Chapter 54
At this time, Lin Minjun did not know that Yan Liege had thought so much, she was still arguing with the village clerk about the young man’s matter
Lin Minjun found the village clerk, said the young man to her quite offensive things, the village clerk listened to the straight pat on the thigh, kept saying: “It’s my fault! It’s my fault! The village is not to make potato flour, we have to take turns to work, not many people are willing to do the work of decoration, there was a person did not get together, he signed up, said particularly good, I thought to bring over, I will not be a big deal to watch, who knows that just now busy working did not pay attention to this calf to me to cause trouble, you let him get out, get out of the way! We’ll stay and work a little longer, so he can go home!”
As soon as the village secretary explained this, Lin Minjun said, “I’ve already told him to leave, his money won’t be settled, just don’t let him follow you tomorrow”
“Of course, just the four of us will come tomorrow” The village chief said with an apologetic face, especially embarrassed
With this attitude, Lin Minjun did not care about it
The decoration continued to move forward, still going smoothly, progressing so fast that every time Lin Minjun looked at it, her heart was like eating honey
Open store is very busy, but Lin Minjun busy happy, busy and happy, this happy lasted for many days, until Saturday afternoon, she was in the original location of the stall when she ran into Han Xiaorui
Han Xiaorui came to eat fried potatoes, and when she heard that Lin Minjun was going to open a store, she was naturally happy for her, nodding her head as she ate, smiling and saying, “That’s great! That’s really good! Ajun you’re too capable, I’ve been to that store location, it’s very convenient, now I have to make a detour to come up to you, after moving over there, I’ll just pass by, it’s so nice!”
She said three good things in a row, and cocked her head when she finished, “Right Ah Jun, have you heard? Zhao Ning’s mom passed away”
Lin Minjun’s smile froze on her face, “When?”
“Seems like yesterday, right? It says that she’s resting at home for three days and will go to be buried tomorrow” Han Xiaorui sighed, “Zhao Ning is probably not feeling good in her heart right now, after so many years in the past in Yunnan, it’s not easy to come back now, and mom is gone again”
“Ah Jun what’s wrong with you, why are you crying?”
Lin Minjun’s tears fell all of a sudden, she hurriedly wiped her tears, “It’s fine, the news was too sudden, I didn’t react at once, it’s fine”
Han Xiaorui: “Well, it’s very sudden, it’s rumored that she got sick and her body couldn’t hold out all of a sudden, it can’t be helped, old age, sickness and death, who can influence it”
Lin Minjun’s tears simply could not be stopped, wiped or fell down, she choked and said, “Yes, who can sway, I’ll go see tomorrow, pay my respects, auntie is quite good to me”
She immediately decided in her heart that she would stop her business for a day tomorrow and go to see her aunt off for the last time
Early the next morning Lin Minjun went to buy funeral paper and carried it all the way to find the Zhao family
Around the time of the funeral, the Zhao family was in chaos, and there were so many people that the entire compound could barely stand
When Lin Minjun arrived there, she saw an aunt standing at the door, seemingly doing the work of welcoming guests
That aunt looks a little bit like Zhao mother, she was shocked at first glance, but after a closer look, it is not completely similar, presumably Zhao mother’s sister
As she was sizing up the situation, the aunt over there looked over and saw the funeral paper in Lin Minjun’s hand, “Are you also here to honor my sister?”
Lin Minjun nodded, so she took the funeral paper, and in a hostess-like manner led Lin Minjun inside, “It’s just inside, be careful, don’t step on the fire pot, and if there’s anything you need to do, just look for me directly”
This look was practically the mistress of the house, but listening to her tone, she was Zhao mother’s sister, Zhao Ning’s aunt?
Lin Minjun frowned, her stomach full of questions, but she didn’t say anything after all, stepping over the threshold and walking in
Inside, I saw Zhao Ning wearing mourning mourning kneeling in front of the coffin, tears on her face are not dry, Lin Minjun first went to the incense, kowtowed three times, then went to the side waiting for Zhao Ning
She guessed that Zhao Ning’s heart must be very difficult now, she wanted to stay to comfort a few words, more or less can make people feel better
After waiting for about half an hour, Zhao Ning came over and pulled Lin Minjun to his room, his face that ugly
Lin Minjun said: ”What’s wrong with you? Your face is white, are you not feeling well?”
“No” Zhao Ning said sullenly
“But your face doesn’t look right, don’t hold on to it, Auntie just left, she’s sure to still see you and will be worried if she sees you like this” Lin Minjun took her hand and said softly
Zhao Ning’s eyes instantly turned red, tears kept falling, wiping her tears while saying hatefully, “Now only my mom will worry about me, hehe, the only person in this family who will care about me is gone”
Lin Minjun: “What about your dad, doesn’t he worry about you?”
Zhao Ning laughed with a particularly sarcastic smile, “Him? Couldn’t care less about me, he’s probably fallen into a gentle land by now”
She kept huffing cold air as she spoke, the implication of this was that she hated her dad
Lin Minjun was confused, “What do you mean? What’s wrong with your dad?”
