CHAPTER XX

In the evening of the next day, Wang Zhutou entered Qi Ning's shop with Master Zhou and the three servants.

"Master Zhou, you are here, Brother Wang and several big brothers are also here, please take a seat." Qi Ning hurriedly smiled and came out from behind the counter and asked everyone to sit down.

"Qi girl, bring me the dishes I like to eat, and then make us a soup casually, one pound of sorghum wine, and two pounds of rice wine." Master Zhou is familiar with the instructions.

"Okay, let's have some tea first, and I'll serve you food." Qi Ning brought a pot of tea to everyone.

These people drank all the wine on the food, Master Zhou threw a piece of broken silver on the table, and the group left in a leisurely manner.

After Wang caught the head cushion, he walked to Qi Ning and threw down two silver ingots of five taels: "The rest of the room money will be deducted from my dinner in the future." ”

"Dinner? What dinner? Brother Wang, are you going to come here for dinner in the future? Qi Ning pulled his head out of the window and asked, the man didn't know if he was drunk or didn't hear it, and he slammed the door without looking back.

"What's with what? I don't make it clear. Qi Ning pouted and took the silver into the box.

Since that day, Wang Zhutou, who can't be shaken by thunder, will come to the store to eat every night, sometimes with others, most of the time it is himself, sit down when he enters the door, eat whatever Qi Ning gives him, sit and drink tea after eating, and when it closes, he will go home without saying hello. Once Qi Ning secretly changed the tea to white water, he didn't react and drank all the pot as usual. Qi Ning, who was watching it, suspected that there was something wrong with his taste buds.

"Sister." The eldest girl stood behind Qi Ning, looked at her in a daze, and shouted at her.

Qi Ning was a little embarrassed, and looked at a man in a daze. glared at the eldest girl fiercely: "Shouting, be careful that my aunt hears that you don't look like a girl!" ”

"Hee-hee, my mother is washing dishes in the backyard. Sister, why does that Wang Zhutou come to eat every day? ”

"You don't care about him, we just have money to make." Qi Ning said and closed the doors and windows, and went back to the backyard with the eldest girl.

Qi Ning lay in bed and had insomnia at night, this was the second time she had insomnia since she came, last night was the first time, and today she opened the door with dark circles under her eyes, so that Qi and the big girl could ask questions. I didn't expect to toss and turn in bed until midnight today and still couldn't sleep, Qi Ning blamed all this on the lack of air conditioning, well, it's just that the heat is uncomfortable, so I can't sleep well.

The next day, Qi Ning came to the backyard to move things with two bigger dark circles under her eyes, and Qi looked at her with concern: "Ning Ning, are you too tired lately, do you want to find a doctor?" ”

"No, auntie, move things."

Qi Shi followed behind and lowered his head worriedly. For this niece, who has met no more than five times since she got married, although she is close, she is more in awe. Qi Ning is completely different from the cowardly and silent child in her impression, maybe she has grown up. She listened to her parents before she got married, and listened to her in-laws, husband, aunt and uncle after she got married, and now she habitually relies on Qi Ning to listen to Qi Ning, and even if she disapproves of what Qi Ning said, she rarely refutes what she says.

Qi Ning brought a pot of lo-mei to the front, and the eldest girl had already cleaned it, opened the door and was wiping the counter.

"The big girl went to boil the teapot and teacups, and every time the teacups and dishes used by the guests were brushed clean and boiled again, there will be infectious diseases in the province."

"Hey, I'll go." The eldest girl took the tea set in a basin and went to the back.

The three of them were busy until late at night, and Wang Qingyuan was the last to leave. Qi Ning took a basin of water and the big girl wiped the counter table neatly, the big girl picked up the basin and splashed the dirty water on the street with a bang, and was just about to turn around and enter the door, when a dark figure in the corner suddenly stood up.

"Ahh The big girl was so frightened that she threw the basin in her hand.

"What's wrong?" Qi Ning ran out and asked, and at this moment, the black shadow walked into the bright light in front of the door.

"Daddy?" The big girl looked at the person in disbelief.

"Big girl, Dad, Dad misses you a little, so I'll come to see you and ......." Zhong Dashan lowered his head.

"Hehe, miss me now! Why didn't you care when my grandmother and second aunt kicked us out of the door? ”

"You, why are you here?" When Qi heard the shout, he pinched the broom in his hand and ran out to see Zhong Dashan, dumbfounded.

