The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

Chapter 120, National Day Holiday

Seeing that their young master didn't speak, Wu San knew that their young master was in a bad mood, so he asked a little cautiously: "Master, shall we go back to this house or where you live?"

"Go back to where I live." Zhou Xing threw a word, tilted his head back, closed his eyes, and refused to talk to Wu San.Seeing their young master's appearance, Wu San had no choice but to drive the car to the place where their young master lived, not daring to go back to the house on his own initiative.

At this time, Qiao Minglang and his cousin took the bus to the terminus and bought tickets for the last bus back to the town.

"Come up, Minglang." Qiao Mingshan gave his cousin a hand, and the two of them got into the car and sat down in the vacant seat in the back row.Fortunately, they were lucky enough to buy the last two remaining tickets.

If they came slowly, they might not be able to buy a ticket, so they could only stand all the way back.

"Everyone is seated." The driver in front shouted, reminded everyone to sit down, and was ready to leave.

The car got out of the station, got on the road, and headed all the way back to their small town.

Qiao Minglang was sitting by the window, looking at the unfamiliar scenery outside the window, he thought of Zhou Xing's last look at him, and regretted that his words were a bit harsh at that time.If you speak too hard, it will make others feel uncomfortable.

Having not been home for so long, Qiao Mingshan also bought a lot of things for his parents, wife and children, and the two of them carried big and small bags into the car. "I don't know if that kid in the jungle still remembers my father."

Qiao Mingshan was talking about his son. He had been away from home for so long and hadn't been back. He was worried that the child would forget him as a father.

It was the first time he had been away from home for such a long time and he would be lying if he said he didn't want his wife and children at home.During the time when he first came out, he thought about his wife and children at home every day, and wished he could buy a ticket to go home immediately, but he finally endured it.

Hearing his cousin's worry, Qiao Minglang smiled and said, "How could it be? If you want to say that, cousin, I'm still worried that our twins won't remember me as an elder brother."

The twins in their family were younger than his cousin's children, and the other older ones were fine. He was a little worried that the twins would not recognize him as his brother.

"Haha, let's not worry about being poor." Qiao Mingshan said with a smile, "Oh, I haven't seen them for so long, I really miss them."

The car staggered towards the direction of Pegasus Town, people got on the car constantly on the road, the people who came up behind had no place to sit, and those who came up could only stand.The minibus was full of people, and after the car drove for a while, people got off one after another.

When they returned to the town, it was already dark outside.

More than half of the people in the car had already disembarked, and there were still a few people in the car.

When they got out of the car, the two of them carried several big bags of things. At this time, they had to walk so far back, and the road was difficult to walk in the dark, so Qiao Mingshan said to take a ride back.

At this moment, there are no tricycles in the town, and they couldn't find a car along the way. Qiao Mingshan thought of someone he knew, "I know a man who drives a tricycle. Let's go to his house and ask if he can drive a tricycle." Send us back."

"Then let's go."

Qiao Minglang followed behind his cousin and returned to a familiar place. He felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity and belonging to this place in his heart.Thinking of the group of children at home, I can't wait to go home and see the children at home.

They went to someone else's house. Qiao Mingshan knew this person, and the two of them said hello. He explained his purpose, and others were willing to send them back to the village.

The car sent them all the way back to the intersection.

After getting out of the car, Qiao Mingshan paid the toll and thanked the other party: "Thank you, let's go slowly."

"Okay." The man put the money in his pocket, turned the car around and left.

The two brothers wore stars and wore stars all the way, and finally they were almost home.

"Why don't I take you back." Qiao Mingshan wanted to send his cousin back first, because he was afraid that his cousin would not dare to walk at night alone.Qiao Minglang rejected his cousin's kindness, "It's only a few steps away, I'll just go back by myself. Cousin, you don't need to see me off when you go back."

When they came back, they did not tell their family members that there was no electricity in the village, and no one had a telephone.

Seeing that his cousin didn't need him to see him off, Qiao Mingshan watched his cousin go to the side path, and then he continued to walk. The walking pace was much faster, and he couldn't wait to go back to see his parents, wives and children at home.

