The waitress looked at the ten dollars in her hand, curled her lips in disdain, and even forgot to close the door. She pinched her nose and quickly went downstairs to call for someone to clean the room.
Afterwards, the guy with the flat head and the guy with the curly hair went upstairs. They pinched their noses and walked to the door of the room. When they saw the travel bag at the door, they bent over and went in. They quickly picked it up and checked it. They didn't find anything valuable. They looked at the closed bathroom and went straight in.
After more than half an hour, Lao Zhao, who had washed up, came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around him. He felt that he must have diarrhea because of the unfamiliar climate and water, just like the first time he came to Ning'an.
I looked back at the pants hanging in the bathroom, and planned to change my clothes and go buy some anti-diarrhea medicine, eat something, and by the way, ask someone about Zhou Laoya's situation to see if there is any way to get the children to go back with him?
After making up his mind, he changed his clothes, cleaned the soles of his shoes, opened the door and walked out.
Curly and the crew-haired guy heard the door close, crawled out from under the bed, and carefully checked the travel bag. They only found the ID card and nothing valuable. Thinking of the briefcase he was carrying, the two of them simply crawled back under the bed and prepared to take action at night.
Old Zhao went downstairs without even daring to look at the waiter at the front desk. He hurried out of the guesthouse, searched for a long time before finding a drugstore and bought some Xieliting. He went to a restaurant, ordered two dishes, asked for a glass of water, took the medicine, and waited for the food to be served.
Seeing the lady boss sitting there, he smiled and said, "Big sister, do you know this pickle factory?"
"How could I not know? His business is very good." The lady boss said with a smile, "You have an accent from another place. Are you here to buy pickles?"
"Let me take a look." Old Zhao paused. "I heard that Boss Zhou's family has adopted a few children. The father of the children came to the door, but he still refused to take them back. Is that true?"
The proprietress glanced at him and said, "Are you talking about those three kids that the two unscrupulous educated youths left behind in order to return to the city?"
"...Yes!" Old Zhao didn't expect that even people in the county knew about their family affairs, and he immediately lost interest in asking more.
The proprietress continued to chatter, "Everyone in the city knows about their affairs. My eldest child is in the same grade as Zhao Meina... The three siblings are so sensible. The eldest child was even featured in the flower market newspaper!"
"Oh oh!" Lao Zhao felt uncomfortable in his stomach again. He was worried that he would make a fool of himself again, so he hurriedly asked the proprietress where the toilet was. He went in and squatted for a long time before coming out.
After dinner, I returned to the guesthouse and the waiter opened the door. I took my bag down and put it on the bed, then went to the bathroom to wash my face. Just as I was about to change clothes and sleep for a while, my stomach felt like tumbling and I hurried to the bathroom.
The guy with the flat head and the curly-haired guy crawled out from under the bed, picked up the bag on the bed, ran to the door, opened the door, and disappeared without a trace.
Wait until Old Zhao comes out of the bathroom hunched over, lies down cursing.
But soon after I lay down, my stomach started to feel uncomfortable again. After tossing and turning a few times, there was nothing left in my stomach to excrete. I fell exhausted on the bed and fell asleep.
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Zhou Yiding arrived at Zhou Huaian's house behind the hotel and saw a motorcycle parked in the yard, so he drove straight inside. The coyote dog Dahuang, who was lying at the door, saw him coming, wagged its tail at him, and continued to lie there with its head down.
Zhou Huaian came out of the house upon hearing the noise, "Here we are, pretty fast!"
"Of course!" Zhou Yiding picked up the teapot on the table with a smile, picked up the cup and filled it up, then drank it all. "He's staying in the guesthouse, and the guy with the flat head has also followed him in. He's probably squatting in the toilet right now!"
Zhou Huaian also told Zhou Yiding what Sister Chen said after he caught up with her, "You bastard surnamed Zhao, your son over there is a sickly child, and your current wife has a family genetic disease, and he dares not give birth to a child even though she is sick.
He wanted a son, but the family he married into was not easy to deal with in the local area. He didn't dare to ask someone else to give birth to a child for him, so he wanted to take his siblings as backup. "
Zhou Yiding gloated: "No wonder they came to pick up a few kids to go to Shanghai. After all this time, they got their comeuppance and raised a sick kid!"
"Yes, it's retribution!" Zhou Huaian smiled and picked up his helmet, "Let's go! Let's go find Wang Zhen and ask him if he wants to go to the forest farm to pick mushrooms and hunt?"
"Okay!" The two went to Deshengtang together, and only then did they realize that Wang Zhen and Yang Dongmei had gone to Hengshan to pick up the two old people.
After Yang Weiguo and his wife moved to the county town, Yang's father and mother said that the county town was too hot and not as comfortable as the countryside, so they did not move. In fact, the old couple were reluctant to leave their house and fields in the countryside.
Seeing that Yang Weiguo was still at the factory and had not gotten off work yet, Zhou Huaian and his companions were too lazy to go to the factory, so they drove their motorcycles out of the city and returned to Funiu. They first went to the mountain temple to check on the progress of the project, said hello to the craftsmen, and went home.
A group of children were sitting in front of the fish pond. When Xiao Jiuer saw him coming back, she hurriedly led Xiao Mier towards him and said, "Old man, I've been taking care of my sister for the whole afternoon. It's your turn now."
