It was two young men in overalls, carrying a large cardboard box in their hands, and asked her suspiciously, "Is this the Zhou family's family?" ”

"Yes." He nodded hurriedly, looking at the two of them suspiciously, "You guys?" ”

"Oh, we're from XX Appliances, and he bought a TV in our store, and we'll send it to you."

"TV?" Hedi's eyes widened in surprise, "When?" ”

"A week ago, because our store was busy, I only delivered it to you at this time, I'm sorry." The man bent down politely, "Can we carry it in now?" ”

"Yes, you can." He Tu hurriedly turned sideways to give up her position, and then she reacted, excited and curious, "How did you find our family?" ”

"I asked." One of the boys smiled shyly, "I didn't expect it to be so far, but since our company has promised to deliver to customers for free, we will definitely deliver it to your home." ”

"You guys serve so well?" He smiled, pointed to the steps, and said, "Let's put it over there first." ”

"Where you want to install it, we'll install it for you."

He couldn't make up his mind, so he hurriedly ran into the kitchen room to ask Cuiying. Cuiying didn't expect Jiafu to buy a TV and come back, so she hurriedly walked out, and after thinking about it for a long time, she decided to place it on the table in the big room. "Let's put it right here." She pointed to the table and said, hesitating, "How much does this TV cost?" Will it be expensive? ”

"It's not expensive." A man replied, and went to install the television with his companion. Cuiying and Hetu sat on the kang, pouring tea for them for a while, and then circling around them and looking curiously. Eventually, they had to climb up to the roof to install the receiver, and Hata and her sisters stood in the yard looking up at them, while Cuiying went to the kitchen to prepare something to thank the two boys.

"Sister." He Yi grinned, "It means that we don't have to go to our second father's house to watch TV in the future, we can watch it at our own home." ”

"That's right." He Tu also felt happy, "I don't know when Dad bought it, and he won't tell us." ”

"I guess he wanted to surprise us." He Yi smiled, "In the future, I can watch the TV series I like every day, it's great." ”

He tilted his head, really not associating the word "surprise" with his father. Her father didn't look like a person who could come up with something to surprise her family, she felt that at most, her father bought it on a whim and didn't have time to tell her family. But she was still very happy, she would be able to see Xiuhan in the future, and she could finally see Xiuhan's face without having to imagine it.

Jiafu came back in the afternoon. He was carrying a large bag of things in his hand, and he didn't know what it was, but his face was beaming. Cui Ying smiled and took the things in his hand, and pretended to be angry and said, "Why did you buy a large item back without consulting me, and I don't know if it's expensive or not, how much it is." ”

"It's fine." Jiafu smiled, "I don't have much money." He turned his head to Hetu and said, "Don't run so hard at your second father's house in the future, it's okay to go see your grandmother, but don't stay at his house to watch TV." ”

"Got it!" He Yi said happily. This incident seemed to wash away the depression in her heart and bring a new luster to her life. Hedi was happy because the whole family was happy, only Herui was still standing aside with her mouth open, looking at everyone unhappily.

After dinner in the evening, the family gathered around the TV to watch TV. They discuss the plot and characters with each other, sometimes laughing, sometimes feeling sorry for the characters. This square machine box seems to shorten the distance between them in an instant, making them cry and laugh together, as if they have the same heart. However, with the end of the TV series, this state soon came to an end. Jiafu stood up to pour a cup of tea, but Cuiying nagged that she couldn't watch TV for too long, and walked over to turn it off. He Tu wanted to see Xiuhan, but he didn't dare to bring it up, so he had to sit sullenly on the side. Heyi was overjoyed because he saw his favorite TV series, and he kept talking. Everyone seemed to have a change of mood because of the TV, only Herui stood aside with her arms crossed and looked at them coldly, as if she was looking at someone outside this world.

The excitement brought by the TV quickly passed, but because of the parents' regulations, he couldn't watch it to the fullest, and he felt that the previous boredom quickly came over. Although there is a lot of work every day, and she is almost tired to death after a busy day, she still feels confused and boring, she knows that what she wants is not this kind of life, but because she knows her thoughts very well, the tired mood is getting stronger.

