From Li Dong's point of view, the four-meter-wide alley was extremely narrow. In this era, the width seemed normal.

The floor of the alley is paved with bluestone slabs, which is fairly clean.

On both sides are low adobe houses and adobe courtyards.

Standing at the door of a courtyard, Aunt He called into the room, "Is Lao Yao at home?"

An old lady wrapped her head in an old towel of unknown color came out, "Is it Xiao He? Come in."

When she saw Li Dong walking in, the old lady said, "This girl is lucky."

Aunt He said with a smile, "Really? I feel very comfortable just looking at her. She is here to change the silkworm sand and put it back into the pillow."

The old lady was also very straightforward, "How much do you want?"

Aunt He looked at Li Dong.

Li Dong didn't know either, "I want to pack four pillows."

She wanted to change Grandma Li's pillow too, but if she changed it for Grandma Li, Grandpa Li's pillow would definitely have to be changed too.

The old lady took out a cloth bag from the west side room and said, "Forty pounds, thirty cents a pound."

Li Dong didn't know the price of silkworm excrement. Besides, it was a medicinal material. At [-] cents per pound, it shouldn't be expensive.

She took out 13 yuan and handed it to the old lady, "I don't have a bag to put it in. Give me this cloth bag."

After the old lady and Li Dong paid and delivered the goods, they went back to the side room and dug out another scoop of silkworm sand, "Look for your change."

This old lady is really interesting.

Li Dong smiled and opened the bag and took the half bowl of change.

The old lady also gave Li Dong a piece of hemp rope and asked Li Dong to tie the mouth of the bag.

Then he simply waved his hand and said, "Go back."

After leaving the alley, Li Dong hesitated.

Aunt He, who was helping her carry the silkworm sand, didn't give her a chance. "Let's go, go to my house and identify the door. I'll teach you the crochet flower."

The family courtyard is very large, arranged in four rows, four on the left and right, with a main road in the middle, and a small road in front of each row of courtyards.

Aunt He kept walking towards the back.

Li Dong followed closely.

The last row turned right and entered the east path. At the entrance of the first courtyard, Aunt He stopped and said, "We're here."

Li Dong hurriedly took the cloth bag from her hand.

Aunt He took out the key and opened the courtyard door.

The yard is very large, twice as big as an ordinary yard.There are seven main rooms and three doors, but there are two side rooms on the west side.

The west side house is the kitchen. There is a pressurized water well at the root of the south gable. From the well platform to the south wall, the ground is smoothed with cement and is clean and tidy.

In the southeast corner of the yard, there is a pile of neat red bricks.

Seeing Li Dong looking at the yard, Aunt He explained, "This is two yards combined. This is how we moved here."

"Speaking of which, there are only two of us at home, my wife and I, so there is no need to live in such a big yard."

Hearing Aunt He's loneliness again, Li Dong asked more, "Where is your child?"

Aunt He opened the west door and said, "The eldest is my daughter. She is married and her two sons are in the army."

Military dependents?

Li Dong was in awe, "Aunt He, you are an amazing mother."

Aunt He opened the door and said, "Come in and sit down."

These two rooms are the merging of the living room and dining room.

A three-seater leather sofa, a long wooden coffee table, and a square dining table are placed against the wall.

There are two low cabinets placed at the east and west corners of the north wall.

Simple, clean and bright.

Aunt He pointed to the sofa, "Dabao, you sit down first, and I'll boil the water."

"no need."

Li Dong hurriedly stopped her, "I'll just learn hookah and leave. My family is waiting for me to go back."

Aunt He stopped being polite to her and asked her to take out wool to wrap it up.

The individual strands of cashmere yarn are extremely thin, and it took the two of them more than ten minutes to wind them into a ball.

Aunt He asked Li Dong to take out a rubber band and crochet hook, and the two of them sat on the sofa, one teaching and the other learning.

The people who teach are serious.

Those who learn are also serious.

I don't know if anyone has entered the courtyard.

"Hongmei, who is here?"

This voice made Li Dong stand up suddenly, "Director Geng?"

"Li Dabao?"

In the yard, Geng Xiangdong, who had his handbag under his arm, was also surprised, "Why did you come to my house?"

Li Dong turned to look at He Hongmei, who was sitting still.

He Hongmei patted her side and said, "Sit down quickly, let's continue."

