The weather forecast is 39 degrees Celsius today, and it will be especially hot in the afternoon, with a rolling heat wave visible to the naked eye.

Chu Fang quickly came out of the police station, and Zhang Fan looked at her empty hands and exhaled. "That little bag inside is for you, I just forgot to take it out. ”

"It's okay, Uncle Xiao and they haven't eaten yet, and I don't want to eat now. Chu Fang said softly.

She had just experienced that kind of thing, and she couldn't eat even with an empty stomach.

After speaking, he raised his right hand and waved goodbye to Zhang Fan, Zhang Zhenzhen and Zhu Lingyue in turn.

"Bye-bye. ”

Then he smiled at Zhang Fan again.

"Zhang Fan, thank you today. ”

After doing all this, he turned to his father, who was standing aside and fanning the wind with his straw hat, and said, "Dad, let's go!"

Zhang Fan only basked in the sun for a while, his eyelashes were already covered with beads of sweat, his eyes hurt, he squinted his eyes and looked at the empty road and said to Chu Fang: "There are no buses here, or I'll send you, anyway, stop by anyway." ”

Chu Fang shook his head slightly. "Don't bother, our house is just around here, just a few minutes walk. ”

Her father had come straight from the construction site, his clothes were covered in ashes, and he had to shake them every time he came home and entered the door.

Looking at Zhang Fan's car, which was very expensive at first glance, Chu Fang still felt that he didn't want to trouble others.

At this time, Chu Shengguo glanced up at the cloudless sky, and thought of the location of his home, and he was about to return to the brick factory, so he said to Chu Yue: "Daughter, you can take your classmate's car! ”

Seeing that Chu Fang's father had spoken, Zhang Fan directly grabbed Chu Fang's wrist and opened the back door to push her up. "It's all classmates, so don't be so polite. ”

Chu Fang couldn't break free from Zhang Fan's hand, and she felt that if she refused again, she would really see the outside, so she sat down.

After Chu Fang sat down, Zhang Fan said to Chu Shengguo again: "Uncle Chu, you take the co-pilot to point down the road." ”

Chu Shengguo hurriedly waved his hand and pointed to his pants with his finger. "Forget about the ash on my body, this fire brick ash sticks to the seat and is very difficult to clean. ”

"It's okay, anyway, I'm going to wash the car today, and it's troublesome to ask for directions. ”

Zhang Fan said this, Chu Shengguo really couldn't find a reason to refuse, so he had to agree. "That's troublesome little brother. ”

However, before getting into the car, he patted his pants and clothes vigorously, making a "pop" sound, and the fine red fire brick crumbs were particularly conspicuous in the light.

Before getting into the car, he was about to take off his green plastic shoes, but was stopped by Zhang Fan. "Uncle Chu, I'm really embarrassed if you do this again. ”

Chu Shengguo smiled awkwardly, and after smashing his shoes on the curb a few times before putting them back on, he pointed to the pile of broken mud and said, "The soles of the shoes are full of mud." ”

When he finally sat up, he carefully sat on less than half of his buttocks, and the straw hat was padded under his buttocks, and the whole person's body was stretched straight.

Zhang Fan saw this scene, and saw that after Chu Fang's gaze was withdrawn from her father, he was also sitting on a needle carpet.

After he closed the door, his knees were pressed together and his hands were placed on them.

Zhang Fan looked at the reluctant smile on Chu Fang's face, that was not him who he used to be, because he was also more confident than Chu Fang.

Probably because his father was a civil servant and his mother was a teacher!

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Chu Fang's home is on the edge of Guangming City, near the old cement factory, and it takes more than an hour to drive.

The cement plant was bankrupt, and only the three towering gray chimneys served as a lighthouse.

"My house is a little bit in front of that chimney in the middle. ”

The cement factory was built in the eighties of the last century, and Chu Fang's community was also built at that time.

Even if the bustling Rongcheng is removed, this place can be regarded as another world compared to Guangming City.

The clearings on both sides of the road were planted with a variety of vegetables, and the huge shade of the trees blocked the scorching sun above their heads.

A slight breeze blows, and a hint of coolness hits.

