"Brother, it's four o'clock, where are you?"

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"I'm still getting together with my old classmates, I'm here to remind you to come to my house for dinner in the evening, don't miss the meal." Gu Siya held her mobile phone and babbled.

"I know, it's going to be over." Chen Chi said with a smile.

"Xiao Qing'er and I walked through all the vertical and horizontal streets in our town in the afternoon, and we were almost exhausted, we didn't buy anything, and I really didn't feel a sense of accomplishment. Hey, brother, I'll buy a few Kong Ming lanterns, and after dinner, let's find an open space to put the lanterns. ”

"I can't wait for the Lantern Festival." Chen Chi said.

"By the time the Lantern Festival arrives, you will already go to work one by one, how stupid it is for me to put on the lights alone, I have worked hard to show others. There are a lot of people in our house today, Xiaoqing'er and her family are densely populated, so it seems that they don't want to let it go. Gu Siya kept talking, and asked after a while, "Anyway?" ”

Chen Chi heard Lu Qing replying with a smile on the phone: "It seems that he said that he would take care of it." ”

"Then put it in our place." Gu Siya said excitedly, and spoke close to the mobile phone again, "Brother, do you think the grocery stores opposite the entrance of our community will sell them?" ”

"I don't know, you can go and have a look."

Chen Chi came out of the tea room, and when he was about to arrive at the community, he glanced at the grocery store, most of the old women and men who came over were wearing gray, brown and black thick clothes, looking dull and bloated, Lu Qing's light-toned small jacket, short skirt and high boots were very eye-catching, Chen Chi immediately recognized her and her cousin Gu Siya talking to people outside the shop.

"Did you buy it?"

"Brother." Gu Siya was startled.

"Mr. Chen." Lu Qing turned back in surprise.

"I'm really convinced of you, I can't change this." Gu Siya patted Lu Qing and said boldly, "Follow me and call brother." ”

Lu Qing glanced at Chen Chi, smiled, and said playfully after a while: "Brother Chen is good." ”

Chen Chi shook his head and smiled: "You can't talk to my cousin, she speaks like a machine gun." Gu Siya glared, and Chen Chi hurriedly said, "Hey, have you bought Kong Ming lanterns?" My classmate said, go down, turn a corner, there is a bowl shop that sells it. ”

"So what are you waiting for, let's go."

"However, it was already the Mid-Autumn Festival last year." Chen Chitian said.

Lu Qing was stunned and giggled.

"Xiaoqing'er, you see my brother is bad."

"I'm just copying other people's words." Chen Chi smiled, "Do you want to go and have a look?" ”

"Go."

The three of them walked forward, Gu Siya and Chen Chi are now rare to come back from being away all the year round, and they are not very familiar with the nearby shops. The boss is not there, and the proprietress is not very familiar with the inventory, so she is looking around in the store.

Chen Chi stood outside the shop and saw a basket of water chestnuts on a tricycle stall not far away. "I'm going to buy some horses' hooves and come back."

The water chestnuts with skin are all dark red and very pleasing. The old man who sold water chestnuts was peeling the skin with a planing knife, and there were white and tender peeled water chestnuts in the small plastic basin next to him, but there were only about a dozen.

"Uncle, you can help me cut a little more." Chen Chitu saves trouble.

"Okay, my horse's hooves are sweet, and I grow them myself."

Chen Chi picked one up when he heard this, held it in his palm and said, "It's really good." He chatted, "Uncle, then you will be quite far away on a tricycle, and it will be late to go back for dinner." ”

"Dinner is cooked at home, and I am idle for the New Year, doing some business." The old man said happily, and after a while, he raised his voice and said, "Little sister, do you want horseshoe?" ”

Chen Chi turned his head, but it turned out to be Lu Qing coming. "Daisy, have you bought the Kong Ming lantern?"

"No, it's still flipping." Lu Qing flattened her mouth slightly, looking very helpless.

The old man who sold water chestnuts saw that they were together and not new customers, so he stopped greeting them and lowered his head to skillfully peel the skin.

"Brother Chen." Lu Qing's eyebrows were crooked, and she screamed, her eyes fell on the water chestnut in Chen Chi's hand, which was playful and smart.

"Uncle grows it himself." Chen Chi spread out his palms, "Okay?" ”

"Ah, really?" Lu Qing was pleasantly surprised like a yellow bird calling, pulling out her slender neck, putting her head above Chen Chi's palm, carefully studying her eyes, and smiling skillfully, "It's so good." ”

"It's fresh." Chen Chi put the water chestnut back into the basket. On the tricycle, a basket of water chestnuts was full, full and round, and only then did Lu Qing glance at it obliquely.

"Thank you for the mulled wine." Chen Chi said.

