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The scorching summer is in a blink of an eye, and the kindergarten is officially out for summer vacation.

Shang Xiaoyuluo's leisure began to enjoy his vacation. Before, Su Yize's painting reminded her not only of the car accident many years ago, but also of a place she hadn't been back to for a long time.

Touching the scene, he recalled the past, and the prompt sound at the station pulled back Shang Xiaoyu in time. As soon as she got out of the car, she took a few breaths of the air here, and the word "algae area" above her head was old but still so familiar.

"Building 25 of Lishui Community." Shang Xiaoyu said to the driver.

The driver master was very enthusiastic, and when he saw Shang Xiaoyu's big bag, he asked her whether she was going to relatives or going home on vacation, and checked all kinds of greetings along the way, if it wasn't for the speed of the car being too fast, she accidentally arrived downstairs at home, Shang Xiaoyu felt that the driver master might even be able to help her pick up her child's name.

The destination was the first floor, Shang Xiaoyu avoided the pain of climbing the stairs with a large bag, she dragged her luggage to the door of 101, took out the key and consciously entered the door.

As soon as you enter the door, the first thing that catches your eye is a big photo, in which there are two little girls who look very similar at the age of seven or eight, they are wearing exactly the same small skirts, one of them combing two braids and looking at the camera with a smile on their faces.

The house is clean and tidy, and everything is well organized. The furniture in the house is also in the style of ordinary people, and there are all kinds of flowers and plants on the balcony.

Shang Xiaoyu put down her luggage and walked around the room without seeing anyone, and finally she looked at the small door in the living room and confidently pushed open the door.

Sure enough, a familiar figure was squatting in the small vegetable patch on the other side of the yard.

She stretched out her hand to reach the kettle placed diagonally behind her, but Shang Xiaoyu saw that she hadn't touched it for a long time, so she hurriedly stepped forward and took the initiative to hand it over. After the other party took it, he seemed to sense that something was wrong while watering.

She turned her head suspiciously, saw a person standing behind her, shrank back in fright, and exclaimed, "You're going to scare me to death!" ”

"Your body is so strong, you shouldn't be so fragile." Shang Xiaoyu took the kettle in her hand and took over the watering work.

"Shang Xiaoyu, you can't make a sound when you walk."

"I'm skinny." Shang Xiaoyu wailed.

"Nonsense, it's not with me yet! Otherwise, can you still be so slim according to the way you can eat? ”

Shang Xiaoyu pursed his lips and complained, "Mom, can you be kind to me." ”

"Am I being unfriendly?" Shang's mother was angry, "I didn't say anything about your trespassing." ”

"Trespassing?" Shang Xiaoyu felt angry and funny, "Mom, am I your own child?" ”

Shang's mother looked at her and said, "Seeing that you are so beautiful with me, it should be." ”

"Then you say that I trespassed on the house."

"It's my name written on the real estate certificate, and you come in without saying hello to me, it's not a private house." It sounded like the words were coarse, and Shang Xiaoyu didn't know how to refute it.

Shang's mother took off her gloves and entered the house, and Shang Xiaoyu followed closely behind. As soon as Shang's mother entered the house, she saw Shang Xiaoyu's large bags of luggage that were thrown on the ground at will, and began to count her, scolding her while helping her put everything away in the house.

"What do you want to eat at noon?"

"Meatball soup, scrambled eggs with tomatoes." Shang Xiaoyu also politely reported the name of the dish.

Shang's mother was all kinds of unforgiving, but her hands began to be busy preparing lunch for Shang Xiaoyu, Shang Xiaoyu washed an apple and leaned on the kitchen door while pulling Shang's mother to chat.

She pointed to the big photo at the door and asked, "What about Xiao Fei, why didn't you see her?" ”

"I've been busy with work lately, and I haven't been home for a long time." Shang's mother's tone was full of complaints and worries.

Shang Xiaoyu hesitated a little, and tried to pretend to be casual and asked, "That, what is Xiao Fei doing now?" ”

Hearing Shang Xiaoyu ask, Shang's mother paused for chopping vegetables, sighed and said, "Police." ”

"Police?" Shang Xiaoyu was surprised. The impression of my sister is a person who can sit on the ground and cry for a long time when she falls on her heels, and she really can't imagine what it is like for her to be a policeman with such a delicate princess temper.

Shang's mother asked, "How long will you stay?" Why don't you wait for her to come back in a while. ”

Shang Xiaoyu tugged at the corners of his mouth and nodded.

Some things can't be solved by leaving them alone, just like some injuries that are left unattended will not scar and heal naturally, but will deeply ulcerate until the body is completely gone. Now that she's grown up, it's time to pick up the problems that she used to throw in the corner and solve them.

This is also the reason why she chose to agree to Su Yize's request this time to paint the painting on the street.

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Lunch time.

Meng Xuan looked at the home-cooked food that was already full on the table in surprise, and Xiaoxiao was still serving the dishes outside, he didn't expect that he would receive such a high level of treatment for the first time.

"That, it's okay, I can't finish it." Meng Xuan couldn't help but stop her.

Niu Da smiled and said, "No, I won't feel too much to eat after a while." ”

Xiaoxiao smashed it with a fist and threatened: "Is it looking for death, eat your food." ”

At this moment, Meng Xuan didn't understand the meaning of this brief conversation between the two, but it wasn't until the next second that Meng Xuan's chopsticks stretched out to a certain plate before he understood what it meant to be "golden and jade". Xiaoxiao made a table full of meals, but few of them could be swallowed.

