"Don't worry if you get on the bus. This is the last bus so please take care of each other."
"Get on the bus from the front door and get off at the back door. Buy your ticket on the bus!"
Mingmei saw that the people in the car were so densely packed like a can of fish, and shouted again: "There is still a lot of space in the back, move further back..."
Those who have not yet squeezed into the train looked at the dense crowd through the window and thought, this looks good, the conductor must be lying, the back is also crowded like a can of fish, there is no empty seat at all. But thinking this in my heart, I still walked to the back and squeezed as much as possible.
If you don't move backwards, the people below won't be able to come up.
There are still many simple and honest people these days.
"Run a little..." Mingmei shouted twice more, picking up her kettle. There was not much hot water left after adding it at noon. She shook the Sterculia lychnophora in it and screwed the cup shut. The last bus, off work!
Mingmei took a deep breath and continued to shout: "Everyone, please be considerate of each other~"
Seeing that everyone had finally squeezed into the car, Mingmei raised her hand to signal, and the driver slammed the door shut, and the car finally moved forward. The route Mingmei took happened to be a popular route, passing through Wangfujing in the middle. This route was okay on weekdays, but during the New Year and other holidays, the people were as crowded as ants.
The bus stopped at one station after another, and as there were fewer and fewer people on the bus, Mingmei finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally time to get off work.
It gets dark early in winter, and Mingmei gets off work later than most people. When she walked back, it was already dark. As soon as she entered the yard, she could smell the smell of cooking from many families. There was no delicious fish smell from last night.
The two children of the Zhuang family brought small stools and sat at the door. When they saw Mingmei, they immediately shouted happily: "Aunt is back!"
Although the two children were not familiar with Mingmei at all, they knew she was one of their own and different from their neighbors. So when Mingmei came back, they were excited and happy.
Although Hu Tou is six years old, he is still a child after all. There are no adults at home and no dinner. The children have all gone home to eat. He feels sad and doesn't know what to do.
When he saw Mingmei, he immediately ran forward.
Mingmei walked at a trot, her face flushed. She hurried forward and said, "Why don't you go home? What are you doing sitting at the door? Come in."
She led the man into the house and then turned on the light.
The room suddenly became bright. Mingmei asked, "Are you hungry?"
Tiger Head nodded a little nervously. Little Swallow was a little younger and didn't understand, so she said softly, "Little Swallow is hungry. There's no one at home, and there's no food."
Mingmei: "Okay, then Auntie will cook."
She put down her things, opened the cupboard, and said, "What should we make? Let me see...how about making some noodle soup? What do you think?" Thinking that the weather was so cold today, and that several people would definitely need some soup to warm up when they came back, she thought of noodle soup.
It was the first time that Hu Tou and Xiao Yan Zi were asked for their opinions. They looked at each other seriously, nodded and said, "Okay."
Mingmei: "Okay, then it's noodle soup. Let's add some vegetables. Do you know where the vegetables are kept at home?"
Hu Tou immediately said, "I know, there is one in the cellar."
Mingmei: "Then put some cabbage in."
She glanced at the food in her home, hesitated for a moment, and said, "What do you think...if I put an egg in the noodle soup, will your grandma scold me?"
Tiger Head: “!!!”
Little Swallow: Gulp, the sound of swallowing saliva.
Mingmei blinked her big eyes and asked the two children: "Do you think it's okay to release it?"
Hu Tou couldn't help but swallowed his saliva. He was very greedy, but... he looked at his young aunt. His young aunt asked them everything because she trusted him. He couldn't lie to her. It was not a good thing for a child to lie to her.
He whispered: "...Yes."
Mingmei: “What?”
Tiger Head: "You know how to curse."
His eggs...his eggs flew away.
Mingmei's head drooped instantly, even her braids lost some of their vitality, and she sighed faintly: "Ah~"
Tiger Head also followed: "Ah~"
Little Swallow didn't quite understand, so she followed in a baby voice: "Ah~"
Mingmei looked at Hutou, then at Xiaoyanzi, thought for a moment and said, "Today my family is out doing something important."
The tiger head raised.
Mingmei: "It's so cold, and you're out doing something important, so you must be frozen when you come back. Since you're frozen, you should eat better to replenish your nutrition. If you have nutrition, you won't get sick from the cold wind."
Tiger Head: "Eh???"
Xiaoyanzi: “…” I didn’t understand.
Hu Tou and Xiao Yan Zi both nodded.
Mingmei continued: "If your grandma curses, can you speak up for me?"
Hu Tou nodded hurriedly: "Yes!!!"
He patted his chest and assured: "I am a man!"
Mingmei: “Puff!”
Xiaoyanzi also imitated her brother and patted her chest to assure him: "Yes!"
Mingmei smiled and said, "That's fine. I believe you."
