"It's Xiaoluo, right? This kid has become a big girl!" A middle-aged woman walked in front of the door of the wooden house, with short and straight hair, dark skin, and thick limbs.

"I used to be so small on my legs, and the wheat was not high, but I grew up in a blink of an eye." Da Bo Xin Dashan has changed a lot, five or six years ago his hair was not less, now he is bald and basically has not many hairs, his medium body is getting thinner and thinner, skinny, and the contrast with his aunt is great.

"Auntie, hello uncle, Xiaoluo has come back to see you!" She immediately got up, still chewing on the uneaten frozen rice candy in her mouth.

"Xiaoluo, can you still remember your aunt and uncle? It's so nice, good boy!" The aunt's thick hand took her and smiled.

"Xiaoluo, where are your parents?" The aunt asked Xin Xiaoluo.

"Here, Brother Dashan, Lixia, long time no see!" Xin Jiangguo and Zhang Meiling came down from upstairs.

"Jiang Guo, Meiling, you are finally willing to come back! We've been thinking of you! Did you bring some gifts—"

"Alas, Lixia don't say so much! Jiang Guo, Meiling will stay at home for a few more days, and then go back to the city after the Lantern Festival, and our brothers and sisters will get together. Xin Dashan interrupted his sister's words, the family is not good at caring so much.

"Oh, yes, I have prepared gifts for you, and they are all upstairs." There are customs in the countryside, and when you are a visitor, you need to prepare gifts, Zhang Meiling specially asked Xin Jiangguo to buy a few more copies before going to the countryside, and the two of them went to the department store and only bought things for their grandparents, and they didn't think so comprehensively.

"Ah, did you really bring it? Hahahaha, I didn't go back to my home a few years ago, and I didn't bring anything to our sisters during the New Year's holiday. What did you give, I'll pick one first!" The aunt had vegetable leaves on her teeth when she smiled, and after saying that, Xin Lixia went upstairs alone, her bulky legs flapping on the thin wooden board.

There was a smell of embarrassment in the air...

"Brother and sister Meiling, don't care, she's like that!" His sister is that virtuous, greedy for cheapness, and open-mouthed, Xin Dashan doesn't want his younger siblings to take it to heart.

"I know, it's okay. Brother Dashan, you also go up and pick one, and let Jiang Guo accompany you upstairs. ”

"Yes, Brother Dashan, let's go up and chat together. Tell me about the village, I haven't been back for a long time. "After receiving his wife's instructions, he didn't understand before, but he could distinguish her meaning, emotions and embarrassment after many years of husband and wife, and returned to his hometown to make her happier as much as possible, after all, because of marrying him, she didn't have a good life.

Sensing my mother's unhappiness, "Mom, I'll go to the kitchen with you to help grandma chop vegetables and make a fire, right?" I suddenly want to learn your craft, let's go!" Xin Xiaoluo took Zhang Meiling into the kitchen.

"Ahem, ahem! It's so spicy, grandma, are you frying chili peppers? My mom and I are here to help you. ”

"Daughter-in-law, Xiaoluoxin, what are you doing here? Without your help, the kitchen is very choked, the city uses electricity and smoke extraction, the country burns the fire to cook food, and the smoke and spicy hurt the throat! Get out of here. The old man wore a red towel over his head and kept stir-frying the peppers in the big iron pot.

"Xiaoluo, if you're afraid of choking, go out and clean up the room where you sleep at night! You won't do anything, and you won't be able to help here, I'll help grandma. Zhang Meiling pushed her out of the kitchen, tied an apron, and put the fish on the cutting board to cut it.

"Daughter-in-law, you are still as virtuous as before!" The old man's kind face was full of wrinkles, the lines on his skin were clearly visible, and the spatula kept turning.

"Mother-in-law, I'm sorry, I haven't come back for so many years, which has made Jiang Guo bear the infamy of unfilial piety." At that time, she was too willful, her parents did not agree to the marriage, and she disliked the rural living environment, relying on Xin Jiangguo's love for her, and put forward a dilemma. If Xin Jiangguo didn't get the consent of her parents-in-law, she probably wouldn't marry him. Later, when she moved into the city, she rarely had positive communication with the second elder, and she could feel that the second elder was dissatisfied with her.

Two adults and a child worked hard outside, and they had no cultural talent, so they worked hard to buy a small house. Occasionally, every year or two, the couple would return to their hometown with Xiaoluo, and after returning to their hometown, they would always meet sneering neighbors and relatives. The parents-in-law didn't pay much attention to Zhang Meiling, and since then the estrangement has become deeper and deeper, plus Zhang Meiling has had a daughter for many years, she once had a bad pregnancy, and accidentally lost the child, and she will not be able to conceive in the future.

Five or six years ago, the couple returned to their hometown quite frequently, and Xin Xiaoluo was also familiar with the rural environment. But on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhang Meiling unexpectedly heard relatives and friends laughing and scolding at the card table that it was a hen that could not lay eggs, strong and unreasonable, Xin Jiangguo had no father in his eyes, and he was dizzy, and the money he earned in the city was not as much as they farmed in the countryside.

Things made a big fuss, Zhang Meiling packed up her things overnight and took Xin Xiaoluo back to the city, since then, Zhang Meiling has never returned to the countryside, Xin Xiaoluo still doesn't know what happened that night, a fart child.

