The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Liulichang, Bookstore Street, Pishun Hutong.

Yu Huang, who had been tossing and turning all night, quietly opened the bedroom door.

The thin curtains on the windows blocked the light outside the house, and the living room was still slightly dark, like the dawn before dawn or the sunset after sunset, making it look groggy.

On the small bed in the corner of the living room, the adopted daughter was wearing cotton pajamas, with her right hand resting on her forehead, revealing a long section of her arm as white as lotus root. She looked like she was still sleeping soundly. The thin quilt covering her body only covered the parts that should be covered. Her pair of long legs were so bright that they almost glowed in the dim living room.

Yu Huang touched her quietly, her expressionless face looking a little indifferent. Especially when she saw her adopted daughter's youthful figure, the old woman felt even more inexplicably irritable.

Yu Qiulan, who was sleeping, didn't seem to know that there was an extra person beside her. She lowered her weak and boneless arms from her forehead, changed into a more comfortable position, and clamped the quilt between her legs. Her face in her sleep seemed to be wearing a There was a faint smile.

Mrs. Yu Huang, who was about to wake up her adopted daughter, saw the skirt she had changed out of by the crib. She retracted her outstretched palm, looked back at the hook on the wall, and couldn't help but frown.

empty.

After get off work, when my daughter comes home, she often hangs her little flower bag in this place. However, today, there is no such thing.

Turning around on tiptoe, she looked around the living room at 360 degrees. There was nothing on the desk, nor on the table or stool in the living room. Yu Huang was quite upset.

My daughter didn't get home until after nine o'clock last night and almost ten o'clock. At that time, Mrs. Yu Huang had already "fallen asleep" in bed according to her usual practice. She actually stuffed her right hand under the pillow and held it tightly with her mouth loaded. pistol.

Especially after hearing the sound of the car's engine and the sound of doors opening and closing, even the fuse was turned on. As a result, nothing happened. The adopted daughter sleeping in the living room seemed to have just washed up and then fell asleep as usual.

She really wanted to know what her daughter was doing last night and why she came home at that hour, but her lurking career last year told her that it was best to do it during the day.

Usually at that time, I was already sound asleep, because after many years of pushing an ice cream cart around on the street, I was basically exhausted when I got home, so I still fell into a deep sleep.

As I get older, I get up earlier than young people. This has been my habit for many years. I get up early just to see if there are any clues.

Wait~!

Yu Huang's cautious eyes finally stopped at the dinner table.

There seems to be something extra in the cover of the dining table.

Glancing at Yu Qiulan, who was still sleeping soundly, Yu Huang turned around, opened the bamboo cage with a gloomy expression, and her pupils shrank suddenly.

"Lao Mo's restaurant?"

Looking at the bulging paper bag, Yu Huang knew the words on it. He often went to the zoo to sell popsicles, and he couldn't be more familiar with the Lao Mo restaurant next to the zoo.

The frown gradually relaxed. Yu Huang opened the paper bag with his hand and saw the packed food inside. The oil stains soaked the brown paper, and after leaving it for a whole night, it became sticky.

A few leftover pieces of roast duck, a roast chicken that was so braised that it fell off the bones, and a few pieces of black bread, one of which still had teeth marks.

It doesn't take much to think about it. It's obvious that after get off work, my daughter, who didn't go home, went to Lao Mo's restaurant to eat. Not only did she eat, but she also packed up the unfinished food and brought it back.

A slightly sarcastic smile appeared on his cheek. Do you really think that you have never eaten Western food? Although you haven't eaten it for many years, but back then...

A little irritably, she pushed back the opening of the paper bag to seal it. Just when she was about to put down the cage, Yu Huang suddenly thought of something and turned back suddenly to look at her adopted daughter.

"Lao Mo's Restaurant, doesn't it get off work at half past eight?"

Thinking about the time when my daughter got home, it was nearly ten o'clock, the restaurant closed at half past eight, and there was still an hour and a half left in between. Excluding the time on the road, there was still one hour left?
Thinking of her daughter's little flower bag, Yu Huang's expression suddenly became a little intriguing. Overall, it was still very ugly.

"Dang~!"

Yu Huangshi was not careful, and she didn't expect that her toes would kick the stool while walking, making a loud noise.

"Hmm~~Ah~~~, en, what time is it?"

Yu Qiulan, who had been sleeping soundly with the quilt under her arms just now, was immediately woken up. She stretched out on the bed, opened her eyes lazily, and looked at Yu Huang who was standing at the dining table in the living room.

"You still know how to sleep. What time did you come back last night?"

Instead of answering her adopted daughter's question, Yu Huang asked her own question, tentatively trying to see if her adopted daughter would lie to her.

"About nine o'clock, ten o'clock, I don't know~!"

Yu Qiulan, who had already sat up cross-legged, pursed her lips guiltily and did not dare to look at Yu Huang. She looked at the bed unsteadily, like a child who had made a mistake and was caught by her mother. .

"Why are you so late? What are you doing?"

The time was almost the same as what her adopted daughter said. She didn't lie to herself. She picked up the skirt that had fallen off the stool and patted the dust on it. On the surface, it was as if nothing had happened, but in fact, she continued to ask with a hint of questioning.

