Chapter 33: Peers

On Friday night, when He Shikai was on the first day of the lanterns, he hurried to He Xiaoshuang's house.

He Xiaoshuang was distressed: "Catch the last train? You kid is really, can't you take the morning bus tomorrow morning?"

He Shi was slightly warm in his happiness and explained: "My father went to the imperial capital for a meeting, my mother was with him, and there was no one at home. ”

He Xiaoshuang's pity paused and said, "Then you should go to the car early." ”

Chen's father, Chen Zhijun, laughed, "Shuang'er, let Ah Shi wash his hands and eat first." If you have something to say, I'll talk about it after eating. He Shikai asked again: "Are you tired, are you hungry?"

He Shikai shook his head and replied, "Uncle, no." "As always, few words.

Yulan ran to get the dishes and chopsticks, but she was short and couldn't hold the rice, He Shikai washed his hands and took the bowl without saying a word to serve the rice by himself.

He Xiaoshuang worked hard to pick up vegetables for the three children, Chen Zhijun was a little tasteful, is it that he is often not at home, so he has a feeling of falling out of favor?

Yulan raised her eyes and saw Chen Zhijun's aggrieved expression, and she didn't know why she suddenly wanted to laugh.

He Xiaoshuang also noticed it, glanced at her husband, picked out the largest shrimp from the bowl and put it in his bowl, and sighed slightly: "Your favorite shrimp." "City C is not near the sea, and fresh seafood is not easy to eat, but there is still no shortage of all kinds of dried seafood. The dried shrimp He Xiaoshuang bought are very large, her cooking skills are good, and the shrimp she makes tastes very good, which is Chen Zhijun's favorite dish.

Yulan slowly picked up the rice in the bowl and watched the interaction between the husband and wife.

At the dinner table, there are not many words between the two people, however, a small movement, a casual laugh, the other party can quickly understand and react. Some people say that between people who love each other, every word and deed, every move is friendship. Whether a person loves each other or not can be seen clearly from every detail from his speech and demeanor.

Chen Zhijun and He Xiaoshuang are undoubtedly a loving couple.

Yulan tilted her head and thought, is this love?

He Shikai glanced at the husband and wife, and then withdrew their gaze. For him, as long as the sister-in-law and uncle have a good relationship.

As for the numbness, it doesn't exist! Who can outrun their own parents who want to be conjoined babies all the time? I don't know if the old man is tired of playing the role of schizophrenia after being paralyzed in front of people.

Only Chen Dong'er buried her head in eating, for the sake of that beautiful girl card, she had to finish eating Yulan first.

After finishing the meal first, Chen Dong'er said "ha", held the empty bowl and said to Yulan: "Look, I'm faster than you, and I'm not a picky eater today." ”

Yulan swallowed the rice in her mouth, nodded and said, "Well, you won, the moon hare is yours." ”

Chen Zhijun glanced at He Xiaoshuang puzzled, what do you mean? He Xiaoshuang nodded, it is what you see.

Chen Dong'er doesn't like to eat and is a picky eater, so Yulan said that the two of them competed to see who was not picky and ate fast, and couldn't gobble it up. The loser gives the winner a sticker with various comic characters printed on the paper. Chen Dong'er has recently become obsessed with collecting stickers, and Yulan has done what she likes and made a bunch of them.

Therefore, Chen Dong'er is very interested in eating now, and the picky eating problem that used to give He Xiaoshuang a headache has been solved.

Several children left, Chen Zhijun said to He Xiaoshuang, "I still have something to do at night, I may come back later, you go to sleep first, don't wait for me." ”

He Xiaoshuang nodded, she listened to what Chen Zhijun could say about the outside world, and she didn't ask what she couldn't say, she still had this bit of proportion after being married for so many years.

Chen Zhijun went out and went to Chen Zhimin's house first.

After Chen Zhimin's family finished eating, Zheng Mei was cleaning up, and when she saw the eldest uncle coming, she hurriedly made tea and brought a plate of shelled salted peanuts for the two to taste.

Seeing that Zheng Mei was still preparing other things for tea, Chen Zhijun hurriedly stopped Zheng Mei: "Brother and sister, don't be busy, I will have something to do in a while, say a few words to the second child and leave." ”

Chen Zhimin drank wine for dinner, and at this time he leaned back on the sofa with a flushed face, and when he heard this, he said to Zheng Mei: "Daughter-in-law, you take Mi'er to rest first." ”

Zheng Mei was a little reluctant, Mi'er was watching TV in the room, and she wanted to hear what the two brothers had to say. However, she never dared to disobey Chen Zhimin's words, and returned to the room slowly.

In the living room, Chen Zhijun asked his younger brother: "How are you doing, do you need help?"

