Chapter 40: The City

One more

Ruan Wan lowered her eyes, and for a moment she didn't know how to respond. If she was looking at her mother like this in her previous life, she would definitely be very happy, but at this moment, her first reaction was to avoid her mother's gaze......

"Wish, call grandma, this is your sister. ”

"Grandma!"

"Sister!"

……

Ruan Wan faced Qiao's surprised and expectant gaze, hesitated, and nodded to her. Then, she saw Joe's smile even brighter. Like in her previous life, Joe seemed to like her sister, who had known for a long time but had never been masked, and who had half the same blood.

It suddenly occurred to her that there was probably nothing in this world that would last forever.

She is like this herself, her feelings for her mother are like this, and her wish for Joe is the same......

Something she thought she would never be able to face again no matter what, but now that it really appeared in front of her eyes, she was able to maintain such composure. Maybe YiqiΔ“ had already changed, but she didn't realize it.

While realizing this, Ruan Wan's heart gradually calmed down.

So when her grandmother said, "Xiaowan, I have something to say to your mother, you take your wish to go shopping with another child", Ruan Wan didn't raise any objections. She just nodded slightly, said "um", and walked out with the two of them, closing the door by the way.

After walking out of the door, Qiao's wish, which was still extremely nervous, was obviously relaxed, she looked at Ruan Wan without blinking, she didn't hide her curiosity at all, looking at it, she couldn't help but say: "Sister, you are so beautiful!

Ruan Wan looked at the girl in front of her who was younger than herself next year but a head taller than herself, speechless and a little nostalgic. Jo's wish is different from her, and she has never hesitated to express what she really thinks in her heartβ€”good is good, bad is bad, like is like, hate is hateβ€”her world is so simple, and because someone is willing to maintain this simplicity, she can be naΓ―ve all the time.

In this respect, Joe wishes to be more like a mother than she is.

It's just that the current Ruan Wan no longer envy this.

So when she heard this, she just smiled slightly and whispered, "You are also beautiful." ”

"But it's still not as beautiful as your sister. There was no trace of jealousy in Qiao's words, and she expressed her cognition very bluntly, "Sister, you are really similar to your grandmother, more like your mother." ”

Ruan Wan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled - this was a smile with a sincere heart. There was no doubt that Joe's wish made her feel very happy.

"There aren't too many places to play in the town, do you have any places you want to go?" Ruan Wan looked at Qiao Xinyuan and asked, as she spoke, she glanced sideways at Shen Ziyu, who had been silent, and quickly staggered her gaze. As a girl who grew up in a small town, there is nothing wrong with her attitude at the moment. After all, Qiao's wish is a girl or her sister, and Shen Ziyu is just a stranger or a boy. Of course, in terms of her heart, although she was no longer so afraid of seeing Shen Ziyu after "thinking about it", she still didn't want to deal with him directly.

Of course, it would be better if Shen Ziyu was angry or something because of her attitude, she didn't want to entertain him at all.

But to her surprise, Shen Ziyu actually replied in a calm tone: "I'm thirsty." ”

Joe's wish said, "I want to take a boat!" I heard my mother say that she used to row a boat, sister, will you?"

Ruan Wan listened to the words of the two, thought for a while, and said, "Such a thing...... Come with me. ”

She then took the two to the river.

To be honest, she really wanted to kick Shen Ziyu into the water and say to him, "It's all water here, drink it", but she obviously couldn't do that. She only told the two of them to stand on the shore and not move, and then went to the old man she knew, and borrowed a boat that was large enough for three people.

After untying the rope, she gently rocked the oars, and in a few moments the boat was rocked to the shore where the two were waiting. Looking at Qiao Xinyuan's overexcited expression similar to Song Ting's, she subconsciously instructed, "Be careful when you come up." ”

"Hmm!" said Joe, wishingly, as he recklessly stepped down before the boat could be stopped.

