three desperate women

Chapter 133 The Old Cardboard Box Under the Bed

Liu Yini turned over the black and white photo and looked at it, but found nothing.

Who is this little boy?Could it be that Lao Jiang changed his age?Why change so much?

In May [-], the child looked to be about three years old, so he was probably born in [-].

Jiang Yitian was born in September 1980, five or six years apart. Could this be Jiang Yitian's older brother?

But why didn't the whole family mention this person?Could it be that he was already sick and passed away?
This photo was hidden in the interlayer of the red plastic book, and she flipped through the interlayer again. There was a piece of paper, which was as yellow as the photo.

The creases of the paper are exactly the size of the photo. From this point of view, the photo is sandwiched by the paper, so the photo is kept relatively new.

However, the piece of paper was rubbed against the red plastic skin and became red and worn out. She opened the paper and looked at it, and the words on it had faded away.

Liu Yini stood up, found a blank piece of paper, clipped the photo, and put it back on the last page of the red notebook.

She put away the notebook and lay on the bed again, but she didn't feel sleepy at all, but she had a strange idea in her heart.

The next day she got up very early, she simply cleaned up and ran to the kitchen to make breakfast for the two children.

I fried some eggs, toasted a few slices of bread, warmed up the milk, squeezed fresh orange juice, and cut a large plate of fruit.

She made coffee for herself again, and the aroma of boiling coffee filled the whole room in the early morning.

"It smells so good! Mom, why are you working so hard? What's the matter?"

Liu Nuoyi had already put on her school uniform, was eating a piece of bread, ran into the kitchen beside her and said.

"I've always been so hardworking, okay?" Liu Yini said as she poured the coffee from the Moka pot into the coffee cup.

"Auntie, did anything happen to you?" Jiang Yi stood at the door of the kitchen and asked while drinking juice.

"Look at what you said, what can I do, I'm in a good mood, I specially prepared breakfast for you!"

Liu Yini was frothing milk, and after a few tens of seconds, she used a small spoon to gently scoop out the big milk froth on the top layer of the jug and put it on a small plate.

"Well, you have to keep going? Dear mother!" Liu Nuoyi had finished eating the bread, and stood there watching her mother make milk coffee,
"No problem, you say, what do you want to eat tomorrow morning? I will prepare it today."

Liu Yini picked up the coffee cup, poured the milk that had been whipped from the jug into the coffee mixture, and slowly shook the jug, a white heart appeared on the surface of the coffee cup.

"It's done!" Liu Yini couldn't help but blurted out when her latte art milk coffee was ready.

"Haha, not bad!
Mom, I need to think about what's for dinner tonight? "

"No problem. What would Jiang Yi want to eat tonight?"

Holding the coffee, Liu Yini walked to the door of the kitchen, Liu Yini followed her, Jiang Yi walked in the front, and the three of them sat at the dining table and had breakfast together.

"Braised prawns in oil!" Jiang Yi said with a smile as he walked.

"OK! No problem! I'll send you off to school in a while, and then I'll go to the vegetable market and buy some freshest vegetables, fruits and seafood this morning."

"Mom, are you sure you can do it?"

"I can learn, and I can also move rescuers!"

"Who? Second aunt?"

"Put it down, your second aunt is worse than me at cooking, she has no cooking skills at all, she can't even tell the difference between a microwave oven and an oven!"

"Mom, you are talking nonsense, my second aunt is so smart! How can you not tell the difference?"

"She said it herself. I didn't make it up. If you don't believe me, you can ask her next time you see her."

"Nuo Yi, hurry up and eat, we'll be late!" Jiang Yi wiped his mouth with a tissue after eating.

Nuoyi quickly stood up and wiped his mouth, ran to the door to put on his coat and shoes, Jiang Yi finished first, and helped Liu Nuoyi carry the schoolbag.

Liu Yini drank all the coffee and didn't even have time to wipe her mouth. She put on a coat, put on her shoes, took her mobile phone and car keys, and ran out with the two children.

Liu Yini finally sent the two children to school on time. She didn't put on any makeup, so she took out a black mask from the button of the car, put it on, and looked in the mirror.

She drove the car to a morning market near Runyu Community, and waited for a long time, but there was no parking space, and there were so many people that the car couldn't move at all.

The surroundings of her car were already full of people, many elderly people came to catch the morning market with carts. It was the first time she came here, and she was really taken aback by the crowd.

The whole car was trapped, unable to move forward or backward, opened the window, and the sound of hawking and bargaining penetrated into her ears, so she had to close the window and worry in the car.

A traffic policeman on duty came over and tapped on the glass lightly. Liu Yini's eyes lit up as if seeing a savior.

"Hello, sister-in-law!" The traffic policeman saluted her and greeted her.

"Hello, thank you for saving me!"

"Sister-in-law, get out of the car, let me drive! I'll find a parking space for you, go shopping for groceries, and come here to find me later!"

"Thank you! Excuse me, do you know me?"

