Life: XIX
Shi Qiu didn't expect to meet her sister Shi Juan in such a situation, the younger sister in her memory who was dressed up and flying and domineering had completely changed her appearance at this time.
Shi Juan now looks very thin, or has gone through a lot of hardships, at first glance she looks a few years older than Shi Qiu, after seeing Shi Qiu, she covered her eyes with her sleeves and cried for a long time before she pounced on Shi Qiu and said, "Sister, I finally found you." ”
Sister A, Shi Qiu also burst into tears, after all, there are not many people in this world who have a blood relationship with her. Although her uncle's family robbed her winery at that time, when Shi Qiu returned to Huainan many years ago, she knew that they had been punished, and her father and mother were not harmed by her uncle's family after all, and she would never feel happy when she saw her uncle's family die.
Besides, people have reached middle age, and when they were teenagers, they had no more competitive heart for a silk flower and a dress, Shi Qiu looked at Shi Juan's current appearance, and also felt sad, so she grabbed her and asked, "How did you become like this?" What about my uncle? What about Auntie? ”
After asking this sentence, Shi Qiu regretted it a little, thinking of when Aunt Sun told her before, she clearly said that Shi Juan was helpless and outcast because she had no mother's family and was kicked out by her husband, and now she asked this again, as if she had pulled out the scar in Shi Juan's heart.
Shi Juan cried with a whimper: "They died a few years ago, my father was sick, my mother jumped into the well, and you are the only one left among the relatives I know." ”
Shi Qiu's eyes were red, knowing that Shi Juan had tasted hardships because of her arrogance, and was driven back by her first husband's family, and later married to her husband who was originally assigned to Shi Qiu by her greedy father, when Shi Qiu and Su Zhi returned to Huainan, although Shi Juan was a concubine, but her life was fine, why was she driven out in a blink of an eye?
Looking at Shi Qiu's puzzled eyes, Shi Juan then cried: "The man who lost his conscience was so lazy that he lost all his family's property, and the children and women in the yard couldn't afford to feed them, so he drove everyone out." I originally had two daughters, and he sold the eldest one, and I don't know where he sold his daughters? I searched all over Huainan but didn't find it, I was really desperate, so I thought about taking my little daughter to find my sister, whether I could find it or not, it could be regarded as a hope. I have searched many places, inquired about many people, but there is no news of you, a while ago there was a heavy snowfall, the child got a cold, has been sick until now is not well, we are hungry to go to the street to steal the buns, is really desperate. Saying that, Shi Juan cried more and more sadly.
Shi Qiu took her sister's hand, got into the carriage with her and the child, and when she went to the house, she first asked Aunt Sun and the mother-in-law in the kitchen to prepare a table full of meals, knowing that Shi Juan could also drink, and took out two jars of wine that she brewed many years ago.
Shi Qiu comforted Shi Juan: "Now that you have arrived in Liangcheng and found me, just stay." ”
Shi Juan took a few mouthfuls of food into her mouth, and the tears fell again, "I won't eat my sister's sister for nothing, many years ago, my father robbed you of your things, and we have had enough of the lesson, in the past few years, I have learned everything from laundry, cooking, sewing, and mending, even some labor can be done, I just hope that my sister will help cure my daughter for the sake of our blood and family, and I will be content with everything." ”
"Yes." Shi Qiu said comfortingly: "Even your daughter and my niece, I have already asked Aunt Sun to ask the best doctor in the city, my illness has been seen by this old doctor for so many years, the medical skills are very amazing, you can rest mind first." ”
Shi Juan raised the sleeve of the coarse cloth and wiped her tears, the emotions in her heart calmed down, she was a little guilty, she didn't dare to raise her eyes to look at Shi Qiu, she lowered her head and said: "When I was a child, I always liked to rob your things, I was squeamish and unreasonable, in fact, I looked for you all the way, I just wanted to have a hope, I was looking forward to finding you, but I was afraid that after seeing you, you would taunt me and scold me for deserving it, if that was the case, I really felt that I had lived enough, but it was a pity that the child was still young, and he was on such a father who had no conscience, is still suffering with my unproductive mother. ”
After listening to Shi Juan's words, Shi Qiu was silent for a moment, opened his heart and said frankly: "Actually, I have resented my uncle and I have also resented you, but as the days go by, I have lost a lot of things and learned a lot of truths. When you were a child, you never listened to me, and did everything according to your own preferences, and now that you have suffered enough, I can imagine what kind of life you have lived to grind your temper to the way it is now. At the moment, I can only tell you, if you treat me as a sister, then I will also treat you as a sister, but I am not a rotten and kind person, people get along with each other, can you understand? ”
