After a clear day for half a month, it finally began to rain, dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and in an instant, heavy rain covered the entire town.

The sun-wilted trees straightened their torso to meet the sharpness of the rainstorm, which crackled on the leaves.

The dust on the streets is washed away by the rain and goes down the sewer without knowing where it goes.

It is indeed a good season for nectar after a long drought, Fang Ning stood on the eaves downstairs and stretched out his hand, making a bird stretch, inhaling deeply, the fresh air rushed into his lungs, a cool and comfortable.

Fang's mother went to Yueyang this morning, and the matter discussed last night also came to a conclusion, go over there to take care of the elderly and children, and secretly stuff some money, but it is absolutely impossible to use the family's money to help the two little uncles, a matter of principle.

I thought it was a sunny day today, and it was easy to leave, but I didn't expect it to be a rainy day, and it was very inconvenient on the way, so Fang's father also followed.

Grandpa and wet nurse don't care about these things, they can't control it, everyone has their own ideas, let alone their own children.

They concentrated on running their own shop, earning a family property for Fang Ning and Fang Wei, and the others didn't have any ideas, after all, at this age, getting rich or anything was no longer a luxury.

The torrential rain stopped after two hours, the water level on the riverside rose an inch high, the water surface was turbid and yellow, and the rolling water went downstream, many people stood at the flood control to watch the flood, Fang Ning and they also went, just watched for a while, and felt that it was not interesting to come back again.

On the way back, they met a few more acquaintances and stopped to talk.

Cao Ying's parents and grandfather are all familiar with each other, chatting while walking, after Fang Ning obediently called the elders, he retreated to the back and listened to the adults talk about things.

Cao Ying didn't see her for half a summer vacation, she was much whiter, she looked very quiet, she cut her short hair to her ears, pursed her lips and smiled, Fang Ning didn't know the reason, she thought that the girl had grown up and knew that she was shy, which was like her sister, she was completely a tomboy. Later, after a closer look, I found that she was wearing braces and straightening her teeth, and she felt a little embarrassed, so she pursed her mouth.

It seemed that Fang Ning had been staring at him for a long time, Cao Ying was a little annoyed, glared at him, lowered his head again, retreated to Fang Wei, and whispered to her.

Cao Ying's father's name is Cao Fang, a very talkative middle-aged man, he said that what happened recently, for example, the old lady in Xiangyang Building died last week, and she walked very peacefully, but it was a bit too much for the children to fight for the old man's inheritance. and the son of Lao Xia's family became a high-ranking officer in the army, so it can be said that he has returned to his hometown. Finally, he said that there was a person in their Lijiang community who bought a code and won 700,000 yuan, and redecorated the house again, which was quite enviable.

"700,000, you don't have to pay taxes, it's all your own. Cao Fang said.

When grandma heard this, she was a little moved, 700,000 yuan is still a lot of money for an ordinary family.

She used to like to buy yards very much, but since she lost thousands of dollars after she stopped, from 08 to now there are three or four years that haven't touched that thing, and finally quit gambling addiction, if you touch it again, she is afraid that she will fall into the pit and not be able to get up.

Although there are 700,000 examples, but the lucky ones are a minority after all, and I don't see that countless people go forward and fight in this Mark Six lottery?

Grandpa also sighed that this gambling addiction is not shallow, but it has become a trend in this county to buy yards, which has long become an inherent atmosphere, and even the government can't solve it.

After walking for a while, Fang Ning saw Hu Lu waving to Fang Wei and the others in the distance, calling them over.

Fang Wei smiled, and asked her brother if she wanted to go shopping, she had a little idea in her heart, her brother was also a rich man, and the money in his hand was only a lot more, if he was happy, maybe he would be reimbursed for all the things he bought on the street, not to mention that there was a man with him, and he could help carry things when he bought them.

Fang Ning shook his head, just kidding, these girls are going to play, why am I going to get involved?

It's just that Fang Ning's shaking head was ignored by Fang Wei, and he pulled him away from his grandfather and walked towards Hu Lu.

Hu Lu and Fang Ning greeted each other, and glanced at Fang Wei, after all, a few of their sisters went to play, what was the matter with bringing her brother?

Fang Ning and they started a day trip to the old street, anyway, it was raining today, the air condition on the street was good, the temperature was moderate, and there was no heat.

