Chapter 9: Background
Lin Xiaoliang woke up from Shen Chi's intently staring, she looked at the inky night outside the window, squinted her eyes and said vaguely, "What's wrong?" There was undisguised anger in his tone.
Forgive a pregnant woman who has already started to experience drowsiness.
Shen Chi stretched out a hand to help her sit up, touched her nose, and smiled, "Did you wake you up?" I'm sorry. ”
If I'm really sorry, shouldn't I be allowed to continue sleeping? Lin Xiaoliang looked at the hand on his shoulder a little speechlessly.
Although Shen Chi's appearance is a little suspicious of male and female appearance, it is because his facial features are too delicate for men, and he is by no means the kind of existence of a big man with peach blossom eyes and a small cherry mouth.
In fact, Shen Chi's facial features are definitely superior among men, with sword eyebrows and sideburns, eyes with a sharp nose, and thin lips with a man's unique graceful and sexy appeal. Especially those eyes, dark and rich but pure, faintly revealing the unique sharpness of soldiers.
At this time, the eyes still have the tenderness that these days have, but they seem to be a little different.
It should have been an intoxicating look, but Lin Xiaoliang couldn't help but think of the scene when the man put a gun to her head and asked her softly if she wanted a divorce......
Is it a delusion?
Shen Chi in front of him seemed to coincide with him at that time.
"I'm sleepy." Lin Xiaoliang replied lightly, and his body moved to the side as if inadvertently.
Even if he was her husband, she was not used to being so close to a man.
"I know." As if in response to her behavior, Shen Chi raised his hand and touched her cheek, and said softly, "I'll let you sleep after speaking." ”
In his previous life, he was so stiff for divorce, Lin Xiaoliang understood the persistence in Shen Chi's bones better than anyone else, and sighed and said, "You say, I'll listen." ”
Ignoring Lin Xiao's resistance, Shen Chi took her into his arms, rubbed his chin on the top of her hair and said, "Xiu'er told you everything about the family." ”
He used a declarative sentence, and Lin Xiaoliang didn't feel that there was anything to hide, and nodded invisibly against the "pressure" above his head.
"But there are some things that even Xiu'er doesn't know, do you want to listen?" Shen Chi chuckled, as if lazy and casual.
"Yes." Lin Xiaoliang replied without hesitation.
Since you have decided to live with this man for the rest of your life, there are some things that you can't just care about as in your previous life.
Moreover, if it wasn't an important matter, someone like Shen Chi would never have deliberately brought it up.
As if he didn't expect her answer to be so crisp, Shen Chi was stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Daddy relies on Shen Zhu as his own son, you should know, Xiu'er must tell you that it is because I joined the army, and Daddy is afraid that I will die on the battlefield and no one will provide for him to die." ”
"Isn't it?" Lin Xiaoliang asked rhetorically.
She really couldn't think of any reason for a father to ignore his own son and favor his stepson, no matter how cowardly that father was.
"There is a reason like that, but it is not the main cause." After a pause, Shen Chi's tone remained unchanged and said: "In this family, only Xiu'er is the real bloodline of Daddy and Auntie. ”
What do you mean!?
Lin Xiao's eyes widened.
Shen Chi didn't sell Guanzi, "At the beginning, my father and my mother had been married for several years and had no children, and the barefoot doctors in the village couldn't see the fame, so my grandfather and grandmother pooled the money to take them to the big hospital in the province for an examination, but my mother had no problems, but my father checked out cold sperm, and there may be no children in this life." ”
"When I was three years old, I was abandoned in a creek, and my grandfather picked me up when he went up the mountain to chop firewood, and I became the adopted son of the Shen family."
“…… Why have I never heard of this? Lin Xiaoyan looked surprised, not to mention anything else, Wang Zhaodi should not be stingy to use this matter to ridicule her, but she has never heard her mention this matter.
It's not right to say that Wang Zhaodi doesn't know, after all, his ex-husband is also from Yuanjiazhuang, and she is a daughter-in-law who has been married for so many years, so there is no reason why she doesn't know.
"Except for you and me, only grandparents, grandma and father know about this matter." As if knowing her doubts, Shen Chi explained: "At that time, my grandfather and grandmother were still young, they stayed at home to farm, and my father and my mother entrusted their relationship to join the production team of tea and cotton picking, and the more you do there, you can get more work." Therefore, the two of them refused to rest for even an hour, and they did not even come back for the New Year, but were visited by their grandparents and grandmothers. ”
"Grandpa and grandma are not talkative people, because the people in the village are jealous of the work of Daddy and Auntie, and they will say sour things when they get the opportunity, and they gradually stop talking to people about Daddy and Auntie, and there will be no conditions for holding a full moon wine, and there is no one in Auntie's house, and the aunts are far away, and the people of a production team are mediocre because of the competition for work, and they are all from all over the country, so they have no chance to tell the truth to the people in the village." In fact, there were not many people needed to pick tea and cotton at that time, and even some big villages only had one or two places, not to mention Yuanjiazhuang, a person who was located in a remote area and had nothing to do with it.
