He banged the door, and Chu's mother in the room accidentally deflected the silver needle, pricking a blood bead on her finger.
She quickly put down the things in her hands, ran to the door, pressed her face against the crack of the door, and saw Chu Guangyao's painful appearance.
"Yao'er! Why do you have a sudden stomachache? Did you have trouble digesting your lunch?" Chu's mother asked anxiously.
Chu Guangyao's eyes were red because he had cried just now, and his face was full of tears. He looked a bit intimidating. He raised his head with difficulty to let Chu's mother see his appearance clearly, "Mom, please accompany me to the village doctor." Look there, I’m in so much pain.”
After Chu's mother saw his appearance clearly, she felt heartbroken. She hurriedly went to the house to take out the key, but hesitated at the door, "No, you can't open the door. Your father told you that you have to wait for him to come back."
She was at war with nature in her heart, and finally gritted her teeth, "Yao'er, go to Aunt Wang's house and see if she is at home. You first ask her to accompany you. Your father should be back soon. I will visit you when he comes back. .”
After saying that, she looked at Chu Guangyao quite distressedly and wanted to reach out her hand to wipe his sweat, but she had no choice but to hold him through the door frame.
Chu Guangyao nodded with difficulty, hunched over and turned around slowly. He hooked his back and trembled in his steps, as if he was in so much pain that it was difficult to even walk. Sure enough, after he took five or six steps, he suddenly collapsed. .
"Yao'er!" Chu's mother's eyes were splitting. She could no longer suppress the worry in her heart. She quickly opened the iron lock and ran to his side. Then she squatted down and tried to help the person up, but she saw the person who had fallen to the ground quickly jumped out of the room. He climbed up from the ground, passed his two arms under Chu's mother's armpits, and then held Chu's mother tightly in his arms.
"Yao'er?" The panic on Chu's mother's face hadn't dissipated yet. After she realized what she was doing, she started struggling, but it didn't help.
"Sister! The door is open, pack your things and leave." He shouted through an open door. Soon, Chu Ye came out and walked under the eaves.
"Yaoer! Let go of mother. Your father will be angry when he sees Siya running away!" Chu's mother struggled to no avail and began to persuade Chu Guangyao.
Chu Guangyao didn't listen. He watched Chu Ye walking towards them. Her black grape-like eyes looked at him steadily, with some confusion in her eyes.
"Siya, Siya! Don't leave. My parents are all doing this for your own good. Think about it, if you and I are the only ones here, will they still harm you?" Seeing that Chu Guangyao could not be persuaded, Chu's mother turned away. Start to persuade Chu Ye.
Chu Ye was extremely disappointed with this mother. She had longed for maternal love. Although she knew that her mother preferred her younger brother since she was a child, she did not resent her mother because her mother always told them that she did not have a younger brother. How she was ridiculed by the villagers before, and even her mother instilled the concept of being good to her younger brother in her previous life, but she did not refute it.
When she received the news that her mother was seriously ill, she panicked. She took all the money and rushed back, thinking that she would take good care of her mother no matter what.
But this was fake news to trick her into going home. The moment she learned the truth, her heart completely died. She had to admit that her parents really didn't love her.
She approached Chu's mother, took out all the change in her bag, and after counting the travel expenses needed to return to school, she placed the remaining one hundred and eighty-two yuan in Chu's mother's hand.
"The letter from home said that you were seriously ill, so I took all the money I had saved over the years, thinking that even if I had to go to the city or the province, I would cure you. Now that I can't use the money, I'll keep it. "Give it to you, count it as my pension money for my second wife." She paused and continued, "I will never come back again."
Chu's mother's hands were shaking violently. Looking at Chu Ye's emotionless eyes, she slowly lowered her head. Only then did Chu Guangyao realize the reason for his sister's hurried return. He felt extremely sad in his heart. He looked at Chu Ye's back who had walked out of the door. He was so thin but his back was straight, as if nothing could weigh him down.
Chu Ye didn't give him a look before he left. He gradually understood in his heart that he was a member of the Chu family. As the only boy in the family, it was his unshirkable responsibility to support his parents, and it was his father who loved him so much. Mother, but it broke the fourth sister's heart. As long as he is in this family, he and his parents will always be bound.
