from widow to dame

Chapter 17

When it was dark in the evening, Su Huiniang and the others returned to Wangjiaao, she gave the driver two extra copper coins, and asked him to drive the car directly to the door of the house. When they arrived, Wang Qilang was already waiting there early. When he got up and down, he couldn't help saying a few words when he saw his small face turned red from the cold.Wang Qilang smiled at her, and then looked at Lin and the others with guarded eyes.

Su Huiniang had already told Mrs. Lin roughly about Wang Qilang, so she wasn't too surprised to see such a child standing here suddenly.There are three houses in this family, two big and one small.Su Huiniang occupied one room by herself, and she planned to live in the other room for Lin's mother and son. Since Su Wen was physically handicapped, someone had to be by his side to take care of him, so it was just right for them to live together. After all, this is a rural area and they don't pay much attention to the kang. It is also big enough to sleep two people, and the smallest one can only be used by Wang Qilang.Of course, Su Huiniang would not wrong him. Although the room is not big, it is decorated very warmly. The kang is covered with thick quilts, and the back of the quilts is stretched with blue cotton cloth. There will inevitably be many cracks or scum on the floor, so Su Huiniang took a lot of rags, cut them into squares, and pasted them together, so that not only could the room not be seen. The crack is broken, but it is still bright and interesting.

Lin put down the package and hurriedly packed it up. Su Huiniang ignored her and started cooking.In order to welcome the arrival of new family members, Su Huiniang decided to cook a few more dishes tonight, such as fried shredded potatoes, stewed beans, fried eggs, cabbage soup, and oil cakes.After such a long time, Su Huiniang is no longer unfamiliar with cooking, and she can basically describe it with her hands. Moreover, because she cooks cleanly, carefully, and has a good grasp of the heat, the rice she cooks is very fragrant. Don't you see the gourd firewood from before? Has the little wolf cub raised by her become fair and pleasing?

About half an hour later, all the meals were ready, and Su Huiniang asked Wang Qilang to put the table in Lin's room. Firstly, it was for the convenience of Su Wen, and secondly, she didn't want to get anything on her bedding. Oily smell.After all the dishes and chopsticks were arranged, the family gathered around the table and began to prepare for dinner.

"Mother, younger brother, Xiaoqi." Su Huiniang smiled and raised the thick porcelain teacup in front of her: "We are family members, and we will live together in the future. Huiniang will toast you with tea instead of wine. The days are safe and smooth, and prosperous.”

Lin's and Su Wen's faces were full of joy, but Wang Qilang's expression was a little indifferent, and he didn't seem to be so willing.Everyone was hungry too, so they started to eat. Even Su Wen, who had been sick all the time, looked at the dishes on the table, and couldn't help but whet his appetite. After tasting the shredded potatoes, he praised with bright eyes: : "Sister, this is delicious."

Su Huiniang smiled when she heard the words. Potatoes can be said to be the most common food in rural areas, so fried shredded potatoes are also commonly eaten by every household. But it is easy to make, but it is difficult to make it delicious.Su Huiniang also did it many times before she gradually figured out the way. After peeling the potatoes, they should be soaked in water for a while, and then cut into thin strips after removing the sediment inside.Don't put too much oil, pay attention to the heat, and add acid and vinegar when it is almost cooked.Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that potatoes are produced in space. All in all, just two words, delicious!
It can be seen that the lives of Lin's mother and son are extremely unsatisfactory. When they saw this delicious food, they immediately showed a greedy look. It's no wonder that anyone who eats chaff and swallowed vegetables every day suddenly sees a bit of oily smell. It must be like this. !Su Huiniang shook her head secretly, and came out with a spoonful of cabbage soup in a bowl. She added spicy peppers to the soup, which was green and red, and it was pleasing to look at.

"Drink more..." Putting the soup in front of Wang Qilang, Su Huiniang said with a smile that was not a smile: "There is still vinegar in the kitchen, if you don't like it sour, you can put more in it." Keeping her head down to eat, pretending to be dumb When Wang Qilang heard this, his little head froze suddenly, and he looked up at Su Huiniang pitifully.

Su Huiniang ignored him.

After dinner, Wang Qilang took the initiative to wash the dishes, and Su Huiniang followed Lin to clean up the house. Seeing her daughter preparing two new bedding for herself, Lin's eyes were red with joy. , Su Huiniang is almost used to it.The two cleaned up for a long time, until it was getting late, Su Huiniang went back to her room and began to rest.In the middle of the night, she vaguely heard a few coughs coming from outside, which should be Su Wen's voice.I don't know what kind of disease he has, so I'll ask Mrs. Lin tomorrow, Su Huiniang thought.

