The car re-entered the highway.

Probably because he had just finished eating, among the passengers on the bus, there were companions who were talking to their companions; When you go out alone, you look aimlessly at the scenery on both sides of the road; Others hummed a minor tune gently.

Without the two little hooligans in the coach, it seemed relaxed and comfortable at this time.

Reiko and Yanyan also started chatting.

What they talked about was nothing more than what to do at the master's house, what were the happy and unhappy places, whether they were watching TV or playing with their mobile phones at night or wandering around the streets, etc., etc., all of which were content without salt and vinegar.

Originally, Yanyan also wanted to ask Reiko about her personal relationship with Mengdu.

Probably because of the episode of the first two hooligans, Yan Yan finally couldn't help but ask.

Lingzi, too, because she thinks that there are many people in the car, and at the same time, she is also afraid of Yanyan's loud voice.

Under such circumstances, it is obviously inappropriate to talk to Yanyan about his life's events.

So Reiko no longer mentions the topic of her relationship with Yumeto.

Anyone who has ever been on a long-distance bus has an experience that when the car is speeding on the highway, passengers are the most likely to fall asleep.

After a while, the passengers in the car fell asleep one by one.

Reiko and Yanyan also fell asleep one after another.

After 12 hours of travel, at more than 10 o'clock in the evening, the long-distance bus finally arrived at Xiushui County, on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Reiko and Yanyan's homes are not in the county seat.

Their homes are in the countryside more than 10 or 20 kilometers away from the county seat, and they have to be reached by car for a short distance.

It's so late now, and the short-distance bus has stopped working early.

At this hour, why don't you go find a temporary short-distance bus? Because of the incident of two hooligans playing hooligans during the day, Lingzi and Yanyan did not dare to rashly look for a car.

So, after a brief discussion, the two found a small "hotel" in the county to live, and the unit price of the standard room was: 80 yuan / night.

After entering the guest room, the two girls were so tired from the long-distance bus ride that they had no mind or strength to talk about anything else.

After they took a hasty shower and agreed to get up early tomorrow for a short bus ride, they fell asleep when they got into bed.

Early the next morning, Yanyan and Lingzi finished washing, ate some porridge and steamed buns at a street shop, and rushed to the short-distance bus hailing station next to the "hotel" and waited for the bus together.

While waiting for the car, Yanyan and Lingzi each bought some fruits, which they were going to take home for the holidays.

Yanyan and Reiko are not the same line cars.

Although the two of them are not too far apart, due to different routes and different shuttles, they can only take their own buses.

When they broke up, Reiko and Yanyan discussed that they could take three days off when they went home this time. Today, each of them will go back to reunite with their families; Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the two will meet again.

When you meet, be sure to have a good chat about Reiko and Yumeto!

Why?

Because Reiko knows that after returning home from the Dragon Boat Festival trip, she will definitely launch an emotional attack on herself again, and she will definitely ask to sleep with herself again!

At that time, will you agree to the dream or reject the dream capital?

If so, how?

If so, how?

Reiko didn't know what to do with such a big thing, so she had to ask Yanyan for advice.

Yanyan, anyway, she is a warm-hearted girl. Moreover, she is particularly interested in the emotional affairs of young men and women!

What's more, the idea of letting Reiko take the initiative to attack the mayor's son was also proposed by her.

Therefore, Yanyan agreed to Reiko's request and agreed to talk to her another day.

After a short bus, after more than an hour, Reiko arrived home.

"Mommy ——!"

Before she entered the door, Reiko saw her mother from afar.

At this time, Reiko's mother has a rope in her hand and is reinforcing the wormwood leaves tied to the top of the gate.

It is estimated that it was a little windy last night, and the wormwood leaves on the gate of Reiko's house were obviously a little tilted.

Speaking of which, this is the custom of the southerners.

Every year before the Dragon Boat Festival, every household has to put wormwood on the door. What is particular about wormwood is that it can ward off evil spirits, second, it can disinfect and repel insects, and third, it can increase a year's Ruiqi.

"Ouch, Reiko is back? Hurry, hurry! Look at you with so many things, come, give them to me! ”

Because the day before yesterday and yesterday were on the phone, my mother knew that Reiko was home today, and she was already looking forward to it at home!

