Chen Xiaoyu stood at the door with a kettle, stunned.

Tie the knot? What's going on? You must know that Chen Wenguang doesn't even have a job, what is he going to get married?

She stood still, took a deep breath, and slowly pushed the door open with a "squeak".

The two men inside who were staring at each other nervously stopped at the same time and turned their heads to look at her in a daze.

Chen Wenhui's face turned red, he glanced at Xiaoyu angrily, and waved his hand impatiently, "Why did you come in?" Aren't you playing with Liu Lulu? ”

"Liu Lulu is home, the water is boiling, I'll fill the water bottle."

Xiaoyu carried the kettle to find the boiling water bottle, pretending not to hear anything, and swept the afterglow, and saw the girl named "Lihua", sitting on the chair, the travel bag in her arms just now was gone, the clothes wet by the rain were attached to her body, the slightly raised lower abdomen was a little suspicious, Lihua's face was flushed, her head was very low, and she almost wanted to find a hole in the ground to turn into.

"Brother, I just asked, is it necessary for you to be so angry?" Chen Wenhui looked embarrassed, glanced at "Lihua" quickly, lowered his voice, and said hesitantly.

"Hmph." Chen Wenguang ignored him with a face, and instead turned his gaze to Xiaoyu.

"Xiaoyu, do you live here now?" He asked.

"yes." Xiaoyu nodded, brewed the boiling water bottle, took out the water cup to a cup of hot water, and put it in front of Lihua, "Auntie, drink some water." He turned his face to Wenguang and said, "During the summer vacation, I was at my grandmother's place, and I went home after school." ”

"Brother Wen Bin and sister-in-law are very busy, and they don't have time to bring Xiaoyu at all, so they put them here with Mom." Chen Wenhui said.

"I didn't ask you." Chen Wenguang glared at Chen Wenhui fiercely, and said coldly, "I didn't say that I wanted to drive Xiaoyu away, why are you so concerned?" ”

"Second brother, it's not that I'm too careful, it's you who ......" he sighed and muttered in a low voice, "Don't be too sensitive." ”

"How am I sensitive? I've been in the country for almost ten years, you've taken care of me, have you asked me? I just came back and my ass was still hot, so you asked me how long I would stay when I came back, hmph, when did you become so concerned about me, am I sensitive or are you sensitive? Chen Wenguang looked at Wen Hui coldly, "Are you afraid that I will come back and rob you of your job?" ”

"Brother, why do you say that...... I don't have a job, I don't have a job, don't I just eat at home. He had a hard time arguing, just a casual question just now, which nerve touched Chen Wenguang.

"Oh, you're eating at home, are you afraid that I'll come back and rob you of your dinner?" Chen Wenguang said sarcastically.

"Me?" Chen Wenhui was choked by his strong words, and stood there angrily pulling his hair, Xiaoyu looked at this, then at that, standing between the two, saying nothing.

"Wenguang," the girl named Lihua called timidly, and she staggered to her feet, trying to walk in front of Chen Wenguang.

"What's the matter?" Chen Wenguang looked at her, a trace of impatience flashed in his eyes.

"I want a change of clothes." She said weakly, playing with the braids in her hands uneasily.

"Ah, then follow me quickly." Chen Xiaoyu hurriedly pulled her, lifted the door curtain, entered the room, and took the travel bag that she had just put at her feet.

"Auntie, you can change it here." Chen Xiaoyu said as she went to pick up the mosquito net on her cot and let her in.

I stood at the window and looked out.

By this time the rain had become lighter, and had become a drizzle, a curtain woven like silver needles, densely shrouded in the dusk of the scene, it was already evening, the sky was hazy, and the black tiles of the opposite roof were washed away by the rain, and the moss on the gray walls was dappled with water. There was a fishy smell of earth in the air after the rain.

Xiaoyu took a deep breath.

The sound of the girl changing her clothes came from the mosquito net, and she turned her head to look at the figure through the muslin mosquito net, and fell into deep thought.

The squirming inside stopped, and the girl lifted the tent and poked her head out, and she changed into clean clothes, a water-red shirt, light gray cloth trousers, the braids that hung down from the shoulders were removed, and her hair was wet on her chest,

Xiaoyu handed her the comb she was using, and asked, "Auntie, what is your surname?" ”

"My surname is Zhang, the chapter of the article." Zhang Lihua took the comb with a slight blush, leaned sideways, and combed her half-wet hair.

