Chapter 007 Understood

Waiting is a painful process. Although Dong Xiaokui sat upstairs very quietly, holding a glass of green mountains and green water, looking at the flowers blooming warmly in the patio.

Whoever looks at her thinks that she is now a leisurely and comfortable look. But only she knows how anxious her heart is, and she has been anxious.

Although I had made all the preparations before, and I had rehearsed many times beforehand. even did not hesitate to call Xia Yunhui to consult some legal matters.

It stands to reason that it is already unlikely that there will be a demon moth.

But while waiting for Chen Jun to give an answer, there was still a sense of unease.

Because Dong Xiaokui felt that this was the first time she had really planned the overall situation and taken on such a heavy responsibility. If you are a little careless, you will not only go to bury the ancestral house, sorry for the Dong family, but also lose a lot of money.

Before, during the drill, she didn't think the burden would be so heavy. When she really took over the burden of the patriarch, she really had the power to deal with this matter.

Only then did she realize that the weight on her shoulders was much heavier than she had imagined.

It is true that over the years, after losing her father, she has been living very hard in a place like a small town.

I have also learned some about the sophistication of human feelings, and I am naturally smart, so I am generally more appropriate to deal with things. But after all, those are just one thing, and success or failure is just a matter of face, or a small-scale, short-term conflict of interests.

Today's events have a wider impact than anything she has ever encountered in the past. Even if Dong Xiaohuai committed the crime back then, her nervousness and fear were not as good as today.

Even if Jiu Chongtian played against Sun Guanhua, she was not as scared, cautious, and unsure as she was today.

Fortunately, the third grandfather is a shrewd person who knows how to quietly throw the hot potato to her. And most of the uncles and grandfathers were reluctant to defeat the ancestral house, so when they heard that Dong Xiaokui had a way, they naturally had a posture of watching the show, if she could succeed, it would be good. If she can't succeed, they just continue to sell their ancestral houses, accompanied by the unique fall of the countryside.

Now, she has successfully obtained the right to dispose of the ancestral house. Will it just be handled smoothly? Why did Chen Jundu go for more than an hour and there was no news?

Chen Jun's efficiency has always been very high. He will complete whatever is given to him within the allotted time. Of course, these things do not include damage to the Xu family.

Dong Xiaokui couldn't help but clench the teacup, subconsciously drank one sip after another, and drank a cup of tea without a drop of water. I was still uneasy, so I changed my previous professional attire, changed into a light gray T-shirt, a pair of jeans, wore sneakers, tied my hair into a ponytail and walked downstairs.

The stairs are old and always rattle. Mom heard the noise, poked her head out of the kitchen downstairs, and asked, "Aoi, where are you going?" ”

Dong Xiaokui picked a few gardenias and yellow cypress orchids, and replied while walking out: "I haven't been back for three years, go out for a walk." ”

"It's time to eat." Mom said loudly, and went to the kitchen again, probably because she was afraid of the paste.

"Well, I'll be back on time." Dong Xiaokui replied and walked out the door.

The sunlight in Shu has always been less spicy than in the north, even at the beginning of July, which is considered the beginning of midsummer, this clear sunlight is also a little cool. The wind shuttles through the town, and the old people take insoles at the wooden doors, or make incense and candle ingots for sacrifices. Some old people are still making straw sandals, not to wear them, but just to be nostalgic for the old days.

She walked aimlessly, walked the main street of Yunlai Town, Xinjie, walked a lot of small alleys where she was a child, and even went to the abandoned town office. It was still overgrown with grass and ruins. Dong Xiaokui stood at the gate in a daze, the lock on the door was rusty, there were birds fluttering in the wild grass inside, and I don't know whose cat jumped lightly from the wreckage wall.

What a prosperous place it used to be. At this gate, the peasants who paid the grain tax lined up with sun-dried corn, bustling. The people at the town office weighed whether the corn they had picked was dry enough to be put into the state treasury.

She stood here for a moment, still with an inextricable apprehension in her heart. He simply turned around and headed out into the back street. The backstreets are more ancient existence, Ming and Qing dynasty buildings. Even the cobblestone walls have been baptized over hundreds of years.

After walking for a while, I finally walked sweaty, so I walked under the tree at the head of the rope bridge to enjoy the shade.

At the head of the rope bridge there is a tree, a towering tree, with branches and leaves stretched out, but very few people come here. Because the people of the town will come to worship this tree. The trees at the head of the bridge are gods in the eyes of the villagers. It is a resting place for wandering spirits and wild ghosts. So the temple under the tree is a year-round incense to guide the lost ghosts home.

