Chapter 21: Sending the Plague God Away
Yun Chunhua's words made the two old men of the Yun family change their faces.
Although feudal superstitions have been broken now, the older generation is still in awe of gods and ghosts.
Yunxi looked at Yun Chunhua with a smile: "Cousin, you have a good memory, I really didn't go to school much, that is, before my mother died, I read a few textbooks with the teacher in the nursery school in the city, and learned mathematics, I am the best learner in the nursery, and the teacher said that many people who go to middle school can't compare to me in counting and arithmetic." ”
These words are true or false, anyway, it is impossible for the Yun family to investigate, she continued with a smile: "Later, my mother died, and my father sent me and Laidi back to the village, I remember clearly that my father handed over my tuition to my grandmother and asked her to send me to study when school started, but in the end, the tuition fee was gone, and I was not able to go to school." ”
This incident is one of the few clear events in the memory of the original owner, and I think the original owner has always been eager to read, so he will leave this memory to her, the inheritor.
Hearing her words, Old Lady Yun scolded angrily: "What are you doing here? Do you think I'm deliberately losing your tuition? ”
"I'm afraid it's not lost, it's misappropriated." Yunxi said idly, his eyes swept at Yun Chunhua, the latter's face suddenly turned red, and he opened his mouth to justify, but Yunxi waved his hand impatiently, "Those are all old things, I don't want to settle old accounts today, I just want to go out smoothly." ”
"Chunsheng, make up for the lack of money, immediately!"
Old Man Yun suddenly gave orders, and he also forcibly suppressed the war that might spread.
Wang Guihua's face turned red and white, she glanced at Yunxi fiercely, shook her hand out of the stove room, but suddenly shouted at the door: "Why don't you make a sound standing here like this?" You're trying to scare me to death! ”
Hearing Wang Guihua's shout, everyone in the stove room turned their heads and saw a tall figure at the door of the room.
What's even more terrifying is that that person is the new aunt of the Yun family, Qin Jianguo.
Yun Guangzu was the first to react, got up and asked with a smile: "Jianguo, how long have you been here?" I was expecting that Qin Jianguo had just arrived, and I didn't hear the previous farce and family scandals.
Qin Jianguo didn't answer immediately, his gaze fell on Yunxi's face, and then swept towards the cupboard behind her, as well as the coins on it.
As his gaze moved, the Yun family's face changed and changed, and Old Man Yun greeted him directly: "Jianguo hasn't had breakfast yet, right?" Come in and take a bite. ”
"I've eaten, I'll wait outside."
Qin Jianguo said the second half of his sentence to Yunxi, and then walked a few steps to the side.
The sunlight was unblocked, and it shone obliquely into the stove room, and the whole stove room was much brighter, but Old Man Yun's face was a few degrees darker, and he opened his mouth to reprimand Wang Guihua, who had not yet gone out: "What are you doing with the pestle?" Still not going to get the money? ”
"Didn't someone stand in the way just now...... Okay, I won't say anything, I'll go get the money. Wang Guihua muttered out of the stove room.
Yunxi only ate an egg, but there was a pestle waiting for her in the courtyard outside, and she was inexplicably a little stressed, so she asked Laidi to continue drinking porridge, and she went out of the stove room.
The sun shone on the man, half of his face was bright, half was in the shadows, and it became more and more angular, and his temperament was cold and hard.
She walked over, and the man turned his face to look at her, pursing his lips, so that people had to think about speaking to him.
"You...... Wait a minute, it'll be fine soon. ”
The man let out a "hmm", withdrew his gaze, and continued to maintain an upright posture.
Yunxi was keenly aware that his left leg was becoming more and more unnatural, but it was not suitable for him to show her trouser leg at this time.
Back to the firewood room, Yunxi hugged her small suitcase and quickly returned to the stove room.
Wang Guihua arrived almost at the same time, slapped a piece of one dollar and a piece of five cents on the cupboard, and glared at her: "The money is here, count it clearly, don't slander me again in the future!" ”
Yunxi ignored her words, and when she saw that the number was correct, she opened the lid of the wardrobe, and as soon as she pulled it with her hand, the bits and pieces of 20 yuan were all swept into the small suitcase.
Qin Jianguo, who heard the sound, subconsciously glanced towards the stove room, and met a pair of shining apricot eyes, which made people's hearts brighten.
He immediately withdrew his gaze.
Yunxi was already accustomed to his indifference, covered the clothes box, and rushed to Di and asked, "Have you eaten enough?" ”
"Sister, I'm full." Laidi immediately put down the bowl and habitually wiped her mouth with her sleeve, but when she was swept away by Yunxi's gaze, she hurriedly withdrew her sleeve, "I'll wash my hands." ”
As he spoke, he ran out of the stove room and ran to the water tank in the courtyard, and he inevitably passed by Qin Jianguo who was pestled in the courtyard.
Lai Di secretly looked up at him, but was caught by Qin Jianguo, his eyes were black and sharp, like knives, so frightened that she immediately lowered her head and ran to the water tank.
When she scooped up water and washed her hands and face, she found that the terrible man had carried two bags of grain from her sister's hand, and then took the quilt in her hand, and then his eyes swept to her, and he shivered, and immediately said, "I'm done, I can go." ”
Yunxi saw that Di was frightened by Qin Jianguo, so he walked over and took her hand: "Follow me, don't be afraid." ”
Laidi snorted, but her body still subconsciously hid back, until she saw the terrible man walking in front of her feet, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and followed her sister's footsteps.
The Yun family, young and old, came out to see them off and sent them to the gate of the courtyard, and the old man Yun suddenly stopped Yunxi, who didn't look back: "Zhao Di, grandpa has something to say." ”
Yunxi turned around, stood outside the courtyard gate, and looked at Old Man Yun with a smile through the door: "Old man, please speak." ”
Polite and detached, Old Man Yun suddenly remembered that she hadn't called him grandpa since she came back from the Qin family's old house that day.
In fact, she rarely screamed before, she always kept her head down and worked, and occasionally looked at him with a small face and frightened, which was completely different from her now.
"You ......" he opened his mouth, but found that he could not find anything to say, for her eyes were so calm that he panicked a little.
This feeling is similar to when I first learned that my child was injured and was about to lose my life.
Seeing that her face showed a hint of impatience, he finally spoke again: "You and Qin Jianguo have a good life, and if you have something, go home to find grandpa...... Grandpa promised your father that he would take care of your sisters. ”
Yes, take care of it, he did it too, didn't he?
He watched her grow up, watched her get married, and he could be regarded as fulfilling his promise to his child.
The corners of Yunxi's mouth hooked a trace of arc, and said, "Got it." ”
The voice was still floating in the wind, and the person turned to leave, and she led Lai Di forward, with firm steps, and never looked back.
Old Man Yun was stunned, and heard Wang Guihua's relieved voice behind him: "It can be regarded as sending the plague god away." ”