Ruan Xi didn't know how long she had slept. When Ling Yao woke her up, most of the people in the playground had already left. She opened her eyes dazedly, and it took her a long time to realize that she was watching a movie on the playground of Tianfeng Middle School.
Ling Yao told her, "It's over."
Ruan Xi forced herself to wake up, and then realized that she had fallen asleep hugging a tree. She blinked and looked at Ling Yao, speaking with a heavy nasal tone, apologetically, "I'm really too tired."
Ling Yao's left hand was still holding her arm to support her. Thinking that she was a little sad because she couldn't watch the movie, he comforted her and said, "It's okay, you can watch it again in the future. Anyway, they are playing the same movies over and over again."
Ruan Xi just felt that it was a bit inappropriate for her to fall asleep while watching a movie with him. She didn't feel much about not being able to watch the movie. She yawned and said, "Let's go back to sleep."
When she walked back from the tree, she asked Ling Yao again, "What is this movie about?"
Ling Yao naturally felt that she was still regretful. After all, this was her first time watching a movie. Unexpectedly, she fell asleep soon after the movie started, and she couldn't be woken up even if she was called.
So Ling Yao told her the content of the movie in detail, "It was during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. A political commissar of the Volunteer Army named Wang Wenqing went to the front line to inspect. On the battlefield, he met his old comrade's son Wang Cheng. Wang Cheng said that he had a sister named Wang Fang, who was also in the army. Later, Wang Cheng died in the battle. Wang Fang was in the art troupe, After meeting Wang Wenqing, Wang Wenqing recognized her as his daughter who was lost eighteen years ago..."
After listening to him finish the whole movie, Ruan Xi nodded and said, "I know. It's a story about a father and daughter who have been separated for many years. They meet on the battlefield. The father helps his daughter to keep fighting, and they recognize each other in the end."
Ling Yao nodded: "Yeah."
Ruan Xi twisted her neck, "I'm really too tired after walking for two days. I'll watch it again when I have a chance."
Ling Yao saw that she didn't seem to care about it, so he relaxed.
The two of them returned to Ruan Cuizhi's house while talking. Ruan Xi's uncle and cousins had already washed up. Ruan Xi greeted her uncle, exchanged a few polite and brief greetings, and her uncle went into the house to sleep.
The original body had very little contact with her uncle and cousins. In the past, Ruan Cuizhi went back to her parents' home once a year, and they could see each other when she returned to the mountains. In recent years, they have not seen each other, so it is inevitable that they are estranged and there is no enthusiasm.
Ruan Xi didn't care. Anyway, after this meeting, she didn't know when she would see them again. She stayed here for one night, and would go to the winery to buy wine tomorrow and then go home.
But Ruan Cuizhi was still good to her niece. When Ruan Xi and Ling Yao went to the movies, she took out Ruan Xi and Ling Yao's clothes to wash, hung them for a while after washing, and ironed them with an iron. Now they are dry.
Ruan Cuizhi gave the clothes to Ruan Xi and Ling Yao, and said to them: "When you went to the movies, I took out your clothes to wash and dry them. Take a bath and go to bed early. It's getting late."
Ruan Xi wanted to talk more with Ruan Cuizhi and ask Liu Xinghua whether she had been doing well in recent years. Living in the town, the daily necessities are much richer, which should be much better than living in the mountains.
But time was too tight tonight, and Ruan Xi didn't have the opportunity to talk more with Ruan Cuizhi, so she agreed, washed up, washed and dried the dirty clothes, and went to bed first.
According to Ruan Cuizhi's arrangement, Ruan Xi and her three cousins squeezed into one bed, and Ling Yao squeezed into one bed with her cousin. It was much better than sleeping in the wild, and Ruan Xi and Ling Yao slept very soundly.
Knowing that they were very tired after walking for two days, Ruan Cuizhi did not wake them up the next morning and let them sleep until they woke up naturally. When Ruan Xi and Ling Yao woke up naturally, it was almost noon.
Although they slept well, they felt embarrassed. After all, this was not their home, and it was not appropriate to sleep like this in a relative's house.
