When she got home at four o'clock in the afternoon, Ganluo dragged her suitcase upstairs, and met several neighbors in the corridor, none of whom she knew.

Turning the staircase, there was still a stagnant gaze behind her, three years of high school, she was back for the first time.

Knocking on the door, no one answered, no key, she just waited.

"Buy so many vegetables, there are guests at home?" came a conversation downstairs, it was the people who had just gone down.

"My daughter will come home and make her something she likes to eat today. ”

"I just saw a girl dragging a suitcase upstairs, I'm afraid it's a little similar to you. Don't put it (stop talking), you have to rush to the banquet. ”

It was her mother's voice, Ganluo sat on the suitcase, obediently waiting, she was calm and flustered, the first time, what should she say.

The sound of footsteps coming from the stairwell was fast, and it slowed down slowly when it was almost to the door, and Ganluo listened to it in his ears, his eyes were a little red, and he took a breath to calm down.

"Mom. ”

"I've been waiting for a long time. Mom put the dish on the ground and took out the key, "I'll get you something to eat in a moment." ”

"Hmm. Gan Luo answered, picked up the dishes on the ground, "What about brother and dad?"

"Your dad and your brother won't be back until later. ”

"I've grown taller. The mother opened the door, looked back at Ganluo, against the light in the room, a little unable to see clearly, reached out and dragged her daughter's luggage into the house, and said with a smile: "A head taller than my mother." ”

Gan Luo smiled and reached out to put his hand around his mother's shoulder: "It's more than one head, it's more than one." ”

"It's not comparable, my girl has grown up. Mom touched Ganluo's head, took the food from her hand and went into the kitchen.

"I'll give you a hand. ”

"Is the old house still there?" Gan Luo washed the pea sprouts and turned his head to look at his mother who was chopping vegetables.

"Listen to them and say that they have bulldozed. I haven't been back for a long time, and I don't know what it's like now. The knife for cutting vegetables was gently placed on the board, and Yang Zhen looked at Ganluo, "If you want to go back and have a look, let's go." ”

"Grandma Li, are they still there?"

"Gone. ”

"Gone?" Gan Luolen paused, the pea sprouts in his hand were drenched in water and did not move, and he lowered his head and asked, "When did you leave?"

"Last year. Lung cancer, walk quietly, go in the hospital. ”

"Hmm" Ganluo nodded, and the vegetable leaves in his hand took out the juice and dyed a basin of green water.

Mom looked at the vegetable pot and patted Ganluo's shoulder, "Minghe Mountain buried in Yi County, the Zhou family's is also there, go and have a look." I'll wash it, and you go sit and watch TV for a while. ”

"Hmm. Ganlo nodded and pulled his luggage into his bedroom and closed the door.

The drawer of the bedside table was opened, and inside was a tin box, which contained several letters, and two photographs, one intact, of three people, and one of pieces glued with duct tape, which was him.

Holding the tattered photo in her hand, she turned on the computer and stared at the screen in a daze, and he still took it.

Opening the document, Gan Luo re-read the first few chapters, and the tape glued to the photo at hand was a little reflective, like the sunset that day.

It's been three years, and she wants to go back once.

A few keystrokes, Chapter 12:

"Aunt Liu, you stand at the door, just take a picture. ”

Zhou Jingrui urged Aunt Liu to the front of the courtyard, the traces of Ganluo's fall faded, the new moss burst out of velvet green, the afterglow of the setting sun shrouded the canopy of the towering locust trees in the courtyard, the sunlight leaked obliquely into the courtyard, and the light spots were scattered.

Aunt Liu stood on the edge of the scraped moss according to Zhou Jingrui's request, and pondered the camera according to the steps he taught, "I'm going to shoot a pose." Before he could press the shutter, there was a faint sound of footsteps behind him.

"Shhhh ”

Grandma Zhou happened to have just come back from Grandma Li's house, and when she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she was looking at the camera in Aunt Liu's hand, looking at her grandson under the locust tree.

After knowing that incident, he didn't even want to touch the camera.

Grandma Zhou quietly patted Aunt Liu on the shoulder, took the camera, and half-squatted close to the edge of the wooden door, the shadows of the trees in the courtyard were mottled, and Zhou Jingrui's slightly side face was shrouded in a faint halo between light and shadow.