Chen Zhimin was slightly drunk and a little slow to react. When he heard this, he thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's all good, I can do it." ”

If Zheng Mei is here, she will vomit the difficulties of life, and then let the eldest uncle help one or two.

Chen Zhimin is just the opposite, he has no ambitions, his wife and children are well, the income of the grocery store at home is stable, and he has a big brother who is the village head, and others will give him three points of face when he goes out.

His pleasure was to drink a little wine once in a while, and sometimes to play cards with someone. The small life is very nourishing, and he is already very satisfied, and no more thoughts are gone.

Chen Zhijun nodded, this younger brother has been honest since he was a child, and he has never said one thing and two is two, and he will not make things foolish, so he is very relieved of him.

The two brothers talked for a long time, and a plate of peanuts was eaten cleanly, and at the end, seeing that his younger brother was very tired, Chen Zhijun said one more sentence: "I am often not at home, your sister-in-law is a woman with a child, if there is anything inconvenient, you can help take care of it." If you have any difficulties, tell me. ”

Chen Zhimin laughed: "Brother, you don't need to say this, I know how to do it, you can rest assured." ”

Chen Zhijun also smiled, it was indeed redundant, patted his younger brother's shoulder and said, "That's okay, if you have difficulties with the family's money, go to your sister-in-law, I still have something to do, so I'll go first." ”

Zheng Mei heard the footsteps of the eldest uncle walking away, so she walked out of the door and asked her husband, "What is the eldest brother looking for you?"

Chen Zhimin shook his head, "It's nothing, just chat a few words." ”

Zheng Mei muttered: "Everything is fine in your heart." Chen Zhimin smiled stupidly: "It's really okay, just ask us if we have any difficulties, do you want to help?"

Zheng Mei pursed her lips, her mouth said nicely, but in fact, there was no benefit at all. At this time, Zheng Mei completely forgot that she could eat well in the village, and she was completely stained with the light of the village head.

She asked her husband curiously: "That child, didn't the eldest brother say anything? The sister-in-law is also really, what are you doing raising other people's children for no reason, how good it is to have that spare money to help the family, why bother to cheap outsiders!"

Chen Zhijun's brothers' parents have passed away, and Zheng Mei refers to her own family.

Chen Zhimin knew that Zheng Mei was a little stingy, but this matter was a matter for his sister-in-law, and he had no room for instigation, so he persuaded his daughter-in-law: "Sister-in-law has money, let alone raising one, it is okay to raise ten or eight." Don't be sour. ”

Zheng Mei glanced at her husband: "I know that my sister-in-law is rich, but I didn't say that she can't afford it." I just think it's a pity for her to raise a stranger, if she wants to raise a child, isn't it good to raise our honey? ”

Chen Zhimin patted his daughter-in-law's hand: "Mi'er has us, and besides, my sister-in-law has helped us a lot, so I can't say this." ”

Zheng Mei muttered a few words, in front of Chen Zhimin, she didn't dare to provoke anything except nagging two sour words, otherwise this person would start a fire and scare people.

Yulan and Chen Dong'er were frolicking in the room, and He Shikai knocked on the door, waking up the two of them. Chen Dong'er rushed to the door: "Brother, what good things did you give me?"

He Shikai didn't speak, handed her a box of watercolor pens, Chen Dong'er cheered, and couldn't wait to sit on the floor and tear it down.

He Shikai glanced at Yulan, and Yulan was also looking at him. He handed her a book, and Magnolia glanced at the cover, which was a book on psychology and about personal emotional control.

As soon as Chen Donger saw that it was a book, she was not interested, and she buried herself in dismantling watercolor pens one after another.

Yulan laughed happily, it was inconvenient for her to go to the bookstore to buy books, and she also mentioned it casually in front of He Shikai, not holding out hope, but she didn't expect him to help her buy it.

Magnolia took the book and asked him, "How much?" I'll give you the money. ”

He Shikai shook his head: "Send you." ”

Yulan felt that her face was a little hot, what kind of gift did she give every year? But looking at his serious face, Yulan thought, if he said no now, would he turn his face? Looking at Chen Dong'er's cheerful way of dismantling things, she felt that this was the child's reaction, so she also learned from Chen Dong'er, pursed her lips and smiled: "Thank you." ”

Although she is still young in this body, she just can't call the child brother who is younger than herself in her heart. Just as I wanted to turn around, I suddenly remembered something: "You go back to school on Sunday afternoon, can I go with you?"

He Shikai's eyes flashed, "Huh?"

Yulan was embarrassed and patiently explained: "I'm going to find my sister, it's inconvenient to take a car alone." You take me to the station, and my sister will come and pick me up. ”

He Shikai said: "Okay. ”

It started drizzling on Sunday and the temperature was a little low. Yulan wore a long-sleeved shirt, and He Xiaoshuang was still afraid that she would be cold, so she put on a thin cardigan for her and instructed her nephew: "Call when you get to the place." ”

He Shikai nodded and took Magnolia to the station.

