Xu Jiaren pestered her grandmother for a long time and asked when "Dad" would come, but her grandmother would divert the topic and avoid answering.

In desperation, Xu Jiaren had to give up asking questions for the time being.

Mom would take one day off a week and ask about it when she came to Grandma's place.

"Xu Jiaren, I heard that you were kicked out of kindergarten, didn't you?"

Xu Jiaren was sitting at the door of her house and was thinking, when the child's voice interrupted her thoughts.

I don't know when the door on the opposite side opened.

A dark-skinned boy with a red scarf stood at the doorway, looking at her.

"Are you strong?" Xu Jiaren asked.

When the little boy heard this, he was immediately displeased.

He walked up to Xu Jiaren, flicked a "broken bean" on her head with his fingers, and said angrily: "Didn't I say it? If you want to call Brother Qiangqiang, why did you forget it? ”

Xu Jiaren has always remembered "Brother Qiangqiang".

In the memory of this dim and narrow building, the "strong brother" of the opposite door is her only little friend.

They often spread calendar paper on the dirty floor at the door, and then lay on it to play the house.

At that time, Qiangqiang's mother always joked, saying that she wanted her to be her daughter-in-law in the future.

Although his appearance is blurred in his memory, the happy time of playing together as a child is still deeply rooted in his mind.

However, now let her 35-year-old aunt call this little kid "brother?" ”

Are you kidding!

"How can a brother bully a sister? If you still play me with broken beans, I won't call you! ”

Xu Jiaren covered her head and protested.

"Where did I bully you? I wasn't even angry just now! ”

When the beans pop up, if you take a breath in your hand, it will hurt a little.

If you think about it, this little guy really didn't have a huff just now.

Xu Jiaren pouted, "What's not angry, I'm in pain anyway!" ”

Qiang Qiang was depressed, and couldn't help frowning and said, "Why are you unreasonable?" ”

Boy, I'm teaching you the most important lesson in life - don't reason with women.

Xu Jiaren stood up and walked in front of Qiangqiang.

Damn, she's a head shorter than others!

was crushed by this kid in terms of momentum.

"Well, if you give me something to eat, I'll forgive you, how about it?" Xu Jiaren stepped on his feet and said.

"Delicious?"

Qiang Qiang's eyes rolled, and he pointed to the little dot in front of him and suddenly realized: "It turns out that you are hungry?" ”

Xu Jiaren was suddenly embarrassed, and said in her heart: This kid is not easy to fool.

Just thinking about how to find a step down, Qiang Qiang reached out and rubbed Xu Jiaren's forehead, and said with a smile: "My mother made beef jerky, I'll get it for you." ”

After saying that, he turned around and entered the opposite door.

Xu Jiaren touched his head and felt that this "broken bean" was not in vain.

After eating mixed noodles and noodles for two days, she felt that her mouth was full of strange tastes.

Now she's in desperate need of a change!

After waiting at the door for a long time, Qiang Qiang "never returned", and there seemed to be a faint sound of quarrel inside the door.

It can't be that Qiang Qiang wants to take out the food and be scolded, right?

Xu Jiaren tiptoed over.

"Last month, I said that I was going to send it to make a dress, but your sister gave birth to a child, and it cost ten yuan! Okay now, I'm going to wear a skirt that I don't have! The day after tomorrow, the foreign guests will come, and I won't be able to send them to the tailor's shop now! ”

"We can't wear skirts a few times a year in Qingbei City, how did I know that foreign guests would come to your hospital?"

"How do you know? Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't know, you just say what now?! ”

"Why don't you go to Yang Hong to borrow one?"

"Lu Weiming! Are you crazy? The candidates selected by the hospital to receive foreign guests this time are me and her! If it weren't for the number of votes I had won, she would have been the one who went! Do you think she'll borrow it?! ”

"Didn't I just say it—"

"I think you just like people! Woo-woo-"

Hearing that it was none of her business, Xu Jiaren breathed a sigh of relief.

was about to quietly "flash people", but Qiang Qiang's sharp eyes saw her.

"Xu Jiaren! What are you doing? ”

Qiang Qiang shouted like this, and the sound of crying in the house stopped abruptly.

Soon, the door was pulled open from the inside, and Xu Jiaren was arrested.

Qiangqiang's mother opened the door and saw the little girl at the door, wiping the corners of her eyes, "Isn't this a girl?" Come on, come in and play. ”

Xu Jiaren is not a person without eyesight, the two of them have conflicts, what is she going to play in?

was about to refuse, but Qiang Qiang ran out and took her hand and went in, saying as he walked: "Mom, you take out the beef jerky and give it to Xu Jiaren to eat." ”

"You kid......"

Gan Li was a little helpless, turned around and went to the cabinet and took out beef jerky.

This beef was bought last month, when her husband Lu Weiming left the relationship and opened a meat ticket.

She and her husband were reluctant to eat it, and they were afraid that the meat would spoil, so she made jerky and planned to keep it for her son to eat slowly.

It's good for my own son, take it out for others to eat.

Gan Li didn't want to say this in front of the child, so she took a small plate and grabbed a few beef cubes.

"Eat it, it's still there."

Qiang Qiang handed the small plate directly to Xu Jiaren.

"You kid ......" Gan Li was completely helpless.

Xu Jiaren glanced at the four meat grains on the small plate, and was not polite, picked up one and put it in his mouth.

She could see that Qiangqiang's mother was reluctant, but this can't be blamed, beef is also a precious thing now.

Don't underestimate the four pieces of meat on the plate, some people may not be able to eat them for a year.

For example, she and her grandmother are in this situation.

"Yadan, where is your grandma?" Gan Li asked.

Xu Jiaren said obediently: "Grandma went downstairs to buy vegetables, wait for the next time." ”

"That's okay, you and Brother Qiangqiang are playing at our house. Auntie also went to cook. Gan Li said, picked up the piece of fabric on the bed, and glanced at her husband.

Lu Weiming, who was sitting by the window, sighed and followed.

Come to think of it, Qiang Qiang's mother is not cooking, but continues to discuss the issue of "skirts".

Xu Jiaren stuffed another beef cube into her mouth and looked at the room.

This room is the same as the room where she and her grandmother live, but it looks much cleaner and neater than her grandmother's.

The room is limited in size, but it has everything it should be, a large wardrobe with a mirror, a square table that can be folded, and a large double bed.

Coupled with a few pots of green plants on the windowsill, this room has a little more vitality and vitality.

A room of the same size can feel completely different.

"Qiangqiang, what do your parents do?" Xu Jiaren sat down at the square table and asked.

The square table was open, and on top of it were spread out books and homework.

"What do my parents do, you don't know."

Qiang Qiang walked to the square table, pulled over a folding chair, and said, "I'll tell you when you go to school and read and write." ”

Xu Jiaren looked at this kid's serious appearance and secretly rolled her eyes.

It's like that, and he must not know it.

Still waiting for her to be literate?

She's been literate for more than 30 years, right?

Xu Jiaren reached out and took the textbook on the table, looked at the name written on the book cover, and said in her heart: It turns out that the name of the "Brother Qiangqiang" in her memory is Lu Qiang.