Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 75

It really wasn't that Zhang Xiuqing was sensitive. When Ma Tao's father, Ma Yuming, saw her, he just nodded slightly and ignored her.

The ward was full of people, all around Ma Tao's bed, all of them with unfriendly expressions, intentionally or unintentionally preventing Zhang Xiuqing from approaching, as if she was a patient with an infectious disease.

Zhang Xiuqing couldn't help but smiled wryly in her heart, and said some dry words like "recover well".Ma Yuming's attitude was cold, but he said a lot of polite words, and he also said a lot of words to thank them for helping to "take care" of Ma Tao.

The faces of the father and daughter were all hot, and they couldn't stay any longer. After putting down their things, they used the excuse of going to see Shao Han, and then left amidst Ma Tao's complaints.

After coming out of the hospital, the father and daughter went to the farmer's market to buy vegetables, and even visited Lin Xiaobing's stall.I haven't seen him for more than a month, and Lin Xiaobing has changed a lot. He has changed from an honest young man who blushes when he speaks a few words, to a fish seller who is full of smiles and greets everyone warmly.Seeing their father and daughter, Lin Xiaobing's mother-in-law Chen Dongzhen immediately stood up, without any explanation, caught a big grass carp and insisted on giving it to them.

Zhang Lingen wanted to pay, but Chen Dongzhen refused to accept it. The two pushed back and forth, but neither of them would change their minds.

Zhang Lingen had a simple mind, thinking that it was not easy for Lin Xiaobing and his wife to get up early and work in the dark every day, and it was not easy for their family to live on, so how dare they take advantage of their family.

Zhang Xiuqing was a little more thoughtful, guessing that Chen Dongzhen might be asking for something from herself.She turned her head to look at Lin Xiaobing, and sure enough, she saw the young man's face was flushed, hesitant to speak.

When entering the farmer's market, Zhang Xiuqing paid special attention to it, and found that all the fish stalls were killing fish for free, buying fish and giving green onions... The stall of Lin's couple has no advantage, and the business will inevitably go from being booming at the beginning to being flat now .

As the saying goes, "From low to high is easy, from high to low is difficult!" After the couple tasted the sweetness of the booming business, they must no longer want to taste the deserted taste like before. However, they are powerless to change this situation. The situation, this is what I want to please myself...

Sure enough, as Zhang Xiuqing expected, Lin Xiaobing blushed, lowered his head, and stammered like reciting a book under the gesture of his mother-in-law: "Xiuqing, our recent business...is not very good, and it is getting worse day by day. ...Poor, you, do you have any...good solution? Can...can you teach me? I, I won't...let you help for nothing..."

This idiot can't teach me no matter what, Chen Dongzhen gave her husband a hard look, then looked at Zhang Xiuqing with a flattering smile: "Xiuqing, since you called me sister-in-law, I'll just say something straight. To be honest, since you helped Xiaobing come up with those ideas, our business has improved immediately, but within a few days, the bosses of other stalls began to follow suit and take away a lot of our business. Go on, our booth will probably be sold out...Xiuqing, do you have any good ideas? Can you help elder brother and sister-in-law?"

After all, they are relatives who are turning a corner. Chen Dongzhen was afraid that Zhang Xiuqing would not like it. After finishing speaking, he added: "If my family's fish cannot be sold, your family's snails will not be sold either. We are all on the same rope. Grasshopper, do you think this makes sense?”

Chen Dongzhen has said so much, but there is only one meaning, that is, all will be prosperous, and all will be damaged.

Before Lin Xiaobing's booth was empty, she was content with the status quo. Now that the business is good, she has begun to feel dissatisfied.No wonder some people say that man is the product of desire, which is true.

