Chen Wenhui sat there motionless, his eyes lowered as he watched his niece clean. Novel щwlā

She began to wipe the furniture first, the dining table outside, the cupboards, the chest of drawers, the bottles and cans used by the old people, the old newspapers, magazines, and expired books were taken out of the bookcase by her and piled on the ground at the gate.

She took out the tableware in the cupboard, she hadn't used it for a long time, and it was all green and mildewy, she frowned, put these dishes and chopsticks into a large plastic basin, and brought them to the pool outside the yard to soak.

There were also some old clothes and old objects that she didn't use, she took a few looks, and then put them in the garbage bag, and after a while, it was full of a big bag.

After doing this, she began to mop the floor, and after a few mops it was too dark to see, and she ran to the pool to flush the mop, and ran back and forth several times, her whole body was sweaty, and her clothes were sticky and clingy to her body.

After a while, she heard someone outside tripped over something on the ground, and a voice came from talking, "Hey, who is this, pile these things at the door, if there is really no one in our house, we can casually block the door." ”

The person who spoke was Deng Hongmei, she stepped over the pile of miscellaneous items and books and newspapers, and entered the house, "Wenhui, you haven't gone over, just wait for you to be alone, what are you doing here alone." ”

The light of dusk was dim, the setting sun was only a red line, and soon it was about to disappear below the horizon, and the twilight was heavy, and the clouds in the sky were a thick gray-purple color.

Deng Hongmei stood at the door of the room, looking at Chen Xiaoyu who came out with a mop, she was slightly stunned, and didn't speak for a while.

Chen Xiaoyu looked at her and smiled, and called politely: "Little aunt." ”

Deng Hongmei reacted at this time, and said with a smile: "Who did I say, it turned out to be Xiaoyu, why did you have time to come over today?" Oh, have you eaten? Why don't you go to our house and eat together? ”

Chen Xiaoyu shook her head: "No, I still have something to do."

Deng Hongmei knew that she refused to go to dinner, and she was not reluctant. He glanced at the inner room a few times and asked, "Wen Hui is inside, right?" ”

"yes, yes." After Chen Xiaoyu finished speaking, he bypassed her and went to the pool outside to wash the mop.

Deng Hongmei stood there and looked back at her back, but she felt cold on her body.

"Everyone's here? Let's go. Chen Wenhui walked out of the inner room, and walked out of the door as he spoke, Deng Hongmei was stunned and followed him, "What did you all say, your face is so bad." ”

Chen Wenhuihui buried his head and walked forward. He said in a deep voice: "I didn't say anything. ”

"You really didn't say anything?"

Chen Wenhui was impatient: "Then can I still lie to you?" ”

Deng Hongmei said anxiously: "I'm just a little strange, she hasn't been here for many days, why did she suddenly come over today, and Sister-in-law Wu said that she also came to visit my mother." ”

Chen Wenhui sneered: "Isn't it normal for her to visit your mother?" Didn't she buy something for your mother's birthday and brought gifts to see her, she remembers it more clearly than your righteous Deng family, you can tell me about your brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces, except for one Deng Yinan. Who remembers such an old lady. ”

Deng Hongmei was stunned by the resentment that came from him, choked for a long time, didn't speak, stood in place and didn't move, and then said angrily: "You can't find pleasure today, right?" My brother and sister are back, and you're upset, and I don't know how they messed with you? Isn't it just for the sake of the property rights? Now that the old lady is still alive, they can't do whatever they want? What's the use of you losing your temper over this matter now, you might as well think about how to find funds when you have the time. ”

Chen Wenhui said irritably: "Find, find." Do you think I'm not looking? Is there anything that easy to do? ”

Deng Hongmei looked at his collapsed eye sockets and bloodshot eyes, and also sighed deeply, muttering unhappily: "What's the use of being anxious." ”

And then he asked, "That's right." Did you ask her why she came to us that day? ”

Chen Wenhui: "I didn't ask." ”

Deng Hongmei hurriedly said: "Why don't you ask, maybe she has something to do, isn't there a ** chasing her?" ”

Chen Wenhui glanced at her deeply: "You are embarrassed, I treated her like that at the beginning, and now you ask me to go to her for help, not to mention that she is an unemployed young man." Staying at home, what can I do to help us, just say that I don't want to be an uncle's face? ”

Deng Hongmei knew that what he said made sense, so she had to say: "Forget it, don't mention it in advance, hurry back to eat, it just so happens that Yinan is back today." After dinner, I'll talk to him, maybe he can figure it out. ”

The two of them lowered their heads and walked for a while, and neighbors passed by one after another, and there were elderly people, who greeted them with a smile, "Hongmei, your family has a treat today, I seem to have a lot of people." ”

Deng Hongmei smiled: "Yes, my mother has a birthday today, and she will celebrate her old man's birthday." ”

"Oh, no wonder look at your brother and sister, they are here today."

"Yes, they are busy on weekdays, and it is rare for them to come."

"I can't imagine that Mrs. Deng still relies on her daughter and son-in-law, you take care of her, and your brothers and sisters usually can't even see a figure."

Deng Hongmei smiled.

The old man said that he went to the banyan tree at the gate of the courtyard to play chess, and sighed as he walked, "Old man, old man, old and annoying." ”

*

Chen Xiaoyu was busy until nine o'clock, before she tidied up the two rooms, the floor was dragged by her to shine, and the old furniture was wiped clean, showing traces of time.

She found a large cardboard box, packed up her grandparents' previous clothes, touched the clothes that her grandmother had worn, and felt a little uncomfortable, sat on the bed and was stunned for a while, and then slowly locked the door.

The night is low, the courtyard in early summer is already deserted, the dim street lamps shine in the empty courtyard, it looks even more bleak, the dark outline of the old house is submerged in the dark blue night sky, the half moon hangs above the patio, and the leaves of the old locust tree are blown by the wind, and it is rustling.

There was no noise, no gossip crowd, and the sound of dialogue and music from the TV series came from the old house that was not soundproof, and she stood in the courtyard for a while, then turned around and prepared to go back.

At the station, she saw Deng Yinan, who was standing under the street lamp to answer the phone, half of his face hidden in the dark, "I'm almost on my side, and I'll go over when it's over in a while." Please tell them again. Well, if they really don't want to wait, forget it. Okay, that's it, I'll take a taxi. ”

After hanging up the phone, he turned his face and looked at Chen Xiaoyu not far away: "Wait for the car to go back?" ”

Chen Xiaoyu nodded and asked, "What about you, are you going out so late?" ”

"yes, talk to someone about something."

"Hard." Chen Xiaoyu nodded, just as a taxi came over, Chen Xiaoyu waved at him, and said humbly: "You have something to do first." ”

Deng Yinan hesitated slightly: "Let's go together, I'll send you first." (To be continued.) )