Chapter 9

Neither of them listened to her.

Seeing that the wardrobe was being knocked on, Tang Yanhua could not hide any longer. He broke out of the door and crawled under the bed. The bed was full of dust and cobwebs. Tang Yanhua thought it was too dirty and escaped.

He patted the dust off his body and climbed onto the bed. Like a worm, he crawled under the quilt and wrapped himself up like a silkworm.

Cheng Cheng also quickly climbed onto the bed and rode on him. He forcefully peeled him out of the quilt. Tang Yanhua hurriedly kicked his legs and begged for mercy while laughing. "No, no, I don't want to play with you anymore."

Cheng Cheng rode on his stomach and pulled their ears. "Why are you laughing?

Why are you laughing?

You were just pretending to cry in front of me, and now you're laughing?

Hmph, you're trying to scare me!

Do you think I'm scared? "

Tang Yanhua stopped laughing and tried to put on a serious expression. "I'm not trying to scare you. I'm really angry."

"You're still trying to scare me!"

Cheng Cheng tickled his armpit. Tang Yanhua laughed and dodged, rolling all over the bed. Cheng Cheng reached under his crotch and grabbed his testicles through his pants. "Do you admit defeat?"

Tang Yanhua laughed and shouted, "Yes, yes, let me go!"

Cheng Cheng said, "Why don't you cry again? Why don't you pretend for me to see?

Do you think you're Lin Daiyu? "

Tang Yanhua said, "You're a shrew. No one will want you when you grow up."

Cheng Cheng said, "Hmph, no one wants me. If no one wants me, I'll eat you."

Tang Yanhua said, "Bah!

I don't want you!

I want to marry a tigress. I can't beat you, but she can. "

Cheng Cheng said, "Hit me. See if I don't knock her teeth out!"

Tang Huaijin's wife brought the food to the table. Seeing that they were still quarreling, she said angrily, "Get out of bed, you two!

There's no end to the quarrel every day. My ears are about to go deaf because of all of you! "

Children were naughty and wild. Children made people worry about them. They made people suffer and tired.

Sometimes when a child is naughty, it really makes people want to beat him up.

But Tang Huaijin and his wife doted on the child, so they couldn't bear to scold or hit him.

This was because children had a benefit that adults never had, and that was love.

It was not easy to win the love of a smart and mature adult, but it was easy to win the love of a child. You just had to coax her, give her good food, take care of her, play with her, and she would love you.

He was already in his forties or fifties, and half of his body was already in the ground. His body was no longer light and nimble, and his temperament was no longer innocent. His face had also lost its rosy luster, leaving behind only a pile of withered bones like rotten wood. Even he himself could not help but despise him.

Who do you expect to love you at this age?

But children were different.

Children don't know what is young and what is old. They don't know what is beautiful and what is ugly. They don't know what is rich or poor.

As long as you call yourself her parents and give her food to eat, she will love you unconditionally.

Although this love was not of much use, neither could it add an extra piece of bread to the kitchen at home, nor could it add an extra piece of money to the parents' hard-pressed pockets, it brought great satisfaction and comfort to people's hearts. Especially for people like Tang Huaijin and his wife, who were born in a poor family, had no relatives or friends, and were lonely in old age.

Sometimes, people count on this little bit of love to live.

Every time Tang Huaijin came home from work, she would hear footsteps before he entered the house. She would run into the kitchen and shout to her mother, "Mom, Dad is back!"

As soon as Tang Huaijin appeared outside the courtyard, she would run over happily and call out, "Dad, Dad." Her happy appearance always made Tang Huaijin beam with joy.

As soon as Tang Huaijin entered the house, she brought a stool over and poured a cup of tea for her father. "Dad, sit down. I'll massage your back." She climbed onto Tang Huaijin's back and began to massage him.

Tang Huaijin disliked her for being careless and said, "No need, no need. You're like an ant crawling on my back."

Tang Huaijin bent down to take off his shoes. Cheng Cheng immediately shouted, "Dad, don't move. I'll take it off for you!"

She squatted on the ground and helped Tang Huaijin take off his shoes. She said, "Dad's shoes are so muddy. Dad's feet are so smelly."