Dong Xiaokui walked under the tree and saw that there was an incense candle burning, which seemed to have just been lit. It seems that someone has just burned paper money here for the wandering ghosts and prayed. Maybe not far. She raised her eyes and looked around, and saw a rickety back walking on the swaying rope bridge, it was an old lady in a blue cloth shirt, walking slowly, and the whole rope bridge was swaying.

What's even more unusual is that there is a person sitting on the edge of the rope bridge, pulling the steel rope of the rope bridge with one hand and supporting the wooden plank with the other, feeling very leisurely sitting there.

This move is dangerous. The whole town of Yunlai knows it. A few years ago, two people were sitting like this, and one of them fell and was swept away by the water. The other is the dry season, and the crippled are crippled. The one who fell into a cripple, Dong Xiaokui also saw the tragic situation with his own eyes. It was my father's student, and my father rushed over at that time, and Dong Xiaokui also followed curiously. Seeing the blur of flesh and blood, she had nightmares for months on end. For a long time, I didn't even dare to walk on this rope bridge.

Later, when she saw someone sitting on the rope bridge like this, her heart rose to her throat.

The old lady who burned incense walked up to the man on crutches and seemed to say, "Young man, this place is not clean and you can't sit down." ”

The man turned his head to look at the old lady, and did not speak, but said, "Thank you." ”

From a distance, it was a little ethereal, but I could still hear that the man was speaking Mandarin, with a northern accent, and his voice was clear.

The old lady shook her head, and spoke very slowly, very comically imitating the man's speech: "This place has been killed and disabled, and it is very dangerous." ”

The man didn't know if he understood. However, it finally stood up. Saluted to the old lady, and the tall back looked like a person.

Dong Xiaokui narrowed her eyes slightly, wanting to see clearly. A hoarse woman's voice sounded next to her, with a hint of uncertainty, shouting, "Xiaokui? ”

"Huh?" Dong Xiaokui turned her face and saw a woman carrying a basket of incense candles, wearing a blue floral cheongsam, her hair was still delicate, but her figure was not as good as before.

This woman is Chen Jiachuan's mother. Dong Xiaokui's heart tightened, but she still shouted with a smile: "Auntie." ”

"It's really Aoi. When did you come back? They didn't even come to see me. Mother Chen put down the basket, very happy, and asked with a smile while putting ingots into the incense burner.

"Last night, because there was something going on at home, I didn't have time to visit you yet." Dong Xiaokui said politely, turned his head to look at the person, but saw that the person had already walked to the side of the rope bridge, and soon disappeared in the bamboo forest at the end of the rope bridge.

Maybe it's just similar. Dong Xiaokui thought. But I heard Chen's mother say, "You're good, you know to come back and take a look." Jia Chuan didn't know how to call back. ”

Chen's mother's tone was very complaining. Dong Xiaokui is also very embarrassed, Chen Jiachuan and Chen's mother have always had a bad relationship. Once, Dong Xiaokui was very broken and asked Chen Jiachuan. Chen Jiachuan was very displeased, and replied specifically, Dong Xiaokui had forgotten, but to the effect that his fate was his **** fault.

As for what is wrong with Chen's mother and why she keeps wearing cheongsam, even in winter, it is a cheongsam cotton jacket, with an embroidered coat on the outside, like a fashionable woman in the twenties and thirties of the last century. These actions all show that she is a person with a story, and this story must be related to Chen Jiachuan's life experience.

She wanted to know, but Chen Jiachuan seemed to prefer to look to the future. And he doesn't like to mention family matters, so Dong Xiaokui naturally doesn't ask. Chen's mother will not take the initiative to say. Even if she likes Xiaokui to be a guest at home, she just cooks delicious dishes, and all major cuisines have them, but she just won't tell her a little bit of the past.

Over the years, after Chen Jiachuan went to school in Beijing, he rarely called back, except for a few calls for tuition fees in the first year, and later after he had a full scholarship, he didn't make a single call for a semester. However, every week when Dong Xiaokui called her mother, she would take Chen's mother to call her mother to tell her about Chen Jiachuan's recent situation.

"Auntie, don't blame Jiachuan, he has been working very hard, and now that he has graduated, in a large company, he is even more busy in the dark, every day after work, he sleeps upside down, and sometimes he works day and night. The competition in that part of the capital is too great. Dong Xiaokui comforted Chen's mother, always feeling that everything was in vain.

Mother Chen worshipped the tree god reverently, and finally stood up before saying, "I know the competition in that place." But, just a phone call—"

She didn't say any more, she turned around to leave, and when she left, she said, "Xiaokui, come here, I'll make you something to eat, a few days ago, I learned a new dish." ”

"Hey." Dong Xiaokui replied that Chen's mother had walked a long way without looking back. The figure in the cheongsam is no longer the enchanting that walked through the streets.

