Zhang Yuanchun was stunned for a long time, and then replied leisurely: "Didn't I make an appointment with him to go to school together when school started last time?" I don't think I'll be able to go, so I'll talk to him in advance. ”

"Did he tell you anything?"

"He ......" Zhang Yuanchun hesitated for a moment, and then leaned into Zhang Yingchun's ear and whispered: "I tell you, you must not tell others, including my mother." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Yingchun nodded excitedly.

"Li Ran said that he helped me pay my tuition and asked me to go to school with him."

"Ah...... He helps you pay your tuition? Where did he get the money? Zhang Yingchun looked surprised and almost screamed.

"He said that he would go to the cage himself, catch the loach and yellow eel, and sell it for money, and give me the money when he sold it." As he spoke, Zhang Yuanchun's voice became inexplicably excited.

"Then Li Ran, does his father know?"

"I don't know."

"If he knew, would he agree?"

"I don't know."

"Hey, I don't know, so can he do what he said?" Zhang Yingchun said a little disappointed.

"Li Ran said that he was a man, and he wanted to protect me. He also said that what a man has said must be done. As he spoke, Zhang Yuanchun's big eyes shone with excitement.

This night, Zhang Yuanchun slept very sweetly and fell asleep happily. She dreamed of herself, of her father, of Li Ran, of what Li Ran had said to her.

Early the next morning, before the night had completely faded, Zhang Yuanchun tiptoed up and got dressed. She glanced back and saw that her grandmother and two younger sisters were sleeping deeply, so she gently pushed the door and walked out.

The mother's room was also quiet, and there was not a single sound. Zhang Yuanchun gently pulled the bolt of the door, turned around, and gently closed the door, and then walked out of the house with confidence.

The morning breeze mixed with the overnight dew blew on the face wet and itchy. Zhang Yuanchun walked on the country road with one shallow foot, nervous and scared, but also a little excited. In the rice paddy fields on the side of the road, a few frog calls are heard from time to time, big or small, long or short. The nearly half-meter-high rice is densely packed together, and the breeze blows, making a rustling sound.

Zhang Yuanchun rarely went out so early. She couldn't help but stop, looked around, and her heart suddenly thumped. Yesterday afternoon, Li Ran said that he would get up early to collect the cage, and Zhang Yuanchun said that he would also come to help without thinking about it. Just looking at the silence around him, Zhang Yuanchun suddenly felt a little remorseful.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in front of the path, and then a figure faintly appeared. Zhang Yuanchun was suddenly nervous, and the sound of a puffy heartbeat seemed to suddenly reach his throat. She stood stunned, staring at the path with wide eyes.

"Is it Zhang Yuanchun?" The figure stopped abruptly and asked.

Hearing the voice, Zhang Yuanchun exhaled a long breath, and his nervous mood suddenly relaxed. She knew that the figure was Li Ran, and it was estimated that he must have come to pick her up. She answered cheerfully, and trotted to meet her.

The excitement of going out for the first time obviously made Zhang Yuanchun forget the existence of time. Until the sun rose, Zhang Yuanchun still followed Li Ran around, shuttling back and forth with a fish basket. Li Ran also seemed to be extremely excited, telling a joke from time to time, which made Zhang Yuanchun giggle and laugh.

It's just that at this time, Zhangjiakeng Village has exploded, and it has become a mess inside and out. It turned out that Lin Miaoxiang got up early in the morning and found that the bolt of her door had been opened, and what shocked Lin Miaoxiang even more was that her eldest daughter Zhang Yuanchun was nowhere to be found.

After the neighbors heard that Zhang Yuanchun had disappeared for no reason, they also helped Lin Miaoxiang find it together. Whether it is trees and shrubs, or ditches and ditches, all the corners and corners of the village have been searched, and no trace of Zhang Yuanchun has been found. Zhang Daqiang even rode a bicycle to find the vicinity of Liulang Mountain, but found nothing.

Lin Miaoxiang almost collapsed. She remembered the situation when Zhang Yuanchun's sisters fell into the water a few days ago, and she was suddenly trembling with fright and sat down on the ground. At this time, someone in the gathered crowd suggested that Zhang Yuanchun might have gone to the edge of the river.

When Lin Miaoxiang heard this, she immediately got up from the ground. She didn't care about wiping the tears from her face, and hurriedly ran to the river in the south of the village.

Lin Miaoxiang struggled to climb up the embankment of the river, panting heavily, and her face turned red. She glanced around, and her face suddenly changed. I saw a familiar little figure running around the fork in the embankment, and described it as very happy. Lin Miaoxiang didn't allow much thought, and ran towards the little figure in three steps and two steps.

"Zhang Yuanchun, you come over to me." Lin Miaoxiang's hoarse voice was a little angry.

Zhang Yuanchun squatted on the ground, trying to stuff a big yellow eel into the fish basket, and suddenly his mother's voice sounded in his ears. She was suddenly frightened, and the clip in her hand fell to the ground. The smooth yellow eel writhed quickly and disappeared into the water in the blink of an eye.

"Mom......" Zhang Yuanchun slowly stood up and looked back at his angry mother timidly.

"You damn girl, what do you want to do? How did you get here? You want to scare me to death? Why are you so ignorant that I don't feel at ease? Ah......" Lin Miaoxiang saw that Zhang Yuanchun was safe and sound, and her worry suddenly turned into anger, and she kept asking questions.