"What's polite," Lu Qing pursed her lips, her head drooped slightly, and she looked dark again, "As soon as my mother made a big vat, I casually filled a small jar." ”

"How are you doing at home? How's the year going? ”

"It's good, it's just that I take the annual leave together, but I feel that the vacation is not used to it." Lu Qing's face darkened slightly as she spoke, but she quickly smiled brighter, and asked jokingly, "Brother Chen, have you won a prize at this company's annual meeting?" ”

"No, I've always been unlucky. The annual meeting is still the same, just eat and drink. By the way, what day are you leaving? ”

"The sixth day of the first month. Brother Chen, what about you? ”

"Early in the morning of the eighth day of the new year." Chen Chi was surprised, "You left so early? ”

"When I go back, I want to clean up the room, and then send some souvenirs to Yingying, I bothered her for more than half a month before. Brother Chen," Lu Qing raised his eyebrows and asked, "That friend of yours, I also sent some souvenirs, will he accept it?" ”

"Don't, don't send it," Chen Chi laughed, "Don't take it to heart when you say it." ”

"But, after all, he helped me, and I didn't even pay for it." Lu Qing bit her lip and was embarrassed, and asked Chen Chi for advice, "I'll put it at Yingying's place, let her hand it over, or give it to you?" ”

"Don't think about it, my friend doesn't care about that, besides, I've already invited him to dinner. Try to bring something as little as possible during the return peak, and it is inconvenient to wrap the ground in seven bags. Chen Chi sang, paused, looked at Lu Qing, and said, "Don't keep that matter in your heart, just be worthy of your heart, the new year will start new." ”

"Hmm." Lu Qing raised her eyebrows, nodded vigorously, and smiled widely.

"Hey, Siya, got it?" Chen Chi looked behind Lu Qing.

"I bought it, I bought it, it took a lot of effort." Gu Siya ran all the way over, "Brother, your horseshoes are harder to buy than my Kong Ming lantern?" It's been a long time. ”

The old man who sold water chestnuts spoke at the right time: "Is this enough?" ”

"That's all. Uncle, you weigh it and give me a bag. Half of the two catties of peeled water chestnuts were divided, and Chen Chi handed them to Gu Siya, "Here, take it back and eat it as fruit after dinner at night." ”

"Follow my brother and say, I think of my sister when I eat." Gu Siya said happily.

The three of them talked and laughed and returned to the community.

"My brother's family lives in that row, do you see, the door hole in the middle, the household with two pots of spider plants on the balcony, the spider plants were planted by my aunt, and the pots of spider plants on the windowsill of my room were branched from my brother's house." Gu Siya pointed to Lu Qing and introduced Chen Chi's family, and said, "Brother, don't go up, come with us directly to my house, maybe Uncle and they have already gone first." ”

"I'll go up first, the phone needs to be charged, and I'll come over in a while."

"Hurry up then."

"Okay."

Chen Chi took three steps and went upstairs in two steps, knocking on the door: "Mom, Mom." He couldn't wait to take out the key and chuckled, "It seems that Siya guessed it." ”

As soon as the key was inserted into the lock, the door opened.

"Mom," Chen Chi was slightly stunned, "You haven't gone over yet?" ”

"Frost is gone." Wang Cailian wrinkled her brows, and when she saw her son, she couldn't hurry up and said, "She has something to do with her company, so she flew back." ”

Chen Chi's water chestnuts were only halfway raised, and his hands froze: "What? ”

"You don't know?" Wang Cailian looked at her son's expression, her face became anxious, "She said I told you." ”

Chen Chi didn't react at all, and instinctively ran to the room to take a look. It was empty and neat, and the bedding was neatly spread on the bed, still in the morning, and there was no trace of a nap.

Chen Chi subconsciously looked at their wardrobe, the suitcase they brought was gone, and then he glanced back and forth, and found that the clothes and pants he had originally placed in the box were stacked on the bedside table on his side, and there was also Xu Shuangxia's bag next to it.

"Mom, what did Frost say, when did she leave?" Chen Chi walked over quickly, opened the zipper of the bag, it was empty, and Xu Shuangshui's wallet and small items were gone.

Wang Cailian hurriedly followed Chen Chi. "Soon after you went out, Frost said that she received a call from the company, what did she say...... What went wrong with the cultivation, if Miao died and suffered a big economic loss, the company told her to go back quickly, so she packed her things, took a box, and stopped a taxi on the street at the entrance of the community, saying that she would go to the airport and arrive at night. ”

Wang Cailian has been doing ideological education work for one or two decades, resolving contradictions for people, and at this time, seeing Chen Chi was confused and confused, she couldn't help but hang her heart: "Chi'er, Shuangshuang told me, she told you, don't you know?" ”

"Chen Chi, Shuangshuang left, didn't tell you?" Chen Songping appeared at the door of the room.

Chen Chi raised his head, his father's brows furrowed, and then turned to the side, his mother looked anxious, he didn't care about anything else, he lowered his head and dialed Xu Shuang's phone, and said casually: "Maybe I was noisy outside before, I didn't receive her call, and I didn't read the message, I'll call her first." ”