Li Suhua sat on the kang, her mind filled with what Wang Zhong had just said.
In the past, Li Suhua herself, like Zhou Zhigang, favored her eldest son and daughter. Although she also loved her younger son, compared with her eldest son and daughter, she was far inferior to her elder son and daughter. In many things, she treated several children. Li Suhua, like Zhou Zhigang, is subconsciously biased and biased.
Thinking of these, Li Suhua felt guilty.
Over the years, Zhou Zhigang, her eldest son and daughter have all been away from home all year round, only visiting home once every few years. Only her youngest son has been with her all year round, caring and caring for her, and even now she has passed the entrance examination. University, I was worried about staying in Jichun, so I tried every means to take myself to Yanjing...
The scenes of getting along with Wang Zhong and his wife in the past also came to mind one after another.
Thinking of this, Li Suhua couldn't help but cover her face and cry. The tears in her eyes couldn't stop falling. Countless emotions were mixed together and flooded into her heart.
There is emotion, guilt, regret, and pity.
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After working for more than half an hour, the aunt and sister-in-law tidied up the room. Hao Dongmei poured two cups of hot water and handed one to Zhou Rong. Zhou Zhigang, who was smelly all over, also entered the room.
Zhou Rong straightened the tip of her nose and frowned slightly. Zhou Rong hurriedly raised her hand and fanned in front of her nose, saying, "Dad, it stinks so much. Go wash up and change your clothes."
"Stinky girl, I still dislike your father!" Zhou Zhigang was just angry with Wang Zhong, but he was very tolerant of Zhou Rong. Although he said this, his tone did not mean the slightest blame, and he got up and walked out.
"Old lady, find me the outfit I wore when we got married."
But Li Suhua was still in a trance and didn't react at all.
"Old lady!" Zhou Zhigang walked up to Li Suhua and gave Li Suhua a gentle push. "Why are you so stunned? Find me the clothes I wore when we got married."
Li Suhua came back to her senses, said oh, immediately got up and walked to the closet, rummaging through the cabinets to find it.
Hao Dongmei sat at the table and felt her mouth was dry. She picked up the water glass and blew on it. She drank a few sips in succession. While drinking water, she glanced across the east room inadvertently. She suddenly felt that something was missing, but for a moment she felt that something was missing. Can not remember.
Hao Dongmei frowned and looked around, and suddenly a figure appeared in her mind. She quickly confirmed it again, but at the moment, except for Li Suhua who was rummaging in front of the closet and Zhou Rong who was sitting next to her, there was no one else in the room. They were originally on the kang. Feng Yue has long disappeared.
"Mom! Where is Yue Yue?" Hao Dongmei was confused and asked with luck.
"Huh?" Li Suhua paused while looking through the cabinet. Zhou Zhigang's set of clothes had not been worn for more than ten years and had been kept underneath. If he wanted to find it, he could only dig out the top clothes.
"Isn't Yueyue and Ronger together?" Li Suhua's words made Hao Dongmei and Zhou Rong feel a little bit in their hearts.
Zhou Rong put down the water glass: "Maybe he ran to the courtyard to play. I'll go out and take a look."
Both of them realized something was wrong, and Hao Dongmei quickly stood up: "I'll go to the back room to take a look."
Zhou Rong hurriedly walked to the courtyard, but there was only Feng Huacheng who was clearing the snow. Other than that, there was not even a single figure. Zhou Rong asked hurriedly: "Huacheng, have you seen Yueyue?"
Feng Huacheng shook his head and asked doubtfully: "Aren't we in the room with you?"
Hao Dongmei also walked out with a solemn expression: "I checked the cabinets under the table and Yueyue is not in the back room!"
Zhou Rong immediately panicked.
"Yueyue is missing!"
The wind turned into a broom in his hand and fell to the ground.
"What did you say?" Feng Huacheng couldn't believe his ears and rushed to Zhou Rong: "Have you searched all over the house?"
"I've looked at all the places where people can hide!" Hao Dongmei was also a little nervous.
Zhou Rong also lost her composure, with tears in her eyes and a hoarse voice: "Yueyue is missing!"
