The winding dirt road is full of potholes, and riding a bicycle on such a dirt road is like jumping on it, coupled with the big bar of the butt directly touching the car, Gu Xinyuan not only hurt his butt all the way, but also bumped his stomach and wanted to vomit, always feeling like his stomach was about to run out of his mouth.

"Do you miss your mom and dad?" Li Feicui felt that it was too embarrassing for the two of them not to speak, so she quickly found a topic that she thought was more appropriate, hoping to attract her granddaughter's attention.

"I don't want to!" Gu Xinyuan didn't hesitate at all, and there was no wave in his tone, as if grandma was just asking ordinary things like "Are you hungry?"

Li Feicui didn't know how to answer for a while because her granddaughter answered without hesitation. Actually, this is not to blame, after all, the second son and daughter-in-law not only failed to fulfill their parental responsibilities, but even wanted to send the child away. However, there are all parents in the world, how can children hate their parents? What's more, Li Feiyu thinks that the second son and second daughter-in-law still love this child in their hearts, otherwise they can't just object to it, and they promise to only raise it in Xiaojuan's house in the name of foster care?

"Your parents, I've wanted you back for a long time, and every time I send a telegram asking about you!" Li Feicui found a topic casually, and her granddaughter's attitude made her know that she shouldn't continue to talk about this topic, but she really didn't want her granddaughter to hate her son and daughter-in-law, so she was anxious to explain this misunderstanding clearly.

"Hmmm! Is it? Gu Xinyuan wasn't interested in his parents at all - he basically didn't have any impression anyway, so he didn't have a trace of enthusiasm and expectation when he spoke. Moreover, she really didn't know what kind of performance she should make in front of this grandmother, who was almost a stranger. What's more, it's a sad thing to leave the place where you are used to living, why do you have to force yourself to pretend to be happy and behave like a monkey for the sake of an unfamiliar person? That's so funny, she thought, so boring!

"Uh..." The granddaughter's cold reaction made Li Feicui not know how to respond at all, but with rich parenting experience, she still ran her brain at great speed and found an excellent topic. She stopped the car, supported the ground with her right foot, turned to face her granddaughter, and asked with a smile, "Xinyuan, do you want to eat candy?" There's candy at home! ”

"Candy? Are you sure? I want to eat" candy made Gu Xinyuan overjoyed, completely forgetting the fact that he was not particularly familiar with the grandmother who was riding a bicycle in front of him.

"Really! When I get home, I'll give it to you, okay? Li Feicui's heart was still nervous, but her granddaughter's excited response suddenly relaxed.

"Good drops! Uh-huh, na-hey! Gu Xinyuan wanted to call her grandmother, but her throat couldn't pronounce those two words anyway as if it was blocked, so she had to bite her lower lip and sigh a little painfully.

Li Feiyu looked at her granddaughter, who was already flushed with shame, quickly turned her body straight, looked straight ahead, and said gently: "It's okay, call it when you want to!" ”

Gu Xinyuan's heart, which was originally nervous because of shyness, suddenly relaxed, and he quickly nodded and said, "Hmm! Good! ”

Along the way, Li Feiyu asked a lot about Gu Xinyuan's life in her daughter's house, and also told her granddaughter about the current situation in the family, including how many people are in the family and the general direction of the family. Li Feicui tried her best to be interesting, and Gu Xinyuan occasionally responded, and the old and the young could be regarded as having a good conversation.

"It's home, come, let's go in!" After Li Feicui parked the car, she pinched her granddaughter's armpits with both hands and gently hugged her out of the car.

Because he had been sitting on the bicycle for too long, Gu Xinyuan felt that one of his feet was numb and itchy, and he walked with one foot high and one foot low, as if he was stepping on cotton, and he almost fell down with every step, and almost tripped when he entered the threshold of the hall.

This is a bungalow of more than 100 square meters, the bricks of the outer walls are directly exposed to the outside, without any decoration, and the gaps between the bricks are not lime but mud, so several tufts of wall grass grow in the higher places near the ridge. Upon entering the gate, you will be greeted by three not very tall lying houses, the doors of which face south; On the right side of the hall are two lower rooms, one near the hall is the bedroom and the other is the kitchen; In the southernmost area, near the kitchen, is a livestock pen made of old wood and corn stalks, with an old cow and a calf in it. The inside of the house is painted with white lime, but due to disrepair, the walls are covered with many white bubbles, and it seems that it does not take much effort to scrape off all the white lime on the walls.

