Chapter 35: Warm Times
Shen Qingqing poured a cup of tea for Aunt Wang: "It's also a fate." ”
Aunt Wang didn't know what she was thinking, and suddenly looked at Shen Qingqing as if she was telling some secret: "Alas, this forest has been in your house for so long, has the Lin family asked people to come and have a look?" ”
"Not really."
Lin Zhong's injuries are inconvenient to return home, but he is also his own flesh and blood, how could this Aunt Lin be so ruthless and not come to take care of him for a long time?
Thinking about it, she asked the question in her heart: "I see that this forest is very unpopular with Aunt Lin, but is there any relationship in the middle?" ”
Aunt Wang looked at the forest in the house and saw that he was asleep before whispering: "You may not know, this forest was lost when he was young, and he was only found five years ago, so this Aunt Lin will not want to see him." ”
As the saying goes, the palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are all meat, but the human heart is not a measuring yardstick, Lin Nan has been raised by his side since he was a child, and Lin Zhong was only found five years ago, only this short five years of affection is naturally a little biased.
"But it can't be like this, this is also his child." Shen Qingqing couldn't help but feel sour for a while when she heard this, she knew that there was such a miserable economy in the forest, and her heart was even more distressed.
Aunt Wang and Shen Qingqing left after a while.
Shen Qingqing got up, and just when he was about to go to the kitchen to cook, he heard Xiao Hei's shout, and walked to the door to see that it was Lin Mei.
Shen Qingqing opened his mouth and said, "Xiao Hei, don't call this your own person. ”
Lin Mei was unable to move when she was just called by Xiao Hei at the door, and when she saw Shen Qingqing come out, she actually took out this resentment on her: "You said that you are a widow and a good manner, how can you raise a dog, isn't it scary?" If you bite someone, do you think you can afford it? ”
This Lin Mei's personality follows Aunt Lin's sharp teeth and speaks harshly.
Shen Qingqing didn't care so much about her, but just asked, "What is the matter with your visit?" ”
Lin Mei handed him the basket, but there was no room in the house: "This is breakfast for my eldest brother, you let him eat." ”
Shen Qingqing opened the covered blue cloth, there was only a bowl of clear water porridge and black flour steamed buns in it, usually when people improve their lives, dogs eat better than these, how can a seriously injured person eat these things?
Shen Qingqing glanced at Li Mei, the woman held her head high as if she looked down on Shen Qingqing.
She put the basket in Lin Mei's hand: "No need, I have already cooked at home, you can take these things back." ”
Lin Mei was also not polite, and snatched the basket into her hand: "Do you like to eat or not." ”
After saying that, he returned home and told Aunt Lin about the matter.
Aunt Lin put down the kitchen knife in her hand, and directly threw the water porridge and nest head in the basket into the chicken coop: "This is just a good time to save another meal for the chickens." ”
"Mother, then Shen Qingqing doesn't want these things, do we want to cook some more and send them to the eldest brother?"
"What to send." Aunt Lin shouted loudly. "He thought he was the emperor's son, and several members of the family had to serve him, don't you know that your second brother is studying so hard? Since he doesn't eat it, don't give it to him in the future. ”
The world is cold, but I don't know that this family can be so cold.
Shen Qingqing returned to the kitchen and put rice and sugar into the pot, added some water, put firewood, boiled some porridge with a little sweetness, and took out the pickles in the house and cut them into small pieces, and the white flour steamed buns were hot again before they were brought to the side of the forest.
After a few days of getting along, the two of them are also familiar with each other, and there is no need to be afraid when eating in the forest, and they have eaten all these things in less than a quarter of an hour.
Lin Zhong wiped his mouth, saw that this meal was very different from usual, and said, "These meals don't seem to taste like my mother's cooking." ”
Aunt Lin's cooking is light, and she is reluctant to put more salt, but this meal is delicious.
Shen Qingqing didn't want to say it, but since Lin Zhong asked, he told the truth: "Your sister came to deliver the meal today, and there was only some clear water porridge and black noodles in it, and I asked her to take it back." ”
Lin Chong looked stunned when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly: "It's okay, I'm used to it, it's just that I'm going to work hard for you these days." ”
"What's not hard, you didn't take care of me before." Shen Qingqing put away those dishes and chopsticks, and just when he wanted to go out, he saw a person coming from the inner room.
Aunt Wang was holding a bowl of egg soup with a smile on her face: "Qingqing, I'll send a bowl of egg soup to Lin Zhong so that I can supplement his nutrition." ”
Aunt Wang has not come to take care of her since she was injured in the forest.
Shen Qingqing simply put down the dishes and chopsticks and talked to Aunt Wang in the inner room, and when Lin Zhong picked up the egg soup and wanted to drink it, it spilled on his chest because of his physical inconvenience.
