Late March 2018.

In the courtyard of a farmhouse in Datian Village, thin peppers cover a courtyard wall in Linxi, and the white cushion cloth is lined with red peppers, which is very gratifying.

Wei Hongyu was standing under the eaves grinding chili noodles.

The graphite is old and a bit laborious to grind.

Moving her stiff arm, she looked up at the sky.

The duck yolk-like sun hung high in the air, scorching the earth like the three-flavor real fire in the Taishang Laojun Dan furnace.

She couldn't help but curse: "Dead God, Qingming hasn't arrived yet, it's hot like this!" ”

wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out a handful of sharp peppers from the bamboo strips, and was about to put them in the grinding pit.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the courtyard gate, and Yu Xiaofen walked in quickly: "Hongyu, Taozi is back!" ”

Wei Hongyu's heart trembled, and the sharp pepper in her hand suddenly rolled to the ground, making a very subtle "crackling" sound.

"Sister-in-law doesn't coax you, Taozi is really back, the car can't drive in, and it is stopping at the gate of the village brigade at this time. Taozi brought a lot of things back, big bags and small bags, stacked up with such a stack! Yu Xiaofen gestured as she spoke.

"If you don't believe me, I'll show you." Seeing Wei Hongyu pursing her lips and not saying a word, Yu Xiaofen was anxious and stretched out her hand to pull her.

Wei Hongyu turned sideways and took a few steps back.

Yu Xiaofen frowned: "Don't be stupid, Taozi finally came back, what's the matter, we have to go out to greet ......"

Halfway through her words, Wei Hongyu glanced up at her sharply, then turned around and entered the house with her shoes on.

Yu Xiaofen was stunned to spit out the words that rolled in her throat, and then swallowed them back. I couldn't help but sigh and muttered out of the courtyard.

Wei Hongyu sat on the chair next to the table of the Eight Immortals, looking up at the beams of the room, her eyes were slightly glazed, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Soon after, there was a sudden noise of footsteps outside the house, and the courtyard began to be lively.

The laughter of men and women is endless, and there are one or two sentences in between, "Taozi, Brother Tao!" ”

Wei Hongyu's entire body trembled suddenly, and her heart seemed to be about to jump to her throat.

The ten fingers were tightly intertwined with each other, and her lips were turned white by her bite one after another.

"Squeak", the door of the house was opened, He Wei walked in with a carton of milk, and couldn't help but sneer when he saw her: "The second sister-in-law is really calm, is she still sitting at this time?" Aren't you afraid that the second brother will get angry and run away again? ”

All year round, Wei Hongyu doesn't know how many times to listen to such heart-piercing words.

At first, I was arguing with people with my neck, but then I didn't bother to care.

Actually, that's what it is.

It's just that today is different.

When He Wei said this, she felt an inexplicable anger in her heart, and couldn't help but stand up and walk outside the house.

The sun was shining straight down on the courtyard at noon, and the heat was dazzling.

Wei Hongyu leaned against the door frame and squinted.

In the next second, a back that had wandered thousands of times in her dream appeared in front of her.

The long body is about 1.8 meters tall, with broad shoulders and narrow back, a black jacket, trousers and leather shoes of the same color, and neatly trimmed short hair.

"Liang Xuetao!" She couldn't help but whisper, her voice slightly hoarse.

The other man's body shook violently, and then he quickly turned around, his bloodshot eyes staring at her.

The moment the eyes of the two sides froze, Wei Hongyu's breathing began to become rapid, and the knuckles clutching the door frame turned white from the exertion.

At this moment, she suddenly felt weak, bit her lip, and turned to walk into the house.

He Wei, who was blocked behind her, pushed her malicefully: "What shame is the second sister-in-law, the second brother is looking at you, go quickly." ”

Wei Hongyu couldn't help but stumble.

He Wei had a smile on the corner of her mouth, and she was about to step forward to stop her.

Liang Xuetao suddenly said with a calm face and a cold voice: "Let your second sister-in-law enter the house." ”

He Wei couldn't help but smile wryly, and gave up.

Everyone looked at this scene silently and looked at each other.

Seeing Wei Hongyu's back gradually disappearing, Liang Xuetao retracted his gaze, his clenched fists suddenly loosened, and he took a deep breath and said, "It's really troublesome for you today!" ”

He Wei replied with a reluctant mouth: "Look at what the second brother said, isn't it a foreign thing!" ”

The rest of them laughed and said what was right for the moment.

After a while, everyone left with their thank-you gifts.

Liang Xuetao stood quietly under the eaves, looking up at the sky.

This year is different from previous years, and summer seems to have come very early. However, at the end of March, the temperature outside was nearly 30 degrees, and there were no high-rise buildings in the poor countryside to block the sun, so Liang Xuetao just stood in the courtyard against the sun for a while, and a dense layer of fine sweat appeared on his back.

He took off his coat, put his hand in the crook of his arm, walked around the courtyard wall, and smoked a few cigarettes along the way.

When I got back under the eaves and lit the cigarette again, it was already the fifth.

I hadn't drunk any water in the morning, and I smoked so much cigarette in one go, and my throat was already dry and about to smoke.

Liang Xuetao swallowed his saliva, picked up a few red peppers on the ground and threw them into the bamboo strips, then clapped his hands, as if cheering himself up, and then walked into the house with a bang.

The furnishings in the hall and the general appearance in my memory.

Closets with peeling paint, old-fashioned box-spring sofas, 24-inch televisions and noisy single-door refrigerators.......

Liang Xuetao frowned.

If memory serves, these things were almost all slowly purchased by him before and after his marriage to Hongyu.

Nearly 20 years old objects, no matter how much you cherish them, they all look a little old.

However, the Eight Immortals table in the center of the hall still has a bit of the appearance of the past, and it is still shiny.

Wei Hongyu sat aside with her head down, frowning slightly.

It was early afternoon, and the sun shone through the staggered branches and through the floral curtains, dappled on her.

Under the pale yellow halo, Liang Xuetao could vaguely see her pale and thin cheeks, bleak eyes, and the two nasolabial folds that were neither deep nor shallow......

Suddenly, my heart was full of sorrow.

After standing still for a moment, he opened a box of snacks and stepped forward with two bags.

After handing it over, seeing that Wei Hongyu didn't answer, he put the snack on the table, and then stood aside with a slight hunched body, secretly looking at the look on her face without a trace.

After a long time, he tentatively shouted softly: "Ruby?!" ”

Wei Hongyu ignored it, and still sat there quietly with her head drooping.

For a moment, the room became silent, as if even the air was still, and it was oppressive.