Chapter 7: The Dusty Past
Lin An opened the dilapidated wooden door that had been eaten by insects, and saw a beautiful woman standing outside the door.
The woman saw the tall Lin An, a bright color flashed in her round apricot eyes, and she didn't know if it was because the weather was too cold, or for other reasons, her cheeks still had two flushes, and the skin was more delicate and fair.
"Brother Lin, you're back. ”
"Yuan Zhiqing?" Lin An looked indifferent: "Is there something wrong?"
Yuan Xin's smile was a little lighter, but her voice was soft: "I came to find Wanning, I have something to give her." ”
Hearing her name, even though she was reluctant, Xu Wanning still walked to the door quickly.
Seeing Yuan Xin, the expression on her face was the same as Lin An's: "What is it?"
Yuan Xin rummaged through the pockets of her maroon woolen coat for a while before handing a neatly folded remittance slip to Xu Wanning.
"I was on my way to town and happened to run into the postman, so I'll help you get it back. ”
Xu Wanning opened it and looked at it, confirming that it was sent from the capital by her original father.
Yuan Xin rubbed his hands that were frozen red, put them to his mouth and sighed, and a circle of white mist instantly appeared, "It's really cold this day, after walking so far, I feel like my feet are about to lose consciousness." ”
Xu Wanning heard Yuan Xin's voice, glanced at Lin An sideways, and saw that he didn't say anything, so she turned sideways and said to Yuan Xin: "Please run this trip for me, come in and drink a cup of hot water, warm up and go back." ”
"This ......" Yuan Xin hesitated a little: "Won't it be too troublesome?"
Lin An silently moved to the side and let the door out: "Come in." ”
"That's a nuisance. Yuan Xin smiled shyly and entered the door.
Xu Wanning plugged in the deadbolt with her hand, deliberately taking a step behind.
Looking at the two figures, one in front and one behind, Xu Wanning sighed heavily in her heart.
What is to come is to come.
Yuan Xin is the heroine in the book.
After the two children were sold and Lin's mother was poisoned again, Lin An fell into a desperate and helpless situation.
The two have been together for decades.
When Xu Wanning first read this book, she felt the deep affection between the male and female protagonists.
There is no earth-shattering romance, only the companionship of a long stream, which is precisely the epitome of most couples in this era.
It's just that now, she occupies the body of her original body, and she can no longer look at the upcoming relationship between the two as a bystander.
And her filter for the heroine was also broken the moment Lin An rushed back all night.
Because Xu Wanning knew that the person who wrote the anonymous letter to Lin An was Yuan Xin, the heroine in the book.
From the perspective of readers and Lin An, there is no problem with Yuan Xin's move.
But Xu Wanning, as a party concerned, obviously thinks more.
Although Dajiang Village is not far from Lin An's unit, the timeliness of correspondence is very slow now, how did Yuan Xin know that Xu Wanning would sell her two children in the near future?
It's scary to think about!
After Xu Wanning straightened out her thoughts, she walked into the hall with a cup of boiling water with white sugar.
Lin An was not there.
Yuan Xin sat on the stool, took out two fruit candies from his pocket, and handed them to Da Chun and his sister, "Na, Auntie invites you to eat candy." ”
Sister Da Chun shook her head at the same time, and said in unison: "Thank you, Auntie, we can't ask for the candy you give." ”
The smile on Yuan Xin's face stiffened for a moment, and the corner of his eye glanced at the neat stack of toffee candy wrappers at the corner of the table, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Also, fruit candy is not as delicious as toffee." ”
This sounds really satisfying!
When I read the book before, why didn't I think the heroine was so green tea?
Xu Wanning put the sugar water in front of Yuan Xin and said with a light smile: "I have taught children that you can't accept gifts from others for no reason. They listen to me, and they are too young to know how to be flexible, so don't mind. ”
"No, no, no. Yuan Xin hurriedly waved his hand: "The way you educate children is very special. ”
Xu Wanning smiled, sat down next to Mother Lin, and arranged the rags for her.
For a moment, there was silence in the vast space.
Yuan Xin looked towards the door from time to time, but the figure she was thinking about never appeared.
And the silence in the room also made her uncomfortable, so she got up to say goodbye.
"I'll send you. ”
Out of the hall, Yuan Xin suddenly said: "When are you going to pick up the package? Do you want me to accompany you? Otherwise, it will be freezing in this cold day, and it will be inconvenient for you to be alone." ”
Xu Wanning refused directly without thinking about it: "No, it just so happens that Lin An is at home during this time, I'll just let him accompany me." ”
"I'm already bothering you today, I'm embarrassed to let you accompany me anymore. ”
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At night, Xu Wanning lit a kerosene lamp and wrote and painted in the dim light.
The original body has a habit that every time money and packages are sent from home, she will record them one by one.
Xu Wanning had just finished recording and was about to put the pen away, when a bony hand suddenly reached out in front of her.
On top of that, he still has a stack of tickets in his hand.
"This is the allowance for these two months, and the allowance for the mission, I used part of it, and there are one hundred and thirty-four yuan left, all here. ”
There are bits and pieces, looking at a thick pile.
Xu Wanning didn't shirk either, took it, and put all the banknotes in a locked iron box in front of Lin An.
Then, while Lin An was not paying attention, she put the iron box into the space again.
There is no safer place than space.
"What time do you leave tomorrow?"
Lin An's voice suddenly came from behind him: "Didn't you say that I would accompany you to the town to pick up the package?"
It turned out that the conversation between her and Yuan Xin was actually heard by him.
Hearing this, Xu Wanning was not hypocritical.
The winter in Hei Province is cold, and the ground is almost covered with a layer of ice ballast, and the distance from Dajiang Village to the town is not short, and it is indeed unsafe for one person.
"I'll go tomorrow after breakfast, otherwise it's been delayed for a long time, and my mother and children's lunch will not be settled. ”
Xu Wanning thought in her heart, after going to the black market a few more times and saving a sum of money, she would find a way to change a bicycle ticket, otherwise it would be too troublesome every time she walked barefoot to the town.
As soon as this thought came to mind, Xu Wanning hammered his head hard.
Bicycle!
When she and Lin An got married, Lin's mother almost emptied the family's savings and bought her a bicycle as a bride price!
And now, not surprisingly, that bike is at Gu Jun's!
Xu Wanning gritted her teeth and rattled.
The sins done by the original body have to be repaid by her!
The next morning, after Xu Wanning had breakfast, she went to the Educated Youth Institute alone.