The weather was very hot at the end of June, and you could sweat a lot when you moved, let alone run.

Jiang Ling sweated profusely across the yard, holding a bamboo pole in his hand.

"Second Miss, Second Miss, caught, caught, caught." She said, handing over one of the cicadas in her hand.

Xie Roujia stretched out her hand to take it.

"So small?" She asked, surprised.

The girls next to them were also busy probing over to take a look, and when they saw the cicada tied by Jiangling tied with a red thread, the size of a fingernail, they all laughed in surprise.

Some said to hang it up, some said to book it, and some said to take it to the eldest lady to see, and it was lively and chirping.

Xie Roujia let go of her hand, and the cicada flew away with the red line, and the girls were startled and shouted to catch them.

"Don't." Xie Roujia said, lowering her hand.

The girls were busy and stopped.

"Miss doesn't like to play with cicadas anymore?" A girl asked, puzzled.

In the past, she liked to catch cicadas the most, but since her sister died....

No, she didn't like it anymore since that dream, she didn't like the fun of these little kids.

"I don't like it." Xie Roujia said, turned around and left.

The girls looked at each other and hurriedly followed.

"Shall we go fishing, then?" Jiang Ling tossed the bamboo pole aside, and said again.

"Nope." Xie Roujia said, wearing clogs on the bluestone road.

This is the sandal shoes that her father made for her, saying that there is a sound when she walks around in this way, but there is no sound in her dreams.

"What do you want to do, miss?" Jiang Ling asked.

What does she want to do?

Xie Roujia was a little dazed.

That dream clearly left traces on her heart, and she really lived a lifetime, tasted the ups and downs, became a wife and a mother, and now she doesn't know what an eleven-year-old child should do.

"I'll go find my sister." She said.

When she came to her mother's yard, Xie Rouhui had just taken a nap and was combing her hair, when she saw Xie Roujia coming in, her mother handed the grate in her hand to the girl Konoha on the side, and took Xie Roujia's hand with a smile.

"You don't take a nap, what are you going to play?" She said, taking down the handkerchief and wiping Xie Roujia's sweat, "Look at the sweat of the play." ”

"Didn't play anything." Xie Roujia said, standing close to her mother.

Some of the girls brought tea, and some came to play fans.

"The water is ready, the second lady can wash and wash, and then sleep." Mu Xiang said.

As soon as her words fell, Xie Roujia was heard laughing.

"Mother, I want to get sick."

After hearing this, everyone's eyes fell on the inside, and Xie Rouhui, who was sitting on the bed combing her hair, looked at this side from the mirror and smiled.

"What nonsense." "Comb your hair and go to school." ”

Xie Rouhui sighed and frowned.

"I'm so tired, I'm so tired." She said, holding her face.

Her mother ignored her, but Xie Roujia nodded.

Yes, my sister is indeed very tired, and she has been working hard since she was six years old, and she has been participating in the first sacrifice when she was thirteen years old.

It was a sacrifice that represented the official appearance of the next Dannu, for the Xie family, and even for the entire Bajun land, it was a big event, the major cinnabar families, the government, and even the emperor of the capital would send people to participate, and no one in the Xie family dared to slack off.

As long as you survive this sacrifice, the hard days will come to an end.

In the dream, my sister died when she was twelve years old, and the thirteen-year-old sacrifice, in place of her sister, she was startled by her mother's arrangement, so she only stood on the altar, and the ceremony was completed by her mother for her, although the explanation was reasonable, but in the end it caused a lot of criticism.

Xie Roujia ran to the inner room and stood by the bed and looked at Xie Rouhui.

"Sister has worked hard." She said.

Xie Rouhui grinned and reached out to pinch the tip of her nose.

"Then you're working hard for me, okay?" She said, her eyes lit up, and she leaned closer to lower her voice, "You'll go to school for me later." ”

Xie Roujia's eyes widened.

Yes, because the two people look exactly the same, and the voice is the same, so my sister often asks herself to do something for her, of course, my sister will do a lot of things for her, and she has naturally swapped schools in school, but she will be found every time, because the appearance and voice are the same, but the knowledge is different, after Mr. was deceived by their sisters once or twice, he knew the tricks of their sisters, and often took some questions, but she always couldn't answer.

Then my sister would be pulled out of the garden and punished with her in the school.

"Still trying to lie to me? Teach your sister before lying to me. The gentleman angrily slapped a few cases and reprimanded.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault, I'll teach my sister first next time." My sister will say with a look of self-reproach.

Xie Roujia grinned.

"Then sister, you have to teach me how to coax Mr. first." She also lowered her voice and leaned closer to her sister and said.