Shen Qingqing immediately wiped it with a handkerchief, and said while wiping it: "You see that you are also a big person, and you can't eat a single meal." ”
"Isn't this one of my wounds?" Lin Zhong opened his mouth very naturally, and then took Shen Qingqing's handkerchief.
All this was seen in Aunt Wang's eyes, she covered her mouth and snickered, her words were all teasing: "I think the two of you get along very well, you don't shy away from words and deeds, is this getting along with feelings?" ”
"Aunt Wang, don't talk nonsense." Shen Qingqing, a woman with thin skin, immediately lowered her head.
This Aunt Wang is also a joking person, and her voice couldn't help but raise a few points: "You see that there are more than thirty people in this forest, and you don't have a daughter-in-law, you are also a widow and no man, otherwise I think the two of you can live together, you are both diligent people, and you may be able to live a good life if you are quick with your hands and feet." ”
Aunt Wang continued: "Qingqing girl, don't think that I don't speak well, even if we women are strong, we have to find someone to rely on, and sooner or later we have to find a man to live, you are smart and quick, and Lin Zhong is also a simple and honest person, why not do the best of both worlds?" ”
"Aunt Wang!" Shen Qingqing didn't have any thoughts about this, but because of Lin Zhong's feelings in this, he was embarrassed to say it directly, so he picked up the dishes and chopsticks and walked to the kitchen to scrub them.
Lin Zhong looked at Shen Qingqing's back, and a warmth rose in his eyes.
Shen Qingqing didn't have this idea, but it didn't mean that Lin Zhong didn't have it.
These days, this woman is virtuous and hardworking, but he sees it in his eyes, and the people in the village think that she has a bad reputation, but only Lin Zhong thinks that he is the kindest woman in the whole world.
Aunt Wang talked a few more words, and returned home when Uncle Wang came back.
Xiao Douding used to write in a hurry before he got out of the school, but since Lin Zhong came, he was entangled in Lin Zhong's side for the first time: "Uncle Lin, look, this is the new word we learned in the school, and this is your name." ”
Xiao Douding picked up the paper and wrote a Chinese character on it.
Lin Zhong was very happy, rubbing his hairy head: "Haohao writes so well, it's really amazing." ”
"No, no, no, Uncle Lin is the most powerful person." Xiao Douding hurriedly shook his head and said with milk in his milk. "My father was bitten to death by a tiger, but Uncle Lin Zhong is still alive when he encounters a tiger egg, and Uncle Lin Zhong is the most powerful person."
Also, his biological father was bitten to death by a tiger, but Lin Zhong escaped from danger, and Xiao Douding admired Lin Zhong very much.
"Haohao, don't talk nonsense." Shen Qingqing sat next to him and said needlework.
Lin Zhong didn't feel noisy: "It's okay, kid. ”
Xiao Douding looked at Lin Zhong and was not angry, so he pulled his arm: "Uncle, tell me how you escaped from the tiger's mouth, can you tell me about it?" Tell me about ......?"
Lin Zhong nodded her nose: "Okay, uncle will tell you about it." ”
"When my uncle went up the mountain, he only brought a torch with him when it was dark, so he couldn't see the road ahead......"
Shen Qingqing also stopped the needlework in his hand and listened to Lin Zhong.
"There used to be a place where I used to hunt hares and pheasants, so I wanted to go hunting there, but it was so far away that I got lost for a while."
"Yo, it's not a trivial matter to get lost in the mountains you are familiar with." Shen Qingqing couldn't help but interject.
Lin Zhong looked at her and smiled, and when he spoke again, there was more tenderness in his language: "I felt a little panicked at the time, and I wanted to stop in place and wait for dawn to continue hunting, but I didn't expect a tiger to suddenly come out of the side, and it didn't give me a chance to react at all, and the tiger was very fierce and bit my arm directly." ”
Little Douding listened attentively.
Lin Zhong nodded: "I also reacted that it was a tiger, and the other arm quickly took the hunting knife and slashed at the tiger's body, but I didn't expect that the tiger was very flexible, it dodged and bit my thigh." I smashed it with the stone next to me, and the tiger was probably exhausted from the toss and let go of my thighs, and ran out, and then I met you and your mother. ”
"This is really too dangerous," Shen Qingqing said immediately after hearing this, and his words were always complaining. "Even if you don't like your mother's nagging about you, then you can't go hunting when it's dark, this winter is the easiest time for things to happen."
"Yes, my father was bitten to death by a tiger in the winter." Xiao Douding also opened his mouth word by word, as if the master was admonishing a disobedient child.
Lin Zhong looked at Xiao Douding and then at Shen Qingqing, and there was no anger in what the mother and son said, and finally they could only nod hurriedly: "Okay, okay, uncle, listen to you." ”