Now that I see my daughter who has been separated for many days, my mother is not so happy!

The mother quickly put down the work in her hand, turned around and ran to her daughter, and reached out to grab the things in Reiko's hand.

"Mom, are you alone at home?"

Reiko handed the fruit in her hand to her mother, and she still walked home with her suitcase, scanning the house with her eyes as she walked.

"Oh, your dad went to the field to pick vegetables, and will be back in a moment. Your sister and brother went out on the street to play. ”

The mother explained them to her daughter one by one.

Reiko's home is still the kind of old-fashioned rural house built in the seventies of the last century:

The walls are made of adobe bricks, and the roof is made of cyan Qin tiles.

After entering the gate, the main room is a hall with a size of about 30 square meters.

On the left and right sides of the hall are side rooms.

The wing room on the left side of the hall is a large rectangular room, about 40 square meters, which is the parents' bedroom and utility room;

The right wing is the same size as the left wing, and it is also 40 square meters, but there is an extra wooden wall in the middle, which divides it into two.

Of the two small rooms, one was originally Reiko's bedroom, and the other was the bedroom of the younger siblings.

After Reiko went out to work, her younger brother and sister slept in one room each.

At the back of the hall, there is a door across the main wall, and on the left is a three-in-one livestock pen with pigs, chickens, and cows.

There is also a lot of firewood piled up outside the breeding pen.

On the opposite side of the breeding pen, on the right side of the house, there is a five-square-meter kitchen.

The kitchen has a stove, a large water tank, a flat pole, a bucket and furniture.

Needless to say, it's a place for rural people to stir-fry, cook, and pile up miscellaneous things.

It's been a long time since I've been home, and since I entered the house, Reiko has looked at this familiar and slightly strange home with mixed feelings:

The Eight Immortals table placed against the back wall of the hall house, I don't know how many years it has used, and the wood has turned black.

The four benches placed around the four sides of the table were also like the Eight Immortals Table, and the wood began to turn black.

The wooden walls on all four sides of the hall and the door frames and door panels leading to the kitchen room and the wings on both sides are also old blackened wood;

There is also the old unpainted wooden cabinet on the right wall of the hall, and even the legs of the cabinet are a little tilted.

Finally, Reiko's gaze fell on the TV set placed on the old wooden cabinet.

It was a black-and-white television set produced in the 80s of the last century, which is at least 30 years old, and it has long been unable to watch TV.

However, my parents were reluctant to throw it away!

Alas, poor people, take waste as treasure!

Looking at the shabby family background, Reiko felt a gloomy sadness and sadness in her heart!

"Mom, are the dumplings wrapped?"

After looking at the poor family background, in order not to affect her mother's emotions, Reiko collected her bitter thoughts and began to chat with her mother.

Reiko clearly remembers that when she didn't go out to work in the past, every Dragon Boat Festival, she would make zongzi with her mother, and now her family is poor, but recalling her childhood life still aroused Reiko's interest in making zongzi.

"Oh, the rice dumplings at home, they were all packed yesterday! Come, you see, the tea eggs are also cooked. Just waiting for you to come back for the holidays! ”

The mother didn't know what was going on with her daughter, so she happily put the fruit that her daughter brought back on the table of the Eight Immortals.

"Reiko, do you want to eat two zongzi and tea eggs first?"

After putting away the things, the mother looked at the eldest daughter affectionately.

"Don't eat it, let's eat together at noon."

Reiko also put down the suitcase in her hand.

Then he crouched down, unzipped his suitcase with a "hiss", and then pulled something out in the same way:

"Mom, this is the brain platinum and bird's nest that I bought for you; These are two bottles of 'Erguotou' and two 'cloud smokes' for my father, a skirt and two shirts for my sister, two cow pants, two shirts and a schoolbag for my younger brother; Oh, this is the 'Moutai' wine and 'Chinese' cigarettes that Aunt Wang and Mayor Wang gave to my father from the owner of the house where I was a nanny. ”

"Ouch, you say, Mayor Wang and Aunt Wang, really sent such good cigarettes and wine to your father? How can we afford this? ”

Although when she was in the car yesterday, Reiko told her parents on the phone that Aunt Wang and Mayor Wang had given her father Moutai wine and Chinese cigarettes, but now when she saw the gifts given by Mayor Wang and his wife, Reiko's mother was so excited that her eyes widened and her speech trembled a little.