She took out the cornmeal and an egg from the cupboard and told Hutou, "Go to the cellar and bring me a cabbage."
Tiger Head: "Okay."
He rushed out the door like a sprinter, and Mingmei quickly got to work. In fact, there were eight people in the family, young and old, and only one egg was put in the noodles, which was really very little, just to enhance the taste.
But if she put too much, Mingmei was worried that her mother-in-law would be furious.
Eggs are very precious in ordinary families. Mingmei's family is better off, so they also treasure eggs.
Sometimes you can't buy this thing even if you have money.
Mingmei got started quickly. Nowadays, there is no girl who can't cook. Not to mention girls, there are very few boys who can't cook. However, Mingmei is definitely not good at making big dishes, but she can still make a simple noodle soup like this.
Noodle soup cooks quickly and was ready in a short while. The three people who stayed behind, one adult and two children, each took a bowl and drank it with slurps. When Tiger Head saw the egg drops in the bowl, he was so happy that he wanted to wag his tail.
"Su, get out here! Get out!"
The three of them were drinking comfortably when they heard a domineering shout from outside. Mingmei immediately rushed to the door, opened it a crack, and looked out. Hutou came up silently, and Xiaoyanzi also came up silently. From top to bottom, the three heads stared at the people in the yard through the crack in the door.
The person in the yard was no one but the combatant Zhou Li. She stood at the door of Aunt Su's family next door with her hands on her hips and a mean look on her face. She jumped up and down like crazy: "Aunt Su, Wang Xiangxiu, get out of here, get out! Don't think you can get away with hiding at home! You won't come out, right? If you don't come out, I'll go to the neighborhood committee. No one is bullying people like your family. You have a child but no one to take care of him, right? Your little beast stole our things, and you still don't care about it!"
At this time, Wang Xiangxiu finally opened the door. She looked at Zhou Li with grievance and indignation and said, "Auntie Zhou, how can you talk like that? Even if my family has lost its man, you can't talk like that. You said that my family bullies people, but I think you are the one who bullies people. You don't do things like coming to someone's house and scolding them."
"That's right, Aunt Zhou, you're going too far. How can you talk like that? This is bullying."
"Auntie Zhou is always arrogant and domineering. Isn't this bullying a young widow?"
"I think Aunt Zhou is deliberately looking for trouble. She just hates Wang Xiangxiu."
The onlookers were whispering. Compared to Zhou Li's harsh and domineering words, everyone spoke without asking the reason. They just thought it was definitely an old hag bullying a young widow.
Zhou Li snorted and cursed, "What does it have to do with you? You know nothing, and you are here to butt in on me? You are so shameless!"
After cursing enough, she turned around and said, "Who are you pretending to be, you little bitch? Your three little bastards came to my house to steal peanuts. Look, they stole most of my bag of peanuts. They are really inhuman! How much is the annual quota of oil crops? Your three little bastards are just yelling at me, so can't I come to your house to ask for an explanation? Pay me, pay me!"
Wang Xiangxiu said with red eyes: "Auntie Zhou, what are you talking about? How could my children do such a thing? They are sensible and good children. I know you don't like me, but you can't wrongly accuse my children!"
"You still don't admit it? Call out all the children in the yard and ask them, were your three kids eating peanuts at the door this afternoon? They're mine!" Mrs. Zhou Li was still jumping up and down, cursing, "Don't think you can pretend nothing happened just by acting like this. Hutou, Hutou, come out and tell me if you saw it or not!" Mrs. Zhou Li was about to look for a witness as soon as they disagreed, but Mingmei closed the door quickly and decisively.
She was not familiar with the people in the yard, but after listening to her mother-in-law's introduction, she knew that there was no easy way out. Now that no one else was at home, she would not go out to stir up trouble. She decisively closed the door and asked in a low voice, "Did you two see it?"
Tiger Head nodded and said, "I see!"
The child said honestly: "Grandma Zhou put the peanuts outside the door, and Jinlai and Yinlai ran over to take them. Grandma Zhou saw them taking them and laughed." At this point, Hutou scratched his head in confusion: "I don't know what Grandma Zhou was laughing at."
Mingmei: “???”
Are you laughing?
This old lady can still laugh?
But why was she laughing when her things were stolen? Tiger Head pouted: "Jin Lai said that if I bark like a dog, he would give me one to eat. I am a man, not a dog. I don't want it! I don't want to eat broken peanuts!"
Mingmei looked unhappy after hearing this, and wondered how this child was educated.
What a little jerk! She rubbed Tiger Head's head and said, "No, you're right. We don't want the things he stole! What is it? Wait until your grandma comes back and we'll complain!"
Tiger Head: “Okay!”
Xiaoyanzi quickly joined in: "Okay~"
(End of this chapter)
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