Feng Huacheng grabbed Zhou Rong excitedly and asked anxiously: "What's going on?"
Zhou Zhigang, wearing only a sweater, also rushed out of the toilet: "Yueyue is missing?"
Hao Dongmei hurriedly explained: "Zhou Rong and I were cleaning the house and thought Yueyue was in the east room with her mother. Unexpectedly, we didn't realize that Yueyue was missing until we finished cleaning."
"It's all my fault! I wish I had looked at Dian Yue at that time!" Li Suhua cried anxiously, with a look of nervousness, regret and self-blame.
"Why are you talking about this at this time? The most important thing now is to find Yueyue quickly." Zhou Zhigang didn't bother to wash up.
"Hurry up and look around!" Zhou Zhigang flashed his hand and rushed out without even bothering to put on his clothes.
"Dad is right, Yueyue may have gone out to play. Let's look around quickly to see if Yueyue is nearby." Feng Huacheng put down his words and rushed out immediately. Zhou Rong also couldn't wait to run out.
Hao Dongmei also wanted to help search for her, but Li Suhua staggered and almost fell. Thanks to Hao Dongmei's quick eyes and quick hands, she caught her.
"Mom! You are not feeling well. Please go inside and rest first. I will ask Bingyi to look for you together."
But Li Suhua shook her head and cried: "I won't go in, look for Yue Yue, I want to find Yue Yue."
After muttering something in her mouth, she walked out. Hao Dongmei had no choice but to hold her back first: "Mom, don't worry, even if you want to go out, you have to put on clothes. If you haven't found Yue Yue yet, you will be freezing first."
After saying that, he turned around and went into the house, took out Li Suhua's coat, and put it on Li Suhua who had already reached the entrance of the courtyard.
"Where can we find it?" Hao Dongmei asked.
Li Suhua's mind was in chaos, and he still didn't know where to look. Suddenly, Wang Zhong's figure appeared in Li Suhua's mind.
"Taiping Hutong, let's go to Taiping Hutong, let's go find Bingkun." At this moment, Li Suhua blurted out subconsciously like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw.
Hao Dongmei's face changed suddenly, but now was not the time to be entangled. One more person would give her more strength. After making up her mind, Hao Dongmei supported Li Suhua and walked to Taiping Hutong, asking people along the way and looking around.
It's a pity that during the Chinese New Year, the streets are full of children chasing and playing, and no one can pay attention at all.
Taiping Hutong, Zheng Family.
Although the family has rice, noodles, meat and vegetables in stock, the quantity is not large. After all, the family eats most of the time at Lao Zhou's house.
Wang Zhong and Zheng Juan sent the children back to Taiping Hutong and let Guangming watch them. Then the couple set off to the vegetable market to buy some rice, flour, grains, oils, and vegetables.
Wang Zhong and Zheng Juan had been walking for nearly an hour when suddenly there was a knock on the door and a cry. Guangming recognized Yue Yue's voice as soon as he heard it. His face changed and he quickly got off the kang and pulled Cong Cong. Cong went to open the door.
"Uncle Guangming!" At this time, Yueyue's hair was stained with a lot of snow. It looked like she had fallen a few times on the road.
"Yueyue, why are you here alone?" There was no sound of breathing except Yueyue outside the house. Guangming hurriedly led Yueyue into the house and closed the door.
"I want to be with my uncle and aunt!" Yueyue said while crying. Congcong, the little brother, sensibly patted the snow off Yueyue's body and hair.
Guangming felt distressed as soon as he touched the little girl's hand. The little hand was cold, as if touching an ice cube. Then he touched Yueyue's face, which was just as cold.
"Let's sit on the kang first." After saying that, he led the two children into the house and let them get on the kang. He groped outside, poured some hot water into the basin, drank some cold water, and put on the towel. When it got wet, I took a towel into the room and wiped Yueyue's hands and face. When it calmed down a little, I washed the towel, wrung it out again, took off Yueyue's socks, and wiped her feet again, and then Then he put his socks back on and stuffed his little feet into the quilt to cover them.
