"Are you saying uncle, he's sick? Isn't it okay for the New Year? Li Zhiqi asked Fang Weinan anxiously.

"But don't worry, he's fine." Fang Weinan hurriedly said.

"That's good!" Li Zhiqi drank the cup in her hand, took a sip gently, and said to Fang Weinan:

"This weekend, I may have to go back to Hong Kong."

"Didn't you spend more time at home in previous years? Why are you in such a hurry to go back this year? Fang Weinan asked curiously.

"There are cases that I need to go back to deal with in person." Li Zhiqi explained.

"Oh! Is it tricky? Fang Weinan also picked up the osmanthus tea that the waiter had just brought and blew it gently.

"No, some disputes on the contract are just a wide range of disputes, and if it drags on, there may be some trouble!" Li Zhiqi said lightly.

"I'll take you to the airport then."

"Thank you!" Li Zhiqi smiled and thanked her, with some disappointment in her eyes, Fang Weinan was always so polite in front of her, so she seemed even more strange.

Fang Weinan didn't squeak, lowered his head and prepared to drink tea, his afterglow casually swept over the door of the restaurant, and then his eyes fixed on it.

"What's wrong?" Li Zhiqi found that Fang Weinan's expression was a little abnormal, and looked at Fang Weinan's eyes, only to see a man and a woman walking in at the door, the man was slender, calm and steady, and had an extraordinary atmosphere; The girl is beautiful and generous, with big wavy blond curly hair, which sets off the complexion more fair and delicate.

"Vinan, that girl looks a little familiar, I seem to have met a few times at your house." The Li family and the Fang family are world friends, so they occasionally see Shen Rongrong in the Fang family. It's just that Li Zhiqi was a little surprised, at this time, she should be studying in the United States.

"That's right!" Fang Weinan's eyes never left the two of them, he never expected Lin Yuhao to go out for dinner with Rong Rong on this day.

"Who is the one with him?" Li Zhiqi asked again.

"It's a friend you've just met." The tableware in Fang Weinan's hand paused and said.

"Oh! It looks like a good match, and we're almost done, so let's go up and say hello! Li Zhiqi looked at Lin Yuhao and Shen Rongrong, who had just sat down, and asked happily.

"Okay!" After Fang Weinan finished speaking, he took Li Zhiqi's hand and walked straight to Lin Yuhao's table.

"Yu Hao, Rong Rong, such a coincidence?" Fang Weinan stepped forward to greet Lin Yuhao and Shen Rongrong.

"Cousin--, this is Sister Zhiqi! Wow! Flowers from your cousin, right? It's really beautiful. When Shen Rongrong saw Fang Weinan and Li Zhiqi, she couldn't help but exclaim, and after seeing the flowers in Li Zhiqi's hands, she was even more amazed.

"Rongrong, thank you! Didn't expect to run into you here? Li Zhiqi held the flowers and said a little embarrassed.

"You won't invite us to sit down?" Fang Weinan glanced at Lin Yuhao, who was silent.

"You two may be seated!" Lin Yuhao said, but his tone was a little cold.

"Rong Rong, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you're getting more and more beautiful." Li Zhiqi didn't care about Lin Yuhao's coldness, sat down next to Shen Rongrong, and stroked Shen Rongrong's beautiful curly hair kissingly.

"Sister Zhiqi, you are getting more and more beautiful, when can you drink your and cousin's wedding wine?" Shen Rongrong turned her head sideways to look at Fang Weinan and asked, but the latter didn't answer her.

"Your cousin has just started to take over the 'Fang Clan' now, so he doesn't have so much time to talk about that." Li Zhiqi saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, and hurriedly relieved Fang Weinan.

Fang Weinan gave Li Zhiqi a grateful look, and the waiter came up at the right time to order, and then left.

"School is about to start, right? Why haven't you returned to the U.S. yet? Fang Weinan asked Shen Rongrong.

"Cousin, you're like my father, forcing me to go to school all day long." Shen Rongrong drooped her head and said.

"Go back now, or I'll put you on the plane." Fang Weinan said sharply.

"Cousin--" Shen Rongrong seemed to be a little jealous of Fang Weinan when she was angry, and her face involuntarily turned to Lin Yuhao, hoping that he could help her out of the siege and say a few nice words to her cousin, but she found that Lin Yuhao didn't have any expression on his face, just silently eating the meal, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

"Let's go first! Rong Rong remember, if you are still in China in two days, I will definitely escort you on the plane for my uncle. Fang Weinan saw that Lin Yuhao didn't squeak, and turned his head to Shen Rongrong again.

"Cousin, goodbye, Sister Zhiqi!" Shen Rongrong nodded stupidly.

"You take your time." Li Zhiqi said goodbye to Lin Yuhao and Shen Rongrong.

"Brother Yuhao, why didn't you speak for me when my cousin talked about me just now?" After Fang Weinan and Li Zhiqi left, Shen Rongrong lowered her head and said to Lin Yuhao aggrievedly.