Two identical little girls met and laughed together, and the girl on the side looked a little dizzy.

"Megumi." The mother looked at them outside with a fan waving, "What are you coaxing your sister to do?" ”

Xie Rouhui stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, Xie Roujia also made the same action, and the two turned their heads to look at their mother together.

"Nope." They said in unison.

It's obviously the voice of two people, but there is only one voice in everyone's ears, just slightly louder.

"Nothing?"

Before the mother could speak, a clear male voice laughed outside the door.

The girls opened the curtain and said hello.

"The eldest master, the fifth master."

When she heard the sound outside the door, Xie Rouhui jumped out of bed, and Xie Roujia also turned around and ran out.

"Fifth Uncle!" They stood by the door one after the other, looking at the people who were walking up the steps.

Walking in front was his father, followed by a man of twenty-three or four, wearing a dark purple wide-sleeved summer robe, fluttering as he walked, with a round face and round eyes, similar to Mrs. Xie's face, and at this time he was looking at the two little girls standing at the door with a smile.

"Ahh He stopped and frowned, "Don't say it, don't say it to anyone, let me admit it." ”

Xie Rouhui smiled and stood up straight, while Xie Roujia couldn't help but have a sour nose.

This is the fifth uncle Xie Wenjun, the second son of the second uncle and grandfather, they all say that the nephew is the aunt, this fifth uncle looks the most similar to his grandmother, and when he stands with his mother, the third uncle and the fourth uncle, he will be recognized as a brother and sister, but he is like a cousin with the second uncle.

And the fifth uncle is also the best person to her in the dream, is the only one in the family who knows ** to see her without showing a look of disgust, when she gave birth to Lan'er a serious illness and almost died, at that time, because of Lan'er, her life and death are no longer important, just lying alone in the house, taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor to drag on the day, it was the fifth uncle who personally ran far away to find a taste of elixir, so that she was able to save her life.

Later, she married Zhenbei Wangfu, the fifth uncle was not at home, and when she walked to the Xuzhou boundary, the fifth uncle actually caught up, and didn't say anything, and gave her a copy of the Red Tiger Sutra.

This book accompanied her through the long journey, accompanied her through the lonely night of Zhenbei Wangfu, until the moment of death, the book was still at her bedside.

Jiang Ling said that the fifth uncle died in the test, and the people who were infected with erysipelas died in pain and horror, so the dignified fifth uncle ended up like this.

That's a dream, that's a dream, don't think about it anymore, don't think about it anymore.

But Xie Roujia's tears still couldn't help but roll down in big ones.

Mrs. Xie's brows furrowed, and she looked at Master Xie with a little worry, and Master Xie shook his head and made a don't worry look at her.

"This is Jiajia." While Xie Roujia shed tears, Fifth Master Xie stretched out his hand and pointed at Xie Rouhui and said with a smile, while stretching out his hand, "Jiajia likes Fifth Uncle the most, and he will definitely laugh when he sees it, right?" ”

Xie Rouhui grinned and nodded.

"Yes." She said loudly.

"That's not right." Xie Roujia cried, running down and hugging Xie Wuye's outstretched hand, "That's not right." ”

She likes Uncle Fifth the most, she likes Uncle Fifth the most, and she is very happy to see Uncle Fifth again.

Xie Wuye laughed.

"I guessed wrong again." He said, reaching out and wiping the tears on Xie Roujia's face, "Jiajia is sick, she must miss the fifth uncle very much, and it is Jiajia who is crying when she thinks about it." ”

Xie Roujia cried and nodded.

"Then now that the fifth uncle is back, is Jiajia happy to see the fifth uncle?" Xie Wuye asked with a smile.

Xie Roujia nodded heavily.

"Happy, happy." She said.

"There's something happier." Fifth Master Xie said, "Fifth Uncle also brought a gift to Jiajia. ”

Being able to see the fifth uncle, the fifth uncle is still there, it is already the best gift, Xie Roujia grabbed the arm of the fifth master.

"What gift?" She asked, sobbing and sobbing.

Xie Wuye turned around and shouted, send it in.

The people in the courtyard couldn't help but look at the door, but it was not the little guy carrying things who came in, but the .......

"Big Bird!" Jiang Ling was the first to shout, stunned by a strange big bird that looked like a phoenix and a chicken.

The courtyard resounded with the exclamations of the girls one after another.

"It's a peacock, it's a peacock."

The girl of the Xie family is naturally not lonely, and her exclamation is mixed with talking.

Xie Roujia's eyes widened and she forgot to cry.

It's a peacock, she knows that the peacock has seen it in her dreams, but not in her own home, but at a cinnabar family party, the pet brought by Miss Duan from Nanzhao is a peacock, which caused a sensation in the backyard, and she was also bold to stand in front of people and look at it several times.

