The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 158
In a dark alley, Mrs. Zhao stood face to face with a man of the same grade. Of course, this was not what surprised Han Qianluo. What surprised her was another thing.

Mrs. Zhao handed over a bulging money bag to the man. The man reached out to take the money bag, weighed it, and then opened it to take a look, with a satisfied expression on his face, and then asked seemingly casually: "What's the matter?" Why so much money this time, did you find some lucrative job?"

"Where is there any money-making work? The family where Xiaotong works these days is relatively generous, so this time I can give you so much, but next time it may not be so." Zhao said.

The man squinted his small eyes and stared at Zhao Shi for a long time, as if he was judging the truth of what she said, after a while he seemed to think that Zhao Shi didn't have the guts to lie to him, so he smiled and said, "Come in. "After speaking, he stretched out his hand to hold Mrs. Zhao, and pulled her into the yard, and then closed the door.

Han Qianluo froze on the spot, she couldn't figure out what was going on, could it be that Zhao Tong's family was still in debt, but she had never heard of it, and judging by the appearance of the Zhao family and that man, it didn't seem like they were going to pay back the money On the contrary, the appearance of the man pulling Zhao Shi at the end is more like an improper relationship between men and women, but at such an age, it is not very possible.

Han Qianluo, who couldn't figure it out, walked into the alley, stood at the place where Mrs. Zhao was standing just now, and looked at the courtyard they had entered just now. Unfortunately, the courtyard wall of this courtyard was relatively high, so she couldn't see what was going on inside.

At this time, a woman also walked into the alley, and when she saw Han Qianluo standing there, she looked at her so strangely that she couldn't pretend not to care.Just when she was about to speak, the woman asked with a half-smile: "Little girl, are you looking for someone from this yard?"

"No, no, I just saw someone I knew go in, and I thought it was a bit strange." Han Qianluo quickly denied.

The somewhat ambiguous smile on the woman's face disappeared after hearing this, and she showed a normal expression and said, "Little girl, this place is not for you, so leave quickly." Han Qianluo continued to walk deep into the alley.

Han Qianluo stood in front of the door and hesitated for a while, and found that this matter had nothing to do with her, and it was not her turn to worry about it. At most, she would tell Zhao Tong what she saw today, so she left the alley and continued to go. Go to the shop.

After looking around in the shop, Han Qianluo went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and then prepared to go back.She would buy meat from that fat butcher every day, and today was no exception. She was about to walk to that butcher's stall when she suddenly saw Mrs. Zhao standing in front of that stall to buy meat. The most important thing was , There is still a person standing next to her, the man she saw earlier.

Han Qianluo paused, walked over and shouted: "Grandma Zhao." Mrs. Zhao turned her head when she heard the voice, and seemed relieved to see that it was her, and said with a smile, "Qianluo is also here to buy vegetables. ah."

"Yes, Granny Zhao, you are here to buy vegetables too." After finishing speaking, Han Qianluo deliberately looked at the man next to him and said, "Grandma Zhao, is he a relative of your family? Why have I never seen him at your house?" ?”

After saying this, she couldn't help but complain in her heart and find a bad reason. She is not from the Zhao family. She doesn't know any of the relatives of Zhao Tong's family. But the words have been said, and it is useless to regret up.

But Mrs. Zhao didn't know what was going on, and said with a smile: "He is not a relative of our family, he is..." Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by that man forcefully. Said earlier: "I am indeed a relative of their family, but I seldom move around."

This is the butcher handing over a piece of fat meat and saying: "It's exactly three catties." The man quickly took the meat over, and Mrs. Zhao took out the money bag and paid the money, and said with some guilt: "Qianluo, we still have something to do. Let's go first, you buy slowly." After speaking, he left in a hurry.

Looking at the backs of the two leaving, Han Qianluo felt a little run away, and then recalled what the woman said before, and suddenly became curious about the identity of the man, so she decided to go to Zhao Tong's house later to ask look.

After shopping for vegetables, Han Qianluo came to Zhao Tong's house, but Mrs. Zhao didn't come back, only Zhao Tong was at home alone, which was convenient for her, so she walked directly towards the thatched cottage behind the house.

Zhao Tong was a little surprised when he saw her, because she usually only came once, and never came twice like today, so he thought something was wrong, and quickly asked, "Qianluo, is there something wrong?"

"No, no." Han Qianluo quickly waved his hand and said, "I just saw your mother today, and there was an old man who looked uneasy and kind, and your mother gave him a big bag of money .”