Seeing that Ruan Xi was polite, Ruan Cuizhi just smiled and said, "What's the matter? Just sleep a little longer if you are tired. It's okay."
But this was not just sleeping a little longer, but sleeping for half a day.
Although Ruan Xi was embarrassed, she did not get too polite with Ruan Cuizhi. After
all, she was her aunt. Because it was almost noon, she did not go out with Ling Yao, but stayed at home to help Ruan Cuizhi with chores.
Ruan Cuizhi was making lunch, and Ruan Xi and Ling Yao were squatting beside her, getting up to help whenever there was something to do.
Ruan Xi also took this opportunity to chat with Ruan Cuizhi.
Ruan Cuizhi was also thinking about her family, so she asked Ruan Xi first: "Xiao Xi, how are your grandpa and grandma doing recently?"
Ruan Xi smiled and said: "They are both fine, they can eat and drink, and they can roll up their sleeves to fight."
But it was impossible to walk out of the mountain road for another two days, because they were old and their legs and feet didn't have the endurance.
Hearing about the fight, Ruan Cuizhi asked curiously, "Fight? With whom?"
It had been a while since the incident happened, and Ruan Xi was relieved to talk about it now, "You don't know, my second uncle and second mother had a quarrel and split up the family and lived separately. Before that, my second mother even wrongly accused me of stealing things, and I was beaten by my grandmother."
Ruan Cuizhi had been with Sun Xiaohui for a while, and knew that her second sister-in-law looked honest on the surface, but in fact she was full of evil intentions. There was nothing in the world that she didn't want to take advantage of, and there was no loss that she was willing to suffer.
Fortunately, Liu Xinghua could control her, so she was not afraid that she would make a scene.
Ruan Cuizhi didn't say anything to Sun Xiaohui, but only asked Ruan Changgui why he wanted to split up the family. After thinking about it, she actually figured out a clue, and then asked: "Is it because your fifth uncle is going to get married, and he doesn't want to share the burden?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "You guessed it right."
Ruan Cuizhi took a breath lightly, and didn't say anything bad about Ruan Changgui, but continued to ask: "Has your fifth uncle found a partner? Has he set a date? When is the wedding?"
If Ruan Changsheng got married, she would have to go back to her parents' home anyway.
As a result, Ruan Xi shook her head and told her: "It hasn't been decided yet."
Ruan Cuizhi: "He is old enough to say it, and if he says it, he will get engaged, so he can get married soon."
Ruan Xi nodded, "Grandma has found a matchmaker to watch it, it should be soon."
Ling Yao was an outsider, didn't know about the Ruan family, couldn't get involved in the topic, so he sat next to her and didn't say anything. But Ruan Xi would take special care of him and look at him from time to time so that he would not feel neglected and embarrassed.
Then she looked at Ling Yao several times and found that Ling Yao was staring at Ruan Cuizhi.
At first she didn't think anything, but later she felt that Ling Yao was a little abnormal. So she looked at his eyes inquiringly, and then followed his eyes to look at Ruan Cuizhi, and saw that Ruan Cuizhi had injuries on her arms.
Ruan Cuizhi was working, and every time she stretched her arms out, purple bruises appeared on her wrists.
When Ruan Xi and Ling Yao were staring at her arm, Ruan Cuizhi also realized it, so she quickly pulled her arm back, embarrassed and pulled her sleeve down.
She pretended nothing happened and continued, "I've decided to ask your fifth uncle to deliver a message so that I can go back early."
Ruan Xi raised her eyes to Ruan Cuizhi's face and replied after a moment, "Yeah."
In fact, she really wanted to ask Ruan Cuizhi what happened to the injury on her arm, but seeing that she tried her best to cover it up and obviously didn't want her to see it, she held back and didn't ask.
At lunch, Ruan Xi and Ling Yao squeezed at the corner of the table and didn't say anything. The other people at the table didn't say anything either. Ruan Xi felt that the family atmosphere in Ruan Cuizhi's family was very bad, especially her uncle who always had a gloomy face.
