CHAPTER XXII
The master was very happy to see Honglin, although there was no expression on his face, Honglin could feel it, he took her to the practice room, and taught her some new movements.
Lantern Festival, every household has to make Lantern Festival to eat, at that time did not have to sell, are made by their own hand, two days ago to soak the glutinous rice with water, and then grind it into powder on the stone mill, with that kind of coarse cloth bag to pack the powder and drop it on a high place, let it drip the water dry, to the day of the Lantern Festival can be done.
"Honglin, you have to put a little more stuffing." Honglin's hands are too small, she always breaks the skin when she does it with Shi Niang, she thinks that it may be better to put a little less material, but Shi Niang sees it again.
"Okay, you go play, why don't you go and read a book, your nephew has put some books in his room." Shi Niang couldn't see it anymore and drove her away.
Honglin blushed and had to leave, she really tried her best, but she always couldn't do it well, there was no way.
The Lantern Festival made by Shi Niang is very delicious, soft and glutinous, and the inside and the filling are very fragrant, Honglin ate two and wanted to eat Shi Niang but did not give "this glutinous rice, I can't digest it after eating, and I can't eat it anymore." ”
Honglin had to watch the round Lantern Festival being eaten by the master one by one, probably sensing her resentment, "I'll eat another one for you at night." ”
Honglin stopped looking at them with satisfaction, eating fragrant bacon and delicious and delicate fish, she seemed to have eaten a little too much.
Sixteen Su Haiqiang wore a newly made suit and a woolen coat outside, and he came to pick up Honglin in good spirits.
"Uncle, you're so handsome today." Honglin carried the things that Shi Niang had prepared for her, climbed on the bicycle and boasted.
"Your mouth is so sweet, when you read, my uncle will buy you a tape recorder." Su Haiqiang said proudly. At this time, the tape recorder was relatively large, and it was not cheap, and most people did not have it, and Honglin had only seen it at the master's house.
"Uncle, you're not going to pay your bills." Su Honglin said happily when he heard this.
"Definitely not." Su Haiqiang felt that Su Honglin was his lucky star, if it weren't for her, he would definitely not be able to make so much money, so he was telling the truth, he used to think that he would pay for her to study, but with his sister-in-law's character, he would definitely not agree, and now his sister-in-law's business is good, and she can't really afford the two children.
The two uncles and nephews talked and laughed and soon arrived in the district, and when they arrived, they saw Chen Wenyue chatting with an aunt there, and there was a girl standing next to her.
Honglin looked at it carefully, and compared the appearance of his aunt in his previous life, it was really her, thinking that this time her uncle's good deeds were near, and there would be no more twists and turns.
"Jiang Yan, this is my little brother Su Haiqiang." Chen Wenyue said with a smile.
She blushed, raised her head slightly, looked at her uncle and lowered her head, only to smile slightly before bowing her head.
Su Haiqiang's face turned red all of a sudden, and he stood there a little embarrassed, feeling that he was neither advancing nor retreating.
"Sister-in-law, do you have any vegetables at home? I'm going to buy it. He said unnaturally.
"I've already bought it, you look at the store and I'll go get food, and talk to Jiang Yan by the way." Chen Wenyue gave Su Haiqiang a look, which meant that he wanted him to take the initiative.
She went into the kitchen with the woman herself, and Su Haiqiang and Jiang Yan were speechless, Honglin wanted to laugh when she saw it, so she had to pretend to be ignorant and ask, "Will you be my aunt?" ”
Jiang Yan listened to Honglin's words, her face turned even redder, she looked at her, and saw that her big round eyes were staring at her, she didn't know how to answer.
"Honglin, don't prepare to be naughty." Su Haiqiang saw that Jiang Yan was embarrassed, and hurriedly said.
Honglin stuck out her tongue, she turned around and teased Hongmei, Hongmei was almost eight months old, she was chubby, very cute, she slept in the cradle, and she kept talking.
"What do you usually do?" Su Haiqiang stiffly accosted him.
"Just do housework and stuff." Jiang Yan's voice is still very good, very crisp.
Honglin was guessing what his uncle would say in the second sentence, but Hongmei cried.
"What's wrong with her, is she hungry?" Jiang Yan quickly came to the cradle, picked up her sister very skillfully, and touched her diaper.
"Honglin, you go get a diaper for your sister." Honglin didn't look disgusted at all when he saw her, but naturally took off the wet diaper and teased his sister.
Honglin had a good impression of her at once, and it could be seen that she was very kind. Honglin took a look at Su Haiqiang and found that his vision had also changed, and he no longer had a little rejection like he had just come in.
Honglin went to the room and got a diaper, Su Haiqiang was selling goods, Jiang Yan hugged Hongmei and made her laugh.
"Honglin, bring it, I'll help her put it." Honglin originally wanted Su Haiqiang to get it, but Jiang Yan took it and carefully helped her sister get the diaper again.
"You often take your children and see that you are very skilled in your movements." He saw off the customer and asked.
"I helped bring almost all of my brother's children." Jiang Yan said a little shyly.
At this time, girls and boys did not go out to work, especially girls, who generally did housework at home and helped the family take care of the children.
Su Haiqiang finally chatted with her slowly, Hongmei fell asleep in her arms, and when she put her sister in the cradle, Honglin saw that the expression on her face was very gentle.
