The night outside the window is thick, the sky is faintly green, and a few small flying insects are lingering under the dim yellow light of the old street lamp.
Nie Dazhi lifted up the quilt and got out of bed and yawned. Even though he moved lightly, he still woke up the people around him.
"what time is it?"
"Not even five o'clock."
Nie Dazhi lifted up his pants and said, "It's still early. You can sleep for a while."
Today, this small group of four took the night train and arrived at 6:30 in the morning. We had to get up very early to pick them up at the train station. Although the travel agency could provide an additional subsidy of 300 yuan, most of the train operators were unwilling to pick them up.
Nie Dazhi takes on the most early and late work. For him, getting up early and staying up late is not a problem. The important thing is to earn more. After the child is born, there are too many things to spend money on.
"It's okay, I'll catch up on my sleep after you leave."
The woman's hair was a bit messy from her sleep. She raised her hand to clasp the corner of her eyes. She held her belly with one hand and clasped the edge of the bed with the other for strength. She sat up slowly and clumsily, "I bought some steamed buns last night to warm them up for you."
, eat before going, don’t drive hungry.”
"Okay, be careful."
Looking at the back of his wife who had gained weight due to pregnancy, Nie Dazhi felt very warm. The sleepiness of getting up early was swept away, and he thought about working harder so that the two of them could live a good life as soon as possible.
When Nie Dazhi was brushing his teeth, he accidentally dropped the toothpaste on his pants. He dipped it in water and rubbed it, but there was still a white mark.
"Aying, I also have a pair of black pants, where did you put them?"
The woman who was boiling eggs didn't even look back, and continued smoothly, "Look at that big suitcase, it should be stuffed inside."
In the simple bedroom, apart from the bed and the cardboard boxes stacked beside the bed as bedside tables, there was only a simple cloth wardrobe bought online, and the clothes that couldn't be put in were put into two suitcases.
Nie Dazhi found the pants he was looking for, grabbed a corner and pulled them out. Also taken out was half a brown paper document bag.
"what……"
Nie Dazhi grunted in confusion, threw his pants on the bed, bent down and pulled out the document bag. When he opened it, there were several stacks of red cash inside!
Nie Dazhi's pupils dilated a bit, and the woman also appeared at the door of the room, holding her waist with one hand and the door frame with the other, looking nervous.
"Dazhi, I..."
The middle-aged woman walked in and reached out to take away the document bag.
As soon as she mentioned the suitcase, she realized it, but she was pregnant and still a month old, so she couldn't walk fast. She was still taking a chance, thinking that the money would not be discovered, but when she saw the document bag in Nie Dazhi's hand,
She immediately panicked.
Nie Dazhi raised his hands high and looked at his wife in front of him, "Where did this money come from?"
The woman retracted her hand, sat on the edge of the bed, and did not answer.
"Aying, let me ask you again, where did you get this money?" Nie Dazhi's tone was a little more serious.
Seeing that his wife was still silent, Nie Dazhi nodded, "Okay, if you don't say anything, I will assume that you picked it up and I will send it to the police station in a moment."
As Nie Dazhi said this, he was about to leave. The middle-aged woman grabbed his arm, raised her head and said:
"This is our money!"
Although I had vaguely guessed it in my heart, I was still a little shocked when I heard Nie Dazhi in person, "You went to see Han Shuiqin?"
The middle-aged woman did not speak and acquiesced.
"How did you find her?"
The middle-aged woman lowered her head but did not speak.
Nie Dazhi was a little angry. He threw the document bag on the bed and said in a louder voice, "Didn't I tell you that the property distribution was discussed during the divorce. I left the house voluntarily and was not forced by anyone.
Me, I spent money to shirk responsibility and bought freedom. It’s not enough. How can I have the nerve to go to her to get money? It’s not easy for her to raise a child alone, and the child has such a disease..."
Nie Dazhi stopped mid-sentence.
There is a child with such a disease, his son is already dead.
"Say, why don't you say anything?"
The middle-aged woman's eyes were red with grievance, she raised her head and frowned and said, "It's not easy for her, so is it easy for me? Don't you know what kind of life I have been living in the past few years since I married you?"
"I'm not afraid of hardship or poverty, otherwise I wouldn't have followed you in the first place, but I can't let my child have to look for the cheapest milk powder after he's born!"
"It's not easy for them as a mother and son, but they live in their own house, collect rent, and have no worries about food and clothing. What about us?"
The middle-aged woman raised her finger and pointed around the room, "It's just a place like this, and it's rented. I went to buy vegetables in the morning and wanted to eat grapes from the fruit stall. When I asked for 25 yuan a pound, I couldn't bear to buy it, so in the end I just
I bought 8 yuan a pound of sour grapes, so I only dared to pick the smallest bunch!"
Nie Dazhi was stunned and frowned, "You can buy whatever you want. I can't afford a house for the time being, but I can still afford a few bunches of money."
The embarrassment of life turned into bitter tears, overflowing from her eyes. The woman raised her hand to wipe them away, "But I can't bear it... the child is about to be born, there are countless places to spend money, and I have no job again."
, you snore every night, I still can’t sleep, I’m so worried that I can’t sleep!”
Some of the pain hidden in the heart cannot be contained once it is spoken out.
"That child is sick, and you can leave him a house, car, and money, but what if our child is sick? What can we do, treat it or not? If treated, where is the money? If not treated, should we watch him die?"
The middle-aged woman touched her belly, tears falling on her belly. She wondered if the child in her belly also felt her mother's sadness and kicked her a few times.
"No, Aying, the child will definitely be healthy..."
Nie Dazhi sat aside and put his arms around his wife's shoulders. The expression on his face was very complicated, "Don't think about this. I can support you and your children. The days will get better and better. It will definitely happen. Isn't it a tizi? I
I'll buy it for you tonight. If you want to eat anything else, don't look at the price. Just tell me and I'll buy it."
The middle-aged woman wiped her tears and put her hand on Nie Dazhi's thigh, "Forget it, I don't want to eat it, don't waste this money."
The two of them just sat next to each other on the edge of the bed. After a while, Nie Dazhi suddenly spoke.
"Aying, I have to call the police."
The middle-aged woman was stunned, and the emotions she had just calmed down suddenly came back. She looked at Nie Dazhi in disbelief with tears in her eyes, "What do you mean? Do you want the police to arrest me? Just because I took some money from your ex-wife."
Ten thousand yuan?!"
"No, Aying..."
Nie Dazhi put his hand on his wife's swollen belly, hesitated for a while, and took a deep breath, "Congcong is dead, Han Shuiqin is missing, and the police are investigating the case."
The middle-aged woman was stunned by these words. She sat up straight and looked at Nie Dazhi. Tears were still in her eyes, but she had forgotten to cry. Her eyes were frightened, scared and confused. She subconsciously clenched her hands and said tentatively, "