When they got married, her husband originally wanted to follow the example of wealthy families and go to a photo studio to take a set of wedding photos, but Tang Qing firmly disagreed.
Say, why are you spending that wasted money? Buying bad food? Or buying bad clothes?
The two of us don’t look good, why are we stupidly taking pictures of birds? If you want to take pictures, find someone else to take them!
Seeing that Tang Qing was angry and swearing, the husband didn't dare to insist anymore, so in the end he only took a group photo to apply for a marriage certificate.
After a while, when her husband saw that Tang Qing was no longer angry, he secretly enlarged the wedding photo and hung it on the wall beside the bed.
Tang Qing got angry again after seeing it and insisted on taking it down. He said, "There are only portraits of dead people hanging on the wall. How about pictures of living people hanging on the wall?"
Tang Qing took it once, and her husband secretly hung it once, over and over again. Later, Tang Qing was too lazy to take care of it anymore, so he let the photo hang on the wall beside his bed, but he never looked at it until after her husband died.
She only takes a look at it every day.
"Hey, it was there when I got up this morning, why is it gone now?"
Tang Qing turned on the light and saw no photos on the wall beside the bed, feeling confused.
"The photo itself has no legs or wings, so how could it be missing?"
Tang Qing searched the whole house but couldn't find the photo, and his confusion turned into fear.
"Could it be that there really is...?"
Tang Qing didn't dare to think about it anymore, curled up into a ball on the bed, and quickly fell asleep.
After a dreamless sleep until dawn, Tang Qing got up for a run. Life returned to normal, and five days passed quickly.
"Master Long, you have nothing else to do in the afternoon, right?"
"I'm still talking nonsense in your shop this afternoon."
"Well, I have something to do when I go down. Could you please help me look at the store."
"No problem, but keep your cash box locked."
"No need to lock it, there's no money in the cabinet."
Today is Mr. Li's "February 7th". Tang Qing did not tell Lao Longtou clearly that she went to the vegetable market first after walking out of the barber shop.
"Master Jiujin, why are you free to come here to buy groceries today? Are you having a treat at home?"
The pig butcher greeted Tang Qing from a distance at his pork stall.
"Cut me a pound of leg semen and a pound of pork belly."
Tang Qing did not answer the Pig Killer's question.
"Okay, this pig is a mountain pig. It has been raised for more than a year. The meat is delicious."
The pig-butcher cut two pieces of meat in three strokes.
"How much?"
"Master Jiujin, you rarely come to my place to buy meat once a year, and you don't show up after you raise the money."
"Meeting out? Then I'll go to another meat stall to buy it."
Tang Qing turned to leave.
"Master Jiujin, you, you, you are really good. Good, good, five dollars."
The butcher wrapped the meat and handed it to Tang Qing.
"Five dollars? Looks like you've decided to leave. Let's go!"
Tang Qing didn't take the meat and turned around.
"Master Jiujin, let me weigh it. It's exactly two pounds. The price of leg meat and pork belly today is about the same, four and a half yuan per pound. You can pay nine yuan."
The butcher put the meat on the electronic scale again.
"That's pretty much it."
Tang Qing took the meat after paying.
"Master Jiujin, please walk slowly."
"Master pig butcher, after you close the stall, go to my shop. If I haven't gone there and closed it at eight o'clock in the evening, you can help me close it."
"okay!"
The pig-butcher agreed very happily. After a while, he thought of something and asked Tang Qing's back:
"Master Jiujin, aren't you a treat at home?"
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!"
Tang Qing didn't even look back.
This year's autumn weather is a bit fierce. It's been almost a month since the beginning of autumn, and there's still no sign of the heat subside.
When Tang Qing walked to the Li family's old house, the round-neck T-shirt he was wearing was already soaked through.
It normally takes half an hour to walk from the city center to the Li family's old house. It was particularly hot today, so Tang Qing walked for almost an hour, stopping and going.
"Why is the door still closed?"
Tang Qing pushed a few times but didn't push away, thinking, it's already past two o'clock and Li Li hasn't come here yet?
