Chapter 12: The Dust Woman
Yan'er came back, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but what happened after a day and a night, everyone was eager to know.
But Yao Yilei didn't let them ask, for fear of scaring the child, so she made a table full of good pastries for her daughter to eat.
"Baby, aren't these your favorite foods, why don't you eat them?" Yao Yilei asked.
Yan'er shook her head and said, "Brother Xiaobei has no food, I'm going to send it to him." As he spoke, he picked up two pieces of cake and put them in the small pocket on his chest.
Yao Yilei knew that her daughter had met a good person, so she coaxed her softly, and finally understood what happened yesterday, it turned out that Yan'er did meet a kidnapper, fortunately she met a mother and son to save her, spent the night in a broken temple outside the city, and was delivered to the door in the morning.
"Someone, prepare the car." Yao Yilei said.
A car drove out of the provincial capital, and with great difficulty, finally found the dilapidated land temple, with the door open and a snowman piled outside.
Yao Yilei was dressed in a mink fur, and stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Is anyone there?" ”
No one answered, so I pushed the door open and entered, and there was nothing else on the ground covered with dry grass and broken quilts, and a small iron pot on a stove made of broken bricks.
Yan'er actually spent the night in such a shabby place last night, and when she turned around, she must check if there are any fleas on her body, Yao Yilei thought to herself, and suddenly a snowflake rolled in, and a person stood in front of the door, carrying firewood on his back, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you looking for?" ”
Yao Yilei looked at it, it turned out to be a woman, quite tall, with a thin waist and long legs, and a hairpin on her head, she looked like she was only in her thirties, and she thought she was the Qing aunt in Yan'er's mouth.
"I am Yan'er's mother, thanks to you for saving my daughter, I am here to express my gratitude." Yao Yilei stretched out her right hand wearing lambskin gloves, and the woman passed her with firewood on her back, and said coldly: "There is nothing to thank, I am also a mother." ”
Yao Yilei was a little embarrassed, withdrew her hand stupidly, and rushed outside: "Bring things in." ”
Outside, Yan'er was already playing with Brother Xiaobei, and the coachman and the guards brought in the gifts carefully prepared by Mrs., toys, clothes, shoes, pastries, picture albums, everything, and of course, a box full of silver shining oceans.
"Time is in a hurry, I bought it temporarily, I don't know if it's suitable or not, and I ask this eldest sister to laugh." Yao Yilei smiled.
Aunt Qing didn't look at the pile of things, lowered her head and made a fire, and said, "Don't call me eldest sister, I may not be older than you, I don't want these things, take them back." ”
Yao Yilei was a little unhappy, thanks to the benefactor who saved her daughter, she would have been mad at this stinky temper in the other person, but she still endured it at this time, and said: "It's not for you, it's for the child, what if such a young child lives with you in a broken temple, freezing and hungry?" ”
Aunt Qing looked up at her and said, "My child, I don't need to be taken care of by others, take things away, I'm going to cook." ”
Yao Yilei felt very uncomfortable, waved her hand and said, "Ah Fu, move the things." ”
Ah Fu moved the things out, Yao Yilei thanked her again, turned around and went out, but she couldn't help but look back, Aunt Qing had already lit the firewood and was putting wild vegetables and mushrooms in the pot, her expression was still indifferent.
Yao Yilei shook her head secretly and walked out quickly: "Yan'er, it's time for us to go home." ”
Yan'er pouted and shook her head: "No, I want to play with Brother Xiaobei." ”
"Yan'er, Dad is coming back today, now Mommy gives you two choices, one, stay here to play with the little brother, two, go home and wait for Dad, you choose yourself." Yao Yilei has a lot of tricks to deal with her daughter, and it works every time.
Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the temple: "Xiaobei, come in!" ”
Xiaobei, who had been standing stupidly, was about to go in, but Yan'er ran over and grabbed him, took out two pieces of cake wrapped in oil paper from his small pocket and handed them over.
There is an incomparable tacit understanding between the children, no need to say anything, Xiaobei took the cake and ran back to the broken temple, Yan'er followed Mommy into the car, at the moment when Ah Fu closed the door, Yao Yilei couldn't help but glance at the temple again, the woman was sitting around the fire with her son, with a happy smile on her face.
To tell the truth, this woman is not bad-looking, and she must have been a thorny wildflower when she was young.
The car drove away, and Xiaobei took out two cakes: "Mother, Yan'er gave it, you can taste it." ”
Aunt Qing took a bite: "Well, it's so sweet, you can eat it." ”
Xiaobei ate half of it, and the rest was still wrapped, and asked, "Mother, when will I see my father?" ”
Aunt Qing looked at the desolate scene outside the broken window without speaking, and the outline of the Fenglin Road Mansion appeared in front of her.
It's starting to snow again.
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Yao Yilei returned to the official residence, her anger was still not good, Jian Bing asked the reason and persuaded her: "It is said that those who go to the rivers and lakes to perform should be very tactful, this woman must not be an ordinary person, she is alone with a child, and if she eats the last meal without the next meal, she can still help." ”
"As for her stinky temper, as if I owe her a lot, I don't care about her, I want to go to you." Yao Yilei was still snorting angrily.
