CHAPTER XX

The next day, Shuli woke up very early, and before dawn, the rooster crowed.

Shu Li got dressed and walked out of the room, but she didn't expect Xun Yu's mother to be already making breakfast.

Xun Yu's mother saw that Shu Li got up so early, and said with a smile: "It's still early, you should sleep more." ”

Shuli said, "I've slept enough,"

Xun Yu's mother: "Then go wash up, breakfast will be ready immediately." ”

Shu Li went to wash, Zhu Yanyan was in the bathroom, and when she saw Shu Li sticking to her again, Shu Li suddenly felt that this kind of life was also very good, there were more people around her, and it was more lively. It's even better to just add Xun Yu.

Shu Li and Zhu Yanyan returned to the kitchen together, Xun Yu's mother put the three bowls of noodles on the table, and she saw that two of the bowls contained a poached egg and a bowl of somen noodles.

Shu Li picked up the noodles, and Xun Yu's mother said while coming over to grab the noodles.

Xun Yu's mother said, "Girl, I'll eat this bowl!"

Shu Li said, "Auntie, I eat this bowl! I don't like to eat eggs." ”

When the two were at a stalemate, Zhu Yanyan took the opportunity to grab the bowl, took a sip, and began to eat.

Zhu Yanyan said: "I'm small, I eat this bowl." ”

Shu Li and Xun Yu's mother looked at Zhu Yanyan with a smile. The two picked up the other two bowls, and while Zhu Yanyan was immersed in eating, the two poached eggs slipped into the bowl from the edge of Zhu Yanyan's bowl.

All three of them laughed, and the last two poached eggs went into Zhu Yanyan's stomach.

For the first time, Shuli realized that material poverty is not terrible, and spiritual wealth is the real wealth.

After breakfast, Xun Yu's mother went to the mountains to grow vegetables, and Shu Li stayed at home to help Zhu Yanyan with homework.

Zhu Yanyan is 1 year old, 1 year later than other children. She studied as seriously as her brother, and there were few traces of the Chinese characters written in the notebook.

However, the educational conditions in the mountainous areas are relatively weak and there is a lack of guidance, so Zhu Yanyan has a lot of knowledge that is not thorough.

Shu Li explained carefully to Zhu Yanyan, and if he didn't understand it once, he would talk about it again until Zhu Yanyan understood it.

The two sat together, doing the questions seriously.

It was at this time that Xun Yu returned home.

He returned home after a three-year absence, and everywhere was still familiar, except for the woman in front of him.

He stared at Shu Li, who was teaching Zhu Yanyan arithmetic, and was speechless.

Shu Li was draped in a bright straight black hair, and the black hair hung down, covering half of his face, and the other half of his face loomed.

Her voice was crisp and pleasant, like a lark. A burst of blows hit Xun Yu's heart, and the obviously soft voice suddenly had huge lethality.

Zhu Yanyan suddenly looked up and saw that her brother was already standing at the door of the house, and she ran over from the stool excitedly.

Zhu Yanyan excitedly circled around Xun Yu and shouted happily: "Brother, brother, you're back!

Xun Yu picked up Zhu Yanyan and said to her with a smile: "Yes, I'm back!

Zhu Yanyan said: "Mom went to the mountains. ”

The two talked about some family things again, and they were happy. Then, Xun Yu hugged Zhu Yanyan and came over to Shuli.

Xun Yu said, "Why are you here?"

Shu Li said, "Yes, I want to see you." ”

Xun Yu said: "Will you leave after reading it?"

Shu Li said, "I don't want to leave yet!"

Xun Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Go back! This place is not for you!"

Tears rolled in Shu Li's eyes, she lowered her head, and said resolutely: "I won't leave now!"

After speaking, she changed the topic and said to Zhu Yanyan, "Yan Yan, let's continue to do the question." ”

Zhu Yanyan saw that her sister was about to cry, so she quickly smiled and said, "Okay, my sister and brother will teach me to do the questions together." ”

Zhu Yanyan hugged Xun Yu's neck and begged him to give her a lecture with Shu Li, but Xun Yu had no choice but to agree.

