112. The Whole World Is Reborn

"Uncle, you see, clothes and electronic watches from Shenzhen and Hong Kong are very popular in Beijing now. What do you think about us brothers opening a small shop to sell fashionable Shenzhen and Hong Kong goods?"

Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao exchanged glances with their uncle Jinzhande and asked.

You can make a fortune doing anything these days. They were trapped by the spicy hot pot shop before. In fact, if they had a smarter mind at that time, they would have directly opened a small workshop in Shenzhen. Now the family business can be expanded several times.

The only difficulty now is money. Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao are thinking about the stock subscription certificate issued by Hai City in a few years, which is called "get rich certificate". The original stock, which was about 30 yuan per set, was hyped up to more than 10,000 per set in just a few months. It is a huge profit. If you have enough capital to buy hundreds or even more of it, you will immediately become a millionaire or even a multi-millionaire.

The "Certificate of Wealth" was issued in 1992. At that time, it was rare to find a millionaire. After becoming a millionaire, you could buy a house and land, and then just lie down and collect rent. You would have no worries about food and drink for the rest of your life, and you would not have to work for anything. Isn't that wonderful?

The two brothers had a good idea. The only regret was that it would take nearly five years before the "Certificate of Wealth" was put on sale. In these five years, they still had to think of more ways to make money. They couldn't let the third brother steal all the limelight.

"That's a good idea."

Jinzhande felt that his two nephews were so old, but their thoughts were still a little too naive. Seeing the two brothers' excited looks, he couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on them.

"You just want to go to Shenzhen to buy goods, but have you ever considered where to buy goods cheaply? Those clothes are popular in style. What if you can't sell the goods after you buy them and they are piled up in your hands? And if you buy in large quantities, you may be caught for speculation and profiteering, and you will have nowhere to seek justice if you are caught. Have you ever thought about these things?"

So many people think that business is easy to do now, as if you can make a fortune by doing anything. They don't even look at the fact that there are more people who have risked everything and gone into business, but lost everything. There are many people who have committed suicide by jumping off buildings and drinking pesticides. Business is not just talk. You can succeed by just thinking about it.

Now everyone knows that things in Shenzhen are good and cheap. For example, the radios and electronic watches sold in Shenzhen have many styles and low prices. Usually, they can be four or five times more expensive after being resold in Shanghai and Beijing. Many people take the risk to go to Shenzhen to buy goods from those small factories that have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and then send them to the train.

If you are lucky, no one will stop you, and you can really make a fortune with these few bags of things. If you are unlucky, you will happen to encounter a train inspection, and you will be found to have bought so many similar goods. You will be sentenced to speculation and disrupting the market order. The lighter fines will confiscate these illegal goods, and the heavier ones will be imprisoned for a few years. When you come out, the world has changed.

Jinzhande is not different from his nephews who want to start a business, he just doesn't agree with their brainless entrepreneurship.

He has also seen the changes in his two nephews in recent years. In the previous life, they did not resign and go into business. I think some of his nephews and nephews' wives have had the same adventure as him.

Jinzhande watched coldly. These two nephews may know what happened in the previous life and know that their mother will be pissed off by their younger brother in the future, but they have never made any attempts to change from beginning to end. On the contrary, the first thing they did when they came back was to take their children back. Later, they found that raising children was too troublesome and sent the children back. They never thought about their biological mother from beginning to end.

This made Jinzhande particularly disappointed, so he was indifferent to them in the days that followed, and never offered to help them.

"It's not that troublesome."

Yan Dabao didn't care. His former co-workers, who occasionally came to his shop to eat spicy hot pot, also went into the business. Now they are doing street stalls. Although this job is not classy and is easy to be looked down upon, when business is good, they can earn one or two hundred yuan a night, which is much higher than the income of their spicy hot pot shop in a month.

He went to Shenzhen to purchase goods by himself, and left for four or five days a month to complete the goods for the next month. Usually he only worked five or six hours a day, and played cards and slept in the rest of the time. It was much easier than staying in a small broken shop all day.

Yan Dabao felt that his uncle had heard the subtext of their desire to borrow money and was just exaggerating.

"What is troublesome? Your uncle will not harm you." Jinzhande pulled her face and said unhappily to these ungrateful wolves.