All the way from the East Street vegetable market to the pure clothing store, all the clothing stores have to go in to have a look.

Fang Ning didn't have anything to be embarrassed about, just follow along anyway, look left, look right, if it doesn't work, just go outside and walk around twice.

Cao Ying and Hu Lu were embarrassed, the girls had to go to the fitting room to choose clothes, but when they came out, after all, they were thinly dressed, and their well-developed figures were clearly visible through the thin clothes, especially the vest underwear, which was even more abrupt, Fang Ning had to go out for a stroll again, leaving behind the sound of girls giggling.

The girls were indeed natural consumers and shopaholics, Fang Ning followed the three of them, and after a while, both hands were full, carrying several bags, most of which were clothes and pants.

In addition to Fang Wei being a local tyrant, Cao Ying and the two didn't have much money, they just bought some pure clothes, Fang Wei bought two pairs of Nike shoes, of course, Fang Ning's money, the beautiful brother cares about his sister, what's wrong with some money? This is the performance of caring for his sister, but Fang Ning was still dumbfounded and couldn't help it, so he was willing to pay for it.

Cao Ying was still sighing on the side, it would be good to have a brother who loved his sister, and I also wanted one.

Fang smiled and said, you can recognize my brother as a brother.

Originally, Fang Wei felt that Cao Ying had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a good personality, she was a good candidate to be a sister-in-law, and she kept it for her brother, which was called fat water not flowing into outsiders' fields, but who knows, Fang Ning chose Sister Xi, who has studied together since junior high school, and studied in the same school and class in high school, inseparable, what is this called?

Cao Ying pouted, forget it, she is one year older than me, and besides, a gentleman does not take advantage of others.

Fang Ning was embarrassed, what a mess this was.

After they finished shopping, they went directly to the cross street to eat food, there is a saying what is it, only food can not be disappointed, no wonder Fang Wei didn't eat breakfast in the morning, he had an empty stomach, the roots are here, keep his stomach to eat delicious.

Pumpkin pie, sugar gourd, wolf tooth potato, mapo tofu, kebab......

After eating all the way, they had fun, Fang Ning was carrying a bag of clothes in his hand, he was so tired that he thought he was the most unlucky person in the world, but after seeing Yu Xiaole, he immediately changed his mind.

Yu Xiaole followed behind Liu Meiting, her body was full of bags, her hands had no place to take things anymore, and she even hung a bag around her neck, panting.

They came all the way from Xiaoximen, probably from the Golden Sun Bookstore over there, because Fang Ning saw that Yu Xiaole had bought a few more books, and there was a bag logo of the Golden Sun Bookstore.

When the two groups of people bumped together, the girls naturally went up to chat, leaving Xia Ning and Yu Xiaole, two difficult brothers, naturally fellow villagers with tears in their eyes.

Yu Xiaole complained with tears in her eyes, accusing Liu Meiting of atrocities, there is simply no way to live, you say it's okay to buy something, anyway, it's only two hundred yuan to buy some snacks once you go shopping, not a lot, but the main thing is that you are tired, girls are naturally energetic when they go shopping, as if they have inexhaustible strength, they climb the fifth floor in one breath without panting, they follow behind carrying so many things, and their legs are almost not their own, as soon as they arrive at the store, they are busy looking for a place to sit, and they just want to take a breath and liberate.

Fang Ning couldn't help but lift the two bags, "Don't look at me, I'm also suffering, I can only throw you a sympathetic look." ”

"That's right. ”

"Huh?" Fang Ning said.

"It's rare to see Lao Guang and Lao Tan recently, are you in touch?" Yu Xiaole said.

"No!" Fang Ning thought for a while, yes, it's been half a summer vacation, and the two of them are gone, at least in this month, they haven't bubbled.

"I called them, but I didn't get through, Lao Guang's phone is down all year round, as for Lao Tan has no phone at all, only his second uncle's, his second uncle also said that he is not at home, as for where to go, he is not very clear. Yu Xiaole found a place to sit up, there were so many things hanging on his body, it was enough to choke, he was not a strong boy like Liu Lei, but fat, white and clean, without muscles.

"Okay, I'll take a look at it then. ”

Fang Wei and Liu Meiting happily ended the conversation and shared their shopping experience, so they were about to set off again.

