Shumei and Bo Yi, you look at me, I look at you, I was forced to have no choice but to stay and eat with Xiong Qianqian.

The two of them were alone in the same room, and Bo Yi was a little embarrassed. Although Jizong is no longer here, he can justifiably pursue Shumei, but this Jizong's bones are not cold, how can he, as a brother, open this mouth.

Bo Yi sat on the bamboo sofa, and it could be seen from his expression that he was a little restless.

"Bo Yi! If I'm not mistaken, the day after tomorrow is Xiao Youchen's birthday, right? ”

Shumei picked up the broom and asked Bo Yi while helping Qianqian clean up her hair on the ground.

"Yes! Time flies really fast, and in a blink of an eye, Xiao Youchen is one year old. ”

Shumei didn't raise her head, and continued to sweep her floor, she didn't know how heavy Bo Yi's face was at the moment.

"You can't always trouble Sister Hui to help you take care of Xiao Youchen! After all, she still has her family to take care of, not to mention, you are still so young, find a good woman, hurry up and renew the strings, and give Xiao Youchen a complete family. ”

Shumei! Do you know that whether it was before, now, or in the future, the only person I want to marry Tang Boyi is you Kang Shumei! Don't you feel my love for you at all?

Seeing that Bo Yi didn't squeak for a long time, Shumei raised her head and glanced at him, looking at his sad expression and wanting to cry. Shumei sensed that he had something on his mind, but she didn't realize that Bo Yi's mind was on her own.

She leaned the broom on the back of her chair, walked to the bamboo sofa, sat down in front of Bo Yi, and gently put her hand on Bo Yi's shoulder.

"Bo Yi, what's wrong with you? Got in the mind? ”

Bo Yi was awakened by Shumei's contemplation, he raised his head and looked at Shumei with affection, "I...... I'm ......."

How could he open his mouth, how could he pull Shumei into a difficult situation at this inappropriate time and in the wrong place.

"Say it! What's the matter, how to spit it out, is there anything you can't say to me? ”

"I'm going to do that, but it's not time yet."

"What? This is someone who has a crush, which girl is it? Say it, and I'll help you slap your eyes. ”

Hearing Bo Yi say such things, Shumei was still a little excited, and couldn't wait to ask.

Bo Yi's expression became more and more heavy, staring at Shumei quietly.

At this time, Xiong Qianqian came back with the purchased pork head meat and braised chicken feet. As soon as I entered the door, I noticed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere.

"What's going on? Why is the atmosphere so oppressive? ”

"I'm asking Bo Yi if I have a crush on any girl."

"Huh! Brother Bo Yi, is this true? Who is it? Is it pretty? Bring it out and show us one day? ”

Qianqian had an innocent smile on her face, and she couldn't tell that she was someone who had a story. She brought a stool and put it in front of the bamboo sofa, put a wooden board on it, made a simple table, and put the things in her hand on the wooden board. looked at Bo Yi with a blank eye, expecting his answer.

"No, don't listen to your sister Shumei's nonsense, no, I, a poor bastard with a dead daughter-in-law and a child, who will look down on me?"

At this time, Shumei had already gotten up and went to the small kitchen in the back to serve food.

Qianqian listened carefully to Bo Yi's words while opening the sake she had bought.

This sake is also called sweet sake, and it is similar to today's fruit beer. There was no alcohol, it was a very fashionable drink at that time, and adults and children were new to drink.

"Who said that, Brother Bo Yi, you are arrogant, you are good-hearted, diligent, and responsible, and besides, you are so handsome, nine out of ten women will like you when they see you. Just for you to save Sister Shumei alone, I have to give you a perfect score. ”

Qianqian said as she handed a bottle of sake to Bo Yi, who raised her head to the wine bottle and took a sip, "Don't praise me anymore, I can fly to the sky if you praise me again." ”

Shumei, who was in the back room, listened to the conversation between the two word for word, and walked to the table with a bowl of rice.

"I think Qianqian is very right, Bo Yi you! is indeed a good man in a million. ”

"Look! Sister Shumei also agrees with me! ”

"Okay! Don't make fun of me, hurry up and eat, it's already dark. ”

Bo Yi said as he picked up a bottle of sake on the table and handed it to Shumei. Shumei took it and looked at the label on the bottle, "This ...... Do you want to drink? I'm going to have to catch up with the dew later, and besides, I still have to breastfeed, so it's not appropriate to drink, right? ”

"Sister Shumei, it's okay, this is a drink, you can drink it with confidence."

