Pastoral Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 12 The Aunt's Family (2)
The aunt beat her back and straightened up, and she saw Li Zhu at a glance.She was startled, and immediately greeted with a smile on her face: "Xiao Zhu, why are you here? Come in quickly."

"Auntie." Li Zhu called out.

The aunt pushed open the gate of the fence, pulled Li Zhu into the yard affectionately, and asked with concern as she walked, "Did your family beat you again?" Wait, there's too much work, if nothing happens, the Li family won't let her go out to visit relatives.

Before Li Zhu could answer, Mrs. Li couldn't help being surprised when she saw the fish in her hand. Could she not know who her siblings were?How could you be willing to send something to her house?She complained in her mouth: "You brought something here, and your mother will definitely feel distressed, and I will have to find something about you when I go back."

Li Zhu explained: "This fish is not hers, I caught it in the river last night."

"You caught it?" Mrs. Li was even more surprised now.

The two of them had already reached the door of the main room while they were talking.Her cousin Yang Mo was lying on the bed, his face was pale, but his expression was not depressed.Yang Mo was born well, even when he was sick, he looked very clean and tidy.

As soon as he saw a little smile on Li Zhu's face, he greeted, "Xiao Zhu is here."

Li Zhu called out to his cousin.He sat down by the bed and asked her how she was.

Yang Mo and Li Shi didn't say much, they just kept asking about Li Zhu's situation.

Li Zhu said: "Everything is fine at home, and grandma is also in good health. I heard that something happened to your house, so I came here to have a look."

Mrs. Li sighed lightly.Even her niece knew about her family, how could her two younger brothers not know?But the two didn't even get in the door.In the end, it was not that she was afraid of borrowing money.Fortunately, she didn't have much hope for them, and she didn't feel too sad.

The three talked for a while, and Li Zhu asked, "Where are my uncle and sister Yun?"

Li said: "Your uncle was resigned by the Zhou family and went to work in the county as a part-time job. Your sister is helping someone else's house, so she should be back soon."

Mrs. Li talked to Li Zhu for a while, then took the fish to clean it up.Li Zhu also followed to help.

Mrs. Li scraped the fish scales quickly, and said in admiration: "This fish is quite big, how did you catch it?"

Li Zhu said half-truthfully, "I don't know why. I heard something happened to my aunt's house by the river that day, so I wanted to come here, and then I saw the river and thought, if I can catch a fish to nourish my cousin. How wonderful. When I went down, some fish really came up. Probably God saw that I was sincere and pitiful, so he sent me some fish."

Mrs. Li burst out laughing.A smile dispelled the haze on her face.Li Zhu sighed secretly, she thought that the aunt's house would be in a gloomy situation, but she didn't expect it to be pretty good.Although the house was dilapidated, it was cleaned up very well, and the aunt and cousin did not show despair on their faces.She couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

The aunt stretched her waist, and said with deep emotion: "Don't worry, this difficulty is nothing, our family will not collapse. How can there be no ups and downs in a person's life, just get over it."

Li Zhu nodded, "I think so too, our family will definitely survive."

Mrs. Li looked at Li Zhu in surprise again, and said, "Why haven't you seen me for a few days, kid, and you've become eloquent. I haven't seen you say a word for a long time before."

Li Zhu hurriedly said: "It's not that I don't want to talk, but at home, I talk too much and make mistakes. If I don't talk, I can be picked on by others. When I see my aunt, I feel relaxed and talk a lot."

How could Mrs. Li not understand her situation, she was silent for a while, and looked at her sympathetically, if she hadn't occupied her hands, she would have reached out to touch the top of her head.

While the aunt and nephew were talking, Mrs. Li neatly scraped off the scales and disemboweled a fish.The other one, seeing that she was still alive, put it in the bucket and planned to eat it tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)