The boat shook instantly, and Qiao screamed with a wishful "ah", Ruan Wan hurriedly stretched out her hand to hold her: "Be careful." ”

Shen Ziyu on the shore also stretched out a hand in time to hold Qiao Xinyuan.

"Huh......" Qiao Xinwan breathed a sigh of relief, smiled embarrassedly at Ruan Wan, "I seem to be overjoyed......" and then turned back to Shen Ziyu and said, "Thank you, Brother Ziyu." ”

"Hmm. Shen Ziyu replied in a low voice.

Ruan Wan glanced at Shen Ziyu a little strangely, in her memory, this person was dragged like twenty-five or eighty-thousand, all day long during the rebellious period, how could he suddenly walk in a calm manner, it was really a little unacceptable.

However, this kind of thing has nothing to do with her in the end.

She refocused her attention on Joe's wish, and carefully helped the reckless girl to the boat, where she sat down honestly. Ruan Wancai breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a warm palm. She turned her head with wide eyes, and saw that Shen Ziyu actually held her hand and walked to the boat like Lafayette.

Ruan Wan: "...... "Hey!

Shouldn't he just jump into the boat and fall into the river?

But people are calm, and she can't care about it.

So, Ruan Wan could only hold her breath, and after the other party also sat down, she quietly wiped her hand behind her back a few times, and began to shake the oar again. The boat she borrowed was a typical awning boat - because the weather was so hot and the sun was too big, it would be very hot if you were riding in a normal wooden boat. Qiao wanted to sit and sit, so she climbed to the bow of the boat on the other side, and Ruan Wan was worried that she would fall, so she had to keep an eye on her. Shen Ziyu, who was supposed to be the most restless, sat honestly at the entrance here, watching the scenery on the left and right, as if he was really sightseeing.

Ruan Wan drove them and soon arrived at their destination, a stall.

Yes, there are a number of stalls selling goods on both sides of the river, which is one of the town's traditions. Until now, some people habitually rocked the boat when they went out in the morning, bought some cooked daily necessities along the way, and then went home slowly. And every summer, there will be a lot of food stalls on both sides of the river, especially at night, it can really be described as "fragrant ten miles". Even if the family has a strict family education, during this special time period, parents will always take their children out to go shopping and eat.

"Uncle Jiang, I want two glasses of watermelon juice. Ruan Wan shouted from afar, "The money will be sent to you later." ”

"Whew!" The middle-aged man she called "Jiang Bo" answered from afar, and by the time Ruan Wan's boat arrived, two glasses of watermelon juice had been prepared. He smiled and said to Ruan Wan, "Xiao Wan, you are lucky, this melon has just been lifted from the river and cut open, it is fresh and cool!"

Ruan Wan thanked her, and after Shen Ziyu and Qiao Xinwan had received the watermelon juice, they rowed again and sailed away from the shore.

"This watermelon juice is much better than the one sold next to our school. After Qiao took a big sip, he said in admiration, "That's right, Brother Ziyu." ”

"Hmm. ”

Ruan Wan took a look and found that Shen Ziyu, who was known as "thirsty", actually drank as much as Qiao wished, and suddenly felt that he was acting strangely, and he was indeed a teenager in the second stage of secondary school. Could it be that he is accustomed to drinking watermelon juice with additives, but he is not used to drinking original ecological products? -- The townspeople are simple, saying that watermelon juice is really watermelon juice, and the ice cubes are all added less, at most they are put in the well water and a town.

Ruan Wan rowed for a while, and was thinking about where to take these two people for a walk, when she heard Qiao call herself: "Sister." ”

"Huh?"

"Is there anything else to eat nearby?" Joe scratched his cheek and laughed twice, "I seem to be a little hungry." ”

At this moment, Ruan Wan really wanted to thank this sister for her paper, is there any better way to pass the time than to eat?