The more these two sons live, the more disappointed and confused they make her as a mother. Not only did they quit their jobs without telling her, but they also gave the factory jobs to their brothers from their wives' families.

She didn't care about Zhang Qiaoqiao and Liu Hui's jobs. She didn't care that they gave the jobs to her brothers and nephews, but what about Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao? When they quit their jobs, their younger brother Jinbao was not as successful as he is now. Even if they wanted to quit their jobs, couldn't they go home and ask their younger brother if he needed the job?

If they didn't want it after the other party asked, it would be one thing, but now they gave it to someone else without saying a word. Thinking about the gossip of the neighbors during that period, the old lady felt uncomfortable again.

"Mom, you can't say that."

Yan Erbao blushed, and he looked at his uncle flatteringly: "Uncle, my elder brother and I don't want to be too far behind the younger brother. You also know that we brothers don't have such a high level of education. We didn't continue our studies after graduating from junior high school. Now we can't be filial to our mother even if we earn so much money. Poor Dadan and Dani still need mom's help to raise these children. When we make money and buy a big house, we will also hire a nanny to take mom over to serve her so that she can spend her old age in peace."

He knew what this uncle cared about the most, so he naturally said something nice.

"Come on, it's as if I, your biological mother, don't let you study."

Jinzanghua glared: "Didn't you brothers think the factory job was good? You couldn't wait to take over your father's job after graduating from junior high school. If your uncle hadn't been kind enough to give the job to the second brother, you two brothers would have fought for the job left by your father. Now you complain about your education. Tell me, who should you blame?"

There were many families who fought for the family's job back then. After all, parents only had two jobs at most, and it was common to have four or five children in the family in that era. How to divide the work became a problem. There were many quarrels that ended up not communicating with each other.

The Yan family was lucky. Yan Chu was young, and it would take more than ten years for him to take over the job. The factory couldn't wait for him that long. Old man Yan left a job, and Jinzhande also gave up one, so Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao naturally didn't have to fight.

In those days, a job was a huge fortune, which meant a stable income. Having a formal job also had an advantage in the blind date market. So when she gave the jobs to the first two sons and left the house to the youngest son, Marigold felt that she was not biased at all.

"Mom."

Zhang Qiaoqiao stopped the old lady's complaints and said softly to her uncle beside her with a smile.

"It's a good thing that Dabao and Erdi dare to take risks. This time we just want to ask the uncle for advice, and to be shameless, we also want to borrow some money from the uncle to make ends meet."

Liu Hui saw that her sister-in-law winked at her, and she didn't stand by and watch as she did just now, and hurriedly joined in.

"It's a bit embarrassing, but uncle, we are all family, don't worry, we will definitely pay this money back, but now we are short of money and want to find a store to buy goods, but we don't have enough money."

Now many people think that business is good, and the rent of shops is rising. The rent of their spicy hot pot restaurant has risen to 180 yuan a month in four years, and the formal salary of a senior worker is not that much.

If they had known that the rent would soar so much, they should have bought the shop at that time.

But it is not too late to realize this now. Thinking about the price of those storefronts in Beijing in the future, the four of them have been tempted to buy a shop. However, thanks to the soaring prices in recent years, the price of shops near the street and in a better location is basically tens of thousands, and the money of the two families combined may not be able to reach a fraction of it.

So, they have been tempted to borrow money from Jinzhande, wanting to borrow more money, buy a few shops, and then resell them when they appreciate in value, and return the capital to their uncle Jinzhande.

Du Meijuan listened to the words of Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao, and her smile deepened.

The group of people in the Yan family are vampires and leeches, each of them is disgusting to the extreme, but she knows that in front of her husband, she can't say anything, on the contrary, she has to pretend to be virtuous and kind.

"Little brother, you can't borrow this money."

It's all from her own belly, the old lady can't see the thoughts of her two sons.

"It sounds nice, but what will you use to pay back when you lose money? Your spicy hot pot shop is not yours, how much can it be worth? Besides, even if you pay it back, why don't you make it clear when to pay it back and whether to pay interest? Do you think your uncle's money is blown by the wind?"

The old lady's words stumped Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao. In their opinion, their uncle's money was blown by the wind. His wealth in this life is much higher than in the previous life. This is the benefit of rebirth. With so much money, what's wrong with giving them some?

