"Sit down." The old lady called Hu Lin.
Hu Lin sat down on a Cantonese-style rosewood armchair with a relief carving and marble inlaid on the middle backrest.
"Little girl, you said Huai Jing asked you to come. Are you Huai Jing's new friend?"
The old lady asked tentatively.
"Well, to be precise, I am his neighbor.
They are now living in my house.”
Hu Lin also spoke tentatively.
Speaking of the Zhou family, the old lady couldn't help but tear up.
His lips moved for a moment before he spoke, "Are they okay?"
Hu Lin did not answer but asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Huaijing's grandmother." The old lady restrained her emotions.
At this time, the old man came over with ginger soup, "Come, little girl, drink some to drive away the cold."
"Thank you." Hu Lin took the bowl and drank the spicy ginger soup.
Now that she knew their identities, there was no need for her to continue to be on guard.
After drinking the ginger soup, the old couple took Hu Lin to the inner room next door to warm themselves by the fire.
Her hair also dried faster next to the charcoal stove.
Hu Lin was chatting with the old couple again.
Both sides learned the whole story from the other side.
When the Zhou family got into trouble, their son tried his best to protect Zhou Huaijing, and he was already under tremendous pressure. In order to avoid further trouble, he cut off contact with them.
The old couple felt relieved when they learned from Hu Lin that the Zhou family was living well now.
After her hair was dry, the old lady took Hu Lin to the house where she had been taken before and told her that she would live there from now on.
Hu Lin had no objection. He took out a letter from his cotton-padded jacket in the backpack and handed it to the old lady.
"This is the letter Aunt Xu and the others asked me to bring to you."
She had been planning to inquire about the Xu family these days, but she didn't expect Zhou Huaijing to interfere and by some strange coincidence, they ended up meeting each other.
The old lady shed tears, tremblingly took the letter from Hu Lin's hand, and said, "Good boy!
From now on, just call us grandpa and grandma like Huaijing does."
"Grandma." Hu Lin smiled slightly.
In fact, she didn't want to be compared with Zhou Huaijing.
After seeing grandma off, grandpa came over shortly after, carrying a thick quilt.
Accompanying them was a woman who looked to be in her forties, holding a charcoal stove in her hand.
The woman introduced herself and said that she was a helper who took care of the elderly couple's daily life.
Hu Lin said a few polite words and sent the two men away.
After that, the helpers came several times one after another, sometimes bringing tea cups, sometimes bringing clothes drying racks, and sometimes bringing a few sets of clothes.
After the helpers had taken all the goods, they still had to clean up the house, but Hu Lin refused and said he would do it himself.
The helper had to go to the kitchen to make lunch.
We had lunch a little later today. At the table, the old couple had red eyes, and it looked like they had been crying.
He spoke with a nasal tone, but he was very fond of Hu Lin and kept picking up food for him, which surprised the helpers next to him.
After dinner, Hu Lin chatted with the old couple, roasted fire, drank tea and enjoyed the snow scenery.
The days became leisurely.
After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.
In the middle of the night, Hu Lin was awakened by the pain.
My lower abdomen aches like a knife and my whole body feels cold.
I actually got my period at this time.
She was thirteen years old and it was her aunt’s first visit.
Hu Lin struggled to get up and go to the toilet, and took some toilet paper to pad his bed.
On the way, Hu Lin walked extremely slowly.
This time my period came with great force, and the pain spread almost all over my body.
This kind of pain is completely different from the pain of being injured.
At this moment, Hu Lin cursed Zhou Huaijing hundreds of times in his heart.
She has been malnourished since childhood. After so many years of being well fed and well fed, her physical fitness must be good.
The current situation must have been caused by walking in the snow this morning.
I'm frozen.
The next day, the old couple saw Hu Lin's depressed look and asked him about what happened.
She quickly took out the money and ticket and asked her helper to exchange it for the menstrual pad ticket and go buy some menstrual pads.
The old couple went to the kitchen to cook brown sugar water for Hu Lin.
After drinking the brown sugar water and sitting next to the charcoal stove, Hu Lin felt better as he warmed his body.
For several days, she had no appetite and didn't eat much, but she drank a bowl of brown sugar water every day.
But the menstrual belt is quite uncomfortable to use.
Under these conditions, it's better than toilet paper.
During my aunt’s period, the year 1972 arrived.
On New Year’s Eve, the old couple made dumplings together with their helpers.
Hu Lin had a poor appetite and ate a few of them in a hurry.
Two days later, which was the second day of the Chinese New Year, Hu Lin felt better.
The weather was fine, so she took a hot bath and went out.
Before leaving the hotel, I left a message for Hu Jun at the front desk.
If you want to find her, just wait for her in the state-owned restaurant closest to the hotel in the morning.
She is in Beijing, and Hu Jun will definitely come to see her on New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year.
Hu Jun must have been getting anxious waiting since he didn't see her.
Hu Lin hurried to a state-owned restaurant near the hotel and saw Hu Jun standing at the door looking around worriedly. She walked over and greeted Hu Jun.
When Hu Jun saw her, he quickly walked down the stairs, stopped in front of her, and asked anxiously, "Where do you live now?
What happened? I've been waiting for you here for days.
If you don't show up, I'm going to call the police."
Speaking of this, Hu Jun began to complain.
“I was delayed by something and now I’m staying at my elders’ house.
They have a phone at home, so we can contact them by phone in the future.”
Hu Lin explained, and walked towards the state-owned restaurant to eat.
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