While Xue Taohua was putting away the food her daughter had brought home, she was also talking about how she asked the factory driver to post a missing person notice when he was on a business trip:
"Your dad just went to visit Lao Chen's house yesterday. He hasn't come back from his business trip yet, but it should be in the next two days. I don't know if there are any clues..."
After a pause, he added: "No matter if he has any clues or not, he is still helping us. I will send two kilograms of glutinous rice to his house."
As she said that, she scooped almost two kilograms of glutinous rice into a clean rice cloth bag and put four duck eggs in it: "Wait for your dad to come back later and ask him to ride his bicycle to Lao Chen's house."
Xue Taohua thought about the rest, then found a small cloth bag sewn with rags, scooped out a pound of glutinous rice, put two duck eggs in it, and handed it to Xu Yin: "Give this to your grandma. Although your grandma This person is a bit patriarchal, but has a good heart. You didn't come back in the first half month, and she even came to your house to ask if anything was wrong. She was worried that you would be bullied in the city. And your cousin...that girl You are so brave, you actually left a letter and went on a journey, saying that you were going to see the world, which made your uncle and the others so angry that they were hurt internally. You couldn’t tell outsiders yet. I also heard what your grandma said. You must never Don't imitate her. If a single girl runs away and doesn't come back for more than half a month, even if nothing happens, others won't think so..."
Xu Yin wanted to tell her mother: Xu Wen is fine.
She is the heroine of the original text, and the halo of the heroine is shining.
Although it is indeed not easy for a woman to carve out a career in this difficult era, they are all minor problems. When encountering major life-or-death matters, the halo of the heroine will protect her and turn disaster into good fortune.
Counting the time, it was time for Xu Wen to return from Nancheng.
With a batch of fashionable clothes that have not yet hit the local area and a few Nancheng commodities that cannot be found locally, the business is about to begin.
When the time comes, the eldest uncle's mother will no longer dislike her cousin in every possible way and wish to send her off to get married early, but will support her like a god of wealth and wish she could stay at home for a few more years.
People, it’s so realistic.
Xu Yin went to her grandma's house with the things her mother had prepared.
The old lady lived not far away, just two streets away from the old cotton mill and next to the state-owned vegetable market.
It was a small house with a yard at the front and back, a neat three-room old tile-roofed house, and the yard was not big. But compared to the staff dormitory where you could only dry clothes on the balcony, and you had to take the quilts to the roof platform to dry them, she Like it here better.
Therefore, even though her wife had passed away several years ago, her two sons did not trust her and asked her several times if she wanted to move in with them, but she refused immediately.
Although she knew it was just a polite word, even if her son was happy to live with her, what about her daughter-in-law?
Since ancient times, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have often been at odds with each other. Although the old lady has never been to school and cannot read a few Chinese characters, she still understands this truth. After all, she has also been through it. After thirty years of marriage, a daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law. What is it like for two sons to know nothing about it? .
But having said that, she really couldn't bear to move away from here.
When the sun is nice, take out the bedding and winter clothes in the cupboard to dry them; dry the wild vegetables that you dug in the fields with the neighbors and sisters last autumn and winter, and make a bowl of dried vegetable soup in the bitter summer, not to mention it will make you more appetizing. .
When Xu Yin came over carrying a pound of glutinous rice and two duck eggs, her old man was taking off the quilt. It was hot and the thick quilt could no longer cover it. She took off the quilt top and quilt, washed them and put them away. Wait until autumn before using.
Seeing her little granddaughter coming, the old lady happily put down her work and said, "I heard from your parents that you haven't had any rest this month. Is your work unit so busy?"
"Yes. I'll come back to see you soon after the holiday." Xu Yin put the glutinous rice and duck eggs in the house for her, and also took out two peaches for her. "My mother asked me to give her the holiday benefits given by my work unit." Get you some."
The old lady smiled from ear to ear and said, "You guys have finished eating. I am an old lady and my teeth are not as good as before. It doesn't matter whether I eat or not."
"You can't bite a peach. Eat it after it's been steamed in a rice pot. It'll be soft."
The old lady nodded happily, locked the food in the cupboard, and took out an oil paper package. Inside was a piece of chicken cake given to her by her old sister.
"Take it! Your grandma Sun's little daughter gave it to me when she came back. She gave me two pieces. I ate one piece in the morning, and I'll give this piece to you."
Xu Yin didn't refuse, took it and ate it.
"It's better you be good. Wenwen was the one who didn't care. He left a letter and left immediately. Your uncle was so worried that he couldn't sleep all night."
What Xu Yin could say was to comfort the old lady: "Sister Wenwen is not a loser. She must have gone out because of something."
"That can't be like this..."
The old lady sighed.
Xu Yin sat with her for a while, listening to her complaining. Seeing that it was getting dark, she got up and came out.
The old lady lived alone and usually didn't turn on the fire at night. She soaked the leftover food from lunch in boiling water and took a few bites with pickles and pickles before taking a rest early.
So she didn't leave Xu Yin to eat, but asked her to come over at noon tomorrow: "I'm going to buy a fish tomorrow. I still have one of the fish tickets your dad gave me. I just used it. You come to my place to eat."
"No, grandma." Xu Yin was about to decline.
Suddenly I heard Xue Taohua’s loud and excited voice:
"Yin Yin! Yin Yin! There is news about your brother! Oh my God! My heart is beating so fast, I can't help it, I can't help it!"
Xu Yin hurriedly went up to her and supported her: "Mom, take a deep breath with me. Take your time first. Don't speak in a hurry."
Xue Taohua finally came to her senses after listening to her daughter's commands of "breathe", "breathe", "breathe", "breathe".
For a moment, she thought she was going to be sent away.
After catching her breath, she excitedly grabbed her daughter's hand and said, "Lao Chen is back! Your dad just went to his house to deliver something, and happened to see him coming home. I heard from him that he had posted it on a telephone pole at a certain street in Nancheng. The missing person notice was taken off by someone and taken away. I heard from the clerk at the corner grain store that it was taken off by a middle-aged man. It seemed that there was someone in their village who looked a bit like the person in the portrait, so he took it back to ask... …Ouch! I finally got some clues! Unfortunately, Lao Chen went to buy goods at that time and didn’t meet the middle-aged man. After waiting for an extra day, no one came to see him. He was in a hurry to come back to deliver the goods, so he had to come back first.”
Xu Yin: "..."
I really didn’t expect that the method of seeking medical treatment indiscriminately for acute illness would actually work.
As soon as the old lady heard about her grandson's whereabouts, she immediately knelt down and bowed three times in the direction of Nanhai Guanyin. After praying, she realized what she was doing. She looked around nervously to make sure no one had noticed her, and then she breathed a sigh of relief. What if? If someone sees you, report it and that's it.
"Taohua, since my grandson has been found, hurry up and pick him up."
Xue Taohua nodded repeatedly: "I want to pick him up, but I don't know if I can clear out so many days off..."
Xu Yin thought for a while and said, "Mom, why don't I go."
"Huh?" (End of chapter)