The cheerful chirping of birds replaced the rapid honking of cars, and a flock of sparrows lined up neatly on the power lines between buildings.

Time seems to be frozen here, so to speak, it can be said that it is forgotten in the corner, and even time is not noticed.

After Chu Fang sat in the car, he was wondering whether to invite Zhang Fan to his house for a seat?

At this time, she still decided not to shout, so she waved her hand at Zhang Fan.

"Thank you today, see you at the beginning of the school year. ”

It's just that Zhang Fan didn't say "goodbye", but smiled at Chu Fang and asked, "It's all here, don't you invite me to go up and drink saliva?"

Chu Shengguo glared at Chu Fang. "Why are you so rude today, there is a watermelon in the kitchen, wait for you to scratch it and invite your classmates to taste it." ”

Father's words brought Chu Fang back to his senses, and quickly said, "Got it, Dad, then I'll take my classmates up." ”

Chu Shengguo waved his hand. "You boil the porridge by the way, cut a red root and put it in it, it's so hot today. ”

After Chu Shengguo finished speaking, he put the straw hat on his head again and turned to leave.

"Your dad won't go back?"

"He's going to go to the brick factory to get bricks, and there's money for the car. ”

Sunlight shone into the stairwell from the west, and fine dust danced where there was light.

But Zhang Fan knew that in the space where the sun had never shined, the dust still existed.

Zhu Lingyue and Zhang Zhenzhen walked at the back, and Zhu Lingyue muttered something after seeing a chicken coop at the corner of the stairs on the first floor.

"Does this family have a sense of public morality? Feeding the chickens in the public stairwell. ”

Chu Fang turned around at this time and said, "It was fed by an old man, everyone has said it a few times, and there is no way for her to change it." ”

Chu Fang's home is on the fourth floor, and the rusty iron door of her house is as old as the building, and she needs to pull hard to pull the door open after opening the lock.

The house looks small but very empty, mainly unfurnished.

A television, an electric fan, a couple of lacquered wooden chairs, and a round red dining table are just a few of the little things.

Chu Fang turned back to Zhang Fan and said with a smile: "Sit down, I'll go and row a watermelon for you, it's very sweet." ”

She is in a good mood now, mainly because Zhang Fan is the first classmate she invited to play at home, and the incident at noon seems to have become a thing of the past.

Zhang Fan looked up at the awards posted on the white wall, most of them were Chu Fang and Chu Hong.

In the middle of the certificate is a family portrait, the three sisters of Chu Fang and their parents.

The certificate on the family photo has faded, and it looks like it has been around for some years.

"Guangming Cement Plant Advanced Worker Award. ”

"May Day Model Worker Award. ”

Zhang Fan whispered the words above.

"My dad and my mom used to work in the cement factory, but they were laid off, and this house was divided in the factory at that time. ”

Chu Fang walked over with two slices of watermelon, handed the thick-looking one to Zhang Fan and said.

Pointing to the youngest boy on the family photo, he said, "My brother, who is in the third grade next semester, can't see him all day after the holidays. ”

He pointed to the girl with a ponytail who was holding her shoulder and said, "My sister, who works in Guangdong Province, usually comes back during the Chinese New Year." ”

Speaking of this, Chu Fang paused, and his voice became quieter. "But she didn't come back the year before or last year, and now my parents can't contact her. ”

Chu Fang's sister looks better than Chu Fang, and there are two pear vortices at the corners of her mouth when she laughs.

Finally, Chu Fang pointed to the woman holding his brother and said, "This is my mother, who used to be a worker, but then she was injured and couldn't exert her strength, so she went out to pick up a plastic bottle." ”

She gritted her teeth a little when she said this. "My mom could have swept the floor, but she was squeezed down. ”

Zhang Fan listened quietly to Chu Fang's introduction next to him, this girl probably regarded him as a policeman.

I took a bite of the watermelon, and it was indeed sweet.

"The melon seeds will be spit on the ground, and I will wait to sweep them. ”

Zhang Fan glanced at the clean cement floor on his feet and spit out the watermelon seeds in his mouth.

Just four.