Chapter 25: The House
Xu is look at Lan Qing's appearance and doesn't look like a bad person, Xu is eyes look at her red and swollen eyes, the old man's originally scrutinizing gaze eased, "Oh, I don't live here, and no one lives in the house here, so I'll help the landlord take care of it." ”
No one lives? Lan Qing listened, her heart moved, is this house dispensable for the owner, maybe she is willing to sell it at a low price, thinking, and walked up the steps, "Then do you know if this house is for sale?" ”
"Don't sell, don't sell, which intermediary have you been deceived by?" A few years ago, somehow a real estate agent knew that the house had been empty and no one lived in, at that time the courtyard was extremely hot, but there were not many houses, so people often came to the door to encourage the landlord to sell the house, but the landlord did not see it, so that the old man met a few times, and then somehow gradually no one came. "I said a few years ago that this house is not for sale. Hey, these black-hearted intermediaries. Just know the trick people, don't be deceived, little girl. ”
Lan Qing listened a little puzzled, but also knew that the old man probably misunderstood himself, so he hurriedly shook his head, "I wasn't introduced by an intermediary...... I am...... I used to live here with my family, but then I moved away because of some things, but I couldn't let go of it, so I ......," he said with a somewhat shy smile.
"Oh, old resident, when did you move out?" The old man is not in a hurry, I heard that it is an old tenant, so I understand the nostalgia of the feelings.
"Ten years ago...... Because it was moved away suddenly, a lot of things were left here......" Lan Qing said, a little stunned, there are a lot of things, if they are lost, they will be lost, and they will never be recovered. It's just that I don't even have a relic of the master around me, I see things and think about people, but I don't even have a thing, thinking about it, I feel a little sad.
"Ten years ago......," the old man muttered, counting that he had moved next door seven years ago, and then helped the family take care of the house, and he didn't know what happened three years ago, "...... Hey, why don't you come in and take a look, there's nothing in there. "When people are old, their hearts are soft, looking at the sadness of this girl who does not match her age, you can help more, anyway, it doesn't matter if you look at it.
Lan Qing didn't expect the old man to let him in to have a look, so he hurriedly thanked him. Watching the old man take the lead in pushing open the door into the courtyard, he also followed.
"This door seems to have a new ......"
"Yes, it's been rusty for too long, and the iron sheet has fallen off decently. The sound of a movement is not good, this is the master's house reinstalled.
The old man explained slowly as he walked into the courtyard.
The yard was cleaned, and the stone bench under the hibiscus tree was still there, but there was no longer that thin figure on it.
"Lan Qing, you started practicing without warming up, how many times have you told you, this will hurt yourself." Even the angry words still sound a little indulgent, "Go, go to the base of the wall, lower your waist, split your legs and practice again and jump again." ”
"Master......" The little girl pouted reluctantly, trying in vain to rely on coquettishness to get Master to take back the punishment.
"Lower your waist, split your legs, and spin in place for 200 turns."
At that time, I always didn't like to practice basic skills, I always thought about how to be lazy and jumped over, and every time I was caught by the master, I had to double the punishment, but for some reason I always kept teaching me repeatedly. Now, like Master, I am constantly repeating the importance of basic skills to my students. Thinking about it, I couldn't help but smile slightly. Thinking about it now, even the punishment at that time makes people feel warm.
There is a place on the wall where I practice that has been polished to be extraordinarily smooth, and I still remember that it was left by my feet on it. Looking up along the wall, at the very top, there was a large collapsed piece, Lan Qing only felt so familiar when he looked at it, and the feeling of just entering the alley once again came to his heart. There seemed to be countless hands tugging at his heart, and he only felt that some memories in his mind could not wait to burst out.
The old man seemed to notice Lan Qing's eyes, and explained with a smile, "That place has long since collapsed, I have told the owner here a few times, but somehow, as soon as other places are said to be a little problematic, they were immediately repaired, and they are here, and they never want to move." It rained a few times, and it was washed away a little, and it was repaired, that is, it was repaired to the size of the original collapse......"
As the old man's words fell, the memory smashed into his mind like a boulder, making his chest feel suffocated, and only blocked the person from breathing......
At the age of 3, he just began to practice the basic skills of dance. Master has to go to the Children's Palace to teach dance lessons every night after dinner, because he has been very well-behaved since he was a child, and Master only needs to go for an hour, so he leaves himself alone to practice in the courtyard. At that time, I had just started to practice splitting my legs, and the three-year-old little doll couldn't stand steadily, so she frequently sat on the fart.
