Chapter 18: Matters of the Heart
Chapter 18: Matters of the Heart
When Jiang Yunxian arrived home, it was already sunset, and Xia Meizhen saw that she was tired, so she obediently took the rice noodles to the kitchen.
Looking at the girl's emaciated back, Jiang Yunxian paused for a moment and said, "I bought white noodles, let's make noodles and eat them at night."
After speaking, she didn't wait for Xia Meizhen to respond, turned around and went to the back room, and soon there was a clatter sound of a shuttle.
The mother and daughter seemed to have made an appointment, and neither of them mentioned anything about the day.
After a while, a rich fragrance wafted out of the kitchen, and Xia Meizhen's crisp voice came out vaguely.
"The white and tender noodles are sure to be delicious with fresh wild vegetables!"
Then she brought the two bowls of noodles that were not full to the table, and Jiang Yunxian also came in at the right time, she glanced at the noodles on the table and smiled.
"You girl......" she said.
"Of course, good things should be kept and eaten slowly." Xia Meizhen, who was holding chopsticks, heard the words and smiled back.
Since moving to Lingyang Village, Jiang Yunxian has gradually changed his habit of spending lavishly, and it is rare to eat a meal like today with either wild vegetable cakes or wild vegetable soup every day.
"I don't want to eat this meal without a meal, I can't eat such a good thing in the future, it's very torturous." As she spoke, she quickly handed the chopsticks to Jiang Yunxian, and then sat down and gulped down the white and tender noodles.
In the future, she will go to Dai's house, so that there will be fewer days to eat at home, and she feels sad when she thinks about it, so she is busy eating noodles with her head down to hide her emotions.
This noodle is thick in the middle and thin on the edge, like a willow leaf in spring, the entrance is slippery and the inner tendon is soft but not sticky, the more you chew, the more fragrant it is, Xia Meizhen eats without stopping, while thinking, if this noodle is added with oil Wangwangzi, it must be more delicious!
"You kid, no one is robbing you." Jiang Yunxian said with disgust, lowered his head and ate it.
After taking two bites, she glanced up at Xia Meizhen thoughtfully, but saw that she was drinking the pale white noodle soup in the bowl, snoring loudly.
"Girl's house, what does it look like to eat so loudly." She said in a low voice.
"It's so delicious, I want to eat the bowl." Xia Meizhen had the last mouthful of noodles in her mouth, her voice was bulging, and a section of noodles that slipped out of the corner of her mouth was sucked in by her again, and she swallowed it in a blink of an eye.
She raised the back of her hand to wipe her mouth with satisfaction, and after only a year of hard work, she, an urban beauty, had become a vulgar village girl.
"The noodle soup I make is better than my father's, right?" Xia Meizhen asked as if she was invited, Xia Meizhen had never cooked before, nor had she seen Xia Zhiyuan cook, but the cooking skills brought by her illness were gradually recognized by Jiang Yunxian during the year, and she didn't ask too many questions.
Then she saw that the noodles in Jiang Yunxian's bowl didn't move much, and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned Daddy, it made you sad again."
"You're better at crafting than your father." Unexpectedly, Jiang Yunxian actually answered, and praised her.
Xia Meizhen took back the posture when she was about to get up and leave, and sat upright, and said incredibly: "What my mother said is true?"
The tone changed, and as if discussing, he continued: "Since my mother has said that it is good, it must be good." Mother, Aunt Wu came to me in the afternoon......"
She has to say this matter early and late, it is better to take advantage of Xia Ami Jiang Yunxian's good mood, maybe she will agree.
"Nope." But I didn't want to, and was interrupted by Jiang Yunxian before I finished speaking, "I won't agree with you to be a girl!" ”
"Have you forgotten all the things your father taught you? Even if we starve to death, we won't let you out! ”
"Mother......" Xia Meizhen snorted in a low voice, but she estimated Jiang Yunxian's meaning in her heart, and her mouth came out, "Mother, I just go to other people's homes to do small jobs, and I still have monthly money......
In the past year, Xia Meizhen often went to the mountains with her friends in the village to play, looking for wild vegetables, fighting hares, chasing dogs and birds, and she was crazy without rules, Jiang Yunxian never said anything about her, what's wrong today?
