According to the custom of the surrounding neighborhood, if a new resident moves into the neighbor's house, he must come to the house the next day with his belongings.

Gifts don't need to be expensive, a few catties of fruits, or some fresh seasonal vegetables can be, when it is the first time to visit the door as a welcome.

Ganluo's father went to Tibet two years ago, his mother was busy with work, and he only returned home once a month for only two days, and his brother was in his first year of high school and lived in school from Monday to Friday.

During this period, the only living creatures in the family were Dada, a little black dog she raised, and eight little yellow ducks bought by her mother.

When I returned home, in addition to taking care of myself, I also had to take care of the nine living creatures. When my mother returned home and planted the vegetables raised in the field, Ganluo had to watch the growth and cut off the leaves.

Towards evening, Ganluo straightened the crooked faucet of Ganluo, rinsed it with water, and carefully checked the handbrake and bell.

Under the Yueji Pavilion, two figures sat opposite the table.

"Brother, when are you on vacation?"

"It's only been a long time since school started. The holiday time is still the same as before. Ganluo picked up a chopstick egg and put it in Ganluo's bowl, "Are you thin again?" ”

"Where I am thin, look at my face is full of meat. Gan Luo held chopsticks in one hand and pinched the baby fat on his cheek with the other, "You are not at home, I will eat by myself, and I will raise you fat." ”

"Just your dark food? Mom didn't even talk about you last time she came back. ”

Gan Luo was silent for a while, "You take care of more at home, Monday to Friday, if you are afraid of being alone at home at night, call me." I'll charge the landline tomorrow. She is the only one in Grandma Li's house, and you occasionally go to talk to the elderly. ”

"I know. ”

Gan Luo buried his head in the bowl of rice, his nose was a little sour, looked up at his brother, and grinned:

"I'm like a child, I'm an adult. I have so many plants around the house, you know, I look at the plants and I'm not afraid...... Last time Uncle Zhang came from the front of the house, saying that my family is about to become a 'flower fairy valley', he pinched his fingers and chattered nonsense one day, and met in the market last week, and pinched his fingers and said to help me calculate a hexagram for free, saying that I was the reincarnation of the flower fairy, and I almost couldn't hold back laughing at that time. ”

"Return the flower fairy, hehe, you are at most a flower farmer, oh, eat more meat. ”

"By the way, when I came back today, I heard from my neighbor that the Zhou family next door was back to their hometown, and when our family moved in, the neighbors came to visit, and those who had nothing to do also took care of and helped. The yard hasn't been finished in the past few days, and after a few days, you can bring some fresh vegetables to visit. ”

"The ...... of the quadrangle Zhou family?" Ganluo put the shredded potatoes in the bowl and didn't move.

"That, brother, can't you go on Sunday?" buried his head and raised his head again, the chopsticks stirred the rice in the bowl, and Gan Luo pursed his lips and didn't speak again.

"I have to go to school on Sunday afternoon, their house is so old, it will have to be repaired until Tuesday at the earliest, it is not appropriate to go too early. ”

"Are you embarrassed to go alone?" Seeing Gan Luo squirming, Gan Luo couldn't help but say: "You are thirteen years old, you should be sensible, send it to chat a few words and come back, there is nothing to be embarrassed about." ”

“…… I'm sorry, I'll go. Ganluo picked up the bowl and buried his head in the rice, and his head flashed with all kinds of replay shots of the fall.

The "bang" of the door closing was rewinding back and forth in my head, clicking.

The speed of the Zhou family's yard was quite fast, and the repair workers drove away in trucks on Monday morning.

On Monday afternoon, Ganluo came home, and on the way happened to meet Grandma Li who had gone out to pick buds.

Ganluo carried the bag in the basket to her back and parked the bicycle next to her, "Grandma put it in the basket, I'll help you carry it back." ”

"Okay. The girl came back early today. Grandma Li put the bud valley in the cloth bag into the Ganluo basket and chatted to herself, "The Zhou family is back, they are considered to be old residents who have returned to their hometown, the girl's family has been here for seven years, and their family is settled down today, grandma is waiting for you to get out of school, and I will visit with grandma later." ”

"Wait...... Wait a minute......" Ganlo bit his tongue.

