At No. 7 Yunhe North Street, at Jiang Xinyu's house, Hattori Mina was packing her luggage, and Rongrong was running back and forth among the luggage.
"Rongrong, be good and don't touch mom's things."
"I won't move." Rongrong put down the clothes in her hands and said seriously with her hands behind her back.
Hattori Mina took a look and sighed helplessly. The luggage she had just packed had to be rearranged. She raised her head and shouted upstairs: "Xiaolan, are Xixi sleeping?"
"Miss, look, I don't know what's going on today. I just won't sleep no matter how hard I try to coax her." Xiaolan appeared at the top of the stairs holding Xixi.
Seeing her mother and sister, Xixi clapped her little hands excitedly.
Xiaolan couldn't count on her, and with Rongrong causing trouble from time to time, Hattori Mina felt that her two hands were not enough.
“Tuk-tuk!”
There was a knock on the door.
Hattori Mina was overjoyed. The black girl in the yard didn't call out, and most likely it was Tongtong and Xiaobutun who came, so they could be considered helpers.
When he opened the door, he saw that it was indeed Tongtong's master and servant outside the door.
Looking at the mess in the living room, Tong Tong said with a question mark on his face: "Mina, what are you doing?"
Rongrong immediately said: "Auntie, my mother wants to take Xixi and me to see our grandparents."
Tong Tong said in surprise: "Mina, is it true?"
Hattori Mina nodded: "It's true. The grandparents are urging me. They want to see their granddaughter. Xinyu and I have already discussed it. I will take the child to live in Jiangshan for a while."
"Then there's no need to be in such a hurry, right?"
"Xinyu called in the morning and said that the Guofang Department happened to have a plane to Jiangshan in the afternoon, and we could also take the plane."
"Oh, that's it...it's better to take a plane, otherwise Zhejiang is too far away, and you still have the child with you."
"No, I don't have anything to do with it. I'm mainly worried that the children won't be able to bear it."
"Then, will Xin Yu also go to Jiangshan?"
"He doesn't have time and can't go."
"Mina, can I help you?"
"Okay, with Rongrong being such a troublemaker, I'm wondering when I can finish it."
"Don't worry, I'll help you. It won't take more than an hour. I guarantee that I can help you pack it up... Mina, why do you bring so much luggage?" Tong Tong stared at her big eyes, not knowing where to start.
Hattori Mina said while sorting it out: "It's not easy to go there, but I have to stay for ten days and a half. I don't have enough things to bring, and I may not be able to buy them there. It's very troublesome..."
Soon, Hattori Mina discovered that she was wrong.
Miss Tong is simply doing a disservice. The boxes she has sorted out are so messy that it would be better not to sort them out.
Rongrong opened a suitcase and took out a pair of brand new high-heeled shoes. She said to Tongtong ostentatiously: "Auntie, these are the new shoes my mother bought. Are they beautiful?"
Tong Tong took the shoes, looked at them over and over for a while, and said in surprise: "Mina, why have you never seen such beautiful shoes before?"
Hattori Mina smiled bitterly and said: "I am taking care of my children at home, so I don't have time to wear them. If you like it, I can give it to you."
"Really? Don't regret it, I'll give it a try..." Tong Tong immediately put on his shoes. Their feet were about the same size and they could wear each other's shoes.
"Rongrong, do you think these shoes look good on my aunt?"
"It's so beautiful...Auntie, I want to wear it too."
"Rongrong is still young, and she can only wear high heels when she grows up..."
"Ring ring ring!"
The phone on the table rang.
"Little button, answer the phone." Tong Tong looked at the new shoes happily.
Little Button stood up and walked over, reaching out to pick up the phone: "Hello?"
"Excuse me, is this Captain Jiang's home?" Mrs. Feng's voice was on the other end of the phone.
"Yes."
"So, is Miss Tong here?"
"Yes, please wait a moment."
Little Button turned around and said, "Miss, I'm looking for your phone number."
"Looking for my phone number? Is it Erbao?" Tong Tong reached out and took the phone.
"No, it's a woman."
"Woman...hey, who are you?"
Mrs. Feng laughed on the phone and said: "Miss Tong, I guessed that if you are not at home, you must be at Captain Jiang's house. I really guessed."
"Mrs. Feng? Do you have anything to do with me?"
"Three are missing and one is missing, you are the only one missing."
"Playing cards?"
"Yes, hurry up. Mrs. Qiao has already arrived. Mrs. Shen is on her way. If you don't come, the game will be ruined."
"But, I'm helping Mina pack her luggage..."
Mina Hattori understood from the sidelines that someone called Tong Tong at her home in order to play cards. It seemed that he was also a persistent card player.
Hearing Tong Tong's last words, Hattori Mina hurriedly said: "Tong Tong, you can go play cards, as long as you have a little button to help me."
Tongtong said to the phone: "Okay, I'll be there in a moment."
"Waiting for you." Mrs. Feng hung up the phone happily.
Tong Tong is not very interested in playing cards. She usually plays a few games with her family when she is bored at home. If it weren't for a new pair of shoes today, she would not have planned to go to Feng's house.
"Little Button, please help Mrs. Jiang with your work, don't be lazy." Tong Tong picked up his satchel and started to leave.
"Auntie, where are you going?" Rongrong asked with her little face raised.
Hattori Mina said: "Oh, by the way, Miss Tong, if it is convenient, you can take Rongrong away with you, otherwise, someone will have to be assigned to take care of her."
"No problem." Tong Tong turned around, stretched out his hand to Rongrong, and said, "Come on, little naughty boy, your mother thinks you are in the way, so my aunt will take you to play cards."
"Auntie, wait for me." Rongrong ran upstairs.
After a while, Rongrong slowly walked down the stairs wearing a pink women's wide-brimmed hat with a cute sika deer embroidered on the hat.
Xiaolan followed and said from behind: "Rongrong, that is a summer hat."
Rongrong didn't look back, pouted and said: "I like the deer's hat."
Hattori Mina helplessly shook her head and said to Tong Tong: "I bought this hat last year. Rongrong particularly likes the sika deer on the hat. I just packed my luggage and found it, and now I have to go out to show off."
Tong Tong said with a smile: "Our Rongrong is a little girl who loves beauty."
Before leaving, Hattori Mina said: "Miss Tong, our flight is at four o'clock in the afternoon. You must send Rongrong back before three-thirty."
"I know." Tong Tong agreed and walked out with Rongrong.
Little Button let out a breath and murmured in a low voice: "The two troublemakers are finally gone..."
, it was windy outside, and Rongrong stretched out her hand to tug at the brim of her hat from time to time, fearing that the hat would be blown away by the wind.
Tong Tong flagged down a rickshaw, hugged Rongrong and rushed to Feng's house.
At this time, in the corner across the street, squatting were two coolie-looking people, one of whom was Cao Yunfei and the other was his subordinate Ma Laoba.