Jiang Yunxian stopped talking and lowered his head to eat noodles.
Seeing this, Xia Meizhen knew that she was angry, so she planned to think of a way later.
After she washed her bowl and put it in the kitchen, Jiang Yunxian stopped her and said, "Take a bath and come to my house."
Because it's autumn, and the family is already poor, it's normal to take a bath once every three or five days, but Xia Meizhen only took a bath yesterday, but Jiang Yunxian still asked her to take a bath, there must be an article here!
Xia Meizhen looked at her sideways, "I only washed it yesterday, so I don't need to wash it today, right?" Otherwise, it will delay the weaving of the mother's cloth again. ”
"There are so many whys." Jiang Yunxian got up to wash the dishes as he spoke, and then wiped the table to boil hot water. She actually made a slip of the tongue and said that washing her feet was taking a bath, but she had no intention of correcting it.
When I turned around, I saw that Xia Meizhen was still standing still, and her brows finally wrinkled, "You kid, you have such a thin heart, and you don't know if it's good or bad." ”
"It's the mother who is too abnormal." Xia Meizhen said honestly, while pulling Jiang Yunxian's sleeve, this dress is already very old, with patches on her wrists, she weaves cloth every day, but she is unwilling to make a new dress for herself.
"Mother, just promise me, I promise to be obedient." She was still thinking about going to Dai's house.
Jiang Yunxian glanced at Xia Meizhen, then sat down at the dinner table, pointed to the opposite side, Xia Meizhen nodded, and sat down on the table.
"I was going to tell you later. Now that you already know, then I'll tell you honestly, I actually wrote a letter to your father's side today, I see that you can't stay here, it's better to go back to Luguo County and find your grandfather. ”
Xia Meizhen said, "Why did my mother contact them?" I don't want to go to Luguo County. ”
Jiang Yunxian said to him left and right: "I also went to that Dai family today, it's a merchant, you go to their house to bury your identity, I would rather you go to your grandfather, I don't want you to surrender your identity and do what you only do with a cheap status." ”
Xia Meizhen frowned when she heard this, is this job still expensive or cheap? Moreover, they will soon be unable to eat now, so what kind of cheap and good people do they care.
With a roll of her eyes, Xia Meizhen simply let go, interrupted Jiang Yunxian's words, and said: "What kind of cheap and good background, I have already told Aunt Wu today, and I also let Auntie tell me what I mean to the people over there of the Dai family, Niang doesn't want me to be a person who breaks my promise and gets fat, right?"
Jiang Yunxian is a person who has read books, and the ancients paid much attention to credibility, so she will try to convince her with honesty first, and if not, she should not blame her for telling a bigger lie.
Sure enough, when Jiang Yunxian heard this, he stood up with a rub, raised his hand and slapped it, and there was a 'snap'.
This was the first time Jiang Yunxian really did something with Xia Meizhen, so he beat her up at once.
Jiang Yunxian's face turned red, and he was also very excited between his words: "You are an unfilial son!" Now that the wings are stiff, I don't listen to my mother, right? Do you know what a lowly status is? What does the untouchables represent? Our Xia family's face is going to be lost to you! ”
Xia Meizhen's brain was hot, and she was very excited, she didn't understand, she didn't do anything wrong, how could she be like she had done something unseemly in Jiang Yunxian's eyes.
"Of course, I make my own decisions, I can't even eat enough, what kind of cheap and good people are talking about, besides, can my face be eaten as food? Why can't I go to other people's homes to be maids? ”
Seeing this, Jiang Yunxian slapped the table, then pointed to the door, and shouted coldly: "I dislike this family is too poor to support you as a young lady, right, then you get out of me immediately, I don't have a daughter like you!" Get out of here! ”
Xia Meizhen was stunned, looking at Jiang Yunxian who was standing at the table, she was wearing an old brown short dress, but it was the best clothes in the house, where she stood coldly at this time, glaring at herself.
At this time, I am no longer what I used to be, avant-garde fashion, urban white-collar workers, just a malnourished girl under the fence, and people can carry themselves with one hand.