She originally thought that he was tired from watching the movie last night, so he was not enthusiastic. Now it seems that it has nothing to do with being tired or not, her uncle just put on this face on purpose, and he was even less polite than last night.
Ruan Xi couldn't help but wonder - did she come over to have a meal at his house and make her uncle unhappy?
But she didn't say anything at the table, just followed the atmosphere and ate.
She didn't dare to eat too much, she only ate half a bowl of rice and didn't ask for more.
Ling Yao was also very considerate and ate even less than Ruan Xi.
In this case, Ruan Xi didn't plan to stay at her third aunt's house for long. After finishing the meal, she and Ling Yao put away the clothes that had been hung out to dry, filled a pot of warm water, and said goodbye to Ruan Cuizhi, saying that they were going back.
Ruan Cuizhi saw why Ruan Xi was upset, so she had to say to her, "It's not easy for you to come here, so
why not wait two days before leaving? Your uncle is just that kind of person, he doesn't like to smile or talk to anyone he meets, so don't take it to heart." Ruan Xi pursed her lips and smiled, looking at Ruan Cuizhi, and suddenly asked, "Third aunt, are you doing well?"
Ruan Cuizhi was slightly stunned by her question, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Of course I am."
Ruan Xi saw her expression, looked up at her for a moment, and suddenly pinched Ruan Cuizhi's wrist and pulled up her sleeves, only to see that her arms were covered with purple scars.
Ruan Cuizhi was caught off guard and hurriedly pulled her sleeves down again.
Ruan Xi's face darkened and he asked her, "Did he hit you?"
Ruan Cuizhi continued to cover up, "No, I was careless and fell while working, bumps and bruises are inevitable."
Ruan Xi still looked up at her, "He didn't let you go back to your parents' home these years, did he?"
Everyone in the village said that her third aunt Ruan Cuizhi was lucky, she got out of the mountains and married in the town, and her life was so comfortable and enviable.
In the end, it was just so comfortable and so good?
Ruan Cuizhi wanted to continue to cover up, "The road is too far, it takes four or five days to go back and forth, and I can't leave my family at home..."
As she spoke, her voice choked in her throat and she couldn't make a sound.
Then she suppressed her emotions, looked at Ruan Xi and said, "Xiao Xi, I am living a very good life. There is everything I need in town, and I am well fed and well clothed. Don't tell your grandparents nonsense when you go back. They are old, don't let them worry about it."
Ruan Xi pursed her lips, looked into Ruan Cuizhi's eyes and didn't answer her.
After a moment, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Third aunt, I will go back first."
Ruan Cuizhi wanted to keep her, but she couldn't say it, so she had to send her and Ling Yao out. When she left, she stuffed some egg cakes into their bags and asked them to eat them on the way.
Ruan Xi refused a few times and took it with Ling Yao.
The two left Ruan Cuizhi's house and went to the winery. Ruan Xi looked unhappy all the way.
Ling Yao walked slowly beside her, turned to look at her, and asked, "Is it because of the injury on your third aunt's arm?"
Ruan Xi walked forward with a sullen look, "Although she didn't say anything, I can see that she is not doing well."
The whole family went to the movies last night, and only Ruan Cuizhi was at home.
The injuries on Ruan Cuizhi's arms and her uncle's expression all explained the problem.
Her uncle didn't think highly of Ruan Cuizhi, so he ignored and neglected her, his niece from his mother's side. She didn't care
about her uncle's attitude towards her, but when she thought of the injury on Ruan Cuizhi's arm, she felt upset and angry. What made her even more upset was that her fourteen-year-old niece from her mother's side could not do anything about this matter.
Thinking of this, she took a deep breath, thinking about not bringing bad emotions to Ling Yao, and then she cheered up and said, "Let's go get some wine and go home quickly. We have to let my grandparents know about this."
Ling Yao looked at Ruan Xi: "But your third aunt asked you not to tell."