"Wan Niang." Zhong Dashan looked at Qi Shi sadly, as if he was the one who was abandoned.

This voice instantly shattered all the resentment and hatred in Qi's heart. At that time, Qi's father and brother were all talented, and her mother was also a woman from a scholar's family.

Zhong Dashan went to visit relatives, met Qi who was washing clothes by the river, fell in love at first sight, and when he went home, he asked his parents to ask someone to propose marriage. The two just got married, and they are also honey blending oil with you and me. Later, after the Qi family gave birth to the eldest girl, there was nothing for many years, which caused the patriarchal Zhong family to be dissatisfied. Zhong Sushi and Zhong Erniang can't see the two of them going in and out every day, and they keep provoking each other with a sweet look. In addition, after a long time, the overworked Qi clan slowly lost his original color, and Zhong Dashan also lost his patience.

I don't know when Zhong Dashan started to talk to some women in the village with bad styles, Qi didn't know anything about it, but she didn't dare to ask, every time Zhong Dashan went home in the middle of the night, she held back her tears and served with tea and water to wash her feet, she blamed all the fault on herself, she couldn't give birth to a son, Zhong Dashan was depressed and would go out to relax, yes, Qi summed up Zhong Dashan's Hu Lai as a loose heart, she was careful every day for fear that she would be rested, and she didn't dare to eat more.

Who would have thought that they had been serving the Zhong family for so many years, and in the end they were thrown out as a rag, most of the people in the village had the mentality of watching the excitement, and no one helped them say a word of justice at all, after all, no son is in line with the rules of the seven.

Qi Shi trembled and couldn't stand still and clung to the door frame: "You conscienceless, what are you still doing?" ”

"Wanniang, I was wrong. I just wanted to see how you guys are doing. Zhong Dashan said that he was going to pull the Qi clan's hand.

"Wait." Qi Ning stopped Zhong Dashan with his hand: "I'm afraid you didn't think they were so simple when you came today, right?" Say, what's the idea? ”

Qi glanced at Qi Ning cowardly: "Go to the back and talk about it, don't let people see jokes here." ”

"Aunt Qi." Qi Ning was really angry this time: "Until now, do you still believe him?" ”

"Ning girl, my uncle doesn't mean anything else, just to come and see the two of them." Zhong Dashan's eyes flickered, and he didn't tell the truth at all.

"Ning Ning...."Qi Shi tugged at Qi Ning's sleeve.

"It's like I'm a bad person, since you want to, then if you have something to say, say it quickly, and leave quickly when you're done, don't delay me to close the door." Qi Ning is really speechless and has arrived home, Qi is a person who can't be helped, and it's useless for others to be anxious. Seeing this family of three supporting each other to go to the wing, Qi Ning didn't bother to listen to them crying to each other, took a stool and sat at the door and read silently in his heart; Calm, calm ........

After more than half an hour, the eldest girl ran over with red and swollen eyes: "Sister Ning, my father was deceived by that widow." Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one at home, the widow stole my grandmother's money and ran away. ”

"Oh, so what?"

"My father said that he and my grandmother regretted it and wanted to take me and my mother back to live a good life." The eldest girl is young, and it is her biological father, and a few kind words moved her to forget all the offends she had suffered before.

"And where?" Qi Ning didn't believe that things would be so simple at all.

"My father said that the silver was stolen by Widow Zhong, and the family had no money, so he wanted to come to the city to find a job to earn some silver, so he would take us back."

"Oh, what kind of job did he find to make money?" Qi Ning's voice was about to freeze.

"My father said that he didn't have any money on him, and he hadn't eaten until now, and he said let me beg you, can you work in my sister's shop first, and then slowly find other work."

"Huh." Qi Ning was laughed at angrily, Zhong Dashan finally revealed his purpose, it is estimated that he listened to Zhong Su's and Zhong Erniang's two bad breeds talk about the situation here, and the family had Qi Ning's idea.

"Do you believe what your dad said?" Qi Ning lowered her head and looked at the big girl seriously.

"But, after all, he is my father, and I ......." The big girl looked down at her feet.

"You come with me to see your father." Qi Ning closed the door and whispered to the big girl who lowered her head to her chest.

"Sister Ning, do you agree?"

"You're still young, don't worry about the adults, come with me." Qi Ning took a deep breath to calm himself down. There's really no need to say anything more now.