So, she took the two of them to taste snacks such as cold shrimp, mint cake, ice porridge, water steamed buns, etc., and finally bought a box of fried noodles with a full amount for each of them. Unconsciously, "Ahhh In comparison, Shen Ziyu ate much less. Ruan Wan was strange on the one hand, and angry on the other, strange that he was so abnormal today, angry that he felt that he looked down on her hometown food - the taste was obviously very good, and it was cheap and big! Dare to waste it! Lick all these bowls, otherwise you will not be allowed to get off the boat!

She then asked Shen Ziyu "kindly": "Is it not to your liking?" There is still a place to sell noodles in front, I'll buy you a bowl." ”

As soon as he heard her words, Shen Ziyu's whole face was almost green, but he still insisted on waving his hand "coldly": "No need, I'm not hungry." ”

"Then I'll buy you another glass of watermelon juice?"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ No, I'm not thirsty. Shen Ziyu's face turned a little greener, but his expression became more and more "cold" when he spoke.

Ruan Wan looked at his strange expression, and a guess suddenly appeared in her heart. At first, I didn't think it was reliable, but after thinking about it, I thought it was the only explanation. So, as the boat came to a corner, she deliberately deflected it. The arc is not big enough to make a person fall, however......

Shen Ziyu let out a low cry, and subconsciously grabbed the black canopy on the side, and the whole person looked like a bird trembling!

At this moment, Ruan Wan felt that the classic soundtrack of the Detective Reaper elementary school student sounded around her, yes, there is only one truth-

He's afraid of water!

Two more

While realizing this, Ruan Wan almost didn't laugh out loud on the spot.

I didn't expect that the second young man of the Shen family still had such a "wet little problem", tsk, he really hid it well in his last life!

The corners of her mouth were just hooked, and she found that Shen Ziyu was looking at her viciously, he let go of the hand that was still holding the black canopy just now and refused to let go, and after sitting down again, he stared at Ruan Wan and said, "You did it on purpose." ”

Probably because he didn't want to be heard by Joe, he deliberately lowered his voice.

Ruan Wan thought ill-intentionedly, in her previous life, Shen Ziyu helped Qiao Xinwan so much, and eighty percent of them had a crush on her, right? Unfortunately, "King Xiang has intentions, but the goddess has no intentions", and the person Qiao Xinyuan is thinking about is not him. So no matter how good he is, he is also a proper cannon fodder in the war about love.

Ruan Wan felt that when she thought about it, her big-hearted disgust for him seemed to have decreased a little bit, well, about the size of a tenth of a fingernail.

Of course, no matter what she thinks in her heart, she will never show anything on her lips. So she showed an innocent expression at him: "What did you say?"

She didn't lower her voice, Qiao Xinyuan naturally heard it, so she turned her head and asked, "Sister, what are you talking about?"

"Wasn't the boat crooked just now, this ......" Ruan Wan remembered that Shen Ziyu hadn't introduced himself until now, and as a "stranger" who didn't know him, she naturally shouldn't know his name, so she replaced him with "classmate", "This classmate he ......"

"I told her to row steadily. Shen Ziyu suddenly interrupted Ruan Wan's words, looked at her with warning eyes, and with a fierce face of "You dare to say it, I'm not done with you!" finally showed the demeanor of the evil young man in the second stage of middle school, "Otherwise, you will be easily frightened." ”

Qiao's wish was very good to be fooled, and after hearing this, she said happily, "It's okay, I think it's interesting!" She said while pulling the fried noodles, "Sister, you can shake it a few more times, it's really fun!"

Shen Ziyu's face suddenly turned from blue to black.

Ruan Wan looked at this scene, and couldn't help but sympathize in her heart, and said "The three views are different, how to fall in love", and now it seems that whether or not you are afraid of water is definitely related to love. He's not going to just lose here in his last life, is he? It's a sad story.

She silently lit a white candle for poor Shen Ziyu in her heart, and saw him whisper to herself threateningly: "No, yes, answer, answer!"