Jian Bing said: "I heard that their guy who was performing was taken in by the police, so I will call and ask Director Zeng to send it over, and I will take it to their mothers. ”
Yao Yilei said: "Forget it, I won't be angry with them, go back and talk to Xiao Zeng, let the brothers in the police department take care of it, don't be embarrassed." ”
Yan'er walked over, pouting and unhappy: "Mommy, you liar, why hasn't Dad come yet." ”
Yao Yilei hurriedly coaxed her: "It's snowing, Dad can't fly the plane, so he will take the train instead, and he will arrive a little later." ”
Yan'er said: "Then I'll go with Erniang to see Brother Xiaobei." ”
Yao Yilei pinched her daughter's little face and smiled: "It turns out that you are eavesdropping on Mommy and Erniang." ”
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Jian Bing and Yan'er came to the broken temple again, Aunt Qing's mother and son were not there, Jian Bing let people bring the knives, guns, swords and halberds from the police department treasury to carry in, she also brought four masons and two carpenters, a flat car bricks and gray yellow sand wood, are veterans in the industry, ping pong a beating, first repair the doors and windows, cover the window paper, at least there is no air leakage, and then the temple was reinforced, an hour later, the broken land temple has a new look.
Aunt Qing's mother and son came from a distance carrying a dead duck, and were not surprised to see that the temple was renovated, Yan'er ran out of the car and happily: "Brother Xiaobei, I'm here again." ”
Jian Bing also got out of the car, looked at Aunt Qing with a vigilant face and said, "This is Sister Xiaoqing, right?" ”
Aunt Qing nodded and said, "My name is Xia Xiaoqing, and you are also Mrs. Chen." ”
Jian Bing smiled indifferently: "What Mrs. is, they are all raised by others, ten years ago, I was just a fireworks woman on the beach." ”
Xia Xiaoqing couldn't help but look at Jian Bing twice, and his expression was a little relaxed.
"Why, my sister didn't invite me to sit in the temple?" Jian Bing wrapped his shawl tightly, and a gust of wind blew, cold to the bone.
"Please." Xia Xiaoqing said.
"Sister, please." Jian Bing smiled, and entered the Land Temple with Xia Xiaoqing, Yan'er and Xiaobei also walked in, the mason and the carpenter finished their work, packed up their things and left, the car was parked outside, the guards were guarding from afar, there was a fire in the small temple, and there was no more air leakage on all sides, it was much warmer than before.
As soon as Xia Xiaoqing came in, he saw his own swords, guns, swords, halberds, gongs, etc., and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hugged his fists to Jianbing and said, "Thank you." ”
Jianbing Wanfu returned the salute and said, "It should be me who thanked Sister Xiaoqing for saving my Yan'er." ”
Xia Xiaoqing said: "Whether I save it or not, she will be fine, your family is powerful, are you afraid that you won't be able to find it?" ”
Jian Bing shook his head: "No, these kidnappers are all veterans, once they succeed, they will be quickly resold to other countries, and they will not be able to find anyone at all, even if you are the provincial chairman, the commander-in-chief, it will be useless in the end." ”
Xia Xiaoqing raised her eyebrows: "Are you joking, yesterday the provincial capital was under martial law, I'm afraid it's just to find this girl." ”
Jian Bing said: "Don't hide it from my sister, my surname is not Shen, nor is my name Jianbing, I was abducted and sold to Yangzhou since I was a child, and I still don't know where my biological parents are." ”
After a while, Xia Xiaoqing's attitude towards Jianbing improved significantly: "Since you are here, let's stay and eat, I beat a wild duck, wrapped it in mud and burned it in the fire, it tastes very good." ”
Jian Bing was full of interest: "Okay, it's just that there is no wine." ”
Xia Xiaoqing took out a few copper dollars and a wine jug made of tin and said, "Xiaobei, go to the wine shop in the village next to you to get four taels of wine." ”
Xiaobei took the money and the wine jug, and Jian Bing smiled: "I came to thank you, and I bothered you with a wine and dinner, I really can't go." ”
Xia Xiaoqing said: "You have built the land temple, you are doing our mother a great favor, this winter is really cold." ”
Jian Bing said: "If my sister doesn't dislike it, my sister can help a little, recently there have been flower thieves in the provincial capital, with my sister's skills, I went to the back house of a big family to be a bodyguard for my wife and misses, there must be a business, isn't it much better than street performance." ”
Xia Xiaoqing frowned and said nothing, but seemed to be moved.
Jian Bing said again: "We adults can suffer as much as they want, Xiaobei, this child is only a few years old, just follow you to eat and sleep in the open, there is no meal, I look distressed, if you fall into any disease, sister, you must not regret it for a lifetime?" ”
Xia Xiaoqing said stiffly: "Children of the rivers and lakes, I'm still afraid of this, I grew up like this with my father since I was a child, and my son is not afraid." ”
Jian Bing said: "What was the situation of my sister back then, my sister doesn't know, but now the times are different, just a martial arts, no culture, illiterate, I can't eat in the future, my sister is a smart person, I don't want my son to be blind, besides, we don't have this condition, Xiaobei and Yan'er are so close to each other, just let him accompany Yan'er to study, although my sister has a low status in the Chen family, but this thing can still be decided." ”
Hearing the Chen family, Xia Xiaoqing's face turned cold again, and said, "Let's talk about it." ”
There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and Xiaobei bumped in: "Mother, I'm in trouble." ”
There was a lot of noise outside, and it seemed that a lot of people were coming this way.
Xia Xiaoqing hurriedly went out and saw a group of villagers scolding and scolding, and the first few teenage and half-old children, with blue noses and swollen faces, were crying and crying, presumably it was his son's masterpiece.