Ruan Xi said, "How can I not tell? Her husband thinks she is easy to bully, and he will always bully her in the future. I am a younger generation and a child, so it is difficult for me to intervene in this matter, but my grandpa Grandma can take care of it, and so can Fifth Uncle. If Grandpa and Grandma knew that Third Aunt was wronged here and I didn't tell them, they would be even angrier. This kind of thing must not be tolerated, otherwise the other party will only get worse. He must pay the price and learn the lesson! "
Ling Yao nodded after listening, "Then let's go quickly."
The two of them quickened their pace and went to the wine shop to buy a pound of wine with wine tickets and fifty cents. After buying the wine, they didn't wander around the town anymore, and they rushed home without stopping. Although they were not physically fit when they returned, they didn't slow down.
Ruan Xi wanted to get home early, and told Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua about Ruan Cuizhi, so that they could support Ruan Cuizhi.
Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua are too old to leave the village, but Ruan Changsheng can take care of this matter.
With this matter in mind, Ruan Xi and Ling Yao walked even faster than when they came.
On the way here, they also saw the scenery along the way. On the way back, they had no other thoughts but to get home quickly.
Jinguan Village.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Ruan Yuejin wiped the sweat from his head on the ground, packed up his things and returned to the old tailor's house. After entering the yard and putting down the farm tools in the corner of the wall, he said hello to the old tailor and prepared to go home.
The old tailor naturally did not keep him, and directly waved his hand and let him go.
Ruan Yuejin held his breath in his stomach, trying not to show it on his face, and turned around and walked out of the yard gate with a breath.
After he left, his expression changed instantly, and he muttered, "You old bachelor, no wonder you can't find a wife."
He walked all the way home, sat down to eat, and the anger in his heart did not dissipate.
Sun Xiaohui put some food in his bowl and asked him, "How was your day? Did the old tailor teach you anything?"
Ruan Yuejin held the bowl and said, "He asked me to work at his house for another day, working in the house and in the fields. He didn't ask me to do anything that was not tiring. He didn't even let me touch the sewing machine. Do you think he taught me anything?"
Sun Xiaohui frowned deeply. "He asked you to work again?"
I had already worked for half a day yesterday. Shouldn't he start teaching me the skills today?
Ruan Yuejin said, "He must be playing tricks on me. He took the eggs but didn't teach me the craft. He kept asking me to do this and that. If he doesn't teach me tomorrow, I'll go to the brigade revolutionary committee to find their secretary."
Sun Xiaohui was calm, "Don't worry. If you offend him, you won't be able to learn the craft. What's the point of looking for the brigade secretary? If he's angry, he won't teach you the craft. The worst that can happen is that he'll just return the eggs."
Ruan Changgui echoed, "Your mother is right."
Ruan Yuejin took a deep breath and took a big bite of the steamed bun. He was so angry that he seemed to chew the old tailor's head in his mouth. After
a tiring day, Ruan Yuejin went to bed early at night.
After falling asleep, he began to dream. In his dream, the old tailor turned into a mole in the field. He carried a big hammer and hit the old mole in the field. Every
time he hit, he hit the old tailor so hard that he was dizzy and turned around. He was so happy that he stood in the field with the hammer and laughed.
Then, when he was laughing happily, he was slapped hard on the face and woke up with a snap.
He was startled by the slap. He opened his eyes and stood up quickly. His expression was still a little dazed. He saw Ruan Changsheng lying on the other side of the bed and said in a very aggressive tone: "You are laughing like a hammer in the middle of the night!"
There were limited rooms and beds in the house, so he lived in the same room with Ruan Yuehua and Ruan Changsheng.
Usually, he and his brother Ruan Yuehua slept at one end, and Ruan Changsheng slept alone at the other end.
Being woken up from a sweet dream was really annoying, but he saw that it was Ruan Changsheng who hit him, and he always knew that his fifth uncle was a good fighter and not easy to mess with, so he didn't dare to lose his temper, he held his breath and put his head down and went back to sleep.
He woke up the next day, went to wash up in a daze, and went to the old tailor's house with a feeling of going to the grave after dinner.