"Yes, what sister-in-law said is very reasonable..." For Lin Xiaobing's sake, Zhang Xiuqing didn't care about Chen Dongzhen's small thoughts. She lowered her head and thought for a while, and said, "I can't talk about the idea, but I have some ideas. I said Let me give you a reference. First, break it up into parts. Let me give you an example. This big grass carp may only weigh more than a dozen catties. Most people will definitely not be able to finish it when they buy it. If it is cut into three or four pieces, If you sell them separately, there must be a lot of people who buy them, but this method is only effective for a while, not for a lifetime, because if you practice it first, people will imitate it later; second, deliver the goods to your door, the two of you are now guarding the booth all day To put it bluntly, this way of doing business is no different from waiting for a rabbit. If you ask me, instead of waiting for the business to come to you, it is better to go to the door to amortize. There are so many restaurants and restaurants in J County. If you go to a few more, there will always be Harvested."

Zhang Xiuqing's words were heartfelt, the Lins and his wife were all overjoyed, one thanked them with a blushing face, and the other invited them to a restaurant for lunch.

Although Zhang Lingen has not studied for a few years, he still understands the principle of "eating people with a soft mouth and short hands", so he naturally declined.

Lin Xiaobing was overwhelmed and insisted on giving them the big grass carp. Zhang Lingen gave way to him for a while, but finally he was too kind and took a one-jin crucian carp.

When passing by Liuhong Road, Zhang Xiuqing deliberately went to Chen Yuhua's cooked vegetable shop and found an old man around 50 years old who was flirting with Chen Yuhua. Chen Wenxing and Master Gu wanted to help, but they were stumbled by a few tough women. Stop hands and feet.

A circle of onlookers surrounded him. From their discussions, Zhang Xiuqing learned that this ragged old man with gray hair was Chen Yuhua's ex-husband, Lu Qiusheng. He used to work in an embroidery factory as a petty official. When Chen Yuhua was pregnant with her second son, she was hooked up by a little widow.In order to stay with the little widow forever, he beat and kicked Chen Yuhua every day, burned her with cigarettes, hit her with a stick, crossed her neck, slapped her in the face...everything.Chen Yuhua couldn't bear the torture and divorced as he wished.

Because she gave birth to a son, her parents-in-law would not allow her to take it away.Chen Yuhua returned to her natal home alone, and was pointed out by the villagers all day long, and was disgusted by her sister-in-law.On New Year's Eve, A-sao brought out a hat that she wears on rainy days and asked her to wear it on her head, otherwise she would not be allowed to eat at the table.

Chen Yuhua couldn't stand this kind of grievance, and would rather go hungry than wear a hat.She began to save money and work overtime.A few years later, she saved some money, borrowed some money from her parents, relatives and friends, rented a shop on Liuhong Road, and opened this delicatessen shop.Before getting to know Zhang Xiuqing, the business was not very good, but the income was more than going to work.

Ten years in Hedong, ten years in Hexi, the embroidery factory closed down, and Lu Qiusheng, who was high-spirited in the past, suddenly became an unemployed person. What made people feel relieved was that the little widow hooked up with other men and ran away. all his deposits.

Lu Qiusheng immediately became a joke. At first he didn't dare to go out, but later he couldn't live anymore. Seeing that Chen Yuhua was having a better life, he brought his two children to him and asked for remarriage.Chen Yuhua disagreed, he would come here every now and then to make a fuss, there was a widower who fell in love with Chen Yuhua, the two were already talking about marriage, and they were disturbed by this ex-husband.

Zhang Xiuqing followed the insider's instructions and looked at the two boys.One was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and the other was about twelve or thirteen years old. The clothes on his body were all terribly dirty, and his neck was dark. It was obvious that he hadn't bathed for many days.

Their biological parents were arguing up and down, but they turned a deaf ear to it. They stood in front of the counter as if they hadn't eaten in a few lifetimes, staring at the cooked dishes in the store, drooling all the time.Then, taking advantage of the confusion, the two brothers directly grabbed a few pieces of firewood with their dirty hands, sat down on the ground, and ate it fiercely.

Zhang Xiuqing's mouth twitched.She has no personal relationship with Chen Yuhua, but they got along fairly well after getting acquainted, so she naturally wanted to help her, so she let go of her throat and shouted: "Everyone, get out of the way, the police are here..."