"You want one too, and it's not like you can't get one." Someone saw her look and said to her.

Yes, Xie Rouhui can't get anything if she wants, even if it is a star in the sky, she will send someone to pick it.

It's just that she is not Xie Rouhui, she doesn't dare to think about it, let alone ask for it.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the fifth uncle actually sent her one, no, two peacocks.

Xie Rouhui also ran down the steps, and was busy protected by Konoha and a few other girls, looking at the two peacocks curiously.

Xie Wuye pulled Xie Roujia with one hand, shook out a big red handkerchief from his sleeve with the other, and waved it at the peacocks that were carefully surrounded and gathered by the little guys.

A peacock slowly shook the screen, shining in the daylight.

The courtyard was boiling.

Xie Roujia opened her mouth wide in gaffe, grabbed Xie Wuye's hand and couldn't help shaking it.

"Fifth uncle, fifth uncle." She shouted again and again.

Xie Wuye laughed.

"It's good-looking, it's all for Jiajia." He said, "Do you want to keep it in your yard, or in the garden?" ”

Xie Roujia was a little nervous.

"And what do they eat? Do you need to be taunted? She asked.

No matter how sad he was, he didn't mention why he cried when he saw the fifth master.

Mrs. Xie breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Mr. Xie, Mr. Xie raised his eyebrows at her, with a little smugness, Mrs. Xie glanced at him, pursed her lips and smiled, and the love between husband and wife was long.

"Can I walk, they won't be afraid, will they?"

A voice suddenly sounded in the midst of the excitement and joy.

Everyone's eyes looked at Xie Rouhui, as if they had noticed that there was an identical little girl in the yard.

Seeing everyone look over, the little girl who was standing alone at the foot of the steps grinned.

"It's time for me to go to school." She said.

"Sister, let's raise peacocks together." Xie Roujia ran to Xie Rouhui's side and said happily, "There are two, you look the same, just like us." ”

"Okay." Xie Rouhui nodded, and paused here again, "However, I'm afraid I'll tire you more, I have too much homework." ”

"I'll give you two mothers-in-law, who are specially raising peacocks." Fifth Master Xie smiled, "Don't delay your homework." ”

"That's great, my sister can have a good time." Xie Rouhui said, looking at the sky, with a little uneasiness, "I should go, I'm going to be late again, I will be punished for standing, Mr. is very fierce." ”

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the two peacocks running in the yard with a little envy, and hurriedly walked out, and the girls behind her were also busy following.

"Sister, wait for me, I'll go too."

The voice of the voice sounded again, but this time it came from Xie Roujia, who was standing beside Xie Wuye.

Everyone's eyes looked at her, and Xie Rouhui also stood still, looking a little surprised.

"Jiajia, are you going to school?" Mrs. Xie asked.

Because of the nightmare, Xie Roujia has been raising her for a month, and she hasn't been to the school, in fact, even if she is not sick, she doesn't go much every day, and it doesn't matter if her father and mother ask her for homework, she doesn't like to learn herself.

After this incident, Mrs. Xie and Master Xie had already discussed it a few days ago, and they would not let Xie Roujia go to school in the future, and it would be enough to read and write a few books.

Unexpectedly, Xie Roujia, who has never liked going to school, took the initiative to say that she went to school.

Xie Roujia had already walked to Xie Rouhui's side, her eyes were bright and her expression was firm.

"I go to school, don't delay my homework, study hard." She said.

She knows what she has to do, which is to protect these people who love and spoil her, and protect this stable and happy now.

In her dreams, she was in a state of confusion and achieved nothing, she didn't read books, she didn't learn skills, she couldn't help her mother share her worries at home, and when something happened at home, she was helpless, she was a waste, a waste who would not do anything but cry and blame herself.

She doesn't want to be a waste anymore, she has to study hard and learn the ability to share her mother's worries and help her sister.

There seemed to be silence in the courtyard for a while, and then Xie Wuye's laughter sounded.

"Okay, don't play things and lose your mind, it's a good daughter." He said, "Go quickly, I'll send the peacocks to your yard, someone will feed them, you just need to enjoy them." ”

A relieved smile appeared on Master Xie's face, and the last trace of worry on Mrs. Xie's brow also faded, and she looked at Xie Roujia and nodded with full admiration.

Xie Roujia only felt that her heart was rising, she really didn't expect that she would have the opportunity to see her father and mother look at her like this.

A hand took her hand.

"Well, let's go." Xie Rouhui looked at her, her eyes crooked and she smiled, "Sister." ”

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