He thought the old tailor would torture him again today, but he didn't expect that when he arrived at the old tailor's house today, the old tailor didn't ask him to work, but asked him: "Do you want to learn handicrafts first, or do you want to work on the machine directly?"
Is there still time to think about this?
Ruan Yuejin said directly: "Of course I want to work on the machine."
He spent so much effort to learn the craft, that is to learn the sewing machine, and only his old tailor's house has a sewing machine.
If he wants to learn handicrafts, where can't he learn it? Who among his grandmother and mother doesn't know a little needlework?
Besides, sewing is feminine and only women do it, so why should he learn it?
The old tailor didn't say much and took him to the main room.
He sat down in front of the sewing machine, stretched out his hand to pull out the thread on the top, took out the bottom thread as well, and finally took off the needle. He looked at Ruan Yuejin and said, "I will only teach you once. If you can't learn it, I won't teach you a second time."
Ruan Yuejin swallowed his breath silently, and said after a moment: "Only teach... once?"
The old tailor slightly raised his head and stared at him, with his bright top standing out particularly. "Didn't you say that you are suitable to be a tailor? Can you inherit my craft? This is how I teach my apprentices. Whether they can do it or not, I will only teach them once. I won't teach them a second time."
Ruan Yuejin cleared his throat and said with a suffocating breath, "Okay, just once."
The old tailor He lowered his gaze, put down the press plate of the sewing machine, put his foot on the pedal below, and continued: "I'm afraid you'll waste my things, so I'll teach you the simplest thing first, stepping on the machine in the air. You just need to keep the machine from reversing, that's all."
Ruan Yuejin stood up and responded: "Okay."
The old tailor raised his hand to hold the rotating wheel, and while demonstrating with his hands, he said: "Watch it, turn the right wheel with your hand, and step on the pedal with your foot at the same time to make the machine turn."
He is an old craftsman who has been operating a sewing machine for a lifetime. In fact, he doesn't need to use his hands to turn the right wheel, and he can also use his feet to operate the sewing machine. So it seems easier for him to use his hands.
Seeing him stepping on it so easily, Ruan Yuejin blinked his eyes with a puzzled look, "That's it?"
He even wanted to laugh - that's it? That's it?
The old tailor didn't waste any more time talking to him. He stood up and gave him the high stool, "You come on."
Ruan Yuejin sat down in front of the sewing machine with a relaxed smile on his face. He put his foot on the pedal, held the right wheel with his right hand, and followed the instructions, turning the wheel with his hand and stepping on the pedal.
As a result, as soon as he stepped on it, the wheel in his hand turned the wrong way.
The old tailor slapped him on the back of his head: "It's the wrong way!"
Ruan Yuejin couldn't laugh anymore. He covered the back of his head, frowned, and even his tone became much more depressed. He only whispered: "I'm just not familiar with it at the beginning."
The old tailor was too lazy to pay attention to him. He said he would not teach him a second time. He just couldn't stand stupid people, so he turned around and went to the yard, saying casually: "Find it yourself, if you step on the sewing machine and break it, you will have to pay for it."
Ruan Yuejin was relieved to see him go out, otherwise he would say some ruthless and unpleasant words here, or even hit him directly if he failed again. He thought about it himself, and he was sure he could figure it out.
But he thought about it for a long time, sweating, and still couldn't figure out what was going on. It was obvious that the direction of his hand strap was correct, so how come the wheel turned in the opposite direction when he loosened his hand and stepped on it? Is there something fishy?
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. He looked at the broken sewing machine that was turning upside down and wanted to punch it twice. But because this thing was too expensive, he couldn't afford to pay for it if he broke it, so he could only bear it.
When he went home for lunch at noon, Sun Xiaohui asked him how he was doing. He wanted to save face, so he said, "Very good." He
came back in the afternoon to continue to think about the tricks, and hesitated between asking the old tailor for advice and not asking the old tailor for advice.
