One

Sitting in the bus, Jiang Xiaolan leaned against the window, and the gentleness in his eyes was not left at all that had been oppressed by Dai Zhao's cold violence.

She sat in the bus with an unpleasant smell and looked at the drizzle outside the window, which was also strange, when it came to sad days, there would always be a heavy rain or drizzle.

An eight-hour bus journey with a two-hour transfer.

When he arrived home, it was already the early morning of the second night, and Jiang Xiaolan stood outside the fence wall of the yard, looking at the house shrouded in fog, with chickens crowing, dogs barking, horses neighing, and cows mooing.

This is where she should live, Jiang Xiaolan pushed open the small door of the fence wall in the dust, stood in the yard, looking at the faint fire in the kitchen, and the door was also hidden.

Jiang Xiaolan pushed the door in.

Wang Qiran added firewood to the stove, and there was an old-fashioned teapot sitting on the stove, which was not so beautiful after a long time, but it was the best memory in her memory.

Jiang Zhan leaned on the recliner with a floral quilt on his legs, and the halo on his face was left by the shadow of the firelight.

The crutches next to him were also illuminated by the firelight, creating a beautiful shadow.

"I'm back," Wang Qiran raised his head slightly, the smile on his face was still kind, and his words were still so beautiful.

Jiang Xiaolan's tears poured down, nodded heavily, walked to the stove, pulled a chair and sat down, and watched the thin pair of thin firewood put into the belly of the stove.

"There's food in the pot, go eat it," Jiang Zhan looked at Jiang Xiaolan and said with pity, "Go to bed after eating." ”

Jiang Xiaolan nodded and got up.

As soon as he turned around and turned his back to the second elder, Jiang Xiaolan couldn't control it anymore, and suddenly squatted down and hugged his knees and cried bitterly.

The mornings in the mountains are cool, especially in early winter, when the haze is heavier.

When the early sun drew a beautiful mark in the haze, Jiang Xiaolan was already standing on the farthest and highest mountain in her hometown, she watched the early sun rise, watching the haze be swallowed up by the rays of the sun little by little, until it was all occupied by the warm sun.

The sun in the mountains was very high, Jiang Xiaolan stretched out his hand, trying to catch the sunshine, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't catch it at all.

Compared with the previous arrogance, the appearance of Yuan Wanli this time was even milder than before.

She sat on the sofa, holding the chubby Dai Wan, looking at the unkempt Dai Zhao, looking at him disheveled, just grabbing his hair, and not saying anything.

And Dai Hui and Dai Xian were playing with sand on the balcony, this sand was brought back a few days ago, and Dai Xian liked it very much.

Dai Wei didn't want to listen to what was going on in the house, so she plugged her ears at this time, her eyes were blind, and her throat was dumb.

Yuan Wanli thought about it for a while and said, "Did the call go?"

Dai Zhao nodded and did not speak.

Yuan Wanli smiled slightly, smiling so reluctantly, "That's it, the province is always quarrelling, and the child originally belonged to the Dai family, so she can't take it away." ”

As soon as he spoke, Dai Zhao Mouran raised his head, looked at his mother, who said lightly, his lips moved, swallowed the words back into his stomach, and honestly closed the door of his throat.

In the silence, the room was very quiet, and a crisp doorbell rang.

Dai Zhao didn't care how bad his image was, so he went to open the door.

Jiang Qiu stood outside the door looking very cramped and uneasy, and the door opened little by little, and Dai Zhao's face was infinitely enlarged.

Dai Zhao stood at the door stunned for a moment, holding the doorknob for a moment, and staring at Jiang Qiu with a blue face, "What are you doing here?" ”

Jiang Qiu looked at Yuan Wan in the room and suddenly showed a smile, "Aunt is here." ”

Jiang Qiu didn't answer Dai Zhao's question, but directly crossed him and walked into the living room, while Yu Guang was secretly looking for something in the room.

Yuan Wanli said, "Little Jiang."

