Chapter 4: The Ill-fated Girl
Lu Chen walked fast, and suddenly arrived at the place of the initial conflict.
He bent down to pick up the woven bag, wiped the dust from it with his sleeve, and carried it in his hand.
Seeing this scene, Shen Xue Ning was stunned, a little embarrassed for a while, and was hesitating to use any reason to explain.
Unexpectedly, Lu Chen didn't ask anything, just beckoned himself to hurry up.
Stepping on the bike, the two rode forward side by side, the sun was gradually setting in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the two of them, pulling out a long shadow.
"Can I call you Xue Ning?"
Halfway through, Lu Chenbian suddenly turned around and asked with a smile.
Shen Xuening was stopped by the sudden words, she tilted her head and thought for a while, feeling that the other party's request didn't seem to be excessive, nodded slightly, and snorted.
"Then you lead the way, I don't know where your family lives. ”
Lu Chen said softly.
"Its... Actually, I can go home myself......"
Shen Xue said hesitantly.
"Let's ride quickly, otherwise it's too late, and my mother should treat me to a rattan fried bamboo shoot when I get home." ”
Lu Chen didn't seem to hear it, and sped up the car by himself.
Shen Xue stared at Lu Chen's back in a daze, feeling that he was tall and tall in the afterglow of the sunset, and unconsciously increased the strength under his feet.
Jiangbei urban area is very small, even if it is divided into different streets or urban villages, the distance will not exceed 30 minutes by car, and it is a bicycle.
Shen Xuening's house is in the other direction of Guanbei Market, located in Jinsong Street in the old city.
The streets of Jinsong are sparsely populated, with old houses and crisscrossed alleys that can only be walked or bicycled, and the two motorcycles side by side seem to be a bit of a lack of space.
With the development of the city in recent years, the flow of people to the north, and those with slightly better family backgrounds have moved to the new district and lived in residential buildings.
After being speechless all the way, about fifteen minutes, the two stopped in front of a small courtyard.
Shen Xue Ningqiao's face was slightly red, and she pointed to the room in front of her.
The cottage is not small, it is an old-fashioned bungalow with a north-south hall.
The walls are covered with moss, the potholes are falling off a lot, the roof is crawling with ivy, and the image of the door god on the gate is blurred, but the New Year couplet is still intact, and it is written: "Happy to live in a treasure land for a thousand years, and the blessing of the family is prosperous." ”
"It's not clear whether everything is prosperous, but the thousand-year-old treasure land is absolutely unquestionable. ”
Lu Chen muttered, frowned slightly, and stepped forward to push open the door with doubts.
"Hey!"
Shen Xuening watched Lu Chen push the door in, shouting anxiously, but Lu Chen still didn't hear it, and walked by himself.
In desperation, she could only park her bicycle and follow quickly.
After entering, what catches your eye is a simple place, the cement floor is full of potholes, a large mirror in the main hall is painted with a copy of the eight horses, a table case under the mirror, and an incense burner is placed in the middle of the table.
A wall is plastered with certificates, all of which are Shen Xuening's, from kindergarten to high school, they are basically the title of "three good students", and the most special is that there are also women's high jump and women's long jump......
Seeing this, Lu Chen subconsciously turned his head to look at Shen Xuening, it was not surprising, at 170 cm tall, the pair of long legs alone still had a great advantage.
Feeling Lu Chen's strange eyes, Shen Xuening's melon seed face flushed, lowered her head, stood up straight, habitually played with her braids with both hands, and kicked the air on tiptoe.
"Where do you put this?"
Lu Chen raised the bag in his hand and asked.
"Oh... That ......"
Shen Xuening pointed to the location of the kitchen at first, but as if she thought of something, she immediately changed her words: "You put it on the ground, I'll do it myself." ”
Lu Chen walked towards the kitchen carrying the bag in the direction she had pointed at the beginning, and as expected, there was an old buzzing refrigerator in the kitchen.
When he was about to open the refrigerator, Shen Xuening hurriedly ran over, pressed the refrigerator door, her head shook like a rattle, and her beautiful eyes were full of pleading.
"Well, then you can do it yourself. ”
Lu Chen shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile.
In fact, he knew in his heart that Shen Xuening's refrigerator must have stored some leftovers, or a bunch of meat and vegetables to be processed purchased from major markets at low prices.
"Hmm!"
Shen Xue Ning didn't say much, just nodded slightly, but Lu Chen could feel that she was visibly relieved.
"Cher... Is that you?"
Or hear a noise, a low, gentle voice coming from the back room.
"Grandma, it's me!"
Shen Xuening replied loudly, and then ran into the back room.
Lu Chen didn't hear a word of what the grandfather and grandson said in the back room, only heard the old man's cough from inside from time to time.
Idle and bored, Lu Chen subconsciously touched the cigarette in his pocket, but after thinking about it, he gave up this action and looked at the old house everywhere.
"Ahem. ”
Hearing a sound behind him, Lu Chen turned around and saw Shen Xue Ning slowly walking out with an old woman with silver hair.
The old man smiled kindly, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were very obvious, his hair was combed unusually neatly, and his dark brown eyes seemed to tell the vicissitudes of time.
Lu Chen is actually very familiar with her, the old man was a well-known teacher when he was young, he was rigorous and arrogant, his wife left early, and he had an only son, but his son Shen Huaishan died unexpectedly in the first grade of Shen Xuening Primary School, and his daughter-in-law Guo Lijuan also remarried and left after two years.
Therefore, Shen Xuening is definitely an ill-fated girl.
"Hello grandma!"
Lu Chen greeted politely.
"You are?"
The old man looked puzzled, glanced at Lu Chen, and then turned his head to look at Shen Xuening.
"Oh, my name is Lu Chen, and I'm Xue Ning's classmate. ”
Seeing that Shen Xuening was embarrassed and didn't know how to introduce it, Lu Chen hurriedly introduced herself: "I ran into it on the road today, the thing was too heavy, and I helped her send it back." ”
"Oh, that's it, classmate, thank you. ”
The old woman replied with a smile, and the wrinkles on her face were even more pronounced with this smile.
"Cher, add some food for dinner, and let your classmates stay and eat together. ”
The wife turned to Shen Xuening and said.
"Huh? This ......"
Shen Xuening was a little flustered, looked at the old grandmother, and then at Lu Chen.
"No, grandma......"
Lu Chen waved his hand again and again, casually lied, and ran out as soon as he slipped away: "My mother is still waiting for me at home, my homework is tight in the third year of high school, eat early and review early......"
Running to the door, Lu Chen looked at the old house, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he was in a good mood.
"I didn't expect it to approach you so smoothly, it seems that everything is destined. ”
Lu Chen smiled and said to himself, stepped on the bicycle and prepared to leave.
"Hey!"
At the moment when the car was about to turn, Shen Xuening chased it out with a black bag.
"You... You've forgotten something..."
Shen Xuening handed the bag to Lu Chen with a little shyness.
"Oh, I didn't forget, that was yours, bye!"
Lu Chen didn't stop, and after leaving a word, he rode away, leaving only Shen Xuening with a blank face.
Looking at Lu Chen's distant back, Shen Xuening opened the bag and saw that there were a few fish in it and a large piece of lean meat.
Her pretty face suddenly became hot, and her heart was pounding.
Lu Chen did not go home directly, but returned to the Guanbei Market, found the vegetable stall that Shen Xuening frequented, left the only money on his body to the shopkeeper, and explained a few words before rushing home.