Fang Ning and Yu Xiaole mourned for each other in silence and continued to go shopping.

…

In the evening, after Fang Ning finished eating and taking a bath, he went out.

He went to the vicinity of No. 1 Middle School, it was dark early in summer, and it didn't take long for the sun to go down, the lights of thousands of homes were dim, and the shops were lined up on the street, crawling and sleeping like a long dragon.

Next to it are playing parents with children, children in groups of three or five, chasing and fighting, there are many old people wearing white vests and big pants shaking a fan to stand under the big tree to enjoy the shade, or four or five old men around playing cards, a group of people around watching, lively.

The air at night is a little dull, the air is full of hot wind, and the temperature is only high and not low, at least 30 degrees.

People sweat as soon as they move, sweat profusely, the air is dull, sweat sticks to the clothes and is a little slimy, and there are some noisy voices in the distance, annoying people.

Fang Ning bought some watermelons on the side of the street and sat on the stone next to the fountain, eating watermelons and spitting out seeds to watch the scenery of people coming and going.

Cheng Xi called him after work, the Shanying Taekwonxing Gym was next to the Forestry Bureau, and it was less than a kilometer away from there to No. 1 Middle School.

When Fang Ning saw her, she was still wearing a taekwondo uniform, white clothes, a belt around her waist, and her hair was tied up and hung down, looking a little heroic.

Fang Ning smiled and handed her a piece of watermelon, "Quench your thirst." ”

So Cheng Xi also joined Fang Ning's army of eating watermelons, but compared to Fang Ning's lazy appearance of squatting on the stone, Cheng Xi sat on the stone chair, even if he was eating watermelon, his eyebrows were very good-looking, as if he was not eating watermelon, but other things.

"Why did you get off work so late today?" Fang Ning tilted his head sideways, and spit out melon seeds on the ground with great quality.

Cheng Xi finished eating the watermelon, wiped his mouth, and said, "The salary was settled at the end of the month, so I delayed it for a while." ”

"At the end of the month, my God, I'm almost confused about my life, so if we calculate it, we only have one month left to start school?" Fang Ning suddenly didn't feel in the mood to eat melons, "I haven't started my summer vacation homework yet......"

Cheng Xi glanced at him, a little funny, and said, "That's your own business." ”

Fang Ning thought that there was still a month anyway, and the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and the more he ended up, the more waves he had, and he would be heartless, and said, "How much salary have you paid?"

"Three thousand four, and other subsidies are not counted, and there are nearly four thousand miscellaneous. ”

"Why three thousand four? I remember you seemed to have more than three thousand six last time. Fang Ning scratched his head.

"You don't know that the tax is full of three thousand four?" Cheng Xi retorted.

"Oh, for tax evasion. Fang Ning nodded, I see.

"I'm going back. Cheng Xi looked at the sky, it was already half past five, and it was time to go back, fortunately, he called home before, so he didn't need to worry too much, Fang Ning said I'll send you, the latter gave him a roll of the eyes, the second bus stop is here, it's only a few steps away, and there is no need to send it at all.

The two chatted for a while, and the bus returned.

Fang Ning didn't pay attention to her, kissed her face, and then ran away.

Cheng Xi shook his head, his eyes fell on the place where Fang Ning's news was, and there was a long silence before finally jumping on the bus.

Fang Ning slipped all the way to the New Martyrs' Cemetery again, there were not many people here at night, and there were no street lamps and street lights, looking at the inside of the cemetery, it was dark and gloomy, and he didn't dare to go in.

He remembered that it seemed that in the second half of this year, the cemetery would be changed into a development project, as a place of half cemetery and half amusement park, between the laughter of tourists and lovers, and the accumulation of corpses and bones under the cemetery, this was actually the greatest disrespect for the martyrs who were buried here, if a person did not even have the slightest reverence for the martyrs who sacrificed for the country, then there was no person who was absolutely morally flawed, and if it was not one person, but the whole of all? That is an extremely bad atmosphere.

He was suddenly a little melancholy, casually walking under the clock of the new bus station, looking around, the lights of thousands of homes, but he didn't know why he suddenly felt cold all over his body, and the boundless cold hit his heart, making his heart palpitate.