Trafford Buyers Club

Chapter 399 Let It Go
Driving all the way here, Tao Xiaman didn't speak. This was the most out of state Zhou Zihao had ever seen.

Men know that at this time, any language is inferior to silent companionship.

Finally, the car drove into Jihua Road, and finally stopped in front of a five-story tenement building.

She passed by here...not long ago, but she couldn't make it up.Zhou Zihao opened the car door for her, but she sat on the chair with her head raised and did not get down for a long time.

Suddenly, Zhou Zihao stretched out his hand and hugged her off the car, and said with a smile, "It seems that it's true that I have been exercising all the time. I can still go up to the fifth floor."

"Let, let me down." Tao Xiaman couldn't laugh or cry: "I'm so sorry."

This man can always think of a way to calm himself down.

Tao Xiaman said softly, "Help me up."

In this way, the last time I revisited the stairs that I couldn't walk alone, now I walk together.Step by step of the stairs, even though my feet are injured and it is difficult to move, I feel that it is much easier to walk than before.

When she saw the familiar door, Tao Xiaman realized that she had really grown up.

"Master Zhou, Master Zhou? Master Zhou, are you there? I'm Zhou Zihao, Master Zhou?" Zhou Zihao kept tapping on the gate, but he didn't get a response for a long time. He frowned and said, "Could it be?" out?"

"Zihao, touch the top of the brake, there should be a key." Tao Xiaman stretched out his hand, pointing to a place near the left: "It should be near here."

"Okay, I'll look for it." Zhou Zihao nodded, and he could touch it without stepping on his feet.He touched it a few times, smiled and said, "It really is there!"

"When I was young, I couldn't touch this place." Tao Xiaman suddenly said softly.

Zhou Zihao easily opened the door, and then helped Tao Xiaman into the house... still did not hear any movement in the house.

Zhou Zihao had already taken a good look at the living room when he entered the door last time.As for the room, he naturally wouldn't look at it abruptly, "Well, it seems that no one is here anymore. Xia Man, does your uncle have no family? Xia Man?"

But Tao Xiaman was walking towards the workbench, holding on to the wall... Standing in front of the workbench, Tao Xiaman couldn't move his steps.

She stretched out her hand and gently picked up a set of phoenix gown skirts that was placed here. The moment she touched it, she lost her mind.

"So it's already done!" Zhou Zihao walked over, "No wonder Master Zhou called me yesterday, it seems that he intends to let you try on the dress."

"He... did he call you?" Tao Xiaman turned around and asked.

Zhou Zihao nodded and said, "Well, now I understand why he was so nervous at that time. But when I called that number back, there was no one there, it was an empty number."

Zhou Zihao also looked at the coat on the workbench, and subconsciously said: "It seems that Master Zhou went out in a hurry, did he go out without packing the clothes?"

"Maybe..." Tao Xiaman opened his mouth.

"Maybe what?"

Tao Xiaman shook his head, "It's nothing...I think, I want to wait and see here."

"Okay." Zhou Zihao nodded, "I'll help you sit over there."

"No need..." Tao Xiaman said softly, "I want to take a good look at this place."

Her gaze turned to the corner of the wall, and she said, "Help me over there to have a look."

Seeing the nicks on the corner of the wall, Zhou Zihao squatted down. He knew the purpose of these nicks, so he raised his head and asked, "Who is this measured for? Your cousin or your cousin?" Brother or something?"

"its mine."

Tao Xiaman stretched out her hand and touched the notch that was just over her height.Her fingers slid slowly and lightly before the notch, as if touching an old man's face.

same height.

Brand new.

"its mine."

Subconsciously, she approached the corner, and her body was completely pressed against it.Zhou Zihao saw his fiancée's eyes were moist, and heard her say: "It's mine."

"It should be engraved on it when Master Zhou measured your height last time?"

Zhou Zihao thought for a while, then smiled and said: "It seems that your uncle treats you very well. But it's strange. It stands to reason that we should have never met, but he seems to have known me early in the morning. But, I found this old master according to the messages on the Internet?"

"Me too..." Tao Xiaman shook his head and said, "I also have a lot of things I can't understand."

