He was placed under house arrest in another way.

Whether it's cooking, eating, or sleeping, almost someone is by her side. Sometimes it's the mother, sometimes it's Herui, when both of them are busy, it's Jiafu who looks at her. It had been a long time since she had spoken to her father and Herui, and only occasionally she had a few brief words to her mother when she needed help with her work. She thought that the blow she had suffered was too great, and she could not get out of this depression and pain for a while.

As the days passed, the temperature gradually became colder. Everyone put on thick cotton jackets, and when there was nothing to do, they didn't go out, and they sat in front of the stove to bake the fire. There are also those who are not afraid of the cold and love to be diligent, when the weather is fine, every house visits, when the snow is windy, they put a hat on their heads, walk around in the wind and snow, and wonder if they can see a game and eat it. With the fall of another heavy snowfall in December, Hedi's mood finally went from a slump to a semi-slump - she finally did not look the same as she had done in the previous two months, and she seemed to have some strength to walk, but she was still emaciated, and she only ate one or two bites of food before putting it down, and hid in the house alone in a daze. Jiafu had recovered from the initial anger, and he began to feel sorry for this obedient and diligent daughter, but he couldn't say it for the sake of face. When he went to bed every night, he told Cuiying several times, asking Cuiying to persuade Hetu, at least the food should be delicious, and it is not a matter to lose weight day by day. It's just that he agreed, but he didn't take it to heart, and he still lived like a walking corpse. Only occasionally when she looked out the window at the big poplar tree, her eyes would quickly twinkle - that was because she remembered Zhu Hai's bright eyes, and when she first met him, he sat under such a big poplar tree.

She hadn't been to the field in a long time, even though it was just a wall away from her house. She didn't understand why her father would tell her that she had disgraced his father, but she gradually felt that she had disgraced the whole family. She was reluctant to go to that place, which only made her feel heartache, humiliation, and anger at being deceived. Those countless evening hugs and kisses that made her heart move, but he was perfunctory and venting himself. Thinking of this, Hedi's heart ached, she never expected that she would have such a status in Zhu Hai's heart. If he is married, what is he worth, and what is he thinking about when he hugs himself. They were so beautiful and innocent at first, but now—

Hetu lowered her head and covered her face with her hands, tears welling up from her eyes, quickly wetting her cheeks.

A tasteless night passed quickly, and a new dawn was ushered in outside the window. He opened his eyes and stared out the window blankly, until the rooster crowed a third time, and then slowly propped himself up from the kang. She was still asleep, so she slowed down, not wanting to wake her up. It's not that she's considerate of others, it's just that she really doesn't want to see Herui's sneering face. Only when she is sleeping, she will not be disliked, and she will feel that she will not hate this sister so much at this moment.

She gently folded the quilt she had covered, washed her hands and face, and prepared to cook. Although it is the slack season, everyone still maintains the habit of going to bed early and getting up early. As soon as Hetu's noodles were put out of the pot, Cuiying opened the curtain and walked in, shaking the fine snowflakes on her body while chattering: "Such a big snow, I don't know if the car is driving or not, and my two little cubs don't know if they can come back." ”

He Tu was busy silently, silent.

"Where's Herui? Got up? Cuiying sat down at the table, poured a cup of hot water and drank it slowly. He shook his head, brought the finished noodles to the table, and sat down on a small stool in a corner. At the same time, Jiafu opened the curtain and walked in, he took off his hat on his head, and whispered, "After eating, I will go to the city to pick them up." ”

"With such a heavy snowfall, is the car driving?" Emerald Shadow turned to him and asked.

"I'll go see if there's any road closure." Jiafu said, quickly glanced at Hedi, and sat down beside Cuiying, "What about Herui?" Why haven't you gotten up yet? ”

When he heard this, he stood up and hurried to the back room. Helio was already dressing, and she glanced at Halvi with a look of fatigue and sleepiness on her face, and reached out to clasp the buttons on her body.

"Get up." He Tu walked out and spoke quickly, and sat down on the small stool again.

"Do you want to come with your dad?" Cuiying frowned and looked at her, "Go to the city and buy whatever you like, or you can see your friend's name Xiuhan, huh?" ”

He Tu shook his head, still eating slowly with his head down. Cuiying sighed and shook her head at Jiafu.

Jiafu suddenly got a little angry, and he remembered Hexin. Hexin, a woman who is so docile and weak, can still live a strong and optimistic life every day after experiencing such a thing, and her second daughter just fell in love with someone else, and she became like this. "What kind of system? What a system! Jiafu shouted in his heart, "No matter what you go through, you should make yourself stronger, how can there be someone like her who is getting more and more depressed!" He frowned tightly, finished eating noodles in three or two bites, slapped the bowl on the table hard, and said, "Where are you going!" Just stay at home, you and Herui give me a good look at her, don't go out and be embarrassed! ”

He Tu trembled all over, and the bowl in his hand was not held, and he almost fell to the ground. She sat motionless, not even daring to come out, until Jiafu put on her hat and went out, she put the bowl on the table with trembling hands.