Finally, he couldn't help asking for advice, and the old tailor said directly to him, "I won't teach you a second time. If you can't learn it, just leave." Ruan
Yuejin: "..." The old tailor also ridiculed him, deliberately imitating his tone in the morning and said, "That's it?" Ruan Yuejin: "..." Old bachelor, dead old man, no wonder he can't get a wife! Ruan Xi hasn't left yet, so how can he leave? Ruan Yuejin naturally didn't leave. He sat in front of the sewing machine and pondered for an afternoon. When he was really angry, he couldn't vent his anger on this broken machine, so he lay on the sewing machine and panted. After catching his breath, he stood up and continued pedaling. Then, as the sun fell into the western sky, he suddenly felt a miraculous connection between his hands and feet, and the wheel began to spin forward before his eyes!
Seeing the wheel spinning, Ruan Yuejin was a little excited, so he seized that feeling and tried a few more times.
Every time the wheel turned in the same direction, he suddenly became excited, stood up from the stool and shouted.
After shouting, his confidence returned, his eyes were shining, he sat down in front of the sewing machine and continued to step on the machine, listening to the sound of the sewing machine turning, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, his mood was simply very good. In
the evening, he left the old tailor's house humming a song. He
returned to Fengyan Village along the mountain road, and when he was about to get home, he happened to meet Ruan Xi who was returning from the commune.
In the past, he thought Ruan Xi was half a head shorter, but now he is directly a lot shorter.
He greeted Ruan Xi: "Big sister is back."
Ruan Xi had been on the road since yesterday noon, and she only sat down to rest for a while at night, and did not find a place to sleep for a while. She was so tired that she almost lost her soul. She was in no mood to pay attention to Ruan Yuejin, and only responded with a "hmm."
Liu Xinghua heard Ruan Yuejin's words in the house and hurried out to take a look.
Seeing Ruan Xi coming back, she hurried up to take the wine gourd in Ruan Xi's hand and the schoolbag and water bottle on her body.
Seeing Ruan Xi's tired face and dark circles under her eyes, Liu Xinghua said distressedly: "Are you tired?"
Ruan Xi didn't say anything, went into the house to pour a bowl of water, and drank it all in one breath.
After drinking the water, she sat down on a bench. After a long pause, she said in a weak voice, "The gourd is filled with a full pound of wine. Grandma, pour out half a pound for grandpa to drink, and I will give the rest to the master tomorrow."
Liu Xinghua said directly, "You are still thinking about whether he drinks or not. You should take a rest."
Ruan Jie was lighting a fire behind the stove. Seeing that Ruan Xi was so tired that she had difficulty talking, he also said, "Sister, why don't you go to sleep first. When dinner is ready, grandpa and the five Uncle will be back, I will call you to eat later."
Ruan Xi shook her head, "Grandma, I have something else to tell you."
Liu Xinghua said, "If there is anything important that needs to be told now, you should go and have a rest."
Ruan Xi adjusted her breath and looked at Liu Xinghua, "I went to Third Aunt's house and slept there for a night. Uncle seemed to be very unwelcome to me, and I saw that Third Aunt's arms were covered with purple marks, as if she had been beaten."
Hearing this, Liu Xinghua was stunned.
Ruan Xi continued, "She said that she got hurt by bumps, but I don't think so. She didn't let me tell you because she was afraid that you would worry. But I think you must know this, otherwise Third Aunt might be bullied all the time."
Who beat her and why did she hide it from them?
A knot slowly formed between Liu Xinghua's brows. "How dare Liu Xiong bully my daughter?"
Ruan Xi: "Why wouldn't he dare? You and Grandpa have grown old these years and can't leave the village. The commune is so far away from us, it's not easy for Third Aunt to come back. He can bully her as much as he wants." Liu Xinghua gritted her teeth in anger. "If he really bullies Cuizhi, I will fight him, Liu Xiong, to the death!" Ruan Xi was so sleepy and tired that she leaned over and said , "If he
really bullies Cuizhi, I will fight him, Liu Xiong, to the death!"