There was only a tricycle in the village to the town, and He Shikai was afraid of Magnolia motion sickness, so she sat on the front of the car and sat on the edge of Magnolia. Gradually, there were more people, and the seats on both sides were full of people, and the later people had no place, so they could only hold on to the handles and stand in the middle of the aisle, and two or three tall men stood on the back door of the car, swaying left and right as the car moved.

Yulan glanced at He Shikai to see if he was used to it, but He Shikai mistakenly thought she was uncomfortable and comforted: "Bear with me." ”

Yulan was moved in her heart, but she didn't expect He Shikai to look cold and emotional, she smiled and said, "Hmm." I know. ”

He Shikai pursed his lips and stopped talking.

The car slammed all the way, the mountain road twisted and turned, and it took nearly an hour to reach the town. Yulan felt that if she sat in this car a few more times, she would no longer be afraid of motion sickness in the future.

The two of them bought water in the town, and after drinking it, they continued to get on the minibus from the town to the city.

When buying tickets, He Shikai insisted on buying tickets for two people. The conductor was a young girl with a high ponytail and dressed quite stylishly. She saw that He Shikai was beautiful, and couldn't help but say more: "Your sister is such a young child, you don't need to buy a ticket." ”

He Shikai's face was expressionless, and he said again: "Two tickets." ”

The conductor was a little embarrassed, but still said good-naturedly: "One full ticket, one half ticket?"

He Shikai glanced at the conductor very calmly, full of coldness. The conductor was suddenly silent and didn't dare to say more, tore off two full-price tickets and gave them to He Shikai, found change and returned to his place to sit.

The minibus has a double seater on the left, a single seat on the right, and an aisle in the middle. He Shikai took Yulan to sit in the first row on the left, let Yulan sit by the window, and sat outside by himself. He rubbed Magnolia's hair and whispered, "Don't drive so fast, sleep first?"

Yulan didn't want to sleep, so she took out a comic book from her schoolbag and flipped through it. He Shikai leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.

Passengers got on the bus one after another, and after about half an hour, the car was full, and the conductor shouted: "If you haven't bought a ticket, hurry up and buy a ticket, the car is about to leave." ”

He Shikai opened his eyes and glanced at Yulan, and seeing that Yulan was still reading with relish, he reached out and closed her book.

Yulan looked at him with wide eyes, and He Shikai explained: "Reading in the car hurts. Magnolia also guessed it, and obediently put away the comic book.

He Shi laughed, and the conductor who had been staring at him just now was suddenly amazed. He Shikai swept the conductor with cold eyes, and the girl suddenly didn't dare to look at him anymore.

The car drove for about ten minutes, someone stopped the car, and the car stopped, and a tall and strong middle-aged man came up. The man looks like a newspaper and looks very difficult to mess with.

The carriage was very quiet, the man glanced at the carriage, and did not see any empty seats, so he said to Yulan: "Why do children occupy a place, you get up!"

Yulan rolled her eyes, and suddenly understood He Shikai's intention to insist on buying a full-price ticket. She smiled and raised the red ticket in her hand and said loudly: "Uncle, one ticket and one seat, I also bought a ticket, why can't I sit in this position?"

The conductor also helped beside him: "My brother and sister bought two full-price tickets." If you don't have a place, you just stand, what does a big man bully a child like, out of breath!" This girl has been running on this road all the year round, and she has seen a lot of people, so she is very sharp-tongued.

The passengers in the carriage craned their necks to watch the excitement, everyone was hanging high and unconcerned, and no one said a word for Magnolia.

The man had no fear, ignored the conductor's words, and still told Magnolia to stand up.

Yulan sat down in her seat, ignoring the man's words.

The man was suddenly angry, grabbed his five fingers, and grabbed Yulan's chest directly, as if he wanted to grab Yulan's clothes and pull her up.

Unexpectedly, a white and slender hand suddenly stretched out in mid-air, and three fingers pinched the man's wrist, and the man suddenly screamed like a pig.

He Shikai's eyes were like knives, and he coldly glanced at the middle-aged man, and his cherry lips spit out one word: "Get out." ”

The man stepped back again and again like a ghost, the place where his wrist was pinched was painful and numb, and the killing intent in the young man's eyes could not be concealed.

What kind of delicate porcelain doll is this? It's clearly an out-and-out evil god!

A man is a social person who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard, and the perception of kindness and malice will never be wrong, and the young man in front of him is clearly a hard stubble that is not easy to mess with!

Thinking about this, the man nodded and apologized repeatedly, hunched over and went to the back of the car, grabbed a young man and asked him to give up his position.

The carriage was quiet, but the young man had no place but dared not speak angrily, standing in the middle of the aisle aggrievedly.