"Are you afraid of your cousin?"

"I'm not afraid--, uh, it seems to be a little bit" Shen Rongrong first shook her head, and then nodded slightly.

"I don't think he's wrong, it's time for you to go back to the United States, he's your cousin, and he has the absolute right to do that." Lin Yuhao continued.

"I know, Dad has looked for you, so you must have been entrusted by Dad to persuade me to go back to the United States, right?" Shen Rongrong said with a bitter face.

"He's just worried about your studies, and it's about your life's future."

"I'll go back, don't worry about you." Shen Rongrong absentmindedly picked up the food on her plate.

"Let's eat!" Lin Yuhao looked at Shen Rongrong and said.

"Brother Yu Hao, can I keep in touch with you after I arrive in the United States?"

"Of course, but if it affects my work, when I am scolded by the director, I will move you out." Lin Yuhao laughed.

"Don't worry! I will never disturb your work. Shen Rongrong stopped talking, and began to eat with her head down.

Pigeon Cave Village, Great Northwest

Lin Yuhan and Uncle Liang had been bumpy for a day and a night, and finally dragged the brand-new books back from the county town this morning.

Because the books after the start of school are ordered at the end of the last semester, so there are not a lot of spare books, after the beginning of the year, the senior grades have added some children to return to school, so they can only temporarily make up the textbooks, but because it is a supplement, and the number is not much, so it is not so easy, and finally only contact a school in the county There are redundant textbooks, so Lin Yuhan and Uncle Liang rushed to the school overnight, and after a hard day and a night, the textbooks were dragged back.

After handing out the book, he patted the dust off his body, then walked out of the school, came to the hill not far behind the school, found a steep rock and lay down, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and spit out smoke rings one by one.

In this barren land in the northwest, he has long developed the habit of smoking, and often drinks some white dry or rice wine with the village chief, he feels that he has grown up from a child in a greenhouse to an authentic northwest man.

"Yuhan, why did you come here alone?" The old village chief didn't know when he appeared beside him.

"Village chief, there's nothing wrong with the textbooks, right?" Lin Yuhan took out another cigarette from his pocket, and then handed one to the village chief.

"There is no problem, the books are finally in place, and it is very satisfying to see each child holding a new book." The old village chief took the cigarette, asked for the cigarette in Lin Yuhan's mouth, and lit it for himself.

"Village Chief, now that all the older children in the village have returned to school, you can finally rest easy."

"Yes! Old man, I can finally sleep peacefully, Yu Han, your third uncle has gone back to rest, you have also stayed up for a day and a night, go back and rest for a while! ”

"Young people have a lot of energy, and they don't get in the way!"

"Yuhan, let's talk about something else first!"

"Good! You just say. ”

"It's the end of the New Year, you should go back too, right?" The old village chief said suddenly.

"Village chief, you are called unloading the mill and killing the donkey! Are you trying to drive me away? Lin Yuhan suddenly jumped up from the ground.

"I mean, you've been out for so long, it's time to go back and have a look." The old village chief ignored Lin Yuhan, but smoked a cigarette violently.

"Village chief, didn't I do a good job? Do you think I'm too naughty. Lin Yuhan took the old village chief's hand and shook it incessantly.

"Sit down, son, and listen to me."

Lin Yuhan sat down again, but his eyes were full of anxiety.

"Actually, I have a daughter who is five years older than you."

"Village Chief, I remember the day I first came, I heard you mention it once, and I seem to be sleeping in your daughter's room now, so why haven't I heard you or the people in the village mention it since?" Lin Yuhan asked in surprise, if the old village chief didn't mention it, he almost forgot about it.

"Alas!" The village chief took a puff of his cigarette, then flicked his cigarette ash into the ground and continued:

"Your aunt and I worked hard, got up early and greedy for darkness, and finally cultivated her to be so big, how difficult it is!"

"That's right! What about her now? ”

"I don't know!"

"Don't know?"

"Yes! Because after graduating from college, this child has never been back, and I have not heard from her until now. ”

"Then she hasn't been in touch with her family for so many years?"

"No, according to some people in the town, she went to work in a big city after graduation, and some say that she found a rich family to marry after graduation."

"Wouldn't that be nice? Why doesn't she keep contacting you? ”

"Here's the problem, you also know how difficult it is to train a college student in this poor ravine? She can finish this university with peace of mind, but the hard work of the whole village! The people of the village tried so hard in the hope that she could repay the village in the future.

But as soon as she left like this, wasn't the hard work of the whole village for more than ten years in vain? I don't have the face to face the villagers! Some parents in the village now don't want their children to read more books, presumably because they are afraid that they will end up with no children like me in the future! ”

"Village chief, but no matter what, you, the eldest lady, and the villagers are still looking forward to her coming back all the time, right?" Lin Yuhao asked the old village chief.