"Meiling, my mother-in-law and father-in-law can't stand you, I knew that Jiang Guo was going to the city to take root, and I had emotions for you. We are very uncomfortable, he is the youngest and most beloved child of ours, but he cannot provide for us. What relatives and friends said that night was too ugly, no wonder you left, for so many years, although many things you secretly sent were written in Jiang Guo's name, but he was born to us, he couldn't be so careful. The old man spoke to her earnestly.

Obviously, it was not an onion that was cut, but a fish, and his eyes were smoky and weeping.

"Daughter-in-law, we are both old, Xiaoluo is also 18 years old, we want to see you, we need to accompany you. What's uncomfortable, tell your mother-in-law, mother-in-law is your master, my father-in-law had a meeting at home last night, and if anyone dares to gossip about you, he won't get a penny after we die!"

"No, mother-in-law, you will live a hundred years! In the future, Xiaoluo and we will come back to see you often. ”

"Okay, that's fine!" The old man smiled plainly, his eyes narrowed into slits.

After making the bed upstairs, Xin Xiaoluo was almost tired and didn't ease his breath, the quilt was not filled with cotton wool, but iron and stone, and he couldn't shake it, not like he was making the bed but like moving bricks. I didn't have the time to clean it, and it didn't look dirty, that is, it was just a little more dusty.

Touching the pocket of his jacket, and then probing his trouser pocket, he rummaged through his body and didn't see his mobile phone, Xin Xiaoluo was anxious. Without electronic products, it is better to let her die, and it has become a habit to brush her mobile phone every day when she has nothing to do, and she always feels that something is missing without it.

Found the living room, a group of children gathered around the printed sofa, laughing and couldn't stop.

"That's a man-machine? That's stupid! Quick, put a skill!"

"Ah, dead! Why are you so stupid? Give us your phone!"

"Wimpy kids? You're playing with my phone! Quick, put it down for me, I don't have a phone bill, you guys actually play a paid game? My dear mother! "I don't know if I don't look at it, but when I look at it, I find that several of them are looking around her mobile phone, just play games, I can't bear to pay!

There is only one person who plays games with a mobile phone, a little girl with slender hair, the little girl's skin is not black or white, her facial features are delicate, especially her eyes, clear and innocent, her eyes are smart, and she is a very spiritual child.

When Xin Xiaoluo asked, the other children got out of the way, she didn't move, hid the phone behind her hand, and didn't give it to her.

"Hey? Little brat, do you really want to play? ”

The little girl didn't speak, but nodded.

"Okay, I'll play it for you, but you need to give me your phone first. Because I will lose the network when I don't have a phone bill, and you won't be able to play the game without the network after a while. Behave, give me the phone, charge the phone bill, and then play for you, okay? Tell her bitterly that Xin Xiaoluo feels that she is really a good sister.

The little girl's eyes rolled, she didn't know what she was thinking in her head, and after a few seconds, she handed the phone to Xin Xiaoluo with both hands.

The little girl's nails were long, with black and yellow dirt hidden inside, and the back of her hand was scratched in several places.

One hand took the phone and put it in his pocket, and Xin Xiaoluo grabbed her little hand with the other.

"What's wrong with your hand? Broken skin, does it hurt? ”

The little girl shook her head and pressed her head a few more times, but never spoke.

"Let's go, my sister will take you to clean it, rub some medicine, and trim your nails." Xin Xiaoluo asked her to sit on a small bench by the well, and carried a small bucket of water to help her wash it gently.

"My sister specially brought a small medicine box over, I was afraid of bumping into it, but I didn't expect you to be the first to use it! Well, it will be a little burning when you wipe it later, don't cry your nose! Xin Xiaoluo took out the red potion and nail clippers from her bag, and slowly applied the potion to help her lose her nails.

"All right, little girl, what's your name? My sister's name is Xin Xiaoluo!"

“......”

"Why don't you speak? Is my sister fierce? ”

"Babbling" The little girl shook her head, babbling sounded from her mouth, intermittently, Xin Xiaoluo couldn't hear clearly.

"What's wrong with your voice?"

"Frost? How are you here again? Where did you go, I'm worried about my dad dead!" After Xin Dashan and Xin Jiangguo finished chatting, they remembered that the daughter they brought over was still playing outside. I searched around but didn't find anyone. The little girl got up from the bench when she heard her father's voice.

"Uncle? Little girl is your child? ”

"Well, Xiaoluo, this is Frost, my youngest daughter!"

"Wow, Uncle is so good! Why didn't Frost speak? I asked her a lot of questions, and she shook her head and nodded!"

"When she was born, she had a problem with her vocal cords, and when she was older, she couldn't make a sound, and when she went to the hospital, the doctor said that she would raise money for the operation, and we have been trying to find a way to raise the cost of the operation as soon as possible so that she could speak. However, this child is withdrawn, sometimes not very reasonable, and not very gregarious. ”

"I'm sorry, uncle, I don't know!" She didn't expect Frost to speak.

"It's okay, Xiaoluo, can you play with her? She seems to like you very much. Frost looked back and forth between the two of them with her small eyes.

"Of course you can, Xiaoluo also likes frost! Uncle handed over the frost to me temporarily, there are a lot of snacks in my room, pork shop, small fish sticks, shredded squid, etc., I will like the frost!"

"Just give her a little food, and keep her stomach for eating!"