"Well, sister-in-law, I know the director's car!"

Liu Yini didn't speak any more, watching Lao Jiang's car slowly drive through the crowd, and was instantly overwhelmed by the crowd.

She came back to her senses and immediately started to visit the morning market. After a few minutes, she found that she had completely fallen in love with this large morning market that was several kilometers long.

She wanted to buy everything she liked, but her hands were so full that she couldn't carry it anymore. She finally understood why those old people had a small cart.

Every few steps she took, she would stop and pour her hands. The traffic policeman trotted over just now, and immediately took the things in her hands.

"I can take these two myself."

"Give it all to me, sister-in-law."

"Don't delay your work, are you on duty?"

"It's time for the shift, don't worry!"

Liu Yini followed behind him, seeing that he wasn't wearing any equipment, it must be his shift.

She opened the trunk, and the traffic policeman put everything in gently, and then closed the trunk door.

"Sister-in-law, it's ready."

"Thank you, I don't know what to call you yet!"

"Just call me Xiao Zhang."

"Okay, thank you, Xiao Zhang, I'm in trouble."

"What's the trouble? If you catch up, help me. Then sister-in-law, you can drive home by yourself, right?"

"No problem, get off work and rest!"

"Then I'll go first, sister-in-law."

"Thank you, goodbye, Xiao Zhang."

Xiao Zhang smiled and waved goodbye. His back in a police uniform reminded her of Lao Jiang. What would Lao Jiang be like if he was still alive?
She got into the car, and when she looked up, she saw a plastic-enclosed photo hanging on the side mirror. It was a small gift from the two of them for their wedding photos.

She stretched out her hand to hold the photo, in which Lao Jiang was wearing a police uniform, and she was wearing a red cheongsam, and the two were cuddling each other.

The expressions of both of them were not very natural, because the smiling faces were stiff, and they couldn't smile anymore after taking wedding photos all day.

She sighed softly, put on her seat belt, reversed the car slowly, and drove home quickly.

The willow trees in Runyu Community have begun to sprout, the winter jasmine is about to bloom, and the lilac is also in bud.

The snow in the community has almost melted, and the green shoots of the dots of grass have also sprouted, and it is the breath of spring as far as the eye can see.

She parked the car, carried it twice, and was sweating all over before taking the shopping back to the kitchen at home.

Then I took a small bench and sat on the floor to tidy up in the same way. It should be refrigerated, it should be refrigerated, and it should be frozen. I bought enough for three people to eat for a week.

She picked up the phone and sent Pei Ziyang a WeChat message, asking if she could help her cook braised prawns.

Within a few minutes, Pei Ziyang stood at the door of her house and knocked on the door.

"Haven't you moved yet?"

"It's still more than a month away. Don't rush to move out. The furniture just bought over there should be ventilated and let the smell out."

"Auntie returned to Shicheng?"

"Well, I sent it back. I think my mother's mental state is completely different once she goes back."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"It's just that the brows are stretched. When I'm by my side, they are always frowning."

"Auntie is very worried about you. It is the best blessing that mother is alive."

"Well, I know. My mother is happy to go back, and I have made a good step."

"Yeah, not bad. How do you make braised prawns?"

"Haha, I almost forgot, I'm here to teach."

"I know how to make shrimp, but I don't know what kind of shrimp I'm cooking, so let's do it the way I do it."

"Say it first!"

"Wait, I helped you this time, don't you have to repay me too!"

"That must, you say it!"

"Follow me to the store!"

"no problem."

"This shrimp is not bad, did you buy it in the morning?"

"how do you know?"

"I go there often, the morning market is just so good!"

"Yes, yes, I went there for the first time, and I fell in love with it instantly, and I will go there often in the future."

"Hehe, I guess I won't have much chance to go there in the future!"

"You drive here to buy, and then drive back!"

"Driving? Did you drive there? Didn't you get stuck in it?"

"Hahaha, I was stuck in traffic, a traffic policeman knew Lao Jiang's car, and helped me find a parking space.

I have to buy a small cart, and I can't drive to the morning market in the future! "

"It's available in supermarkets, and you can get free laundry detergent when you buy it!"

"It never occurred to me that one day I would need a grocery cart.

At the time, I didn’t care about the little trolley when I bought something in the supermarket. I chose other gifts, and now I regret it very much! "

"Hahaha…"

"Who would have thought that I have stepped into the life of an elderly person ahead of time, and the elderly is still wise. When I carry things in both hands, my fingers are about to be strangled."

"My mother uses a car to buy vegetables. Don't buy them yet. I'll find them for you when I get home. I guess there are new ones at home that are useless."

"Really? Great, I really need it.

You don't know, when I used to take the bus, I could always meet old men and old ladies on the bus. They pulled the trolley for grocery shopping, and crowded the bus with our commuters during the morning rush hour.