After a busy day, the whole family had dinner, Jiafu and Cuiying sat in the courtyard to cool off, and they changed their dusty clothes in the kitchen. As soon as they came back from the field, they seemed to have turned into natives, and even their socks were covered with dust. While wiping the dust on his body with a towel dipped in water, He Yi muttered: "It's like this all day long, it's like this all day long, it's boring to death." ”

He Tu didn't care about Heyi's words, she was thinking about something else in her heart, and asked in a daze for a while: "Which station did you say you could see Xiuhan?" ”

"Sister Xiuhan?" He Yi glanced at her, pouted, and said, "You didn't listen to me carefully." ”

"Answer me quickly." He said with a frown.

"How do I know that?" He Yi pouted dissatisfiedly, "Do you go to find them one by one?" ”

"Then you can't rob me later." He hurriedly wiped his face and walked out with his shoes on. He Yi snorted and muttered, "I won't rob you, I'm bored to death." ”

After crossing the courtyard and saying hello to his parents, he walked towards the big house. The lights in the room were on, and before I could get close to the door, I heard the voice of the TV. Knowing that Herui was inside, Hedi hesitated for a moment, but still went in.

"What are you looking at?" She sat down beside Helio and struck up a conversation.

Herui didn't look at her, she stood up and left, as if she was something buried.

He Tu looked at her back in embarrassment, and shrugged his shoulders senselessly. It's good that way, it saves a lot of tongues. She walked to the TV, slowly turned the stage, and looked at the screen seriously, hoping to see the familiar beautiful face. But other people's faces were playing on TV, she watched all the stations, but she didn't find Xiuhan, and finally at the urging of her mother, she had to turn off the TV and go back to her bedroom listlessly.

"Did you find it?" He Yi looked at her with an eyebrow. He Tu shook his head and said, "Forget it, don't look for it, how can you find it." ”

"People are doing well, you better think about yourself." He Yi said, her tone became yin and yang, "She may not know which city she is having fun in now, you are still thinking about others, maybe she has forgotten about you." ”

"Combine." He Tu glanced at his sister unhappily, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Not really." Probably realizing that his words were a bit excessive, He Yi lowered his head and said in a stiff tone. She didn't know what was wrong with her, and suddenly she was jealous of Sister Xiuhan, whom she liked so much.

"You are becoming more and more like your third sister now." He Di said, instinctively glancing out of the door, for fear that this would be heard by He Rui, "The good don't learn the bad ones." ”

"What good and bad can you live like this every day." He Yi wiped his feet with a towel, "I'm irritable, that's how I feel every day." ”

"I don't think so."

"That's you, not me." He Yi glanced at his sister, "People are different from people. ”

"You hang these bookbags with me again, I don't understand, don't tell me."

"Look, of course you can't think deeply like that." He Yi said helplessly, "Forget it, you don't want to hear it, and I don't bother to say it." ”

He Tu pursed his lips and made a disapproving expression. She climbed onto the kang and lay down under her bed, enjoying a moment of relaxation after a busy day. It's already September, and she's going to get married in three months. She felt a palpitation, and she began to realize that after three months, she would never be in this house again, that she might not be able to see her parents and sister for a long time, and that in the days to come, she would have to live and talk with a group of strangers. A sense of fear came over her, and she couldn't help but clench her fists.

Just as she was overwhelmed by this fear, Helio came in through the door. She glanced at the two of them coldly, took off her shoes and prepared to go to the kang. The atmosphere in the room cooled down as she entered, and everyone stopped talking.

Herui was elusive during this time, except for working in the fields, she could hardly be seen at other times. She said less and less, except when necessary, she didn't even say a word, always looking at everyone with indifferent eyes, so that people would unconsciously stay away from her. He Yi called this transformation of hers an adolescent rebellion, but He Di didn't see anything rebellious about her, because she was very different from before, and she would no longer do things that deliberately make people angry or say things that deliberately make people angry. Since it has become harmless to others, how can such an act be called rebellion?

The three of them lay down, turned off the lights, and the room was plunged into darkness. There is no moon tonight, so I can't see the shadows of the trees outside the window. A misty darkness covered the small window, as if a flag had been placed over it.

