3. Suspects
Soonyoung blinked, a little confused.
Although the mother and daughter of the Cui family denied Mother Lu's accusations, in the eyes of others, their suspicions are still very serious. Now that he is alone at home, the daughter of the Cui family comes to the door, isn't he afraid of arousing suspicion?
Maybe...... Does this daughter of the Cui family think that the clean person is self-purifying?
There were two more knocks on the door, and Chunying had no choice but to respond: "The door is not locked, please come in." He climbed out of the quilt again and tidied it up.
There was silence outside the door, and then he gently pushed it open, stepped into a small red embroidered shoe, and then, the Cui family girl who was seriously suspicious entered the door.
She was about thirteen or fourteen years old, slender and slender, with a beautiful appearance, a fair complexion, thick black hair curled into a pair of mustaches, a red head rope wrapped, and a small red silk flower pinned to her sideburns. She was wearing a half-worn blue cotton jacket, and the lower body was a flowered cloth skirt of the same color, which was a little white, but it was clean and neat, and half a pair of red shoes were exposed under the skirt, and the upper of the shoes was embroidered with a very delicate plum blossom pattern.
She came in the door, glanced up at Chunying, and smiled softly: "I heard that my sister is already well?" I've come to see you. How...... Auntie not at home? ”
Chunying shook her head: "She's out." You...... Is there anything wrong with you? She hesitated in her heart, she didn't know what attitude to use to face this suspect, she didn't know anything, but don't arouse the suspicion of others, maybe...... It would be better to be cold, didn't she use the excuse of amnesia earlier?
The girl of the Cui family paused, and a look of grievance appeared on her face: "Sister, what's wrong?" You've always been good with me, why are you suddenly getting involved today? Do you really think that my mother and I have hurt you? Conscience of heaven and earth! You've experienced it yourself, why did you listen to other people's gossip?! ”
Chunying squeaked twice: "No...... I'm not...... Cough...... Actually, I don't even remember, the doctor said that I had a terrible fever, so I forgot all about the past. ”
"What?!" The girl of the Cui family exclaimed, and her eyes turned red, "How can this be......" She hurriedly walked over and grabbed Chunying's hand, looked up and down, and asked, "Then are you okay now?" Why are your hands so cold? She turned her head and saw that the window was open, so she hurriedly walked over to close it, turned around and held Chunying's hand again: "It's warmer now?" ”
Chunying was a little uncomfortable: "Ahem...... It's warmer......" She pulled her hand back and took a few steps back.
A trace of injury flashed on the Cui family's girl's face, she lowered her head and twisted the corners of her clothes: "You said you forgot...... Are you taking someone else's word for it? Do you think I made you sick? ”
"No...... It's not ......" Chunying also twisted the corners of her clothes, what should she say? Let's help her!
The girl of the Cui family glanced at her and lowered her eyes gloomily: "If it is someone else, I will ignore it, but you, but I am unwilling, I want to explain things clearly to you, so as to live up to our feelings in the past few years." ”
Chunying blinked, could it be that her predecessor Chunying was very good with this Cui family girl?
I only heard the girl of the Cui family say: "Among the five families living in this courtyard, the sisters and brothers of the Liu family have always been above the top and never put us in their eyes, Sister Lian of the Feng family in Nanxiang and the two boys of the Ma family are used to flattering, so they are good, only you and me, who have always been stupid and stupid, will not please others, will be single, on weekdays, only do some needlework in one place, so the two of us are closer than others." If you still remember the past, you will not doubt me - with your and my feelings, if I really want that errand, you will let me without saying a word, and when the news came that day, I also said so, but it was just a joke, but you took it seriously, so it can be seen that I will never harm you for this little thing! ”
When she said this, she was a little excited, and she lowered her head and took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears. In a blink of an eye, Chunying caught a glimpse of the handkerchief that was also covered with delicate embroidery, and when she looked up, she hurriedly looked away.
The girl of the Cui family continued: "No one else in the courtyard was there that day, you went to the well to wash your clothes, I laughed with you, and helped wash two pieces, and then I heard my mother cry out for a headache - you may have forgotten, she has always had this disease - so I went back to the house and waited for her to sleep, and then I fell asleep in a daze, and I didn't hear the sound of you slipping and falling, and I didn't know that it was snowing heavily. When I woke up, I saw you lying in the middle of the courtyard, half covered in snow, and your body was almost stiff. My mother and I have worked hard to drag you into the house. Later, boiling hot water, covering quilts or something, needless to say. Our family is not rich, in order to save you, the only two quilts in the family were taken out, and the charcoal accumulated for the New Year was used, my family is still fighting famine, but my mother and I don't care, they are all neighbors of the same yard, we can't watch you have an accident, right? We didn't expect others to be grateful to us, but we didn't expect that our aunt would be regarded as a murderer. My mother fell ill again because of these gossip, and in a few days, I will have to enter the house, what should I do in the future? Later, her voice choked up.
Chunyoung had already guessed the general situation of the day from her words. This Cui family's mother and daughter said that they were suspects, but in fact, it can only be regarded as untimely rescue, right? And it wasn't intentional, it was really wronged. Thinking that the girl of the Cui family was kind and concerned about herself just now, Chunying couldn't help but feel a little guilty, so she said curtly: "My mother is just in a hurry, but my father believes in you." You...... Don't take it personally...... Your mother will get better soon......"