He understood that the fourth sister would never come back again, and this might be the last time he would see her in this life.
He couldn't help shouting to no one anymore, "Sister! I have no intention of letting people from the factory come to my house, you believe me! I'm sorry, sister, you will always be my sister."
The breeze blew through the deserted place, and the grass on the roadside shook its head slightly. After a long time, he let go of Chu's mother in his arms.
The imagined scolding and hurried search for someone didn't happen. Chu's mother collapsed on the ground without any strength, and her change was scattered all over the floor.
Chu Ye was originally prepared to walk all the way to the town, but he didn't expect that just a third of the way, he met a kind man on the road who was driving an ox cart to pick up his family in the town.
The kind man saw a little girl in Chu Ye walking on the mountain road, so he was worried and gave him a ride. When he arrived in the town, Chu Ye forced the man to pay a dollar, but he couldn't shirk it, so he had to accept it.
It was already sunset, and the golden sunshine was shining on the earth. Chu Ye hurriedly came to the town, but was told that the last bus to and from the city had just left today. She looked for a place dejectedly. Sitting on the curb in an open space, my heart was full of confusion.
The vendors on both sides of the street are packing up their things to go home. Some shops turn on the lights in their rooms at the right time, and the bright yellow light instantly looks like the twinkling of stars in the sky.
She bent her knees, wrapped her arms around herself a little tiredly, and buried her head between her knees. She wanted to sit here for a while, and she missed Mu Jiajun a little.
"Little sister?" A female voice sounded confused, followed by light footsteps stopping in front of her.
Chu Ye looked up and saw a fashionable woman with a wavy hair looking down at her, "Third Sister?" Chu Ye murmured.
"Hey, why are you here alone? Why do you think this face looks so familiar from afar? It turns out it's really you. Why are you sitting here? Let's go home with my sister." Chu Hua was wearing a white shirt, gray He was wearing long pants and his eyebrows seemed to have been painted, and he looked very energetic.
She was holding a small bag of pork head meat in one hand. Pulling Chu Ye up from the ground with one hand, he also asked Chu Ye to turn around and gently dust her. "Why are you still in town so late? Are you planning to go home?" Chu Hua asked Chu Ye politely while pulling Chu Ye home.
"No, I came out from home in the afternoon. I was going to take the bus back to school, but I came late and couldn't follow." Chu Ye lowered his head, his tone full of disappointment.
"What's wrong with you? You're as wilted as a seedling in the ground that hasn't been watered? Are you being bullied?"
"No, how can I let others bully me? Your sister and I are very powerful." She didn't intend to say such a thing.
"Well, since you don't want to say anything, I won't ask. Since you can't leave tonight, why not go to my place? Maybe you and Gao Xing haven't seen each other for a long time? I just happened to buy pork head meat, and you are in for a treat today. ." Chu Hua said cheerfully, with an imperceptible indulgence in her tone.
She has been working as a salesperson for almost three years. She can clearly sense the emotions of customers and promptly recommend items that are satisfactory and at the right price for customers. Therefore, she has always had a good reputation in the department store. Because of this, she is the first Shi Shi noticed that there was something on Chu Ye's mind, but since she didn't want to say it, she wouldn't press it. After all, everyone has this kind of moment.
Chu Hua in front of her didn't stop talking all the way, from talking about pig head meat to being happy to go to school, from meeting a difficult customer at work today to talking about her third brother-in-law making her angry recently. Although she was complaining, Chu Ye was not. I heard the concern in the words.
Chu Hua was so full of life at this time, completely different from the one who held her stomach during the Chinese New Year three years ago and was afraid of giving birth to a daughter.
At the end of the winter three years ago, Chu Hua insisted on moving to the employee residence of her brother-in-law's factory despite the objections of her parents-in-law. She and her niece were happy, and the family of three lived in a house of only 15 square meters.
Later, Chu Hua went out to apply for herself at the department store recruitment office. Because of this, she even had a quarrel with her third brother-in-law. She was already upset and the two of them accidentally pushed each other, and the child in her belly finally Not saved.
