sent Du Anran away, that is, Xiao Ran was still going home to spend his weekend, after all, in order to prepare for the exam, he didn't go back for half a month. And Miao Ziling also went to her second uncle's house, and she didn't want to spend the weekend with Lu Yao.

Although Lu Yao may not necessarily stay in the dormitory.

In the afternoon, it was the exam at five o'clock, and Ji Xiaoran was also the home of the grinding meeting, and when he got home, he saw that his mother had gotten off work.

"Mom!" Ji Xiaoran ran over happily and hugged Zhao Ziqing directly, "I haven't seen you for half a month, do you miss your daughter?" ”

"No, I have to cook for you when you come back." Zhao Ziqing was disgusted, but she didn't push Ji Xiaoran away, "Aren't you exam week?" ”

"Well, I finished the last exam this afternoon, and there will be no classes for the next few days."

"Did you do well?"

Looking at Zhao Ziqing's raised eyebrows, Ji Xiaoran smiled awkwardly, "It should be able to get ......"

Zhao Ziqing sighed inwardly, "Let you usually not study hard, and you don't know who you are like ...... for a while."

"It must be like my dad!" Ji Xiaoran immediately let go and stood up straight, and raised her chin to Ji Ying, who was rolling her eyes, "It's all my dad's bad genes that drag him back!" ”

"Alright, I'll see what I can do for you tonight." Zhao Ziqing walked to the kitchen with some tears and laughter, then remembered something and stopped, and looked back at Ji Xiaoran, "That Grandpa Zhao is in very bad health, I took a day off to go back to my hometown, do you want to come with me?" ”

Grandpa Zhao is the only one who can make her mother take leave to go back, Ji Xiaoran agreed, and then looked at Ji Ying, who was sitting on the side watching the video, "Aren't you going?" ”

"No, no." Ji Cheng looked at his phone and looked at Ji Xiaoran, "But you can help me bring the turtle bird back." ”

The place where Zhao Ziqing was born and raised is called Chizhu Village, a village located almost at the junction of two counties, and it now takes about two hours to walk down the highway from the city. Ji Xiaoran knew the grandfather Zhao that her mother said, and he was a distant cousin of his grandfather, and he was not too close from the perspective of blood relationship, but when his mother was in the second grade of elementary school, his grandparents brought his uncle and aunt to the city, and his mother would not come until he finished that semester, so he ate at Grandpa Zhao's house for nearly a month, and the relationship was very close.

The last and only time Ji Xiaoran went to see Grandpa Zhao was when he returned to his hometown during the Spring Festival one year. Grandpa Zhao's house was actually two hills away from the place where everyone gathered in the village, and I remember walking in the field for nearly an hour before I saw the lonely wooden house on the mountainside. There are bamboos growing in front of the house and behind the house.

The post about Shanhai Pavilion that Lu Yao read at the time, Ji Xiaoran found the page afterwards and glanced at it, looking at the description, it felt like it was sent by Grandpa Zhao's grandson. Grandpa Zhao has two sons, both of whom have taken root in coastal cities, and they don't usually come back much, so when Ji Xiaoran went to pay New Year's greetings to the old man during the Spring Festival, he also saw the old man watching TV at home alone. When the college entrance examination was approaching the year before last, Grandpa Zhao suddenly came with the news that he was critically ill, Zhao Ziqing could be regarded as half a daughter after all, so he took Ji Cheng back for a few days.

For so many years, Ji Cheng has probably given two people things in the shop for free: one is Ji Xiaoran's grandfather, and the other is Grandpa Zhao.

It's been almost three years, and Ji Xiaoran feels that her mother is going back to see the old man for the last time.

Although the government's village pass was not directly repaired to the door of the old man's house, but the temperature today is not high, although it is the beginning of summer, but the cloudy weather with the occasional breeze and the fresh air in the mountains makes Ji Xiaoran, who is walking on the mountain road, only feel refreshed.

After turning a big bend, you can see the old man's wooden house, still surrounded by the bamboo forest.

I only heard a crisp cry, and a shadow of different colors jumped out of the bamboo forest, stopped on Ji Xiaoran's shoulder, and there were two crisp screams, the little guy fluttered his wings twice, and rubbed his little black head on Ji Xiaoran's head, and his little brown eyes were dripping.

The turtle bird, shaped like a kingfisher, has a red beak, and can be raised to resist fire.

Since Ji Xiaoran can remember, Ji Cheng has been raising this little guy at home, saying that it is just in case, after all, the main body of the old house in Shanhai Pavilion is still wood. The black head, white neck, red beak and blue back of the turtle bird, coupled with the orange-yellow belly and claws, is really a bird that can attract thousands of eyes by its appearance.

But since the turtle bird is gone, Ji Cheng has changed to raising the red-headed turtle with the stumb.

"Long time no see, do you miss me?" Ji Xiaoran teased the little guy with her fingers, causing it to coo.

Zhao Ziqing didn't stop, and directly passed through the bamboo forest and entered the house.