After that, he stopped talking, and the three adults had their own numbers in their hearts, and they also had their own little abacus in their hearts.

After being silent for a long time, Jiang Qiu indicated his origin, "I'm here to fulfill my promise, and I have to take it away." ”

Dai Zhao was stunned for a moment, and his eyes fell on Jiang Qiu's determined face.

Jiang Qiu wasn't so eager, he was gambling.

Yuan Wanli was slightly stunned, it was just a flash in the pan, she smiled and said, "Yes, but only for a month, I have to bring her back in a month." ”

Two

Jiang Qiu's broad arm hung a small black schoolbag, and on the zipper of the schoolbag was a small blue whale.

It swayed in the wind, with a gentle crisp sound when it sounded.

Jiang Qiu's big hand was a small hand, he held it gently, looking at her little face, there was a lot to say, and at this time he could only say, "Leaves, are you afraid?" ”

Is she scared of losing her mother? Still is? Dai Hui looked up at Jiang Qiu's face, "Uncle." ”

Dai Hui still wanted to say something, but when the words came to her lips, she held back and didn't say it.

On the day of the decision, Jiang Xiaolan had already taken Dai Wei's daily necessities and a change of clothes to Jiang Qiu's house.

Qian Yuan was doing his homework, and when he heard a noise in the living room, he quickly pushed the door out, and saw Dai Wei sitting on the sofa, looking in a trance.

"Leaves," Qian Sheng called out to her, and Dai Leaves didn't answer him for a long time, or look up.

Jiang Qiu came out of the kitchen, holding a plate of fruit in his hand, putting it on the coffee table, glanced at Qian Xian, and then looked at the other two rooms, "What about the two of them?" ”

Qian Sheng sat down, "Go to the store downstairs and buy a book." ”

Jiang Qiu took a toothpick and handed it to Dai Hui and asked her to eat the fruit.

Dai Hui just held a thin toothpick, but didn't make any movement.

Qiansheng didn't know what was going on, so he asked Jiang Qiu, who didn't look very good, "Uncle, what's going on?"

Jiang Qiu reluctantly showed a smile, "It's okay, Hui Hui will live here for a month next, you take good care of her." ”

Jiang Qiu vibrated in his trouser pocket, he took out his mobile phone, came to the balcony, and closed the sliding door to separate the living room from the balcony.

It was already three minutes after Jiang Qiu came back to the living room, he took his mobile phone and glanced at Qiansheng, and told him a thousand times, "Take good care of Huihui, I'll go out." ”

Qian Xianhu was suspicious, seeing that Jiang Qiu was about to go out, he didn't ask what he said.

Qian Sheng sat next to Dai Hui, seeing her holding her teeth in a daze, she couldn't help but worry, and gently pushed her shoulder, "Hui, what's wrong with you?" ”

Dai Hui put the toothpick back in the fruit bowl, didn't say a word, and threw herself into Qian Cheng's arms, and after only a minute or two, she started crying.

Qiansheng's body stiffened, completely frightened by this sudden hug, and felt a hot air beating in his heart, and his clothes gradually became slightly wet, which were Dai Hui's silent tears.

I sensed Dai Hui's silent crying, and tears that had been suppressed for a long time before they could be released.

Qiansheng gently patted Dai Hui's back and comforted her softly, "Okay, okay, it's okay, don't cry, okay." Shall I take you to the supermarket to buy something delicious?"

Dai Wei still didn't reply to his words, but still buried his head in his bosom and cried, his little hands clutching Qianyi's clothes tightly, for fear that he would walk away anytime and anywhere.

Qian Sheng sat like that, his hand gently patting on Dai Hui's back.

For a long time, Dai Wei, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, slowly withdrew from Qiansheng's arms, took a few tissues to wipe his tears, and smiled at Qiansheng, who had a very solemn face, "I'm fine." ”

Qian Cheng put away his worried expression and looked at Dai Hui, who was in a better mood, "That's okay." ”

Qian Wei was next to him, and he didn't say anything for the time being, just quietly watched Dai Hui eating fruit casually.