During the "First Seven" period, Tang Qing said in front of Li Ye's tomb that he would cook a table of delicious food for him today.
What you say must be done, this is Tang Qing's principle in life.
The sun was the hottest at this time, and the ground temperature was also the highest at this time. Tang Qing wanted to sit on the threshold for a while and wait for Li Li to come over.
But as soon as he sat down, he immediately jumped up.
The bluestone threshold was as hot as a stove.
There was no other way, Tang Qing had to return to the roadside and came to a big tree.
Apart from the monotonous chirping of cicadas, there was no other sound around, and not a single person was seen.
Tang Qing regretted that he came a little too early, but if he wanted to cook a table of good food, he should start at this time, otherwise how could he have time to pay homage to Master Li in the evening?
This time Tang Qing did not blame herself for being too mean, because she must honor what she said in the "first seven", and she must honor it actively. That is her Tang Qing.
Could it be that the two brothers Li Zhong and Li Cheng still haven't come back during this "Twenty-seven" period? Isn't this outrageous? In any case, Mr. Li is your father.
If the "first seven" don't come back, it's more or less just returning to the big city. It's a bit troublesome to come back, so that's okay. But these "second seven" have to come back anyway, right? The whole family can't come back, so you two brothers have to come back.
Huh? There are only five "sevens" in total. Is it that difficult to come back and pay homage to Master Li?
Master Li, Master Li, you are more or less a well-known figure in our city of Yan. How could it end like this?
I heard from my grandfather and father that you were definitely a legend in Shancheng in the first half of your life. Although you were in trouble later in life and had a romantic affair with an actor, it didn't make it so miserable, right?
I don’t know what’s going on between you and Li Li’s biological mother, but ever since I followed my grandfather or father to the Li family’s old house to shave your head, your demeanor and your conversation have made me admire you, especially since you entrusted me with help.
Li Li's efforts to rehabilitate the Li family made me moved and frightened.
I am touched that you care about your reputation, but I am afraid that I do not have that ability, and I am afraid that I will let you down.
"Huh? What is it? Why is it so cold? Popsicles? It's really good to have a popsicle at this time. I was a little thirsty just after swiping such a big bag of vegetables. Huh? No, where did the popsicles come from in this wilderness? Why is it so like this?
Cool? Could it be, yes, yes..."
Tang Qing was sitting on the grass resting with her back against a big tree. While thinking in a daze, she felt a cold object starting from her thigh and crawling up her arm.
"Snake! It must be a snake!"
Tang Qing's sleepy head suddenly woke up. She was sure it was the snake queen. She didn't dare to move and opened her eyes slightly first.
She saw a big gray snake swimming on her body. The triangular snake head was at her chin, and the snake tongue on its mouth was about to lick her face.
"Calm down, you must calm down!"
Tang Qing heard from his grandfather that he used to go through villages and alleys to get his hair shaved, and he would always encounter various animals in the wilderness, especially in summer, it was common to encounter snakes.
Grandpa said that when you meet a snake, especially a poisonous snake, you should not disturb it first. If you don't disturb it, it will generally not attack you.
Grandpa also said that a snake’s eyes cannot move up and down, and it has no eyelids. It can only see moving and shaking objects. It is not sensitive to stationary objects and is almost invisible. So when you meet a snake, keep your eyes open.
Just stay still, there is no need to be afraid, wait until it wanders away and you can just stay away from it.
"Don't move, don't move!"
Tang Qing held her breath and kept her body in its original state. Finally, she simply closed her eyes and waited for the snake to leave her body.
Tang Qing has a strange thing since he was a child, that is, the more emergency situations he encounters, the calmer he becomes. It's time for exams, especially big exams. The classmates are very nervous, but Tang Qing doesn't take it seriously.
What are you nervous about?
Just like now, is it useful for you to be nervous? When you are nervous, you will jump up with a "Oh my God", and the snake will just give you a bite.
Staying still and waiting is the best and only option.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
After an unknown amount of time, Tang Qing felt that the popsicle-like object on his body was no longer there, and then he opened his eyes again.