When Ji Xiaoran walked over, he saw Grandpa Zhao's eldest son standing at the door of the house smoking, and through the door, Kan Kan could see Zhao Ziqing sitting by the old man's bed.

"Uncle Zhao."

"Xiao Ran is here too." Uncle Zhao threw away the cigarette butt and brushed his leather shoes on it, "Come in, your Grandpa Zhao must be very happy to see you." ”

"Where's the little uncle?"

"He went to town to buy groceries. You'll stay for lunch. ”

There was no light in the room, and although it was almost noon, the windows of the old house kept the sunlight out tightly, and the house was dark. Standing behind her mother, Ji Xiaoran saw the old man's emaciated face and slightly bulging futon. At this time, the old man's left hand stretched out of the quilt and was being nested in Zhao Ziqing's hand.

The pale sideburns, towering cheekbones, and overly thin face make the skin almost directly against the bones, and it seems that the wrinkles have been forced to smooth out. There was not much flesh left on her arm, and it looked like Ying Ying could break it with a little force. Deep and shallow brown spots cover the skin.

This used to be an old man who was nearly 1.8 meters tall, but now he was lying on the bed in such a small lump.

Ji Xiaoran didn't know what she said, so she ran out of the room.

She was scared.

I'm afraid that when my grandfather passed away, the silver-haired old man was like this.

After two years, she still couldn't understand why she had a phone call with her grandfather the night before, and the person on the phone was full of energy, but the phone call she received at noon the next day was the news that the old man had left. When she rushed back to her hometown from school, her grandfather had been freshened up and put into the coffin, and she could only see the old man with his eyes closed through the translucent refrigerated coffin cover.

The turtle bird flew out with Ji Xiaoran, and stopped on the shoulder of Ji Xiaoran, who was squatting on the threshold, wanting to comfort but not knowing how to do it, so he could only use his little head to stick to Ji Xiaoran's cheek.

"There is life and there is destruction, this is the law." A crisp female voice sounded, Ji Xiaoran looked up in some surprise, and saw a woman wearing a red coat and a white shirt standing in front of her, her long hair tied into a ponytail tied behind her head, and her eyes against the light faintly flashed red.

"Sister Ying?" Ji Xiaoran burst into tears, "Why are you here?" ”

"I was going to go straight to your house in the morning, but I happened to see you going out on the way, so I came along." Huang Ying sat directly next to Ji Xiaoran, took the person into her arms, and was so shocked that the turtle bird flapped its wings and flew up, and landed in front of the two of them.

"I thought you were going to play somewhere, but I thought you were coming to see people." Huang Ying rubbed Ji Xiaoran's head, making her hair, which had not been cleaned up much, even more frizzy, "Life and death are determined by heaven, look away." ”

"I think of my grandfather......" Ji Xiaoran's voice was muffled, "Obviously, I talked to him on the phone the night before, and my voice was very energetic......"

"Your grandfather was actually an accident." Huang Ying's voice was full of regret, but his eyes didn't know where to look, and the red light flashed dimly, "Otherwise, with his physical state at the time, even if your father didn't make a move, he wouldn't have left so quickly." ”

Seeing that Ji Xiaoran raised her head and looked at herself with some confusion, Huang Ying smiled and raised her tone a little, "Anyway, your father didn't come?" ”

"Didn't come, housekeeper." Ji Xiaoran pointed to the turtle bird on the ground that was tilting his head and looking at him, "But I said that I will take the turtle bird back." ”

The turtle bird listened to this for a long time, but he understood Ji Xiaoran's words, and with a scream, he fluttered his wings and flew up, landing on the bamboo branch not far away, no matter how Ji Xiaoran who ran to the bamboo waved his hand, he just stared at his small eyes and "chirped", refusing to come down.

"You guy!!" Ji Xiaoran was so angry that she jumped to her feet, but she was helpless.

"It doesn't want to go back yet. After all, they are also people who have lived together for so long, and when the old man is dying, you can't be a strong bird. After all, they are also people who have lived together for so long, and when the old man is dying, you can't be a strong bird. Huang Ying walked over with a smile, "Just as you regret not staying by your grandfather's side at the last moment, it doesn't want to miss the last ride to send the old man." ”

"You're a bird, why are you so affectionate?" Ji Xiaoran muttered, seeing the turtle bird flapping its wings at him, he was completely in a state of rushing down to fight with himself, so he had to echo, "Okay, okay, I promise you!" But when the time comes, you will admit your mistake to my father! ”

The turtle bird fluttered and landed on Ji Xiaoran's head, but the little paw still scratched Ji Xiaoran's hair restlessly, so angry that her teeth itched, and she wanted to raise her hand to grab it, but she felt the mobile phone in her pocket vibrate, and when she touched it out and saw the news, she was happy.

"Oops." Huang Ying glanced at it, grabbed Ji Xiaoran, and put her mouth to her ear, "When are you going to find a child for us to play with?" ”