Chapter 40: Applejack's Daughter-in-law
Early in the morning of the second day, Jing He and Jing Bao successfully got on the car back to Longmai Mountain.
Jing He specially got off the car in the previous village and walked back to Longmai Village with Jing Bao.
"Applejack!"
"Uncle Jie!"
The mother and son stood on the bridge with their bags on their backs and waved at Shui Mingjie, who was working in the field.
Shui Mingjie paused, looked up in surprise, and shouted.
"Ahh Boss, Xiaobao, you're back! ”
Shui Mingjie ran in the mud regardless of the muddy water and splashing his clothes when he ran.
"Boss, you and Lu ..... Done talking? Shui Mingjie's face was splashed with muddy water, and he looked at Jing He with a smile on his face.
"Not yet, let's go home and have a look." Jing He smiled faintly, his eyes fell on the little girl who was running over with a red face following Shui Mingjie, and raised her eyebrows, "This is?" ”
Hua Xiu handed the handkerchief to Shui Mingjie, and ran to the ground a little panting: "Brother Ajie, you wipe it." ”
"Thank you." Shui Mingjie skillfully took the handkerchief handed over by Hua Xiu, wiped it, and then spoke, "Boss, this is Hua Xiu, the eldest daughter of the Hua family in the front village." ”
"Huaxiu, this is my boss, Jing He."
Huaxiu is very delicate, with a white little face, big and round apricot eyes, but she is very thin and does not grow a little flesh.
Jing He threw the bag to Shui Mingjie, handed over a meaningful look, raised his hand and beckoned to Hua Xiu: "Hello." ”
Hua Xiu looked at Jing He cautiously, and nodded a little scared: "Hello Sister Xiao He, you can call me Ah Xiu." ”
"Okay." Jing He held back a smile at the corner of his mouth, and pulled Jing Bao forward, "Ajie, there is money in the bag, you go buy some meat and have a good meal at noon." ”
Shui Mingjie looked at the dazzling show, then looked at Jing He, and hesitated.
Jing He shook his head helplessly, turned his head to Hua Xiu and said, "You can keep it for dinner." ”
"Oh, yes!" Shui Mingjie immediately smiled and took the money to the town.
Jing He pulled Jing Bao's hair.
Jing Bao immediately said sweetly: "Hello little aunt." ”
Hua Xiu was stunned in place, and laughing was not what it should be.
Jing He slapped Jing Bao's head hard, and said solemnly: "Go home." ”
"Oh." Jing Bao pouted, and ran away.
Jing He smiled lightly: "The child is ignorant and screams nonsense." ”
Hua Xiu was a little depressed, and whispered behind Jing He: "I think it's true..."
“??!!”
Jing He heard these words clearly, and looked at Hua Xiu meaningfully.
In her previous life, she did not have this person in her memory.
Is everything going in a good direction?
After lunch, Hua Xiu offered to help Jing He clean the room, and Jing He did not shirk it. After cleaning, she went home.
Cool off at night.
Jing He was lying on a wooden chair made by Shui Mingjie, swaying and fanning his fan.
Jing Bao was dozing off at the table, and Shui Mingjie was still preparing for tomorrow's work.
"Applejack." Jing He suddenly spoke, "When will my mother come back?" ”
Shui Mingjie said while tidying up: "At least for a month, our family is separated by two mountains, and I drove a tractor to pick up my mother." ”
"Mother is really, what does she care about making money." Jing He continued to shake the fan and said with some concern.
"Take care of other people's daughters-in-law for confinement, soon, don't worry." Shui Mingjie put the hoe aside, ready to go to the well to fetch a bucket of water.
The wooden door was suddenly knocked open.
At the door, the little girl stood in a daze, her face full of tears.
"Brother Ajay..."
Hua Xiu cried a little angrily and struggled to speak.
"Ah Xiu?"
Shui Mingjie casually put the bucket down and hurriedly went out.
Jing He was a little curious, turned over and jumped up the wall, listening to the corner of the wall.
Under the tree, Hua Xiu was out of breath crying, and her whole body began to tremble.
Shui Mingjie wiped his hands and wiped the tears from her face at a loss.
"Ah Xiu, what's wrong?" Shui Mingjie said worriedly, "But your father and mother beat you again?" ”
Hua Xiu wiped away the tears from her face and choked up: "Brother Ajie, I'm here to say goodbye." ”
Shui Mingjie looked at her in surprise.
"In the future, I can't accompany you to plant and plant seedlings." Hua Xiu cried again as she spoke, "I can't accompany you to the mountains to see the bayberry trees anymore." ”
"What the hell is going on?" Shui Mingjie's eyebrows frowned unconsciously, stared at her a little irritably, and asked urgently.
Hua Xiu hiccuped and whispered: "My aunt received a dowry of thirty yuan and is going to marry me." ”
Shui Mingjie was obviously stunned, and neither of them spoke for a long time.
The wind blew in gusts, and the faces of both of them became cold.
Shui Mingjie looked at Huaxiu, who was crying fiercely, and wanted to comfort her, but he raised his hand but didn't know how to put it down.
"It's good, it's good." Shui Mingjie was like a child who had just learned to speak, stammering his words and speaking in a daze.
Hua Xiu trembled, opened her mouth but couldn't speak for a long time.
She knew that even if she spoke, she wouldn't change anything.
She came tonight, and even gave up everything, if Shui Mingjie said a word, she would elope with him without hesitation.
But he didn't.
Her hands trembled more and more, and she suddenly raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face, and forced the corners of her mouth to smile.
Hua Xiu is very good-looking, but now she is ugly when she smiles.
"Hmm." Hua Xiu lowered her eyelids and began to murmur again, "Brother Ajie, if you hadn't saved me from the mountain, I might have died on the mountain a long time ago." ”
"You are my benefactor, I hope that you can come to the wedding next week, okay?"