Qiao Minglang stood at the door of the house, and the doors of the small courtyard were already locked.

"Mingcheng, Mingcheng, are you asleep?" Qiao Minglang walked around to the room where the younger brother lived, knocked on the window twice, and shouted.

Qiao Mingcheng on the bed opened his eyes. He seemed to hear his brother's voice?

"Brother, is that you?" he asked.

"Well, it's me, go find the key and open the door for me." Hearing the response from inside, Qiao Minglang breathed a sigh of relief and said.Qiao Mingcheng got up from the bed, ran over to open the window, and saw that it was really his brother outside, and said with surprise, "Brother, it's really you!"

"Oh, bro, wait a minute, I'll go find my sister to get the key." Qiao Mingcheng jumped off the bed, forgot to put on his shoes, ran over barefoot, knocked on the door of his sister's house, and shouted: "Second sister, second sister, open the door."

"Brother is back—"

Qiao Xiaohui opened the door, saw a figure standing outside the yard, hurriedly went back to the house to get the key, and opened the door.At this moment, Qiao Xiaofen in the room woke up when she heard the sound, and jumped up from the bed when she heard their eldest brother come back.

Before the door even opened, the little girl shouted inside: "Brother, brother——"

"Brother, you are back!"

Qiao Xiaohui unlocked the lock with the key, opened the door of the yard, and let the elder brother come in.Seeing that the elder brother really came back, the little girl's eyes were moist immediately, with tears in her eyes, she said with a smile: "Brother, why are you back so late?"

"It's a bit late to take the car, so I'll be late when I come back." These brothers and sisters who haven't seen home for so long, Qiao Minglang didn't know that he really missed them until seeing them now.

Qiao Mingcheng saw that his elder brother had brought so many things back, so he actively went to help get them, "Brother, I'll help you."

Qiao Xiaohui, who was behind, closed the door, locked it back, and followed her eldest brother into the house.

Qiao Minglang picked up the matches on the table, lit the oil lamp, looked at the younger brothers and younger sisters standing in front of him by the dim light, reached out and touched his younger brother's head, and asked, "During the period when I was not at home Time, how are you at home?"

"Are Xiaobao and little sister asleep?"

"Well, the two of them went to bed early, and the family is fine, nothing happened." Qiao Xiaohui, who was the second sister, responded.

Seeing that the elder brother brought so many things back, she asked a little strangely, "Brother, why did you bring so many things back, did you buy anything?"

She remembered that her eldest brother didn't bring so many things with him the day he left.

"Brother, what is this?" Seeing so many bags, Third Sister Qiao was a little curious about what was in those bags.

"Didn't I promise to buy clothes for you? I bought clothes for you and came back." Qiao Minglang took the bag and gave them the clothes of the two little girls. "This is clothes for you two." The bag was given to the younger brother, "This is for you."

"The clothes you bought for us?" Sanmei Qiao's eyes widened, she was dazed by the surprise, and she didn't recover for a while.

"Brother, do I have it too?" Qiao Mingcheng looked in disbelief.

"Well, I bought it for you guys. Try it and see if you can wear it. You should be able to wear it." Qiao Minglang compared the heights of the children and saw that they were about the same size as he remembered. He bought these clothes in large sizes. It should be able to wear a little.

There is also a bag containing the twins' clothes, "This is for Xiaobao and Xiaomei."

"Wow, brother, you are so kind!" Qiao Sanmei recovered from the surprise, rushed over and hugged her eldest brother, screaming and jumping.At that time, when her brother said to buy clothes for them, she thought he was coaxing them, but she never thought that he would really fulfill this promise.

Only Qiao Xiaohui was a little worried when she saw so many things that her brother bought back. It would cost a lot of money, and she was a little worried that they had so much money at home?

Noticing the worried expression on the eldest girl's face, Qiao Minglang couldn't help but smiled, and said, "Don't worry, brother can still afford a few clothes for you. I don't think any of your clothes fit you well." It's getting cold, so I bought some clothes for you."

"Yeah." Qiao Xiaohui nodded and asked, "Brother, have you eaten yet? I'll cook something for you."

"I've already eaten, there's no need." They bought something to eat in the car, Qiao Minglang wasn't too hungry at the moment, and he didn't want to bother his sister to get him something to eat.

