Chapter 73: Persuasion
Mrs. Zhang has long had this meaning, although she still vaguely remembers the address and location of the Song family, but after all, it is already a memory from a long time ago, and it has long been vague and unclear, if you follow the memory to find someone, I am afraid that it will take a lot of twists and turns in the middle, it is better to let the person who knows the way take herself and Fang Tian over.
So Mrs. Zhang reported to the Song family.
When the village woman heard this, her face changed.
It is a coincidence, the lady who came up to talk is surnamed Song, who is a native of this village, and is also one of Ah Xiu's clansmen, she also grew up watching Ah Xiu, and she knows all the grievances that the girl has suffered, and it is precisely because she knows that she wants to be upset for Ah Xiu.
Song took Mrs. Zhang and Fang Tian through the village together, she stared at her, and while walking, she complained to the two outsiders behind her about Ah Xiu's adoptive mother: she really thought that she was kind to Ah Xiu, in fact, what kind of thing is she, if it weren't for Ah Xiu's kindness over the years, she was afraid that their mother and son would not survive after she left, so she stayed in this house to take care of them, presumably their mother and son had already starved to death and froze to death, they just saw that Ah Xiu was kind and easy to handle, so she was so presumptuous! ”
The more Song said, the more he didn't mention Ah Xiu, the more angry he was at the injustice that Ah Xiu's adoptive mother had done to her over the years, and in the end, when he said that he was angry, he kicked the stone under his feet.
Fang Tian followed behind the two of them, frowning slightly, looking at Song's indignant appearance, she vaguely seemed to be able to understand why Ah Xiu's adoptive mother would treat Ah Xiu like that, with such a fellow villager and such a relative, presumably even if she wanted to treat Ah Xiu well, she might not dare.
Without Ah Xiu, their mother and son probably won't be able to survive.
Song took Mrs. Zhang and Fang Tian to turn left and right, walked through the middle of the narrow path, and walked for a while before arriving at the place, she pointed to a low bungalow and said to Mrs. Zhang that this is Ah Xiu's home, at this moment Ah Xiu should have gone out to sell female red products, and the only people at home should be her younger brother and the sick and mean adoptive mother.
Song looked at the ordinary farmhouse courtyard, with disdain in his eyes, and whispered to Mrs. Zhang: "This house was still a dilapidated house two years ago, if it weren't for Ah Xiu's smart and capable family, and saved up the money to renovate the house, I'm afraid this place would have become a ruin a long time ago." ”
Although her words had already lowered her voice, and Fang Tian was also a long distance away, she had always been at the tip of her ears, so she could naturally hear Song's voice clearly, and she could hear the disdain in her words.
As if she had cleared some tricks, Fang Tian only felt that the seven points she was not sure of when she came had risen to ten points, and she was now completely sure that she could persuade Ah Xiu's adoptive mother to agree to a good thing for Ah Xiu and her brother.
The three of them stood together in front of the door and waited for a while, and then someone pushed the door out and asked who they were looking for.
The one who pushed the door out was a young boy, his body age looked about the same as Lin Xiao who Fang Tian raised at home, and even younger than him, maybe it was because their family's life was not easy, but because Ah Xiu was always controlling and taking care of him, the child was far less precocious than Lin Xiao.
Grievances and hatred are all things between adults, children are young, these things have nothing to do with them, and the Song family also knows this clearly, and puts on an amiable smile at the children: "Ah Ming, your mother is not at home, these two are guests from the next village, saying that they came here to talk to your mother about things, and your mother is inconvenient to see her now?" ”
Zhou Ming frowned slightly, shouted to the room, and only allowed the people outside to enter the door.
While welcoming the guests into the door, he frowned and glared at Song fiercely, obviously hearing what Song had just said about his mother, and now he was very angry and angry, Song felt embarrassed, and casually found a reason to leave.
Fang Tian followed Mrs. Zhang into the inner room, and finally saw the true face of the much-discussed woman in the dim light, it was a very thin and haggard woman, her face was as pale as rice paper, but her eyes were very bright, leaning on the bed obliquely, frowning slightly.
Mrs. Zhang has lived for many years, and her life depends on looking at people's faces and being able to argue, she immediately put on a smile and amiable appearance when she saw Zhou, and said to Lin: "Sister, I haven't come to see you for a long time, how are you doing, are you okay?" ”
Lin was as mean and rude as rumored, tilting his chin and face, and directly interrupted Mrs. Zhang's words: "I don't remember that my mother once gave birth to such a sister for me, and I have never been helped by a sister like you, if you have any words, just say it directly." ”
Mrs. Zhang was speechless for a while, showing an embarrassed and polite smile, she couldn't help but think of the old days, when she came to the Song family to say goodbye to Ah Xiu instead of a certain family, the Lin family also had such a face, and she interrupted her words without hesitation and rudeness, at that time she was still young and didn't know how to deal with this situation, it was very embarrassing.
It's different now, she said that the media has been talking for so many years, and now she has already cultivated a pair of steel and glass hearts, even if Lin is so vicious, she still has a smile on her face.
