Chapter 10: Mother?
Smelling the slightly sweet medicinal smell in the water vapor slowly coming out of the crockpot, he groaned and added some water, adjusted the fire, and waited for Zhang Kuang, who was waiting for a while, before turning around and walking out of the kitchen. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The leftovers on the dining table in the living room had not yet been cleaned up, and the door of Uncle Li's bedroom was open not far away.
Walking slowly to the door of Uncle Li's room, Zhang Kuang saw Li Yajie who was squatting on the ground by the bed in the room to wash Uncle Li's feet. It seems like a small thing, but how many people have done it for their parents how many times? once or twice, or not at all?
Uncle Li, who had changed into slightly old pajamas, seemed to be asleep, and when Li Yajie washed his feet and dried his feet, and was struggling to help Uncle Li lie down on the bed, Zhang Kuang hurriedly walked in: "Sister Ya, I'll come!"
Uncle Li was a little thin and not heavy, so Zhang Kuang easily helped him to lie down on the bed.
"Xiao Kuang, thank you!" Li Yajie, who had gently covered the quilt for Uncle Li, couldn't help but brush her hair with her jade hand, looked up at Zhang Kuang and said softly.
"It's okay!oh, yes, medicine.." Zhang Kuang, who was talking with a light smile, suddenly thought of something, hurriedly turned around and trotted away quickly.
Li Yajie, who was stunned, looked at Zhang Kuang leaving in a hurry, couldn't help but shake her head and smile to pick up the foot towel, pick up the footbath and walk out, and gently closed the bedroom door.
A moment later, when Li Yajie came to the kitchen again, she saw that Zhang Kuang happened to turn off the gas stove.
"Sister Ya, is there a thermos flask for soup or something?" Zhang Kuanglian, who looked back at Li Yajie, said.
"Yes," Li Yajie, who nodded in response, hurriedly walked to the cupboard, reached out and slightly padded her feet to reach for the thermos flask placed on the top layer of the cupboard.
The next moment, Li Yajie, who had just taken off the thermos flask, was about to turn around and walk towards Zhang Kuang, but she didn't notice that there was water on the side, and suddenly staggered towards Zhang Kuang with a slippery step.
"Hey, Sister Ya, be careful!" Zhang Kuang, who was busy walking on the side, was accurately holding his horizontal arm under Li Yajie's arms, and at the same time, his other hand was busy catching the thermos flask that was thrown out by Li Yajie.
Zhang Kuang, who felt a tight and soft touch coming from his arm, couldn't help but stiffen his arm trembling slightly.
Li Yajie, who was also stiff, reacted quickly, and suddenly her pretty face was flushed and she hurriedly wanted to reach out and grab Zhang Kuang's shoulder and arm to get up, but she felt as if most of the strength in her body had been drained.
Zhang Kuang, who stepped forward again and supported his arm slightly, helped Li Yajie up, who was weak.
"Sister Ya, are you okay?" Looking at Li Yajie, who was a little overwhelmed, Zhang Kuang couldn't help but ask.
"No.. I'm fine!" Li Yajie said and subconsciously took a step back, but her feet didn't move back as if she didn't obey the call, and as a result, the whole person fell back directly.
Seeing this, Zhang Kuang, whose eyes were slightly widened, couldn't help but hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Li Yajie again.
Li Yajie, who looked up and had flying hair, also looked at Zhang Kuang with beautiful eyes, and her whole body stiffened.
"Sister Ya, did you sprain your foot just now?" Zhang Kuang, who was busy helping Li Yajie up, glanced down at Li Yajie's unnatural right foot, and couldn't help frowning slightly.
Seeing Zhang Kuang's frowning slightly, Li Yajie, who was slightly stunned, reacted, and subconsciously stroked the hair in front of her forehead with her jade hand and said, "Okay.. It seems to have been twisted by accident. ”
"I'll take a look at it for you!" Zhang Kuang, who put the thermos flask in his hand on the dining table on the side, hurriedly squatted down and reached out to gently support Li Yajie's heel, and then gently pinched Li Yajie's ankle with his other hand: "Does it hurt here?"
Leaning back on the dining table like a slight stiffness, Li Yajie, who was holding the dining table with both hands, only felt that her feet were touched by Zhang Kuang's slightly warm hand, and she suddenly felt like an electric shock, and her legs seemed to have an electric current flowing through, and she couldn't help but tremble slightly: "On it.. A little bit above. ”
"This is here, right?" Zhang Kuang, who moved his hand up slightly, waited for Li Yajie to nod in response, and then his slightly harder fingers were slightly hooked, and the back of his fingers slowly rubbed Li Yajie's ankles from light to heavy.
Li Yajie, who couldn't help frowning and screaming in pain at first, soon felt a faint and cool feeling, and as Zhang Kuang's fingers rubbed and slowly penetrated into her ankle, the pain was slowly relieved, and finally she felt that the whole ankle was very comfortable.