Gu Xinyuan stood at the door of the hall, looking at the strange room in front of him in a daze, only to feel that his head was blank, as if he had fallen into a dream, and his real self was flying in mid-air, looking at everything in front of him at a loss.

"It's coming!" It was a thin man of about 1.65 meters who was less than 50 years old, he just said a casual word, then turned around and entered the room, sat up straight at the square table with his back, as if he was very thirsty, and drank boiled water cup after cup.

"Wow! It's really here! Sit down! Three black shadows popped out of the small bedroom, and they were like robots receiving instructions at the same time, neatly and quickly surrounding Gu Xinyuan's side.

Before Gu Xinyuan could see the appearance of several people clearly, she was pulled by the arm by one of them, and she was so frightened that she shouted at a loss: "Oops! ”

"Gu Bei, don't pull her, let go!" Li Feicui slapped his eldest grandson's hand violently and motioned for him to let go quickly.

Gu Bei smiled, scratched his head, and suddenly remembered something, brought a wooden pimple bench and put it behind his sister, and said, "You sit!" Sister, sister, hahaha! ”

"Do you want water?" Another, shorter, round-faced boy had already brought a bowl of water, but seemed hesitant to pass it over.

"Ball ball, give!" Another dark-skinned boy with the shortest head handed Gu Xinyuan a few glass marbles, the boy was a little shy and didn't dare to lean over, but his eyes glanced at the new girl from time to time.

"Haha, these two are the children of your uncle's family, this one is called Gu Bei, and he is the boss. That is Gu Yang, your second brother. This blackest is your brother Gu Pan, who is the same father and mother as you. In the future, you will live together and get along well, you know? ”

"I'm your eldest brother, we all knew each other before, do you remember me? Call big brother and I'll listen, hehe......"

"I'm the second brother, little sister! We're about the same age, and I know you, but I don't remember you much. But I'm still my brother! Hehehe......"

"I remember you, and I'm still a little impressed!" Gu Xinyuan was very happy, because there were people he knew, his tense nerves unconsciously relaxed, and even this unfamiliar environment looked a little more pleasing to the eye.

The girl's words made the two boys bloom happily, Gu Bei stretched out his fingers and kept making the 'scissor hand' gesture to show his victory, and kept shouting "yes!" in his mouth. That's great! ”

Gu Yang clenched his fists, moved his elbows forward and backward slightly, and secretly made a 'yes' movement.

"Me! I! Gu Pan tiptoed anxiously, and said anxiously and expectantly, "You are a sister!" I'm a younger brother! ”

"You don't know her, what are you in a hurry? She's known me for a long time, okay, haha, it's better to be a big brother! Gu Bei laughed at Gu Pan exaggeratedly, and then put his hands on his waist and boasted a few words proudly.

"It's better to be a second brother!" Although Gu Yang's voice was not as loud as his brother's, his tone was indeed very firm.

"No! The third brother is good! Although his sister didn't know him, Gu Pan would not make concessions because of this.

Looking at the noisy three boys, Gu Xinyuan was stunned by the enthusiastic attitude of the boys in front of him at first. At her aunt's house, her aunt set a strict curfew for her, and she was not allowed to go out after 6 p.m., and she was only allowed to play with the children and cousins of the neighbors next door, let alone other children's homes.

Gu Xiaojuan always said that there are too many bad people outside, and a girl's family should be careful. However, in fact, at that time, Gu Xinyuan really wanted to play with the child king in the village, and thought of swimming in the big puddle in the village - he had only been there secretly once, and he was caught red-handed by Gu Xiaojuan as soon as he arrived in the water, and the result was that his face was twisted and swollen, and the root of his ear was torn because of the excessive weight he had borne - the weight of a little girl's entire body, and it took several days to get better. Since then, she has never dared to sneak out again. Later, I don't know what happened, she was forbidden to play with boys, she couldn't even say a few more words, and she couldn't get close to her little cousin alone.

Gu Xinyuan came back to his senses, looked at the three boys in front of him who were still fighting with each other, and laughed out loud: "Hahahaha, you three are so interesting!" ”

When the three boys saw that the girl was finally laughing, they didn't care about arguing, and laughed together.

The smiles of the three skinny boys were like matches lit in the dark, slowly melting the ice wall in her heart, and gradually illuminating the somewhat gray sky in her heart. And the time spent with her grandmother, grandfather, younger brother and older brothers slowly diluted the things she couldn't understand, and all the things that made her tangled up sank deep into the deepest part of her soul as if they had never happened.