In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed. The temperature has dropped sharply in recent days. Those who are afraid of cold have already put on cotton pants and cotton jackets.
Evening, Lu's house.
Li Dani had just laid down on the bed with her child when someone suddenly knocked on the door.
It's dark now, who would come to visit so late?
Li Dani was a little reluctant to open the door. It was such a cold day and she had just warmed up the quilt. Now she just wanted to lie on the bed and not move at all.
So he shouted loudly from inside the room to the outside, "Who is it?"
No one answered from outside.
Li Dani raised her head and listened carefully, but there seemed to be no movement. It seemed that the man must have realized the meaning and left.
Li Dani was too lazy to care about her. She tucked in the quilts for the two children. When she was about to lie down again, there was a knock on the door.
Li Dani couldn't help but grumble, "Who is it? It's so annoying. If you want to visit me, you should come earlier. You don't mind me being annoyed when I'm asleep."
"Grandma, do you think it could be a savage?" Yaya suddenly asked.
When Choudan heard this, he was so scared that he went straight to Li Dani's arms and said, "Grandma, I'm afraid of savages. Savages eat children. Grandma, you have to hold me tight, don't let the savages take me away and eat me."
Li Dani patted his back and said, "Be good, Dandan. Don't be afraid. If any wild creature dares to come, I will kill it."
At this time, Lu Heping, who was sleeping in the east room with Shitou, sat up from the bed and said, "I'll go take a look."
"Don't open the door yet. Ask who it is first before opening it." Li Dani reminded him quickly.
She was somewhat frightened by Yaya's story about the wild man, but she didn't think about it that way. The wild man was just a legend, after all, no one had ever seen one, except He Ailian, because the rumor that she was pregnant with a wild child had not dissipated yet.
Lu Heping put on cotton trousers and a cotton jacket, and came out of the east room in his slippers.
He unbolted the door and walked out, asking loudly as he walked, "Who's there? Who's outside?"
There was still no sound. Lu Heping felt it was a little strange, but he had to be careful.
He walked to the door, leaned on it and looked out.
I only saw a black figure standing outside, and because there was no light, I couldn't tell who it was.
He regretted not taking a flashlight with him when he came out of the house.
"Who's outside? Why don't you say anything? If you don't say anything, I'll come in." Lu Heping leaned on the door and shouted at the black shadow.
The person outside finally spoke up, "Dad, it's me, please open the door."
Lu Heping recognized the voice as soon as he heard it. "Xiao E? Why are you here so late?"
Lu Heping quickly removed the door bar and then unbolted the door.
Wang Xiao'e was standing outside the door, wearing thin clothes and shivering from the cold. When she saw the door open, she hurried in.
Lu Xingping closed the door and shouted into the room, "Dani, get up quickly."
Li Dani had been listening attentively to the noise outside, but the voice of Wang Xiao'e calling Lu Heping to open the door was a little soft. She could only hear a woman's voice, but she didn't hear what was said at all.
She only heard Lu Heping say, "Why did you come so late?" She thought it was Su Wan.
Su Wan came back from the city today. She has been ill for more than a month, but she still comes back from the city every few days. Li Dani is worried all day long.
So her heart was lifted up at this moment. The child came here so late, something must have happened.
Before Lu Heping called her, she had already sat up from the bed and fumbled to light the kerosene lamp on the bedside.
When the two children saw the light, they woke up and woke up. Choudan even wanted to crawl out of the quilt, but was stopped by Li Dani.
"Dandan, lie down quickly, don't catch a cold. Yaya, help me watch over Dandan, don't let him move around. I'll be back soon after I go outside to take a look."
Yaya obediently stretched out an arm and held the balls in her arms.
"Be obedient, Dandan. Grandma will be back soon." Yaya comforted him.
Li Dani had already put on her clothes and got out of bed. When she was about to go out, a figure with a cold aura suddenly rushed in from outside.
When she saw the two children lying on the bed, she rushed over directly.
"Yaya, Dandan, Mommy missed you so much."
Although Li Dani had not seen Wang Xiaoe's face yet, they had lived together for so many years that she knew who she was just by listening to her voice.
The two children on the bed were so frightened by the sudden intrusion that they hid deep in their quilts. Dandan was even frightened to tears.
"Grandma, come and save Dandan, there are wild men here and Dandan is scared."
Li Dani was afraid that the children might be frightened, so she hurried forward and patted them through the quilt while comforting them.
"Don't be afraid, there are no wild people. It's mom. Mom has come back to see you."
Yaya had just recognized who Wang Xiao'e was from her voice, but she hadn't seen her for such a long time that she didn't know how to face her, so she buried herself in the quilt and refused to come out.
Perhaps she still had some resentment towards Wang Xiao'e in her little heart, resentful that she had abandoned them.
"Yaya, Dandan, I'm your mother. Don't you remember your mother?"
With his grandmother around, Dandan felt safe. When Wang Xiaoe said it was mom, he finally poked his little head out from under the quilt out of curiosity.
But after seeing Wang Xiao'e's face, he burst into tears.
Hearing her brother crying, Yaya finally poked her head out from under the quilt.
I don’t know if it was due to Dandan’s influence or what, but after Yaya looked at Wang Xiaoe, she curled her lips and started crying too.
The crying of the brother and sister seemed particularly loud in the silent night. Wang Xiao'e stood in front of the bed at a loss, like a child who had done something wrong. She wanted to raise her hand to pat the two children, but when her hand was halfway raised, the sound of stones came from behind her.
"You don't want us anymore, why are you back? If you don't want us, we don't want you either. Go away! This is my grandma's home. We don't welcome you. Go away."
Shitou ran up to Wang Xiaoe with red eyes, shouting and pushing her out.