I was always disgusted at the time, so can't I miss the rush hour to go grocery shopping?I was wrong and I want to apologize to the seniors. "

"Hahaha... If you miss the rush hour for work, the morning market will be closed, half of the weekdays will be around nine o'clock, and weekends will be until eleven o'clock!

Then the city management started to kick people out!Let me tell you, either you can go there at five or six o'clock, and the vegetables are fresh, or you can start at 08:30, and the vegetables are on sale. "

"Auntie said it?"

"My mother would nag me every day when she went to the morning market."

"I'll go tomorrow. I want to buy everything. Find me a cart when you get back!"

Pei Ziyang began to teach her how to deal with the prawn strings, Liu Yini learned it seriously, cut the back of the prawns, and marinated them with salt and cooking wine for later use.

She found a notebook to record what Pei Ziyang had told her, and then prepared the sauce for later use.

Then Pei Ziyang taught her to cook a few more dishes, and then asked Pei Ziyang to go home to find Xiaolache.

She worked for an hour and a half by herself, prepared four dishes and put them on the table. She couldn't wait for the children to eat at night.

She called Jiang Yi and asked him to pick up Liu Nuoyi from elementary school, and then go home for lunch together.

Pei Ziyang was pulling a small blue cart, the package hadn't been opened yet, it was a brand new one.

"I brought it back to you. This is a gift from the disinfectant."

Pei Ziyang unpacked the car, threw the plastic bag outside the door, went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and sat on the sofa to chat with Liu Yini.

"It's quite beautiful. You can stay for lunch. This meal is also due to you, and I will give you a share."

Liu Yini put a glass of water on the tea table, then took the small cart, looked at it happily, and even pulled it around on the living room floor.

"Hehe, I'm just waiting for your words! Where's the child?"

Pei Ziyang said with a smile, took a few sips of water from the tea table, looked up at the happy Liu Yini and asked.

"Soon, I asked Jiang Yi to pick up Nuoyi and then took a taxi back. It was supposed to be dinner, but I really want to show off my cooking skills."

Liu Yini said as she took the cart into the kitchen, then walked to the dining table and arranged the chopsticks neatly.

"You are quite talented in cooking, and it looks delicious."

Pei Ziyang stood up, walked to the dining table, looked at the steaming dishes and said.

"Thank you for the compliment, I'm going to serve the meal, it should be here soon."

Liu Yini immediately walked into the kitchen, and the two children opened the door and entered the room.

"Oh my god! It smells so good! Mom! It smells so good."

Liu Nuoyi smelled the fragrance as soon as he entered the door, couldn't help but cheered, and quickly took off his coat.

"Nuo Yi, Jiang Yi, how are you!" Pei Ziyang greeted.

"Aunt Ziyang, it turns out that the rescuer my mother said was you!

That's right, this meal must be delicious, Aunt Ziyang's cooking is really delicious! "

"Hehe, the little mouth is so sweet."

"Hello, Aunt Ziyang!" Jiang Yi said with a smile, taking off his down jacket.

"Jiang Yi, you two go wash your hands and eat right away."

Liu Yini came out of the kitchen with two bowls of rice, put them on the dining table, turned around and went back to the kitchen to take two bowls of rice.

The four of them finished their lunch amidst the praises of the two children.

"Can you go to school in time? Shall I drive you?" Liu Yini asked her daughter.

Nuo Yi looked up at the wall clock on the wall and said: "It doesn't matter if you are late, the first period is physical education class, and I just don't want to run!"

"Let's go, don't be late, eat so much and still not exercise?" Jiang Yi said.

"Do you eat much better than me? Besides, you can't exercise immediately after eating so much." Nuo Yi gave Jiang Yi a look.

"I'll drive you two, it's best not to be late, let your mother clean up the mess at home!" Pei Ziyang said.

"Okay, Aunt Ziyang, you are so kind, I really ate too much and I'm too lazy to move."

"Hehe, let's go."

"Thank you, Ziyang."

"Thank you, the main reason is that I don't want to wash the dishes!"

Pei Ziyang took the two children and walked out the door. Liu Yini carefully placed the tableware in the dishwasher, poured in special dishwashing powder, and pressed the switch.

Watching the meals I have worked hard to cook is eaten up, this feeling is really indescribable.

She cleaned up the kitchen and went back to the bedroom. After eating and drinking enough, she wanted to take a nap for a while, but she didn't sleep well last night due to wild thoughts.

She dug out a small medicine bottle in a drawer, it was sleeping pills, she poured out one pill, it fell on the floor and rolled under the bed.

She had to kneel on the ground, lift up the sheet, look for the pills, and she found a battered cardboard box, which she had never seen before.

She pulled it out vigorously, then found a rag to wipe the dust, opened the cardboard box, and saw a photo at a glance.

It was a remake of the photo that appeared in the red notebook, and the photo was glued on a piece of A4 paper.

A line of words was written on the paper: "Jiang Bin, at about [-] o'clock in the morning on May [-], [-], lost at Bincheng Railway Station..."

(End of this chapter)