She propped her face with her palms and squinted her eyes and said, "Let's ask Uncle Wu to go. Uncle Wu has good endurance, fast feet, and is not weak in fighting. He is the most suitable person to go."
Her voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke, and her pronunciation became more and more vague: "But it depends on what Aunt San thinks. If she is willing to endure it and doesn't want to quarrel with Uncle, then there is nothing we can do. After all, they are husband and wife..."
As she spoke, her arm slid down suddenly, and her body tilted and woke up.
She really couldn't bear it anymore, so she propped up her eyelids and said, "Grandma, I can't do it anymore. I'm going to sleep first."
After that, she didn't care about Liu Xinghua and Ruan Jie's reactions, and got up and went to the next room. She
went to the room, threw herself on the bed, stuffed the mosquito net, and fell asleep almost touching the pillow.
Liu Xinghua stood by the stove, still gritting her teeth in anger, but she didn't say anything else. There were many things that Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie didn't know, and she couldn't talk to Ruan Jie, so she could only wait for Ruan Zhigao to come back.
After making dinner with Ruan Jie, Liu Xinghua found the scale at home, hooked the wine gourd and weighed out half a catty of wine.
Ruan Zhigao came back and smelled the aroma of wine as soon as he walked to the door, and asked directly: "Is Xiaoxi back?"
Liu Xinghua was in a bad mood because of Ruan Cuizhi's matter, and there was no happy expression on her face. She just said "um" and turned to call Ruan Jie: "Xiaojie, wake up your sister to eat."
Ruan Jie responded and went into the house, but found that Ruan Xi was sleeping soundly with the door tightly closed. She went to the bed and pulled open the mosquito net. She tried to shake Ruan Xi but failed to wake her up. She had no choice but to come out and say, "Sister seems to be too tired to wake her up."
Liu Xinghua could understand that kind of tiredness. "Then let her sleep."
Ruan Jie nodded and sat down at the table. As soon as she picked up the chopsticks, she smelled the aroma of wine on the table.
It was not easy to have a sip of white wine. Ruan Zhigao was reluctant to drink more, so he only poured two or three sips into the small bowl. After pouring the wine, he looked up and saw Ruan Changsheng's eyes full of greed. He smiled and asked him, "Do you want to drink too?"
Ruan Changsheng was about to speak, but before he could say anything, Liu Xinghua said, "He doesn't drink. He has something to do tomorrow."
Ruan Changsheng was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Liu Xinghua, "Besides going to work, what else is there?"
Liu Xinghua looked at Ruan Zhigao, then at Ruan Changsheng, and said in an angry tone, "Your third sister has been bullied. I want you to go to the commune tomorrow to see your third sister and ask her what's going on."
Hearing this, Ruan Zhigao put down the wine bowl. He looked down at Liu Xinghua, "Who bullied Cuizhi?"
Liu Xinghua frowned and said nothing. Ruan Jie whispered beside him, "Sister said it was my uncle..."
Ruan Zhigao was stunned when he heard it, "Liu Xiong beat Cuizhi?"
Liu Xinghua bit her steamed bun and looked angry, "I don't know the specific situation. Cuizhi herself didn't want to say it, but I think it's almost true. I really regret it from time to time. I shouldn't have let Cuizhi marry him!"
Ruan Zhigao's face sank, "What's the point of saying this now?"
Ruan Changsheng was greedy for the wine in Ruan Zhigao's bowl, but now he is not greedy anymore. His face and eyes looked darker than Ruan Zhigao's, and he was slowly overflowing with hostility, like a ferocious tiger cub who wanted to eat people.
He took a big gulp of the porridge in front of him, and said with a gloomy face: "I will go there tomorrow. If he really beats my third sister, I will never let him go. He really thinks that there is no one left in our Ruan family, and that my third sister can be bullied by him at will!"
Ruan Zhigao raised the wine bowl and took a sip of wine, "I will go with you."
Ruan Changsheng said: "No, I can handle it myself. If you go with me, you will walk slower. Besides, you are old now, and you can't do any heavy work in the production team. You may not be able to walk to the commune now."