Although Lu Qiusheng and his assistants had a fierce quarrel, they were guilty of thieves after all. When they heard someone shouting "the police are here" from the crowd, they panicked immediately, and Chen Yuhua, Chen Wenxing and Master Gu took the opportunity to escape.

The three of them ran into the store, and came out again after a while. Chen Wenxing and Master Gu carried a steaming pan filled with boiling oil. Chen Yuhua held a ladle in his hand, bent over to scoop it up, and shouted He rushed towards Lu Qiusheng: "Lu Qiusheng, you shameless bastard, I will scald you to death today..."

Fearing that they would be affected, everyone hurriedly moved out of the way. Lu Qiusheng and his assistant turned and fled in fright.Chen Yuhua chased them furiously, chased after them, and splashed forcefully on the backs of those people, and there was a sound of crying father and mother.

Chen Yuhua stopped and shouted: "Lu Qiusheng, listen to me, I will let you go today, and if I dare to pester you next time, I will throw you into the frying pan..."

Lu Qiusheng originally wanted to scold Chen Yuhua, but someone in the crowd answered: "Fried turtle bastard..." All the spectators roared with laughter, Lu Qiusheng couldn't hold back his old face, like a bereaved dog, with his tail between his legs escaped.

The crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed, and Chen Yuhua felt very blocked when she saw her two sons who were sitting on the ground and did not listen to anything outside the window, and only ate braised pork.

Her two sons were very good when they were young, but it was a pity that they were taught badly by the little widow. At a young age, they didn't study hard, fought all day long, sneaked around, and had no sense of right and wrong. Whoever gave them money was their relative. Father (mother), you can go wherever you are told, and do what you are told... It is not a bad luck, if this continues, these two boys will go to jail sooner or later.

Lu Qiusheng didn't care about the life and death of the two children, but Chen Yuhua wanted to take care of them, but it's a pity that their personalities have already formed, they have intentions but are powerless.

The two boys were full, and they didn't even call out to their mother, they stood up and patted their buttocks and left.

Chen Yuhua looked bitter.Just now she was as fierce as a dominatrix, but now she is in tears.

A familiar aunt secretly told Zhang Xiuqing her story. It turned out that Chen Yuhua was born in a poor family in the countryside. Her father was a gambler and her mother was sick. She was the youngest daughter, but she was beaten and scolded growing up.At the age of 19, by chance, she met Lu Qiusheng who worked in an embroidery factory. On a good day, Chen Yuhua still left behind her fiancé who had been engaged for three years, that is, Master Gu, and resolutely married Lu Qiusheng. Who would have expected that Lu Qiusheng was not a good person, and soon hooked up with a little widow up.

It can be said that Chen Yuhua ruined her whole life with one mistake.

It's all caused by the difference between urban and rural areas. Zhang Xiuqing sighed. For the sake of being the same cannon fodder, she gave Chen Yuhua an idea. For the time being, use money to coax the older one into the factory and the younger one into the school. , Wait until the age, and then find a way to coax them into the army.

Chen Yuhua wiped away her tears and thanked Zhang Xiuqing.

When the father and daughter returned to Shao Han's house, Zhang Xiuqing just knocked on the door, and the door opened. It was obvious that Shao Han didn't rest on the bed at all, but waited for them by the door.

Zhang Xiuqing's face suddenly turned a little ugly, Shao Han stood in front of her with his head down, like a child who did something wrong, and said in a low voice, "I've been lying on the bed for more than ten hours..."

Zhang Xiuqing said with a straight face and no sympathy: "Keep lying down!"

Shao Han obediently replied "Oh", lifted his feet, and walked slowly towards the room.

With two hands full of things, Zhang Lingen walked quickly towards the kitchen, and soon overtook Shao Han.

Zhang Xiuqing was the last to close the door, and soon caught up with Shao Han.

The August sun was still scorching hot. Shao Han didn't know whether he was fainted by the sun or his body was too weak. When Zhang Xiuqing was walking side by side with him, his legs suddenly gave way and he fell down.

