Chapter 34 Thirty-three

Maria's hobbies (2) Maria is a woman who likes luxury, and she especially has an extraordinary hobby for all kinds of jewelry.Usually she used what Joe got back, and most of it went to the jewelry store.But she didn't adorn herself with the jewelry she bought, but locked it in a jewelry box and ignored it.But she still bought insurance for these expensive jewelry.Joe thinks she is a woman who likes to own, and he also knows that she doesn't like to own for a long time, she just likes the joy of owning at the moment of purchase.But why buy insurance again?Jo thought she was compromising a certain notion.In addition to buying jewelry, she also bought that kind of expensive Persian rugs. When she bought too many and had no place to lay them, she threw some still new rugs in the garage.Joe can't share

Enjoy the joy of her purchase, because she goes to the store by herself every time, and you can't see any special expression on her face after the purchase.If it was jewelry, she would lock it in the huge jewelry box; if it was a carpet, she would immediately lay it on the floor and replace the old one.Then do what you should do for the rest of the day, never mentioning the things you bought.What a selfish woman she was, Jo thought bitterly sometimes.But when I think about it, don’t I also buy books?And I never discussed my reading with her.So the anger subsided again. When Daniel was around 10 years old, Maria's shopping urges swelled, and Joe was nearly overwhelmed financially.Once she bought back an expensive diamond brooch, which cost almost half a year's salary of Joe, and they took a small debt for it.Fortunately, Maria is not the kind of housewife who sits and eats nothing. Later, she developed her own hobby and bought a weaving machine to weave wool tapestry (perhaps inspired by those beautiful Persian rugs).She is the kind of person with great practical ability, so people came to order from her at the beginning of this work.Since Maria started weaving tapestries, her desire to shop has waned.She began to focus on little things, and found strange signs in the home that she hadn't noticed before.The first strange thing she discovered was that the two cats in the family were electrically charged, especially when they were in heat, so that she suspected that if she caught them, she would be electrocuted to death.Is it because of the age of the homestead that these strange things happen at home?Unexplainable things came one after another, the roses, the machine for cutting dough, the hoses for watering the garden, the stairs at home, all became problematic.When there was a problem with the stairs, Maria happened not to be wearing glasses, and every step in her eyes slanted downwards, so her legs softened, she sat down, and slid all the way downstairs.When she regained her composure, she turned her head and looked up, only to find that the stairs were still in good condition.Although these changes in the family made it more inconvenient, generally speaking, she still had an inexplicable surprise.When she saw Joe get electrocuted by touching the cat, she still had a kind of pleasure in her heart.Jo never talked to her about these strange things in the family, nor did Maria herself.But when Maria and Daniel were together, they talked about these things with gusto.Once when Joe was not at home, the mother and son actually stayed by the ancient well in the backyard for a whole day, even eating by the well.Because Daniel saw the African cat fall from the mouth of the well with his own eyes, and then came out from another unknown passage.They didn't see any other miracles that day, but their emotions were surprisingly high.

"Mom, don't you think 'pirate' is a bit world-weary?" Daniel looked distressed. "It's not like that, boy. It's just too focused, that's the way animals of the night are. Who's ever seen a dog laugh? But the Pirate laughs. He learned it in the dark." "It was kicked out of the house by the owner because it could laugh. I think it can no longer see much light. In its eyes, our place is also the night. It daydreams day and night." Daniel was tall and thin, a bit like a heron.Although Maria talked to him all the time, she still felt that there was something vague in his character, which came from Joe.For example, now, he is hiding in her friend's house, he is cautious, rarely goes out, looks very shy and plain, but Maria knows that he is by no means a simple child, he has some unrealizable plans, and he will not give up those plan.

Daniel keeps the garden in order, and he does it effortlessly, but he's always on edge and won't relax.That's why he escaped from boarding school.People said he was a very good, self-disciplined student.But his mind is not on his studies, only he knows that.Maria thought, what is this child thinking about?Once, when she went to school, she saw her son standing among many people like a heron from a distance. She suddenly felt that she had seen Joe in her youth, and she had a vivid feeling.What's going on?Isn't Joe short? As they sat in the room together for coffee, Maria showed Daniel the new tapestry on the wall.What is woven on it is a vortex, spiraling round and round into the bottomless depths.

"This is a girl in a kimono. I've seen it once in Daddy's study." Maria was secretly surprised. "Do you read the same books as your daddy?" "No, I only read travel notes, I like traveling." "Do you like to go abroad? Like Eastern countries?" "No, I just like being at home." Probably only she could understand what the boy said.