"Sister, Dabao and Erbao are both my nephews. I will help them if I can."

Jinzhande stopped the eldest sister from speaking and looked at the two nephews and their wives: "How much money do you plan to borrow and how long do you plan to borrow it for?"

It is definitely impossible to give it for free. Jinzhande has already realized how the little nephew indulged in bad things in the previous life, and how could he encourage the mentality of the eldest and second nephews to get something for nothing.

Du Meijuan heard that her husband seemed to be willing to give in, and she clenched her fists tightly, feeling very uncomfortable.

"Second, no, one hundred thousand."

Originally, the two families had agreed to borrow 200,000 yuan, one for one hundred thousand, and then they would end the business of the spicy hot pot restaurant, and the two families would make money completely separately, and then no one would complain that the other earned more.

But seeing that the faces of the people present were not very good, especially the uncle, although he was not angry, but his momentum was scary, so when reporting the amount of money to be borrowed, Zhang Qiaoqiao unconsciously reported half less.

Fifty thousand yuan was enough for their initial investment. They had not saved ten thousand yuan in these years of running a small shop.

"Bah, do you think your uncle is a banker?"

The old lady was shocked by her two shameless sons and daughters-in-law. How many people could not even take out ten thousand yuan, and he opened his mouth for one hundred thousand. Even your own father would not let you squander the family like this.

"We don't have much liquidity on hand now, Dabao and Erbao. It's good to want to do business, but you have to be steady and steady. You won't become fat with one bite. If your uncle refuses, your aunt will lend you 20,000 yuan. , you can try this business first to see if it works, and then if you can make money, you can invest more.”

In Du Meijuan's view, if the Yan family's idiots, Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao, had the ability to do business, they would not be like that in their previous lives. Since they cannot grow IQ in rebirth, idiots will always be idiots.

One hundred thousand dollars is not a small sum, and Du Meijuan doesn't want her money to be wasted. Based on her understanding of her man, I'm afraid he will still lend the money out. It will be difficult to get it back by then, so she might as well She spoke before Jinzhande, and her statement was very reasonable. Plus her previous good performance, she probably wouldn't arouse her husband's suspicion.

In fact, even if she didn't ask, Jinzhande had no intention of actually lending 100,000 yuan to these two nephews.

Regardless of whether the other party's unplanned business is feasible, let's just say that emotionally, the key link between him and his nephews is his eldest sister Marigold. If the two children are not filial to their eldest sister, don't expect Jinzhan to treat her. How good can these two nephews be.

Anyone who can do business is not smart. He can't do something like losing a hundred thousand yuan in vain for two nephews who are not very close to him.

The most important thing is that Marigold herself is opposed to it. If she opens her mouth, Marigold will definitely borrow it.

Du Meijuan's words disappointed Yan Dabao and others, and they all looked at their uncle with hopeful eyes. Unfortunately, his uncle was silent picking up vegetables and drinking, seeming to acquiesce to his aunt's wishes.

Twenty thousand, compared to the two hundred thousand they had expected before, had shrunk to one-tenth. The brothers had been thinking about trying to please them for a long time, but they only received this kind of report, and they only thought that the richer people get, the more money they get.

But seeing their mother's objection, the uncle could only withhold this amount of money. The two brothers drank and had nothing to say.

"You can borrow money, but you must write down an IOU, and there is a repayment date. If the money is not paid by then, what will you use as collateral?" Marigold did not agree with her younger brother's loan to her two sons. They did things in a confused manner. , the old lady was not at ease at all, she always felt that the money was borrowed and never repaid. Didn't that make the younger brother lose 20,000 yuan in vain? This made the younger sister-in-law think of them.

"Mom, that's what you said."

Yan Dabao felt very uncomfortable. His younger brother saw that he was completely different from his last life. But the two brothers had lived an extra life and still achieved nothing. At this time, his mother was still messing with him. He didn't believe it. If he asked for a loan today, It was her younger brother who made the money, so she would still do this.

This old woman is becoming more and more partial.

"The old house at home was passed down by my father. It should have been divided between my second brother and I. At first, both of us brothers had jobs. We had no problem with you giving it to the younger brother. But now we have all quit our jobs in the machinery factory. The house should be divided again.”