"Hmm..." Zhou Zihao said softly, "Don't think about it if you don't understand it. Maybe when Master Zhou comes back, he can ask clearly. By the way, where is this toilet? Can I borrow it?"

Tao Xiaman pointed directly to a location... She was so familiar with this place that she could find her way even without turning on the lights at night.

She started leaning on the wall again, walked to the workbench, and sat down.

Slowly unfolding the set of wedding dress in front of her, tidying up its water chestnut... From the beginning of tailoring to the completion of this step, she knew that it didn't take much time, but it also meant that in this short period of time Within a short period of time, how much painstaking effort is required to compress the long process to such an extent.

A row of needles on the box, also threaded with different threads.

On the trash can next to it, there are so many balls of paper towels, with dots of dull vermilion, that's blood... How many times have I pricked my fingers.

"You... who are you?" Tao Xiaman breathed hard.

She had a feeling... felt that the old man who used to sit here and pass through the threads might never come back here again.

She seemed to have kicked something, subconsciously looked down.It was placed under the workbench, one by one stacked food boxes.

A lot, overlapping, really a lot of weight... It seems that I have been eating this thing all the time.

——I actually bought it for someone.I recently met a friend who often forgot to eat because of work. I was afraid that he would not be able to survive.

She bent down, and when she reached out to pick up these food boxes, some words began to ring in her ears... the scene of the episode that she had encountered before.

——Whether the topping noodles are delicious or not, my friend will always finish it.

……

"Xia Man, are you hungry? How about we go get something to eat before we come back?" Zhou Zihao walked out of the bathroom while wiping his hands.

But when he looked through the entire living room, and even opened the doors of other rooms one after another, there was no one there.

Zhou Zihao picked up the phone suddenly, and when he dialed Tao Xiaman's cell phone, he heard the ringtone ringing on the sofa next to him... Her bag and other bits and pieces were still here.

People are gone!
……

……

Feeling the narrow entrance, Tao Xiaman limped into the noodle restaurant.

The grey-haired noodle shop owner is doing some calculations right now, this is no longer the time for the food market, and there is not a single customer in the small restaurant.

Seeing someone coming in, the owner of the noodle shop was stunned for a moment, "Hey, girl, we haven't opened the market yet, it will be late, and the noodles haven't been reconciled yet."

But seeing the girl limping, the owner of the noodle shop kindly stood up and came over to help her, "Girl, are you okay?"

"No..." Tao Xiaman shook his head, and suddenly said, "Boss, can I ask you something?"

"Ah, you say."

Tao Xiaman hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and asked, "Master, do you still have any impression of that young man who often comes to you to pack two portions of noodles recently?"

"Uh..." The owner of the noodle shop was taken aback, "Oh, the one with sliced ​​noodles and noodles with toppings?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Tao Xiaman said quickly, "Did you see him today?"

"Today...not today." The owner of the noodle shop said casually, "I'm still wondering why I didn't see anyone today."

"When does he usually come?"

"Well, usually there are two meals in the morning and evening." The owner of the noodle shop thought: "Yes, I will come for both morning and evening meals. But I didn't come for lunch today, so I don't know if I will come for dinner. Why, girl, what are you looking for? Is this young man?"

"Master, can I sit here for a while?"

"Ah, yes, you can sit down." The owner of the noodle shop supported Tao Xiaman to sit down, "Girl, let me pour you a glass of water."

"No need." Tao Xiaman shook his head, and suddenly asked again: "Master... did that young man who bought noodles say anything strange?"

"no?"

The owner of the noodle shop shook his head and said: "I remember that this young man seldom talks and is very quiet. After the noodle is ready, he will leave after paying and never say anything... Uh, if there is nothing else, you can just sit and think about it." I can sit for as long as I want, and I have to settle the score."

"It's okay, you are busy."

Tao Xiaman sat alone.It was only then that she remembered that her walk was a bit inexplicable, so she came to this place recklessly, and she didn't even think of telling her fiancé.

But when she was about to make a phone call, she realized that she didn't even bring her mobile phone.Tao Xiaman couldn't help smiling wryly, asking himself: Tao Xiaman, what's wrong with you.

