In the late autumn of that year, the leaves of the ginkgo trees in Beiping City began to fall again, and a soft song came from the small courtyard of the Mei family: "...... The little raindrops ticked, picking a lotus leaf as an umbrella, the duck quacked at me, telling me to run, run home, the puppy saw me barking, told me to run, run home, ......"

There was a crisp laugh, and Nian'an sat beside her mother, holding her head and smiling and listening to her mother sing nursery rhymes.

"Mother, you sing so beautifully."

Ruojun smiled, rubbed his clothes twice on the washboard and said, "My mother can't sing well, but your Aunt Ruoli can sing well." It's a pity......" Ruojun looked up at the spiritual position in the living room, sighed lightly, and shook his head.

"Is Aunt Wakari very good at singing?"

"Well, yes, you Aunt Ruoli is beautiful and smart, and she has a good singing voice. Mother is not as good as her. Ruojun whispered.

"Mother, Zhu'er next door told me that her grandparents bought her sugar gourds and dough cakes, I called her grandparents, she said they are not my grandparents, don't let me call, mother, what are grandparents? Does Nian'an also have grandparents? ”

Ruojun was stunned for a moment, and looked at his son's puzzled little face fixedly, grandpa, grandma, she didn't know that her eyebrows had been locked deeply, and the scene where Master Zhou ruthlessly threw him to the ground lingered like a nightmare, as for grandma...... Hehe, even if he hadn't died early, he might have used double his strength to throw Nian An to the ground.

Seeing that there was an unassuming look on her mother's face, Nian An hurriedly tried to comfort her mother and said, "Mother, Nian An knows that grandpa is an old grandfather with a long beard, and grandma is an old grandmother with white hair,"

Ruojun shook his head and said, "Nian'an has grandpa and grandma, and they are far away. ”

"Far away? How far away? ”

"Mother doesn't know." Ruojun was cramped and restless.

The courtyard door opened, Meng Shuzhi came back, and finally relieved Ruojun, Nian'an happily ran up to greet him, Shuzhi picked him up, gently threw him into the air and caught it firmly, making Nian'an laugh happily.

Shu Zhi kissed him on the face and said, "Is Nian'an well-behaved today?" ”

"Well, uncle, you taught me to memorize the "Three Character Classic", I can already memorize it, I will recite it to you, at the beginning of people, the nature is good, the sex is similar, the habits are far away, I don't teach, sex is the ......"

Ruojun got up and wiped his hands on the apron, took Nian An, and said, "Okay, okay, let's show it later, let my uncle rest first." ”

He looked up and glanced at Shu Zhi hurriedly and said, "Go wash your hands, rest and rest, I'll go and fry the vegetables, and I'll be able to eat later." ”

"Hmm, okay."

There were fewer and fewer words between them, and they seemed to be getting stranger and stranger, but it was better not to talk than to talk nonsense.

At the dinner table, it was still the same, and the two of them circled around Nian'an, taking turns answering Nian'an's questions.

After a while, Shu Zhi suddenly said, "Sister, I made a girlfriend at school, and I want to bring it back to you on my birthday and Nian An." ”

Ruojun's chopsticks stopped in the air, and he was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Ah, is it? This is a good thing, you are almost nineteen, it is time to have a family affair, you ask the girl what she likes to eat, and my sister should prepare in advance. In fact, your vision, sister believes that it must be good, as long as you like it, sister will like it, speaking of which, I am indeed careless, it is time to prepare for you, you can rest assured, my sister must be prepared properly, so that you can marry a good daughter-in-law smoothly. ”

She chattered endlessly, looking very happy: "Your house is too small, after you get married, you will live in that big house, and my sister will repaint it for you, clean it well, and buy some things."

He looked at her, nodded, stopped talking, and continued to pick up the rice.

Instead, Nian An kept asking curiously: "Mother, what is a daughter-in-law?" What is Daughter-in-law? ”

Ruojun couldn't think of how to answer his question, so he smiled awkwardly: "The daughter-in-law is ...... It's ......"

"It's just to play with my uncle." Shu Zhi lowered his head and answered for her.

Ruojun smiled gratefully.

"In this way, that Nian'an also wants a daughter-in-law, a lot of daughters-in-law......"

"Poof--- both of them were amused by Nian An......

