's house alone, and even told Zhu Lei that if my two uncles come to the store again, I must do everything possible to stop them, and don't let them see my mother.

Looking at the greedy appearance of one or two of them, the ghost knows if my mother will go over alone, and the bones will be swallowed.

My mother has a cowardly personality, and she seems to be particularly ashamed of her mother's family, so I'm afraid she really has to respond to the Liu family's needs.

So I can't let my mom go alone.

Fortunately, my mother was willing to listen to me, and with the precautions of Zhang Xiaofei's mother and Zhu Lei, the five days finally passed safely.

On Saturday, I told Shen Bi not to let her learn the violin, and the shop was handed over to Zhang Xiaofei's mother, and my mother took our sisters back to their parents' house.

If I haven't been in touch for nearly ten years, I definitely can't go there empty-handed, so early in the morning, my mother rode the pedal three-wheeled bicycle used for the family's purchase, went to the store to buy milk, instant noodles, two chickens, two ducks, and two fish.

This was a very high courtesy at that time, but just like that, my mother didn't think it was enough, so she went to buy some meat and vegetables, and the cart behind was piled up, so Shen Bi and I could only sit on both sides of the cart and go all the way through with our butts.

"Mom, I can't sit still." Shen Bi was young, and she hadn't sat for such a long time, and she had an uncomfortable face along the way, and kept begging my mother, "I'm really tired, have you arrived?" ”

My mother reassured her, "It's almost there, why don't you put your legs in the car and be more comfortable?" ”

Shen Bi glanced at the steaming and duck in the car, and her face turned blue, "No mom." ”

My mom sighed and picked up again.

In this way, after walking for more than an hour, I came out of the county, turned several towns, and finally found Liujia Village.

At that time, the village was quite poor, many houses were mud walls, and a few houses were red bricks and red tiles.

My mother led the tricycle and followed her memories through the village.

Shen Bi and I were right behind to help push through the potholes.

Not long after, the car stopped in front of a house made of mud walls and red brick houses.

It is not accurate to say that it is a match, because the main house is a mud wall, and the outer gate is a red brick house, and it can be seen that the red brick house outside should be newly covered, but rural people generally do not have much money and can't build all of it, so the main house is still the original state, and it looks particularly discordant.

My mother stopped in front of the gate excitedly, and hesitated for a long time to pass.

In the end, it was Shen Bi, a little girl who was a little impatient, who ran over and slapped the big red iron door.

"Who?" A high-pitched female voice came from the room.

"Find someone." Shen Bi said loudly.

Soon, someone came and opened the door, it was a middle-aged woman in her forties, her eyes were quite large, the corners of her mouth were a little drooping, and she occasionally looked at people obliquely, which made people feel a little mean.

"Yo, who should I be, it turned out to be Xiaomei." This mean woman first glanced at my mother carelessly, and her eyes fell on the hill-like car behind my mother, so she immediately laughed enthusiastically, took two steps forward, and took my mother's hand, "Oh, the second brother said that you were going to come a few days ago, and our family has been waiting for you for a few days, but this second-class is not coming, I really think Xiaomei, you don't dare to come to the door." ”

When I said this, my mother's face was a little unpleasant, but she didn't speak, and let the woman pull her through the door, leaving our sisters behind.

I had no choice but to call Shen Bi and push the cart in.

"That's our big sister." Shen Bi asked me in a low voice.

I pursed my lips and nodded, "It depends on the age." ”

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