Zhang Xiuqing subconsciously stretched out her arms and hugged her tightly.

This hug pose is beautiful, but it's a pity that the male and female roles are reversed.

Shao Han's cheeks were flushed first, then turned pale, and then turned pale, feeling uneasy.Zhang Xiuqing wouldn't think that he wanted to take advantage of her and pretend to be dizzy, would he?Conscience of heaven and earth, he really didn't feel well and fell down, so he really didn't have that idea... In other words, even if he really had such thoughts, it's because he hugged Zhang Xiuqing, so what is this?If an uninformed person saw it, they would think he was a softie...

In an instant, the charm in his heart disappeared, Shao Han's body became stiff, and his whole body was not well.

The beautiful man fell into his arms, Zhang Xiuqing hurriedly retracted his hands like hugging a hot potato, so Shao Han, who was at an angle of 45 degrees to the ground, fell to the ground with a "plop".

Although he was mentally prepared, Shao Han was still hurt by Zhang Xiuqing's eagerness to get rid of him.

The pain spread rapidly, but the pain in his body was far less than the pain in his heart. Shao Han turned over and lay on his side on the ground, his body twisted in pain.

The sun shone on his side face, making his skin almost transparent. Standing beside him, Zhang Xiuqing saw that his forehead was covered with fine sweat, his dark eyes blinked, and then closed as if fainted. When he got up, his thin lips were bloodless, and after shaking a few times, he stopped moving.

"Shao Han..." Zhang Xiuqing was startled, bent down hastily, and helped him up.

Like most patients with fever, Shao Han's body was scorching hot like a stove, but his hands and feet were cold, and his palms were slightly sweaty. There were some scratches on the edges of his palms and elbows, and he didn't know if there were any other injuries.Zhang Xiuqing was ashamed and regretful, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose, you, did you get injured? How about I take you to the hospital?"

Shao Han broke out in a cold sweat when he fell just now. His head was dizzy due to the fever, but now he is a little sober, and he refused with a firm attitude: "Don't go!"

When Zhang Lingen heard the movement, he hurried out of the stove: "What happened?"

"It's okay, I accidentally fell!" Shao Han said.

Zhang Lingen reached out and touched Shao Han's forehead, with a worried look on his face: "The fever is so high, it's impossible not to take antipyretics, but if you take too much, there will be side effects. I think it's better to go to the hospital to get salt water!"

Shao Han shook his head, raised his feet and walked towards the house. Although his steps were slow, his body was straight: "I'll take antipyretics for two days first, and if it doesn't work, I'll go to the hospital to get salt water."

Zhang's father and daughter had no choice but to let him go.

Zhang Lingen took out the cutting board, kitchen knife and other things, and then squatted on the edge of the well platform to kill the fish.

Zhang Xiuqing filled half of the washbasin with cold water and brought it into the room: "Your clothes are soaked through, wipe it off, and change into dry ones..."

A warm feeling suddenly rose in Shao Han's heart: "Okay, thank you!"

Thinking of his fall just now, Zhang Xiuqing asked worriedly: "Can you do it yourself? Do you want to ask my dad to help you?"

He was neither a three-year-old child nor an 80-year-old man, so he had the nerve to ask Zhang Lingen to wipe his back, Shao Han hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no, I can do it myself, just help me put the washbasin on the bedside table. "

"Alright then!" Zhang Xiuqing didn't force him, turned around and left after putting down the washbasin.

About 10 minutes later, Shao Han shouted from the room: "I'm done!" Zhang Xiuqing opened the door and went in, first fed Shao Han a bowl of ginger soup, then took the washbasin out, and after a while, came in again to get some Changed clothes.

Shao Han lay on the bed, his eyes flickering: "You leave it alone, I'll wash it myself when I get up."

Zhang Xiuqing ignored him.

By the time she finished washing her clothes, Zhang Lingen had already killed the crucian carp, chopped the ribs, cut the winter melon, washed the cabbage...everything is ready, just put it in the pot.