In order to welcome Shu Zhi's girlfriend, Ruojun cleaned up inside and out, washed everything that should be washed and should not be washed, and almost polished the bottom of the pot, turned over the cabinets, took out the best furnishings and decorations in the house, and even hung out a few ancient calligraphy and paintings collected by his father Mei Xuefei, and made a few beautiful curtains.

Ruojun stepped on the chair with his feet high, held his head high, stretched out his arms and hung a dark blue curtain, Nian An held a feather duster in his hand, and stood aside looking at his mother.

"Mother, this curtain is so beautiful."

After hanging the curtains, Ruojun clapped his hands, tilted his head and admired it, with a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth, his craftsmanship was indeed good. climbed down from the chair, and when she looked up, she saw Shu Zhizheng standing at the door, looking at her blankly.

Smiling and putting on his shoes, he asked him, "How is it?" Is it good-looking? ”

He still looked at her, and said coldly with an expressionless face: "It's good-looking." As he spoke, he walked out of the yard, took out the books from his school bag, and sat on the bamboo chair under the big tree to read the books.

Ruojun and Nian'an, mother and son, also followed out of the courtyard, walked up to him, and looked at him puzzled.

And Shu Zhi just looked at the books with his eyebrows locked, and didn't raise his eyes to look at them at all.

"Shu Zhi, what's wrong? Didn't you say you were going to bring the girl back? When is she coming? ”

"I don't know." His thumb pressed on the page, and the paper of the book snapped and turned.

"Uncle, isn't your girlfriend coming? My mother has prepared a lot of delicious food tonight......"

Shu Zhi closed the book and fell on the back of the chair, his dark and deep eyes stared at Ruojun's face, his eyes made Ruojun involuntarily take two steps back, and her heart tightened, this look was too familiar to her.

Shu Zhi took out a bulging paper bag from his schoolbag and handed it to her: "Take it." ”

"What?" Ruojun looked at the package suspiciously, and didn't dare to touch it at all.

He got up from the chair, took two steps forward and stuffed the package into her hand, but seeing her stunned with a frightened face, motionless, she frowned and looked at Nian An and said, "Nian An, go to your uncle's room to play, I have something to say to your mother." ”

As he spoke, he picked up Ruojun and walked to her room, and when the two entered the room, Shu Zhi closed the door with his hand.

Shu Zhi ...... What are you doing ......?"

"Open!" He interrupted her and pointed to the paper bag in her arms, still ordering her as he had ever been a child.

Ruojun had no choice but to walk to the bed, put the paper bag on the bed, slowly opened it, the yellow wrapping paper was scattered, and a beautiful and fashionable crimson crewneck wool cardigan lay there quietly like a red rose.

It was so beautiful, she was stunned in surprise, her eyes couldn't leave the beautiful foreign style, and her hand involuntarily gently touched the fluffy and soft texture.

"It's beautiful." She couldn't help but admire.

"Put it on!"

She looked up at him sharply, and he stared at her with two thick black eyebrows furrowed.

The love in his eyes can't be concealed at all, his face has completely taken off his childishness, the straight nose bridge, the sharp outline, the thick black eyebrows, and the dark and shining eyes, he has a northern man's roughness and manhood, a kind of momentum that makes people have to obey.

But she can't obey him anymore, she can't let this abnormal, inexplicable ambiguous relationship between them spread again, she doesn't love him, but she is afraid of him, he has a lot of similarities with Ruikang, even more domineering and aggressive than Ruikang.

After experiencing Ding Xiaohui, she was already hurt and guilty, she didn't want to hurt anyone anymore, especially Shu Zhi, he was her younger brother, how could she have such a non-trivial thought?

She took a deep breath, straightened up, shook her head, and said, "I don't want to." ”

"Put it on! Don't make me say it a third time. He stood in front of her like a mountain.

"No! I don't wear it! I don't like it! Ruojun said resolutely.

"You ......" has always been supple and obedient, and her cold attitude at this time made him helpless for a while.

The two were at a stalemate in the room, their chests rising and falling, one out of anger and the other out of nervousness.

Shu Zhi clenched his fists tightly, although in appearance, he was already an out-and-out man, but emotionally, he was immature and inexperienced, he didn't know how to persuade her, he didn't know how to express it, and he didn't know how to fight for it.