She shook her head, thinking she should go back.But just when he stood up, a football suddenly rolled in from outside the noodle shop, and then a child ran in after him.

Next there was another woman, a slightly fat woman, only to hear this slightly fat woman say angrily: "How many times have I told you not to play football on the road, but you are disobedient! Now it's all right, let's all jump!" It’s a shop of mine!”

"Mom! I didn't! It rolled in by itself! I didn't even kick it!" The child muttered and complained.

"You still said, how could the ball come in by itself! You started lying at such a young age, didn't you!" The slightly fat woman's eyes widened at this time, and she was about to hit her son.

But this kid is a villain, and when he sees someone, he hides behind them... It doesn't matter that the big sister's feet are tied like rice dumplings.

"Chen Cheng! You are so disobedient, right! Come here! Don't harass others!" The fat woman put her hips on her hips, but when she saw her son harassing others, she immediately apologized again, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry , My son has been very naughty, he didn't mean it. Are you okay... Xia Man? Feng Xiaman? You are Feng Xiaman, right! I'm Meimei! Jiang Xiaomei!"

……

Two women and a child drinking wave soda chatted in this small noodle shop.

"So you've gone abroad, no wonder..." The chubby woman named Meimei sighed, "I didn't expect to see you after more than ten years."

Tao Xiaman also sighed quite a bit, she had already met Meimei once... the last time she revisited her old place, she only saw her at that time, although she recognized her, she didn't come forward to recognize her.

Tao Xiaman looked at the child hiding behind her mother's skirt, and said softly, "Well, it's been more than ten years, and your son is already this old."

Meimei suddenly said: "Do you know whose child this is my child?"

"who?"

"Amu! Chen Zimu!"

"That naughty king!" Tao Xiaman said in surprise, "You two are actually married! Oh my god, I really didn't expect it!"

"I can't think of it." Meimei shook her head, also in a weird way, but she smiled sweetly, and she said with emotion: "This is probably the so-called impermanence of the world, right? It's like you suddenly changed schools one day Well, we never thought of that."

"Nothing." Tao Xiaman shook his head.

Meimei also stopped talking suddenly... She and this woman in front of her were once very good friends, but they haven't seen each other for more than ten years, but now they seem so unfamiliar.

Maybe this strangeness is not because of the separation of more than ten years, but because it existed more than ten years ago... Some prejudices existed in the parents back then.

"By the way, why did you suddenly come back this time?"

"I'm getting married, and my fiancé's hometown is from here, so come back and have a wedding." Tao Xiaman said softly.

"Congratulations!" Meimei subconsciously grasped Tao Xiaman's palm, but soon felt something was wrong, and retracted her hand in embarrassment.

Tao Xiaman grabbed it with his backhand, "Will you come that day?"

"Of course! I will definitely come!" Meimei said softly, she suddenly lowered her head: "Xia Man, I'm sorry. At that time I..."

"The past is over." Tao Xiaman shook his head.

Meimei smiled wryly, and she reached out and touched her son's head, "But I know that I hurt you. Not only me, but all the classmates in the class...At that time, we shouldn't treat you like that Yes. Really, the older a person is, the more he understands things, and the more he understands his childishness. Especially..."

Meimei said softly: "Especially after having this little naughty ghost, I understand this even more. Children's hearts are very fragile, they can hear a lot of words, and they can also remember words far beyond our adults' imagination. Some things, they Maybe once, it will last a lifetime.”

Tao Xiaman smiled bitterly and said, "Didn't you say that, let the past go. As it is now, it's already pretty good. I didn't even think about it, we still have the opportunity to sit down and chat."

"Yeah, maybe it's fate." Meimei said: "Like me, I got married early and became a full-time housewife. I pick up the children from school at this time every day, and then go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. Here, I even pass by here every day, but how can I expect to see you here again."

Tao Xiaman just smiled...it immediately refrigerated something.

"Oh, I remembered, in the past, Uncle Feng would often bring you here to eat." Meimei looked up at the surroundings of this noodle shop, "I really miss it, I have never eaten here because of my illness... ...sorry for talking too much."

Tao Xiaman shook his head and said nothing.

Meimei hesitated for a moment, "By the way, Xia Man. You...have you ever met your father?"