She gritted her teeth and forced herself to cry as she finished speaking.
Shui Mingjie didn't know what was wrong with him, so he felt sour and uncomfortable, he couldn't bear to cry like this, so he opened his mouth to respond.
"Okay."
Hua Xiu nodded, turned around slowly, and reluctantly prepared to go home.
"Tsk."
Jing He looked at Shui Mingjie with disgust, flipped off the wall, took Hua Xiu's hand, and said loudly: "What's good!" ”
"Sister Xiaohe?" Hua Xiu was startled and spoke in a nasal voice.
"Boss, you're eavesdropping!" Shui Mingjie said indignantly.
Jing He loosened his flowery hand, stepped on Shui Mingjie's foot, and scolded: "Shui Mingjie, you pig brain!" ”
"Ahh
Shui Mingjie jumped up from the ground and wanted to touch his feet in pain, but because Hua Xiu was there, he didn't touch it.
"Boss, what's wrong with me?" He spoke dissatisfied.
Jing He looked at Huaxiu again, and asked in a deep voice: "Huaxiu is getting married, so you don't have any words?" ”
"Huh?"
"Ahh
Shui Mingjie slapped his head and hurriedly said, "You have to give a salute!" ”
"it!" Jing He had a hateful expression on his face, and continued, "Let me ask you, do you like Ah Xiu?" ”
"Sister Xiaohe....."
Hua Xiu was a little overwhelmed and looked at the two people in front of her in fear.
Shui Mingjie was stunned for a moment, the sour feeling in his heart became strong again, and he said in a daze: "I, boss, I feel that I have a heart problem, and my heart is sour and uncomfortable. ”
Jing He listened to his answer, looked at Huaxiu again, and said solemnly: "Ah Xiu wants to get married, you are uncomfortable." ”
"I don't know." Shui Mingjie scratched his heart again, and said irritably, "But, Ah Xiu is getting married, and it's useless for me to be uncomfortable." ”
"I like people, don't say it early!" Jing He patted Hua Xiudi on the shoulder as he spoke, and said warmly, "Do you need me to ask you?" ”
Hua Xiu was stunned for a moment, and the tears on her face were full of tears: "Brother Ajie, I, I like you too." ”
"Ah Xiu." Shui Mingjie muttered, stepped forward, and wanted to hug her.
Suddenly, between the two, a hand appeared.
Jing He blocked between the two with a cold face, and rolled his eyes weakly: "You don't have to hug me in front of me." ”
As soon as these words came out, both of them were shy for a while and froze in place.
"Boss." Shui Mingjie whispered, but he didn't dare to resist.
"Gone." Jing He kicked the stones on the ground in boredom, turned his head to the two of them.
"Go, where?" Shui Mingjie asked suspiciously.
Jing He looked back lightly and hooked the corners of his lips at Hua Xiu: "Grab a kiss!" ”
The three of them took advantage of the night to go to Hua Xiu's house.
A drowsy man was awakened and stood at the door and listened for a moment, but Jingbao, who was not brought with him, was messy in the wind.
Jingbao: Mom seems to have forgotten that he is still at home..........
In the next village, almost every kerosene lamp is still on.
In the flower house, the walls are made of irregular stones, and the light in the room can leak through the gaps between the stones.
As soon as Jing He entered the door, he heard the conversation of the flower father and the flower mother.
"It's really picky, it's only thirty yuan." Father Hua was holding a pile of fragmentary banknotes in his hand, counting them in disgust, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Eh! Five points more! ”
"Earned, earned." Hua Mu smiled and said, "Hurry up and get married, and save our family's food." ”
"My daughters are all money-losers, but fortunately we have two sons." The father hid the money before he spoke, "Keep this money first and give it to my son to marry a wife." ”
"Hmm." The mother of flowers should be in harmony.
Jing He's eyes frowned when he heard this, and his eyes were full of unhappiness.
Hanaxiu smiled awkwardly.
She'd heard it a hundred times.
"Tsk." Jing He listened to the staggering conversation and made a voice in disgust.
"Who?"
The Mother of Flowers heard the sound of the yard and walked out of the back room.
Father Hua also followed.
"Xiaoxiu? Why are you still outside! The flower mother opened her mouth sternly, and saw the person behind her again.
Actually, it's still a man!
"Why did you bring a man back!" Hua Mu frowned and scolded loudly, "You're going to get married soon, Hua Xiu!" ”
Hua Xiu was a little flustered, lowered her head and didn't dare to speak.
Jing He put one hand on Hua Xiu's shoulder and raised his voice to speak: "Hello, I'm Jing He." ”
The flower mother was startled, and turned her head to find that there was another woman.
Jing He is very good-looking, and she looks very noble from a distance, but now she is in a bad mood, and there is still dissatisfaction and disgust between her eyebrows.
The flower mother coughed lightly before saying, "Oh! You are Jing He of Longmai Village, I have heard of you, you are the one who gave birth to a son with a man, and her husband is the one who doesn't know anyone. ”
"Shut up!" Shui Mingjie had a cold face, and he was about to rush forward.
"What! Come to my house to fight, my man is here! The mother of flowers had no fear, leaned closer to the father of flowers, and said loudly.
Jing He had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, stopping Shui Mingjie, and his eyes turned cold.
Hua Mu was shocked by Jing He's eyes, and took Hua Xiu's hand with her gaze, and said:
"Come over to me! How did you get mixed up with her, do you still want to get married! ”
"A-Niang...."Hua Xiu was unnaturally dragged aside and looked at Jing He apologetically, "Sister Xiao He, I'm sorry.."
"What are you apologizing?" Hua Mu interrupted Hua Xiu's words and said sharply.