"Yes, we are close to each other, and the thieves don't patronize each other because they take care of each other. Seeing that Ganluo was a little hesitant, Grandma Li smiled and said, "Is the girl unprepared?"

"Hmm," Ganlo nodded.

She wasn't prepared, she had completely forgotten about it. The vegetables at home are growing, the fruits are not fruiting, the leaves are not growing, and a few cabbages have not yet covered the whole leaves.

"You take the tender buds that grandma picked, and send them with grandma later. ”

"I can't help it, grandma, you take it, I have the winter melon I picked yesterday at home. Ganlo shook his head in refusal.

Back home, Dada rushed towards Ganlo, wagging his tail and circling around her.

When he opened the door and entered the kitchen, he saw half of the winter melon cut from cooking last night in the refrigerator, Gan Luo covered his face, took the basket to the bamboo forest next to him to open a cellar, and took out eight well-proportioned sweet potatoes.

"Eight, but it's a good number, Aunt Zhang said that his family's luck was not good, and he was happy. Ganluo muttered to himself, scooped water to wash the sweet potatoes, and at the bottom of the bamboo basket were stacked half of the plantain leaves, neatly putting the sweet potatoes in.

Get up and look at the tall clumps of rhododendrons at the edge of the courtyard, it is late June, it is blooming, carrying a bamboo chair and stepping on the feet, cutting off a few branches of azaleas that are half-opened, and bunching them with hemp rope and putting them in a bamboo basket.

Today she went to visit on behalf of her family, and it was inevitable to be embarrassed to see that person, but Ganluo still carefully packed herself, changed into a blue decent dress after washing, tied a regular bow at the back of the waist, combed and softened her short hair with her ears, sandwiched one side behind her ear, put on white canvas shoes and carried the basket and knocked on the back door of Grandma Li's house.

"It's coming, it's coming. Grandma Li changed her clothes, her gray sideburns were combed softly and smoothly, and the temperament left by the years was elegant and kind.

Holding a bamboo basket in one hand to lock the door, he turned his head to look at Ganluo on the side, "Grandma looks at your habit of wearing school uniforms, what a handsome girl this cleanup." ”

"Grandma's charm has not diminished back then. ”

"Little mouth smeared honey?"

Ganlo shook his head and smiled, "Truth." Stretching out his hand to carry the heavy bud valley in Grandma Li's basket, and with the basket in both hands, an old man and a young man went out and walked to the courtyard of the Zhou family.

When he arrived at the courtyard door, Gan Luo knocked on the door, and glanced out of the corner of his eye, and there were still scratches on the bluestone slab that he had fallen a few days ago.

Hearing the sound of footsteps inside, Gan Luo turned sideways, bowed slightly and handed back the bamboo basket of bud valley in his hand to Grandma Li, who took it and patted her shoulder with one hand, "Nervous?"

Ganluo shook his head: "Don't be nervous. There's nothing to be nervous about. ”

"The gift you prepared is very intimate," Grandma Li glanced at the bouquet of azaleas in Ganluo's basket, "No matter what kind of person you are, if you are a little cultivated, you are warm to the careful and polite guests." ”

"Hmm," Ganlo nodded.

"Crunch", the door opened.

"Please come in, please come in. Aunt Liu opened the courtyard door, took the basket in the hands of the two with a smile, turned her head and shouted into the house, "Grandma Zhou, there is a guest at home." ”

"Xiao Rui, you go and entertain. Grandma came over right away. Although she invited a nursing aunt, Grandma Zhou was particularly concerned about Zhou Jingrui's food after her illness, unbuttoned her apron and washed her hands, thinking that she hadn't come back for more than 20 years, but the old rules of visiting the house were still there, and her heart couldn't help but feel warm.

"Hmm" Zhou Jingrui put on his coat and went out. Seeing Gan Luo, who followed Aunt Liu into the door by the courtyard gate, he couldn't help but be stunned, but in just two seconds, he calmly took a step.

“…… "Xiao Rui?" Ganluo repeated, looking up to see a figure coming out of the room behind the old locust tree. The steps under his feet did not stop, looking ahead, returning to normal sight.