I don't know what came to mind, Shen Chi smiled and said: "It's also a coincidence, A-Niang had a bad appetite one summer after marriage, and A-grandpa and Grandma sent a lot of sauerkraut to her to eat, and she didn't have enough money to ask her neighbors to buy some." ”
"When I was brought back, the people in the village remembered the situation at that time, and calculated that the time was just right, and they didn't have any doubts."
Lin Xiaoliang looked stunned, she had actually had a lot of speculations about the Shen family, but she never thought that Shen Chi was not the son of the Shen family.
Surprised to surprised, but she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, Shen Chi was just Wang Zhaodi's stepson, although it also made her let go of the big burden in her heart, Shen Chi was not a member of the Shen family, but she was able to kick that big burden away.
"I'm going to sleep." Breaking free of Shen Chi's embrace, Lin Xiaoliang got into the quilt.
Shen Chi looked stunned, he had expected many Wanwan's reactions, but none of them were so lightly stated.
Because the doctor said that Lin Xiaoliang's condition should not be ignored, the family, including Shen Zhangming and Luo Yufang, treated her a little too carefully. Fortunately, after a period of recuperation, Lin Xiaoliang's complexion has improved significantly, and he no longer has to lie in bed all day to rest, it is no problem to go out for a walk, and occasionally he can do some housework that is not heavy, although he will always be stopped halfway.
"Your brother is out again?" Lin Xiaoliang dried his clothes and asked Shen Xiu, who was weeding in the vegetable field in the yard.
"Hmm." Shen Xiu filled a basket of grass, stood up and said, "Uncle Zhao's family is going to build an attic on the street, and my brother is going to help." ”
Lin Xiao pursed his lips, Shen Chi used his rare vacation days to work to earn money, and he didn't have to think about it to know who it was for.
It's just that, thinking of the wages of this meeting, she smiled a little wryly, can she say that she doesn't actually need it?
Despite this, Shen Chi's heart still moved her.
Perhaps, choosing this man is not as bad as imagined.
"Wanwan-" At this moment, Luo Yufang in the house was looking for someone.
"Grandma, I'm here!" Lin Xiaoliang hurriedly responded.
"You said you left me to do it, why did you dry your clothes again?" Luo Yufang came out of the house and complained.
"It's fine, it's just a matter of convenience." Lin Xiaoliang smiled and said, "If you don't do anything, people will rust." ”
"But you also have to pay attention, what if you flash your waist?" Luo Yufang muttered, and said to Shen Xiu again: "You don't know how to persuade on the side." ”
Shen Xiu cried and laughed: "I squatted in the vegetable field, and when I came back to my senses and found my sister-in-law, she had already dried her clothes, what could I do?" ”
"That's right." I thought Luo Yufang understood, but I didn't want her to say again: "What kind of grass did you remove early in the morning?" ”
If you don't weed in the morning on a hot day, will you be weeded at noon?
"Dare to love you, in your old eyes, you can't see anything else except the future Jin Sun?" Shen Xiu was angry and laughed.
Luo Yufang also recalled that she had overreacted a little, and said with some embarrassment: "Xiuwa, it's Grandma who is confused, don't be angry." ”
Shen Xiu sneered: "I don't dare to be angry, I just hope you don't let me help you weed." ”
Luo Yufang remembered in hindsight, didn't she ask Xiuwa to remove the grass just now?
She looked left and right, "Well, I'll go see if the porridge is ready." ”
Lin Xiaoliang smiled softly, and she had been together for nearly half a month, whether it was the silent but reasonable grandfather, or the usually gentle and kind but occasionally confused and childish grandmother, she was very impressed.
Especially, when they knew that Shen Chi was not their own grandson.
"Xiu'er, I made you a pair of sandals, you can try them in my room when you are free." Thinking of one thing, Lin Xiaoliang said.
Of course, the sandals she said were not the fancy sandals made of leather and other raw materials in later generations, but they were made of bits and pieces, simple but very strong, very suitable for the little girls who love beauty but have to work in this era.
"Sister-in-law, didn't you ask you not to move the needle, it's not good for the child."
What Shen Xiu said badly is the folk custom here, pregnant women can't use sharp weapons, otherwise it will be unlucky, and needles are also included.
It's not that Lin Xiaoliang doesn't know, but he just forgot. You must know that decades later, many folk customs have been abandoned because they are not suitable for modern society, how can she remember.
"I didn't think about it for a moment." Lin Xiaoliang was a little embarrassed and said, "I've done it all......"
"Forget it, but don't use the needle and thread after that." Shen Xiu said helplessly.
Lin Xiao nodded obediently.
After breakfast, Lin Xiaoliang accompanied Luo Yufang to the vegetable market, and when he came back, he worked in the kitchen.
"Grandma, I'll make this fish, right?" It's not that Lin Xiaoliang is picky, it's just that the only fish in the market are crucian carp, silver carp and grass carp, and the only roasted fish is braised and fish head soup, she is really tired of eating, but she likes to eat fish.
"Nope." Luo Yufang didn't want to think about it, so she refused: "Although you haven't been disgusted, who knows when it will have an attack, raw fish is the fishiest, and it will be bad if you ruin your appetite." ”
Lin Xiaoliang was helpless when she heard this, she even went to the vegetable market, so it was too late to worry about the impact of raw fish on her?
Although she thought so, she didn't plan to remind her.