After taking off his shoes, she ran to get a basin of water for her father to soak his feet.

Tang Huaijin often had problems at work. Cheng Cheng would sit in his arms and stroke his chest with her small hands. "Dad is not angry."

Or she would snuggle her face against her father's neck. Her father said that her face was very smooth, chubby, tender, and fragrant. It made him happy to touch it. "Dad, look at my face. Is it smooth? Does it make you happy to touch it?"

Tang Huaijin had always been serious and old-fashioned, but he could always be amused by this child.

He often brought back delicious food for her to eat when he went out. Sometimes, he would buy her ropes and flowers to tie her hair and ask her mother to dress her up beautifully.

Usually, she would comb her mother's hair, collect firewood with her mother in the mountains, dig for medicinal herbs in the fields, act coquettishly, and talk to her mother to relieve her boredom.

Whenever Tang Huaijin's wife fell ill or felt unwell, Cheng Cheng would always stay by the bed and bring her mother soup and medicine. At night, she would sleep next to her mother and whisper sweet words to her mother that even her sweetheart could not say when they were in love.

No matter how naughty and mischievous she usually was, at times like this, her parents' hearts would soften.

She had a good relationship with the Tang Yanhua siblings. One of them ate in the bowl while the other slept in the bed. Although it was inevitable that they would quarrel on a daily basis.

But when there was something good, such as stealing walnuts or picking pears outside, she would never forget her brother. No matter what bad things she did, she would drag Tang Yanhua down with her.

Usually, she would talk about her brother. When she was wronged, she would also look for her brother.

Just like that, she grew up until she was ten years old.

That afternoon, an uninvited guest suddenly came to the Tang family.

It was around six o 'clock in the evening, and the people who were working had not yet returned home.

Tang Huaijin's wife was chopping firewood at the back of the house. Cheng Cheng was dragging a water gun. He had just come back from playing in the ditch. His shoes were wet, and his vest and pants were full of mud and water.

The uninvited guest was wearing a tattered military uniform and black rubber shoes with holes. He entered the house to look for Tang Huaijin.

Cheng Cheng was a snob. Seeing his dirty and tattered clothes, he thought that he was a beggar. He said loudly, "What are you doing?

My dad isn't home. Come back later. "

When the man saw Cheng Cheng, his face was full of joy. "Hey, kid, what's your name?"

Cheng Cheng did not approach him, nor did he smile. He looked at him warily. "Who are you?"

The man was cheerful and looked very amiable. "Little girl, don't you know me?

I'm your uncle.

I even carried your mother when she gave birth to you. Come here and let your uncle carry you. "

Cheng Cheng said, "Bah, you're not my uncle. My uncle is not a beggar."

Tang Yanhua was washing clothes at the laundry counter and washing the underwear he wore in summer.

Cheng Cheng ran over and shouted, "Brother, brother, there's a bad guy in our house. He wants to steal our things."

Tang Yanhua was puzzled. There were many thieves in the village, but none of them came in broad daylight.

Tang Yanhua asked, "Did you see the thief?"

Cheng Cheng said, "Yes, I saw him.

He's wearing ragged clothes and looks like a thief.

He wants to kidnap me and sell me. He said he's my uncle.

I'm not a three-year-old child. How can I not recognize my uncle? I've never seen him before. "

Tang Yanhua said, "Did you hear wrongly?

He really said that? "

Cheng Cheng said, "Why would I lie to you?

That's what he said. "

Tang Yanhua felt that it was strange. Maybe he really was a scammer who came to the village to kidnap children.

In the past, there were children in the village who were kidnapped by kidnappers. Their families cried their hearts out when they were kidnapped.

"Wait for me."

Tang Yanhua threw his underwear aside and went home with Cheng Cheng. When they passed by the corner, they took a stick from the pile of firewood and carried it. The two of them bent down and sneaked along the wall.

Tang Yanhua hid behind the wall and stretched her neck out to take a look. She saw that the stinky beggar that Cheng Cheng mentioned was doing something bad. He was secretly picking the tomatoes that the Tang family planted in front of their house while no one was home!

The few small tomatoes that had just turned red were all picked by him and stuffed into his mouth.