"Hey, little bit, little bit, call you that." The sudden sound frightened Lan Qing, who was working hard to practice splitting legs, sat down again, pouted a little sadly, and raised his little face with baby fat in a daze, looking at the source of the sound. I saw a little boy sitting on the wall at some point, Xu was looking at the little girl in the yard was really cute, maybe it was 8 or 9 years old when it was naughty, and the boy jumped into the yard from the wall with a "poof".
The three-year-old child has already made a clear distinction between strangers and family members, and he can't help but be a little confused when he looks at the strange child who suddenly jumps into the yard. Master didn't seem to have taught him what to do if someone suddenly jumped off the wall.
Seeing that the little girl didn't speak, still sitting on the ground stupidly, the boy stepped forward by himself, "What's your name?" I always hear your adults call you Lanqing, so I'll call you Qingqing in the future. ”
Seeing that the boy stepped forward to pick himself up, Xiao Lanqing finally couldn't help crying "wow", and big tears fell down.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, don't cry......" The little boy seemed to encounter such a situation for the first time, and immediately panicked, "Oh, I'm not a bad person, really, you see, how can there be such a small bad person as me, isn't it...... Hey, that's not right......" The boy spoke, and hugged Xiao Lanqing, who was still sitting on the ground, "Hey, I'm here to play next door...... Okay, don't cry. Xu was impatient with Xiao Lanqing's crying, and the little boy suddenly sank his face, but it was a little shocking, so frightened that Xiao Lanqing immediately stopped crying, but began to burp non-stop.
The little boy patted his head, "Hey, you women are really troublesome, up to the old lady, down to the little one...... Come, will my brother give you candy to eat? As she spoke, she took out a lollipop from her pocket, Xiao Lanqing blinked her eyes wide, and watched with some curiosity as the boy peeled off the candy wrapper outside and put the candy to her mouth.
“…… Master doesn't allow it. "Children are always very coaxing, although they say this, but the longing in their eyes really reveals their thoughts. This kind of candy, Xiao Lanqing knows, is very expensive, and the master has only bought it for himself once.
"It's okay, but children can't eat more sugar, and it's okay to lick it." The little boy coaxed, watching Xiao Lanqing look at himself cautiously, stretched out his pale pink little tongue, and licked it lightly on the lollipop, the boy somehow seemed to be very happy, stuffed the whole candy into his mouth, looked at Xiao Lanqing with some pity and looked at the candy in his mouth, smiled and put it to his small mouth, and added another bite, it was so sweet, and his round little face smiled and squinted.
The boy still wanted to say something, listened attentively, and put Xiao Lanqing on the ground, "I have to go, I'll come back to play with you in two days...... This candy is too big for you to eat without an adult looking at it, so I'll bring you a smaller one when I come back, okay? By the way, don't tell your adults that I've been here, or I won't be able to come in the future, and you won't have any candy to eat, you know? Oh, and ah, remember to call me Brother Pengwei in the future. Xu was because of the sugar, Xiao Lanqing nodded obediently, "Then you can call it now." The boy spoke, and stood up.
"Brother Pengwei." The tender voice called the little boy for a moment, and rubbed the top of Xiao Lanqing's head, "Let's go." After speaking, he jumped up to the wall in a few steps along the pile of things by the wall, turned around and waved at Xiao Lanqing, and jumped down. At that time, the sun was setting, and the courtyard was full of afterglow.
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"Qingqing, you were punished by your master again?" The boy on the wall nibbled on half an apple in his hand and watched the 12-year-old girl under the wall train her waist there. "I see, there has been progress compared to the previous two days, how soft is your waist? I'm not afraid to fold it...... It rained so hard last night, were you scared? I was lying in bed and thinking, the last time you told me that you had some leaks in the rain here, and I don't know if your master has repaired it. The sound insulation is not very good, the thunder is so loud that I can't sleep when I think about it, and I almost get up to look for you, but then I think about it, even if you come, you must not come out to see me......"
The 12-year-old girl held her ankles with her hands, looked at the upside-down world, and looked at the increasingly sunny and handsome teenager on the wall, pursed her lips, but did not speak. Master said that you should hold your breath when you lower your waist, and if you let go of this breath, you have to start again. I obviously told him, but I have to tease myself every time.
"Qingqing, if you ignore me again, I'm going to go down and tickle you." After quickly nibbling on the apple in his hand, the young man raised his hand and threw the core into the trash can on the other side of the yard with a "whoosh...... Qingqing, I'm going down. ”
The young man said that he was about to jump down with his hands on the wall, Lan Qing was so frightened that he hurriedly stood up, and ignored him last time, but he grabbed his scratched stomach and refused to let go of himself. As soon as I stood up, I only heard a "bang", and then something hit the ground "snap".