Chapter 44 Chapter 44 She had to find someone.
After Charlie slipped in, she leaned against the door. Fortunately, the door was strong and didn't make too much noise, otherwise she would have been embarrassed.
What is it like to talk and chat so calmly with someone you haven't seen for so many years and who has a little grudge against you?
I thought to myself, I am really very promising.
The hateful thing was that she didn't even know whether her heart was beating so fast because she was frightened by seeing Jiang Dong suddenly or for some other reason.
If I was frightened, then why did I feel my heart beating fast again after I almost fell down and Jiang Dong helped me with my arm?
That's so funny. There was no such thing when I first met him.
She wanted to secretly pry open the door to see if the person had left, hoping that he was a fool who was still outside in the heavy rain.
Just as I turned around and was about to reach for the door, my aunt spoke again, without anyone noticing, "Charlie, what are you doing standing at the door? Come in quickly!"
My aunt, when did you come out? Didn’t I see you outside when I came in before?
Xia Li smiled bitterly, feeling helpless and embarrassed. She glanced back at the door, no longer wanting to see what was going on outside. She reached out and slammed the door shut, completely.
Okay, I'm too embarrassed to see anyone.
Jiang Dong had indeed not left yet. He heard Aunt Xia Li's voice inside, and guessed what Xia Li was doing, and suddenly he chuckled.
When we left again, our steps were lighter.
Xia Pingzhi was staring at Xia Li in the corridor, with a clear look of confusion on her face, as if asking Xia Li what she was doing.
Charlie grinned and smiled awkwardly, opened the umbrella again, lowered her head, and trotted down the corridor.
She closed her umbrella and said to Xia Pingzhi, "Aunt, come in quickly. The rain is being swept in."
"Look at how wet you are, and you're still outside and don't want to come back?"
Xia Pingzhi was standing at the door curtain, and Xia Li was listening as if she was being taught. Then she pushed her aunt into the house.
After entering the house, she folded her umbrella and leaned against the corridor. Xia Li was wiping the water off her forehead and hair with her hands. She had been soaked to the skin while rescuing the man. Xia Pingzhi couldn't bear to see her and urged her to go in and take a hot shower. She looked like a drowned rat.
She let Xia Li go in first while she went to get her clothes. She couldn't help but complain, "You really shouldn't go to work in weather like this today. Your boss knew it was going to be a typhoon, but he didn't even bother giving the workers a day off. What if something happens? I'm scared just hearing the howling outside at home."
She'd been worried since this afternoon, and sure enough, the wind and rain were getting stronger. Sometimes she could hear something clanging from the house. She couldn't tell if it was something falling from upstairs, or a tree falling. She didn't know, but she knew it was dangerous to go out in this weather. Xia Li hadn't finished work yet, and she didn't know how to get back. She went out to check, then went out to check, but there was nothing she could do. She was so worried.
Xia Li didn't come back, and not only she was worried, but even though Jiang Zai was still young, he was also worried about his mother, otherwise he would say that he was her biological child.
Jiang Zai also wanted to follow her out to the gate to take a look, but she didn't dare let the child go out, so she stared at him for a long time.
Now that Xia Li is back, Jiang Zai, though he seems to be very quiet, brings her slippers as soon as she enters the house. He becomes extremely happy when his mother gives him a casual compliment.
This is also what I discovered after taking care of this child for such a long time. Jiang Zai's personality is sometimes quite introverted. When he is sad or happy, Xia Li, as a mother, may not be able to see it. He keeps it hidden in his heart.
She sighed in her heart, thinking that maybe it was because her biological mother was not around when she was too young, which probably had some influence on the child's personality. This was her guess, but seeing that the relationship between the mother and the child had been getting better recently, the child would definitely be more outgoing in the future.
Charlie patted the good kid's head and went into the bathroom.
When she came out of the shower, she saw a basin in the living room. There was a long water mark on the wall on the roof. The water drops fell into the water in the basin with a "plop" sound.
Charlie suddenly felt a toothache, and the house was leaking!
There was never such a problem during the light wind and rain. Now it is typhoon weather and the real typhoon hasn't come yet, but it is leaking like this?
What will happen to the flowers if the rain gets heavier? Will the whole house be soaked?
She ran to check the other rooms one by one, and later found that only her room had a problem, because the rain was just hitting her windowsill. Although the window was tightly closed, rain still rushed in and flowed down the wall.
Her desk was also a little wet, but fortunately the table top was not the kind with gaps, but a smooth table top, so she just had to wipe it dry with a clean rag.
Xia Pingzhi heard the noise Xia Li made in her room and came in to see that she had already pulled the table away from the window.
"Is it not wet?" she asked.
Charlie shook her head. "It's not wet, it's just leaking. It's raining so hard."
The wind got stronger, blowing the fruits in the yard around and making leaves rustle so loudly that it made people feel creepy.
After Xia Pingzhi read it, she prepared to go out. "Eat something later and go to bed early. There's nothing we can do now. The sky will be clear when we wake up tomorrow."
"Okay, then you and Jiangzai should go and have some rest as well, Auntie."
In this kind of weather, it is safest to sleep indoors. In previous typhoon weather, I always stayed at home, sometimes I would take a nap and it would be over when I woke up.
Sure enough, when I woke up the next day, the wind had stopped and the rain had stopped.
Charlie got up and opened the door. The yard was a mess. Some branches of the fruit trees had been broken, but it wasn't serious. Leaves were just blown all over the yard, and there was a lot of water.
There was a moment in the middle of the night when she felt really scared. The wind outside was so strong that she didn't dare to open the doors and windows to look.
Xia Li got up in the middle of the night and emptied the basin of water in the living room twice, directly into the bathroom.
