Chapter 28: Returning Home
Siren went home and took a long bath, so long that Minzhi couldn't help but knock on the door, and she came out of the simple bathroom slowly. She didn't want Minzhi to see the bruises on her knees, but the sharp-eyed Minzhi still found out, and couldn't help but exclaim exaggeratedly, "Siren, what's going on with your legs!" There was a knock on the door, and the two girls looked at each other, because it was so late, and almost no one would come to visit.
The person who came was Peter, Ouyang Luo's senior assistant, and the unsmiling man was actually carrying a large bag of all kinds of ointments, which looked a little funny. The whole process was pale, and it wasn't until Peter left that Toshizhi had a chance to ask her, "What's the matter with your knee, is it......?" Has something to do with Ouyang Luo? It was the last thing she wanted to think of. Si Ren hurriedly shook his head, Min Yi was optimistic and confident, so he didn't find any clues about Ouyang Luo's stay in Dongyuan, and she was even more reluctant to let Min Zhi know about the relationship between her and Ouyang Luo.
"What's going on? Oh...... Was that little villain right, was the call made by Chu Tongtong's kid? Min's inspiration flashed. Siren didn't speak, and Min Yi counted it while helping her rub the ointment, "Who told you to go?" Didn't you tell you to stop paying attention to that kid, why are you so ......" Minzhi's hand became a little stronger, and Si Ren snorted softly. "You deserve it" Min Zhi glared at her, but her hand strength was obviously much smaller, "I'll tell you, next time you dare to go to Chu Tongtong, I'm not done with you", Si Ren was silent, but her heart was very heartwarming, although she knew that she couldn't ignore Chu Tong.
Toshizhi helped her apply the ointment, and muttered to himself, "I actually sent someone to send the ointment, it's really extraordinarily caring, and it's really more attractive to the boss who cares about the employees so much...... However, last time, that Li Xiang sprained her foot and didn't hear her say that she sent ointment, is it because you are my good friend, so he takes special care of you......" Si Ren chuckled, although Minzhi is just an unrequited love, but just thinking about it like this will bring her happiness and satisfaction, she doesn't want to destroy Minzhi's dream, she likes the optimistic and cheerful Minzhi.
Toshizhi has already slept, but Siren still can't sleep. She hasn't been home for a long time, it's not that she doesn't miss home, she misses home very much, she wants to have parents who love her, and no one knows what kind of temptation "home" exists for an orphan. If she had parents who loved her, even if she couldn't confide in her heart, her heart would not be as sad as it is now. Since she got back in touch with her family after being released from prison, she felt that her stepparents were cold to her, especially her stepmother, and there always seemed to be a faint disgust in her words, but after all, they raised her, and there was Xiaoyu she loved, she should go home to see.
On the weekend, Siren returned home, and only Qiao's mother was at home. Qiao's mother was wearing a washed and colorless home clothes, unkempt on the foot pedal of the sewing machine, and when she saw Siren, she raised her eyelids, "Yo, you are here, Xiaoyu is not at home", as if she came to see Xiaoyu.
"Where's Daddy?"
"What can he do, it's not like he's going to drink and play cards"
"Xiaoyu, where did he go?"
"I was called out by my classmates, and I guess I won't be able to come back at noon, I don't think you should wait for him, don't delay your work"
"Mom, I'm resting today" Si Ren took out the thousand yuan saved from his pocket, "This is my salary last month, keep it for Xiaoyu to pay tuition", seeing the money, Qiao's mother had a little smile on her face, so she let Si Ren sit down, Si Ren took over the work in her hands, skillfully stepping on the sewing machine, she has been ingenious since she was a child, and she has done a good job in her teens, it turns out that there was a rich gentleman and wife who came to her door to make clothes, and Qiao's mother's craftsmanship can only make up, I barely make a living by making clothes and pants for a group of poor people near and far. Since the Si people left, the small tailor shop that was not good at running has become more and more sluggish. Qiao's mother sat on the side and kept complaining about the difficulty of making a living, there were fewer and fewer people who came to her to make clothes recently, Qiao's father used to drive for others, but now he knows how to drink and play cards. Near noon, a bunch of work in Qiao's mother's hands was quickly finished by the Siren, and she collected the finished products and handed them to Qiao's mother.
Qiao's mother complained, "Where did this old Joe die, he didn't care about the life or death of others, the lunch hadn't been settled yet, and the rice in the jar was gone, I said let him buy it......"
"Mom, I'll go back first, and when you go back, you tell Dad and Xiaoyu that I've been here"
Qiao's mother nodded and was about to send her out, when she ran into Xiaoyu coming back.
"Sister, you're here" Xiao Yu happily grabbed her hand.
"Xiao Yu" Siren helped him wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead.
"Sister, where are you going" Xiao Yu looked at his mother, and said in embarrassment, "I'm going back"
"Why do you want to go back?" Xiao Yu shouted, "If you don't see me, are you going back, fortunately I'm back, no, you can't go, Mom, go grocery shopping, make food for my sister"
"There is no rice in the tank......"
"Who said that yesterday I saw a full tank"
Qiao's mother was embarrassed, and said, "This dead old man, don't say a word when you buy the rice back......" Xiaoyu pulled the people into the house and urged Qiao's mother to go shopping for vegetables and cook quickly, Qiao's mother didn't dare to offend her son, so she went shopping with a basket.