Dai Hui understood that Jiang Xiaolan was really gone.

She said that death would be far away.

I didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

Dai Hui looked at Qianyi, seeing that he had been looking at himself, and couldn't help but smile, "What do you think I do?" ”

"No," Qian Sheng tilted his head slightly, "are you going out to play?" ”

Dai Hui said with a smile, put the toothpick back in the fruit bowl, and stretched out his little finger towards Qiansheng, "Lagou, don't tell them about today's incident." ”

Qian Sheng cooperated with her very cooperatively, and said, "Pull Gou is not allowed to change for a hundred years, whoever changes is a pig." ”

Dai Wei also said so, looked at the dark clouds outside the window and laughed, took Qianyi's hand and ran outside, "Let's go, watch the rain." ”

Dai loves to watch the rain, especially the pouring rain, as it washes away the stains and filth of the earth.

If it was really pouring rain, Dai Hui was at the pillar downstairs in the community, stretching out his little hand to catch the rain.

Jiang Lao and Lu Xuan, who ran from the corner on the other side, were about to step on the first step in a hurry, when they saw the pillar on one side.

Dai Hui was playing with the rain, and even Qiansheng was playing with her.

Jiang Liao's clothes were wet a lot from the rain, and his hair was also drooping from the rain, sticking to his forehead, which was a little long, covering a little anger with a smile.

Lu ran slowly, almost soaking wet, and the book stuffed into his clothes was not wet from the rain.

He walked slowly behind him, and also brushed his hair, and a lot of water droplets splashed up immediately, and there was a layer of rain and mist around him.

Seeing Jiang Lonely coming, Dai Hui, whose hands were all water, fluttered and ran over, with a happy smile on his face, "Brother." ”

Jiang Liao was still a little surprised, looking at the smile on Qiansheng's face, he gently pulled Dai Hui's hand up, wiped the water droplets on her with his own clothes, and led her upstairs.

Three

Eating dumplings on the winter solstice, Jiang Qiu prepared a lot of fillings, vegetarian three fresh fillings, cabbage and pork filling, pork leek filling, fresh parsley filling, seasonal vegetables and fresh meat filling.

The large kitchen was crowded because several children were there.

Jiang Qiu suggested going to the living room to make dumplings.

Jiang Lonely was rolling the dumpling skin, and Dai Hui, who was taking care of the dumpling skin on the side, whispered something, and after a while, Dai Hui's hands full of flour slapped on Lu Xuan's waist at once.

Two petite handprints suddenly appeared on the black cotton wool shirt, and Dai Hui hurriedly ran to Jiang Lone's side before he could react, and continued to sort out the dumpling wrappers after washing his hands in the basin.

In the wrapping of the pattern dumplings in the Lu Xuan only felt that someone was gently patted, and when he turned around, he saw Jiang Lonely and Qiansheng, who were quietly making dumplings and rolling dumpling skins, and Dai Hui, who hated to bloom a flower on his face, knew it in his heart.

Lu Xuan walked to Jiang Qiu's side with the dumpling wrapper in his hand, "Uncle, I'll take a look at what dumpling filling." ”

Jiang Qiu was stunned for a moment, the dumpling skin in his hand was almost not steady, he looked back at Dai Hui, who was very peaceful, and the smile slowly unfolded from the corner of his mouth, and suddenly shook his head and smiled, what kind of fame are these two children going to make?

Jiang Qiu looked at the suddenly quiet scene, and instantly felt bad, and just wanted to hurry up and call Dai Hui to hide, but unfortunately it was still a step too late.

Lu Qi held the dumpling skin in his hand, went to Dai Hui and took a dumpling skin and folded it, put a piece of cabbage and pork filling between the two dumpling skins, kneaded both sides, and put it in the dumpling box.

