Chapter 12 Memory Bias
Xu Jiaren didn't see the dog named Ah Yi for three days in a row.
The apples on the table are gradually losing their moisture and have begun to spoil a little, and if they are not eaten, they will be wasted.
Aunt Zhao saw her granddaughter staring at the apple in a daze, and asked curiously, "Yadan, aren't you shouting to eat the apple?" Why don't you eat it when you take it? β
"Hmm...... Grandma, will you eat? β
She wanted her grandmother to eat apples for the past two days, but she just refused to eat them.
"Grandma is old, and eating these things is a waste. It's time for you to grow your body, eat an apple and grow it! Aunt Zhao said with a smile.
Grandma's relaxed joke, Xu Jiaren listened to it sadly.
She and her grandmother are living too poor now.
I don't know when it will get better?
Xu Jiaren still couldn't help but not eat the apples on the table.
She decided to save it for the evening.
If that dog doesn't show up again, she eats it again.
It's also quite depressing to follow a poor master like her, right?
After eating early at noon, grandma took Xu Jiaren out of the house.
"Grandma, where are we going?" Xu Jiaren asked.
"Let's go to your aunt's house, I haven't been there for a few days."
Auntie's house?!
Isn't that my aunt's house......
Although Yang Ping is married, because she has just joined the work, the house assigned by the unit is not her turn.
In my memory, my aunt's family had not yet been allocated a new house at this time.
A large family lived in a dilapidated bungalow.
Xu Jiaren followed her grandmother downstairs and saw an "acquaintance" standing in front of the building.
"Teacher Xie, why are you here?"
Aunt Zhao saw the person clearly, took two quick steps and trotted over with a smile.
Xie Yun didn't expect to meet this old lady here, and frowned: "Aunt Zhao, why are you here?" β
"I live here! Teacher Xie, can you go into the house and drink saliva? Aunt Zhao warmly invited.
"No, I'm waiting for someone." Xie Yun refused in a detached tone.
Seeing Xie Yun's indifferent attitude, Aunt Zhao cautiously smiled and asked, "Teacher Xie...... Look at our girls...... Is there a chance to go back to kindergarten? β
Xie Yun replied impatiently: "Aunt Zhao, I'm off work now, if you want to talk about work, then wait for me to go to work in the afternoon." β
Aunt Zhao smiled embarrassedly, "Teacher Xie, don't be angry, I'm just asking......"
She didn't really have much hope, but when she met the teacher, she wanted to ask.
Now that Teacher Xie's attitude is obvious, she is afraid that if she asks again, there will be no result.
"Teacher Xie, then I'll go first."
Aunt Zhao felt uncomfortable, but she still politely said hello to the teacher.
Xie Yun ignored the "um" and didn't even raise her eyelids.
When she walked out of the yard, the smile on Aunt Zhao's face faded, and she sighed: "Yadan, it seems that this kindergarten really can't go back." β
"If you don't go, you won't go." Xu Jiaren said indifferently.
She was very upset when she saw the arrogant appearance of that woman just now.
That virtue teaches children, and you have to take all the children into the ditch!
Xu Jiaren held her grandmother's fingers with her little hand and said sensibly: "I'm the same at home." I can still accompany my grandmother. β
"Heyβ"
Aunt Zhao is only a granddaughter because she is young and doesn't understand the stakes, so she sighed with a heavy heart.
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My aunt's house was not far from where my grandmother lived, and it took Xu Jia and my grandmother more than ten minutes to walk over slowly.
In Qingbei City in the 80s, the tallest building in the urban area was only three floors.
Because it is located in a remote town in the northwest, compared with the prosperity of coastal cities, this side is still very isolated and backward.
My aunt and grandfather both worked at the university, but they still had to live in a humble bungalow.
However, although the house is a bungalow, it does have a kitchen and two bungalows.
If you compare the place where Xu Jia and her grandmother live with here, it is really the difference between heaven and earth.
"Eldest sister, you're here."
As soon as I entered the door, my aunt Zhao Guixiang greeted her.
hurriedly pulled Aunt Zhao into the kitchen on the right, and said with a bitter face, "Look, I've got all this side hair, and no one is helping me make a bun!" If you don't come, I'm going to let Xiaoyuan call you. β
Xu Jiaren followed behind, only to see a laundry basin on the one-meter-long board in the kitchen, the noodles inside had fermented, and the overflowing board was full of noodles.
"Yadan had a fever for two days, so I'll come when I get better."
Aunt Zhao immediately put down the cloth pocket she was holding, rolled up her sleeves, and said, "I think you should make steamed buns here." β
Seeing Grandma pouring out a laundry basin with difficulty, Xu Jiaren asked distressedly, "Grandma, do you want to rest for a while?" β
She and her grandmother didn't even stop when they entered the door!
"No, if you don't hurry up, this big basin of noodles will have to be baked until dark." Aunt Zhao said.
"Rotten bastard, you go to the house to see Long Longbei."
The aunt and grandmother pulled Xu Jiaren out, turned around and said, "Sister, wait for me to come out to help you." β
"Well, you can go in with the girl."
"I want to stay with my grandmotherβ"
Xu Jiaren wanted to stay, but unfortunately her aunt had a lot of strength in her hands, so she dragged her by the arm and dragged her to the main house.
When she entered the house, her aunt and grandmother let go of her hand, and Xu Jiaren felt that her arm was being dragged for a while.
Grandma is not afraid to dislocate her hand!
As soon as she entered the house, her aunt closed the door and said sternly, "Rotten eggs! You are honest here, and you are not allowed to mess with the kitchen! β
"But, I want to accompany my grandmother."
"What are you going to do? What can you do but get in the way? β
Zhao Guixiang pointed to the bed and said, "You are here watching Long Long, and you have to play with him when he wakes up in a while, do you know?" β
Xu Jiaren: "......"
Is this using her as a babysitter? She's only 4 years old now.
Seeing that Xu Jiaren didn't speak, Zhao Guixiang's face sank, and she pulled Xu Jiaren's arm vigorously and asked, "I'll talk to you!" Do you hear that? β
"Hmm. Heard it. Xu Jiaren responded.
If she doesn't speak, her aunt's posture looks like she wants to do something.
"If you hear it, stay honest, if Long Long falls out of bed, I'll throw you outside to feed the wolves!"
Xu Jiaren looked at her aunt blankly.
She even wondered if the fierce woman in front of her was her aunt?
Although the memory is vague when she was a child, Xu Jiaren can remember clearly when she grows up, her aunt and grandmother have always been very good, and after she left home to go to other places, she always called her very gently to comfort her......
Could it be that her memory is skewed?
Zhao Guixiang was frightened, and saw Xu Jiaren standing in place like a goose, so she only shocked the child, and then went to the kitchen.
The baby who fell asleep on the bed was Yang Ping's child, and because she disliked her mother-in-law's thick hands and feet, she put it in her mother's house.
Xu Jiaren felt that her aunt was really big-hearted, so she was so relieved to hand over a baby to her.
What if she didn't watch it?
After a short while, someone came into the room.
Before Xu Jiaren could see who came in, his neck was "pulled" up.
"Come on, rotten bastard. Pull a radish and call it uncle! β
Xu Jiaren's neck was about to be torn off, and she screamed with difficulty, "Uncle...... Uncle....... β
"That's what you are obedient about!"
The man let go of his hand, and Xu Jiaren coughed for a long time before he could regain that breath.
When she looked up, she saw that it was her uncle Yang Yuan who almost "hanged" her.