Since ancient times, he first respected Luo Yi and then others. Lin Mai was used to it, so he didn't take it seriously.
He asked calmly: "Is this Dr. Fang Zhuoran's house?"
The disgust in the girl's eyes became more intense: "Who are you?"
"I was sent by Grandma Fang to deliver chestnuts to Dr. Fang." Lin Mai said as he handed over the small basket with chestnuts.
The girl took it, looked at it, and said coldly: "You can go."
Lin Mai did not move: "Can you tell me who you are? When I get back, I can explain to Grandma Fang who I gave the chestnut to."
The girl looked impatient: "Just tell Grandma Fang that I am Dr. Fang's girlfriend."
After that, just as he was about to close the door, he heard a man in the room asking: "Rong Rong, who are you talking to?"
Lin Mai hurriedly shouted: "Is this Dr. Fang Zhuoran? I was sent by Grandma Fang to deliver chestnuts to you."
A tall, handsome man with a bookish look walked over from the room, looked Lin Mai up and down, and asked with a smile: "Why haven't I seen you before?"
Lin Mai glanced at the hostile girl and said calmly: "You don't have to meet me. I just delivered chestnuts to Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang. I won't have a chance to see you again in the future."
After that, he nodded and left with Duoduo.
The voice of the girl named Rongrong came from behind: "Do girls in rural areas get married so early? The black girl looks like she is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and the child is three or four years old."
Fang Zhuoran's voice was calm: "Why are you so sure that the child is her child? Maybe it's her sister."
"I heard the little girl call her mommy."
Lin Mai didn't take it seriously after hearing this. She and they were from two different circles and there would be no intersection in the future. Fang Zhuoran's girlfriend's lies would not hinder her in any way, so there was no need to clarify.
Duoduo is small but has sensitive ears. She heard clearly the conversation between Rongrong and Fang Zhuoran.
As he went downstairs, he turned to look upstairs and said in a sweet voice, "She is not my mother, she is my aunt."
The door to Fang Zhuoran's house was closed when she was speaking, shutting out her words.
Lin Mai asked curiously: "Why do you call a girl aunt when you meet her?"
Duoduo asked innocently: "You are adults and you are younger than your mother. Shouldn't you call me aunt?"
Lin Mai guessed that she had not interacted with many people before and could not tell how to call different people, so she barked randomly.
When I thought about selling chestnuts in the city, I had to eat in the city, so I had to use food stamps.
Based on the memory of his previous life, Lin Mai took Duoduo to the black market with ease and spent 50 cents to buy five kilograms of food stamps.
Seeing someone selling meat tickets, she bought another pound of meat tickets for 20 cents and hurried to the nearest state-owned market to buy meat.
By this time, fat meat was no longer available, only lean meat was sold.
It happened that Lin Mai liked to eat lean meat, so he bought a pound of lean meat and took Duoduo on the 4:30 train.
At the starting station, there were not many people on the train.
Lin Mai took Duoduo and sat down on an empty seat.
Dodo was much more lively than when he first got together with her, and asked her in a pleasant voice: "Auntie, can you buy this meat to eat?"
"Of course." Lin Mai heard that she had an accent from Henan Province and asked, "Where is your home in Henan Province?"
"Xiao Lizhuang."
"Do you know which city and county?"
Duoduo shook his head in confusion: "I don't know."
"Then how did you come to Hankou?"
"My mother brought me to Hankou."
"Why did your mother bring you to Hankou?"
Lin Mai had wanted to ask these questions for a long time, but had not bothered to ask them all day.
I had time to ask when I was eating hot dry noodles at a state-owned snack bar, but there were diners around, so it was inconvenient to ask.
"He said he would take me to Hankou to find my father."
"Then why did you get separated from your mother?"
Duoduo lowered his head and whispered: "I didn't get separated from my mother. It was my mother who asked me to wait there, saying she was buying meat buns for me to eat. But as soon as she left, she never came back."
...It turns out that he is really a child abandoned by his parents.
Lin Mai originally felt a little lucky that the child had become separated from his parents.
Although she really wanted a child, she would rather Duoduo was separated from her parents and her parents would come back to find her.
The psychological trauma of a child abandoned by his parents will take a lifetime to heal. She would rather not be able to adopt Duoduo than to be so hurt.
"How many days have you been separated from your mother?"
"Two days."
Lin Mai was stunned: "Then how did you come here these two days?"
"Someone passing by will give me something to eat and drink."
Lin Mai thought for a moment and asked softly: "Duoduo, do you want a mother?"
Duoduo looked at her blankly, as if he didn't quite understand what she meant.
Lin Mai became more and more gentle: "Can I be your mother from now on?"
Duoduo raised his little face and stared at her for a long time, then nodded: "I am very good and will listen to my mother's words."
Lin Mai didn't mind being dirty and held her in his arms: "Let's change the name, okay? Let's call her Doudou."
The name Duoduo will make people think that it is redundant and will have a shadow on her growth. Calling Doudou will not cause such trouble.
Duoduo responded obediently.
After getting off the train, Lin Mai took Doudou to Grandma Fang's house.
Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang came to see her. She had gone out in the morning and came back in the afternoon. She was very surprised: "Didn't you say you wanted to bring in chestnuts and sell them in the city? Is this because the chestnuts have been sold out, or did you not go to the city at all?"
"Sold out."
Lin Mai took out the money from his body and gave Grandma Fang a big solidarity note: "Thank you, Grandma Fang."
Grandma Fang pinched the big ball and asked, "Have you made any money? If you don't make any money, don't be in a hurry to pay it back."
Lin Mai raised the lean meat in his hand: "I made it. If I didn't make any money, how could I have the money to buy meat? Let's eat dumplings tonight."
In Hu Province, wontons are called dumplings, and dumplings in the north are called dumplings.
Grandma Fang took the piece of lean meat and weighed it: "I'm afraid it's a pound of meat. How many dumplings will we make? How can the four of us eat it? Why not make northern dumplings."
Lin Mai suggested making dumplings because the first small business she started in her previous life was selling dumplings, and making dumplings was fast and good.
But if Grandma Fang wants to make northern dumplings, then let her do it.
Grandpa Fang probably hasn’t eaten meat for a while and will be able to eat northern dumplings soon. He was in a good mood and smiled with a big chrysanthemum on his face: "Just in time, the leeks in the vegetable field are growing. I will cut two kilograms and bring them back."
After that, he took the kitchen knife and carried the small basket out the door.
Grandma Fang pointed at Doudou and asked, "Whose child is this?"
Lin Mai winked at her: "He will be my child from now on."
Grandma Fang saw that Doudou was dirty all over her body and Lin Mai had that expression again, so there was something she didn't understand in her heart.
He was about to go to the kitchen to boil water for Doudou to take a bath, but Lin Mai stopped him.
She took care of her own children, so she boiled water and washed the beans to make them fragrant.
While taking a shower, Lin Mai felt extremely distressed when he saw Doudou was so skinny and skinny.