"Be careful." An exclamation sounded, and Zhong Ziqi, who was distracted, only felt that something was under his feet, and he slipped and fell backwards. The expected pain did not appear. When he opened his eyes, he was supported by Zhao Zhengan behind him. He was lying in Zhao Zhengan's arms, looking ambiguous.
Seeing his daughter-in-law motionless, Zhao Zhengan hurriedly asked, "Daughter-in-law? Does it hurt?"
Zhao Ning also came over and asked worriedly, "Have you twisted your foot? You can't walk carefully!"
Zhong Ziqi hurriedly got up from Zhao Zhengan's body. When she moved her feet, there was a slight sting but it was not serious: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt, I didn't twist it, thanks to Zhengan helping me from behind."
The three breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhao Ning complained: "You have to look at the road when you walk, how can you be half-hearted. If it breaks, how will you do business tomorrow. No one at home can cook..."
Zhong Ziqi interrupted him helplessly: "Okay, okay, I understand, I will watch the way carefully, little housekeeper" If I don't interrupt him, maybe I can talk all the way...
Only then did Zhao Ning shut up unwillingly, and glared at him by the way.
At the fork in the road, Zhao Ning and Zhao Sheng took the wages given by Zhong Ziqi and went home. Zhong Ziqi walked home, and when they got closer, they found that the courtyard wall of their own house had been finished. No one could get in, Zhong Ziqi was very satisfied, remembering that the key was with Zhao Amo, he asked Zhao Zhengan to wait at the door for a while before he went to get the key.
Zhao Zheng'an obediently stood alone at the door, he no longer had the initial panic, because his wife would always come back.
Zhong Ziqi went to Zhao Ning's house to get the key, and gave Zhao Amo the money for today's vegetables and workers' wages, and Zhong Ziqi went back after saying a few words.
Zhong Ziqi went out of the village and walked towards his house. When he looked up, Zhong Ziqi was startled because he found three children gathered in front of his house. About eight or nine years old, he seemed to be talking to Zhao Zhengan, and Zhao Zhengan watched them move their mouths from time to time with a smirk.
Zhong Ziqi stood on the spot and watched for a while to make sure that these children were not bullying Zhao Zhengan, then she was relieved, walked over, and asked gently with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Are you here to play with Zhengan?"
The three children were all boys, wearing patched clothes, they were not afraid to see Zhong Ziqi, and looked at him with the same curiosity. One of the chubby children was the first to ask, "Are you the fool's wife?"
"Yes, who are you?"
Another child sniffled and said, "We are brothers of a fool." The other two children puffed out their chests and looked loyal, and Zhong Ziqi laughed when they saw it.
Zhao Zheng'an had been secretly looking at his wife, afraid that he would not like to play with them by himself, but seeing him smile now, he couldn't help opening his mouth.
Zhong Ziqi smiled and said that she was a little ghost, got up and opened the door: "Come in."
Zhao Zhengan led the way into the courtyard and pushed the cart into the corner.
Three children, look at me and I will squeeze yours to come in.
It just so happened that there were still some canned fruits left over from today. Zhong Ziqi found four bowls and poured one for each of them. Then she looked at the three children with glowing eyes and asked with a smirk, "Do you want to eat?"
The child's gaze shifted from the bowl to his face in an instant, and they all nodded after hesitating for a while.
"If you want to eat, you have to listen to me, and don't call him a fool in the future." Zhong Ziqi pointed to Zhao Zhengan and said, the word fool is absolutely not allowed in his territory.
"What do you call a fool if you don't call it a fool?" A child asked suspiciously. They didn't know Zhao Zhengan's name. In the past, Zhao Zhengan often went out to work, and the children in the village were not common, so they were all strangers to each other. Later, Zhao Zhengan became stupid. Playing with them, they just call fools as adults call them.
"Call...Call him Brother Zhengan, call me Brother Ziqi"
The three children hesitated, and obediently called out: "Brother Zheng'an, brother Ziqi"
Zhao Zheng'an foolishly responded, and unconsciously smiled.
Zhong Ziqi listened to the soft homonym, her heart was also soft, and she waved her hand: "Come on, one bowl for each person, and go to the yard to play after eating, you don't want to fight, you know?"
The three children and one Zhao Zhengan all nodded, and ran out impatiently carrying the bowl.
Zhong Ziqi stood on the spot and shook her head helplessly and amusedly, seeing the first and third children squatting in the shade of the door having fun, she ignored them and got up to go about her own business.
Today he came back from the town and bought a lot of vegetables. Hurry up and plant before the autumn tiger arrives, and you can still harvest a bunch of vegetables, otherwise there will be nothing to eat this year.
He didn't want to always go to Wang Cuihua's place to ask for supercilious looks, that's too frightening, Zhong Ziqi thought in a bad way.