In this regard, Xiaoxiao herself explained: "What do you know, cooking pays attention to color, fragrance, and taste, and you have to be 'color' first." You say, which dish on my table is not good-looking? ”

Meng Xuan really looked at it, the appearance of each dish was very exquisite, and it looked no different from the one printed on the restaurant's menu, but the taste was a real buyer's show.

"Sister Xiao, where is Brother Xiang?" Niu Da's question made Meng Xuan's eyes light up, and after tossing for a day, he could be regarded as hearing the name of this central figure.

"I'm going to be released, I'll be back later." Sister Xiao said, and sandwiched several dishes for Meng Xuan in a row, "Eat more, you see your fine skin and tender meat." ”

Meng Xuan tugged at the corners of his mouth, and had to aggrieve himself to eat this tasteless meal in the bowl.

"We have a good night view, but there is no viewing platform, just the broken hill behind, don't be bored when you come here to live." Xiaoxiao added another bowl of rice to Meng Xuan.

Meng Xuan took the meal against his will, and said something with a wry smile.

After the meal, Meng Xuan looked at Xiaoxiao's figure of cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks and wiping the table, and patted Niu Da curiously to ask him about this Xiaoxiao's identity.

Niu Da lit a cigarette and said, "She, the owner of this farmhouse, signed a contract with my eldest brother and rented the land to him to let him grow some fruits and vegetables." However, she has been abroad for the past few years and only came back two months ago. ”

Meng Xuan stared at Xiaoxiao thoughtfully for a long time, it seemed that she should not be Brother Xiang's person.

Seeing that Meng Xuan had been staring at Xiaoxiao, Niu Da Thief reminded him with a smile: "It's okay to see, but don't do it." ”

"Hey, try your best." Meng Xuan smirked.

The two were laughing as the sound of car engines grew louder and louder in the distance. When they heard the sound, they saw a green off-road car slowly driving towards them on the rugged dirt road. The speed of the car was fast, and the surrounding dust made it difficult to see the appearance of the visitor, but Niu Da and Xiaoxiao on the side stood on the side of the road and looked at the car.

Meng Xuan silently wrote down the license plate, it seems that this person is Brother Xiang.

The last drift of the off-road vehicle stopped at the door of the small courtyard, and Niu Da puffed out his cigarette to meet him.

A middle-aged man who looked to be about forty years old got out of the car, bald, burly, and a scar of about three centimeters on his left eyebrow bone. But the combination of his physical characteristics does not give people a sense of ruffianism, but rather looks like a veteran, with some decent appearance.

He pulled out the car keys and hung them around his waist. Meng Xuan glanced at it, in addition to the car keys, there were two keys that I don't know where they were, and a metal lighter that looked expensive.

"Brother Hibiki." Niu Da handed over a cigarette, and when Brother Xiang took it, he glanced at Meng Xuan behind him, and said casually, "You look very decent, not like a gambler." ”

"Thank you." Meng Xuan said with a smirk.

Niu Da followed Brother Xiang into the house, while Meng Xuan and Xiaoxiao were left outside the door by them. Although they didn't say it explicitly, they could still see that Brother Xiang deliberately wanted to say something unspeakable to Niu Da alone.

Meng Xuan and Xiaoxiao looked at each other, Xiaoxiao suddenly hooked her lips at him and smiled, stretched out her index finger and pointed at him, and then hooked again, then turned around and went to the yard to take care of those fruits and vegetables. Meng Xuan looked at the back of the departure and didn't catch up, but just hugged a wine bottle and sat at the door.

The two inside the door didn't notice the small movements of the two outside the door, and they only thought about their plan for many days.

Brother Xiang took a deep breath of cigarette but did not spit out the smoke ring, and after a long time, he spoke: "The one outside is the 'sheep' you are looking for?" ”

Niu Dabi was respectful, and said with a smiling face: "Yes, Brother Xiang." This man is a gambler, and I bumped into him when he was clearing the casino. It's a little clever, so it's better to leave it to him when you go to sea this time. ”

"Okay, it's a scapegoat anyway, you just have to let him go if you look at it." Brother Xiang suddenly looked out the window, and this line of sight just happened to see the large grape trellises in the yard, as well as the shadow under the shelf, "Take Xiaoxiao." ”

"Take her?" Niu Da's face was full of surprise, he always thought that Brother Xiang had a real intention about Xiaoxiao's ambiguity in the past two months, and now he was going to send her to participate, and it was clear that he intended to get rid of her.

Brother Xiang shook off the ashes of his cigarette and said, "If you are leaving, you will naturally have to deal with the matter here." ”

Niu Da heard this and looked up at Brother Xiang, thoughtful.

The bell struck nine o'clock, shaking the hearts of thousands of people who had not yet fallen asleep.

The night in the countryside was relatively peaceful, except for the continuous sound of the trees and the croaking of frogs in the pond, all that remained was the quiet moonlight and evening breeze.

There is a small hill nearby, and you can see a panoramic view of the little village, as well as a beautiful picture of the starry sky, and look up to see a black silk horse with thousands of stars on it.

There was a person sitting there at the moment, it was dark and it was not real, and the figure outlined by the spilled silver frost could be vaguely seen to be a woman.

Meng Xuan walked over and sighed at the lights of thousands of homes under his nose.