"It's normal that you don't remember me, after all, the two of us have met once, and we all blame me for having a good memory and remembering too much, let me introduce to you, my surname is Zhang, I am a matchmaker, this girl's surname is Tian'er, she is a girl from a neighboring village, and the two of us came to talk to you today, just for your daughter's marriage."
They deliberately chose the time when Ah Xiu was not at home to persuade themselves to come, and Lin realized this, and his face changed slightly.
The already dull and depressing atmosphere in the room became more and more depressing, and the still air and awkward atmosphere could be felt even by the not very sensible Song Zhouming.
He glanced at his mother worriedly, thinking that she had such an attitude and look, she must be angry and angry again in a while, her body has not been very good, if she is angry and angry, it must be her own body that will be hurt, how can I make my mother not so angry?
Song Zhouming's eyebrows tightened more and more, he recalled that when he used to make his mother happy, he was either helping to cook and laundry, or helping to clean the house, now that the guests are here, it is better to make tea for the guests himself, if his mother sees his sensible appearance, he will definitely be very happy!
If you want to do it, Song Zhou Mingfeng ran to the door, but was stopped by Lin halfway: "What are you going to do?" ”
Song Zhouming stared at his little shoes, and replied without raising his head: "In the past, if there were guests at home, my sister would make a pot of tea for the guests to drink, and I also wanted to make tea for the guests." ”
Fang Tian stood closest to him, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but think of Lin Xiao, who was precocious in his own family, and he couldn't help but bend his eyebrows.
Fang Tian half-lowered his body and gently rubbed Song Zhouming's head on his side, and said with a smile: "Don't bother, we just came to talk to your mother about something, we won't sit for a long time, you are so young, making tea is not something you should do as a child, what if you accidentally burn your hand?" ”
Song Zhouming raised his little face to look at Fang Tian's expression, even if he was still young at this moment, he was not very able to understand the twists and turns between adults, but he would look at the faces of others, the smile on Fang Tian's face was obviously a true smile from the heart, not like those people in the village, nor like the woman who said bad things about her mother at the door of her own house, she was really gentle.
"But usually if there are guests come to the house, my sister will make tea for the guests, my sister said that this is etiquette, then I must keep it, my mother is sick now and can't get out of bed to go to the kitchen to make tea for the guests, naturally I have to go, as for whether the tea is hot or not, I will be careful."
The child's promise can not be taken seriously, Fang Tian smiled and saw Song Zhouming's insistence at this moment, so he didn't say more, rolled his eyes, and said to Mrs. Zhang: "Why don't you go and help the child make tea, I just have two or three words to say to Mrs. Song." ”
Mrs. Zhang's eyes widened, she was very surprised, thinking that her reputation had been resounding in this area for so many years, and only others had ever honored her and respected her, and now Xia Tian actually asked her to make tea with this little hairy child, what does this mean?
Mrs. Zhang was angry, Fang Tian approached her and said something in her ear, the anger on her skin was like the dark clouds in the sky being blown away by the breeze, and she actually started to laugh again, she took Song Zhouming's hand and walked outside.
Lin Shi, who was reclining on the bed, looked at Fang Tian silently, his eyes were surprised.
Although she didn't recognize Mrs. Zhang's face, she had heard of this reputation, after all, Mrs. Zhang was one of the most famous matchmakers in this area, and there were countless people who wanted to please her in order to get a good marriage for her children.
"I remember that among my relatives, there was no one surnamed Fang who dared to ask the girl why she came and who she came for."
Fang Tian made it herself, there was cold tea on the table, and she poured herself a cup: "I'm here for Sister Axiu's marriage." ”
Lin's face showed complicated emotions, and she remembered that when Ah Xiu came home to talk to her about her marriage that day, she talked about the name of the man who proposed to her, what was the name Lin had forgotten, and only remembered his surname Fang.
Lin looked at Fang Tian with a pale face, the cold eyes did not frighten Fang Tian for half a minute, her old god was saying: "The person who proposed to Sister Axiu a few days ago was my brother, called Fang Gang, it is said that after Miss Axiu went home and told you about this matter that day, she got your strong objection, and even was scolded and cried by you?" ”
"It does." Lin clenched the corners of the quilt, and his face was not ashamed, "After she came back and told me about the matter, my reply to her was that she didn't want to marry unless I died." ”
Lin gritted her teeth, thinking of her deceased husband and young son, she put down her cruel words with her face: "You don't have to persuade me here, I will never agree to the matter between the two of them, if Ah Xiu wants to get married, unless I die here, if she dares to disobey me, she insists on marrying your brother, and I will die at her wedding." ”
When Lin spoke, the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were full of fierceness, making people have no doubt about the authenticity of her words.
Fang Tian looked at the vicious appearance she pretended to be, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Why are you bothered, persecuting Miss Axiu like this, aren't you afraid that she will give up on you directly because of annoyance, what good will it do you to persecute her like this." ”