Chapter 18: pissed off (1/2)
”Be careful.” A cry of exclamation sounded, and Zhong Ziqi, who was distracted, only felt that he had stepped on something under his feet, and he slid backwards. The expected pain did not appear. Opening his eyes turned out to be held by Zhao Zhengan behind him. He was lying in Zhao Zhengan's arms, looking ambiguous.
Zhao Zhengan saw his daughter-in-law not moving and asked anxiously: ”Daughter-in-law? Does it hurt?”
Zhao Ning also walked over and asked worriedly: ”Did you twist your ankle? How can I walk with care!”
Zhong Ziqi hurriedly got up from Zhao Zhengan's body, moving her feet only slightly tingling but not serious: ”It's okay, it doesn't hurt, I didn't twist it, thanks to Zhengan for helping me behind.”
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhao Ning complained and said: ”You have to look at the road when you walk. How can you be half-hearted. If this breaks, how will you do business tomorrow? No one at home will cook...”
Zhong Ziqi interrupted him helplessly: ”Okay, I know, I will take a good look at the road, little housekeeper” If you don't interrupt him, I might be able to say all the way...
Zhao Ning was unwilling to stop, and gave him a glance by the way.
At the fork in the road, Zhao Ning and Zhao Sheng took the wages given by Zhong Ziqi and went home. Zhong Ziqi walked home and found out that their yard wall had been fixed. No one could get in, Zhong Ziqi was very satisfied, remembering that the key was with Zhao Ama, and he asked Zhao Zhengan to wait at the door for a while to get the key.
Zhao Zhengan stood alone at the door obediently, and now he has no initial panic, because his wife will always come back.
Zhong Ziqi went to Zhao Ning's house to fetch the keys, and gave Zhao Amo today's food money and workers' wages. After a few words, Zhong Ziqi went back.
Zhong Ziqi went out of the village and walked towards her home. He raised his eyes and looked down. Zhong Ziqi was startled because he found three children gathered at the door of his home. About eight or nine years old, he seemed to be talking to Zhao Zhengan, and Zhao Zhengan also looked at them with a smirk and moved his mouth from time to time.
Zhong Ziqi stood there and watched for a while to make sure that these children weren't bullying Zhao Zhengan. Then he let go, and walked over, with a smile at the corner of his mouth, and asked in a gentle voice: ”Are you here to play with Zhengan?”
The three children are all boys, wearing clothes with patches. They are not afraid to see Zhong Ziqi, and look at him curiously. One of the chubby children takes the lead to speak: ”Are you a fool's daughter-in-law?”
”Yeah, who are you?”
Another kid sniffed his nose and said, ”We are the brothers of fools.” The other two children stood up and sang their loyalties when they heard the words, and Zhong Ziqi snorted.
Zhao Zhengan kept looking at his wife secretly, for fear that he would not be happy to play with them. Seeing him smile at this time, he couldn't help but open his mouth.
Zhong Ziqi smiled and said that he was a little ghost big, got up and opened the door: ”Come in.”
Zhao Zhengan led the way into the yard and pushed the cart into the corner.
Three kids, look at me, I squeeze you in.
It just so happened that there were still some canned fruits that I brought today. Zhong Ziqi found out four bowls and poured one by one, then looked at the three children with glowing eyes, and asked with a smirk: ”Do you want to eat?”
The child's eyes moved from the bowl to his face in an instant, hesitated and nodded.
”If you want to eat, you have to listen to me, and you will not be allowed to call him a fool in the future.” Zhong Ziqi pointed to Zhao Zhengan and said, absolutely not allowing the word fool to appear in his territory.
”What do you call a fool?” A child asked suspiciously. They didn't know Zhao Zhengan’s name. Zhao Zhengan used to go out to work, and the children in the village were not common, so they were all strangers to each other. Later, Zhao Zhengan was silly. Playing with them, they just shouted fools as adults.
”Call... Call him Brother Zhengan, call me Brother Ziqi”
The three children hesitated and yelled obediently: ”Brother Zhengan, Brother Ziqi”
Zhao Zhengan responded stupidly and smiled unconsciously.
Zhong Ziqi listened to the soft and tender homophony, and her heart was soft, and she waved her big hand: ”Come on, one bowl per person. After eating, go to the yard to play, don't you know you are not allowed to fight?”
The three children and one Zhao Zhengan nodded together, and rushed out holding the bowl.
Standing in place, Zhong Ziqi shook her head helplessly and amusingly. Seeing the first and third children squatting in the shade at the door and having fun, regardless of them, she got up to take care of her own affairs.
Today he came back from the town to buy a lot of vegetable seeds. Before the autumn tiger arrives, you have to plant it quickly and harvest a crop of vegetables, otherwise you won't have to eat it this year.
He didn't want to always go to Wang Cuihua's to beg her eyes, it was too peculiar, Zhong Ziqi rarely thought badly.
In the yard, one of the children who looked slightly older ate the canned food in his bowl eagerly, holding the bowl and drooling at the other three people. He smacked his mouth, although he was greedy, but obviously had a well-educated baby. Will not rob and make noise.