The two of them didn't know how long they stood there, and he said angrily: "You clean the house so cleanly, do you plan to wear this torn cotton jacket to see my friend?" ”

As soon as he said this, she felt that it made sense, yes, she looked at the shabby single jacket on her body, and there was a patch on it, which was really indecent, and she lowered her head and said, "It's my sister who is not good, I forgot to dress myself." You go out first, I will definitely dress up well and not let you lose face in front of your friends. ”

She chased him away, he gently took her arm, softened his tone, and said softly, "Put it on, it's my birthday, just as it is to fulfill my little request." ”

As soon as he said this, Ruojun couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to frown and nod.

He couldn't help but reach out his fingers to pull her loose strands of hair behind her ears, and she raised her eyelashes in surprise and pushed him away.

"Get out of here."

Shu Zhi nodded helplessly and withdrew.

Ruojun let out a long sigh and stared at the beautiful and fashionable woolen sweater in a daze, she didn't know where he bought such an expensive and luxurious dress, but she did like this beautiful thing from the bottom of her heart.

I took off the single jacket on my body, carefully put on a soft and comfortable woolen sweater, and took a look in front of the mirror, and the joy in my heart couldn't help but turn into a smile.

She spread out her long hair, combed it in a rather fashionable curl according to the new hairstyle in the magazine, and finally, she picked up the long-lost charcoal again and gently swept it on her two beautiful eyebrows.

His eyes swept to the box of cloisonné rouge, since he wore the clothes he sent, do you still care about wiping some rouge he sent? She looked at herself in the mirror, she was a little strange, she had gone through so many hardships, the days were so difficult, the years had not left too many traces on her face, she swept her eyebrows lightly, and tapped her lips, she was already suffocatingly beautiful.

Although she likes light colors, but in fact, red is very suitable for her, red silk flowers, red earrings, red lips, red clothes, she suddenly has a feeling of being a bride, facing the mirror, she smiled, and finally took off the red silk flowers and earrings and changed to ivory white hair accessories and earrings.

When she walked out of the door again, Shu Zhi was holding Nian'an to play in the yard, when she turned around, she saw Ruojun standing at the door of the room, both of them were stunned, Nian'an climbed down from Shu Zhi's body, rushed to her mother's arms, and clapped her hands happily: "Wow, my mother is like a fairy!" Uncle, doesn't my mother look like a fairy? ”

"Like!" He stared at her intently, and his throat swallowed.

She pinched the corners of her clothes shyly and embarrassedly, smiled and pulled her son and said: "Today is your and uncle's birthday, my mother wants to celebrate for you. ”

"Nian An knows." Nian An replied with bent eyes.

Ruojun walked up to Shu Zhi, smiled a little awkwardly and said, "What do you think?" ”

Shu Zhile couldn't help laughing: "It's good-looking, it's very good-looking." ”

"As long as it doesn't embarrass you. Hey, by the way, when is that girl coming? It's not too early, do you want to pick it up? Ruojun said, "I'll go to the kitchen......"

As he spoke, he looked down at the clothes on his body, shook his head and muttered: "Look at me stupid, how can I get into the kitchen in this dress, I'll go and change it, and when the guests come, I'll change it again." So saying, he went into the house, wanting to change his clothes.

Shu Zhi grabbed her and said, "Don't change it." I'll cook in the evening."

"You? How does this work? ”

"You underestimate me, after Zhou Fucuiliu left, I cooked by myself."

"I know, but I have guests tonight, so I'd better come." Ruojun said as he broke free from his hand and walked into the house.

He frowned and said loudly, "There are no guests tonight!" ”

Ruojun was stunned for a moment, looked back at him blankly, thinking that he had misheard: "What? ”

"There are no guests tonight." He repeated.

Nian An ran up: "Uncle, isn't your girlfriend coming?" ”

Shu Zhi shook his head: "Uncle doesn't have a girlfriend. ”

Ruojun was shocked, staring at him with open eyes, Shu Zhi lied, he had never lied since he was a child, and he didn't understand why Shu Zhi lied at all.

"What did you say?" Ruojun asked incredulously.

"Yes, I lied, I'm sorry." Shu Zhi frowned.

"Why?"

He bit his lip, for a long time, he still couldn't hold it, took a breath, raised his head, stared at her, and said loudly: "Do you want me to have a girlfriend so much?!" ”

Nian An couldn't understand the conversation between his mother and uncle at all, but Ruojun had completely understood, and Ruikang had said something similar many years ago, oh my God! Oh, my God! Her world began to spin again, and he couldn't wait to confess to himself, what was he going to do, what was he going to do?