C29 (1/2)
After Zhao Xinxin entered the house, she did not look good. Instead, she asked rudely: ”Why did you two come to my house? Are you here to try and get something to eat? ” His mother didn't say anything, but her eyes were full of curiosity. I casually said, ”I'm here to take you home!” Zhao Xinxin sat down at the dining table, picked up a pair of chopsticks and started eating, saying as she ate, ”Today, I will be staying at my mother's house!”
”Then when are you going back?” I asked. He could be considered to have nothing to say. Actually, he didn't really want to bring her back.
”I'll go back whenever I want to, and my legs will grow on my body, it's none of your business!” Zhao Xinxin looked like she was about to die.
”What are you saying!?” You can't even talk properly! ” Zhao Xinxin's father scolded with a droop of her face.
”Sure, sure!” If your words are good, then say it! I won't say anymore! A meal can't take my mouth! ” With that, Zhao Xinxin picked up the bowl, used the chopsticks to pull a few dishes out of the way of food in his mouth, and filled his mouth to the brim.
Mother stood up and said, ”Since you are not going home, you should stay with your parents for a few days. Jin Shi and I will be going back! ”
Zhao Xinxin's father also stood up and said: ”My dear mother, you should also stay here! We'll leave after eating tomorrow! ”
No, I still have things to do at home!” Mother went out. I followed. Zhao Xinxin's mother quickly packed some sweet potatoes in plastic bags and handed them to me. ”Take them home to eat! ”The sweet potato is made from yellow rice, I want to buy a piece of five kilograms!” I gave it a little and took it. She felt a bit grateful in her heart, but she couldn't say the word 'thank you' out loud. Rural people don't say thank you for that.
Sweet potatoes are cheap. But the act of giving me something made me seem priceless. I'm used to being scorned. In a group of people, if someone smoked, they would pass me. There was a fool who offered me a cigarette while he was giving it to everyone, and it made me think about him for the rest of my life. It was the kind of heartfelt gratitude and respect.
Others treat him like a fool, but I treat him like a friend. Later, when he was alone and had frozen to death on his broken bed at home, no one cared about him, including his uncle who had planted his land. Knowing this, I rushed over without hesitation, covered his body with a new quilt, and bought him a coffin to bury the body.
When he was about to be buried in the ancestral grave of the fool, his uncle refused to budge, saying that he could not bury a single stick in the ancestral grave. Every part of the village was occupied, including some trees and craters. In the end I had to bury the fool in my field.
Zhao Xinxin's mother asked me: ”Jin Shi, when are you going to buy me a phone?”
I replied, ”Whenever you want, I'll buy it for you!”
”I want it tomorrow!”
”Then I'll buy it for you tomorrow!”
”Then how much did you buy me?”
”How much do you want?”
”Buy one thousand yuan!” A good phone can handle it! Just in case you keep changing in the future! ” Zhao Xinxin's mother smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum.
”Sure!” I nodded.
He left the house and drove out of the village. On the quiet road to the wilderness, my mother angrily shouted, ”Hen, flip over! I don't want face, I don't want a fart! I've earned a phone from my family for nothing, I'll get my car to gobble you up when I go out! Shier, you idiot, why did you agree to buy her a phone? ”
I said, ”That's not called earning for nothing. Didn't you give us a bunch of sweet potatoes?”
”A sweet potato is only worth a few dollars! How much is the phone? Is there something f * cking wrong with your head!? ” With a creak, my mother braked and turned to stare at me.
”I'll just buy it. Our family isn't short on money!” ”No,” I said.
”You have tens of thousands of dollars! If you have one million gold, I'll make sure you become a god! ” The mother huffed and puffed.
”Then what do we do? I've already promised to buy it for her! ”
”You should regret it!” Buy her a fart! Let her wait! ” The mother turned her head and drove off again.
When he returned home, it was already midnight. Her eldest sister and Little Sister had already gone to sleep. My mother and I went into the west room. He saw that the person on the bed was perfectly fine. Who else could it be other than Zhao Xinxin? Looking at that piece of quilt, it was pressed down right under her head, proving that she hadn't moved.
His mother was so scared that her face turned pale and her body trembled. Her voice trembled as she said, ”What is going on? There are still two Zhao Xinxin s in this world! You made it look like a real and fake Monkey King! ”
With a dark expression, I said solemnly, ”Is there still a need to say that!?” A demon has appeared in my house! Of the two Zhao Xinxin s, one must be real, and the other must be fake! ”
”Ah …” Which one is real and which one is fake? ” the mother asked in a quavering voice.
I said, ”In my opinion, I think that the one in bed is real, and the one in her mother's house is fake!”
”Then what should we do?” the mother asked again.
After a moment of silence, I said, ”Mother, this is a chance to make a fortune! Let's see if you dare to do it! ”
”Hair …” What great fortune? ” His mother was visibly more excited, her eyes shining.
I said, ”Selling the organs on Zhao Xinxin's body, who is lying on the bed, to Lao Chang would be worth at least a million!”
Mother was too excited to speak.
I said it was too late. Mother, you should go back to sleep first. The mother nodded and went back to her room.
Lying in bed, turning out the light, I lay awake for a long time.