Aunt Li said politely: "What's not troublesome, Xiaoyi, this kid has the heart to come to me to help me, I can't thank him, this kid has helped me a lot these days, many people praise him for his enthusiasm, his eyes, and he is an honest child at first glance." ”

"Don't praise him, this kid can't help but be praised by others, if you praise him, he will cause trouble for you later. The old dean said alarmedly.

Chen Yi knew that the old dean was not saying bad things about himself again, and said in a somewhat coquettish tone: "Grandpa, how can I have it." ”

"Hahaha......" The old dean and Aunt Li both laughed.

"By the way, auntie, let's spend the New Year with us this year, it happens to be crowded and lively. The old dean warmly invited.

Aunt Li glanced at Chen Yi with some embarrassment, she didn't expect the two of them to come and tell her about it one after the other, she thought that the two of them had discussed it.

Chen Yi said: "Grandpa, you, go with me, in the morning, I also told my aunt about this, and my aunt said that she was afraid of troublesome us." ”

"What's the trouble here, besides, his aunt, you are alone here for the New Year, every time I called you in previous years, you said you wouldn't go, this year is not good, Xiaoyi came to you to help, I haven't thanked you well, just this year with us for the New Year, the child also has the heart to shout to you, you have to give the child a face!"

Hearing what the old dean said, how could Aunt Li refuse, Aunt Li didn't think about it anymore, and simply agreed: "That's okay, dean, this year, I'll live with you." ”

"That's right, we only have the taste of the New Year together, to be honest, when Xiaoyi told me that I wanted to come to you to help, I agreed, but I was also a little selfish, and I didn't know whether to tell you. The old dean said with a smile.

Chen Yi listened, and looked at the old dean with some doubts, I don't know what he meant, what selfishness can this be?

And Aunt Li replied without thinking: "Dean, look at what you said, what should not be said." ”

The old dean paused, looked at Chen Yi lovingly, and said earnestly: "Xiaoyi, this child, I have liked it since I was a child, but there are many children in the courtyard, and many times I can't care too much for him, and now that I am getting older, I have nothing to look forward to now, maybe one day I will leave without resisting......

Before the old dean finished speaking, Chen Yi's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he squatted beside the old dean and said, "Grandpa, don't talk nonsense, you are in good health, I will honor you when I earn money in the future!"

The old dean smiled, he stretched out his wrinkled hand, touched Chen Yi's head and continued: "My own body, I know myself, I have also fallen into a lot of problems over the years, I have never owed others in my life, except Xiaoyi, I feel that I owe him too much."

In two years, according to the rules of the hospital, he will also leave the hospital, and after leaving society, I will no longer be able to do anything for him.

Although Yu Yan and Xiao Jing both regard him as their own child, but now that Yu Yan is married, this girl is even more difficult, dedicating her youth to the orphanage, I don't want her to delay herself because of Xiaoyi.

And Xiao Jing can now take my place, and she will definitely spend a lot of time managing the courtyard in the future, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for Xiao Yi to take care of it.

But this kid knows how to be motivated, and he has always studied well, and he is estimated to be admitted to a university

If I can't get into college, I also hope that he can find a serious thing to do and start a family, so I will die blindly. ”

As he spoke, Chen Yi's tears fell, and he held the old dean's hand and couldn't cry.

When Aunt Li saw this scene, the tears in the corners of her eyes had already been left, she wiped the corners of her eyes with her cuffs and said, "Old Dean, I understand what you said, don't worry, if Xiaoyi is out of the hospital, I will definitely be open for Xiaoyi forever." ”

The old dean's expression was also a little excited, and his voice trembled: "Okay, okay, Xiaoyi, thank you Aunt Li." ”

Chen Yi had tears in his eyes, he finally understood that the old dean was looking for a way for himself, and the old dean's hard work was like a bitter gall in his heart now, no matter how he tasted it, it was a bitter taste.

He stood up and bowed slightly to Aunt Li.

"Thank you, auntie!"

Aunt Li hurriedly got up, pulled Chen Yi, and said warmly: "This child, why don't you thank you, you will be your aunt's child in the future, this is also your home, it's too late for your aunt to like you!"

As she spoke, Aunt Li used her big hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes for Chen Yi.

The old dean also got up tremblingly, looked at them, and finally let go of a big blocked stone in his heart.

"It's not early, I should go back too, Xiaoyi, you have to be good here, you have to listen to your Aunt Li'er, understand?"

"Understood, grandpa!" said Chen Yi to help the old dean leave.

The old dean waved his hand: "No, I'll just go back by myself, his aunt, I'm leaving." ”

Aunt Li also stepped forward to send off the old dean: "Dean, slow down." ”

"You go back, don't send it, it's cold outside, when the Chinese New Year's Eve, remember to go to the courtyard for a meal!"

"Hey, okay Dean, go slowly!"

