Ye Xiaoying and Li Tiezhu looked at each other, neither of them answered her words, and there was some sympathy in their hearts, which showed that she was talking endlessly, and she was more bored.

So in the interval between Zhou Lan's words, Ye Xiaoying frowned and spoke.

"Sister Zhou, to put it bluntly, you did it yourself, and we can't help it, even if we forgive you, what about the people in the village? If you want to live in this village, you have to find your own way. ”

Li Tiezhu was a sullen gourd in this matter, but he just looked at Ye Xiaoying and said, he was at ease next to him.

Ye Xiaoying was so talkative that she finally sent Zhou Lan away.

"Alas, this widow is really self-inflicted!"

chatted with Li Tiezhu for a few words, and seeing that he was just responding sullenly, Ye Xiaoying thought about the grandmother next door, so she went to her house.

When Ye Xiaoying went, Grandma was doing needlework, she was very happy to see Ye Xiaoying coming, and after letting her sit down, despite Ye Xiaoying's dissuasion, she groped to find a cup for her and poured water to drink.

"Girl, what's the matter with you coming to me?"

"It's nothing, I just want to talk to Grandma."

The two chatted about it.

Ye Xiaoying deliberately said the topic to Zhou Lan, and Grandma understood and told her about Zhou Lan.

"Actually, Zhou Lan is also a hard-working person."

Miserable?

Ye Xiaoying asked curiously: "What kind of bitter life method?" ”

Grandma saw that she wanted to hear it, so she took her hand and talked about the past events.

It turned out that Zhou Lan was married to her current husband by her father and mother when she was a girl, but her husband was forcibly conscripted by the government less than a month after he got married, and this time it was five years, and there was no news in the middle, and the people in the village said that her husband died on the battlefield, she didn't believe it, but she got the news of her husband again, that is, when his surviving comrades-in-arms came with consolation money.

Now that the matter is conclusive, Zhou Lan cried sadly for a long time, but she didn't expect her mother-in-law to start disliking her from then on, thinking that it was all her who was a victim of the family, and kept beating and scolding her, and finally forced Zhou Lan to flee here.

After Grandma finished speaking, she sighed.

Ye Xiaoying returned home that night and thought about it, Zhou Lan was indeed miserable, her husband died at a young age, it was not easy for a widow to survive until now, and now she is still her neighbor, did she do a little too much before?

After thinking about it, Ye Xiaoying decided to take the initiative to talk to Zhou Lan tomorrow.

The small courtyard fenced by the fence was clean and tidy, Ye Xiaoying looked inside, and did not see Zhou Lan's figure.

The matter has subsided, but after she learned about Zhou Lan's sad life experience, she couldn't calm down in her heart for a long time.

Although what Zhou Lan did before almost harmed many villagers, as the saying goes, everyone in the world suffers, if she had a happy family, it would definitely be different.

Ye Xiaoying sighed, pushed open the wooden door and walked into the small courtyard.

The surrounding atmosphere is particularly quiet, although Zhou Lan is single and widowed, her life is still well organized.

"Sister Zhou, I'm here to visit you." Ye Xiaoying walked into the room and called softly while looking up and down. Speaking of which, she has been a neighbor for so long, and this is the first time she has come to Zhou Lan's house.

However, she heard a faint sobbing sound coming from the inner room, so she hurriedly walked in.

Seeing Zhou Lan sitting on the edge of the bed wearing a handkerchief and bowing her head and crying, Ye Xiaoying's eyes were stunned, she hesitated, stepped forward and patted her shoulder and asked, "Sister Zhou, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhou Lan's crying was interrupted, and she raised her eyes to see Ye Xiaoying with a surprised face, and stubbornly pushed her hand away, "What are you doing at my house?" ”

Ever since it was revealed that she had poisoned the well, she had become the number one public enemy of the village.

For a few days, she didn't dare to go out, but even if she stood in the yard, she couldn't avoid being pointed out by villagers passing by. In this village where you can't look up and don't look down, it is obvious that Zhou Lan can't settle down at all while being isolated.

She was at a loss, remorseful and angry, and wanted to redeem it but to no avail.

Ye Xiaoying also knew that Zhou Lan was in a difficult situation now, and her heart softened, so she comforted her warmly: "Sister Zhou, the matter has passed, I will find an opportunity to make it clear to the villagers that there is just a misunderstanding between us, and they will not blame you anymore." ”

Zhou Lan, who was pinching a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, stopped her movements and asked with a sob, "What you said is true?" ”

Ye Xiaoying smiled and nodded, "Of course it's true, in fact, the villagers just don't understand why you're doing this, just untie their knots." ”

After that, she patiently comforted Zhou Lan for a while, only to see her stop crying, squeeze out a stiff smile, and then hung her head and said, "I treated you like that before, why are you still so good to me?" ”

Ye Xiaoying sympathized with her most after learning about her life experience, so she sat beside her and said earnestly: "I'm not careful, as long as you can sincerely repent, I forgive you." ”

Zhou Lan bit her lip and nodded, "Thank you, it was all my fault before, in fact, I tasted the bamboo worm you made, and it tasted pretty good, you are so smart, how can you find out the magic of this bamboo worm?" ”

She did endure the nausea in her heart and secretly tasted a few bamboo insects given by others, and then fell in love with that taste.

Ye Xiaoying's heart warmed when she heard her praise, "If you also think it's delicious, I will teach you how to make bamboo insects." ”

Looking at Zhou Lan's expectant look, Ye Xiaoying smiled and said the method of cooking.

"Thank you." Zhou Lan sincerely thanked her.

Ye Xiaoying smiled and waved her hand: "It's okay, if you need help with anything in the future, you can come to my house, and Tie Zhu and I can help." ”

And this unintentional sentence made Zhou Lan's heart ripple again, and she paused the movements of her hands, glanced at Ye Xiaoying, and did not make a sound.

Li Tiezhu is a good man, but unfortunately he was preempted by Ye Xiaoying, who suddenly appeared, and now he won't look at her at all.

Thinking that Ye Xiaoying had been getting closer and closer to him recently, Zhou Lan's heart twisted a few knots like twisted flowers.

Suppressing the jealousy in her heart, she evoked a light smile: "Thank you anyway, Xiaoying, I will remember your kindness to me." ”

Ye Xiaoying waved her hand and couldn't help but smile: "Sister Zhou, don't be polite to me." ”

The two talked for a long time that day, and there was a rare atmosphere of harmony during the period, so the conversation continued until the afternoon.

Ye Xiaoying said goodbye and went home when she saw that the time was not early, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Li Tiezhu carefully weaving bamboo baskets.

And after he saw her enter the door, he hurriedly stepped forward, and saw that Ye Xiaoying had some light sweat on her head, so he handed her a towel wet with well water in a muffled voice.

The cool towel wiped on the skin, and Ye Xiaoying felt refreshing and comfortable.

She felt sweet in her heart, and when she saw Li Tiezhu shaking the pu fan for herself, the smile on the corner of her lips overflowed unconsciously.