Chapter 7: The Strange Mother
Li Xumu tidied up his collar, tilted his hair to the right, and knocked on the door of Zhao Yunuo's house with a long sigh of relief.
After all, this is the first time to visit his girlfriend's house who has been with him for a year, and he has only known her parents verbally, and has not actually met, so he is still a little nervous, if it weren't for Zhao Yunuo's loss of contact for 5 days, he would not have been forced to visit his home today.
A minute passed, and there was no movement in the door, Li Xumu increased his strength a little more than just now, knocked a few times again, and after waiting for a few seconds, there was still no sound of movement in the door.
Her parents' words, should she be at work at this time? It seems that Zhao Yunuo's phone can't be connected, and he is not at home. Li Xumu was even more worried, and when he was about to give up, he suddenly found that the light of the cat's eye of the anti-theft door had disappeared, and it was obvious that someone was looking out inside the door.
Li Xumu, who knew that there was someone in the family, cheered up again, cleared his throat and said softly: "Hello! I'm a friend of Zhao Yunuo, is there anyone at home? ”
The small hole in the cat's eye was still dark, and someone inside the door had been observing Li Xumu.
Then the anti-theft door clicked and opened a small crack, and Li Xumu looked into the crack with anticipation, but it was not Zhao Yunuo who opened the door.
A middle-aged woman cautiously poked out her head and stared at Li Xumu cautiously.
"What's the matter?"
The woman was about 40 years old, with long white mottled hair tied back casually, a few strands scattered over her shoulders, a haggard face, and thick bags under her godless eyes, which looked very vicissitudes. His face is hungry and yellow, and he is much older than women of the same age.
Li Xumu guessed from her facial features that this vicissitudes of life woman was Zhao Yunuo's mother.
"Hello Auntie! I am Zhao Yunuo's high school classmate, her phone has not been able to get through in the past few days, as a friend I don't know what the situation is, now is not a holiday! Did you go out to play? Li Xumu showed a kind smile, and his tone was also very attentive, after all, this was the first time they met, and he tried his best to leave a good impression.
The woman didn't respond much, pushed the security door open, and waved her hand to enter the house.
Li Xumu's brows moved slightly, thinking to himself whether Zhao Yunuo's mother was a person of few words, or whether she didn't like herself very much, in short, she was different from ordinary people. Rubbing the soles of his shoes at the door, he cautiously walked into the door.
"Auntie, you are Zhao Yunuo's mother, right? Don't bother, I won't sit down, just ask her about her current situation, and I'll be relieved if there's nothing wrong! ”
Li Xumu stood stupidly at the door, and he was not embarrassed to enter the living room, after all, the woman had no intention of greeting him.
As soon as the words fell, the air quieted down again, Li Xumu was full of embarrassment, and saw that the woman still didn't respond, so he still walked into the living room and looked around, it seemed that there was only a woman in the house.
The woman sat on the sofa in the living room, holding a photo frame without raising her head, whispering something, as if there was no such person as Li Xumu, looking down at a photo seriously.
Li Xumu walked softly to the woman, stood on tiptoe and glanced at the framed photo, and found that it was a young woman in a floral dress, with a bright smile and scissor hands. The age looks similar to himself, but that's not Zhao Yunuo.
There are also some photo frames on the TV cabinet in the living room, which are basically portraits, and there are also solo photos and group photos of the girl in the floral dress. Li Xumu picked up a photo frame and was pleasantly surprised to find Zhao Yunuo on the photo.
It seems that this is a group photo of the whole family, a total of four people, a pair of middle-aged men and women, Zhao Yunuo and the woman in the floral skirt.
The middle-aged men and women in the photo are obviously the parents of Zhao Yunuo and the girl in the floral skirt, as for the girl in the floral skirt, Li Xumu remembered that Zhao Yunuo had mentioned many times that he had a sister who was going to college, so it seemed that she was right.
Another photo particularly caught Li Xumu's attention, this is a graduation photo, more than a dozen young men and women in bachelor's uniforms standing together expressionlessly.
The three pieces of information on the photo are the most critical, the first one is that Zhao Yunuo's sister is in the photo, which seems to be her sister's graduation photo. Second, the graduation photo shows the graduation of this year. Thirdly, this university is Yungang University! 、
It's this university again....I've been popping up in my life many times in one day alone...