"What does that person look like?" Zhao Tong asked seriously.

Han Qianluo thought for a while, and described the man's appearance.After Zhao Tong finished listening, his expression changed from serious to helpless, and he sighed and said, "Forget it, let her go." Then he turned around and continued to work.

Han Qianluo didn't expect Zhao Tong's reaction to be this way. After a moment of shock, he suddenly realized that maybe Mrs. Zhao and that man had known each other for a long time, maybe Zhao Tong knew about it too, but he was powerless to stop it, so that's why he had this reaction.

In order to prove whether his guess was correct, Han Qianluo asked Zhao Tong: "Did you know about this before?"

"Yes." Zhao Tong nodded.

"Then what's the matter with your mother and that person?" Han Qianluo blurted out this question, and felt something was wrong after saying it.

Fortunately, Zhao Tong was not angry, but he didn't answer her question either. He just worked in silence, with a sad expression on his face, as if he had been touched by something sad.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked such a question." Han Qianluo apologized with some guilt.

"It's okay. Actually, there's nothing I can't ask. I just thought of my father." Zhao Tong paused, stopped what he was doing, and continued: "Actually, I'm not very clear about my mother's affairs, because My mother never allowed me to ask about her affairs."

"I only know that my mother will secretly send the family's money to that man. In order not to be discovered by me, she deliberately bought expensive little things, such as the paintings on the wall and the one on the table. Set of teapots. Actually, I already knew it.” Zhao Tong said with self-deprecation.

Han Qianluo was a little puzzled: "Then why didn't you stop your mother, and still let her do this, and gave all the family's money to that man, resulting in your family having no money."

"My father told me before he died that no matter what my mother does, don't stop her." Zhao Tong also looked puzzled when he said this, obviously he didn't know why his father did this.

After hearing this sentence, Han Qianluo was speechless. Not only Zhao Tong knew about it, but even his father knew about it, but for some unknown reason, instead of stopping it, he continued to indulge him. How strange is this? My family, she thought to herself.

Zhao Tong didn't wait for her to answer, and continued, as if he just wanted to confide: "Actually, when I was young, my father and mother often quarreled, probably because they thought I was too young at that time, so every time I quarreled, I didn't care. Will avoid me. It is said to be a quarrel, but it is actually more like mother unilaterally cursing."

"Why?" Han Qianluo asked casually, so that he could continue talking along this question.

Sure enough, Zhao Tong continued to talk: "Probably because I am not my father's son. My mother was snatched by my father by means. Maybe it's not very honorable. Maybe my mother still likes her ex-husband very much, so she hates her." My father also often quarreled."

"Is it just because of this reason that your father asked you not to stop your mother from doing anything?" Han Qianluo couldn't understand, what is it all about!

Zhao Tong hesitated for a while before saying, "Probably so."

"Anyway, your father is dead, so you don't have to listen to him like this. You can save the money, repair the house, or just rebuild a new house, and then marry a wife, that would be great." Han Qianluo Said cracklingly.

Zhao Tong was not moved at all, and suddenly smiled and said: "I don't want to marry a woman, and then fight every day like my mother and my father, so it's best to be like this now."

"Well, everyone has different ideas, as long as you feel comfortable." Han Qianluo didn't care, anyway, it had nothing to do with her.

While talking, Han Qianluo heard a movement in front and the sound of opening the door, so he was a little worried that it was a thief, and just about to stand up and go to the front to have a look, but Zhao Tong said, "It's my mother who came back." gone."

"I thought it was a thief." Han Qianluo said with black lines all over his head.

At this time, Mrs. Zhao came to the back, and she seemed to be taken aback when she saw Han Qianluo here, and then she gave a perfunctory smile: "Qianluo is here too."

Han Qianluo looked at her and didn't intend to stay here any longer, so he stood up and said, "It's getting late, I'll go back first, goodbye Zhao Tong, goodbye Zhao Granny." Then he left.

Back in Qianyangli, before I reached home, I bumped into Mrs. Zhou on the way, so I greeted him politely: "Aunt Zhou, where are you going?"

"Oh, Qianluo, you are back." Zhou said with an exaggerated expression.

"Aunt Zhou, what's the matter?" Han Qianluo couldn't understand why Zhou's reaction was like this. This is the rhythm of a big event, but what big event can happen to her family.

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly said: "Go back quickly, something serious happened to your family." Han Qianluo still wanted to ask about something important, but was urged by Mrs. Zhou anxiously: "Don't ask, you will know when you go back, go back quickly. "

(End of this chapter)