"I know Uncle Lu is a good person." The girl of the Cui family wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Anyway, our family has received a lot of benefits from your father and mother over the years, if it weren't for Uncle Lu who has been taking care of us, maybe our mother and son would have starved to death." I don't blame you, it's our destiny......" At this, her eyes turned red again.
Chunying hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it over: "What stupid thing are you talking about?" It's all said that it's a misunderstanding, and it's okay after a long time. I would advise my mother too...... Cough...... Mother, you can relax. ”
"Really?" The Cui family girl looked up in surprise, "Do you really believe that I didn't harm you?" ”
Chunying hesitated a little, and when she saw that the little girl of the Cui family had red circles in her eyes again, she nodded hurriedly and repeatedly: "Believe, believe." I fell on my own, but I was unlucky, and it was snowing heavily and there was no one else in the courtyard. It was all an accident, if it wasn't for you and your mother to rescue me into the house, maybe I would have frozen to death. ”
The girl of the Cui family held Chunying's hands movingly: "Good sister, with your words, I don't care what others say." ”
Chunying smiled, her mood relaxed, and suddenly remembered that the Cui family girl had been in the door for so long, and she hadn't poured tea, so she hurriedly got up to get the teapot, and remembered that the water was already cold, and hesitated to go to the kitchen to boil. The girl of the Cui family hurriedly said: "It's not a foreigner, what kind of tea do you pour?" You haven't been so polite before, come back and sit down, beware of the wind blowing again, it won't be good to fall ill again. ”
Chunying had no choice but to sit back on the kang and chat with the Cui family girl. The other party asked her very carefully about her condition, what medicine she took, the progress of her recovery, and whether there were any sequelae...... Wait, I learned that she was no longer in serious trouble, and she only needed to recuperate for a month before she could get all better, so she breathed a sigh of relief and called her "Amitabha".
She asked Junying about her amnesia again, what she had forgotten, what she remembered, whether she had denied winning people...... Knowing that Chunying had "forgotten" all the embroidery skills, she couldn't help but widen her eyes: "How can this be good?" My sister's needlework has always been outstanding, and when the government selected people, I picked my sister because you were good at needlework. Now that I've lost this, how can I ask for an errand in the future? ”
Chunying laughed dryly, but she thought in her heart that she was still wishing for it, since she knew that her identity was the son of the family, she never thought about going into the house to wait for any master, even if she lived a hard life at home, she was still free, why should she endure the life of being a slave? As for the future, she is still young (the current physical age is not yet eleven years old), just plan slowly.
Therefore, she casually dealt with the Cui family girl: "Let's talk about it later, even if you forget the needlework, you won't starve to death." ”
The girl of the Cui family lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking, and only after a long time did she raise her head and smile: "That's right, my sister can see it, this time the errand is gone, and I will ask for it in the future." Even if you can't be a big girl, the rough work of sweeping the floor and watering the flowers has to be done by someone. Good sister, this time your good errand is my top, if I come out in the future, I will never forget you. You ......," she bit her lip, "you can rest assured!" ”
Chunying said goodbye in her heart, but said: "Don't bother, you can do your job with peace of mind, sometimes you have to have it in life, don't force it all the time in life, I don't care about this." ”
The girl of the Cui family was stunned and muttered, "Are you ...... now It's really different from what it used to be......"
Chunying was startled, and was about to make up for it, but she heard a voice from outside the door, and it turned out to be Lu's mother coming back.
Didn't she say that she was going back to her parents' house to pick up her youngest son? Why did you come back so soon?
A trace of panic flashed on the Cui family's girl's face, she stood up with a white face, and when she saw Mother Lu entering the door, she bowed her head and blessed her: "Auntie." ”
Lu's mother was holding her little son, and she was happy, but as soon as she entered the door, she saw the suspect who killed her daughter standing there, and suddenly her face turned cold: "What are you doing here?!" Seeing his daughter sitting on the side, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Don't you want to do anything bad to my Chun'er again?!" ”
Chunying hurriedly said, "No, Mom...... Mother, Sister Cui didn't hurt me, she came to visit the patient. ”
"Visiting a patient? I'm afraid I'm here to kill you, right? Mother Lu sneered, "Seeing that there are no adults in my family, you are here to play tricks?" She glared at her: "Get out of here!" My mother eats more salt than you eat rice, and she wants to make trouble under my nose? Be your mother's spring and autumn dream! ”
Chunying was in a hurry: "Mother! What are you talking about?! As soon as the Cui girl's eyes were red, tears welled up, she bit her lip, lowered her head and ran out, Chunying chased after her and called her, and she didn't look back.
Chunying had no choice but to go back to the house and looked at her mother helplessly: "Why are you scolding her like this?" She just explained, it was all an accident, she didn't mean it, and besides, her mother and daughter just didn't rescue me in time, and they didn't mean to hurt me. ”
Mother Lu was so anxious that her face turned red when she heard this: "I know!" You were coaxed by her in the past, and you believed her, and even gave her the private money you had saved with great difficulty, which shows how powerful her scheming is! She said it didn't hurt, you just didn't hurt? How much do you know?! Is my mother the kind of person who talks nonsense without evidence?! ”
Chunying blinked suspiciously, could it be ...... The Cui family girl lied just now?