Zhou Huaian knew this naughty boy of his. He was very nice to his sister when there was no one around, but as soon as there was someone around, he would immediately treat his sister as a burden.
He picked up Xiaomier and stroked Xiaojiuer, "You heartless little bastard, look at how Xiaowan takes care of his brother?"
"My younger brother is fun to play with, but my younger sister is not at all. Why don't you give me another younger brother to take care of!" Xiao Jiuer said righteously.
"You alone are enough to make me angry to death, and now there are two of you. I want to live a few more years!" Zhou Huaian tapped him with his finger in annoyance and walked towards the backyard with his daughter in his arms.
Xiao Jiuer made a face at Xiao Mier who was lying on his shoulder, "Be good, brother will catch you a big fish!"
The little girl nodded quickly, "Brother, let's go fishing, Xiaomier, be good!"
"Little fool!" Zhou Huaian walked to the corner and saw Yang Chunyan standing in front of the chopping board with a brush, pasting cloth shells. He smiled and said, "There are cloth shells for sale on the street. Why go to so much trouble? Just go buy two!"
"Mom said the ones sold on the street weren't good, and the shoes and insoles they made weren't strong enough. So we took apart a few of your old clothes and made some chicken shoes and insoles for Xiaomier."
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian sat down with the child in his arms and told her everything Sister Chen had said to him.
Yang Chunyan glanced at him, put the last piece of cloth on, sat down next to him, and whispered, "Follow him, are you going to find someone to deal with him?"
"Hehe! My wife is smart!" Zhou Huaian told her about drugging Lao Zhao, "That guy might have fallen down by now. If I had known that bastard was such a thing, I would have asked Wang Zhen to make a drug that would make him a eunuch for life."
"Don't do that. If that happens, he will keep targeting us brothers and sisters." Yang Chunyan said distressedly, "Mina and her brother said they didn't care, but in fact they still hoped that he really had a hard time.
Didn’t you see that the siblings were listless the whole afternoon? Jiaming and his friends took Xiaochuan fishing, and the second sister-in-law called the two sisters to the back mountain to pick wild sweet potatoes. "
"Why feel sorry for that beast?" Zhou Huaian said with disgust: "Fortunately, the children had already made up their minds not to recognize him. Let me tell you, I caught up with the woman who came with him and asked around. He..."
When Yang Chunyan heard him say that the children over there might have heart or kidney problems, her eyes widened, "Are they planning to take the children away and give their hearts or kidneys to that A-Bao?"
"That's right, why didn't I think of this!" Zhou Huaian felt his hair stand on end. He couldn't imagine that there was such an old man in the world. He was even worse than an animal.
"There are so many people who are worse than animals. Isn't my third sister-in-law's family an example?" Yang Chunyan felt that things in the world were sometimes so strange. Children who were brought up by their parents' partiality and pampering, in the end, most of them lived better than those who were not let go.
"Fortunately, there is no such thing in our family!" Zhou Huaian paused, "It is better to talk to Sister Mina about this matter so that the children will have an idea."
"Hmm!" Yang Chunyan turned her head and looked at Xiaomier, who was using a brush to smear paste all over the cloth shell. She took the brush from her and said, "Zhou Huaian, look at your daughter."
"Haha!" Zhou Huaian looked at his daughter, whose hair was covered in glue. "Little troublemaker, mom is going to spank you."
"No!" Xiao patted her sticky hands, feeling uncomfortable, and reached out to pull her, "Mom, wash your hands."
"Call your old man to take you to wash. I still have to clean up the cloth shell." Yang Chunyan hurriedly picked up the brush and brushed the glue off the cloth shell to prevent it from sticking together and making it impossible for even a needle to poke through it in the future.
"Come, Daddy will take you to wash!" Zhou Huaian took the child to fetch water for her to wash her hands and wipe the glue off her hair. The little girl started playing with the water and refused to leave.
At this time, Zhao Meina and her sister came out of the kitchen carrying a basket, "Auntie, let's eat wild sweet potatoes. We picked them over at the Hundred Flower Forest. The big ones are as big as eggs."
Yang Chunyan took a look and said, "Not bad! There is cold boiled water in the teapot. Put some salt in it and wash it before eating."
"I want to eat some fruit!" When Xiaomier heard this, she stopped playing in the water and ran over happily.
"Sister, wash it and eat it." Zhao Meina went to get the salt jar. Zhao Xiuna poured some boiled water to rinse the wild sweet potatoes, then rinsed them again with salt water and poured them into a colander to filter the water.
Zhou Huaian took a wild sweet potato, peeled it and fed it to Xiaomier, then said to Yang Chunyan, "Tell them about the situation. I'll take Xiaomier for a walk."
Zhao Meina looked at Yang Chunyan, "Aunt, did Uncle Zhou go to that woman to get information?"
"Yes!" Yang Chunyan repeated what Zhou Huaian said, "Sister Chen said that your choice was correct."
After listening to this, Zhao Meina realized that although she had long felt that he would not come to them for no reason and had already decided not to recognize him, she still felt uncomfortable after knowing the truth.
Zhao Xiu Na held her hand sensibly, "Sister, don't be sad, it's not worth it!"
"I'm not sad!" Zhao Meina held her hand and looked up at Yang Chunyan, "Aunt, don't worry, we have been through such difficult days before, and we have lived a good life. We will live even better in the future!" (End of this chapter)
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