Liu Xinghua knew Ruan Zhigao's health best, and said, "You are old, don't show off. Xiao Wuzi is Cuizhi's biological brother, and he can still support her when he goes there."
Then she looked at Ruan Changsheng, "But you can't be reckless when you get there. You must find your third sister and ask her about the matter. If it was really Liu Xiong who beat her, you must vent your anger for your third sister. She hasn't come back in recent years. Could he have beaten her once or twice? He took advantage of your third sister's marriage far away, so he dared to bully your third sister!"
Ruan Changsheng nodded, "I remember it."
In order to let Ruan Changsheng go to the town, Liu Xinghua packed clothes and dry food for him at night.
Ruan Changsheng got up very early the next morning, and when he was taking his luggage and preparing to leave, Liu Xinghua just got up. Liu Xinghua sent him out the door, then pulled him and said, "You see, if it really doesn't work, bring your third sister back."
Ruan Changsheng nodded while eating a steamed bun, "Okay, I got it."
After that, he didn't hesitate, put on his schoolbag and water bottle and went down the mountain.
Liu Xinghua watched Ruan Changsheng walk away, and when she turned back to go into the house, she couldn't help but hold back her breath, and really wanted to beat Liu Xiong herself.
She herself is a person who is not easy to mess with, but she gave birth to a soft-tempered daughter, and sometimes she would get angry at Ruan Cuizhi
for not living up to her expectations. Ruan Xi was so sleepy that she slept until noon the next day.
When she got up, her head was still dizzy. She stood by the washbasin to pour water to wash, and slapped her face with cold water for a long time before she slowly became a little sober. After waking up, her head was also stiff, so she sat at the table and was dazed for a while.
When Liu Xinghua and Ruan Jie came back from outside, they saw Ruan Xi sitting at the table in a daze.
Seeing her like this, Ruan Jie couldn't help but smile and greet her: "Sister, are you awake?"
Ruan Xi nodded at her stiffly, "Yeah, I feel like I've slept for a lifetime."
Liu Xinghua took a basin to wash rice and cook, "You must be hungry after sleeping for such a long time. Sit and wait for a while, grandma will cook right away. If you are really hungry, I'll get you a steamed bun to fill your stomach, do you want it?"
Ruan Xi looked at her and shook her head, "I want to eat rice." She
had been eating steamed buns on the road these days and really didn't want to eat it.
The rice had to be washed and steamed, so Ruan Xi sat at the table and waited, letting her sleepy brain slowly work. It was not until lunch time that she regained her ability to think, and belatedly asked, "Is Uncle Wu out?"
Ruan Zhigao answered her, "He went to your Third Aunt's house."
Ruan Xi nodded, "Oh."
That's good.
Since Ruan Changsheng had already gone to deal with the matter, she put it aside for the time being.
After lunch, Ruan Xi took the gourd filled with half a catty of wine, carried her schoolbag and went out to the old tailor's house.
However, not long after she went out, she found that Ruan Yuejin was following her.
At first she didn't care much, thinking that Ruan Yuejin was just going to find his peers and happened to be on the same road as her. But all the way to the border of Jinguan Village, Ruan Yuejin was still following behind her.
Ruan Xi was a little confused, so she stopped and waited for a while.
When Ruan Yuejin walked up to her, she stopped him and asked, "Why are you following me?"
Ruan Yuejin raised his eyes and glanced at her, "Who followed you? I'm going to learn a craft."
Ruan Xi looked puzzled, "What craft are you going to learn?"
Ruan Yuejin slightly straightened his chest, cleared his throat, and said, "Of course I'm learning the craft of tailoring from the old tailor. Now I'm also his apprentice, and I've been learning from him for several days. He said I learn better than you."
After that, he rubbed Ruan Xi's shoulder and walked forward, as if this road belonged to him.
Ruan Xi turned her head and watched him walk away, pursed her lips and squinted, and it was hard to say. During
the few days she was away, Sun Xiaohui did something weird again?
What was she doing this time?
Let Ruan Yuejin be a tailor?
Steal her job?
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