Shi Juan looked ashamed and nodded, "I understand what Sister A's means, I've gone through so much, if I don't understand this truth until now, I wouldn't be worthy of being a person." ”
"What are your plans for the future?" Shi Qiu asked carefully: "You don't have to worry too much about Wang Er, if you don't want to, I'll go and discuss with him, I heard that Wang Er is a real person, and he can pay back him twice the money he spent, and he shouldn't be entangled." ”
After listening to Shi Qiu's words, Shi Juan shook her head, "Although he is not good-looking, and he won't say anything good, but Sister, I can feel that he is a good person." Although the doctor he hired was not the best, he also spent all his money, and he really wanted to help me, and he also really wanted to save my daughter. Sister may think that the money he spent is double, triple, or quadruple, which is not a large amount in your eyes, but when you think that Sister Ah has also lived a poor life, and knows that if a person only has that little money, he is willing to pay it out for you, then it is all his sincerity. ”
At the end, Shi Juan repeated again, "He is a good person, if you really count it, I have been married twice, and I have a daughter, I should not be worthy of him, he has treated me very well in the past few days, although the food and clothing are still shabby, but at least the family eats the same and wears the same." I have been exiled for so many years, I have been bullied a lot, I am very relieved to be with him, I feel like a leaf floating and taking root, glory and wealth have been tasted in this life, and the rest of my life is good to be down-to-earth, the only concern at the moment, except for the eldest daughter who is missing, is the illness of the younger daughter. ”
Shi Qiu listened, feeling both sour and panicked in his heart, and relieved that Shi Juan was now sensible, and comforted: "The child's illness will be fine, my daughter can't find it, we asked the businessmen who are in a hurry to inquire around, and the days are getting better, I am very happy, seeing that people are middle-aged, they can still meet their sister in this pass." ”
Shi Juan took Shi Qiu's hand, "I didn't expect that I would be able to meet you in this life, if I had been put before, I would never have thought that when I was in trouble, it would be my sister who had been bullying me since I was a child." ”
Speaking of when he was a child, Shi Qiu's eyes were red and he smiled. "You still don't hold grudges, when you were a child, you couldn't compare to me in your homework, and you couldn't beat me in kicking the shuttlecock, and I was always so angry that I cried."
Shi Juan also smiled, "At that time, my mother obviously taught me that I was not allowed to learn from Sister A, saying that Sister A daughter's house revolves around the wine vat all day long, and the female red does not look good, but it is the fastest way to climb trees." ”
As soon as he heard this, Shi Qiu held his stomach and laughed non-stop, and told Shi Juan: "Don't mention these words in front of your brother-in-law, otherwise he will laugh at me every time he quarrels." ”
Although Shi Juan was smoothed out, when Shi Qiu said this, when she was a child, the two sisters quarreled and threatened: "I have a basket here, see if you dare to be angry with me in the future." ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, don't dare."
Shi Qiu deliberately admitted his mistake again and again, the two of them looked at each other, and they laughed heartily, and even the child next to him who was not in good health and had no mental head gnawed on a chicken leg and showed a smiling face.
After a long absence, Shi Shiqiu followed the groom into the car and sent Shi Juan's mother and daughter home.
When I arrived at the door of Wang Er's house, I found that Wang Er, who was originally chopping wood, seemed to have stopped his movements for a long time, and had been squatting at the door looking at the bend of the road.
Seeing the carriage coming slowly, Wang Er seemed a little surprised, quickly got up from the ground, threw away the stick in his hand, and looked at the curtain of the carriage that was about to be lifted with anticipation.
Shi Qiu sent people here, didn't go in again, watched Shi Juan follow Wang Er into the courtyard, Wang Er's mother saw Shi Juan come back, the water scooped in the water scoop spilled out, holding the water scoop and constantly lifting the sleeves, wiping the dim old eyes, originally thought that his son had finally got a daughter-in-law, spent all the money, and was about to disappear again in a blink of an eye, who knows if it was just a false alarm, or a reunion.
Shi Qiu didn't rush back home in the carriage, but went to the old doctor's hospital around the corner, left the money, and gave some careful advice before relieving himself and returning home.
When he arrived at the door of the house, Shi Qiu found that he didn't have a man who was in a hurry to draw circles on the ground, but it was Zhiwen and Su Zhi, a young man and a half, who were standing at the door, watching Shi Qiu come back.
Shi Qiu arrived at the door, looked at the two of them and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
Su Zhi smiled and didn't speak, and the executive next to him quickly explained: "My father-in-law heard that my mother's domineering sister is coming, if my mother doesn't come back after a quarter of an hour, the two of us will rush over to administer justice to my mother." ”