Sheng An Ning was stunned for a few seconds. He didn't expect to meet his rumored ex-girlfriend so soon.
The woman that everyone thinks Zhou Shixun should marry does look pretty good.
Zhou Shixun moved in and said, "Let's sit down and eat first."
Sheng Anning sat down next to Zhou Shixun. She did not ignore the disappointment that flashed across Luo Caixia's face, but she did not say much.
After Sheng An Ning sat down, Luo Caixia looked at Zhou Shixun and said, "When I heard that you were getting married, I was wondering what kind of wife you would find. I didn't expect her to be so beautiful. Ah Xun, you are so lucky."
Zhou Shixun said nothing, poured a bowl of tea and pushed it to Sheng An Ning.
Luo Caixia also understood Zhou Shixun's character, and said to Sheng Anning, "You didn't come back to hold a wedding banquet when you got married. Are you going to hold a wedding banquet this time?"
Before Sheng An Ning could speak, Zhou Shixun spoke first: "No, we have other things to do."
Luo Caixia seemed a little disappointed: "Why don't you hold a wedding banquet? Everyone in the village knows that you are getting married, but they haven't had a chance to drink the wedding wine yet. I opened a tailor shop in the county town, and I thought if you get married, I could make clothes for you. It would only take two or three days to make them."
Sheng An Ning was a little confused. If Luo Caixia liked Zhou Shixun, how could she have the heart to watch the person she loved marry someone else and even make wedding clothes for him.
Zhou Shixun didn't say much until the noodles came, but Luo Caixia talked about a lot of things in the village.
The cowherd died of a cold two years ago.
The teacher who taught them how to write was about to return to the city, but he was poisoned by coal smoke and died.
And my childhood friend Akita got married to Chunya from the next village.
Sheng An Ning didn't recognize any of them, so she could only lower her head and eat noodles quietly, listening to the gossip that Luo Caixia talked about. Thinking about the many memories she and Zhou Shixun had in their lives, the noodles tasted sour in her mouth.
After finishing the noodles, Sheng An Ning felt that she was a little redundant, so she said goodbye to Zhou Shixun and left the restaurant first.
Not long after, Zhou Shixun and Luo Caixia also came out, but Luo Caixia's eyes were red. She glanced at Sheng An Ning, turned around and left in a hurry.
Sheng An Ning saw that there was no change on Zhou Shixun's face and was very curious. What did the two of them talk about? Why did Luo Caixia go back crying?
The two went to the station and took the bus again. This time it was very fast and they arrived in the town in more than half an hour. Then they had to walk back to Hewan Village.
It was already dark, there were no street lights in the town, and it was pitch black as we walked towards Hewan Village.
Sheng An Ning looked at the shadowy mountains in the distance, and heard the occasional hooting of owls. She felt a little scared: "How long will it take to get to the village?"
Zhou Shixun calculated silently: "We need to cross two mountain ridges. If we walk slowly, it will take about two hours."
Sheng An Ning was shocked: "So far? Don't you usually come out?"
“A lot of people haven’t been to town.”
Zhou Shixun said as he picked up Sheng Anning's bag: "Let's go."
Sheng Anning quickly went to grab the bag: "Let me take it myself, you are injured."
Zhou Shixun didn't follow her this time: "It's okay, the mountain road is hard to walk on, just follow closely."
An hour later, Sheng An Ning felt that her legs were no longer her own. She took one deep step and one shallow step, and had to hold on to Zhou Shixun's sleeve to walk.
Just when I was about to give up, I finally saw the lights at the foot of the mountain.
Hewan Village is very poor and depends on the weather for food. Many families cannot even afford electricity and still use kerosene lamps.
The Zhou family was reluctant to use electricity and lit kerosene lamps at night.
Zhu Guihua brought back the news that Zhou Shixun was going home. The whole family hadn't slept well in the past few days, fearing that the secret they were hiding could not be hidden from Zhou Shixun.
What if Zhou Shixun gets angry and doesn’t send money home?
Hearing the sound of the door, Zhou Guihua was stunned for a moment, and pushed her youngest son Zhou Changyun to the kang: "I heard the door ring, come and see if it's your second brother who's back."
Zhou Changyun was a little unhappy: "He'll come back if he wants to. Let's see how scared you are."
The old man Zhou Mancang, who was leaning on the quilt, coughed a few times and cursed: "I told you to go, so you go. Why are you talking nonsense!"
Zhou Changyun got up reluctantly, but before he could go out, the door opened and Zhou Shixun walked in with Sheng An Ning.
In the darkness, Sheng An Ning couldn't see what was going on outside. When she walked into the room under the dim kerosene lamp, she saw a room full of people and was stunned for a moment.
There is a large kang in the room, which takes up half of the room.
There was an old man half-lying on the kang, with a wrinkled face and an honest look.
Zhu Guihua was sitting in front of the table on the kang, holding the shoe sole in her hand.
On the other side sat a young woman, looking at them with raised eyebrows. Next to her sat a man in his thirties, who looked very similar to the old man and was a bit honest.
There was a young man standing on the ground, who looked very similar to Zhu Guihua, with narrow and shrewd eyes.
Sheng An Ning looked around and came to only one conclusion in her mind, that is, these people did not look like Zhou Shixun at all, and it was impossible to tell from their appearance that they were related by blood.
Zhu Guihua was stunned for a moment, then she jumped off the kang with a cry of "Oh my God!" and hurriedly put on her shoes: "Second brother, why did you come back so suddenly? I thought you would wait for two days. You were so badly injured, why didn't you rest for a few more days?"
Zhou Mancang also sat up straight and looked at Zhou Shixun with a silly smile: "That's right, why didn't you send a message back to ask your elder brother to hitch a donkey cart to pick you up."
After some greetings, Sheng An Ning knew that the old man was Zhou Shixun's biological father Zhou Mancang, the man sitting on the kang was Zhou Shixun's elder brother Zhou Changlin, and the man standing on the ground was his younger brother Zhou Changyun.
The woman sitting on the other side was Zhou Changyun’s wife Chen Qiaolan.
Zhu Guihua enthusiastically asked Sheng Anning and Zhou Shixun to sit down by the kang: "Hurry up and sit on the kang, haven't you eaten yet? There are two eggs at home, I'll make you some egg tea."
Zhou Shixun stopped him: "No need, we've already eaten in town."
Zhu Guihua felt a little distressed: "Look at you guys, you are already at home, why are you still eating in town? That's just a waste of money."
Zhou Changyun stood aside, glancing at Sheng An Ning from time to time, and heard Zhu Guihua and Zhou Erni say that their second brother had married a very beautiful wife.
Looking at her now, she is really beautiful. Her skin is like bone china, so white without any blemishes.
And that temperament was so good that he couldn't describe it.
I feel a little jealous. Zhou Laoer is so lucky. The most beautiful girl in the village, Luo Caixia, is dating him, and now he can marry such a beautiful wife.
Zhou Changlin looked honest, and his questions were also very honest: "Are you okay on the way? I heard from my mother that you were injured. Is it serious? Do you want to ask the village doctor Niu to come and take a look?"
Zhou Shixun was quite nice to this elder brother: "It's okay, I'm almost well now, I won't bother him so late."
Zhou Mancang coughed a few times and said, "I'm glad you're back. Your mother cleaned up the house two days ago. The bedding is all freshly washed. You guys go and have a rest first. We can talk tomorrow if there's anything."
Zhu Guihua also smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes. We can talk about it tomorrow if there is anything. An Ning, I see your bag is quite heavy. I will carry it for you."
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