"Yes. This is what Aunt Wang and Mayor Wang sent! ”

Reiko nodded proudly and said, "They also said that I must say hello to you, my father, and our family on their behalf!" ”

"Ouch, such a big favor! How can we repay it? ”

Mom was so happy that tears came out of her eyes.

She wiped her tears with the back of her hand and said:

"And what will we give them when you go back? That's a big leader, right? Isn't it bigger than our county magistrate? ”

"Much more than the county magistrate! The mayor of the provincial capital can manage multiple counties! ”

Reiko continued to answer in a proud tone, as if she had also been touched by the glory of the Wang family.

"Oh, what do you see, tomorrow you go back, what will we send to Mayor Wang's family?"

Thinking of returning the gift, my mother was really anxious.

"Look at you. Mom, don't worry, the mayor's house has everything; As for us, we don't have to send anything. I'll just bring you what you mean! ”

Reiko comforted her mother, and then asked:

"Is lunch ready?"

"Well, when your dad comes back, just fry two vegetables. Chicken, duck, fish and meat, it was all done yesterday; Zongzi and tea eggs are also readily available. You're back now, but you're a guest at home. Just eat ready-made. ”

The mother looked at the eldest daughter lovingly.

Well, judging from her height, although Reiko has not changed much from when she went out to work, her skin has obviously turned whiter, her face has also grown beautiful, and she is wearing it, but she is much more foreign than before she went out!

"Reiko, come, you drink saliva."

The mother happily looked at her daughter and poured her a glass of cold boiled water.

After a while, Reiko's father returned.

One glance saw that he had come back from the ground.

In his hand, the basket was filled with greens, beans, eggplants, and green peppers.

Moreover, the vegetables in the basket are still stained with drips of dew.

"Daddy——!"

Seeing her father enter the door, Reiko called affectionately, and stepped forward to take the basket from her father's hand.

"Oh, Reiko, you're home! Yesterday I sat in the car for a day and stayed in the county for a night, it was very hard, right? ”

The father looked at his daughter kindly, then took out a pack of cheap cigarettes, habitually took out one and put it in his mouth, took out a lighter and lit it.

"Dad, today is the Dragon Boat Festival, don't smoke that cheap cigarette!"

Reiko saw that her father was still smoking cigarettes for three or four yuan a pack, and her heart was faintly sour.

She handed the basket to her mother, then walked briskly to the table, picked up one of the two "Chinese" cigarettes that the mayor's wife had given her hand yesterday morning, and prepared to tear open the package and give it to her father to smoke.

It's just that Reiko has never smoked a cigarette and has never opened an entire cigarette.

She didn't know how to tear the whole cigarette, so she tossed around for a while and didn't tear the plastic paper on the package.

"Oh, Reiko, how can Dad smoke such a good cigarette? You bought it?! ”

The father saw that his daughter was holding a "Chinese" cigarette in her hand, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop her daughter from unpacking the "Chinese" cigarette.

"Your daughter is out now! This cigarette was given to you by the leader of the family where she was a nanny, that is, the mayor of the provincial capital, Mayor Wang and his wife! They also sent you two bottles of 'Moutai' wine! ”

At this time, the mother, who was preparing a stir-fry in the kitchen, proudly answered for her daughter.

"What, the mayor and his wife sent me cigarettes and alcohol? This—this—Reiko, this—really? ”

Reiko's father is a farmer, and he has been honest all his life.

Now when he heard that the mayor and his wife in the provincial capital gave him cigarettes and alcohol, he couldn't believe it at all.

"Yes, yes. Dad, I also bought you two 'cloud smokes' and two bottles of Beijing 'Erguotou'! ”

Reiko replied happily and slightly proudly to her father as she pointed to the 'cloud smoke' and 'second pot head' on the old cabinet by the wall.

"Reiko, you—you won't ——?"

Looking at his daughter's excited expression, looking at the "Chinese" cigarettes, Moutai and the tobacco and alcohol on the cabinet, the father seemed to have some suspicions.