Ruan Wan listened to his words, her expression couldn't see anything, but she thought in her heart that this kid was really bold, didn't he know that his little life was in the hands of her, the boat operator? If it weren't for Qiao Xinyuan's wish to be on the boat, she really wanted to take him to play the "water roller coaster". However, it is better to be on the safe side.

Regretful, she replied, "That's not safe." ”

Seeing Shen Ziyu's satisfied expression, Ruan Wan was not very happy again. At this moment, Qiao Xinyuan, who was sitting on the bow of the boat, said again: "By the way, sister, I heard my mother say that there are many lotus flowers in this river, why didn't I see them?"

Ruan Wan replied, "That's Lotus Swing." "There are people on the river every day, and it is definitely inconvenient if it is covered with lotus flowers. But for those who live by the river, the lotus flower is also essential. So, they're all in a less "obstructive" place, like a corner where a rare boat passes, "There's one not far ahead, do you want to see it?"

"Yes!"

Ruan Wan looked at Shen Ziyu, originally thinking that he would be dissatisfied because of this, but found that he was actually stunned, and he didn't know what he was thinking. She pursed her lips secretly, but the movements of her hands did not stop, and in an instant, the two of them were brought to the "lotus swing" in her mouth. Lotus swing is the name of the local dialect, simply put, it is the lotus bush. Although it is only the end of June, there are already many lotus flowers that can't wait to bloom. From a distance, white, pink, dark pink, budding, half-blooming, blooming...... Too many beautiful things.

Qiao, who had never seen this meeting in person, was stunned, and then couldn't wait to beg Ruan Wan to row the boat in.

Ruan Wan rowed the boat carefully, trying to avoid the lotus flowers, it was rare that they were so beautiful in the open, if they were accidentally run over by the boat, it would be a pity.

"It's so beautiful. "Joe, who was at the bow of the boat, was surrounded by lotus flowers, and was obviously in a good mood.

As soon as Ruan Wan stopped the boat, she heard her cautiously ask, "Sister, can I pick it?"

"Yes. ”

Ruan Wan has no opinion on this, several lotus swings are the "public property" of the town, and some people usually pick some lotus flowers and put them at home, but more people will keep them - waiting for the lotus pod to eat!

Thinking of this, she looked left and right, it was still too early, and most of the lotus pods in the center of the lotus flower could not be eaten. She searched for a while before she found a few that could barely be entered, picked them and threw them on the ground in front of her, beckoning the two of them to eat.

Qiao was reluctant to leave his current "throne", so he begged Shen Ziyu to hand him the lotus canopy. Ruan Wan originally thought that he would hand them all to Qiao Xinwan, but she didn't expect Shen Ziyu to secretly hide one. Then, after not eating much, he began to peel the lotus seeds jerkyly, slowly...... Ruan Wan almost couldn't hold back, snatched it and peeled it herself.

So she could only turn her head, out of sight.

I had been rowing for a short time under the big sun just now, and although it was not very hot on the river, she was also a little sunburned. Although the boat stopped now, there was Shen Ziyu, the "door god", blocking her, so she naturally couldn't get into the tent, so she sat on the stern, and then picked a clean dried lotus leaf and raised it as an umbrella.

As soon as she sat down, she saw Shen Ziyu's lips move, as if she wanted to say something, and Qiao Xinyuan in front of her exclaimed: "Ah, look, there are fish in the water!" As she spoke, she suddenly fell on the edge of the boat. This action is not much, at least it is nothing to Qiao Xinyuan and Ruan Wan, but Shen Ziyu couldn't stand this, only to see him "hug" Peng again, and then turned around with a dark face and shouted, "Qiao Xinyuan, don't be so reckless, be careful of falling!"

"......," Qiao pouted, "no." ”

"If you move again, you'll go down!"

"Not really!"