Xiong Qianqian categorically assured Shumei that she would drink with confidence.

Originally, Bo Yi was quite depressed in his heart, but being pounded by Xiong Qianqian's pistachio, he felt a lot more relaxed.

The three of them talked and laughed and ate dinner together, and after eating, Qianqian personally sent the two out of the door. Then he closed the door and slept alone.

When it opened today, Qianqian was inevitably a little excited, and she lay on the bed for a long time before falling asleep.

Shumei sat on the back of Boyi's bicycle and lit the way forward with a flashlight for Boyi. The mountain roads are rugged, and even with the help of a flashlight, the sight is not very good.

The road out of the town was quite spacious, and Boyi's speed could be faster, the closer to the village, the smaller the road became, for safety, the two simply got out of the car and pushed their bicycles back to the village.

Just halfway through the conversation in the store, Bo Yi wondered if he would have confided his heart if Qianqian hadn't come back to interrupt them.

Twenty-one years have passed since he was ten years old, when he and Jizong rescued Shumei who had fallen into the water. After so many years, the picture of seeing Shumei for the first time is still vivid.

Her crying and crisp voice, her innocent face that broke into tears and laughs, especially the one: Brother, thank you for saving me, I will marry you when I grow up.

It's a pity that this sentence was said to Jizong, at that time, he was working hard to help Shumei pick up the clothes she had been talking about from the turbulent river.

Shumei didn't know at all that Jizong at that time didn't know how to water at all, and he rescued her from the water himself, and Jizong just helped pull her to the shore on the riverbank.

"Jizong, you first carry her back to the shore and help her get out the water that she choked in. I went to chase the clothes, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to find them if I rushed downstream, and when she was just dying, she was still talking about her clothes, which must be very important to her. ”

Bo Yi, who was only ten years old, used his not strong arms to drag Shumei to the shore and handed it over to Jizong, who was waiting on the shore in a hurry.

"Okay, be careful."

Bo Yi swam back into the river again, and Jizong dragged Xiao Shumei to the grass, at which time Shumei was already in a coma because she choked on water.

Jizong learned the method from the adult, slammed Shumei's chest, and carried her to the big stone to lie on her stomach, so that she could spit out the water in her stomach, but he didn't expect this method to really work.

Shumei coughed lightly, and the water flowed down her mouth to the ground. After she woke up, she raised her head and saw Jizong for the first time, and said in a crying voice that she wanted to marry Jizong.

"Little sister, it's okay if you're fine, where is your home, I'll send you home, right?"

At this time, Bo Yi was returning with the clothes he had recovered from the river and heard the conversation between the two.

"My clothes, fortunately, they are still there."

Shumei burst into tears and laughed, climbed down from the stone, snatched the clothes from Bo Yi's hand, and hugged them tightly in her arms.

"I live in Kangjia Village on the other side of the river." Xiao Shumei pointed to the other side of the river and said to Jizong with a smile.

Since then, Boyi has been working as a light bulb, and this is twenty-one years.

Maybe at that time, no one took Xiao Shumei's words to heart. But later, the three of them became good friends. is the so-called long-term love, coupled with the memorable words of childhood, Xiao Shumei, who is growing up, regards Jizong as her real name Son of Heaven.

Of course, Jizong also has a good impression of Shumei, and when the two of them understand the love of men and women, the two quickly confirmed their relationship and talked about free love for the purpose of marriage.

Although Bo Yi had a good impression of Xiao Shumei the moment he got up from the river, he was young at that time, and he would not let men and women think about it. But as he grew older, he found that Shumei's position in his heart became heavier and heavier, and he was so heavy that he could no longer fit others.

It's a pity that Jizong has been jokingly saying to him that Xiao Shumei will be his sister-in-law in the future. Regarding the relationship with Jizong, he didn't dare to think deeper.

Later, Jizong and Shumei really confirmed their relationship, and he couldn't open his mouth even more. This feeling is buried in the bottom of my heart, and this burial is twenty-one years.

Now that she is in her early thirties, Shumei is also stupid. He didn't know how many twenty-one years his life could have, and how many twenty-one years he could afford to wait.

"Shumei, have you ever thought about finding someone to love you and help you support this family?"

In the end, Bo Yi couldn't help but ask the words that tempted Shumei.