Li Xumu's thoughts returned to reality from the photo, only to realize that this was rude, turned around and put the photo on his chest, and said enthusiastically: "Auntie, this is the graduation photo of your eldest daughter, that is, Sister Zhao Yunuo, right?" ”
The woman suddenly raised her head as if she had just woken up from a dream, and cried out, "I don't have an eldest daughter! I only have one daughter! She just graduated from high school this year! You are talking nonsense! That's not a picture of our home! Take it away! ”
Li Xumu was shocked by the sudden roar, he had never seen a person react so violently, and he didn't know which sentence just now stimulated Zhao Yunuo's mother, his heart was full of anxiety and hurriedly explained: "Yes! I'm sorry! I do not know! I just got the picture from the TV stand, Auntie, don't get excited! I'm just here to ask about Zhao Yunuo's news, if she's safe, I'll leave immediately! ”
"Yunuo, Yunuo, Yunuo...", the woman shook back and forth almost frantically as she read her name, and the coffee table in front of the sofa was shaken by her knees.
Could it be a sheep epilepsy? This strange phenomenon was presented in front of him, and when the panicked Li Xumu was at a loss for all this, Zhao Yunuo's mother's tremor became even more serious.
The woman's whole body was like clockwork, her hands frantically flailing in the air, and her whole body kept thrusting until the sofa fell to the ground, her head swaying violently from side to side, and the white foam in her mouth splashed everywhere.
Li Xumu subconsciously hurried to dial 120, but in a panic, the mobile phone fell to the ground.
At this moment, the door suddenly rang, and the middle-aged man in the photo rushed in with a few big strides, grabbed the woman and pinched her, and stuffed a few pills scattered on the ground into her mouth.
After a while, the woman's limbs stopped swinging, but her body twitched from time to time, and then she inhaled sharply, and her breathing gradually stabilized. The middle-aged man helped her into the back room, leaving only the dumbfounded Li Xumu in the living room.
After the man came out, Li Xumu told what happened today and the reason for coming.
The middle-aged man is the woman's husband and Zhao Yunuo's father, and the woman in the graduation photo is indeed Zhao Yunuo's sister.
"Auntie... It's okay..."
The middle-aged man sighed, then took out the cigarette case from his shirt pocket, took out one and put it in his mouth, and opened the lighter with his body. The middle-aged man glanced at Li Xumu, then took out one from the cigarette case and handed it to Li Xumu, who hurriedly waved his hand to say no.
The middle-aged man took a puff of cigarette, and the smoke dispersed with his breath, and said, "I will explain the questions you just asked." You don't have to worry about Yunuo, she has been admitted to Yungang University, and now she has gone to live on campus in advance, as for why you can't be contacted, it may be her own meaning, because we also reported our safety by phone last night. ”
What do I mean? What's going on? Why should the matter of going to college be deliberately hidden, and it will not be lost without even a single news. Li Xumu tried hard to recall that 5 days before he lost contact, the two had no quarrels or emotional problems.
"Uncle Zhao... Then why didn't she hook up with me... Eh, it's okay, if she's safe, then Auntie just now...? Although Li Xumu was very puzzled by Zhao Yunuo's behavior, now is not a good time to calm down the relationship between the two.
Zhao Yunuo's father screwed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, moistened his lips with his tongue and continued: "Yunuo's own sister had an accident when she was about to graduate. Her mother has been greatly stimulated since then, and her spirit has been a little abnormal, and she has been sick from time to time... After all, such a big daughter...."Speaking of this, I was so choked that I couldn't control the language.
Li Xumu opened his mouth in surprise, but he still pressed back what he wanted to ask, feeling that Zhao Yunuo's sister should no longer be alive, as for the reason, it is really difficult to continue to ask.
"You don't have to worry too much about our family's affairs." The middle-aged man waved his hand and motioned for Li Xumu to leave.
Li Xumu glanced back worriedly, only to see that the house was full of messes, and a vicissitudes of life lit a cigarette on his back. I didn't expect a simple visit to be such an encounter.
The graduation photo shows that it was taken this year, so my sister's accident also happened not long ago, such a sudden news is indeed a disaster for the family, and the aunt's various overreactions just now I also understand.
What caused my sister's death? When you are about to graduate....Does it have anything to do with this eccentric Yungang University? In this way, Zhao Yunuo can also explain that he does not contact him, it must be this sudden news, so that she must fill in the volunteer of this university to find out something, after all, how can a young girl in the flower season say no?
Li Xumu took Zhao Yunuo's door with him, and secretly thought in his heart, "Yunuo, it doesn't matter if I can't contact you, I'll go to you and ask you personally!" ”