"I...I...went out to have dinner with someone. Mom brought some for you. Just heat it up so you don't have to cook at noon!"

At this time, Yu Qiulan's face was already very unnatural, her head lowered, and her speech was slurred. When she finally raised her head and pointed at the dining table, she looked like she wanted to show off~!

"With whom, eh~~?"

Just as he was about to continue the interrogation, Yu Huang, who had left the skirt bug on the stool, discovered that a small piece of paper had fallen out of nowhere. Staring at her adopted daughter fiercely, she bent down and picked up the small piece of paper on the ground. Then she looked at the skirt on the stool and thought that it might have fallen when she was dusting it off.

"Old Guangming Cinema?"

Looking at it, good guy, a movie ticket has been checked. Looking at the time, it happened to be yesterday. The location of this movie theater, Yu Huang, who was walking around the streets, didn't know.

Thinking back to the Lao Mo restaurant just now, everything came to light. Her daughter's course of action last night basically emerged in Huang's mind, but she still asked in a cold tone.

"The one at Fuxingmen?"

"Hmm~!"

Yu Qiulan nodded, her head almost lowered to her chest, like a little girl whose mother discovered her secret, and she obediently admitted her mistake.

"with who?"

"My~friend~(whisper)!"

"Which friend, are you not honest? If I weren't at home, you wouldn't even come back, bang~!"

The slap hit the dining table hard, and the movie ticket rolled in mid-air and fell to the ground. Yu Qiulan, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, was frightened and looked like she didn't dare to say what she wanted to say. , very aggrieved.

"Just have a meal~!"

"It's just a meal. What's going on with the movie tickets? Don't go see it by yourself. You never lie, Qiulan~!"

Mrs. Yu Huang walked to the crib, clapped her hands with her right hand, and scolded her adopted daughter earnestly, almost grabbing her hair and slapping her twice.

Looking at this posture, if Yu Qiulan didn't say anything, the slap on the palm of her hand might be slapped on her face in the next second.

"Oh, you didn't ask me to ask him out. Did you ask him to come to my house for dinner? I, I can't bring him back right away~!"

Yu Qiulan, who was being talked about so much by her adoptive mother, seemed a little unhappy. She stubbornly turned her body aside, pretending that she was unwilling to talk to Huang.

"It's him?"

Seeing her adopted daughter getting into a mood, Yu Huang was a little hesitant and suddenly remembered what happened a few days ago.

The only man she asked her daughter to take the initiative to ask home was Li Feng, the target of the failed operation last year.

"Hmm~!"

Yu Qiulan, who was sulking, nodded when she heard her mother's rhetorical question, which was considered to be admission. The mother and daughter just kept talking in riddles.

"Qiulan, mom is still worried that you will be deceived by men outside. At your age, you are the right one. Mom is also worried that you will meet some unscrupulous people outside~!"

The slightly stalemate scene just now suddenly disappeared. I heard that she and Li Feng went out to eat and watch a movie. Yu Huang's attitude softened obviously. She sat on the edge of the bed and put her arms around her daughter's shoulders. He said in a good voice, and the scene during the questioning seemed to be forgotten in an instant.

"He, he is the deputy director, not a bad person?"

Yu Qiulan, who was still sulking, shook her shoulders, trying to shake off the shoulders on her body. On the other hand, she did not forget to "whitewash" Li Feng.

"Okay, okay, he's not a bad person, isn't mom afraid? He was the one who found you yesterday?"

"No, yes, it was introduced by people from the Women's Federation a few days ago. I ignored them. Who knew that after get off work last night, he came directly to me~!"

Facing the improvement of her adoptive mother's attitude, Yu Qiulan seemed to have calmed down her temper and described what happened before in a good voice.

"What did you two talk about yesterday? Is he still asking you about that matter?"

Yu Huang was still a little frightened, so she straightened her daughter and asked her to face her. Yu Huang wanted to see if she was lying on her face. This was very important.

"No, he, he just asked me about my age and my family situation, and told me that if I had any trouble, I could ask him for help. He, he was single too~!"

Speaking of the latter part, Yu Qiulan's voice was as small as a mosquito, her little face started to turn red, and she almost covered her face. .

"Oh, oh, that's good, Qiulan. If he can become the deputy director of the factory at his age, he must have something to do with it. You have to take good care of it and take the time to bring him back. I have to thank him~!"

Mrs. Yu Huang felt relieved for the time being. She showed a cheerful smile and patted the back of her daughter's hand. She was like a mother-in-law who had caught a rich husband and was completely attracted by her money.

"Mom~~!"

Yu Qiulan immediately became unhappy, pouted, and threw herself directly into the thin quilt.

"Those officials are all like this. I have seen it many times over the past few decades. No matter what time it is, it cannot be changed. Who made our Qiulan beautiful? Women, this is their fate in this life. Those who are powerful will live a comfortable life in the future, let’s take a look...!”

Yu Huang didn't know much about what kind of person Li Feng was, but he was young and deputy factory director. These words had already put certain labels on his face. In addition, now, he took the initiative to contact his daughter privately and even made an appointment to see her. Movie.

Bang, another label was placed on Li Feng's face - lustful. (End of chapter)