Sanniang hadn't had a peaceful day since she left the confinement period. Lu Huaian and Ding Pingshun quarreled every now and then, and after a quarrel, he would come home and swear at her. If it were just her, it would be fine, but Lu Huaian wouldn't even look at Qi Jin, and he still hadn't given the baby a name.
She knows that what people say can be scary.
Today, Ding Pingshun started yelling in public, and his mother-in-law and elder sister-in-law came to the house to scold him. With Lu Huaian's temper, she shuddered at the thought of the days ahead.
Lu Huaian had asked her countless times in private about the circumstances of the day she gave birth by caesarean section. Every time he finished asking, he looked at her and Qi Jin with a dirty look.
She was really tired and exhausted, and she didn't have the courage or energy to endure it any longer.
She has always been strong-willed, embarrassed herself, and done shameful things. These words are a burden that her life cannot bear!
Sanniang boiled a pot of hot water, took a bath, and sat in front of the charcoal basin to dry her hair. Then she went upstairs to comb her hair into a bun as a girl and shredded her bright red wedding dress. She had married Lu Huaian because she was blind. The look Lu Huaian gave her before he left had made her realize that he was going to divorce her. She shredded her wedding dress to tell him that she had abandoned him.
That night, at three quarters past midnight, Lu Huaian had not returned yet. At exactly midnight, Sanniang jumped into the well holding Qijin.
Lu Huaian disliked Qi Jin, but Sanniang couldn't bear to leave the nursing cub to suffer, so after much deliberation she resolutely took Qi Jin away.
In the early morning, Lu Junzhou woke up from his dream and pushed Xiao Si awake, "Uncle, I had a strange dream and I'm very nervous."
"What dream?" Xiao Si gathered the quilt and looked at him with sleepy eyes.
"Hurry up, uncle! I dreamt that my mother was holding my brother in a thick fog. There was a big snake in the fog with its mouth wide open. I wanted to catch my mother, but I couldn't."
"I'm afraid, uncle."
"It's just a dream, don't be afraid, your mother and Qijin are fine. Don't think too much, sleep a little longer, it's still dark outside." Xiao Si said and yawned.
"Then I'll go back by myself."
"Hey, do you have the key? Go back now. If you knock on the door now, won't you disturb your parents' sleep? Besides, your mother might not be at home. Didn't she say yesterday that she might be staying at Madam Jane's house? Listen to your uncle and sleep a little longer. I'll take you there when it's daybreak."
Lu Junzhou felt very anxious and didn't want to wait any longer. He put on his clothes, slung his schoolbag over his shoulder, and went to open the door.
"My little ancestor, I'm scared of you. Wait, I'll go with you to take a look. Your mother seemed to have given me a key before. Wait until I get up and look for it."
Xiao Si put on his clothes and searched through all the drawers and cabinets before he found the key to Sanniang's house. It was Sanniang who gave it to him when he first came to Pu Ren Tang as an apprentice. At that time, the wing in the backyard of Pu Ren Tang was being renovated, and he stayed at Sanniang's house for a while.
He led Lu Junzhou out of the backyard. It was already dawn, and the empty street was empty except for the two of them. He hunched his neck, tucked his hands into his sleeves, and asked sideways against the cold wind, "Jun'er, are you cold? Do you want me to take off my hat and put it on you?"
Lu Junzhou shook his head. He was becoming increasingly panicked for no reason and didn't even feel cold.
"Go faster, uncle."
"Hey, don't worry. If your mother really had something happen to her, I should have dreamed about her too. I've had the best relationship with your mother since I was little, and she loves me the most."
"It's different. I am my mother's son, and you are my mother's brother."
"You little bastard, according to you, your mother is only close to you, and she only appears in your dreams and not to me, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Si's heart skipped a beat. He quickly spat three times and then pulled out his right hand to hit himself on the mouth.
It was too unlucky. Why did his sister appear in his dreams when nothing happened? Only dead people appear in their dreams. He felt a little uneasy and pulled Lu Junzhou towards the grocery store in front.
After opening the door, he was still afraid of disturbing Lu Huaian's sleep. It was rare for him to hear him complain about himself for a while, so he signaled Lu Junzhou to be quiet and led him upstairs quietly.
As he went upstairs, he saw the master bedroom door wide open and a bed covered in red rags. Lu Junzhou shouted, "Mom! Mom!"
"It's over, uncle. Something must have happened to my mother and brother. What should I do?"
"No, no, don't panic. Maybe she wrung out some clothes and took Qi Jin to Dingjia Village. She's resting at Jane's house now. Let's look upstairs and downstairs first. If we can't find her, I'll take you to Dingjia Village. Don't worry, don't cry."
Xiao Si was also confused at this time, but he was his uncle, so he had to calm himself. He and Lu Junzhou searched several rooms upstairs, but didn't see anyone.
"Don't your father and mother go home to sleep after they have a fight?" he asked Lu Junzhou as he went downstairs.
"They've been arguing a lot lately, and every time after a fight my dad goes to sleep at my uncle's house."
The two searched downstairs for a while, but still couldn't find anyone. Xiao Si said anxiously, "Uncle, go back and drive the carriage over. You wait here for me. I'll be right there."
He was about to take Lu Junzhou to Dingjia Village, but Lu Junzhou suddenly thought of the well in the backyard. Without saying a word, he turned around and walked back to the backyard.
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Xiao Si followed him. Before he even reached the backyard, he heard a heartbreaking cry from the backyard: "Mom!"
His heart trembled, and he rushed to the backyard in a few steps. Seeing Lu Junzhou lying on the well, crying and wailing, he also burst into tears, "Third sister!"
They were crying so hard that they almost fainted. At this time, Ding Pingshun was fully armed and wrapped tightly, carrying two baskets of vegetables and radishes and rushing to the town.
He made two trips back and forth each day. These two baskets were for Zhang Mazi's Restaurant, and he returned with two more baskets to sell at the bookstore. As the Lunar New Year approached, many people in town bought vegetables and radishes, took them home, and pickled them in water to eat during the Lunar New Year.
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