sinovels Chapter 1808 The Amber Dragon is Kidnapped
Chapter 1808 The Amber Dragon is Kidnapped
Chapter 1808 The Amber Dragon is Kidnapped
People tend to get carried away after a couple of good days.
Because the Zhao family was quite successful in reforming Xie Sunshi, Xie Chen has enjoyed maternal love for the past twenty years, a love he had never experienced in the past six months.
Nowadays, Xie Sunshi knows how to care for her children and even cooks for them. Even if she's not a great cook, she can still manage to boil dumplings or make a hot noodle soup.
When Jie Chen and Zhao Jun went hiking in the mountains, their clothes and pants would often get dirty, and Jie Sun would wash their clothes for them.
In Wang Qiang and Zhang Yuanmin's view, there was nothing to criticize about Xie Sunshi.
But people are never satisfied. After enjoying a couple of good days, Xie Chen began to make more and more demands on Xie Sunshi.
Wang Qiang and Zhang Yuanmin didn't dare to express any opinion. Now that they understood the reason for Xie Chen's sullen mood, they let it be.
Although the Xie family bought a house in Yong'an Village a long time ago, the house is still empty and the three members of the Xie family are still living in the old lady's house.
This way, she could keep the old lady company. Since coming to Yong'an, Xie Sunshi had been living at the old lady's house, and she had gotten used to it. Secondly, she planned to wait until there was less work in the fields, then find some people in the village to clean up the house properly and save it for Xie Chen to use when he got married.
When Xie Chen and his two companions reached the outside of the Jiang family's courtyard, they saw the light on in the outer room. Wang Qiang smiled at Xie Chen and said, "Go back quickly, Xiao Chen. Look how late it is, your mother is still waiting for you."
It was already past 1 a.m., and looking at the light that was on for him in the Jiang family's house, Xie Chen felt a little warm inside.
After smiling and saying goodbye to Wang Qiang and Zhang Yuanmin, he jogged into the courtyard, pulled open the door, and went inside.
But when Jie Chen went into the back of the house, he found the outer room empty. Just then, he heard a noise coming from the east room, and Jie Chen thought it was his mother coming out.
Because Xie Sunshi lived in the same room as the old lady and Liu Lanying, Xie Chen did not go to the door, but waited for his mother to come out.
But as the door to the east room opened, Xie Chen saw who came out and his smile froze instantly. He felt a surge of disappointment and said, "Grandma Jiang, why aren't you asleep yet?"
"We've been waiting for you, haven't we?" the old lady smiled and said, "Young Master, your trip went quite smoothly, didn't it?"
Hearing the old lady's words, Xie Chen was moved, but also felt a growing resentment towards Xie Sunshi. A seventy-year-old woman with no blood relation to him could wait for him until late at night, but his own mother couldn't do the same.
"Sure thing, Grandma Jiang." Xie Chen smiled at the old lady and said, "It's so late, you should go to sleep."
"Okay!" the old lady replied with a smile, then said, "Xiao Chen, you should go to sleep too. You don't need to get up too early tomorrow morning, you can sleep a little longer. I'll prepare your meal whenever you get up."
……
The next day, Xie Chen woke up at 7:30.
After he finished dressing and folding the quilt, he got off the kang (heated brick bed), put on his shoes, and went to the outer room. There, the old lady, Xie Sunshi, and Liu Lanying were working in the east room.
Hearing the sound of the door opening in the west room, Xie Sunshi hurriedly came out and asked, "Oh dear, my youngest son, you're up? I'm going to cook you some noodles."
"I won't eat," Xie Chen replied curtly, then walked north.
There was a wooden washbasin stand in the corner, holding a washbasin on it.
Jie Chen went over, scooped water from the vat, washed his face, and then poured the water out the back window into the back garden.
After washing up, Jie Chen returned to the west room. He grabbed the bag he had carried with him when he went out yesterday and took out the 11,660 yuan that Zhao Jun had given him.
Just then, Xie Sunshi walked into the room and said to Xie Chen, "Youngest son, is that the outfit you're wearing when you go out? Take it off quickly, and I'll wash it for you. You've been wearing this for so many days, it looks so dirty."
"You don't need to wash it," Xie Chen said coldly, then glanced at Xie Sunshi and said, "Don't tire my mother out."
"It's nothing, Mom isn't tired." As she spoke, Xie Sunshi sensed something was wrong. She looked at Xie Chen and asked, "What's wrong? Did your mother offend you?"
"How could that be?" Xie Chen said sarcastically, "Could my mother offend me? My mother is the best to me."
These words left Xie Sunshi somewhat confused. She felt that her youngest son was not saying anything nice, but she didn't know how she had offended him.
At this point, Xie Chen continued, "No mother is as good as my mother! I was away for two days, rushing back in the middle of the night, and my mother didn't worry about me at all. She slept soundly. What mother can be more carefree than my mother?"
“I’m pretty!” Xie Sunshi cursed, which was exactly what Xie Chen expected. He thought his mother was just angry and embarrassed.
To Xie Chen's surprise, Xie Sunshi suddenly lunged forward, waving her hands and slapping Xie Chen repeatedly.