Because Shao Han had a fever, he couldn't eat those greasy dishes, so Zhang Xiuqing stewed a soup of corn, winter melon and pork ribs, which has the effect of clearing away heat and dampness, and made a stir-fried vermicelli with cabbage.

Her father likes to eat food with the flavor of scallions, so Zhang Xiuqing made the fish that Lin Xiaobing sent him into grilled crucian carp with scallions.

An hour later, Zhang Xiuqing brought the food into the room, and Shao Han sat up.

Zhang Xiuqing put a pillow behind him to make him lean more comfortably.Shao Han's heart was warm, he was in a good mood, and his appetite naturally increased.

After lunch, Zhang Xiuqing came in with a bowl of boiled water, and Shao Han took another antipyretic. After a while, he couldn't hold back and closed his eyes. In a daze, he felt something was placed on his forehead , wrists, and calves, it feels like a towel soaked in cold water, it feels cool and comfortable.

When he woke up, Shao Han opened his eyes, only to see that the sun had set in the west, and the setting sun was shining through the window, shining on half of his body. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality, whether he was awake or dreaming .He didn't dare to move, for fear that the towel on his body would fall off and his dream would be broken.

The scene of being hugged by Zhang Xiuqing at noon played back in his mind over and over again, at this moment Fang Jue blushed and his heart beat.Zhang Xiuqing walked in to check and saw that his face was flushed. He thought his body temperature had risen again, so he immediately became nervous, walked to the bed, and asked him softly, "Are you thirsty? Do you want a drink?"

Shao Han sat up and nodded slightly.

The towels that had been placed on his forehead and wrists all fell off.

Zhang Xiuqing simply took off the towel wrapped around his calf, and soaked them together in a washbasin filled with cold water, then went out and brought in a bowl of cold water.

Shao Han took it with both hands, whether it was because he was weak or his limbs were weak, or because he couldn't help himself because of his excitement, some water in the bowl spilled out, Zhang Xiuqing quickly bent down, supported the bottom of the bowl with one hand, and held the edge of the bowl with the other , sent to Shao Han's mouth.

It took a lot of effort for Shao Han to control the urge to reach out and hug Zhang Xiuqing.

After drinking the cold water, he almost burst into tears. In order not to be noticed by Zhang Xiuqing, he closed his eyes and lay down as soon as he finished drinking the water.

Zhang Xiuqing thought that he was not feeling well, so she reapplied the wet towel on his forehead, wrist, and calf, and walked out lightly.

As soon as she turned around, Shao Han opened his eyes, which were full of tenderness.

In the evening, I cooked millet porridge, corn and winter melon pork ribs soup, and stir-fried cabbage vermicelli. There were leftovers at noon. Zhang Xiuqing didn't cook any more, but made a cold cucumber dish.

After dinner, Shao Han refused to lie on the bed no matter what, got up and cut a lot of grapes, put them in the bamboo basket, and then urged them to go home.

Zhang Xiuqing put the antipyretics on the bedside table and reminded him to take one in a while.Zhang Lingen carried the kettle into the room and poured water into the bowl.Then one took a flashlight and the other carried a bamboo basket and walked home.

When they reached the entrance of the village, they met Jiang's father and daughter who had been waiting for a long time.

Jiang Shuisheng asked Zhang Xiuqing about the addresses of Shao Han and Ma Tao. It turned out that the Lingtang belonged to his family. He originally wanted to go to the village to find Zhang Xiuqing last night, but the little boy's parents entangled a group of people and ran to his house. There was a big commotion on board, and there was another commotion this morning.He asked the village head to intercede, and each family paid 100 yuan in exchange for peace.

Whenever Jiang Shuisheng thought about what happened yesterday, he would feel apprehensive for a while, so he was especially grateful to Shao Han and Ma Tao, and wanted to thank them face to face after asking where they lived.

