Chapter 4 What can make a man suddenly mature? After seeing Wu Bingzhong off, Ning Weidong came back from outside. He couldn't help but look towards Bai Fengyu's house again, secretly thinking that this woman was not simple. My husband ran away to Hong Kong. This is no small matter. How can the neighborhood committee and the street authorities cover it up? In addition, Ma’s parents are still alive, living with their eldest son and daughter-in-law. The two rooms in the yard originally belonged to the old couple of the Ma family. The youngest son moved in with the eldest son after he got married. Now that Ma Liang has run away, Bai Fengyu can continue to live here. This is the strength of this woman. In my impression, Mrs. Ma is not someone who is easy to talk to. Ning Weidong returned to the earthquake shelter, lit the coal stove, and sat on the wooden bed. This earthquake-proof shed has a total area of six square meters, and a wooden bed that can sleep two people takes up more than half of it. The roof and walls were covered with yellowed old newspapers, a cast iron stove for heating was placed on the floor, and a rusty iron chimney extended outside through the flue reserved on the wall.
On the wall next to the stove there was a patinated wooden board with nails nailed to it for hanging clothes to prevent them from rubbing against the white lime on the wall. Looking at the dancing flames in the stove, Ning Weidong felt somewhat relieved. If you had traveled through time later and given the money to Bai Fengyu, you would be in trouble now. Probably only Ning Weiguo and Wang Yuzhen can help. As far as he could remember, the original owner had a good relationship with Wang Yuzhen before he went to Northeast China to join the production team. When he saw Bai Fengyu after coming back, Wang Yuzhen reminded him more than once to keep a distance from Bai Fengyu, which led to the conflict. If Wang Yuzhen really knew that Bai Fengyu almost took three hundred yuan from him, he would be furious. There will inevitably be a storm by then. Ning Weidong was not afraid of making a big fuss, but he did not want to give Wang Yuzhen the impression that he was "stupid" and "not presentable". The stove is getting hot, no need to stay close to the fire. Ning Weidong kicked off his cotton shoes, and laid on the bed with his hands behind his head. His mind was in a mess, like a wild horse running away. Sometimes he thought of the memories before the time travel, and sometimes he thought of the original owner's experience... Before I knew it, the mechanical alarm clock on the windowsill had reached three o'clock in the afternoon. As usual, Ning Weiguo and his family of three would go to visit Ning Lei's grandparents and would definitely come back after dinner. Ning Weidong couldn't find anything ready-made, so he had to find a way to make a living on his own. There are still two steamed buns made with two pieces of flour left from the steaming this morning. Ning Weidong was too lazy to light another fire, so he decided to slice the buns, bake them on the stove, and dip them in some brown sugar... The thought made me even hungrier. When we came out of the earthquake shelter, we found that it started snowing without us noticing. The ground was covered with a white layer. No one was walking in the yard. There was only a trail of footprints from the Moon Gate to the door of Bai Fengyu's house.
Ning Weidong took a look. When we separated in the morning, Bai Fengyu didn't come to bother us. I don't know what she was planning. Ning Weidong withdrew his gaze and suddenly felt someone was watching him. I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but after Ning Weidong traveled through time, not only did he become stronger, his perception also became extra sharp. At this moment, a blessing suddenly came to his mind. He turned his head suddenly and saw half a face appearing beside a window in the west wing. It was cloudy outside and dark inside, so I could only see vaguely. The man was startled and shrank back. Ning Weidong frowned, it seemed that it was not Bai Fengyu. Bai Fengyu had no children after marriage. After Ma Liang ran away, she was left alone, and there was an extra person in the room! The man shrank back and never showed up again, so Ning Weidong simply looked away. When I entered the kitchen, the two remaining steamed buns were placed next to the stove, covered with a cloth. After a day, the skin dried up and became hard when squeezed. He took a kitchen knife and cut it into four slices, then found the jar of brown sugar in the bowl rack. At that time, sugar in China was still relatively expensive. Brown sugar tends to clump, so Ning Weidong took a bowl, used a spoon to scoop out some, and filled the bottom of the bowl. Returning to the earthquake-proof shed, I placed the steamed bread slices on the stove cover, and soon the aroma of burnt grains wafted out. Ning Weidong was very hungry and quickly picked up chopsticks to turn the noodles over. It’s almost done baking, so take a bite of the original flavor first. I have to say that the steamed bread slices made of two tsp flour tasted quite good when they were baked. I chewed a few bites and swallowed them, then had some dipped in sugar... After eating two steamed buns and drinking half a bowl of boiled water with a bowl of sugar, Ning Weidong felt relieved. It was still snowing outside and it was dark before five o'clock. Guessing that the three people would be back soon, Ning Weidong went to the upper room in advance to light the stove. Just as I was about to return to the earthquake shelter, I heard noise outside. When I came out, I saw that Ning Weiguo and his wife had parked their bicycles under the window of the earthquake-proof shed. Ning Lei couldn't wait to pull off the woolen hat covering his face. The breath he exhaled formed a layer of frost at his mouth, which was wet and cold and very uncomfortable. "Brother and sister-in-law." Ning Weidong said with a smile: "I guess you should be back soon. I'll light the stove in the upper room first." Ning Weiguo and his wife were stunned, because the original owner had not lit the stove for them in advance. What's going on today? The sudden change made the two of them difficult to adapt to. When they looked inside the house, they saw a pot of water on the stove, which was obviously prepared for them.
The couple looked at each other, both seeing the other's confusion. "Weiguo, the third brother..." Wang Yuzhen hung the woolen scarf on the hanger, her tone filled with worry. Ning Weiguo hung up his coat and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild. Weidong should be sensible now." Wang Yuzhen pursed her lips, still unable to help speculating. He sighed and frowned, "No, I felt something was wrong this morning. Do you think... could it be that the third brother and the Bai fell on the kang?" "Oh~ What are you thinking about?" Ning Weiguo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Wang Yuzhen became more and more confident as she spoke, as if she had seen through everything: "Tell me, what can make a man suddenly mature?" Ning Weiguo was also a little more suspicious, but he said: "Don't dare to talk nonsense about this. No matter how much you despise Bai Fengyu, you can't joke about this. You will drown people with spit!" "Didn't I tell you this at home?" Wang Yuzhen responded. (End of this chapter)