In order to restore the effect of that day, his movements and postures were all restored to the appearance of when he first met Ganluo, and he was curious about what the picture of that day was so that she fell down.

Looking at a spike of locust flowers picked up in his hand, the milky white petals surrounded the core of the flower a little goose yellow, the fingertips touched delicately and softly, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily showed a shallow smile, he didn't know anything about them, but there was a trace of love from the bottom of his heart, magically, giving him a calm heart.

It was also at the moment when he smiled lightly that the shutter was pressed, and a picture of Zhou Jingrui, who Grandma Zhou had never seen before, was quiet, calm, and there was sunshine at this age, "Xiao Rui." ”

“…… Grandmother. ”

Zhou Jingrui was embarrassed, "I'm bored at home, take pictures for entertainment." Got up and took the camera in grandma's hand, coughed a few times and stepped into the house, closed the door and couldn't wait to look at the photos, looking at the photos, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise, "That girl fell quite worthwhile." ”

Grandma Zhou didn't ask much when she saw that he was mysterious, she ironed in her heart, looked at the pretty cuckoo in the courtyard with a smile in the corner of her eyes, and looked at Aunt Liu and said:

"Luo Yatou should be out of school in a while, I'll cook, and call her to come to the house for dinner tonight." ”

Zhou Jingrui looked at the blue grapefruit on the side of the window, plucked the soft bristles on the feather duster and brushed its slender stems and leaves, and couldn't help but think of the scene of the little dog of the Ganluo family teasing the mimosa.

Hearing his grandmother's greeting, he immediately responded: "Then I'll call her." ”

"......" Grandma Zhou and Aunt Liu turned their heads to look at Zhou Jingrui at the same time. Looking at each other with a smile in the corner of their eyes, it seems that the two of them get along well.

Grandma Zhou smiled at a tree full of flowers, "I'll make you authentic locust cakes to eat later." ”

"Good. Zhou Jingrui said and walked towards the courtyard gate, "I'll go and see if she's back." ”

He is not so attentive and enthusiastic to Ganluo, so he is only curious about what Ganluo said Mu Cangyuan, she should not have arrived home at this point, she was embarrassed last time, this time she slipped away to take a look while no one was there.

Born in the city and raised in prosperity, his life after his debut has never belonged to the tranquility of his own.

Zhou Jingrui went out and turned a corner to see Ganluo's house, with red walls, black tiles, and green columns.

On the edge of the cement courtyard, the rice ears that sprout in the rice field hang with thin yellow flowers, the tip of the needle grows at the tip of the rice husk, the wind shakes gently, the hot wind wraps the rice fragrance, the pond on the side is covered with summer lotus, the light pink flower buds are blooming, the bank has the green willow to support the wind, and the side is surrounded by tall bamboo.

If the moon hangs at night, there is a moonlight on the lotus pond, and the scenery of the green bamboo covering the moon.

Zhou Jingrui felt comfortable, approached the lotus pond, the fish and shrimp in the pond were whispering, the bean lady flapped its long wings and danced lightly, a violent barking behind him protruded, and he turned his head to see that it was the black and fat little dog.

"Wangwang!" Dada slashed at the ground with four claws, raised his head with a fierce and intimidating face, and approached Zhou Jingrui step by step, "Wangwang!"

"If you remember correctly, your name is Dada. Zhou Jingrui took a step back and reassured: "I was here last time, I can't remember?"

The chicken leg that he had prepared in advance in his hand was thrown towards Dada, "Here you go." ”

How did he know that this little dog didn't smell it, he stared at him in a daze, his mouth lowered his voice and pricked up his ears, and on the way home on the other side, the sound of Ganluo's bicycle coming back sounded, in order to behave in front of the little master, the barking of Zhou Jingrui was even higher.

"Hey!" Zhou Jingrui stood up straight, looking at the little dog squatting on the ground and watching him, feeling depressed, and the memory of being chased by dogs as a child came to his mind.