Zhang Yuanchun was obviously frightened by Lin Miaoxiang's actions. She stared blankly at her mother, muttering that she couldn't say a word.

Lin Miaoxiang saw that Zhang Yuanchun didn't say a word, and the anger in her heart became even greater. She walked up to Zhang Yuanchun suddenly, reached out and pulled Zhang Yuanchun, and slapped her ass hard.

Zhang Yuanchun suddenly cried out loud with a "wow", extremely aggrieved. Since he was a child, Zhang Yuanchun has never been slapped by his mother, let alone in front of his classmates.

Lin Miaoxiang saw Zhang Yuanchun crying, and her heart tightened. She couldn't help hugging Zhang Yuanchun tightly, and tears couldn't help but flow down.

"Auntie, I'm sorry. I asked Zhang Yuanchun to help me, don't beat her, if you want to beat you, hit me. A little boy's voice rang in her ears, and Lin Miaoxiang couldn't help but raise her head and glance at it.

Lin Miaoxiang knew Li Ran and knew that he was Zhang Yuanchun's classmate, but she didn't expect the two of them to run out to play in the water together, so she said angrily: "It's good that you want to come by yourself, why do you have to bring Yuanchun together?" ”

"Auntie, I'm sorry." Li Ran saw that Lin Miaoxiang was angry, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only apologize vigorously.

At this time, Zhang Yuanchun, who couldn't stop whimpering, suddenly raised his head and said intermittently: "Mom, don't blame classmate Li Ran, I took the initiative to come here today." ”

"Why are you running out for you? Why don't you know how to tell me when you go out? Lin Miaoxiang was still angry in her heart.

"Li Ran said that he wanted to catch fish to sell and give me tuition, so I came." Zhang Yuanchun swallowed in response.

"What?" Lin Miaoxiang seemed to be a little unconvinced of her ears, and couldn't help but ask rhetorically.

Only then did Zhang Yuanchun intermittently tell him about going to Li Ran yesterday afternoon, and finally emphasized that she took the initiative to ask for it.

Lin Miaoxiang understood what was going on, and her heart was suddenly moved. She hugged Zhang Yuanchun tightly and muttered: "No, no, mom won't let you drop out of school, definitely not, you have to believe mom." ”

Lin Miaoxiang saw that the two children in front of her were so sensible, and she was also distressed. After she comforted Zhang Yuanchun, she helped Li Ran put away the ground cage together, and then took Zhang Yuanchun home.

Seeing that Zhang Yuanchun was safe and sound, the people in the village gradually dispersed. Zhang Yuanchun saw that his mother had forgiven him, and he quickly returned to normalcy.

At noon, Lin Miaofeng rode a motorcycle under the scorching sun to Lin Miaoxiang's door. After parking the motorcycle, she walked into the house with a few bags of milk powder in her hand.

When Zhang Xichun saw Lin Miaofeng walking in, he immediately screamed happily and threw himself into Lin Miaofeng's arms with a shout. Lin Miaofeng hurriedly stretched out his hand and hugged her in his arms.

Zhang Yuanchun was teaching Zhang Tanchun to write, and when he saw his aunt Lin Miaofeng coming over with a big bag, he hurriedly got up and said hello. She saw that Zhang Xichun was in Lin Miaofeng's arms and couldn't get down, so she quickly reached out and took it and asked Zhang Xichun to play by herself.

Lin Miaofeng walked into the hall and saw Lin Miaoxiang leaning over to rummage through the closet for clothes, so he sat on the edge of the bed.

"Miaoxiang, I'm going to take Jiaojiao to Xi'an tomorrow to participate in the hip-hop dance competition, maybe for a while. I won't be able to come to see you these days. ”

"It's okay, you go on your own." Lin Miaoxiang replied without raising her head.

"I bought you more milk powder, it should be enough for Xiaohun to eat for a few days. It's too hot to leave it for too long. If that's not enough, you go to the milk powder shop in town and get some more. I told the owner of the milk powder shop that I would go and pay the bill when I came back. Lin Miaofeng saw Zhang Xiaohun lying on the bed with his back facing the sky and falling asleep, and couldn't help but reach out and gently pat his bulging little belly.

Lin Miaoxiang stood up and compared the clothes in her hands. "Sister, don't worry too much about me. I can do it myself. Besides, I can't keep asking you to spend money on our family, my brother-in-law will definitely be unhappy when he finds out, and I can't afford to fight if you quarrel. ”

"It's fine. Your brother-in-law knows, and he offered to tell me that he wanted me to come and see me from time to time. He also said that the burden on your family is too heavy, and I am afraid that you will not be able to bear it alone. ”

"Why can't you bear it? Do you still think I'm a weak little woman? I've been there for a long time. Saying that, Lin Miaoxiang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

At this time, Lin Miaofeng saw the baby carrier in Lin Miaoxiang's hand at a glance, and he was very curious, so he asked, "What are you looking for this baby carrier?" Lin Miaofeng vaguely remembered that this baby carrier was given to the newborn Zhang Yuanchun by herself, but she had never seen Lin Miaoxiang use it.

"Carrying a child, otherwise what else can you do?" Speaking of which, Lin Miaoxiang put the baby carrier on her body and tried it, and felt very satisfied. "In a few days, the third girl will also go to elementary school, and then she can be with her two sisters. I sent the four girls to the kindergarten in the town for a long time, and I picked them up when I got off work in the evening and went home with me. As for Xiao Hun, let him accompany me to work. ”