"How is it? Sister Ya, are you feeling better?" After a while, Zhang Kuangcai carefully put down Li Yajie's foot, looked up at Li Yajie and asked.
Li Yajie, who was squinting slightly and enjoying Zhang Kuang's rubbing, reacted when she heard this, and couldn't help blushing and hurriedly said: "Okay.. It's much better! It doesn't hurt anymore!"
"Xiao Kuang, you.. Can you still massage?" Li Yajie asked with a slight change of topic, brushing her hair.
"It's just a simple technique to relax the muscles and activate the body," Zhang Kuang, who said with a light smile, picked up the thermos flask instead, and poured the milky white liquid in the clay jar that was slightly lighter than the one that Uncle Li drank before into the thermos flask.
Li Yajie, who walked over slowly, smelled the faintly sweet fragrance of the medicinal liquid, and couldn't help but say with a slight flash in her beautiful eyes: "Xiao Kuang, these medicines.."
"The medicinal liquid in this thermos flask is worse than the one you gave your dad before. Tell him to drink a tablespoon mixed with a glass of warm water every night before going to bed. It's like drinking milk every night, it will give him a better rest. When all these potions are drunk, his body should be much better," Zhang Kuang advised.
Li Yajie nodded hurriedly when she heard this: "Oh, I know, I must tell him to drink." ”
"Okay, Sister Ya, it's not too early, I won't bother you," Zhang Kuang said with a light smile, then turned around and picked up the crockpot and went out.
"Oh, I'll send you!" Li Yajie said and hurriedly sent Zhang Kuang out of the door.
At the gate, Li Yajie, who watched Zhang Kuang enter the opposite courtyard gate, gently closed the door.
Zhang Kuang, who entered his own courtyard and closed the courtyard door with his hand, then turned around and swept his gaze across the slightly gloomy courtyard, and finally fixed his gaze on the side of the door, where the blurred blood stains on the wall could still be faintly seen.
Looking at Zhang Kuang there, his mind moved, and he was about to approach cautiously, but he suddenly heard the faint sound of a car outside, and the familiar sound made Zhang Kuang instantly determine that it was his cousin Zhang Mingyuan's broken van.
Soon, when there was a knock on the door, Uncle Zhang Mingyuan's voice also came in from outside: "Xiao Kuang, have you slept?"
"Second uncle, why are you still here so late?" Zhang Kuang, who turned around and opened the courtyard door, saw Zhang Mingyuan standing outside with a tired face, and couldn't help but hurriedly say, "Come in!"
"No, the second uncle has to hurry back to help your aunt close the stall!" Zhang Mingyuan said and raised his hand slightly, only to see that he was carrying a plastic bag in his hand: "Did you eat at night?" Xiao Kuang, I bought you some dumplings. ”
"Second uncle, I've eaten! You see, at night, I bothered you to bring me food," Zhang Kuang, who was busy talking, was full of warmth in his heart. This second uncle really doesn't have anything to say to himself, he is even closer than his own uncle.
Zhang Mingyuan couldn't help but hurriedly handed the plastic bag to Zhang Kuang: "After eating, eat it as a supper! Xiao Kuang, rest early! The second uncle left first." By the way, are you afraid to live here alone? If you're afraid, why don't you ... Why don't you go to the second uncle's house at night!"
"No need, second uncle, I'm fine! This is my own home, what's there to be afraid of?" Zhang Kuang shook his head and smiled.
"That's good! Then the second uncle will leave!" Zhang Mingyuan, who turned around and wanted to leave, seemed to hesitate, and hurriedly turned to look at Zhang Kuang and said, "Xiao Kuang, that, in the afternoon, I went to the funeral home." The people there said that someone from the police department sent someone to take your mother's body away today, saying that they wanted to assist in the investigation. But don't worry, the second uncle will go to the police station tomorrow to ask. What else do you need to investigate? It's the most important thing to let your mother go to the ground first!"
Zhang Kuang, who frowned slightly when he heard this, nodded with his eyes flickering before he nodded: "Second uncle, I know." ”
"Oh, Xiao Kuang, go to bed early at night!" Zhang Mingyuan, who said to Zhang Kuang again, turned around and got into the car.
Seeing Zhang Mingyuan's van turn around and drive away from the alley, Zhang Kuangcai closed the courtyard door, turned around and looked at the position next to the main gate in the courtyard.
I saw that a faintly illusory figure appeared there at some point. It was a middle-aged woman who looked a little haggard in plain clothes, her face was a little pale, the key was that there were blood stains on the back of her head and sideburns, neck, and shoulders, and she was looking straight at Zhang Kuang.
This figure, Zhang Kuang is too familiar, it is his mother Mo Lan in this body now.