While chatting with Lin Qiuru, Cheng Xiaokui learned that she had a mother, a younger sister, and a younger brother, but Lin Qiuru didn't know the specifics.
Moreover, she didn't dare to directly ask Lin Qiuru about her family's situation.
She took out a money order stub from her pocket. The address written on the stub should be her home address, and the remitter's name was Cheng Qiu Kui, so she should be her younger sister.
Her name is Cheng Xiao Kui, and her younger sister's name is Cheng Qiu Kui. I have to say, my parents really gave their children random names.
Xiaolongbao and others walked and jumped, admiring the bustling city and everything else they had never seen in their small village.
Pointing to the colorful light bulbs on the building, she asked, "Xiao Kui, what are those? They twinkle like little stars."
Cheng Xiaokui said, "Those are colored light bulbs, aren't they pretty! They're just white light bulbs with a layer of paint of various colors on the outside, and when the bulbs are lit, they emit light of various colors."
There were no colored LED lights in this era; if you wanted to see colored lights, you just painted the light bulbs with various colors of paint.
She nodded her little head, seemingly understanding but not quite, her big eyes fixed on the red colored light bulb, which was probably the most beautiful color she had ever seen.
Cheng Xiao Kui looked at the unfamiliar bus stop sign. There was no Xiao De in this era, so she couldn't even check which bus to take to get to her home.
However, according to the information she got from Lin Qiuru, her home should not be far from the train station; at least that's what the original owner told Lin Qiuru before.
At this time, there are already people on the road going to work, and most of them are riding bicycles.
Cheng Xiaokui randomly stopped a kind-looking middle-aged man, showed him her address, and asked him for directions.
The uncle glanced at the address and pointed in a direction for Cheng Xiao Kui, "See that place? Just walk in that direction, that alley is it. Young lady, are you visiting relatives in the city?"
Cheng Xiaokui nodded awkwardly, thanked the uncle, and led Lin Qiuru's family in the direction he pointed.
Lin Qiuru asked curiously, "Xiao Kui, why don't you recognize your own home?"
Cheng Xiaokui's expression froze on her face. She barely managed to say, "Mom, how many years have I been away from home? How could I remember so clearly? Besides, this city has developed quite quickly. It's different from when I left. Look at this road. It wasn't here when I left."
Actually, she didn't know when the road was built; she just made up an excuse to get by.
Otherwise, who wouldn't remember their own home?
Fortunately, walking is not a problem for farmers.
In this day and age, the most common means of transportation are bicycles and walking.
Each alley has a house number. Cheng Xiao Kui walked into the alley and saw the blue plaque on the wall, knowing that she had found the right alley.
Once she found the corresponding house number, she found her home.
In the early morning, people in the alley lined up to fetch water from the public water taps.
In those days, tap water was not yet available to every household.
Everyone had to go to the public water tap outside the alley to get water.
Many people simply fill their water containers at the tap and squat next to the sink to wash up. This saves them the trouble of having to run out to empty the dirty water.
All the dirty water would be dumped into the public sewer outside the alley.
The delicious aroma of breakfast wafted from the entrance of the breakfast shop.
Cheng Xiaokui glanced at the two children. The two children were very sensible and did not fuss about wanting to eat earlier.
She told Lin Qiuru to walk slowly behind with the two children while she ran ahead to scout the way.
The main reason is that she can easily find the house number by herself, or ask the neighbors where she lives. Without Lin Qiuru with her, she doesn't feel so awkward.
She wandered through the alleyways, twisting and turning until she finally found her front door.
She lived in a large courtyard, where neighbors filed in and out.
When she walked into the courtyard, the old woman sitting in the middle of the yard, who was washing up, stared at Cheng Xiao Kui in a daze.
Then she slapped her thigh and sprang up from the small stool, shouting at the top of her lungs, "Sister-in-law, your daughter is back! Cheng Xiao Kui is back!"
As the old woman finished speaking, Cheng Xiaokui saw the door of a small bungalow at the very back of the courtyard suddenly open.
A young girl walked out with a frown on her face.
When the girl's eyes met Cheng Xiao Kui's, a look of surprise first appeared in her eyes. But it quickly turned cold and ruthless.
The girl, who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen, spat on the ground and said, "Pah! You still have the nerve to come back? Get out of here! Don't dirty my floor!"
Cheng Xiao Kui looked at the girl's features, which bore a striking resemblance to her own.
It must be her younger sister, Cheng Qiuqiu. She said, "Cheng Qiuqiu, how dare you talk to me like that?! What gives you the right to tell me to get lost?"
With her hands on her hips and her neck stiff, Cheng Qiu Kui cursed, "You slut who sleeps with men, how dare you come back!"
You've completely disgraced my mother and me! My family's backbone is practically being broken!
Cheng Xiao Kui's lips twitched violently. She hadn't expected that what the original owner had done in the village had already reached her parents' home.
But how could that be? Who told her family?
She walked over and asked, "Who told you that? Who was spreading these rumors?!"
Cheng Qiu Kui said, "Do I need anyone else to tell me? The eldest daughter of the Li family, her cousin, from the three alleys ahead, also went to your village!"
Her cousin wrote a letter, and it said in the letter: "That girl from the Li family is showing this letter to everyone everywhere! The whole alley knows about you! How could you do such a thing as cheating on your husband!"
Cheng Xiao Kui's head was throbbing. Just how famous was she that she had to mention it in her letters?! Did she have nothing else to write about?!
Just as Cheng Xiao Kui was thinking about how to explain to her sister, the door next to her was suddenly pushed open.
This house looks much more spacious than hers. This room should be the main house, while her small house is probably a converted kitchen.
Housing was quite scarce in those days. Generally, a workplace would allocate a single-story house in a hutong (alleyway) to its employees. A single house consisted of a main room and a kitchen.
In families with many members, not only does the main house need to be occupied, but the small kitchen also needs to be used by the master of the house. As for the stove and other utensils, they are placed in the courtyard.
The woman who pushed open the door had a face full of horizontal lines and threw a basin of dirty water into the yard.
She spat on the ground and said, "Pah! What kind of trash dares to come to my house?!"
If I were you, I'd probably just run to a corner and kill myself! It's enough to bring shame to the family!
The woman, whose face was full of horizontal lines, slapped her face as she spoke.
Cheng Qiuqiu said, "Second Aunt, you don't need to scold me, I can scold myself!"
Cheng Xiao Kui finally figured out the relationships between the people; this woman was their second aunt.
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