Honglin thinks about her previous life, although she doesn't get along with her aunt much, every time she sees them, she is smiling, and she will give them some money.
Jiang Yan and the woman had dinner at their house before leaving, which means that they have a good impression and are willing to have a relationship, and if they don't agree, they won't stay here to eat.
"How about it, Jiang Yan is good, her appearance is not bad compared to Li Lingxiang, and I think she is more generous." Chen Wenyue said.
"Okay, just bother my sister-in-law to worry about it." Su Haiqiang blushed and nodded.
School is about to start after the sixteenth, Chen Wenfei went home and followed Chen Wenli over the afternoon of the sixteenth day of the Lantern Festival, and he also brought a news: "Yesterday, my mother actually asked the second sister to go on a blind date, or for the eldest brother." ”
Chen Wenke's voice was full of anger and dissatisfaction with Chen Wenxiao, just for the sake of his family, he let the eldest sister marry a short-lived ghost, and now he still wants the second sister to marry an old man.
"Mom is like that, you see, the eldest brother didn't marry the cousin, she will continue to do this." Chen Wenyue's voice was full of disappointment.
For a moment, there was only the sound of coarse gasps, and there was no sound of speech.
The next day, Chen Wenke sent Chen Wenfei to the school to register, because Chen Wenfei's grades in the final exam of last semester were good, and the school quickly handled the admission procedures for him.
Chen Wenke saw that his brother's affairs were already fine, so he went out with the basket again, and Chen Wenyue occasionally became distracted, letting Honglin know that she must be worried about her aunt.
Honglin didn't know if his aunt would go to change relatives for his uncle according to his grandmother's arrangement like in his previous life, or if he would muster up the courage to run out.
After a few days, Honglin was reading a book with her uncle there, she thought about it, now she is reading with her uncle, and when she reads, she will skip directly to the fifth grade, and now the primary school is still five-year, and it seems that it will be six years in one or two years.
"Chen Wenyue, you come out for me." A loud voice shouted outside.
Chen Wenyue was cooking, and the spatula in her hand ran out before she had time to put it down, "What's the matter, big brother?" ”
"Did Chen Wenxiang run to you?" Chen Wenxiao blushed, his neck was thick, and he looked like he wanted to hit someone.
"Wenxiang? No, she didn't come here, wasn't she home? Chen Wenyue listened to his words and asked anxiously.
"Don't pretend, she didn't come to you, where can she go?" Chen Wenxiao looked unconvinced.
"She really didn't come here, you can ask the little brother if you don't believe it." Chen Wenyue said sadly.
He saw that Chen Wenyue's expression didn't look fake, and his voice lowered, "She really didn't come?" ”
"Didn't come, did you hit her again?" Chen Wenyue asked angrily.
"I didn't beat her, my mother asked her to marry, and she disappeared." Chen Wenxiao said with a little weakness.
"You just do it, you have to give these sisters their lives for you anyway." Chen Wenyue said angrily.
"What are you talking about, it's not that I want her to marry, besides, what's wrong with marrying someone, that woman doesn't want to marry." Chen Wenxiao said as a matter of course.
"Alright, she didn't come here, you should go and find it." Chen Wenyue didn't want to see him, and said a little impatiently.
Seeing that my aunt really didn't come here, the uncle turned around and wanted to leave, but walked two steps and came back, "I have no money, give me five yuan." ”
"I'm a woman with two small children, is it easy? You're a big man and you're reaching out and asking me for money. Chen Wenyue said angrily.
"Hurry up, I still have to go to Chen Wenxiang, if she didn't run, I would have to run so far? Do you need to ask you for money? Chen Wenxiao said scoundrelly.
In the end, his mother gave him three yuan and told him to hurry up and find his aunt.
Honglin listened to their conversation and wondered if the aunt really ran out? She didn't come to her mother's place for travel expenses? And with no one to take her, can she find a place?
At this time, Honglin felt a little regretful for her recklessness, she only thought about letting her aunt not take the road of her previous life, but she didn't expect that now it is not like the previous life, the traffic is so developed and there are many people who go to the south, you can go anywhere.
"Say, where can your aunt go?" Chen Wenyue said worriedly.
"The last time the second brother came home, it seemed that he gave the second sister money." Chen Wenfei had been sitting there, and then he couldn't help but say something.
"Did your second brother give her money? How much was given? When Chen Wenyue heard this, she became even more worried, she wouldn't run out if she had money.
"I don't know, I just know that the second brother gave her money." Chen Wenfei shook his head.
Just in the midst of his mother's worries, two more days passed, and Chen Wenke finally came back with the basket, "You went home and gave your second sister money?" ”
"Eldest sister, what's wrong?" He couldn't understand why she was asking.
"Two days ago, the eldest brother came here to find Wen Xiang and said that he was gone, did you give her money? She's not going to run away. Chen Wenyue said worriedly.
"I gave her money, gave fifty, and she said she needed it urgently." Chen Wenke was also a little stupid, he didn't expect that the second sister, who had been talking and only doing things at home, would also come to this trick.
Honglin heard that her aunt had fifty yuan, and she was a lot more relieved, and she didn't know if she could find something to do, now that the south has developed, it should be easy to find a job, and I don't know if she went alone or with others, and she didn't say a word to her family and ran away, which is too far from her thoughts.
Chen Wenke was still not at ease, so he went home overnight to see if Chen Wenxiang had returned home.