It's strange like a plant that has been spelled, growing wildly.

Hu Meiyin pushed open the fence, the fence squeaked, Wang Xixi suddenly thought of the ghost movies she had watched, she had never been bold, and she couldn't help but slow down and shrink back.

His hand was held firmly, and when he turned his head, he saw a pair of peach blossom eyes with water squinting in the sun, and his face was a little transparent in the sunlight.

Wang Xixi felt that there was nothing to be afraid of, as long as he was by her side to give her strength.

"Auntie." When they reached the center of the courtyard, Hu Meiyin shouted.

"Hey." A female voice agreed, like a very young woman, with a hint of smoky charm.

Immediately after, the thick curtain of the middle room was lifted.

To Wang Xixi's astonishment, she herself looked many times older than her voice, she wore a coarse cloth apron, her hair was tied in a bun at the back of her head, and her hands were covered with flour.

"Miin," she said as she walked up to them, rubbing her hands, "you call and say you're coming, and I'm going to make dumplings for you." ”

In this kind of village, people will always take it for granted that they must make dumplings when entertaining guests during the Chinese New Year.

"Gu Ao, you're here too." She looked at Gu Ao happily and said.

It seems that Gu Ao is not the first time to come to this place, and her family actually knows him? Wang Xixi was a little dissatisfied.

"Hello Auntie." Gu Ao nodded politely, but patted Wang Xixi's back with his hand.

"What is this?" The woman looked at Wang Xixi, they had never met.

Hu Meiyin turned her head and glanced at Wang Xixi, "Auntie, this is a friend of mine, come with me to take a look, her name is Wang Xixi." Her voice was always lukewarm, with a natural charm.

"Oh, that's Sissy." The woman's eyes narrowed, and Wang Xixi saw clearly that she also had a pair of silky eyes, which were indeed genetic.

"My family is relatively simple, don't dislike it." After saying that, the woman wiped her hands on the apron again, and wanted to help her carry the bag on her back.

"Auntie, no need, it's not heavy at all, I'll just carry it myself." Wang Xixi said that he would not let anything.

It can't be said that she has a good impression of this woman in an instant, maybe because of her enthusiasm, maybe because of her smile in the wind.

If you look closely, in fact, her face is still very young, and her old age stems from her dress.

"Come in, get inside, it's cold outside." The woman welcomed them into the house.

When Wang Xixi lifted the door curtain, he saw two white flour handprints on the door curtain that the woman had just gotten out of the house.

It was very dark in the room, so that the people who had just been exposed to the sun could not react, and Wang Xixi felt that his eyes seemed to be blind. She subconsciously grabbed Gu Ao's arm.

"It's dark," the woman's laughter was a little wry, a little embarrassed.

Why are there no windows? The doubts in Wang Xixi's heart are endless, and she seems to have accidentally broken into an old movie.

A crisp sound sounded, and the woman turned on the light, and the room was suddenly filled with the dim yellow of the lights.

Wang Xixi saw the furnishings in the house clearly, the innermost kang was the kind of kang that was on the earthen plate a long time ago, the outer layer of soil was a little peeling, and there was a kang burning stove under the middle of the kang, and the inside of the stove was black, which seemed to be a little old.

A table was placed next to the kang with cutting boards and basins on top of it, and the woman sat down again and began to make dumplings.

Is she married, is it only herself, Wang Xixi thought so for no reason.

"Auntie, I'll help you." Hu Meiyin walked over to a basin and began to wash her hands.

"No need, I'll do it myself, you can take them to play." The woman's voice is soft.

"Auntie, let's help you, we can go out to play in the afternoon." Gu Ao continued.

Wang Xixi's heart was filled with that sour and astringent feeling again, but he said: "Yes, yes, Auntie, let's help you." ”

She didn't know anything about the situation here, and just silently followed them to make dumplings.

Unexpectedly, Hu Meiyin's dumplings turned out to be surprisingly good-looking, like a very sophisticated look, did she come often in previous years? Wang Xixi thought.

"Are you here to see your parents?" While eating, the woman spoke slowly, her voice a little deep.

Wang Xixi was a little surprised, Hu Meiyin's parents? I remember Jia Xiaoliang said that she seems to have always lived alone, do her parents live here?

Now rich people like to live in this kind of isolated village, the environment is good, the people are pure, Wang Xixi remembered that his mother and father seemed to say this, so it seems to be able to explain.

But if that's the case, why should you bring yourself here? It doesn't make sense.

And Gu Ao, he, often comes with her to see her parents? She chewed on the dumplings in her mouth, not realizing that the filling contained the pork she hated the most.

"Hmm." Hu Meiyin responded lightly, "They're okay." ”

"It's good, I go to see them a lot." The woman said.

Wang Xixi's head became a mess.

Gu Ao was also silent and didn't say a word.

After lunch, the three of them walked out, Hu Meiyin was still walking in front of them, she was carrying a big bag, but she looked very relaxed.

Gu Ao's face was a little solemn.

Wang Xixi looked at Hu Meiyin's back, and suddenly envied her, she will always leave a chic back for others so chic.

Her long hair danced in the wind like a black flag.

Xixi didn't know where they were going, but she wasn't in a hurry now, just follow them anyway. Everything ends up being exposed to the sun. She's not in a hurry.

In this way, she saw that behind Aunt Hu Meiyin's house was the wasteland and the river.

The grass is low and overgrown, and there is a path that has been trodden out by man. They are now on this path.

In the distance are endless mountain ranges. Everything is earthy yellow, except for the sky overhead, which is blue.

Wang Xixi saw the dog's tail grass beside him that had turned into a withered yellow, as if it had been hit by a spell of petrification in a fairy tale, and it still maintained its appearance, but there was no sign of life.

Everything is dead and silent in winter.

Gu Ao had been holding her hand tightly, warm, a large piece of warmth, surrounded her.

I don't know why, she felt that he was a little nervous, a little nervous, a little nervous, his side face swaying in the wind, calm and resolute, like a detective who wants to move towards the truth.

Her heartbeat, which had already slowed down, also became nervous, where are they going, aren't they going to see Hu Meiyin's parents? Do they live deep in the mountains?

As they marched towards the mountains, Wang Xixi gradually saw the mountains clearly, some places exposed the smooth rocks, which were the foreheads of the mountains, and in other places the dry yellow earth, swirling with the wind, mixed with fallen leaves.