The neighbors who were watching the excitement at the door were frightened by his mad appearance and the foul language he uttered, and they all shrank back. After a brief silence, the discussions became louder.
Someone couldn't stand it any longer and shouted from the crowd, "Gao Zhiqiang! Look after what's happening! Why are you howling? Hurry up and put some clothes on! Your white butt has been exposed, and you still don't think it's embarrassing enough!"
But some people were led astray by this mother and son.
"Xiaoqin?" Mr. Luo, who was in the crowd, frowned and muttered while leaning on his reading glasses, "What...what does this have to do with Xiaoqin? How can she, a girl, be so bold as to do this?"
Having said that, his eyes never left Old Lady Gao.
Old Lady Gao was indeed old and faded, but it was a waste not to look at her! Just because he kept staring at her, Uncle Luo discovered something incredible!
The fat lady next to her slapped her thigh and said with sudden realization: "Oh! Now that you mention it, I remember it!
The kitchen was deserted this morning. I didn't even see Xiaoqin lighting a fire to cook breakfast! It's already noon, where is she?
In the past, whenever Lin Yaqin entered the kitchen, those old and clichéd topics would always be talked about over and over again!
Today, the protagonist didn’t show up, so it’s much quieter than usual!
The old lady of the Zhao family, who was squeezed in at the back, suddenly cried out "Ouch!" and stretched her neck to interrupt: "I saw her last night carrying a lot of bags to the street corner to throw them away. Since then... it seems that I haven't seen her since! Ouch, can it be..."
These words were like a huge rock hitting the water, instantly causing even bigger waves.
The crowd suddenly exploded with a buzzing noise, whispering to each other and making noises among themselves.
Everyone's eyes unconsciously scanned back and forth between the naked mother and son and the empty, even somewhat messy house.
A suspicion and speculation spread rapidly in the air silently!
Yes, such a ridiculous thing happened in this family. Where is the daughter-in-law Gao Xiaoqin, who is usually submissive, works hard, and is like a shadow?
Could it really be her? No way, no way!
Lin Yaqin was completely unaware of the cursing and random guesses going on here. She was in the car, staring at the big pancake in the hand of her sister-in-law across from her and swallowing her saliva!
The hard seat carriage was filled with the smell of instant noodles, sweat and cheap tobacco, and the air was so stuffy that it made people dizzy.
Lin Yaqin huddled in the hard seat by the window. She hadn't slept a wink all night. Now that she was relaxed, she felt so hungry that her chest was sticking to her back and her stomach was aching.
It's not that she didn't want to buy food, but the bag in her arms was stuffed full of money she had worked so hard to earn. How could she dare to leave?
There were so many people on the bus. If her seat was taken by someone else, or worse, someone targeted her tightly covered bag, she would be finished.
She could only let the intense feeling of hunger suddenly grab her stomach.
Just when she was so hungry that she was seeing stars, the young sister-in-law in a flowered shirt sitting opposite her took out a homemade pancake from her cloth bag.
Wow! The pancake was thick, golden and crispy, and the sizzling, fragrant aroma filled my nose, completely drowning out the turbid smell in the carriage.
My sister-in-law took a big bite and chewed it with great pleasure. She then tore off a small piece neatly, blew on it near her mouth, and handed it to the chubby, rosy-cheeked little kid in her arms.
Lin Yaqin's eyes were almost glued to the pancake, and she unconsciously followed the movements of her sister-in-law's hand. She swallowed hard, her throat rolling dryly, and her stomach even made a slight "gurgling" sound uncontrollably.
She quickly pursed her lips and turned her face slightly towards the car window, pretending to look at the scenery passing by quickly outside, but the corner of her eye could not leave the cake.
She looked too fiercely and directly, and her eyes, which had been up all night, were bloodshot. Coupled with her hungry look, she immediately frightened the little kid who was chewing a biscuit opposite her.
The kid still had the biscuit in his mouth. When he looked up, he met Lin Yaqin's eyes that were fixed on him eating the biscuit. He was stunned for a few seconds, his little mouth pursed, and he howled "Wow!", and the uneaten biscuit in his hand fell "plop" onto his pants.
"Oh! My little ancestor! What's wrong? Why are you crying while eating?!" The sister-in-law quickly put down the pancake, and hurriedly hugged the child, patting and coaxing him. When she looked up, she saw Lin Yaqin's gaze opposite her, which she had not yet completely retracted.
Although the sister-in-law was young, she was also a fierce person. She raised her eyebrows and started to speak harshly: "Oh my god, what are you doing? Are you trying to eat the child? Look how scared the child is!
Is it just a piece of cake? Have you never eaten it? Your eyes are almost falling on our cake! How can such a grown man be so shameless! "
If it were yesterday, Lin Yaqin, who was still struggling in that devil's den in Beijing, might have stiffened her neck and cursed back, or simply rolled her eyes and ignored him.
But strangely, when she listened to her sister-in-law's blunt criticism, her face suddenly felt hot and a long-lost and unfamiliar sense of shame suddenly gripped her.
She lowered her head suddenly as if she had been slapped in the face, her fingers tightly digging into the dirty cloth bag in her arms, wishing she could bury her entire face in it.
Yes, she was rich and her bag was stuffed full, but she stared at the food in other people's children's mouths like a starving ghost, and scared them to tears.
Less than a day after leaving Beijing, she actually... picked up the shameful heart that she had thrown into the stinking ditch a long time ago.
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