Wiping off the flour and oil stains on his hands, Lu Qi quietly walked to Dai Hui's side, grabbed her little waist, and picked her up, and when she was not paying attention, he put one hand on the bridge of her nose, "I caught you." ”

Dai Wei fluttered in his arms, slipped down at once, stepped on the instep of his foot, and ran away like a rabbit.

Ran behind Qiansheng, grabbed the hem of his clothes, and shouted with a smile, "Help." ”

Dai Wei hid behind Qianyi, smiling and avoiding Lu Qi's pursuit.

Lu Qian jumped over, watched Qiansheng try to help Dai Wei avoid his pursuit, pointed at Qiansheng and said, "Ah Cheng, you get out of the way, today I want this little girl to know how powerful I am, and often sneak attack me, do I want to lose face?" ”

Qian Sheng smiled, holding the unwrapped dumplings in one hand and the spoon of the dumpling filling in the other, looking at Lu Xuan in front of him and trying to grab Dai Hui left and right, but Dai Wei grabbed the hem of his clothes behind him, and stuck out his tongue towards Lu Xuan, and the corners of his mouth were full of indelible smiles.

Lu Qian was also smiling, watching Dai Wei stick out her tongue, seeing her smiling so happily, he immediately stopped his movements, waved his hand and said, "Don't care about children like children." ”

Jiang Qiu had already moved a lot of dumplings to the refrigerator and put them away, and when he came back, he saw this scene, wiped the apron around his waist, and gently pulled the apron and sighed.

Dai Hui loosened the hem of Qianyi's clothes and high-fived him, and the smile was on his face for a long time.

After eating the dumplings, Dai Hui couldn't eat a few before she was full, she took off her shoes and climbed into the sofa, hugged the pillow, and took the remote control to tune up a cartoon to watch.

Lu Qi pretended to feel very spicy next to him, and after snorting twice, he only felt something floating in the air.

When I looked closely, it was the tissue box that Dai Wei threw over.

The tissue box landed firmly in front of Lu Xuan. In front of him was a plate full of dumplings, but fortunately he moved it away in time, "Leaves, have you eaten gunpowder?" ”

Dai Wei grinned, laughing at his funny just now, "You just ate gunpowder." ”

Lu Xuan, angry, his hands were trembling, looking at Jiang Lonely and Qiansheng who pretended not to see the hardships, "You see that the two of you are used to her, lawless." ”

Jiang Lonely leisurely picked up a piece of dumpling and dipped it in vinegar, and after glancing at Qiansheng, he replied to Lu Xuan's words, "It's spoiled, there's no way, continue to spoil." ”

Qiansheng nodded, poured some vinegar into the plate, and poured some spicy seeds, "No way, we have to get used to it." ”

Lu Qi only felt that his eyebrows and eyes were throbbing, indeed, he had to get used to it.

Undoubtedly, Lu Xuan was slapped in the face instantly, and the blow was particularly loud.

Someone sitting on the couch listened with their ears pricked up, and after listening for a while, they darkened their eyes, as if this was the only way to keep them from worrying.

Dai Hui looked over, and also met Qianyi's gaze, her gaze was hot, seeing him bowing slightly, she also nodded gently, this is their secret.

Jiang Qiu received a strange phone call, he went to the balcony full of cold winds, he was very careful to talk to the person on the other side of the phone, "Well, she's fine, it's okay, she's not unhappy now, she was still sullen with her brother just now, what about you, are you okay?" ”

At this time, there was silence on the other side of the phone, and Jiang Qiu asked again, "Xiaolan, you don't need to blame yourself like this, the month will come soon, and you still have to go back to that home." ”

There was silence on the other side of the phone again, only the faint sound of breathing, and the cold wind whirring, running unscrupulously in the ears and the earpiece.

After being silent for a long time, there was no reply to the phone after all, and Jiang Qiu came back and continued to eat dumplings.

The children all knew that he made a lot of phone calls every day, so they didn't think much about who these calls came from.