"Look, look." Cuiying suddenly lost her appetite to eat, "Your father and daughter are a virtue, you." She glanced sideways, "That's pretty much it, you still expect your dad to apologize to you?" After doing such a thing, what you have to do now is to forget about it quickly, learn to do work and needlework, and you will not be disliked when you go to your mother-in-law's house in the future. Did you hear that? ”

He Tu entered that hazy fugue again, and every time her mother nagged these things to herself, she would enter this state, her ears could not hear, her eyes could not see, and she was just a fog in front of her, and she wandered in it alone. Until Herui sat down next to him, and asked in a loud voice, "Where is my dad?" She had just come back to her senses.

"Pick up your brother and sister from the city." Cuiying picked up the bowl, "You can wash the pot later." ”

"Why?" He Rui frowned and glanced at He Di, "Why do you want me to wash ......?"

"It's time for you to do some work, you're so old, and you're still a child?" Cuiying gave her a farewell look, bowed her head and finished eating, threw down her chopsticks and walked out. He Rui pouted and glanced at He Tu, and said angrily: "You wash, I don't wash!" ”

As if he hadn't heard, he put the noodles that he had eaten two bites back on the table, got up and went into the house. She sat back on the kang with her knees folded, staring out the window at the poplar trees, ignoring everything around her.

He Rui's face was red, she stared at her eyes for a long time, and said angrily: "It's like a dead man!" ”

"Dead man......" Hetu silently repeated in his heart, "what is the difference between me and dead now?" I wish I were dead now. ”

The snow stopped at noon, and the scenery was white all around. He Tu got off the kang and walked out of the door with the walkman that Xiuhan gave her. She had just wanted to stay in the yard for a while, but the snow was so beautiful that it was not deep or thin, and stepping on it was like stepping on a carpet. He Tu forgot for a moment, and actually walked out of the gate, standing on the slope and looking into the distance, his heart was surging, and he washed away the heavy depression of some time ago. For a moment, she forgot Zhu Hai, forgot her father's accusations against her, and forgot all the sorrows and grievances she had endured during this time. The most beautiful music echoed in her ears, and she watched the most beautiful scenery in front of her, and her heart, which had been dead for many days, became ready to move again. She remembered what her mother had said to her in the morning, and her mother asked her to follow her father to the city to meet Yi Hefu, and allowed herself to go to Xiuhan to play. But why didn't you say yes? He Tu remembered the last time he was in the city, and immediately regretted it, and he wanted to slap himself twice. She moved her steps, and wanted to go to the intersection to see if her father was gone, and maybe she could catch up at this moment.

As soon as she took a step, someone behind her asked in a strange way, "Where are you going?" ”

He Tu was stunned, she turned her head in a daze, and it turned out to be He Rui. I saw Herui holding two arms, looking at her with contempt, waiting for her answer.

"I'm ......" Hetu suddenly woke up from her fantasy, and everything before instantly returned to her mind. She remembered that she had broken off her friendship with Herui, so she lowered her face coldly and said lightly, "What's your business." ”

"Mom asked me to watch you, and wouldn't let you go out to meet men." Herui sneered, "Why, you can't control yourself, and you want to go out to wave?" ”

"You!" He's face turned pale, she snapped off the music on her walkman, glanced at Herui fiercely, and hurried towards the courtyard.

Jiafu didn't return until the afternoon. Although the sky was dark, everything around me could be seen very clearly due to the reflection of the snow. As soon as the courtyard door was opened, Heyi ran in with open hands. She grew a little taller, but her hair was cut shorter, and her face was full of youthful and lively air, as if she was already a girl. She ran into the house and saw Hedi holding her knees and looking out the window, unloading the backpack on her shoulders and shouting, "Sister! I'm back! ”

"Hmm." He Tu glanced at her faintly, but did not respond.

He Yi's smile disappeared suddenly, she looked at He Yi cautiously, and asked softly, "Sister, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Nope." He Tu bit her lip, she was angry at this time, and she didn't know who was angry.

"Sister, are you okay?" He Yi took off his shoes and climbed onto the kang, figuring in his pocket with one hand, "Sister Xiuhan asked me to bring you a letter." ”

"Letter?" He Tu turned his head sharply, "Where?" ”

He Yi pulled out a crumpled letter, and He Yi snatched it before she could hand it over. She eagerly opened the envelope, unfolded the letter and looked at it.

"Hedi:

How have you been doing? Have you forgotten what we said when we parted? Didn't you promise me to call me? But you didn't call me after waiting for a long time, so I had to write to you. But when I wrote a letter, the post office said that it would not be delivered to you, so I handed it over to Heyi to bring to you. How are you and Zhu Hai? You didn't quarrel, did you? I'm on good terms with Xing Siyun, he's very nice to me, very polite, and considerate of me when I encounter anything. Although we are not at the same university, we often meet during the holidays, and he always brings me all kinds of things, and I say no, but he still has to bring them to me. Really headstrong, huh?

