Chapter 37: The Search
, the fastest update of the latest chapter of the pet farmer little girl! Zhang Zhenan knew that this was not what she was talking about, but when she heard that she was not coquettish or angry, and her tone was so flat, she panicked for no reason, and said: "Don't say that." ”
"That's what the world thinks, and so do you." An Xiu'er laughed, looked sideways at Zhang Zhen'an, and said, "Really, in fact, you are already very good, much better than those men in the village." "It's that I'm not satisfied, and I want too much.
The corners of her mouth are still smiling, but this smile is clearly a little bitter, not as vibrant as before, innocent and cute.
The lights were bright, and the two didn't say anything all night, and finally stayed up until dawn.
An Xiu'er had already wandered into the world, she woke up with a spirit, the woven strings in her hands fell to the ground, the leaking water in the basin was already full, and the overflowing ground was wet, and the threads fell to the ground, stained with mud, and it was wasted.
An Xiu'er picked it up, a little distressed.
Zhang Zhenan noticed her annoyed expression, and stayed up all night, at this moment her fair face was full of tiredness, and the dark green under her eyelids was heavy and scary, a little haggard.
Yesterday's rain didn't know how big it fell, Zhang Zhenan felt the wind blowing down, looked up, the roof has an extra boss opening, at this moment there is rain falling along this opening, with a hint of coolness, these pots and barrels on the ground he put did not play a role.
He got up and poured out the water, and took the pots and buckets away to the kitchen, passing through the hall, which also had a leaky roof, but fortunately, the kitchen was solid.
The kitchen collapsed last year when it snowed, so he re-strengthened it, but now he survived, and he was a little glad that at least he could make do in the kitchen at night.
It was still raining outside the house, so he thought about it, and didn't bother An Xiu'er, so he made his own fire to make breakfast.
An Xiu'er sat in the room a little dazed, she was tired and wanted to find a place to lie down, but there was mud everywhere, and the bed was also wet by the rain.
Although her family is poor, but every year at the beginning of spring, Father An will always find a sunny day to renovate the roof, it is this kind of scene, she has really never seen it, move the table to a place where it does not leak, and she lies on it to rest.
Before he could sleep for long, Zhang Zhenan came in with porridge, he pushed her arm and said, "It's time for breakfast." ”
An Xiu'er raised her head at this time, looking at him with a pair of watery eyes, there was some innocence in her eyes, her eyes closed again, he had to push her again, she sighed, rubbed her eyes, and stood up reluctantly.
There was nowhere to stay on the ground, so she tried to find a clean place to step on it, but when she came out of the house, she still stepped on her feet full of mud, and the only pair of shoes that were still clean were completely dirty.
A little angry, she simply took off the shoes on her feet, shook them hard, and threw them far away in the middle of the yard, and she stepped on the mud on her feet in thin socks and walked to the kitchen.
The kitchen had just lit a fire, but it was quite warm, and after she finished washing slowly, she came to the fire, and finally simply didn't care about anything, and forgot that Zhang Zhenan asked her to go back to the house to eat, only found a bundle of dry straw, lay up, and fell asleep.
After all, she is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, but she is actually still a child, and at this age, she is still a little sleepy.
Zhang Zhen'an waited for her not to come for a long time, until a bowl of porridge was cold, and he still didn't see anyone, he was a little angry at first, and finally a little worried, sighed, and came to look for her.
First of all, he went to the kitchen, and at a glance, he didn't see anyone, and he looked around the yard again, and even looked for the thatched house, but he didn't see her shadow.
"Xiu'er?" He called her name again, but no one answered.
Where is this girl going?
He felt strange in his heart, for no reason a burst of irritability, at this time, the rain slowly became heavier, he took off his coat, put on his hat and went to look for her, when he walked to the yard, he slipped under his feet, looked down, and saw her shoes lying in the middle of the yard, the mud on the upper of the shoes, has been washed away by the rain a lot.
He lowered his head and picked up the shoes, a panic in his heart for no reason, how could he remember that she was wearing these shoes today?
Raised her eyes to look at the courtyard door, the door was closed, when did she sneak out while he wasn't paying attention?
Where will she go? Zhang Zhenan felt that his heart was going up and down, and he opened the door and ran outside without thinking about it.
With the pouring rain, he was very fast, but in the middle of the tea, he appeared at the gate of An's house.
"Bang bang bang!" He raised his hand and slammed the door hard, Dong, who had just gotten up, thought that she had misheard, and it was not until the knock on the door again came that she trotted to open the door.
"Why are you?" Dong saw Zhang Zhenan appear at the door early in the morning, and he couldn't react.
"Is Xiu'er here?" He asked in a deep voice.
"No, what's wrong, what's going on?" Dong asked.