After talking for another hour, Zhu Yanyan was a little tired, so Shu Li asked Zhu Yanyan to go to the yard to play for a while.

Zhu Yanyan went to the yard, and only Xun Yu and Shu Li were left in the house.

Xun Yu asked Shu Li to leave again, but Shu Li was still unwilling.

Shu Li smiled bitterly: "Xun Yu, I will identify you, don't drive me away!"

Xun Yu said: "It's impossible between us! Don't waste time on me!" After speaking, he turned around and left.

Shu Li rushed over quickly and hugged Xun Yu's solid back.

Xun Yu stood still, and the whole person seemed to be petrified.

Shu Li leaned on Xun Yu's solid back, and his long-term thoughts finally got a place to rest. Neither of them spoke, but slowly adapted to the once familiar approach to each other again.

Shu Li's tears suddenly fell, and Xun Yu felt cold in his back. He turned his head slowly, and saw that Shu Li still had tears on his face, and the crystal teardrops were like diamonds, Xun Yu thought, don't let it fall to the ground at will.

Xun Yu spoke, his voice hoarse: "You don't regret it?"

Shu Li said firmly: "No regrets!"

Xun Yu smiled resolutely, kissed the eyes of the pear, and slid the eyes and nose of the pear with two pieces of hot red that slid a little bit, pious and warm.

He clumsily bit the lips of Shuli, grinding and tasting it a little bit, the little snake in his mouth pried open the door of Shuli's other world, deftly rowed through every corner, stayed, tossed and turned, and continued to explore, like a defeated general regaining lost territory, he inspected the once familiar city over and over again, every brick, every tile, and refused to let go.

Shuli's whole body was wrapped in a crispy and numb feeling, as if swept by a faint electric current, and everywhere she went, there was a tremble.

The two leaned tightly together until Zhu Yanyan poked into her bulging head and let out a slight laugh.

Shu Li found out, blushed, and subconsciously pushed Xun Yu away.

Xun Yu let go of the pear, took her little hand, and sat down.

Zhu Yanyan wondered how the two who were still glaring angrily just now became inseparable, but seeing that his brother and sister got along well, nothing else mattered.

Xun Yu and Shu Li tutored Zhu Yanyan to write homework for a while, and Xun Yu went to the kitchen to cook.

Not long after Xun Yu's meal was ready, Xun Yu's mother also came back.

Xun Yu's mother saw Xun Yu's red eyes, walked quickly to Xun Yu, and looked at Xun Yu carefully to see if Xun Yu had lost weight and whether there was any difference.

Especially when she saw a bruise on Xun Yu's face, she finally cried.

Xun Yu hugged his mother, comforted him softly, and used his sturdy body to protect this woman who had only repented in middle age, got off the card table, and came out of the mud of life.

Sometimes we can't decide what family we live in, but we can desperately change it.

Xun Yu gently patted her mother's back, comforted her, and finally gradually regained her calm.

The four of them sat together and ate the most harmonious meal ever before.

After dinner, Xun Yu's mother went to the mountains to plant vegetables again.

Xun Yu saw that the firewood for the fire at home was almost gone, and planned to go up the mountain to collect firewood.

Shu Li also wanted to follow, but Xun Yu asked her to accompany Zhu Yanyan to do her homework at home.

Shu Li and Zhu Yanyan wrote their homework for a while, and Zhu Yanyan knew that Shu Li wanted to go to the mountain, so she took Shu Li to the mountain where everyone often chopped firewood.

In winter, the mountains are bare, and many trees have dried up and fall on both sides of the mountain road.

Zhu Yanyan picked up the firewood that fell on the ground as she walked, and she explained to Shu Li which firewood could be burned and which could not.

Shu Li and Zhu Yanyan picked up all the way, and when they were about to reach the top of the mountain, they found Xun Yu, Xun Yu had already picked up a large handful of firewood and bundled it into a bundle and carried it on his shoulders.

Shu Li saw Xun Yu who was carrying firewood, and there was a sense of contradictory beauty. It's like a fashion model carrying a bundle of firewood. It's obviously incompatible, but it's extremely harmonious.