Aunt Li and Chen Yimu sent the old dean away.

Although the old dean is gone, Chen Yi's mood still can't be calmed, what the old dean just said is like a needle pricked in his heart, he secretly gritted his teeth and swore that he would definitely honor the old dean's nurturing grace in the future.

All day, Chen Yi's mood was uncomfortable, Aunt Li saw it in her eyes and hurt in her heart, but she didn't know how to persuade her, and she fried a good dish for Chen Yi in the evening.

Looking at the wolf that Chen Yi ate and spitting tigers, Aunt Li smiled with relief.

In the evening, when Chen Yi went back, he walked on the stone road a little lonely, and he felt that his ears were echoing what the old dean said in the afternoon, and his mood was still very low.

After he returned to the dormitory, Wang Bowen pulled Chen Yi and told him about today's fishing.

Chen Yi was not in the mood, so he just asked how the harvest was today.

Wang Bowen said a little depressed: "Don't mention it, today we went to the north of the next village to cut bamboo, who knew that the bamboo forest was contracted by someone, we finished cutting, they didn't know where it came from, and ran after us!"

Chen Yi became interested: "Caught?"

Wang Bowen raised his head proudly: "How can that, our legs are not vegetarians, we all pull a few bamboos and run, and we just throw them away." ”

Chen Yi asked again, "Then you didn't fish today?"

Wang Bowen spread his hands: "Today we divided into three groups of people, I took a team of people to cut bamboo and dig some red maggots by the way, Wang Gang he went to buy fishing lines or something, Dashuo went to the yard to find a few good fishers, and when we met, it was already afternoon, and then everyone discussed and agreed to go again tomorrow, ready to fish for a day, the day after tomorrow will be the Chinese New Year's Eve, just catch some fish, and add some food to the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

After speaking, Wang Bowen was still a little greedy, and licked his lips with his tongue.

Chen Yi nodded: "Well, anyway, you guys are discussing, it's cold, tomorrow you remind everyone to wear gloves, I guess you won't catch too big a fish tomorrow." ”

Wang Bowen disagreed: "That's not necessarily, maybe I'll come across a big fish, as big as when we fished!"

Looking at Wang Bowen's confident face, Chen Yi struck: "It's still a big fish, you can pull it down, if you can catch a fish of more than a pound tomorrow, I will bring you a big bag of melon seeds to eat." ”

As soon as Wang Bowen heard the melon seeds, he instantly came to his senses: "Brother Xiaoyi, let's talk count?"

"Of course it counts. Chen Yi said affirmatively.

Wang Bowen patted his thigh and said, "Okay, I'll let you see tomorrow what is the king-style fishing method." ”

Chen Yi didn't look at Wang Bowen's little eyes at all, took the basin, and went to pour the footwater.

Wang Bowen sat on the bed, fantasizing that he would be able to eat melon seeds again tomorrow, thinking about it, he was happy.

……

The next day, Chen Yi went to the commissary as usual, and Wang Bowen and Wang Gang had a lively day.

They had prepared all the equipment for fishing, formed a team of ten people, and sneaked over the wall to the previous fish pond when no one found out in the morning.

When they arrived at the place, they found that the huge fish pond had been covered with a layer of ice.

"Oh, I'll go, the pond is frozen!" Wang Bowen walked in front, standing on the shore and looking at the pond and said in amazement.

Wang Gang and the others walked behind, and when they heard what Wang Bowen said, they hurriedly ran over to watch.

Sure enough, I saw a thick layer of ice on the surface of the river.

Wang Gang: They rarely fish, let alone in winter.

"How do you fish this, it's so thick ice, there's no place to hook it. Da Zhuang stood on the shore and hung his head and said.

Da Shuo slowly walked to the shore, lightly stepped on the ice with his feet, took a general look, turned to the others and said, "It's okay, the ice is not too thick, we will use stones to smash three or four meters forward, we can still fish." ”

Wang Bowen didn't understand: "No, Dashuo, this is such a thick ice, smashed open, can it work?"

Dashuo gave them popular science: "Actually, it is relatively easy to fish in winter, it is just ice, but this is also a benefit, the river is covered with a layer of ice, and the fish below are starved of oxygen, let's smash the ice open, and sometimes we can attract fish to the ice-breaking place to absorb oxygen!"

Da Zhuang nodded thoughtfully, and said to the others: "That's okay, just listen to Da Shuo, let's all disperse, but don't go too far, take care of each other, by the way, little fatty, give everyone a little bit of the dough in your hand and the red maggots, let's start!"

The eldest of them is the oldest, and everyone is usually very united, and they have no opinions, and they all go to Wang Bowen to get the bait.

Wang Bowen looked at the flour in his hand, the flour that he secretly ran to the canteen yesterday to steal, and then the dough that he had become, it was originally quite a big ball, and after distributing it to others, Wang Bowen didn't have much left in his hand.