Dong Xiaokui was the only one left here, she stood at the head of the rope bridge, hesitated, and prepared to go to the other side of the bank, where her alma mater, elementary school, junior high school, and high school were all on the other side.

Walking on the rope bridge, the sun is in full swing. It seemed to have rained heavily the other day, and the water level in the river was not low, and the waves were rough, and it looked a little frightened. That man just now really didn't want to die. This kind of rapid, even if you can swim again, can only be swept away if you fall.

Is it hard to think about? Dong Xiaokui thought about it, and then laughed at himself for taking a mouse, and now he is a package of troubles.

She couldn't help but tighten the rope bridge and walked over it until she breathed a sigh of relief. Let's go to the elementary school first, the elementary school and the junior high school are the same school, and the gate is locked, so you can't go in.

She walked along the field path to the bottom of the hill behind the town, where she attended Yunlai High School.

The third year of high school seemed to be making up classes, so the door was open, and the security guard at the door stopped her, asked who she was looking for, and asked to register.

Dong Xiaokui casually said the name of the high school homeroom teacher. The security guard called and asked, and then said to Dong Xiaokui: "Teacher Zhang is playing basketball in the playground, and today is the basketball game between Kuiyuan High School and Yunlai High School." ”

Huh? Can a bunch of people from Yunlai High School still play basketball? It's either Confucianism or old men. Dong Xiaokui is very interested and wants to see how the Yunlai teacher basketball team, which has been abstaining from voting in the entire county teachers' basketball game, plays basketball.

She walked three steps and two steps to the playground, where many students had already gathered, and the cheerleaders were doing a good job, and the gongs and drums were shaking the sky.

As soon as I squeezed into the crowd, I felt that the mobile phone I had been dragging vibrate, and when I looked up, it was a hidden number. She was excited in her heart, this kind of call, these few times, it was Xu Er.

But now it's broad daylight. What did he call for?

Dong Xiaokui wanted to pick it up immediately, but it was too noisy here, and she had to walk out of the crowd quickly. Walking to a relatively quiet place, he hurriedly picked it up, even his voice trembled a little, and asked in a low voice, "Hey?" ”

The sound of coughing came from there, not because it was a bad throat, but because it was a cough that was deliberately cleared as a prelude to speaking. Dong Xiaokui wanted to laugh in his heart, but he opened his mouth and asked, "Where are you?" So noisy"

This tone was a little unhappy, but Dong Xiaokui was stunned. She ran out of breath to answer the call, and even she couldn't hear the noise herself.

This man is very hearing, huh? It's still noisy like this. Is it hard to hear differently? The slightest sounds can be heard in plain life, such as-

Dong Xiaokui suddenly thought of calling him in the car a few times, and he seemed to know the same. Phew, I must have heard that. Dong Xiaokui thought of telling his words to the other side of the strait, and then his actions. I'm embarrassed in my heart.

"Hmph, where did you go? Be honest. Xu Er asked.

Dong Xiaokui replied in a low voice: "Watch the basketball game at school." ”

"What's there to see. Played so amateurish. Xu Er said disdainfully, and then added: "On a hot day, you don't know how to stay at home." And what did I do, I ran out of breath. ”

This person is really a demon, she tried to hold her breath, and he could still tell it.

"How can there be so many bad things? It's just a basketball court, and I run out to answer the phone. Dong Xiaokui replied.

Xu Er seemed satisfied with this answer, "um", and did not speak.

The acquaintance next to him screamed vigorously, Dong Xiaokui exhaled softly, always feeling that as soon as he talked to this person, his thinking seemed to have signs of pause. It took a while for her to react and ask, "Why did you call during the day today?" ”

"Hmm. Want to hear your voice. Xu Er spoke very slowly, and his tone was different from that of Ping Suli.

As soon as these words came out, Dong Xiaokui didn't dare to speak. Xu Er was also silent for a while, and whispered: "I'm going to be busy, if I'm lucky, I'll be busy for a while, and if I'm unlucky, I don't know how long I'll be busy." ”

Dong Xiaokui's heart twitched suddenly, she suddenly understood his words, pursed her lips tightly, then smiled, and said, "Xu Shao is so smart, he will definitely come back soon." ”

"Hmm." Xu Er said calmly, then paused and said, "Call me Zhonglin." ”

When Dong Xiaokui heard this, he was stunned, and hesitated for a long time before he shouted in a low voice: "Zhonglin"

"Hmm. I'm going to get busy. Xu Er said, and then hung up the phone. ......

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