Congcong was very happy and took Yueyue to paint together. The two younger ones also laughed and gathered next to their elder brother and sister. The smile soon reappeared on Yueyue's face.
This is the case with children's sadness. It comes and goes quickly, and happiness is also very simple.
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Hao Dongmei hurriedly supported Li Suhua and walked towards Taiping Hutong. Halfway there, when the light was about to come out, she suddenly saw a tall figure walking towards him with a little girl in his arms.
"Mom! Sister-in-law!"
The person who came was none other than Wang Zhong, and what he was holding in his arms was Feng Yue, who had run away and quietly ran to Taiping Hutong to find Wang Zhong and the others.
"Bingkun!"
"Yue Yue!"
"Yue Yue!"
Li Suhua immediately burst into tears and excitedly stepped forward to hold Yueyue's little hand, "You stinky girl, you dare to run out alone, but you're worried about grandma to death!"
Yueyue grabbed Li Suhua's hand and looked at her sideways: "Grandma, don't cry!" She said and stretched out her hand to hug Li Suhua.
Li Suhua quickly took the little girl over and held her tightly in her arms. The big stone hanging in her heart finally fell to the ground, and her breathing became much easier.
"Where's Zhou Rong?" Wang Zhongyin's face was gloomy, his heart was filled with anger, and his eyes were a bit scary.
Li Suhua trembled and quickly grabbed Wang Zhong and explained: "Rong'er and the others were busy cleaning up just now. They asked me to look at Yueyue. I was distracted. How could I have thought that this girl is so brave and dares to do it alone?" Ran away quietly."
Li Suhua was afraid that Wang Zhong would kick Zhou Rong just like he did to Zhou Bingyi.
After hearing this, Wang Zhong sighed, thinking that it was Li Suhua who was trying to explain to Zhou Rong: "Mom! This is not a trivial matter. Fortunately, nothing happened to Yueyue today. If there is something wrong with this, or someone who is taking pictures, If you leave, it will be too late to regret it by then."
"Mom knows! Mom knows!" Li Suhua's tears fell as she spoke.
"Mom really didn't pay attention this time."
"Okay, okay!" Wang Zhong was afraid that the old lady would be anxious, so he did not continue to talk to her about the matter.
Then she solemnly warned: "But Mom, this kind of thing can never happen again. It must not happen again. Yueyue is young and ignorant, but there are so many adults in the family, why should she be given to her?" Look, this is better than..." Having said this, Wang Zhong noticed that the person accompanying Li Suhua was Hao Dongmei.
After hearing this, Hao Dongmei frowned. Although she felt a little unhappy in her heart, she still didn't say anything.
Sighing from the bottom of his heart, Wang Zhong said directly: "Fortunately, Yueyue knows the way to Taiping Hutong. How can we change to another place like this!"
"Mom knows, Mom knows, there will never be a next time."
Li Suhua was worried and happy at the same time, but also reluctant to fight. Hao Dongmei on the side also breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Yue Yue came back safely, and the stone hanging in her heart fell to the ground.
Looking at Hao Dongmei with a complicated expression next to him, Wang Zhong said: "Mom, my sister-in-law's parents are coming soon. You should take Yueyue back quickly so that they can feel at ease."
Li Suhua looked at Wang Zhong, her eyes flickering, her emotions a little complicated, and she sighed, "Kun'er, my mother has been sorry for you all these years."
Wang Zhong smiled slightly and comforted: "Mom! What are you talking about? After the New Year, don't refuse to go to Yanjing with me because of this!"
Li Suhua's voice was trembling, but without any hesitation: "Mom, go with you."
"Okay, please go back quickly!" Li Suhua left reluctantly, but she looked back three times with tears in her eyes.
Wang Zhong stood where he was, not intending to go back to Lao Zhou's house to make himself uncomfortable.
After watching Li Suhua and Hao Dongmei disappear at the corner of the street, Wang Zhong turned around and left without going anywhere. He went straight back to Taiping Hutong.
Although the house in Taiping Hutong is a bit small and a bit crowded, fortunately, there is no shortage of things like fire beds and quilts, and it can barely accommodate Wang Zhong's eldest son and his family.