He looked at his daughter in a daze and said:

"Yesterday, you called my bank card for 10,000 yuan, I went to check it, and it has arrived. You- where did you get all this money? ”

The father looked at his daughter suspiciously.

Yes! The night before, Reiko called her uncle's house and asked her uncle to bring the phone to her home so that her father could answer the phone.

Reiko told her father on the phone that she had transferred 10,000 yuan to his bank card.

10,000 yuan???

Reiko has only been out to work for half a year, and she transfers two to three thousand yuan to her home every month, how can she transfer ten thousand yuan this time?

Could it be that Reiko will ——? outside?

Listening to Reiko's phone call, the old couple was stunned at that time!

They are worried that their daughter will go out in a crooked way in order to make money, and she will ......

After Uncle Reiko left, the two of them also discussed that when Reiko returns home today, they must be carefully interrogated!

Now, listening to Reiko's father asking about the source of Reiko's money, her mother was reminded, so she came out of the kitchen and asked:

"Yes, Reiko, you went out to work for less than a year, how did you make so much money?"

"Ouch——, don't worry! My money is neither stolen nor robbed, it is earned above board! Now, shall we eat first? I'll tell you when I'm done. ”

Reiko replied calmly to her parents.

"Okay, then ——, Reiko, can that, 'China' cigarettes be returned? Also, those two bottles of 'Moutai' wine, Dad can't afford to smoke such high-end cigarettes, let alone drink such high-end wine, the family has to spend money! ”

Reiko's father looked at his daughter and said what he thought.

"Dad, you've lived for decades, and you've never smoked or drunk such a good wine. Today, you make an exception to smoke a good cigarette and drink a good drink! All right? ”

Reiko continued to open the "Chinese" cigarette.

"No, no, can't be opened! Daddy is going to smoke the 'cloud smoke' you bought today! It's just smoking 'cloud smoke', for your father, it's already a foreign meat! ”

Reiko's father resolutely protected the "China" in his hand and refused to let his daughter tear the package again.

He also muttered to himself: "At home, I'm waiting for the money!" ”

Anxious to get money at home?

Didn't I just transfer 10,000 yuan home yesterday? Why do you say that the family is in a hurry to use the money now?

Is there anything unspeakable about this?

"Dad, isn't there, what's going on at home?"

Reiko asked worriedly and frightened.

"Hey, Reiko, it's not a big deal, let's eat, let's talk about it after eating."

Mom said as she went back to the kitchen to stir-fry.

Well, looking at it like this, my parents must have something important to hide from me!

Looking at the strange expressions of her parents, an ominous premonition hit Reiko's heart.

Reiko walked into the kitchen with a heavy heart and saw her mother sitting on the shabby bamboo chair with her head bowed and choosing vegetables.

In the cowpen, pigs, and chickens next to it, the only old cow in the family was lazily lying on a pile of straw napping;

After seeing Reiko enter the kitchen, the two white pigs with black hair immediately rushed to the side of the bullpen with four eyes staring at Reiko and begging her for food;

Reiko walked up to her mother and asked carefully:

"Mom, what's going on at home?"

"Nothing happened. Reiko, don't worry, we'll talk slowly after eating, okay? ”

Mom raised her eyes to look at Reiko.

In the mother's eyes, there is obviously an element of pathos.

"Ouch, Mom - you're going to kill me! What the hell is going on? ”

Reiko reached out and grabbed her mother's hand as she was choosing vegetables.

Only then did my mother stop what she was doing, sighed softly and said:

"Somehow, your sister Yingzi has chronic nephritis."

"Chronic nephritis ——?"

Reiko looked at her mother in astonishment:

"Yingzi, how can you get nephritis?"

"Who knows? Last week, during class, the teacher saw that she was not in good spirits, so she came to visit our home. In those days, your father and I also found that Yingzi has always been unenergetic recently, and her body is still a little swollen.

Your father took her to the county hospital for an examination, and then he learned that she had nephritis, saying that it was high in urine protein, low in blood red cells or something, alas, I can't tell.

The hospital told your dad that if you don't get treatment, Yingzi's illness will be serious, and she will get uremia, and it will develop to renal insufficiency, kidney failure, and will ——! ”

At this, Mom's voice choked up.

"Is it so serious?"

Reiko muttered to herself, her heart sank, and her face turned blue with anxiety.