Juanjuan finished her meal and spun around the top of the mountain excitedly.

Liu Chunjiang finished eating instant noodles, and he and Xue Kemei stood on the top of the mountain, looking into the distance, looking at the scenery below the mountain.

"It's a good angle, I'm going to paint a landscape here. Xue Kemei looked at the Yuxian River that twisted and turned under the mountain and meandered into the distance, and couldn't help but have a strong sense of painting.

Liu Chunjiang took out a painting clip for her, helped her take out the pencils and watercolor paints, and placed them in front of Xue Kemei.

Xue Kemei found a place to paint and began to concentrate on painting.

Liu Chunjiang sat beside Xue Kemei, looking into the distance, he couldn't help but think of Yan Qiuping.

The phone call just now was from Yan Qiuping.

Yan Qiuping already knew that he was here now, and she told him on the phone that she was now conducting research in several counties and districts in the province, and in a few days, she would come to Hexi County.

Thinking of Yan Qiuping, Liu Chunjiang couldn't help but think of the scene when he and her were playing on Qingquan Mountain in the summer of that year.

That time, because Yan Qiuping broke his ankle, he carried Yan Qiuping down the mountain on his back, and in the end, the two of them stayed at the foot of the mountain all night.

Thinking of her at this time, Liu Chunjiang's heart was melancholy, he hadn't seen her for a while, and he hadn't received a letter from her.

Alas, I wonder how she is doing now? He didn't ask her in detail on the phone. Wait for her to come to Hexi County in two days and see her. Liu Chunjiang thought so.

"Juanjuan, don't run far, stay safe. Xue Kemei saw Juanjuan running over, and she told her while adjusting the color with a paintbrush.

Juanjuan agreed, and stood beside Xue Kemei and watched for a while.

Since she had seen her mother paint since she was a child, she was not very interested in Xue Kemei's painting, but she just came over to take a look at it twice, and then turned around to play elsewhere.

"Chunjiang, what do you think of my painting here?" Xue Kemei asked with interest as he put the painting clip over, pointed to the picture with his fingers, flashed two big eyes, and asked with interest.

Liu Chunjiang didn't hear it, he still looked into the distance with his eyes, motionless.

Xue Kemei saw Liu Chunjiang staring blankly into the distance, looking distracted, and didn't know what he was thinking, so he curiously poked him with a paintbrush and asked:

“…… Hey, Chunjiang, what are you thinking?"

"....... what?" Liu Chunjiang was stabbed by Xue Kemei like this, as if he had woken up from his sleep, and then he came back to his senses and asked:

“…… Oh, what's wrong?"

"Let me ask you, what did you remember just now, so focused?" Xue Kemei saw him like this, and he didn't ask how his painting was, but asked him what he was thinking just now. Her two eyes were fixed on Liu Chunjiang's face, as if she was trying to find something from his face.

"I ......" Liu Chunjiang's face flushed, and he smiled embarrassedly, "I didn't think about anything, I was just looking at the scenery." ”

"Isn't it?" Xue Kemei looked at him teasingly, "Can you still be so reluctant to look at the scenery?" don't lie to me, you see, your face is red. What did you remember? Tell me......" The more Liu Chunjiang was like this, the more curious Xue Kemei became.

"I ...... I think of Yan Qiuping. She just called me and said that she was going to come to Hexi County for research in two days. ”

"She's here for research, so you won't blush, right? You must have remembered something else about you and her, right?" Xue Kemei's eyes kept blinking.

"Oh, I remembered that when I sent her back, I also climbed Qingquan Mountain with her......"

"What happened later?" Xue Kemei saw that Liu Chunjiang didn't say anything, so he urged.

"Later...... Later, her foot was broken......" Liu Chunjiang scratched the back of his head and said with a slurrel.

“…… Got a broken foot?" Xue Kemei asked rhetorically, "What...... So what do you do?"

"Later...... Later, I had to carry her down the mountain......"

“…… Hmph, I knew you were going to carry her down the mountain......" Xue Kemei's eyes were obviously jealous, "Did you carry her all the way home?"

“…… How can I have so much strength? Qingquan Mountain is far away from her house......" Liu Chunjiang's face flushed to the heel of his neck, and he explained, "We took a car back after going down the mountain." Liu Chunjiang didn't tell Xue Kemei about the fact that he and Yan Qiuping spent the night at the foot of the mountain, for fear that Xue Kemei would ask endlessly.

"I'll bend my ankle in a while, see if you can carry me?" Xue Kemei said this, and he was also amused by his own cautious eyes.

Liu Chunjiang also smiled, and he said to Xue Kemei:

"Alright, you better hurry up and draw your picture. Don't get to the bottom of it. ”

"Chunjiang, you tell me the truth, do you still miss him now?"

"I only think of her occasionally. Liu Chunjiang looked at Xue Kemei, and then said, "Don't look at me with such eyes, of course, I still want you to think more." ”

Xue Kemei also smiled:

"Just coax me. Your mouth is now smeared with honey in front of me, and your words are getting sweeter and sweeter. ”

The watercolor landscape painting is finished.

"Now I don't have time to draw when I'm old, and my hands are raw. Xue Kemei said with emotion while looking at the painting.

Liu Chunjiang looked at the painting and praised:

"Although I don't have time to draw when I'm old, I still don't get old when I pick up the pen. ”

"Mom, are you done painting?" Juanjuan ran over with a small trumpet flower in her hand, looked at the painting twice, and suddenly said, "Mom, let's play hide and hide, right?"

"Okay," Xue Kemei said to his daughter while packing up his painting tools, "You go hide now, I'll catch you." ”

"Okay, Mom, don't peek at it, I'll hide it. Juanjuan's legs were fast, and she jumped up and ran again.

After the two of them packed up their things, Xue Kemei began to look for Juanjuan.

Liu Chunjiang sat on a rock, lit a cigarette, and while smoking, he remembered Wang Chuanlin's troubles.

"Juanjuan, where are you hiding, why is it so hard to find?"

Xue Kemei, who was not far away, was playing hide and seek with Juanjuan.

Xue Kemei was spinning around the mountain, looking for a long time, but she didn't find Juanjuan, she was a little anxious, and shouted loudly:

"—Juanjuan, where are you? Mommy can't find you, come out quickly. ”

As soon as Xue Kemei's words fell, at this time, she heard Juanjuan coming out of nowhere, and she said to her happily as she ran over:

"Mother, you can't find me, can you? tell you, I've found a very nice place, and as long as I hide in it, none of you will try to find me. ”

Xue Kemei looked at Juanjuan's excited face, brushed her hair with his hand, and said:

"Well, Mommy can't find you,...... Hey, what is this in your hand?" Xue Kemei asked curiously when he saw Juanjuan holding a round sky-blue thing in her hand.