In the yard, one of the older children hurriedly finished the canned food in his own bowl, holding the bowl and drooling as he looked at the other three, he smacked his lips at the greedy but obviously well-educated child, and said: Not going to rob and make noise.
But being so cute and pitiful was even more painful. Zhao Zhengan ate half of it, and seeing that he had run out of food, he generously handed him the bowl: "Eat, Xiaohu."
The child named Xiaohu hesitated for a moment: "Eat it, we each have a bowl, this is yours."
Zhao Zhengan insisted on handing him the bowl, and said innocently, "I eat it often, and my wife will make it for me, so you can eat it."
As soon as Zhao Zhengan's words fell, the envious eyes of several children immediately aroused, eating every day, that is really happy. Their family seldom has candy, and they will extravagantly use some candy to make delicious meals during the happy days of the new year and festivals.
Xiaohu took the bowl, and this time he imitated the other two and took small bites so that he could savor it carefully.
Xiaohu's first name is Zhao Yuanlang, a very grand name. It was given by his grandfather. If you ask who his grandfather is, Xiaohu can proudly tell everyone that his grandfather is Lizheng in the village. His father's name is Zhao Hai, the eldest son of Lizheng, Zhao Hai and his family are the only one who dotes on him and also has a strict education. So the young little Huzi, with this kind of education and the identity of a grandfather, has subtly developed the character of a little adult. Usually, the children in the village dare not provoke him. Little Huzi is loyal, fair, intelligent, and popular. Very good, plus he is Lizheng's grandson, he seems to be the leader of a child.
The little tiger ate the bowl intoxicatedly, and at the same time asked Zhao Zheng'an mysteriously: "How does your wife treat you?"
When Zhao Zheng'an mentioned his wife, he couldn't help but giggle: "My wife is the best for me, she gives me a warm place to live, and I can have enough food and meat to eat."
Little Huzi said enviously when he heard the words: "Then your wife is really kind to you, and I will also find a wife who treats me well in the future."
Zhao Zheng'an was very proud, he was very happy to hear others praise his wife.
"Brother Zheng'an, I heard that your family has started a business?" A child asked, his name was Er Zhuzi, his father was the only tofu seller in the village, and he was a good person, but his mother was smart but not bad.
Another child named Dabao is also a child of an honest family in the village, or else things gather like birds and people are divided into groups, what kind of children play with what kind of people.
Zhao Zhengan nodded proudly: "Yes, how do you know?"
Dabao drank all the sweet water in the bowl, smashed his mouth and said: "The whole village knows it, and what they said is really ugly."
Zhao Zhengan asked curiously: "What did you say?"
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Zhong Ziqi's family's vegetable garden is behind the house, don't get me wrong, it wasn't him who opened it, it was opened by Zhao's family before. The ridges are all ready-made, and the surrounding fences are crooked and crooked. Zhong Ziqi imitated the appearance of doing farm work in memory, carefully eradicated the weeds in each ridge, and then rebuilt the ridge again. The rest was to sow the seeds, and he got up to fetch water.
Not far away, I ran into Zhao Zhengan who came out of the yard. He asked indifferently, "Why did you come out? Where are the children?"
silence…
Zhong Ziqi didn't hear Zhao Zhengan's reply and looked up at him in bewilderment, only to find that Zhao Zhengan's face was full of anger, his handsome face was tense, and his eyes were fixed on him without blinking.
Zhong Ziqi didn't know why her heart skipped a beat, but she didn't have time to think about it right now, so she quickly put down the wooden barrel and grabbed Zhao Zhengan to look around, asking anxiously, "What's wrong? Did you get into a fight?"
Zhao Zhengan pursed his lips and shook his head.
"What's the matter?" Zhong Ziqi was even more anxious to be so angry without fighting.
Why is Zhao Zhengan angry
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The boy named Dabao said, "There are a lot of bad things being said in the village."
Zhao Zhengan asked suspiciously: "What did you say?"
Erzhuzi continued to imitate those people in the village and said: "Shameless, I must be tilting my head to hook up with a man, being promiscuous..."
Zhao Zhengan looked at the three of them in confusion: "What do you mean?"
Dabao scratched his head at a young age: "I don't know, anyway, it's not a good word."
Little Huzi knows a lot. Although he doesn't know what flirtatiousness means, he knows what it means to hook up with a man and to be shameless. It's a blatant curse. He translated it for Zhao Zhengan very seriously.
Then Zhao Zheng'an got angry and shouted: "My wife is not like that, she is not!" After saying that, he left the three of them and went to find his daughter-in-law, but he couldn't find it after searching around. When he walked out of the gate, he didn't know where to go, when his wife appeared.