"Ouch! Why are you hitting me?" Xie Chen shouted, then covered his head with his hands and lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) to avoid Xie Sunshi's attack.
Ke Jie Sun threw herself onto the kang (a heated brick bed), knelt down, straightened up, and opened her arms to grab Jie Chen.
She grabbed Xie Chen's arm with one hand and clenched her fist with the other, punching him hard in the back while cursing, "You damn little bastard!"
At this moment, the old lady and Liu Lanying were making quilt covers on the kang (heated brick bed) in the east room. According to local custom, the old lady, who had no children, could not make quilt covers for others, so she taught the craft to Liu Lanying while she guided her from the side.
Upon suddenly hearing that something was happening in the west room, the old lady and Liu Lanying quickly put down their work and ran to the west room.
When the two ran to the west room, they saw Jie Chen lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), while Jie Sunshi was straddling her youngest son, her fists clenched and punching Jie Chen repeatedly.
Liu Lanying didn't even bother to take off her shoes before jumping onto the kang (a heated brick bed), grabbing Xie Sunshi's arm, and shouting, "Mom, what are you doing? What happened to Xiao Er? Why are you beating him like this?"
The old lady, whose legs were not very agile, could only stretch out her hand from under the kang (a heated brick bed) and shout urgently to Xie Sunshi: "You can't hit the child like that! If you have something to say, talk it out properly."
After being pulled away by Liu Lanying, Xie Sunshi, panting heavily, angrily said, "That little brat has no shame! I told him I'd cook for him and do his laundry, and he swore at me in some idiot language!"
After saying this, Xie Sunshi's eyes widened as she stared at Xie Chen, who was lying on the kang with his hands behind his head, and she cursed, "If you dare to show off to me again, I'll tear your diaper off!"
Jie Chen's anger, which he had been holding in all night, was dissipated by a beating from his mother. At this moment, he only felt humiliated, so he lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) without making a sound or moving.
"Oh dear, what are you doing?" The old lady came over and grabbed Xie Sunshi's arm, saying, "The child went out for a while and just came back, and you're already hitting him."
As soon as the old lady said this, Xie Sunshi's anger flared up again. She pointed at Xie Chen's buttocks and said to the old lady, "This little brat, he told me last night that I didn't wait for him and that I went to sleep first, and he said I'm not a good mother."
"Xiao Chen," the old lady said, quickly going over to pry open Xie Chen's legs, "You've wronged your mother. Yesterday, your mother and sister-in-law went to help your father-in-law with some work. They didn't get back until almost nine o'clock. They just washed up and went to bed!"
"What?" Hearing the old lady's words, Xie Chen, who had been pretending to be dead, could no longer keep up the act. He sat up and looked at Xie Sunshi in surprise, saying, "Mom, why are you helping them with chores?"
"I've done all this for you, haven't I?" Xie Sunshi raised her hand and swung her fist at Xie Chen, who quickly dodged in fright. Then, Xie Sunshi continued, "Your father-in-law is always at work, your brother-in-law is out of town, and it's just your mother-in-law and that girl at home. They can't do the work, and you're away, so what are my sister-in-law and I supposed to do? Isn't it all for you, haven't I?"
"Mom!" Xie Chen was overwhelmed with emotion. He grabbed Xie Sunshi's arm and said earnestly, "Mom, I was wrong. Mom, I didn't know. Mom, I was really wrong!"
……
When the Xie family mother and son reconciled, a harmonious atmosphere filled the Zhao family's house.
Although they went to bed late yesterday, Zhao Jun and Ma Ling were very affectionate after a short separation, so they woke up late today.
It was already seven o'clock when they came out of the west room. Ma Ling was a little embarrassed, but neither Wang Meilan nor Zhao Youcai said anything.
Because when Wang Meilan went to sleep yesterday, she told Zhao Jun and Ma Ling that they didn't need to get up too early tomorrow.
After dinner, Zhao Hong and Zhao Na went to school, leaving the four members of the Zhao family, Xing San, Li Baoyu, and Liu Mei to sit together and discuss how to have a big celebration today.
The theme of the celebration is that the Zhao family helped raise a lot of money, and several families should sit together to be happy and have some fun.
"A celebration needs food and drink. The Zhao family has plenty of wine, but they're short of meat lately. Zhao Jun said he'd wait a little while, and he and Li Baoyu would go to the market to buy some."
In Yong'an, the market vendors are mobile. They set up stalls between Yongfu Village and Yongli Village from seven to nine in the morning, forming a market. After the market closes at nine, they move to Yong'an Village and Yongli Village to set up stalls again, continuing until eleven o'clock in the morning.
The market in Yong'an hadn't opened yet, so Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu were at home eating sunflower seeds and chatting with their family about what had happened in the past few days. They hadn't talked in much detail because they got back so late last night.
Today's discussion went into detail, including the legendary deeds of Uncle San, a ruthless man from Shulan. When he heard that he had stabbed and killed or injured nearly twenty people, Xing San was completely stunned.
The Zhao family didn't know idioms like "three men can make a tiger" or "many mouths can melt metal," but they all understood the meaning.