There are mooncakes brought back in the bag, and the holiday will be in a few days. Qiao Minglang saw his cousin buying mooncakes, and then remembered that they have the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he went to buy mooncakes with his cousin, "In two days It’s the holidays, I brought some mooncakes back, let’s send some to Grandpa and Uncle tomorrow, and save some for ourselves.”

"Wow, bro, you brought us mooncakes." Qiao Sanmei couldn't help swallowing when she saw the mooncakes in the bag.

Qiao Xiaohui saw that her elder brother brought so many things back, she was more worried that her elder brother had spent all the money than happy.

"I have nothing to do here. You go to bed. I'll go to Mingcheng's room to see Xiaobao." When he came back in the middle of the night, he woke up the children. Qiao Minglang felt a little sorry and asked the two little girls to go back to the room. go to sleep.

"Oh, big brother, you should take a shower earlier and go to bed. Let's go back to the house and sleep." Qiao Xiaohui nodded, leaving the lamp on the table here, and took her sister back to the room where they slept.

Third Sister Qiao was holding the clothes that her elder brother bought for them, and on the way back to the house, she was still talking to her elder sister about the clothes that her elder brother bought for them, "Sister, let's go back to the house and try to see if it looks good."

"Let's put it away, I'm going to bed, and I'll watch it tomorrow." Qiao Xiaohui, who was the older sister, couldn't help but lift the bag to the corner of the wall and put it away, so that the younger sister could sleep.

Looking at the clothes in the corner, it felt like a cat was scratching her paws, but Qiao Sanmei went to bed obediently, thinking that she would go to see her sister when she was asleep, to see how smart she was.

But her small thoughts have long been seen through by her sister.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, just sleep well, or I'll tell my elder brother tomorrow." The older sister still can't see the younger sister's little thoughts?Qiao Xiaohui snorted in her heart.

"..." Third Sister Qiao.

***

At this moment, Qiao Mingcheng took his eldest brother to his room to see his younger brother. The little boy spread his hands and feet on the bed, occupying a large area. Qiao Mingcheng couldn't complain about his younger brother's various sleeping positions.

After finally waiting for the eldest brother to come back, the tortured fourth brother Qiao seized the opportunity to complain to the younger brother, "Brother, you don't know, when you just left, Xiaobao woke up to look for you every day, and made troubles in the middle of the night." Refusing to sleep..."

Qiao Minglang stretched out his hand to touch the little guy's face, wondering if the little guy knew he was back in his sleep, and when his hand stretched over, he took the initiative to rub his palm with his little face.

"Will he still cry in the middle of the night?" Qiao Minglang felt a bit painful when he heard that his younger brother would get up to look for him in the middle of the night.

"Stop crying. Now I can sleep till dawn. I don't drink so much water for him at night, and I don't get up to pee in the middle of the night." Qiao Mingcheng told his elder brother about his younger brother's performance during this period, although sometimes he felt The little brother is a trouble, but most of the time, he, the big brother, still likes this little brother very much.

"That's good." Qiao Minglang withdrew his hand, reached out and rubbed his elder brother's head, and said, "During the time I'm not at home, thank you for your hard work."

"Hey, it's not hard at all." Qiao Mingcheng scratched the back of his head embarrassingly, feeling a little embarrassed.I remember that my eldest brother told him before he left that he was the man in the family and it was his responsibility to take care of his elder sister and younger siblings.

This is a conversation that belongs to the two men, and it is the responsibility of the two men.

Qiao Mingcheng felt that at such a young age, the burden on his shoulders was not small at all.

"Brother, do you want to sleep with me at night? Your house is not cleaned up, so you sleep with us tonight." In the past, the elder brother always slept with him, and then moved to the house where his parents lived. After sleeping, Qiao Mingcheng still wanted to sleep with his eldest brother.

"Well, okay, I'll be back when I take a shower, and you go to bed first."

Qiao Minglang didn't refuse his younger brother's invitation either, he found a clean set of clothes from the package he brought back, took out a bath towel, picked up the lamp on the table and went outside, "I took the lamp away."