Turning his head and seeing Gan Luo pushing the bicycle back, he straightened up in vain and shouted coldly: "Call the puppy away and feed it." ”

"Dada" Ganluo saw the chicken leg on the ground, couldn't help frowning, beckoned Dada to his side, and touched Dada's round little brain, "It's really good, you can't eat what others give." ”

"Come and sit. Gan Luo put down his schoolbag and opened the door, and greeted Zhou Jingrui, who was standing on the side, "Just call his name next time you come, don't take bribes for food." ”

Zhou Jingrui sighed, didn't enter the house, stood on the stone steps of the eaves corridor and looked at the sunset in the west, red clouds like silk, "Usually you are home alone?"

"Hmm" Gan Luo nodded, handed him a glass of water, and sat directly on the stone steps of the verandah, "Is the injury on your hand better?"

"It's better. Zhou Jingrui saw Gan Luo raise his head to look at his hand, straighten his clothes and sit down to eye level, and there was an arm's length between the two, "That boy is from your class?"

"Which one?" Gan Luo asked sideways, facing Zhou Jingrui's inquiring gaze, the other party's sword eyebrows were not sharp but still had a trace of nascent calm and rudeness, and the handsome face that did not lose his heroic spirit was the usual indifferent look, with a trace of imperceptible curiosity in his eyes.

"Zhang Qian. ”

"Well, in the same class. Ganluo suppressed her thoughts, she still wanted to ask, she didn't sleep well all night last night when her thoughts were noisy, but she didn't know how to speak.

How did he know Zhang Qian? Why did he fight? Was it because the two of them had a dispute? Or was it because of her? Gan Luo's heart was a little confused, and he looked at his arm out of the corner of his eye, and a trace of guilt was in his heart.

"Zhou Jingrui, you and ...... yesterday"

Zhou Jingrui saw Gan Nuo's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, his eyes touched, and he took over directly without hesitation: "That matter has nothing to do with you, it's just that he didn't provoke me with his eyes, and he just loosened his muscles." They didn't do it, it was me who stepped on the moss and fell on it and accidentally scratched the glass. ”

"As for why I waited for you at the school gate with them, it was a pure coincidence, don't think about it. ”

Zhou Jingrui said lightly, his expression was calm, and he took Ganluo out of his words.

He was in a hurry to explain what he was doing? Was it to get rid of his own business? Ganlomo was silent.

"Grandma called you today......" Zhou Jingrui was just halfway through his words, when a male voice interrupted on the side of the pond, and he jumped out of the bamboo forest and greeted Ganluo from afar, "Ganluo!"

"Yang Hui?" Gan Luo followed the voice, beckoned to him, and whispered to Zhou Jingrui beside him: "He is the person I said about going fishing together on Saturday." ”

"Also, what did you just say, what did Grandma tell me to do?"

Zhou Jingrui looked at Deng Yanghui with bright eyes, and when the words came to his mouth, he was silent, and said in a light tone: "It's nothing." ”

Wheat-colored skin with sunny vitality, thick eyebrows, big eyes and white teeth, the height of the person who came was about the same as Zhou Jingrui, and there was a shallow scar on the side of the eyebrow bone.

The person who came ran to Ganluo and the two of them in a few steps, wiped the sweat on his forehead and handed Ganluo a glass jar with shelled insects, brown and red hard shell, and half of the bamboo shoots placed inside were drilled into a thousand holes, and looked at Ganluo with a thief's face: "The newly caught bamboo shoot worms helped me blow up." Half of the labor fee will be divided into you. ”

Gan Luo shook his head in disagreement, "Don't divide it, let's eat it together." ”

"Well, you're in charge, you have the final say. ”

Yang Hui saw Zhou Jingrui, who was speechless on the side, and grinned brightly: "You are the kid of the Zhou family, stay and try it, Ganluo's skills are great." ”

"My name is Deng Yanghui, what about you?"

"Zhou Jingrui. Zhou Jingrui tugged at the corners of his mouth, his eyes did not leave the jar of things, and when he saw them arching back and forth, his scalp was numb and looked at Ganluo.

Gan Luo looked at him sideways, and when he saw his frowning brows, he smiled evilly: "What, don't you dare to eat?"

“……”

"How is it possible, I'll go back and tell my grandmother that I'm not going back to dinner tonight. Zhou Jingrui stood up with a sullen head.

"Go and come back. Ganlo shouted at his back, "We'll get some food together when you come." Don't come. ”

"Hmm" He wanted to bite his tongue, and turned his head to look at Ganluo near the corner, the girl had baby fat on her face and a sinister smile.