Xing San didn't care about the rumors. After all, he hadn't actually stabbed those people, there weren't even any victims, and the government wouldn't care.
Xing San didn't care, but Zhao Youcai was unhappy. Of course, his unhappiness had nothing to do with the legend of the Third Uncle; he was angry at the group of people from Han Songbaozi in Wudaogou.
If Xing San stabbed two people, people would spread the story that he stabbed and injured nearly twenty people. So why didn't they spread the story that he killed two Siberian tigers? If they spread the story that he killed and injured nearly twenty Siberian tigers, wouldn't his title of "Tiger-Slaying King" be confirmed?
Just as Zhao Youcai was lost in thought, the sound of dogs barking came from the backyard.
Having owned dogs for some time, Ma Ling could distinguish the differences in their barks. The fact that the dogs were barking at a moderate pace indicated that the person approaching was neither completely unfamiliar with them nor completely unfamiliar with them.
Li Baoyu, who was closest to the door, got up, glanced out the window, and turned to Ma Ling, saying, "Sister-in-law, your little brother is here."
"What?" Ma Ling was taken aback. Zhao Jun reminded her from the side, "Xiao Yang is here."
"Why is he here?" Ma Ling asked as she stood up. Ma Yang, who had been running all the way, was already at the door. He pulled the door open and came in, greeting everyone with a smile.
"Come, child." Wang Meilan gestured for Ma Yang to sit down and offered him some melon seeds, peanuts, and candy on the table.
Ma Yang picked up a sunflower seed, cracked it open, and said to Zhao Jun, "Brother-in-law, I heard you're back, so I came to see you."
That's a very worldly and tactful way of speaking.
But upon hearing this, Zhao Jun laughed and said, "You're not in school, so why are you looking at me?"
"Well..." Ma Yang laughed, "The teachers are in a meeting for the first two periods, so it's fine whether you go to self-study or not."
Zhao Jun slightly pursed his lips, but he hadn't been a good student either, so he couldn't educate Ma Yang.
He might not say anything, but Ma Ling wasn't going to let it go. She went over and nudged Ma Yang on the shoulder, saying, "You'd better get to school. If Mom finds out, she'll beat you up!"
“Sister,” Ma Yang said, pulling Ma Ling’s hand away, “I have important business with my brother-in-law.”
"What important business could you possibly have?" Ma Ling asked. Ma Yang replied, "I know where there's an old hamlet, so I came here specifically to tell my brother-in-law."
"What?" Zhao Jun frowned upon hearing this and looked at Ma Yang, asking, "Xiao Yang, you haven't been to school these past few days? Did you go up the mountain?"
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Ma Ling immediately panicked. Ma Yang hurriedly explained, "No, brother-in-law, I didn't! I didn't go up the mountain!"
"How do you know about Lao'anzi?" Zhao Jun asked. Ma Yang replied, "Liu Dongli from my class told me."
"Liu Dongli? Whose is he?" Zhao Jun had never met this person in either of his lives.
At this point, Ma Yang continued, "His family is in Yongsheng. His father, Liu Dabiao, is a member of the Pang family gang."
“The Pang family gang?” Zhao Jun frowned, and then heard Ma Yang say, “The day before yesterday, his father went up the mountain with that blind man Pang, saying he was going to graze. He had brought dry food and other things. But after they got up there, Liu Dongli’s father had a mental breakdown, and blind man Pang had no choice but to arrange for two people to bring him down.”
"Ah..." Zhao Jun understood immediately. It must be that Liu Dongli's father couldn't keep his mouth shut. When he came back, he told anyone who asked him where he had been.
At this moment, Li Baoyu asked Ma Yang with a face full of curiosity, "Xiao Yang, where did Blind Pang and the others go?"
"They said we're going up Qing Shi La Zi." As soon as Ma Yang said this, Li Baoyu looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Brother, isn't this the same place we're going to?"
"That should be it," Zhao Jun said. Li Baoyu then asked, "Brother, we've already carried out the club, so why are they carrying chicken feathers?"
Just as Li Baoyu finished speaking, the phone rang in the west hut. Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan got up almost simultaneously. Wang Meilan, realizing what was happening, said to Zhao Jun, "Son, you're back. Answer the phone."
Zhao Jun went over and answered the phone. He had just said "hello" when he heard Manager Huang's voice on the other end: "Zhao Jun, you're home?"
"Hmm," Zhao Jun said with a smile, "What's up, Manager Huang? Are you introducing me to another big deal?"
Zhao Jun asked the question, but before he could finish, Manager Huang said, "Ah, Zhao Jun. I was just wondering if you still have Sanlong?"
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was taken aback and said, "Manager Huang, didn't I give them the amber dragon yesterday? They all took it."
"Oh dear, don't say that." Manager Huang's annoyed voice came from the other end of the phone. "They were robbed halfway there."
Zhao Jun: "Huh?"
Sorry guys, I'll make up for the missed payment tomorrow. I'm feeling really awful; I've had a low-grade fever, runny nose, and cough all day.
(End of this chapter)