However, it was a little crowded. Wang Zhong also made up his mind that building a house must be put on the agenda. Otherwise, after he graduates, he will not be able to have a large family crowded into this old and old house. In a small house.
The house outside has to be bought, and the yard at home has to be arranged.
Not only because of Li Suhua, but also because of Zheng Juan!
Although Zheng Juan didn't say anything, Wang Zhong knew that she was also a person who couldn't leave her homeland. Guangming was also unwilling to leave Jichun. Zheng's mother's rank was still enshrined in Beituo Temple.
Back at home in Taiping Hutong, Zheng Juan brought a bowl of hot tea as soon as Wang Zhong walked in. Guangming was playing with the three children on the kang. Wang Zhong walked to the stove, tinkered with the tongs, and put his hands on it to bake. .
"Why are you back so soon?" Although the distance from Zheng Juan's house to Lao Zhou's house is not far, it is not close either. Wang Zhong did not ride a bicycle and had only been out for a while.
"I met my mother and sister-in-law on the way!" Wang Zhong said: "Leave Yueyue to my mother to take back. It's just right. You don't have to go back and get beaten."
"Dad! Did grandpa beat you?"
Suddenly, Zhou Cong on the kang asked curiously.
"What, your butt is itchy too?" Wang Zhong squinted and said sternly.
Zhou Cong immediately turned his head, sat upright, and continued to practice calligraphy with his pen.
"Congcong doesn't care about you! Why are you being mean to him?" Zheng Juan has always been more protective, not to mention that this time Wang Zhong didn't take any advantage of her.
"You brat, you still have the heart to laugh at his dad's jokes. It seems like you have too few tasks every day."
"Congcong, starting from today, I will practice two hundred more words and copy the poem ten more times every day."
Zhou Cong's face immediately collapsed, like a dead eggplant, and he looked at Wang Zhong pitifully, "Dad! Can you stop practicing!"
Wang Zhong grinned, revealing two rows of bright white teeth: "What do you think?"
Zhou Cong sighed and lay down on the table dejectedly.
"Okay, okay, don't scare him!" Zheng Juan hurriedly pulled Wang Zhong.
"What do you mean this is?"
Zheng Juan was also a little unhappy: "There are so many people at home, and it's surprising that such an older girl like Yueyue came here from the photon film alone."
"Fortunately, he came to our place. What if he went to other places?" Zheng Juan was frightened when she thought of this. Fortunately, she didn't meet any evil-minded people.
Wang Zhong picked up the tea bowl, blew on the hot air on the bowl, and took a sip, "Okay, things are already like this, what's the use of being unhappy here."
"After all, you and I are not Yueyue's biological parents. Legally speaking, Yueyue is not yet capable of acting. She has to listen to her parents in everything she does."
"Hey!" After hearing this, Zheng Juan sighed, her expression was gloomy, and her eyes were full of pity: "I would say that this child Yueyue is pitiful."
"You said after the Chinese New Year this time, can your sister and the others still let Yueyue live with us?" Zheng Juan asked Wang Zhong anxiously, holding Zhou Ming's shoes in her hand and baking them by the stove.
A bit of sneer appeared on Wang Zhong's face.
"What do you mean?" Zheng Juan pushed Wang Zhong.
"There is an old saying that goes from being frugal to being extravagant is easy, but from being extravagant to being frugal is difficult!"
Wang Zhong said disdainfully: "Zhou Rong is used to being selfish. Now she and Feng Huacheng are living a happy life as a couple. Take Yueyue back? Who will look after them? Please hire a nanny. Do they have that kind of money? No matter how thin they are, with their little income, can they afford a nanny? "
Zheng Juan hit Wang Zhong and glanced at the children on the kang. Only then did Wang Zhong react. He quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth and shrugged.
"So we can still take care of Yueyue?" Zheng Juan was a little overjoyed.
Wang Zhong said: "No! Mom will take care of her, not us."
"Isn't this the same!"
"It's the same for us, but it's different for Zhou Rong."
Zheng Juan rolled her eyes at Wang Zhong and pushed him.