"It's okay, it's just that it rained heavily last night, and she was worried about her family, so she asked me to come over and have a look." Zhang Zhen'an told a small lie without changing his face.
"So that's the case, she is worried, the family is fine, my father-in-law repaired the house a few days ago, no matter how heavy the rain is, it will not leak." Dong replied with a smile and said, "You haven't had breakfast yet, have you?" Come in and sit down? ”
"I've eaten, and since it's okay at home, I'll go first." Zhang Zhen'an asked An Xiu'er if she was not here, so she didn't stay, and after only saying a word, she turned around and left.
"Who's coming?" Liang heard the voice and stood at the door of the hall and looked out.
"It's my uncle, it rained heavily last night, and he came here to take a look today." Dong closed the door and trotted into the hallway.
"Our home is a tiled house, what are you worried about? I'm worried about them. Liang said a word, looked at Dong again, and his tone was slightly reproachful: "It's raining so heavily, people came over specially, why don't you leave anyone to eat?" ”
"I wanted to stay, but when he heard that there was nothing wrong at home, he left in a hurry." was inexplicably blamed by the Liang family, and the Dong family also felt a little aggrieved.
"Forget it, I don't blame you, he's such a person." Liang couldn't see Dong's aggrieved little daughter-in-law, so he waved his hand casually and went into the house.
On a rainy day, they can't do anything else, and their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are also peeling peanut shells at home to prepare for the next farming.
Zhang Zhen'an went to the river, he once listened to two women in the village chatting when he was fishing, saying that there were many women in the river who committed suicide by jumping into the water here, and they would take off their shoes before committing suicide, which is why Zhang Zhen'an didn't figure it out, but at this moment, the woman's words lingered in his heart that day.
Once he had this thought, his heart became more and more panicked, and he couldn't help but think about it, could it be that he was a little cold to her in the past few days, so she was cranky, and then committed suicide by throwing herself into the water?
He felt that something was not enough, but he remembered that his house was full of mud, and she felt that her life was miserable, so she threw herself into the water.
The more I think about it, the more likely it is, it seems that there are many women in this village who throw water into the water, all because they feel that their lives are miserable, so they think about it, they are cold to her, and the family is poor, she is young, and it is very possible that she can't think about it for a while.
The more Zhang Zhenan thought about it, the more frightened he became, and called her name while looking up and down along the river.
The rain poured down, and the river water, which had been gentle and clear in the past, now became turbulent and turbid, like an enraged yellow dragon, flowing towards the east.
If someone really threw water into the river, he would be taken away by the river in an instant, and he didn't dare to go down to the river rashly, so he only looked down the river bank for a while.
When the anxious mood passed, his heart slowly calmed down, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, the road was muddy, he didn't see her footprints, and the door of the courtyard was also closed just now, maybe he was thinking too much.
If she really threw herself into the water and died, what should she do? The slanting rain hit him in the face, but he still couldn't think of anything, all he had in his heart was extremely flustered, and there was no order.
Before he knew it, he came to the door of the house, pushed the door in, first went to the room to look, still did not see anyone, he walked into the hall, took off his robe and hung it up, the rain was too heavy, his clothes were already soaked.
There was no more clothes for him to change, and the clothes he had changed last night had not yet been washed, and he thought that perhaps he could take them to the stove and roast them, and went into the kitchen, and after walking a few steps, a strange look appeared on his face.
I looked for her all morning, but she was fine, nestled on the straw, curled up like a little milk cat.
A little angry in his heart, he walked over and poked her face with his fingers, but she still didn't wake up, only reached out to remove the foreign object on her face, he poked again, she waved her hand again, he saw that she was still not awake like this, he was a little angry, looked down and saw her bare little feet, put her dirty socks aside, simply took a straw, and scratched it gently on her white and tender soles.
There was a tingling sensation in the soles of her feet, An Xiu'er finally woke up, someone disturbed her sleep, her face was full of anger, but after seeing clearly that this person was Zhang Zhen'an, the angry expression on her face gradually calmed down, and she didn't pay attention to him, just closed her eyes and continued to sleep.
After a while, there was a slight itch in the center of her foot, she knew that he was playing tricks on her, but she just endured the itch and continued to pretend to sleep.
Seeing that she was so enduring, his rough fingers grabbed her ankles and gently rubbed the acupuncture points on the soles of her feet, she finally couldn't stand it now, and tried hard to pull her feet back, but he held it tightly, she opened her eyes and glared at him angrily: "What are you going to do?" ”
"Didn't do anything." Zhang Zhenan let go of his hand, and when he saw that she was angry, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his small mouth was slightly pursed, obviously annoyed, but he felt that it gave people a feeling of anger and non-hatred, as if he was coquettish.