……

Ruan Wan looked at the young girl in front of her arguing with a smile...... Or rather, bickering, and not interested in getting involved. It's really unthinkable that she can also "live in harmony" with them like she does now, but she and them are not all the way, and there is no need to reluctantly integrate into them like in her previous life, which only adds to the joke. She turned her head and looked into the distance, and for no reason remembered the night she had been at Lotus last year. For some reason, she always dreamed of that night throughout the year, and in her dreams, someone was always calling her. Unfortunately, when she turned around, she couldn't see anything.

The three of them spent some more time in the lotus swing, and Ruan Wan saw that the time was almost up, so she rowed a boat and took the two of them back. Along the way, the reusable dishes were returned to the merchants along the way, and the plastic products were packed up and thrown into the trash can - the townspeople grew up by the river, so they naturally cherished it.

After returning the boat, Ruan Wan suddenly found that the sky was a little overcast.

It was hot and humid in the morning, and now it's cloudy again...... This is a sign of heavy rain!

Ruan Wan, who knew this, didn't take the two of them to any other places, only said, "It's about to rain heavily", and hurriedly walked with them towards home. Qiao Xinyuan and Shen Ziyu were originally a little unconvinced, but they were only halfway through when they felt that the sky was even more cloudy, and a faint thunder began to sound in the sky. The two have to admit that the weather in this place is really different from their hometown, and it can really be said that it can change.

The men walked a little further, and the thunder became louder and the lightning began to stir up.

Large raindrops fell on the ground and the bodies of the three of them, and they hurt one by one.

Fortunately, the three of them arrived at their destination quickly.

As soon as she arrived at the door, Ruan Wan saw her grandmother standing at the door, and when she saw her, she said angrily: "If you don't come back, I will go to find you, lest you be drenched in soup!"

Ruan Wansan walked up the steps in two steps, and replied with a smile: "If I really can't come back in time, I will find a place to shelter from the rain and come back when the rain stops." "She's not stupid.

Grandma snorted lightly, reached out and poked her head: "Do you think you are so clever?" After speaking, she handed a few umbrellas leaning against the door to the three of them, "Let's go back first." ”

Compared to facing Ruan Wan, Qiao Xinwan was obviously a little afraid when facing her grandmother, so she only said "Thank you grandma" in a low voice and took the umbrella.

The thorny Shen Ziyu actually said "Thank you, grandma", which is really surprising.

The four of them returned to the main house with umbrellas, and saw Su Fanghua walking over with three towels: "Come, quickly wipe the water on your body." ”

Ruan Wan took the towel and saw that Su Fanghua naturally helped Qiao Xinyuan, who was smiling stupidly, wipe her hair. Sometimes, unintentional actions are the most hurtful. Fortunately, there are only a little waves in her heart now, and there will be no more turbulent waves because of this. Thinking like this, she lowered her eyes, and as if she didn't see anything, she quietly brushed her hair. After only two moves, the towel in her hand was "snatched".

Ruan Wanzheng was surprised, and she felt a warmth on her head - her grandmother rubbed her head with both hands through the towel and said, "The little girl's family is always in the rain, be careful to lose her hair and become a bald donkey!"

"......" Ruan Wan, who originally felt warm in her heart, was speechless in an instant, grandma, that's not scientific!

"Laugh at it! If you don't pay attention to it, you will cry in the future. Grandma patted her on the back angrily, "Your mother poured hot water, drink a drink." ”

As soon as Grandma's words fell, Ruan Wan saw her mother handing her a glass of water, she reached out to take it, and said, "Thank you, Mom." ”

"You kid, what are you polite to me. Su Fanghua couldn't help laughing, "Don't do this in the future." ”

Su Fanghua's words sounded normal, but Ruan Wan keenly sensed something wrong from them.

"After?, what?" she asked.

Su Fanghua was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "It's just right, Xiaowan, there is something I want to ask you." ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ What's the matter?" Ruan Wan's heart suddenly had a bad premonition, and her temples suddenly jumped up suddenly.

"When you get to high school, why don't you live with me?"

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