A well-dressed middle-aged woman got out of the car. She had fair skin and was slightly fat, but her every move exuded elegance and nobility.
Behind her were four men in black suits, who should be bodyguards. The woman raised her hand slightly, and the four bodyguards stood outside the courtyard and did not enter. The woman walked into my yard alone.
I happened to see this scene when I came back from washing clothes by the river.
I walked into the yard carrying a basket of clothes, and my fourth uncle and grandma were talking to the woman. When she saw me coming back, my fourth uncle and grandma told the woman to go inside and talk about it. She turned around and shouted to me: "Nanny, I'm telling my aunt.
Just a few words, please hang your clothes in the yard first!"
I responded without asking any more questions.
Halfway through drying the clothes, the quarrel between the fourth uncle's grandma and the woman came from the room. The voices were high and low, and I couldn't hear them clearly. Occasionally, I could hear what grandma said was impossible. The woman said that this was something they owed her.
of.
I was a little worried about my fourth uncle and grandma, so I put down the clothes in my hands and was about to open the door and enter the house. The door opened with a "squeak" and the woman came out of the house, her face red with anger. She grabbed my hand when she saw me.
He held his hand and asked: "Little girl, your name is Hu Ling, right? You are Hu Ling, right?"
"Auntie, I'm Hu Ling." I nodded and said, a little confused. The woman's hands were shaking a little, as if she was very excited.
"Here, Hu Ling, I have a bracelet here. It's very expensive. I'll give it to you!" As she said that, the woman took my hand and pushed a green jade bracelet onto my wrist.
I was shocked, I didn't know what was wrong with this woman, why she suddenly wanted to give me such expensive things.
"No, no, I can't have it!" I said, forcefully pulling out my hand and taking a few steps back.
"Take it first, Auntie will tell you."
The woman held the bracelet and chased me for a few steps. Halfway through the conversation, my fourth uncle and grandma also came out of the house.
"I said it's impossible. The two children are not compatible. Even if it's what you said, it's the calamity you should have in your life. Even if you avoid it now with this method, the backlash will be even worse in the future!" Grandma Fourth Uncle said
He stood at the door and said with a cold face.
"Aunt Mei, I beg you, even if it backfires in the future, I don't want to take advantage of that bitch now! Please!" The woman held the bracelet and turned to look at her fourth uncle and grandma.
"Go away!" Fourth uncle and grandma shook her head, "We can't help you!"
"Aunt Mei, please" the woman continued to beg.
"Nanny, come into the house!"
My fourth uncle and grandma shouted to me. I looked at the woman apologetically and followed her into the house. The door was closed behind me with a bang.
The woman knocked on the door several times and continued to beg a few times. The fourth uncle and grandma were unmoved. After about an hour, they finally heard the sound of the car's engine and they finally left.
After entering the house, the fourth uncle and grandma kept kneeling in front of the shrine and doing divination. The whole afternoon, with a gloomy face and no words, she picked up and threw two copper coins in her hand. I had never seen her behave like this.
I didn't dare ask either.
It was getting dark, and I felt a little hungry. My fourth uncle and grandma were still kneeling there. She never asked me to cook, and I was not very good at it, so I had to fumble and cook some noodles by myself. When I took it out of the pot, it was a little mushy.
Just when I was about to call my fourth uncle and grandma to get up and eat, my fourth uncle and grandma got up from the ground.
"Nanny, pack your things and let's go!"
The fourth uncle and grandma said and began to go into the back room to pack clothes.
"Nai, where are we going? I haven't eaten yet, I'm hungry." I held the noodle bowl and looked at my fourth uncle and grandma, reluctant to put it down.
"Nanny, be good, pack your things first, let's go to the county, don't eat now, I will buy you cakes when we get to the county."
cake?
My eyes lit up. I hadn't eaten it for many years. When I was a child, my grandfather Xiucai would occasionally give me a few pieces of cake. I hid them in the cupboard for many days and tasted a few bites every day until they finally turned moldy.
Put it on rice and steam it in one go.
My fourth uncle and grandma said, taking the noodle bowl from my hand, putting it on the table, and pulled me into the back room.
"Nanny, we may have to live in the county for a while. Bring all the things you like, as well as your schoolbag, and put your schoolbag on your back. From now on, you can go to middle school in the county."
I was a little reluctant. Although no one in the village was kind to me, I could always find some fun. I could dig bird's nests in the mountains or catch fish in the river while I was washing clothes.
I slowly packed my schoolbag and put the red box left by Grandpa Xiucai into my schoolbag. After looking around, I still felt a little reluctant to part with it.
I have lived in this place for fourteen years, and I am not familiar with the world of the county at all. Although I can have cake and eat it, it may not be as good as here.
I also opened the book in the red box and read it. I knew a lot of the words individually, but when they were put together, it was just a sentence, and I couldn't understand a word of it.
My fourth uncle and grandma quickly packed up a big baggage, put it on their back, took my hand and started to go out.
"Nai, it's already dark. How can we leave today? Let's go tomorrow."
It was dark outside the door, and I felt a little scared.
"Nanny, be obedient and hold the flashlight."
The fourth uncle's and grandma's face looked a little anxious, and the wrinkles on her face trembled slightly along with her frowning brows. Maybe it was because she was busy, and her gray hair, which she usually combed meticulously, looked a little messy and dry.
Suddenly, a sense of sadness filled my heart. When did my fourth uncle and grandma start to grow old?
"Mom, you hold my schoolbag for me, and I'll pack it." I took the baggage from the back of my fourth uncle and grandma, put it on my shoulder, turned on the flashlight and shined it into the darkness, then walked out the door.
"Hey, okay, okay, my daughter has grown up, become sensible, and knows how to feel sorry for her."
The fourth uncle and grandma kept talking, her eyes sparkling, and she turned around and carefully locked the door.
It was very dark, there wasn't even a star. The movements of my fourth uncle and grandma and I alarmed a group of old kids parked on the trees outside the courtyard. They flapped their wings and flew away shouting "Wow, wow".
Our village is not far from the county seat, only about thirty miles away. It took less than three hours for my fourth uncle and my grandma to enter the city.
"Milk, I'm hungry, where should we stay tonight?"
The street lights in the city are very bright, and everything is white. There are buildings everywhere, which are much taller and larger than the small western-style building of Zhang Damin's house in our village. There is bright light from every window.
I was covered in sweat, and the bright lights made me feel even hotter.
"Let's go find your parents. When we get there, they will prepare something delicious for you."
My parents?
This title is very unfamiliar to me. When I was a child, I often asked my fourth uncle and grandma why other people had parents and I didn’t. My fourth uncle and grandma always said that I also have parents and they love me very much, but they live far away.
, when I grow up, he will come to see me.
But in fourteen years, I haven't seen them once. This chapter has been completed!