"Aunt Zhang, are you in a young spot with my second uncle?" Chen Xiaoyu sat at the head of her grandmother's bed, crossed her feet, and asked casually.

"We're not in the same spot, I'm in another brigade." Zhang Lihua combed her hair neatly, returned the comb to Xiaoyu, sat on the edge of the bed and lowered her head, her fingers wrapped around her hair, and she was silent in a cramped and uneasy manner.

Seeing her silent and guarded look, Xiaoyu couldn't ask any more, and the two sat on the edge of the bed facing each other.

The sky was dim at dusk, the lights were not turned on in the house, and Zhang Lihua's side face was half-hidden in the light and shadow, and she couldn't see her expression clearly.

Outside, the two brothers of the Chen family also quarreled enough, and they didn't speak anymore, and they were silent with their own thoughts.

I don't know how long it took, the door outside was pushed open with a creak, and grandma's voice came, "Xiaoyu, I asked Nong to cook rice and didn't cook it, what time is it?" I don't wash rice and cook rice. ”

Chen Xiaoyu jumped up from the bed at once, she was so busy this afternoon that she forgot about the cooking, and hurriedly agreed to come out of the house, just opened the door curtain, and heard her grandmother inhaling again, "Wenguang, why did you come back suddenly?" ”

"Mommy." Chen Wenguang screamed and stood up.

Xiaoyu saw that her grandmother took a few steps backwards at once, staggered and didn't stand firm, and hurriedly stepped forward to support her grandmother.

"Wenguang, what happened to Nong? Why didn't you mention a word in the letter the day before yesterday, and now you're back? ”

"Mom, I'm ......" Chen Wenguang didn't continue, but what he said when he quarreled with Chen Wenhui just now couldn't say a word to his mother, he looked at his mother in a daze and opened his mouth.

"Nong, speak, is there something bad going on, don't scare people to death." Grandma said nervously, her thin fingers clenching Xiaoyu's palm tightly.

"Mom, it's not as strict as you say, the second brother just doesn't want to stay in the countryside, so he suddenly came back." Chen Wenhui explained dissatisfiedly, "And I came back to get married." He muttered again in a low voice.

"Married? Don't want to spend time in the countryside anymore? Have you completed the formalities for your return to the city? Blinded by the sudden news, the grandmother looked up at her son in a daze, as if to see an answer in his face.

Chen Wenguang glared at Wen Hui, swallowed and foamed, "Mom, you sit down first and listen to me speak slowly." ”

"Okay, you say, you say." Xiaoyu helped her grandmother sit on the chair at the dining table, standing on the side, grandma thought about it and turned her face, "Xiaoyu, you go to wash rice and cook rice." ”

Xiaoyu nodded in agreement, and her grandmother trembled and pointed to the cloth bag that had just been placed on the ground, "I just bought pork ribs, and you went to wash them too, and burned braised pork ribs at night." ”

"Yes." Xiaoyu said, secretly pulling the corner of Chen Wenhui's clothes, "Little uncle, come to the kitchen to help me." ”

"Ah, why am I going?" Chen Wenhui ignored her, standing still.

"Wenhui, you go." Grandma waved her hand impatiently, "Close the door for me." ”

"Huh? Oh, got it. Chen Wenhui agreed to follow Xiaoyu out of the house, and as soon as he went out, he pulled Xiaoyu's braids, lowered his voice and said angrily: "You girl, why are you pulling me out?" ”

"I don't pull you, where are you still pestle, do you think grandma has the heart to listen to you at this time?"

"Then, what if there's one in there?" Chen Wenhui touched his head.

"The second uncle has his own way to say it, so you don't need to care." Chen Xiaoyu pulled him into the kitchen, poured out all the vegetables in the black cloth bag that grandma had just given him, grabbed a handful of leeks and handed them to Chen Wenhui, "Little uncle, you can help choose the dishes." "You, you're really a little ghost, and you know everything." Chen Wenhui tapped her head.

Xiaoyu grinned, it was perfunctory, lowered her head and was busy with the work in her hands, and after a while, she said, "By the way, will grandpa come home tomorrow?" "yes." Chen Wenhui responded, suddenly realized something, and sighed in a low voice, "Oh no." “

The two of them looked at each other, but they were silent.

After a while, Xiaoyu suddenly said, "Little uncle, you can accompany me back to my house after dinner." ”