"Sister Sui, what's going on?" she said in a dry voice.
"Your mother was injured. She was beaten by your father and is in the hospital now."
Zhao Qinglan clenched her fists. "Why did he hit my mother!"
"You think they found an old and lame man for your sister, but your sister doesn't want it."
"Your letter just happened to arrive. When the commotion started, your village party secretary rushed over."
"You think they were afraid of the party secretary and let the matchmaker go."
"I didn't expect that they would kidnap your sister so late at night and send her away secretly."
"I don't know how they irritated your mother. Your mother took a kitchen knife."
"The incident got so big that everyone in the village was invited. Your party secretary was afraid of killing someone, so he took your mother and your two sisters away and temporarily stayed in a place where educated youths in the village live."
"It turned out that your father got angry and went to find your mother. He didn't know why, but he injured your mother and sent her to the hospital."
It was obvious that Zhao Qinglan felt that she no longer had much affection for her mother, who only knew how to cry and was extremely weak.
But when she heard that her mother had been injured and was in the hospital, her heart still throbbed.
Is it because she feels sorry for her mother, or because her mother finally stood up for her child?
Unconsciously, Zhao Qinglan's eyes became moist.
Wu Mei on the side looked worried, but she didn't dare to interrupt her conversation at the moment.
"Sister Sui, please and Brother Patriot please take care of my mother and the others for a while. I will go back right away."
"Okay, Qinglan, don't be too anxious and get angry. Your mother's doctor said it's not life-threatening."
"Well, I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Qinglan wiped her face.
"Qinglan, are you okay?" Wu Mei asked worriedly.
Zhao Qinglan forced a smile. "Sister-in-law, I'm fine."
"What's going on? I couldn't understand what you said. If I need help with anything, just tell me."
"As for my sister, they want to marry my sister to a lame old man for a bride price. My mother was admitted to the hospital because of my sister." She said concisely and comprehensively.
Wu Mei is the person she trusts most in this family area. She is both a neighbor and a friend, and Wu Mei knows exactly how she and Li Huai got together.
Therefore, she is not afraid of letting Wu Mei know about her family's scandal.
"Hey, tell me what all this is about." Wu Mei sighed, it is true that every family has its own sutras that are difficult to recite.
"Sister-in-law, I have to go back to my hometown. I guess I have something to trouble you with later. I'll go over and discuss it with the children first."
"Sure, if anything happens, just call me."
Zhao Qinglan hurried back home.
Seeing that she seemed to have cried, the sensitive and careful eldest child became nervous at first.
Before the eldest child could ask, Zhao Qinglan spoke first.
"In my family, Xiaoduo's grandmother is hospitalized. I have to go back."
As soon as she finished saying this, the eldest child suddenly raised his head.
"You're not going to come back without leaving, are you?"
He just accepted her as his mother, is she about to leave?
Hearing Da Wa's words, Er Wa and Xiao Duo also looked at her nervously.
Looking at the somewhat panicked big boy, Zhao Qinglan raised her hand and touched his head.
"How could it be? I'll be back as soon as I finish my work. It's not convenient for me to take you with me this time, so you have to stay at home."
"You're not lying?" Da Wa asked with a sullen face.
Seeing how nervous he was about not coming back, Zhao Qinglan smiled.
"Are you stupid? Xiaoduo is staying at home like you. Even if I don't want you, you still want me to kiss my daughter." She joked.
The eldest child's nervousness has eased a bit, but he is still a little worried. After all, his biological mother has left, so he and the second child are no longer around.
"What you said cannot be deceived."
"Okay, I'm not going to lie to you. Do you want to pull the strings?"
"Humph, I don't." Da Wa turned her head.
Hearing Zhao Qinglan say that he would come back, Erwa relaxed his nervousness, and then said sadly: "Mom, what will happen to our pig's trotters when you leave?"
This is really a guy who only cares about eating.
Zhao Qinglan's sadness was almost wiped out by the successive attacks from the eldest child and the second child...
"Don't worry, I'm not leaving now. I'll make pig's trotters for you today!" She promised Erwa by pinching her nose.
The second baby suddenly became happy.
In the past, Xiaoduo would have been reluctant to be left behind by her mother, but now she is left with the older baby and the second baby, and she is not sad at all.
No matter how fast he went, he would definitely not be able to leave today, so Zhao Qinglan was not so anxious and started to pack up and put away the things he bought.
After putting everything away, she started to clean up the pig's trotters.
The pig's trotters she bought were not cleaned so cleanly, and she had to use a torch to clean the hair on them first.
She tried her best to chop the two big pig's trotters into small pieces, but it took a lot of effort.
Pour cold water into the pot, add some white wine and blanch until cooked to remove the fishy smell.
After blanching, remove the blood foam and rinse with cold water again.
Then add water, salt, sugar, soy sauce, onion and ginger and other seasonings, and start to simmer slowly.
While the pig's trotters were stewed in the stove outside, Zhao Qinglan went into the house and continued to pack the pig's head meat and heat the steamed buns.
After simmering for a while, the aroma of braised pig's trotters can't be suppressed and comes out.
Erwa stood in front of the stove, staring at the roaring fire and swallowing saliva.
Wu Mei originally thought that Zhao Qinglan was like that and how could she still be in the mood to cook, so she thought she could cook more and call their family over to eat.
Unexpectedly, she was thinking about what to do when she smelled the alluring aroma.
"What did Qinglan do again to be so sweet!" Wu Mei couldn't help but leave the house.
As soon as she arrived in the yard, Wu Mei saw Erwa and Xiaoduo guarding the stove, and couldn't help but laugh.
"Xiaoduo, what delicious food did your mother cook again?"
"Braised pig's trotters!" Erwa answered quickly.
Braised pig's trotters? She had never eaten braised pig's trotters. Now that they were in the yard, the aroma was even stronger. Wu Mei couldn't help but salivate and hurried back to the house.
While cooking, she began to sigh, Qing Lan is good at everything, but she is too willing to eat and so good at cooking...
Alas, being neighbors with Qinglan is so hard.
Wei Hong hurried home as soon as get out of class was over. She got off work earlier than her husband, so she hurried back to prepare a meal so that her husband could eat it when he came back.
Before she even reached the door of Wu Mei's house, she could smell the aroma of braised pig's trotters.
When he looked for it, he found that the scent came from Zhao Qinglan's house, and he sighed like Wu Mei.
It's really hard to be neighbors with Zhao Qinglan's family. The food they usually eat that is fine no longer tastes good.
As soon as Li Huai came back and asked about the scent, he thought it was coming from his own home, and his steps immediately quickened.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered the room, he saw delicious food on the table.
After washing his hands, he immediately joined in and the family enjoyed the meal.
During the meal, Zhao Qinglan did not mention her return home, and the children temporarily forgot about their father's incident because of the delicious food.
When Li Huai finished washing and entered the bedroom, he was stunned when he saw Zhao Qinglan packing her bag.
"By the way, I haven't told you yet, I want to go back to my hometown."
"Why?" Li Huai walked up to her in one step and held her arm tightly.