"Yeah," Zhan Xinyue nodded and asked, "Do you think I'm crazy? I look like a lot of people. I also look like Guagua's mother."
Sheng Tunan shook his head and analyzed, "Yes, Guagua's mother always wears long clothes and long pants even when it's very hot. Today is the beginning of summer, so she might be hot. And she is obviously different from usual today, and seems very nervous."
"Yes, I thought so at first, but I found that she felt very comfortable when she saw me, and her eyes were very similar to mine."
Almond eyes are a common eye shape, and about 50% of people have them. Moreover, Li Yuchen, Zhan Xinyue, and Dongfang Xiaoqing have dark and bright eyes, just like the same person.
[The fairy in Dicky Cheung's version of Little Fish has standard almond eyes! Rosamund Kwan, Cecilia Cheung, Alyssa Chia, and Angelababy also have almond eyes. Almond eyes make people look younger.]
"But I also guessed that maybe Guagua's mother really did feel unwell all of a sudden."
Zhan Xinyue's eyes were calm: "I don't have the idea of looking for my relatives. In my previous life, when I was alone and in such a difficult time, they didn't notice and never looked for me. This time, even if she is my biological mother, I will look for her and even recognize her as my relative."
When you need family affection, they are there. Once you are used to being alone, you need them to show up even more.
"In this life, you and I, I will always be with you." Sheng Tunan's firm and powerful voice came.
"Yeah." Zhan Xinyue curled her eyebrows. Being used to being alone means that she likes being alone. Of course it's better to have someone to accompany her.
The commune was far from the Changhong Brigade, so we drove normally this time and soon arrived at Sheng's house.
A two-story wooden house with a unique shape. Grandpa Sheng is a carpenter. He built this house by himself. It is solid and beautiful. There is also a large and small courtyard. The pillars of the courtyard gate are carved with auspicious patterns.
The courtyard was surrounded by flowers, hydrangeas and osmanthus trees were vying for beauty, and the breeze was blowing, with an intoxicating fragrance.
Sheng Tunan drove the car into the center of the courtyard, and Zhan Xinyue got out of the car carrying the rice noodles.
Hearing the sound of the car, Grandma Sheng groped her way out of the house. When she was young, she made soles for shoes all year round and sold them for money, which overused her eyes. Now that she is old, her eyesight is bad, but she is not completely blind and can see some outlines clearly.
"Is Nannan back?" Grandma Sheng held onto the door frame, looking around with somewhat unfocused eyes.
"Grandma, come on, I've brought your granddaughter-in-law back to you." Sheng Tunan stepped forward and held the old woman's hand.
"Hello Xinyue?" Grandma Sheng held Zhan Xinyue with her other hand and said "hello" three times in a row.
"Just Xinyue, you said before that Hongyan wanted to marry into our family, I'm so willing."
When Sheng Tunan heard that Zhan Xinyue was engaged, and thought it would be convenient for the old lady to be alone at home, the Zhan family took a handwritten letter from their grandfather, saying that it was according to their grandfather's will and the elders' wishes that Sheng Tunan married Zhan Hongyan.
"Grandma, I brought you some rice noodles with meat and soda. Eat them while they're hot." Zhan Xinyue helped the old lady sit down and brought the rice noodles to the table.
Sheng Tunan went to the kitchen to find chopsticks, washed them clean and gave them to Grandma Sheng.
The old man was used to having two meals a day. It was only ten o'clock in the morning and he hadn't eaten yet. He felt a little hungry, but he didn't start eating right away. He insisted that Sheng Tunan get another set of bowls and chopsticks and give Zhan Xinyue some meat.
Grandma Sheng thinks meat is a good thing and should be given to the children since they can eat it regularly.
"Grandma, Tuanan and I have already eaten, and we are very full now. You eat by yourself, it will get cooler and taste better if you eat more." Zhan Xinyue advised and handed the chopsticks to Grandma Sheng.
After hearing that they had already eaten, Grandma Sheng started eating.
While the old lady was having a meal, Sheng Tunan went to the kitchen to boil some water, brewed some tea leaves that Grandma Sheng had roasted herself, and placed them in a white porcelain teapot to cool.
The old man ate slowly, so Sheng Tunan took Zhan Xinyue upstairs, took out quilts, pillows, sheets, and quilt covers from the cupboard and dried them in the yard.
"Xinyue, let's go to the commune again and buy you some clothes to change into. Wear them for now, and I'll take you to the city to buy nice clothes later."
The clothes sold in the commune supply and marketing cooperative are quite fashionable, of course compared with those sold in department stores.
"Okay." Zhan Xinyue's clothes were all patched up, except for two sets of underwear that Zhan Xinyue put on her body in advance. Zhan Xinyue didn't bring any other clothes.
The two of them waited until grandma finished her noodles and cleared the table before going out.
To get from Sheng's house to the commune, one had to pass by Zhan's house. When the car got near Zhan's house, one saw Zhan Aiguo, who had just returned from the county, chasing after Chen Juxiang with a shoulder pole in his hand.
"You stinky bitch, you are so shameless that you dare to sleep with a wild man. I will beat you to death today."
Zhan Aiguo was chasing angrily from behind, while Chen Juxiang was running panic-stricken in front.
"I don't have any money, please don't hit me, I don't have any money ...
Chen Juxiang was chased to the edge of the pond, with no way to escape. She was afraid that the burden would fall on her, and she didn't want to endure that kind of pain anymore. Just when she wanted to say that she slept with the captain and Zhan Hongyan, Zhan Hongyan covered her mouth.
"Mom, don't talk nonsense." Zhan Hongyan warned Chen Juxiang in a low but cold voice, then stood up and said to Zhan Aiguo who was holding a shoulder pole, "Dad, don't tell others about this family embarrassment. Let's go back to the house and talk about it."
"Everyone in the brigade knows about it, what's the point of talking about it outside now?"
Zhan Aiguo threw the shoulder pole aside, sat down on the road, spat into his palm, rubbed it, and hit his dark, thin, old face with it, "I have lost my face in front of the commune."
It was originally quite an honor for a child to study in the county, and he loved to show off his patriotism and his son's nature.
This morning, on my way back from the county, I passed by the commune and saw someone from the same brigade. Just as he was about to walk over to brag about how good his son was, and how he was even able to get into the county high school, before he could say anything, the person saw him as if he had seen a funny guy, and tried hard to hold back his laughter, pretending to sympathize with his peers, but in fact he was gloating.
"Aiguo, your wife was slept with by the captain. They said it was forced, but I think your wife seems to be enjoying it. You should go back and take a look. Hey, you'd better buy some abortion drugs. What if your wife is still able to produce pearls and gets pregnant and gives birth to a bastard? Do you want to keep it or not?"