Shu Li remembered that he saw Xun Yu stir-frying in Sichuan Xiang Paradise again, just like now, it looks out of bounds, but there is a strange harmony, maybe this is the charm of Xun Yu, no matter what environment he is in, he always has a beam of light to illuminate himself.

Xun Yu had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and Shuli picked up a tissue to wipe him clean. She suddenly remembered a song.

Push open the doors of the world

You are the one who stands outside the door and is afraid of being late

Holding a serious one that doesn't know how to calculate

Kiss your eyes and be fearless youth

The mud in the left hand, the mud in the right hand

Confidant's flower clothes

The world is supposed to be what you woke up to

Sadness in the left eye, stubbornness in the right eye

It all looks the same

So you're my conceited guts

β€”β€”Yang Naiwen, "Pushing Open the Door of the World"

Shu Li thought how fortunate she was, pushed open the door of the world, and saw Xun Yu in the crowd at a glance.

Xun Yu looked at the little star in Shu Li's eyes, yes, he felt that Shu Li looked at her with little stars in his eyes.

He secretly promised in his heart that he must protect the little star in Shu Li's eyes and must protect her.

Because of his impulsiveness, he paid the price and missed her for three years.

She waited for him for three years and wouldn't let her wait any longer in the future.

Xun Yu saw that Zhu Yanyan and Shu Li were holding firewood in their hands, so he hurriedly took the firewood and tied it together, and carried it alone. The three of them walked down the hill together.

Walking to a clearing on the mountainside, Xun Yu saw that Shuli was already very tired, so he put down Chai He and asked Shuli and Zhu Yanyan to stop and rest for a while.

It just so happened that this was the time. A strong man of twenty-seven or eight walked in front of him, and this person carried a load of vegetables. As soon as he saw it, Xun Yu opened his mouth and shouted, "Boy, when did you come out?"

Xun Yu said: "Last month, Seventh Brother. ”

The seventh brother said: "I didn't finish a good university, and I went to prison, and now I am still like us, going home to be a farmer!"

Brother Qi's face was full of schadenfreude, and he looked like you were worse than us.

Xun Yu didn't speak again, and Seventh Brother continued to speak: "I asked you to go to Guangdong with us to work, and you want to go to college, hey, I still haven't caught anything, don't look at your Seventh Brother who is not as good as you study, but now that my wife and children are hot on the kang, everything is accounted for, and the new house was built last year." It's getting better!"

Seventh Brother thought that Xun Yu was the proud son of heaven, and he was the only college student in the whole village, and all the girls in the village were obsessed with him. But who would have thought that he didn't finish college, ran in prison and squatted for three years, and now he is back in his hometown to collect firewood and grow vegetables as a cropper. Brother Qi used to be extremely jealous of Xun Yu, but now he finally has a feeling of raising his eyebrows.

This feeling of feng shui taking turns is so refreshing, he thought.

Shu Li saw that this seventh brother had been mocking Xun Yu, and she couldn't see this kind of thing.

So, Shu Li said to Brother Qi: "I really don't know, where do you get your sense of superiority, why do you care how others live!"

Brother Qi has discovered the bundle of pears since then, and now it is time to use the bundle of pears to ridicule Xun Yu again.

Brother Qi looked at Shu Li disdainfully and said, "Wearing a mask in broad daylight, is it disfigured?" Xun Yu can still find a girlfriend, even if he is disfigured, it is nothing, seeing that you are in good shape, you can endure anything." ”

Shu Li said: "I wear a mask because there are people here who spray feces in their mouths, and the air pollution is serious!"

Shu Li wanted to continue, but saw Xun Yu step forward and pointed at the seventh brother and said, "Say I can, say my girlfriend can't." ”

After speaking, Xun Yu asked Shu Li to take Zhu Yanyan first, and he had something to say to Seventh Brother.

Shu Li was afraid that Zhu Yanyan would see them arguing, so she had to take Zhu Yanyan away first.

When leaving, she said to Xun Yu, "Calm down." ”

Xun Yu nodded.