Chapter 13: Qi Wan
Liu Ye vaguely remembered that "Pumpkin Face" was transferred to their class at the beginning of the summer semester of the fourth grade of elementary school. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Their family moved from other places, how could they know that she and Wang Liang were five or six years old. It seems that a person can't do wrong things, as the saying goes, "good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles"!
The Pumpkin Face family lives diagonally across from the family courtyard in the commune in the center of the street. At that time, Liu Ye often went to play with his classmates and friend Qi Wan, so he passed by his house.
Qi Wan's father is the head of the armed forces department of the commune, and he is a big man with a head and a face in the town. But in Liu Ye's memory, her father was approachable. Maybe it's because my parents work in the city, or because of the values of that era "the steering wheel is dripping and turning, and you don't change it for a ********", or because of her grandmother's generosity and enthusiasm in receiving people and things, and often making delicious meals to entertain her, in short, this arrogant little princess often "deigns to drive" Liu Ye to their humble house.
Qi Wan is very beautiful, her skin is white and red like an onion. Yes, her cheeks are rosy all year round, like rouge. Her big eyes are watery, and you can always think of the spring breeze coming and the little waves of the river under the sun. And her beautiful double eyelids that you won't forget at a glance, her small jade pillar nose, her cherry mouth, and the deep dimples at the top of her mouth. She is really so beautiful, so perfect, whether it is her appearance or figure, it shows that she is a beauty, and she is also a lord of the country and the city when she grows up. But it was such a Ning Xin'er, but she was replaced by an incurable congenital heart disease of that era. That illness could kill her at any moment. Her father, who felt sorry for her, spoiled her very much, no matter where she wanted to play, or no matter which child she wanted to play, Dad agreed. In this way, the home of the Minister of Armed Forces has become a good place frequented by little Liu Ye.
At Qi Wan's house, Liu Ye saw the sofa and coffee table for the first time, the tall bookcase that occupied half of the wall, the half-section cabinet inlaid with glass sliding doors, the accordion, the electronic organ, etc.
The most impressive thing about Qi Wan's house is that it is clean and tidy, and it is not clean. Sofas, coffee tables, half-cut cabinets, semiconductor radios, and even upside-down glasses on porcelain plates are covered with snow-white openwork braided pieces. Every time I go to her house, I see her mother, who works as a salesperson in the commune cooperative (store), holding a crochet needle in her hand and a ball of velvet thread in a bamboo basket beside her. The bird patterns on the weave are lifelike and beautiful. Liu Ye secretly admired Aunt Zheng's dexterity, and also admired the elegant and simple decoration of their home, and admired the artistic atmosphere in the atmosphere of their home.
Once Liu Ye saw a photo of Qi Wan's father in a military uniform and a steel gun when he was young, in his study. Qi Wan was playing the electronic piano lying flat on the desk next to her, and found Liu Ye looking at her father's photo, so she came over and said, "Liu Ye, promise Chairman Mao that my father joined the army and fought." Hmph, assure Chairman Mao that your father has never fought. Her eyes looked at the photo fixedly, and the pride and pride were like buds blooming on the branches, within reach, and also made her slightly sickly face immediately vivid and beautiful.
Liu Ye thought of her illness, and didn't know if this vivid face would suddenly disappear overnight like the flowers on the pomegranate tree outside the window, so he said humbly: "Yes, your father is a big hero." I don't know why, she grabbed the white sentence so strongly, "Your dad is not as young as my dad." ”
"Promise Chairman Mao that my father is younger than your grandfather! Look how old your grandfather is! Qi Wan shouted unrelentingly.
Liu Ye felt that Qi Wan suddenly punched her weakness, held back her tears and glared at her fiercely, choked up and said loudly: "Don't say my grandfather!" Then he turned and ran out.
"What's the matter, this is? I had a good time just now! Qi Wan's mother, who was sitting on the sofa leisurely hooking her shawl, saw the back of Liu Ye bowing her head and rushing out of the door, so she grabbed the thread ball in a panic and threw it out.
She held crochet and knitting in her left hand, with a ball of thread in her armpit, and grabbed Liu Ye with her right hand: "Don't go, this kid, play here!" Auntie will bring you fried anise to eat. Alas, just now my aunt was only concerned with work, and I forgot to find food for the two of them. She kept winking at Liu Ye and whispered, "Let her." ”
Liu Ye wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, "Auntie, it's not in the way, I'm going home." In a while, my grandmother will be looking for me everywhere again. ”
She suddenly understood something and explained: "My eyes were narrowed by the little insects, it's nothing, auntie." ”
"Auntie will blow it to you, and then play for a while." As she spoke, she pulled Liu Ye back to the house. Qi Wan was standing in the corner with her hands behind her back and getting angry. When she saw them come in, her face deliberately turned to the side stubbornly, pretending not to look at them.
Aunt Zheng hurriedly put down the crochet and knitting, then grabbed Liu Ye and blew her eyes, Liu Ye also cooperated awkwardly, and Qi Wan next to her turned her face to look at them Nunu secretly lowered her head and smiled.
Liu Ye clearly remembers that the fried anise is sweet and crispy, and it is really delicious. Liu Ye thought it was Aunt Zheng who did it, and even praised Aunt Zheng's cooking skills, and before Auntie could speak, Qi Wan next to her grabbed Bai and said: "Promise Chairman Mao, how can my mother make such a pretty seven corners?" She'll just tidy up the house and hook things. She gave her mother a farewell, and then said, "It's made in the big kitchen of the supply and marketing cooperatives next door!" ”
After Liu Ye went home, she told her grandmother how to fry the seven corners, and a few days later, her grandmother fried a pot full of seven corners. Liu Ye looked at the diamond-shaped heptagon that was almost the same size and shape, the shape was regular, and the color was not light or light, and his heart was as sweet as eating honey. Usually picky eater, she ate several in one go. It tasted even better than what I ate at Qi Wan's house. Liu Ye admired her grandmother even more, and felt more deeply that her grandmother was so capable, and she was really happy to live with her grandparents!