"Long time no see." Tao Xiaman said quietly, "I haven't seen him since his accident."

"You...do you hate him?"

"Hate it." Tao Xiaman's expression was complicated: "Actually, I didn't hate it for long. It's just that the days are long... I will be afraid."

"You...Aren't you going to meet him?" Meimei gently grabbed Tao Xiaman's palm, "I know I'm not qualified to talk about your family affairs. But to be honest, I'm also a parent, so I understand what it means to be a parent." Mood. This kid will make me angry every day. Sometimes I really want to throw him out of the house. But ah, these angers can’t last a night. If I can’t see him for a day, I always feel like something is missing Yes. I think Uncle Feng is the same. No matter what the previous generation did wrong, they have already received the punishment they deserved. Your mother passed away early, and he brought you up alone, and never let you suffer. Wronged. No matter what his status is outside, whether he is a tailor or a criminal, he is just a father to you."

"Beautiful..."

"Xia Man." Meimei said softly: "Don't you feel it? In fact, I have always lived in happiness. When I was young, something happened, but I was adopted by a kind person. When I grew up, I met a fiance who loves you. Are you really happy?" You have been living in happiness, but you don't feel that you are happy. Why do you feel that these things will leave you?"

"I..." Tao Xiaman wanted to say something... She found that she couldn't say anything.

"Xia Man! Xia Man! Great, you are really here!"

At this time, Zhou Zihao ran in panting from the outside and grabbed her hand, "I didn't see it. I found this place after asking people along the way! Great, are you okay? Huh? Foot Does it hurt?"

"I'm fine, someone is here." Tao Xiaman shook his head.

Only then did Zhou Zihao notice that there was a pair of mother and child beside him, and he asked suspiciously, "This is..."

"My childhood classmate, Meimei."

"Hello, hello." Zhou Zihao hurriedly said politely.

Meimei nodded, then looked at Tao Xiaman, and smiled slightly: "I'm not wrong, am I? A man who loves you so much, who says you are not happy? Do you think these things will run away? You It's just that I never intend to let you go."

……

"What did your classmates talk to you about?"

It didn't take long for Meimei to take her son to continue shopping for vegetables. In the noodle shop, Zhou Zihao asked curiously after drinking his saliva.

"Some homely words." Tao Xiaman shook her head and sighed: "After more than ten years, people really change a lot. I didn't know she could talk like this before."

"Well, maybe it's because you've become a parent and learned to be verbose?" Zhou Zihao said seriously, "Would you be like this too?"

"You're courting death!" Tao Xiaman knocked Zhou Zihao.

Who said that you are not already in happiness?

……

Back in the old house again, Zhou Zihao sat on the sofa with Tao Xiaman in his arms and waited.Waited until it was completely dark, waited until nine o'clock in the evening, and waited until eleven o'clock in the evening.

The two still haven't waited for Master Zhou's return.

It was as if there had never been Master Zhou here, because at night, there was no electricity here.

Before he knew it, Tao Xiaman fell asleep from extreme sleepiness.

She had a very strange dream.

In the dream, she seemed to become a transparent person.She is still in the old house, but a small desk lamp is lit here—it is a small lamp on the workbench.

It must be very late at night, right?
Everything was quiet, and there was only a slightly hunched figure in front of the workbench, squinting, wearing needle and thread year after year.

On the red silk, golden auspicious clouds emerged line by line.

Just like this, she sat beside this figure, silently accompanying him, for a long, long, long time.

Suddenly, her eyes blurred, and she suddenly traveled to a strange place.

in a cave.

She seemed to hear something.

Familiar voice.

"... This dinner, this chat, is already worth it. Besides, I have earned money by spending such a long time outside."

"Why should I, why should I let her life, which was so hard to get happy, continue to be chaotic. I...I shouldn't appear in her life again..."

"Send me back..."

She saw the old figure disappearing little by little in the thick fog, and she saw that she was still asleep in the cave at this time.

She woke up suddenly, and the sun shone through the blinds, and it turned out that it was already dawn.She was still here, and so was Zhou Zihao beside her.

It turned out that the night had passed.

She subconsciously touched her face, she thought she had cried.

(End of this chapter)