After this bad weather ended, it was still a little chilly in the morning, so she went back to the house and grabbed a coat to put on.
Jiang Zai and her aunt were still resting at this time, so Xia Li took advantage of her early morning wake-up time to go into the kitchen. She thought about heating up the steamed buns her aunt had bought earlier and washing three or four eggs and putting them in the steamer.
After heating it up, Xia Li took some food and poured herself a glass of water. She sat at the table, eating while flipping through the magazines and books she had bought earlier.
Xia Pingzhi came out of the house stretching lazily, and was shocked to see Xia Li tearing slices of steamed bread and eating them at the table.
"Ouch! You scared me! You're taking a break today, right? I forgot. I was wondering why I heard a noise just now." She looked at the things in Xia Li's hands, a look of dissatisfaction and heartache on her face. "Why are you only eating steamed buns? They're so tasteless. Why don't you eat some of the biscuits you bought earlier?"
Xia Li didn't think the steamed buns were bad. She found them quite sweet as she ate them slowly.
Jiang Zai had previously mentioned that he wanted steamed buns, as he'd had enough of rice. However, neither Xia Li nor Xia Pingzhi were particularly good at making steamed buns, so they went to a bun shop. Fortunately, there were many migrant workers coming and going here, and many people loved steamed buns. The buns made by this bun shop were so popular because they were delicious and sold well.
The handmade steamed buns made with old dough are not snow-white in color, but if you taste them carefully, you can taste the aroma of wheat, which is enough to soothe ginger's stomach.
My aunt said that she started eating one of the ginger sprouts as soon as she bought it. She ate it with great relish, which made everyone else's appetite increase.
"You know what, you and your son both eat in a similar way." After saying this, Xia Pingzhi laughed and went to wash up.
Xia Li had a steamed bun stuffed in her mouth and looked confused.
Do they eat in the same way? Xia Li thought about how Jiang Zai ate, and then recalled her own eating habits. Are they similar?
Jiang Zai was very happy to see Xia Li at home after waking up. He had adapted to her daily routine of leaving early and returning late, and he knew that his mother would have a day off in a few days, so he would be able to see her as soon as he woke up.
Jiang Zai didn't wash his face. He rubbed his eyes and trotted to Xia Li with his shoes on. "Mom, are you taking a break today?"
"Yes, Mom is resting at home today. Are you happy?" Xia Li pinched his little face and asked him.
Jiang Zai's answer was to smile with his lips pursed.
Auntie and Jiangzi naturally wouldn't make do with the same breakfast as Xia Li, especially since one was older and the other was still growing. So the family bought milk, and Xia Pingzhi also cooked a simple hot dish.
Charlie had eaten dry food in the morning, so she poured herself a cup of hot milk and sat at the table with everyone else.
Maybe because we got up late today, the family also had dinner late. We were still eating at the table and talking about the crack in the roof when we heard a knock on the door.
Charlie immediately drank the milk in her cup in one gulp and put it on the table. "I'll go, I'll go."
She got up and walked outside, then opened the door and asked who it was.
"It's me."
Xia Li opened the door. "It's you, Aunt Zhong. Have you had breakfast?"
"It's Ali. Didn't you go to work today?" Grandma Zhong was also surprised to see Xia Li.
"No, Aunt Zhong, today is our day off." Xia Li said as she welcomed the person in.
"Oh, look at my memory. Is your aunt home?"
Xia Pingzhi also came out at this time. She came to greet her, "Sister Zhong, why are you here? How is your family?"
Grandma Zhong also looked helpless as she spoke to Xia Pingzhi, "Oh! It was really bad last night! All the trees in the yard were blown down. It was raining heavily outside and lightly inside. We were thinking of buying some cement and paint to repair it. We came to see how your house is doing. Do you need any help?"
"So you think it's quite serious this time? I haven't gone out to check since I got up today. The house was leaking last night. You see, the basin in the living room is used to collect water." Xia Pingzhi said.
Xia Pingzhi pointed to the basin that was placed at home last night and asked Sister Zhong to look at the marks on the wall. They smiled bitterly at each other.
"Then we can have one too, would you like?" Xia Pingzhi said.
"Okay, I came here specifically to ask you, so I'll bring a copy for your family as well. But, Pingzhi, you'll have to wait a little longer while the renovations are underway. My son can only come and help you after he's done."
Xia Pingzhi quickly thanked her, "Thank you, big sister, thank you, big sister!"
Charlie also followed suit and expressed her gratitude.
After Grandma Zhong finished her business, she prepared to leave. Xia Pingzhi was worried that she had other matters to attend to at home, so she didn't dare to stay any longer and accompanied Xia Li to see her off to the door.
Grandma Zhong was walking in front, out of the gate and down to the path below the stairs. Xia Li heard Jiang Zai calling someone in the house, so she said and went back first.
Before leaving, Grandma Zhong saw Xia Li's back and nodded. She then asked Xia Pingzhi, "Did your Xia Li get married? Even with a child, she can still get married with her conditions. She's such a beautiful woman. Otherwise, there would be a man to help the family by now."
Xia Pingzhi was not sure about the topic. She couldn't say that Xia Li didn't plan to look for another one, or people would think there was something wrong with the two people in the family.
She smiled, laughed, and saw Grandma Zhong off.
Xia Pingzhi returned to the house. Xia Li asked her why she had been talking for so long. Xia Pingzhi said, "Your Aunt Zhong cares about you. She said that if you find a partner, someone will come to help repair the roof. You know, when they get older, they like to care about the younger ones. But we can't tell anyone else about our family situation. Don't take it to heart."
Xia Li thought to herself, why didn't anyone come to help repair the roof?
How about a person that big? Humph!
She had to find someone.
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