Zhao Ning couldn’t hold it in all of a sudden, her tears were like broken beads, she jumped into Lin Minjun’s arms and choked, “Ajun, my dad found someone else”
“What? Your mom hasn’t even been buried yet!”
Zhao Ning: “Yeah, you think it’s soon too, right, and do you know who the stepmother he found is? It’s my second aunt, the woman standing at the door, look at her right now she’s just like a denizen, I really want to smack her, big ear smack her”
The doubts in Lin Minjun’s stomach were instantly solved! She finally knew why that woman outside was acting like a mistress, was she already the intended next mistress?
She was all pissed off and laughed, “Auntie hasn’t been buried yet, to put it politely, the corpse hasn’t even gotten cold yet, and your father is in such a hurry?”
“They hooked up before my mom left” Zhao Ning said coldly
Lin Minjun: “This is too obvious, how else could they bring it home in such a short period of time, didn’t anyone say anything about them?”
“So do you know why my face looks so ugly? I’m furious! These days everyone advised me not to make trouble, my mom still has to be buried, can’t make a ugly mess and let her go in peace, everyone advised me to think about it, but this kind of thing in their place, who can think about it? They all said that the sky wants to rain father wants to marry his wife, there is no way” Zhao Ning cried and confided, “I didn’t say I wouldn’t let him get married, but why are you in such a hurry and looking for my second aunt, I hate him and I hate that woman, I hate them”
Lin Minjun patted her back, as if she herself had just comforted her that day Zhao Ning, and softly said, “I know, I understand how you feel, it’s normal for you to feel this way, if it were up to me, I’d be angry as well, what about your brother and sister-in-law? They didn’t say anything?”
Zhao Ning: “When my brother and sister-in-law came back and found out about this, they were directly angry and laughed, they gave mom incense and kowtowed and left, saying that he didn’t care about the family’s affairs in the future, and told my dad not to go looking for him in the future”
She laughed coldly, “My brother should have guessed, my dad has long been hooked up with the second aunt, otherwise how could he have brought it home so quickly, my mom didn’t leave when she hooked up, but unfortunately I couldn’t find the evidence to catch them”
Zhao Ning’s brother is already married, organized his own small family, so it is dry to cut off, but Zhao Ning is still at home, not married, all day long to his own father and second aunt, the pain in the heart, not to mention
Lin Minjun did not know what words to comfort her, so she hugged Zhao Ning and kept patting her back
She remembered something, “Right, I heard auntie say that you went to the Party School of the Municipal Party Committee, don’t you still have to take the college entrance exam? How’s the preparation going?”
“Before has been reviewing, these two days because of my mom’s things suspended, I now do not know whether to continue to take the test, the mood is too bad” Zhao Ning said
Lin Minjun: “Then you must continue the exam! The more times like this you have to test out and get rid of them, as long as you’re independent on your own by going to college, no matter how much they make trouble it’s none of your business”
Zhao Ning glanced at the direction where Zhao mother was, “I know, my mom also instructed me before she left that I must take the college entrance exam and get out”
Lin Minjun nodded, “Right, didn’t you tell me that you talked to someone last time, how is that person doing?”
Speaking of this, Zhao Ning’s face looked better, “It’s not just our neighbor, it’s not bad, the conversation is quite good, last month he also mentioned to me about getting married, it’s estimated that it’s soon, Ajun, to be honest with you, I really want to get married right away now, and never go back to this place, when I see my dad and that woman, I just feel annoyed! Disgusting!”
Lin Minjun then continued to comfort for a while, until Zhao Ning’s mood stabilized, not crying, she looked at the sky is also almost late, this is to say that they want to go home
On the way home, Lin Minjun felt sad at this time, and she was also angry at why Zhao father was in such a hurry!
Auntie hadn’t even been buried yet, and he couldn’t wait to bring someone back, or Auntie’s own sister
The person has just left and he’s in a hurry to find the next family, as far as he’s concerned! That’s why! What’s the hurry?
She thought about it and felt that it was not worth it for Auntie
But even Zhao Ning, her own daughter, couldn’t do anything about it, and she couldn’t think of a way out
Because Zhao’s father was already widowed, Zhao Ning’s second aunt had long been a widow, and both were legally single, it was a moral issue for them to be together
Lin Minjun simply didn’t think about Zhao’s father’s peach color news and accelerated her steps in the direction of home
But just as she reached the entrance of the hutong she saw people gathered in front of a house, knitting sweaters and peeling peanuts while talking heatedly
“You’ve all heard about it, Master Cao and Auntie Xia don’t seem to be innocent” Someone said
Another amah squeezed her eyes, “What’s not innocent, just having an affair”
“I’ve also heard that our Xiao Liu Zi said this was confessed by Cao Bin at the Public Security Bureau? He personally said that it was Auntie Xia who commanded him to steal from others”
“If that’s true, it’s really a sin, and he’s not afraid of retribution”
“But I don’t look like there is a leg ah, old Xia usually with Cao big master quite serious, also do not mess joke” Another person said
Lin Minjun quickened her pace as she walked here
What kind of luck was she having today, dodging one piece of peach color news and running into another
Or was it Grandpa Cao and Grandma Xia?