"Sister, are you going to the home where your sister used to live?"
Su Baoer held Su Xue's hand and raised his head curiously to ask.
Su Xue nodded and raised her hand to rub Su Bao'er's hair: "Bao'er, don't be afraid. My sister's previous mother was also very kind. Let's go see her and then leave."
"Is Sister Baozhu here?"
Su Baoer asked timidly.
"I don't know! But don't be afraid, Bao'er. With your sister here, no one will bully you."
"Well, Bao'er is not afraid."
Su Bao raised his little face, full of trust.
Su Xue also arched her eyebrows, revealing the two shallow pear dimples on her cheeks.
The department store is not far from her previous home, and it takes about twenty minutes to walk there. Thinking carefully about it, it has been more than a month since she last came to Su Baozhu to ask for money.
Facing the compound where she grew up, she suddenly felt strange.
"Xiaoxue? This is Xiaoxue, the daughter of the Su family, right? Are you back?"
A familiar voice sounded next to her. Su Xue looked over and realized that it was their home. No, it was their former neighbor on the first floor, Aunt Wang.
"Aunt Wang, did you just get off work?"
"Yes, I just got off work. Xiaoxue, are you here to see your mother? I mean, you kid, your mother misses you so much when you are away for such a long time." As Aunt Wang spoke, she called Su Xue to join her.
Entered the courtyard.
Originally, Su Xue wanted to leave quietly, but with Aunt Wang around, the news of her return to the compound soon spread throughout the compound.
This is somewhat contrary to Su Xue's original intention, but there is nothing that can be done about it.
You can't see those aunts and uncles from a distance and ask them not to recognize you, right?
"Is Xiaoxue here?"
Grandma He, who was sitting at the door on the first floor, was a little confused when she heard the voice.
Su Xue sighed and walked over quickly.
"Grandma He, have you eaten?"
"Eat, eat, Xiaoxue, you are finally back." Grandma He held Su Xue's hand, with a deep sense of reluctance and relief in her tone.
It's no wonder that when Su Xue was in the compound before, she was the happy fruit of these old people. Sudden changes occurred in the Su family, and Su Xue left suddenly, and everyone in the compound was not used to it.
Of course, the most unaccustomed ones are these lonely old people.
Grandma He is the best.
Grandma He took Su Xue's hand and told her about Su Baozhu.
"That sister of yours is not easy to get along with. A few days after you left, she asked your mother...and asked Meifen to persuade you to pack up all your things and throw them away..."
"..."
When Su Xue heard this, she felt very uncomfortable for some reason.
Even though she knew that Zhao Meifen was forced by Su Baozhu, she still felt uncomfortable. Could this be the influence of the so-called chronicle she had seen before?
No, no, no, Su Xue shook her head, she didn't believe the things in that anachronistic novel.
Even if the names mentioned in the chronicle are correct, Su Xue still insists on believing that the content of the chronicle is fabricated. As for the purpose of the person who fabricated this chronicle, she has not yet thought of it.
Inadvertently going too far, Su Xue quickly came to her senses.
"Grandma He, thank you."
Knowing that her things had been collected by Grandma He, Su Xue was very grateful. She handed the net bag filled with fruits to Grandma He.
"Grandma He, these are some oranges, take them and keep them to eat."
"No, no, you brought this to your mother, how can I have it? I can't have it."
"Grandma He, please don't be polite to me. You also said that Su Baozhu doesn't like my things. Rather than me taking them and having them thrown away, I might as well give them to you!"
Su Xue came here in a hurry and didn't buy something to eat for Grandma He, which was her dereliction of duty. She planned to give the fruit in her net bag to Grandma He first, and then buy something when she went back.
Grandma He couldn't push it away, so she could only take the net bag in Su Xue's hand.
"Then, Grandma He, please go into the house. I will go upstairs and then come down to get your things."
After Su Xue finished speaking, she turned around and found that Zhao Meifen had come back at some point and had been standing not far behind her looking at her. So she had heard everything she just said to Grandma He?
"you……"
She wanted to call her mom, but she couldn't speak, so she could only use an honorific.
"You're off work."
I haven't seen her for two and a half months, but Zhao Meifen is much more haggard and thinner than she was two and a half months ago. Her eyes, which used to be full of smiles and enthusiasm, are now full of listlessness and sadness.
There is also the overwhelming sadness.
It seems that what Zhao Wei said is true. Since Su Baozhu came back, Zhao Meifen's life has not been very good!
As soon as Su Xue opened her mouth, Zhao Meifen's eyes became hot and tears fell down.
"Xiaoxue...now...now...don't you even call me mom...?" Zhao Meifen looked gloomy and very sad.
Su Xue felt a little uncomfortable seeing such a scene. While she felt sorry for Zhao Meifen, she also felt that Su Baozhu was nothing.
"I'm not... I'm just afraid that Sister Baozhu will be angry with you."
"Xiaoxue..."
Zhao Meifen's tears fell even more fiercely.
This made Su Xue very at a loss.
If it were before, Su Xue would naturally have many tricks to comfort Zhao Meifen. But now...
All in all, my identity is too embarrassing.
Su Xue couldn't tell a joke to make Zhao Meifen happy, and she didn't know what the right joke was for a while. She looked at the wontons that Su Baoer was holding in her hand, took it and handed it to Zhao Meifen.
"You haven't had breakfast yet, right? I packed you a wonton, the one you like to eat."
It was okay if she didn't say this. When she said this, Zhao Meifen cried even harder and even faintly cried.
Su Xue:……
What does this make her do?
"Don't be like this. If your father and elder brothers find out, they will be worried too." Su Qingbai is a staff member of the research institute. He is usually at the base and rarely comes back to the compound.
So only Zhao Meifen and Su Baozhu were at home.
When she mentioned her husband and son, Zhao Meifen raised her hand to wipe her tears and said with a choked voice: "Go sit at home."
Su Xue hesitated for a moment.
Does Su Baozhu welcome them?
Of course, it was not that she was afraid of Su Baozhu, she was just afraid that Zhao Meifen would ask them to go home. After they left, Su Baozhu would come to Zhao Meifen to cause trouble again.
This is troublesome.
"Your sister is not at home."
"Oh, okay."
Su Xue was good-natured and asked Su Baoer to follow Zhao Meifen upstairs.
Zhao Meifen's qualifications are old enough, and her husband and son are all people who have contributed to the country, so when the house was allocated, the house their family was allocated was relatively larger.
Dining room, living room, kitchen, an outside balcony, and three large rooms.
As soon as the door opened, Su Baozhu, who was tinkering with something in the living room, raised her head. The moment she saw Su Xue, she stood up.
"Su Xue? Why did you come to our house?" After saying this, she immediately asked Zhao Meifen: "You want to take this good girl back, don't you?"