The third brother-in-law originally thought that his sister would give up her job and go home because of this incident, but she did not expect that this incident intensified Chu Hua's desire to make money on her own. She persisted in participating in the interview regardless of her recent miscarriage, and finally gained recognition with her fluent eloquence and became a A member of the department store. Even last year, she won the "Best Employee Award" and her salary was much higher than others.
At first, the third brother-in-law did not approve of her going to work, and was always scorning her. Later, the third sister's sales skills gradually came to light. Not only was her salary higher than that of the third brother-in-law, the neighbors even asked her to leave things for them at the counter. , waiting for them to buy.
Everyone praised his brother-in-law for marrying a good wife, but now he didn't dare to show off his face to his sister, and started to talk to her to make her happy. No, my brother-in-law got off work early tonight and had already prepared the food for her to come home.
Chu Ye looked at the food on the table and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to his brother-in-law, "Brother-in-law, your cooking skills are really good."
"Hehe, little sister, come and try it. Not only does it look good, but it also tastes good." Brother-in-law Gao Fei smiled honestly, and looked proud when he mentioned cooking. After he finished speaking, he hurriedly put some into the bowl of Chu Hua. He took a chopstick and said, "Daughter-in-law, you should try it quickly."
Chu Hua also smiled, and she was happy on the side without waiting for her father to pick up the vegetables. She took the lead in picking up the pig head meat. She originally wanted to put it in her bowl, but then she saw the beautiful aunt at the dinner table today. She hesitated for a moment and turned her chopsticks. , "Auntie, this meaty meat is my favorite, try it."
"Okay, let's try the meat that we are so happy to give to our aunt." Chu Ye's heart softened when he heard it, and the empty space in his heart was filled by the little girl's soft and cute voice.
Different from the little girl in rags she met in her previous life, in this life because of Chu Hua's ideological awakening, she did not have children one after another. Now she has only one child at home, and she puts all her energy into being happy.
In addition, due to professional reasons, Chu Hua kept herself clean and tidy, and she also dressed up happily. She looked cute and cute in a pink dress, and her round black eyes were somewhat similar to Chu Ye's. place.
In the evening, after learning the identity of the aunt's teacher, the children pestered her aunt to tell her a story. So that night, the two children, one large and one small, lay on the same bed and fell asleep with the unfinished story.
Early the next morning, Chu Ye packed up her things and said goodbye to the couple. Chu Hua wanted to keep her for a few more days, but Chu Ye refused because she had to go back to school for something else.
Gao Xing hugged her thighs reluctantly. Seeing that the little pearl was about to drop, Chu Ye quickly coaxed her and said that he would bring her a gift when they meet next time. Finally, after the little girl complied with a pout, Chu Ye successfully got on the bus back to the city. car.
When she arrived in the city and transferred back to the school, it was the second day of the National Day holiday. All the teachers and students in the school had gone home for the holidays. Only the head of the security department stayed at his post. His position was open year-round. Others left. He still had to guard the campus, but fortunately his home was in the town, so it was easy to get back and forth without any hardship.
Seeing Chu Ye appear at the school gate, the uncle asked a few questions with concern. Chu Ye didn't want to explain too much and only said that he had gone home and read it.
The uncle didn't ask any more questions and put the person in. Chu Ye took a bath tiredly, soaked his clothes and shoes in the basin, then climbed into bed and fell asleep regardless.
When she woke up again, she washed her shoes and went to town to eat. After she finished her meal, it was getting dark. She clasped her hands behind her back and walked slowly on the way back to school. The evening breeze carried a few rays of the setting sun that were about to hang down. spread on her face.
As we approached the school gate, the first thing that broke into our ears was the sound of quarreling, "Uncle, my good uncle, you have obviously seen me. I just want to know if Teacher Chu is at school?" This was a clear and gentle male voice. , the tone was quite helpless.
"No, I can't tell you this. What are you, a grown man, doing asking for information about a little girl? You must have bad intentions." The uncle said firmly and started to attack people.
Chu Ye recognized the owner of the voice. Her heart was beating fast and she took a few steps. Then, the scene at the school gate came into view. It was the uncle and Mu Jiajun.
And it was Mu Jiajun who was in a very embarrassed state.
(End of chapter)