Yan Erbao looked at his elder brother's face and revealed the second purpose of their visit today.

They inquired and found out that this house was left by their biological father. The original property certificate was written in their father's name. After his father died, the three brothers and their mother would have the right to inherit. There was no way to divide the family. The agreement was not legally valid at all, and her mother had no right to divide the house.

In fact, the house would have to be heavily divided if the matter went to court. They just thought that they would go to court, but they broke up with their mother. The breakup with their mother was the breakup with their brother-in-law, so they didn't make a fuss.

"fart!"

The old lady stood up from her seat. Yan Chu saw that the old lady's face was red with anger, so he quickly supported her and helped her calm down.

"I forced you to quit your job. How did each of you behave when you were clamoring for a job? Now you have quit your job and come back to clamor for a house. How can you deal with relationships like this? Then you two are me. I don’t want your two sons now. If I beat you to death with a big ear scraper, will the country judge me as a criminal?”

The old lady was breathing heavily. She was originally happy when she came today, but her mood was ruined by these two white-eyed wolves.

Yan Dabao and Yan Dani have already become sensible. Compared with their biological father and mother who don't get along very well, and the memory of being taken home and then kicked out, the seven children all stood on the side of grandma and looked at their father. Mom's eyes were very confused and reproachful.

"Mom, how can this be confused?"

Yan Dabao has a headache and is messing around. Doesn't he want to honor her? As long as she can drive out the younger brother who caused him so much misery in the previous life, he will honor her like an ancestor. But who makes her partial? He and his brother are heartbroken. ah.

The four of them felt that they were quite reasonable, completely forgetting that the old lady had never treated them badly, and if they were not reborn in this life and took the initiative to disassociate themselves from the old lady, and chilled the old lady's heart, she would definitely also I won't be wary of them borrowing money from my uncle.

A wedding banquet ended unhappily, and Yan Dabao and others were coaxed out by the old lady. Before leaving, Jinzhande still let them go to his company to get money from him another day, but the atmosphere in the room still could not be restored after all. Finally.

Yan Chu coaxed the old lady for a long time before she regained her smile. After the meal, everyone was exhausted mentally and physically.

****

"Brother-in-law."

Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao looked around at their uncle's company, looking at the dozen or twenty employees sitting in the office, smacking their lips, thinking about when they could have a company of their own.

It must feel good to be called Mr. Yan and Mr. Yan.

"Here's twenty thousand dollars."

Jinzhande took out the cash from the drawer that his secretary had taken out from the bank today and put it on the table. The two brothers' eyes lit up and they wanted to take it, but Jinzhande took the money back again.

"Uncle, please don't misunderstand us."

Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao were anxious. No matter how much it was, it would still be 20,000 yuan. They thought that their stepmother might have said something yesterday that caused their uncle to misunderstand.

"It's not that Erbao and I are unfilial. You, like us, also know what happened in the previous life. We brothers are just angry. We are angry that our mother still favors Yan Chu. Otherwise, she is our biological mother. How could we not be filial to her?" Woolen cloth?"

Yan Dabao said with sincerity. They had thought about it before coming. Maybe they could talk to their uncle and tell him that they were the same person.

Jinzhan De is not stupid. Although he knows the origins of Yan Dabao and others, he has no intention of recognizing them at all.

"What happened in this life, Dabao and Erbao, aren't you drunk and haven't woken up yet?"

Jinzhande frowned and asked with a puzzled expression.

His expression didn't look fake at all. Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao were stunned. Could it be that my uncle was reborn? But how does this explain the other party's previous actions and the expanded business scale in this life.

"No, uncle, was it your suggestion to transfer Yan Chu to another school?" Yan Dabao asked in surprise.

"That was several years ago." Jinzhande thought deeply, "It seems that your aunt wanted to choose a new school for you two cousins ​​and mentioned Jinbao, so I thought about changing Jinbao to a new school as well. , What’s wrong? Wouldn’t it be nice to change schools?”

Aunt?

Could it be that they had all guessed wrong before? It was the aunt who was reborn, not the uncle.

"Fuck, what the hell is that woman doing? Could it be that she really killed my mother in the last life and feels guilty?"

Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao whispered, but Jinzhan De, who had sharp ears, listened to them.

"What woman killed your mother? Tell her clearly, otherwise you won't get any of the money."

Jinzhande's heart tightened, and he couldn't find the leisure he had just now.

"No, no one killed our mother. Isn't she alive and well?" The uncle in front of him was not born again. Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao pretended to be stupid and pretended that they had not said anything.

Jinzhande gave them a cold look and put the wads of money back into the drawer.

"No, no, no, no."

Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao were still waiting for the money to make a fortune. Seeing that their uncle did what he said, they immediately panicked and immediately told them clearly what they knew.

Of course, they did not directly say that they were reborn. They only said that they had a dream last night. They dreamed that their younger brother lost all their family property in gambling and made their mother angry to death.

"You said that in your dream your mother called me to borrow money?"

Jinzhande's face turned gloomy, and he refused to believe this fact.

"It should be a fight. It was us and Mom who brought it up at that time. After all, the loan sharks were so tight. When we left tomorrow night, Mom was already relieved. But the next day, she immediately changed her attitude and said that she didn't need to talk to my uncle anymore. I contacted you and we thought about it, but you refused.”

Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao didn't say that Du Meijuan might have refused. That woman might have been reborn. She hated the Yan family so much in her previous life. If she knew that their barrel leaked, she wouldn't hate them to death.

It's better to use this to make my uncle feel guilty, and maybe it will be easier to borrow money.

"Later, the third brother-in-law was frightened to death, and my mother was so angry that she couldn't bear it. The two of us rummaged through my mother's things and found your phone number, and then we contacted you. But by that time, my mother was no longer alive. "My mother died not long after you arrived."

The two of them finished saying what they knew, and looked eagerly at the drawer where the money was hidden, thinking that their uncle would be able to give them the money this time.

"It's just a dream. You two are not young anymore. Don't be surprised and take it as a real nightmare. Jinbao's promising children, how could something like that happen in the future?"

Jinzhande's throat was dry and tight. He could have sworn that in his previous life, he had never received a call from his eldest sister to borrow money.

There are two possibilities, one is that the eldest sister didn't call in the end, and the other is that the call got through, but it was not him who answered the phone...

Jinzhande didn't want to believe it, but it was more likely to be the latter.

We are at the end of our rope. No matter how strong the eldest sister is in her self-esteem and no matter how sorry she feels for him, if Jin Bao and her pregnant daughter-in-law are involved, she will definitely make this call.

Jinzhande felt chills in his heart as he thought about his wife's gentle smile and the woman who had been comforting and encouraging him after the death of his eldest sister and who was as hurt as him.

When Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao got the money, they didn't care whether their uncle believed in the dream they were talking about. If he didn't believe it, it was just right. At least they were sure that their uncle was not reborn. The loss of a competitor was a good thing for them.

After getting the money, the two brothers seemed to be afraid that Jinzhande would ask them to write an IOU, so the two brothers left in a hurry without stopping.

"Mr. Jin, today..."

Not long after their brothers left, the secretary knocked on the door and came in, talking about today's arrangements.

"Everything is postponed. I don't feel well and I need to go home and rest for a day. If you have any urgent matters, please call me." Jinzhande took the coat on the back of the chair, picked up his briefcase and left directly. Now he only has one thought, and that is to go home. .

*****

"Zhan De, why are you back so early? Is there nothing going on in the company today?"

Du Meijuan heard the noise at the door and came out with a spoon. Judging from her dress, she looked like she was cooking in the kitchen just now.

"I made some old duck soup for you. I was just thinking of sending it to the company for you to taste and see if it suits your taste."

She had a gentle look on her face, and Jinzhande liked her the most, but now he suddenly found that he was beginning to be afraid, fearing that there was another unknown side beneath the skin of this beauty.

"I'm a little tired and want to go back to my room and have a good rest."

Jinzhande rushed home from the company with that energy, but when he saw his current wife, he had no reason to question her. Even if what Dabao and the others said was true, it was the fault of his future wife. He took What is the difference between questioning his current wife and how he treated Jin Bao before?

Du Meijuan believed it and looked at her husband who was pale and sweaty on his forehead. She stepped forward and wanted to probe his forehead with the back of her hand to see if he had a fever, but Jinzhande subconsciously avoided her.