Then he waved to his husband in the courtyard and said, "Old Geng, Dabao is my new friend. I will bring her back to learn crochet. You can go and have a rest first."

Geng Xiangdong went into the kitchen of the west side house, washed his hands and entered the living room, "Li Dabao, no one has troubled you recently, right?"

"No no."

Li Dong shook his head, "I can handle those little things. Thank you Director Geng for your help."

"You're welcome, I just can't stand the village officials who bully the people. As long as it's okay, you can learn. I'll go to the study."

Geng Xiangdong waved his hand and left the living room.

The crochet pattern is very simple. The first circle is to fully crochet the roundness of the rubber band. The second circle is more densely crocheted on the first circle. The wrinkles will appear and the flower will be formed.

After Li Dong learned it, he took out the bunch of books from the cloth bag and wanted to take out Journey to the West.

He Hongmei stopped her, "Old Geng often travels on business. I just ask him to buy it from elsewhere. You can take it back and show it to your brothers."

"If you go out to buy things, I won't let you eat. Next time you come to the county, remember to come and play with me. I'm too bored to be alone."

Li Dong took back the book and brought something else to repay Director Geng next time.

After seeing off Li Dong, He Hongmei went into the kitchen and opened the door of the briquette stove, then knocked on the middle door.

"Come in."

Hearing Geng Xiangdong's voice, He Hongmei pushed the door open and asked, "What's going on with Li Dabao?"

Geng Xiangdong put down the documents in his hand, "First, tell me how you met her?"

"My younger brother is getting married, and the woman wants two big things..."

He Hongmei told how she met Li Dong, "I felt very comfortable standing next to her, and the anxiety was gone."

"I met her again today, and I shamelessly followed her..."

"She wants to buy things for pillows and hairdressers... Shouldn't I just trick her into coming to my house?"

"You."

Geng Xiangdong nodded at his wife, "You are just too lonely. If you have nothing to do, just go home and hang out."

"Don't go."

He Hongmei refused, "My little brother is not at home. Don't interrupt. Tell me what happened to Dabao?"

"This girl is quite pitiful. She has no mother at one year old, no father at six years old, and she still has a lot of money..."

After saying that, Geng Xiangdong sighed deeply, "Although I helped her, I also investigated afterwards. Except for the soda drink, which she deliberately lured Li Hong to, all other things are true."

"So what if she took the jade pendant? Those people did all kinds of shameless things for the pension, and they are not worthy of me calling for justice for them."

He Hongmei wiped her tears and said, "Poor baby, luckily I woke up in time, otherwise I would have died."

Geng Xiangdong touched his chin, "Actually, the most suspicious thing is her third aunt Xu Guixiang. No matter how smart Li Meili is, she is only 13 years old. She doesn't know much about people and the ways of the world. It is impossible to come up with a plan to cause Dabao to fall into the water."

"But Xu Guixiang's character design is too perfect, and there is no direct evidence pointing to her."

"Later, a lot of things happened to Dabao. Let me tell you. Do you think it looks like my little brother's rogue temperament..."

He Hongmei listened and wiped away her tears with a smile, "He is quite like a younger brother. He makes people jump around but can't find any evidence."

"Then Xu Guixiang deserves to be molested by a madman. Don't worry about it. As long as Dabao doesn't suffer, don't interfere in the fight between her and Xu Guixiang."

"Then Xu Guixiang will definitely do nothing good if she touches a lunatic. There must be a reason why Dabao treats her like this... Oops!"

As she was talking, He Hongmei suddenly slapped her hand, "Xu Guixiang, that poisonous woman, didn't want to make a madman go to Dabao, so Dabao plotted against her, right?"

Geng Xiangdong's eyes narrowed, "It's possible that she dared to design Dabao to fall into the water, and it's also impossible to design a madman to destroy Dabao."

He Hongmei's face turned black with anger, "Poison! Too cruel! He is not worthy of being an elder. Dabao is still too kind to take her two sons back and raise them."

"not necessarily."

Geng Xiangdong shook his head, "Those two children were coaxed by Dabao with food."

"You also said that she bought a book about little people and went back to show it to her younger brother. There may not be the idea of ​​bribing the two cousins ​​to alienate the mother and son."

"You deserve to be separated."

He Hongmei stamped her feet, "A woman like that shouldn't have a good ending. Just let her stay with the girl who was taught a bad lesson by her. I'll see what happens to her. Huh! I'm going to cook."

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