Cheng Cheng was so angry that she jumped out and pointed at the man with her hands on her hips and shouted, "Hey!

The tomatoes are sprayed with pesticides!

If you eat them, you'll vomit white bubbles!

My dog died from eating tomatoes! "

The man was so scared that he quickly spat out the tomatoes in his mouth. "Don't misunderstand, girl. I'm really here to look for your father." As he said that, he wanted to catch Cheng Cheng. Cheng Cheng was so scared that she screamed. Tang Yanhua pulled her and said, "Run!" The two of them ran wildly and rushed to the back of the house, shouting, "Mom!

There's a thief in the house!

He ate all our tomatoes! "

Tang Huaijin's wife worked for the whole afternoon and only managed to cut two bundles of firewood. There were many cypress branches scattered on the ground.

She raised her sickle and wiped her sweat. "Nonsense. How can there be a thief in broad daylight? Don't mistake some relative for someone else."

Cheng Cheng said with a serious face, "It's true, Mom. His father ate all our tomatoes.

There are walnuts drying on our windows. If you don't go back, he'll eat our walnuts too. "

Tang Yanhua said, "Mom, it's true. I know all our relatives. I've never seen this person before. I don't know where he came from."

Tang Huaijin's wife tied up the firewood and brought the two children home to take a look. When she saw the man, she immediately smiled. "Oh, it's her uncle. Why did he come so suddenly? He wasn't prepared at all.

Hey, sit down first. I'll go to the kitchen and cook some rice for you.

Hey, have you eaten yet? "

The man smiled warmly and said in a very fake and slippery manner, "I've eaten, I've eaten. Don't be polite. I'm just looking for your Old Tang to talk about something."

Tang Huaijin's wife said, "He's not here. Sit down and wait.

I'll cook some rice for you. Do you want me to cook a bowl of glutinous rice balls for you?

Yanhua, quickly bring a stool and pour a glass of water for Uncle. "

When Tang Yanhua saw that it was really a relative, she immediately let down her guard and agreed enthusiastically, "Okay."

Tang Yanhua went into the house and brought out a small stool for the guest. She said obediently, "Uncle, sit."

The man said politely, "No need, no need. I'll just stand."

He took the stool and sat down. He looked at Tang Yanhua with a smile and said to Tang Huaijin's wife, who was carrying a basket, "Your son is really sensible.

Look at his appearance, with his sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He'll definitely be an official when he grows up. "

Tang Huaijin's wife smiled and said, "Don't say that. Come, have some peanuts."

Tang Huaijin's wife placed the basket on the small table in front of the door and moved the table in front of the guest. "These peanuts were just dug out in autumn. There aren't many of them. Just dry them and eat them. Don't be polite.

I'll cook glutinous rice balls for you now.

There's some powder at home. I just cooked a pot of fermented glutinous rice a few days ago. The taste is not bad, but it's a little sour. "

The guest's face bloomed with a smile. "Okay, okay. Sister-in-law, you're too polite. I've really eaten."

"It's okay. You're a guest from afar. It's rare for you to come here."

Tang Yanhua put two tea leaves in the teacup, rinsed it with water, and brought it out. "Uncle, have some tea."

"Okay, okay."

Tang Huaijin's wife went into the house to cook glutinous rice balls.

Tang Yanhua and Cheng Cheng hid in the house. Cheng Cheng said unhappily, "What's Mom doing?

She even cooked glutinous rice balls for him. I don't know where this beggar came from.

We only have a few peanuts at home, and you're still giving them to him. "

Tang Yanhua said, "I don't know either. Mom said he's uncle, so he's uncle. Let's not meddle in the affairs of adults."

Cheng Cheng said, "Anyway, if he stays for dinner later, I won't go to the table.

I won't eat with him.

Look at his dirty hands. He'll steal our things later. "

Tang Yanhua said, "It's okay, don't be afraid. Mom won't ask him to stay for dinner.

If Mom asks him to stay for dinner, we'll eat alone.

If you don't go to the table, I won't go to the table either. "

Tang Huaijin's wife shouted in the kitchen as if she had eyes on the back of her head, "Yanhua, don't hide in the house with your sister. The guest is here, talk to him. Don't let him just sit there."