Shumei looked down and thought as she walked. By the faint light of the flashlight, Bo Yi saw the sadness on her face.

After a long time, Shumei opened her mouth and returned: "Bo Yi, you, me, Jizong, the three of us grew up together since childhood, except for Jizong, you are the one who knows me best." I'm also hesitant, can you tell me, is there anyone in this world who can take the place of Jizong in my heart? ”

Shumei actually answered him like this, it really made it difficult for him, does Shumei have the heart to start again?

"There will be, there will be, you are still so young, you have suffered so much, God will take care of you, but you can open your heart to accept a new beginning, I believe that there will be a rainbow after the wind and rain."

Shumei listened to Bo Yi's words and sneered. didn't say anything more, and Bo Yi didn't plan to continue to ask, he had waited for the past twenty-one years, and he didn't care about waiting for a little longer. He wants to give Shumei enough time so that she can completely move on from the past.

Bo Yi sent Shumei to the door of the house, and then returned to the storage room alone to pick up Xiao Youchen.

The door of the hall was still wide open, and the room was dimly lit. Wu Ju, Zhang Binglin, and Zhang Xiaoqin, who was angry and stayed at her mother's house, all sat in the hall, as if they were deliberately waiting for Shumei.

"Auntie, have you eaten?"

"No! Don't you wait until you come back! lest thou come back and get cold again. Wu Ju was expressionless and returned unhurriedly.

When he came back so late, Wu Ju didn't even get angry. Since my sister came to live at home, Wu Ju's attitude is really much better than before, and Shumei doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

"Okay, then I'll do it right away." Shumei hurriedly went to the kitchen to arrange dinner.

"A-Niang, did you ask? I came back after secretly eating something good outside behind our backs. Zhang Xiaoqin's nose was really smart, and she actually smelled the smell of braised meat on Shumei's body.

"Good stuff? What's good? ”

"Don't you smell the smell of braised pork?"

"What can I do if I eat everything? Is it possible to make her vomit? ”

Zhang Binglin heard the conversation between the mother and daughter, took a deep puff of the cigarette in his hand, spit out a thick smoke, and shook his head helplessly.

Ay! There is no girl here, it has already made a lot of trouble, there is a girl here, and there is no peaceful child. I really pity my good daughter-in-law, our Zhang family treats her like this, and she can still do her best to honor us.

Zhang Xiaoqin lowered her eyelids, scratched her head, and racked her brains to think about it.

A moment later, she leaned into Wu Ju's ear and whispered to Wu Ju. Wu Ju listened carefully, nodded vigorously, and showed an affirmative expression on his face.

Shumei thought that she had already eaten, and she didn't make her own when she cooked, so she could save some food.

When she finished the meal and brought it to the square table, Wu Ju and the others came over to eat it with interest.

Seeing that Shumei was sitting and not serving herself food, Wu Ju deliberately pretended to be confused and asked, "Shumei, you have also been busy outside for a day, and you also eat?" ”

"Auntie, Qianqian's barber shop opened today, business is not bad, she has already invited me to dinner." Shumei thought that Wu Ju cared about her kindly, and returned with a smile.

"That's it! Shumei! A-Niang has something for you to discuss, you see that you are away all day, and you don't come back on time, such as today. Sometimes there is no rice at home, we can only count on you to buy back to eat, I have always had a bad stomach, I am afraid that the meal is so irregular, and when the time comes, hunger and illness, then the gain outweighs the loss. Otherwise, you will give me your living expenses every month, and I will take three meals a day, so that you don't have to worry about it more. ”

Shumei listened carefully to Wu Ju's words, she felt that what Wu Ju said was quite reasonable, and immediately agreed.

Wu Ju deliberately wrenched his fingers and calculated, "That's it!" Sixty yuan a month, you can give it to me now! ”

"Sixty?"

Although sixty yuan is not too much, Shumei has not found anything to do at the moment, where to get money for her.

"Sixty yuan is really not much, think about it, how much is a pound of rice now, how much is a pound of noodles, it will only be less and not more."

"Cocoa...... I have fifty-nine yuan on me now, or Qianqian gave it, I haven't found anything to do, and there is no harvest in the field at this time, it's all for you, what should I do? ”

Shumei took out the money she had left and counted it, it was just fifty-nine yuan. Does this Wu Ju have perspective eyes? Look at the amount of money in her pocket! No more, no less, just sixty dollars.