Xiaojuan reached out to grab Tiedan's hand and pulled Tiedan up from the stool, but Tiedan did not follow her out.
"Mom, where are we going? It's dark outside, I'm afraid..."
"Don't be afraid. With my mother here, we can make a living wherever we go. Let's go!"
Xiaojuan exerted brute force and dragged Tiedan towards the door. The half-eaten chicken leg in Tiedan's hand fell to the ground and was stepped on by Xiaojuan. Xiaojuan was too lazy to pick it up and dragged Tiedan to the yard. inside.
Tiedan cried at the top of his lungs.
Yang Huaming rushed out of the house, snatched the iron egg from Xiaojuan's hand and hid it behind him.
"You crazy woman, you scared my son so late at night!" Yang Huaming yelled.
"Wherever you want to go, go on your own, and don't bother my son with this!"
Xiaojuan was so angry that she trembled all over. She raised the bundle in her hand and hit Yang Huaming on the head several times.
"My son is mine. I was pregnant for ten months and risked my life to give birth to him. Give him back to me!"
Xiaojuan's bundle rolled down on Yang Huaming like raindrops, and her hands scratched Yang Huaming's face.
A few blood stains immediately appeared on his face.
Angry, Yang Huaming raised his hand and pushed Xiaojuan away. Xiaojuan staggered and almost fell.
She glared at Yang Huaming with disheveled hair, "Yang Huaming, let's cut him off in two!"
After saying this, she glanced at Tiedan again, "Son, wait for mother, she will come back to pick you up!"
Then he turned around and ran out of the yard.
"Mom, don't go..."
Tiedan cried, throwing away the steamed bun he had taken a bite of in his other hand, and stumbled over to catch up.
Xiaojuan walked in front with her head buried, while Tiedan chased after her.
Yang Huaming also followed out, looking at Xiaojuan's back almost hysterically: "Look back at your son, what can't you say for your son's sake? Did I kill someone or set a fire? Do you have to cause such a separation of flesh and blood? "
As soon as he finished speaking, Tiedan suddenly kicked something and fell to the ground, crying even harder.
Xiaojuan paused and turned to look at her son who was lying on the ground behind her and crying with his hands outstretched to her. Extreme confusion filled her eyes. Finally, she turned her head and ran away, and the figure quickly disappeared.
Tiedan lay on the cold and damp ground, looking at the direction where Xiaojuan disappeared and crying heartbrokenly.
The dark night seemed like the mouth of a huge monster, swallowing his mother completely.
Yang Huaming came to Tie Dan, picked him up from the ground, stood there for a while, and finally let out a long sigh.
"Don't cry. Your mother just ran out in anger. She will come back tomorrow when her anger subsides. Dad will take you home."
…
He'er, the third girl, and Kang Xiaozi were all in the town. Yang Huaming coaxed Tiedan, who was tired from crying, to sleep, put him on the bed, then locked the door of the house and the courtyard and went out, following the direction that Xiaojuan left earlier. try to find.
It took less than half an hour. Logically speaking, this woman's legs shouldn't be able to walk very far.
Yang Huaming spent the whole night searching, almost reaching the edge of Qingshui Town, but Xiaojuan was nowhere to be seen.
This is really evil. How could this woman walk so fast in such a short period of time?
Aren't you afraid of it at night? It seemed that he was determined to leave after eating the weight. With frustration and exhaustion all over his body, Yang Huaming returned to the village dejectedly.
When she passed by the door of Yang Huazhong's house, Mrs. Sun, who happened to be used to getting up early, had already gotten up and opened the courtyard door to start the day's work.
Seeing Yang Huaming on the road at the door, Sun was stunned for a moment, "Fourth brother?"
Yang Huaming turned his head.
Sun was even more surprised: "Fourth brother? Is it really you? Where are you going this early in the morning?"
As soon as the question came out of her mouth, Mrs. Sun noticed something and hurriedly changed her words: "Where did you come back from this early in the morning? Look at this, you must not have slept all night, right?"
Yang Huaming smiled bitterly.
"Xiaojuan ran away and packed up her belongings overnight."
"What?" Mrs. Sun was shocked, then walked out of the courtyard and looked around: "Where are you going? Why didn't you stop me?"
Yang Huaming shook his head: "It's going to rain. Mother is going to get married. She has to leave not once or twice. Maybe she made up her mind last night!"
"With Xiaojuan gone, Tiedan will be left without a mother. This can't be done! You have to go on and get her back!" Mrs. Sun said again.
Yang Huaming shook his head helplessly, "I haven't slept all night, I really have no energy..."
When Sun took a look, Yang Huaming's eyes were not only bloodshot, but a shoe was also missing from his feet.
"Fourth brother, come to my house quickly. I'll get you some food to fill your stomach. Then I'll call your third brother to get up and discuss this matter..."
"It's not Sister-in-law, thank you for your kindness. I have to go home. Tiedan is locked in the house and sleeping alone."
The child will be scared when he wakes up later and cannot see his mother or father.
Hearing this, Mrs. Sun didn't stay. Yang Huaming walked back to the backyard. Yang Huazhong just got up and was squatting at the door of the wing to rinse his mouth and face.
It is time to plant early rice seedlings during this period. The first thing Yang Huazhong does after getting up every morning is to go around the fields. He waits until the sun rises before going home to have breakfast.
"Dad Qing'er, don't rush to hang out in the rice fields today. Go to Lao Si's place later. Xiaojuan ran away last night, and Lao Si spent the whole night alone. , I just opened the door and saw him coming from the other side of the town..."
After hearing this, Yang Huazhong quickly spit out the salt water in his mouth and raised his head: "Why is it still happening like this? I'll go right away!"
He buried his head in the basin in front of him, wiped his face carelessly and left quickly.
Mrs. Sun was not idle either. She came to the kitchen and boiled sweet potato porridge in the big pot. In the small pot outside, she cooked a bowl of noodle soup, put a few poached eggs in it, and put it in an open bowl. Put it in a big bowl and send it to Yang Huaming.
The amount of noodles and poached eggs is enough for Yang Huaming and Tiedan and his son to have a meal.
The news that Xiaojuan ran away spread out during breakfast, and the women bathing by the pond at the entrance of the village were all talking about it.
After hearing the news, Lao Yangtou and other members of Lao Yang's family rushed to the fourth room.
Yang Huazhong sat in the main room with Yang Huaming. Yang Huaming looked like he was in a state of despair, and his temples seemed to have grown a lot of hair overnight.
The haggard face, the corners of his eyes, his forehead, and the fine lines that couldn't even be smoothed out with a roller made him look more than ten years older than his brother Yang Huazhong next to him.
In the next room, the door was open, Tie Dan was sitting on the bed, and Mrs. Sun was sitting sideways on the bed, feeding Tie Dan noodles and poached eggs.
Children are children. Although they experienced the heartbreaking panic last night, after a good sleep, there were so many people at home when they woke up, and there were delicious noodles and poached eggs made by the gentle third mother. Tiedan temporarily put aside the panic of losing his mother and was eating with gusto, his eyes shining brightly.