Du Meijuan was stunned, her hands froze in mid-air.

Could it be that something happened in the company? My husband's expression was very strange.

Jinzhande didn't explain, and went back to the room bypassing Du Meijuan. What he needed to do most now was to be quiet.

"Your forehead is covered with sweat. I'll wipe your face, and then you can lie down and have a good rest."

Du Meijuan doesn't want her husband to fall down. In her previous life, she was pampered and had no idea about the company's affairs. What she knows the most is which store sells the latest jewelry and clothes, and which beauty salon has the best craftsmanship. , let her open a shop and do business. Firstly, she doesn’t have the ability, and secondly, she doesn’t want to be burdened by it.

"Today Dabao and Erbao came to me to ask for money. I relented and gave them two hundred thousand."

Looking at his wife wringing towels at the side, Jinzhande suddenly said this.

Although Du Meijuan hid it well, the disgust that flashed in her eyes at the first moment was still seen by Jinzhande, who had been secretly paying attention to her. Even though she still showed a gentle and considerate look later, Jinzhande felt that in his heart, What else don’t you understand?

"Dabao and Erbao are both your nephews. As elders, we should help them. It's just that they didn't do things carefully. That's why I proposed to lend them less money at the beginning, but you can borrow 200,000. I just borrowed it, I just hope they know how good you are and I will be happy."

Du Meijuan only thought about Jinzhan De, and she didn't seem to be angry at all about her husband lending 200,000 yuan to her nephew.

Jinzhande took the towel she handed over and wiped his face, then lay down and closed his eyes without saying a word.

Du Meijuan saw that he was really uncomfortable, so she stopped talking, picked up the basin and walked out quietly, not forgetting to close the door.

Jinzhande is now 180% sure that the eldest sister in his previous life did call, but his wife rejected the eldest sister without telling him. During that time, he was in Japan to discuss a big project. The eldest sister couldn't get through to his mobile phone, so he would definitely call her. If she chooses to call the home landline, even if her wife rejects the eldest sister, she may not know it.

If his wife made it clear to him that she didn't want him to help the eldest sister's family without any bottom line, he would understand and be willing to discuss with his wife how to get along between the two families.

After all, the eldest sister was kind to him, but not kind to his wife. Since he and his wife had established a small family, he was of course willing to accept his wife's opinions and suggestions.

It’s just that he doesn’t understand that he is not helping the eldest sister’s family without any bottom line. Every time he gives something to the eldest sister, his wife’s natal family will definitely give an equally valuable gift. He also gives Jin Bao a red envelope, and his wife’s several There are also many nephews.

In recent years, when several of his wife's brothers wanted to start a business, he also contributed money and effort. All this was because he was grateful for his wife's tolerance and wanted to repay her with the same dedication and tolerance.

But the facts told him that he regarded his wife's family as relatives, but his wife only regarded them as moths from beginning to end.

The last 800,000 yuan in my previous life was a lot of money.

It's ridiculous that he couldn't sleep all night because of his eldest sister's death, but she could enjoy his gratitude and respect for her like no one else.

Jinzhande felt so distressed that he suddenly didn't know how to face his current wife.

*****

"Do you still remember the good sisters I often mentioned to you about dancing with me?"

Xie Meifeng walked in with a smile on her face, carrying a newspaper and breakfast, thinking that something big was going on at home.

You have so many dancing sisters, I don’t know which one they are. "

Mr. Xi took a bite of the buns bought by his wife, opened the Beijing newspaper of the day, sat on the chair and spoke slowly.

"That's the most beautiful girl."

The old lady rolled her eyes at the old man, and then looked at her granddaughter Xi Xiaoxiao with a smile.

"Her son is very promising. He won a gold medal in the International Olympiad. He is the same age as Xiaoxiao, but he is from a different school." The old lady looked at her granddaughter. She was beautiful and had good grades. She wondered if she could find an opportunity to let her The two children looked at each other, maybe they were destined to be together.

"Is it this child?"

Old man Xi asked while holding his reading glasses and pointing at the young man in the newspaper.

Xi Xiaoxiao looked over and saw the familiar face, and the bun in her hand fell to the ground.