Seeing that the elder brother had gone out, Qiao Mingcheng moved the sleeping younger brother to the side, leaving a place in the middle for the elder brother to come back to sleep later.

***

Not long after, Qiao Minglang took a shower and returned to the house.

The weather in August is already a bit cold, especially at night, I can feel a little bit of coolness. The cold water he used to take a bath just now gave off a coolness all over his body after washing.

"Brother, you sleep in the middle." Qiao Minglang lay on the outside and asked his eldest brother to sleep in the middle, so that he could sleep next to him.

"Okay." Qiao Minglang lay down in the middle position.

"Brother, is your school big?" Qiao Mingcheng couldn't sleep right now, so he curiously asked if his brother's school was good or not, and whether it was pretty.Qiao Minglang told his younger brother about their school to satisfy his curiosity.

The two brothers stayed up most of the night and talked in bed.

"Brother, let me tell you something." Suddenly, Qiao Mingcheng remembered something, glanced at the window, and leaned closer to his elder brother's ear and said.

"Well, what's the matter?"

"Aunt Fang next door ran away with the man."

"Who did you listen to?" Qiao Minglang frowned and asked.

"The third wife came out and said it." The third wife is the old lady next door, Chen Fang's mother-in-law.Qiao Mingcheng told his elder brother in detail what happened in the yard next door while his elder brother was not at home.

"Don't listen to what other people say. We haven't seen it with our own eyes. Don't believe it." Qiao Minglang didn't quite believe that the young woman would be the person the old lady said, even if she had only seen it a few times. Looking back, the woman gave him the feeling that he was a kind woman.

On the contrary, it was the old lady who gave him the impression of being a harsh old man with harsh words.

"Even if it's something we saw with our own eyes, we can't easily make a judgment without real evidence."

"Well, brother, you are right." Hearing what his brother taught him, Qiao Mingcheng was absolutely convinced that Aunt Fang was not that kind of person.

"Okay, go to bed and stop talking." Seeing that it was getting late, Qiao Minglang asked his younger brother to go to bed first.

Qiao Mingcheng snorted, closed his eyes and went to sleep obediently, and stopped talking.

The little guy who was sleeping didn't know if he smelled him, so he kept moving towards him, wrapping his two little hands around him, Qiao Minglang couldn't laugh or cry, but in the end he couldn't bear to push the kid away, so he let the kid Guy fell asleep with his hands in his arms.

The night was getting darker, and there was the sound of chirping insects outside the window.

Hearing the chirping of insects outside, the two younger brothers beside him fell asleep. Qiao Minglang thought of the young woman who gave him a pair of shoes on the way home. Every time they met, the woman always Greet them with a smile...

He also thought of the bruises on the woman's face, and her taciturn patience.

He was not surprised when he heard the news that the woman had left.On the contrary, I feel that the woman has left, and it has never been a relief for the woman...

They are neighbors with people like the one in the yard next door, and there are only two of them living here. He suddenly felt a little worried that when he was not at home, a group of children in his family were neighbors with the mother and child at home. Don't worry anymore.

***

The night passed slowly, and the stars in the sky fell one by one.

The night passed, and the day came.

Before dawn outside, the little guy on the bed woke up suffocated by urine, stretched out his hand to pat his brother, and shouted, "Shhhhhhhh——"

If you don't pee, you'll wet the bed!

The little guy's face was flushed from holding back, and he was a little anxious...

After being slapped twice by the little hand, Qiao Minglang woke up. Hearing the little guy's anxious voice, he remembered that he was back home. There might be only one little guy who patted him. He was going to pee!His mind suddenly came to his senses, and he hurriedly carried the little guy outside.

"Huh?" Qiao Xiaobao, who was sitting on the bed when he came back after draining the water, was stunned when he saw the replacement.

"Why, don't you know Big Brother?" Qiao Minglang also woke up after being woken up at this moment. Seeing the little guy staring at him with wide eyes, he was so cute, he couldn't help leaning towards him, and pressed his forehead against him. Rubbing his forehead, he asked.

When he realized that the eldest brother really came back, Qiao Xiaobao held back his mouth, with two tears in his eyes, and a grievance on his face...