The day of Hetu's marriage was set for a day in December, and the family was busy inside and out the week before the wedding. Hexin ran around with a big belly, and almost all of the work was done for her. Cuiying couldn't look at it, and wanted to meddle in her own work several times, but was stopped by Hexin, she said: "Mom, let me come, I'm not crippled and can't do anything, you and my dad are sitting on the kang, drinking tea, and eating melon seeds, how good." Where is Cuiying willing, the two of them went back and forth, and finally each took a step back, Hexin promised her mother that when she was tired, she would go to sit and rest, and the rest would be prepared by her mother and two younger sisters. She sat on the steps of the courtyard and watched her mother take the dowry one by one to the courtyard and scrub it. There were not many things, but my mother was very serious, until she wiped down the newly bought pots and basins, the little stools and small tables made by my father, and washed the four-piece set on the brand new bed from the well. It was very cold, Cuiying's hands were red from the cold, Hexin came out and wanted to wash herself, but she drove her into the house. He sighed, got up from the steps, walked up to his mother, and said, "Mom, I'll come." ”

"You go in with your sister." Cuiying raised her chin towards the kitchen, "What if your hands are frozen and your parents-in-law see them disgusted, I'll do it, and you go in." ”

He Tu opened his mouth, and just as he wanted to speak, He Yi opened the curtain and came out. When she heard her mother's words, she pursed her lips disdainfully and said, "Mom, you typical feudalism. My sister married to live a life, not to please her parents-in-law, as if our family married a maid. ”

"You little girl, what do you know?" Cui Ying reprimanded her, "Watch less TV series every day, I see that you are all spoiled by the people on the TV series." ”

If you are not convinced, you have to talk back, "The TV series is not necessarily bad, who said that the real ones are good." ”

"You little girl." Cuiying straightened up to make a gesture to hit her, and Heyi hurriedly ran away. He Di stopped Cuiying and said with a smile: "Mom, forget it, don't worry about her, is she still young." ”

"It's still small." Cuiying snorted, "I said this kind of thing when I was young, and I had to grow up." ”

He Tu chuckled softly and stopped talking. He Yi stood in the distance, grimaced at her, turned and ran out. He Tu looked at Heyi's back, and suddenly felt as if she had heard what she had just said, and felt unusually familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it. She shook her head, thinking that she might be stunned, too, so many things in the past two days have made her heart messy, and she can hardly be quiet. A nervous and confused emotion enveloped her, making her almost breathless. Cui Ying was urging her into the house again, he turned around in a daze, took two steps, stopped and looked back at her mother's busy back, her nose suddenly sore, and hurriedly lowered her head and turned around and walked in quickly.

He Xin was sitting on the edge of the kang chatting with her father. She was knitting a sweater with a knitting needle in her hand, and her high belly was facing outward, making it a little difficult for her to sit. Her month has been nine months, but there is no sign of giving birth, and she returned home two months ago with a large bag and a small bag, thinking that it would be more convenient to live at home. Hearing the footsteps of Hedi walking in, Hexin raised her head and glanced at her, and hurriedly smiled: "Ouch, our bride has come in." ”

"Sister." He Tu blushed and glanced at her, "What are you talking about?" ”

Hexin smiled with relief, turned her head and said to her father: "Time flies so fast, even Hedi is about to get married." ”

Jiafu looked at the two of them silently, but did not speak.

"In the past, you must take care of yourself, and if you have anything to do, you will go home and have a look." Hexin said, "No matter what happens, remember to tell your family, you know? Her voice suddenly choked, "It's still the best at home, really." ”

"Got it." He Tu stroked her sister's back and said softly, "You are nagging like your mother now, and you will probably be annoyed to death by you before the child is born." ”

Hexin was amused by Hedi's words, she gently pushed Hedi's arm, and scolded, "There is no one on the mouth." ”

He Tu stroked Hexin's belly and couldn't help but sigh: "It's amazing, I didn't expect to give birth to a child like this." ”

Hexin smiled slightly, silent. Suddenly, she glanced outside and asked, "What about Herui?" Why haven't I seen her all day today. ”

"She's always like this, either running here or there, and she can't see anyone. But when it was time to eat, she ran back, and I don't believe you. He said, his eyes drifting over his father's face, intentionally or unintentionally. She caught a glimpse of the expression on her father's face moving slightly, but quickly calmed down and said, "Where is she going on such a cold day?" ”

He shook his head and stopped talking. From the beginning to the present, she has become accustomed to the changes in Herui, but she also knows when the changes in Herui began, so she is also a little dissatisfied with her father. But because this incident did not happen to him, this dissatisfaction was not so strong, but gradually turned into an almost numb sympathy. She thought of Herui's previous performance and felt that it was a good thing that she was doing this now.

The room was quiet again, and he watched his sister do her work, while Jiafu slowly sipped the tea one by one. In the harsh winter, a sip of mellow hot tea makes people feel refreshed physically and mentally. It wasn't long before the emerald shadow came in from outside. She had already left her washed four-piece suit to dry, and was shaking her frozen hands and crying bitterly.