After another seven or eight days, Mrs. Osmanthus's husband brought over the bowl rack and kang cabinet.The bowl rack was naturally placed in the stove, and the kang cabinet was in the same room as Lin's. Su Huiniang carefully put her quilt, clothes, silver, and the wedding dress cloth sent by the Chen family into it, and then covered it. Lock it with a lock.

"Huiniang..." On this day, Mrs. Lin opened the curtain of Su Huiniang's house and walked in. Seeing her daughter leaning over the table and writing something, she quickly slowed down her steps.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Su Huiniang raised her head and asked Mrs. Lin to sit down: "But what's wrong, little brother?"

"No, Wen'er has already taken medicine and fell asleep."

Su Huiniang nodded lightly when she heard the words. Within two days after Lin and the others moved here, Su Huiniang invited Dr. Yu to come over to see her. He said that Su Wen's illness was a chronic disease that could not be cured overnight. , Later, I learned from Lin's words that Su Wen was born prematurely. He was ill from the day he was born. He almost couldn't survive when he was a child. With the tinkling of the poor, Su Wen's body also collapsed.It’s because of the weak constitution, Su Huiniang thought to herself, and she found out that Su Wen loves to read very much. Basically, as long as people are awake, they must have a book in their hands. Although reading is a good thing, it is quite difficult. In order to consume his mind, Su Huiniang stipulated that he can only read for one hour a day, and rest the rest of the time.

"Huiniang..." Lin showed a slightly embarrassed expression: "Mother wants to tell you something."

Su Huiniang raised her eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

"It's about that child from the Wang family..."

"Little Seven?"

"Huiniang, don't blame your talkative mother." Lin's eyes wandered for a while, and finally she said through gritted teeth: "You have been divorced by the Wang family now, but Wang Qilang is a child of the Wang family after all. Uncle, but now...living together like this now...it doesn't look like it!"

"Mother, I should have explained Xiaoqi's situation to you." Su Huiniang frowned and looked at Lin steadfastly: "But who have you heard gossip about?"

Lin hid her daughter's eyes, and after a while, she whispered: "I was sweeping snow in front of the door a few days ago, and I happened to see your mother-in-law... She said, that you are not a woman, and hooked up with my brother-in-law..."

Su Huiniang burst into flames when she heard this, and felt that Pi's family was making trouble out of no reason and talking nonsense.That Wang Qilang is just a child, how could he have any personal affair with him.

"Mother, first of all, Pi is not my daughter's mother-in-law. And Xiao Qi is my younger brother. I have the responsibility to take care of him. Don't say such things in the future. We are a family and we should be kind. "

"What kind of family..." Mrs. Lin muttered, "Except for you, that kid doesn't want to tell us a word... You didn't see his eyes, looking at me and Wen'er , as if they wanted to eat people."

"Xiaoqi's temperament is a little different from others, but he is definitely a good boy." Su Huiniang tried her best to appease him: "Mother, you have always been kind-hearted, and you can't bear to see him lose his home, right?"

Lin frowned. From the beginning, she couldn't screw her girl, and now she can't do it anymore. Besides, now that she and Su Wen depend on Su Huiniang for their livelihood, they don't dare to say anything more.

Su Huiniang thought this was the end of the matter, but unexpectedly the next day, her younger brother Su Wen suddenly had diarrhea. His body was already weak and he pulled down all day, and he was completely dehydrated, so he could only lie on the kang Soft into a ball.It was Su Huiniang who invited Dr. Yu to prescribe the medicine, which stopped Lin from crying. The way she was wailing was really pitiful.

Su Huiniang persuaded her, then turned around and suddenly glanced at Wang Qilang standing at the corner of the door. The child was leaning against the door, watching coldly, especially when his eyes passed by Mrs. Lin, he was full of excitement. A strong malice.Su Huiniang's heart was agitated at the time, she didn't say anything on the spot, so she had to take good care of Su Wen, and when the moon was high and Su Wen finally fell asleep after taking medicine, she came out of Mrs. Lin's room.

Without going back to her own room, she came to Wang Qilang's door lightly, opened the curtain and walked in.It was so late, but Wang Qilang didn't sleep. He was sitting in front of the window, lowering his head and fiddling with the things in his hands. It was a string of necklaces, to be precise, a string of animal teeth tied to a straw rope. Wang Qilang Shichiro loves that thing, and always hangs it around his neck.

"Sister Hui?" Seeing Su Huiniang coming in, Wang Qilang stood up from the kang with a grunt, his eyes beaming with joy.

Seeing him like this, Su Huiniang couldn't help swallowing the words that were already on her lips, thinking, if she guessed wrong, wouldn't it hurt the child's heart.

(End of this chapter)