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Chen Ruifeng, a second-year student in a key high school in C County, S Province, lives in Chenjiagou, dozens of miles away from the county seat, which is a well-known poor village in the county. The parents at home are alive and well, planting three acres of rice fields, and they are busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, which is only enough for the family to have food and clothing. My mother broke her foot when she fell into the field a few years ago, and she still can't get out of bed in pain when it rains, and all the work in the field falls on my father's shoulders.

The precocious eldest brother Chen Ruiwen, who did not finish high school, went to school to get an apprenticeship job in a car repair shop in the county, because he was diligent and smart, he had graduated from school three years ago, and no longer reached out to his family to ask for money, and began to use his meager salary to provide for his younger brother to go to school, treat his mother, buy seeds and pesticides for the family, and subsidize the family, and left little left for himself.

The only thing he can do at the age of eighteen is to study hard!

He didn't know that there was a low air pressure in his home recently, and Chen's father and Chen's mother sighed every day, and the rice fields grew a lot of weeds and insect pests because of the lack of care, and they often brought letters to their eldest son in the county, saying that they had given him a match and asked him to go home and see. In order to save money, the two brothers Chen Ruiwen and Chen Ruifeng rarely go home, and it is a great thing to be able to go back once a month.

Chen Jiagou is poor, Chen family is even poorer, no one in ten miles and eight townships does not know the situation of their family, so no family is willing to marry their daughter to suffer, as most of the young men of school age in the village either marry a wife, or talk about the object, ready to get married, only twenty-five-year-old Chen Ruiwen has not heard any news, Chen's father and Chen's mother are anxious like ants on a hot pot.

Recently, I didn't know where I got the news, saying that a girl could introduce her eldest son as a daughter-in-law, so she threw down the crops, and when she came back, she called Chen Ruiwen home in a hurry.

I only thought about saving money to send Chen Ruifeng to college, so that he could get out of the mountains and become a productive person, and he would be worthy of his parents and the ancestors of the Chen family, so he never thought about his life's events, and this time if it wasn't for Chen's mother saying that he was seriously ill, he would not have asked for leave to go home. But fortunately, it turned out to be what he liked.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, Chen Ruifeng, who had just finished the middle school exam, finally had a few days of vacation and could go home. When I walked more than ten miles of mountain roads in the dark and returned home, the sky was already out of sight. A beam of light came out from the door of his own house, and the family was still using kerosene lamps in order to save him tuition, and rarely used electric lights, except for the New Year's holiday, I don't know what it was for today.

He pushed open the door of the house with a lot of doubts, and saw a girl sitting in the middle of the hall, her face was not very clear in the dim light, about thirteen or fourteen years old, tied in a ponytail, wearing jeans that were more shabby than his clothes, but fortunately the clothes were quite clean, she sat there stiffly and did not dare to move, her face was not clear because it was hidden in the light. He casually closed the door and looked around, Chen's father and Chen's mother were busy cooking dinner in the kitchen in the side room, when he suddenly smelled the aroma of pork and chili peppers, and he suddenly remembered that he hadn't eaten meat for months.

Chen Ruifeng swallowed his saliva and walked into the hall in confusion. "Dad, Mom, I'm back!" "Oh! Feng'er is back! Your brother has gone to fetch water, you go and pick him up. Chen's mother's voice came from the kitchen, accompanied by her coughing. My brother is back too??? He slowly walked into the strange girl, put his bag on the chair next to him, and looked at her in silence. She was quite delicate, with a small nose and small eyes, her face was a little dull yellow, a little malnourished, she was very uncomfortable and restrained, and her eyes were full of panic and fear. He didn't seem to have heard of such a girl in his relative's house, why was he at his house at this time, his parents also made meat dishes rarely, and his mother asked him to pick up his eldest brother, and questions filled his heart. Big brother must know! He immediately went out to find Chen Ruiwen.

Halfway through, I met the eldest brother, who was carrying a load of water, two large buckets made of aluminum and iron, tied to the bamboo flat pole with hemp rope, and walked slowly on the ridge. "Brother, I'll come." Now he is a head taller than Chen Ruiwen, and he took the flat burden with both hands and carried the water steadily. "Rayfung, are you back? I was thinking that you should also go home, how many days off will the school have during the Dragon Boat Festival this time? Thinking about the girl in his family, he didn't answer, but asked directly. Brother, why is there a girl sitting in the house, who is she? I haven't even seen her, so I'm probably not a relative of our family. "Their family is poor enough, and there should be no poorer relatives than them.

Chen Ruiwen looked at the old brother who was walking in front, his face suddenly turned red, and he smiled a little silly.

"That girl's name is Xu Xiaoyu, and she will live in our house in the future."

Xu Xiaoyu, one year older than Chen Ruifeng thought, lives in a far more place than he imagined, and he may not be able to find it when he takes out a map and looks at it with a magnifying glass. The eldest brother and her parents were very secretive about her appearance, only saying that she was the daughter of a distant relative, and now because there are no elders in the family to live here, Chen Ruifeng is skeptical, but he doesn't ask too much. Later, after knowing the reason, it was difficult for him to accept it for a long time, and it was also an unspeakable pain in his heart.

The well in the village was not far from home, and the two brothers, both tall and tall, arrived home quickly. At this time, dinner had been served, Xu Xiaoyu was still sitting when Chen Ruifeng came back, he felt tired for her, poured the well water into the water tank, washed his hands and prepared to eat. There is meat to eat today! He swallowed silently.

Chen Ruiwen hastily wiped the water from his hands, threw down his brother and trotted back to the hall, Chen Ruifeng despised it in his heart, and also sped up his pace.

He sat down last, and saw that the bowl in front of her was full of vegetables, and her mother and eldest brother were still serving her vegetables. "Feng'er, come and eat!" Remember me? Chen's mother also served him vegetables, but why is there only chili peppers? Today's Dad Chen smiled rarely, let alone the eldest brother. "Dad, what day is it?" Send the chili pepper that his mother gave him to his mouth and attack the nearest piece of meat. "Eat less meat, come, Xiaoyu, you are so thin and eat more." The meat was preempted by the mother......

Xu Xiaoyu ate silently, without speaking, and without politeness. Chen Ruiwen accompanied Chen's father to drink, the two pillars of the family were very happy today, they drank a little too much, Chen's mother did not nag as usual, the dinner table was harmonious, only Chen Ruifeng was in a better mood after eating the first piece of meat.

"Light rain? Why are you crying? What's wrong? And the eldest lady said, huh? ”

Suddenly, Xu Xiaoyu, who was eating with her head down, her tears fell into the rice bowl like beads with broken threads, Chen's mother was the first to notice that something was wrong with her, and the eyes of the brothers and Chen's father were also attracted, and Chen Ruiwen put down the wine glass. "Xiaoxue? Why are you crying? Chen Ruifeng slowed down the pace of eating, paying attention to her and not forgetting to steal a piece of meat into his bowl.

Xu Xiaoyu just shook her head, wiped her tears with her right hand, but wiped more and more, Chen's mother put down the bowl to get the towel, Chen Ruiwen was at a loss and didn't know how to comfort her, the smile on Chen's father's face put down the wine glass, got up and closed the door, add an inner lock today, and put the key away closely.

Chen's mother handed her the wet towel, she took it and wiped it silently, Chen's mother gently stroked her hair and back, and slowly she stopped crying, only sobbing as if nothing was left, and the family was waiting for her to finish crying.

Half an hour later, Xu Xiaoyu, who calmed down, said her first sentence of the day.

"Thank you!"