He was also very grateful to Zhang Xiuqing. If Zhang Xiuqing hadn't been by the Lingtang that day, those two teenagers would never have run to that place anyway.

How could Zhang Xiuqing dare to disclose the addresses of the two of them casually? Ma Tao's parents were complaining about her, and Shao Han was a quiet person. Even his biological father didn't even know where he lived. He said vaguely, "I'll ask for you tomorrow, and I'll tell you when I'm done."

Jiang Shuisheng is not a person who doesn't understand winks, and he guessed Zhang Xiuqing's scruples all at once: "Okay, you can ask me tomorrow, please."

Jiang Lanfang took Zhang Xiuqing's hand and thanked her non-stop.

Zhang Xiuqing gave her two bunches of grapes.

When the father and daughter returned home, Shen Heying saw so many grapes in the basket, thinking that Zhang Lingen paid for them, her eyebrows immediately raised, and when she heard that Shao Han's family had picked them, she immediately smiled.The three of Zhang Xiuqing and his brother pretended not to see their mother's face changing when they talked about money, and sat on the table calmly, eating grapes and looking at the stars.

The next morning, the father and daughter rushed to the county seat and told Shao Han and Ma Tao that Jiang Shuisheng wanted to thank them face to face. Sure enough, Zhang Xiuqing guessed it, and they both shook their heads and refused.

Just like yesterday, Zhang's father and daughter took care of Shao Han for another whole day, and they didn't go home until after dinner.

When they reached the entrance of the village, Zhang Xiuqing told Jiang Shuisheng what Shao Han and Ma Tao had said: "...they appreciate your kindness, but thank you is enough."

Jiang Shuisheng became anxious as soon as he heard it, and said several times: "How can I do that?"

Zhang Xiuqing looked at his sad face, and said, "Uncle wants to thank them. There will be opportunities in the future, but there is no need to rush for a while."

Jiang Shuisheng slapped his thigh hard: "This is the great kindness mentioned in the movie. I understand... I also know what to do. Thank you, Xiuqing."

Zhang Xiuqing was a little amused, and said, "You're welcome!"

Jiang Lanfang blushed.

Three days later, Shao Han's fever subsided by half.That night, Shen Heying pulled Zhang Lingen to the door of the stove house, and asked him to find a chance tomorrow to ask Shao Han when he would come to his home to propose marriage... Zhang Xiuqing happened to be drinking water in the stove house, and suspected that her mother let her hear it on purpose. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence.

The next morning, she excused that she was unwell, no matter how Shen Heying forced her, she refused to take care of Shao Han anymore.

It was the end of August in a blink of an eye, and the sky was gloomy and gray. Zhang Xiuqing was sitting in the yard, using dried sage seeds as a pillow core, when Wang Fengzhu walked in poking her head: "...Xiuqing, you Do you want me to help you make the pillow core?"

Zhang Xiuqing didn't expect that Wang Fengzhu was so thick-skinned that she still had the face to come to her. The so-called no one would go to the Three Treasures Hall. How did Zhang Xiuqing think of Wang Fengzhu, how he was like a weasel giving a chicken New Year's greetings? !"

"Then I'll just say it straight, hehe..." Wang Fengzhu pretended not to see the disgusted expression on Zhang Xiuqing's face, and found a small stool to sit down by herself: "I have a secret to tell you, it's about your dad ..."

Zhang Xiuqing didn't raise her head, nor did she respond.

Wang Fengzhu was not angry, and continued: "This matter has to start with your grandfather. When you were a child, your grandfather went to the county town to go to the market, and met a Mr. Pan from a private school, and taught him a few words for free. Your grandfather is very grateful to this person." Mr. Pan, during the holidays, I always send some homemade cakes to my husband. Once you come and go, the relationship will be better. When your father turns 22, the exercise will start. Mr. Pan expected that he would not be able to escape. , entrust all the gold, silver and jewelry handed down from your ancestors to your grandfather, I heard that there are dozens of gold necklaces, hundreds of gold rings, thousands of silver tassels, and many other things..."

(End of this chapter)