Do you remember what I told you about participating in singing competitions? I participated once and failed, but how could I be the kind of person who gave up because I failed? I'm signing up again! And I passed the audition and entered the preliminaries! It would be nice if you could come and cheer me on, and with you on the spot, I think I'm going to play better. But you were so far away from me that you didn't even call me, so I had to imagine you looking at me from the audience and cheering me on. But fortunately, many of my friends are with me, and Xing Siyun has been with me all the time. By the way, I quit smoking, but luckily I don't have much of an addiction to this thing. Do you know why I quit? It's a long story, do you remember the last time you were at my house and we ran out to party together in the evening? Actually, my mom knew about it that night, but she didn't say anything. She followed the two of us to the KTV with my dad, waited for us outside the door, and then followed us back, afraid that something would happen to us. I didn't know it at first, but I didn't know until my mom accidentally said it. You say how I have such good parents, I think I'm really sorry for them, so I won't go out at night in the future, even if I go out, I have to get their permission. So, that night my dad saw me smoking and kept telling my mom to quit smoking. He himself is an old smoker, and he squatted in the living room with my mother that day to tell me a lot about the disadvantages of smoking, and finally we agreed to quit smoking together! Haha, let's have fun! I found that when two people execute a certain agreement together, they are very energetic, anyway, I have quit, I told my mother, if my dad smokes again, he will be fined, so that I can have pocket money!

Ouch, I don't write letters myself very often, and I don't know what I'm talking about once I read them. But you know everything, right? You're my best friend! If you come to town when you have time, be sure to call me, I'm waiting for your call, don't let me wait!

Xiuhan"

He looked at the letter blankly, although he had already finished reading it, he still wanted to read it again, read it again. "It's good, she's doing so well." He Tu sighed in his heart, and tears gradually gathered in his eyes. She raised her head, looked at the poplar tree covered in silver outside the window, and muttered, "I can't even get out of the door now, so why can I call you?" ”

"Sister, what did you say?" He Yi asked, looking at the letter in her hand. He Tu hurriedly put away the letter, wiped his tears, and said slowly: "It's okay, it's just that I haven't contacted your sister Xiuhan for too long, and I miss her." ”

"Sister Xiuhan is okay!" He Yi said excitedly, "The last time she participated in the competition, I also went with her, there were so many people in that scene, all kinds of things." ”

"You went with you?" Hetu looked at her in surprise.

"Yes, it happened that we were on vacation that day, and Sister Xiuhan came to pick me up. She also bought me ice cream to eat and took me to the playground to play, which was a lot of fun......"

He didn't listen to what he said later. A strong sense of jealousy rose in her heart, shouldn't she be the one who did these things with Xiuhan? This is all what Xiuhan promised her, but why did she take someone else to do it? Isn't she her best friend? The more He Tu thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, the more angry she became, she looked at He Yi's face that was red with excitement, and then thought about the things she had suffered these days, her heart became more and more unfair, and she almost walked up angrily.

"Alright." He Tu gritted his teeth and said, "I see. ”

"She asked me to watch her game, but my dad came to pick us up, so I couldn't go." He Yi didn't notice his sister's expression, and still gushed endlessly, "That scene is really ......"

"Have you eaten?" Hetu suddenly said, "Hungry, aren't you?" I'll cook for you. ”

He Yi, who was interrupted, gave her a disappointed look, nodded, and began to take off her coat, the room was very warm, and it was almost two temperatures outside, and her body had begun to sweat. Suddenly, as if she suddenly remembered something, she took her schoolbag and flipped it up.

"Sister!" He Yi ran to He Yi with the things in his hand, "This is what Sister Xiuhan asked me to give you." ”

"What?" He propped up the table and turned his head to look at her.

"I don't know, see for yourself."

He Tu took the thing in Heyi's hand, it was a square box, with beautiful wrapping paper wrapped on the surface, and a blue bow tied on it, which was very delicate and beautiful. He Tu put down what he was holding and carefully dismantled it. She worked hard to tear off the tape, not wanting to tear the beautiful wrapper. Inside the wrapper was a cardboard box, which was opened to reveal a brand new cassette tape and a small fluffy pendant shaped like a bunny. She played with the little rabbit for a while before picking up the tape. The only two tapes she had were the ones she had in them, and she was tired of listening to the songs in them, and when she received a new one, a sense of freshness surged in her heart, and the old heart began to come alive. She looked and looked, and then put the gift back in the cardboard box, carefully wrapped it, and put it in the closet.

After dinner, the whole family went to sweep the snow in the yard. He sneaked into the backyard with the Walkman, found a clean stone, brushed off the snow on it, and sat down. She turned on the Walkman switch and turned the volume up to the right size. She thought it was just an album tape of a pop singer nowadays, but she didn't expect that Xiuhan recorded her singing voice and then forwarded it to her. The song she is listening to now is the one that Xiuhan played to herself on the guitar in her yard a long time ago, and she is still dancing. He Tu couldn't help but smile, she fell into deep memories with a sweet smile on her face. How beautiful it was at that time, there were good friends around her, and her relationship with Zhu Hai was so simple, if she could go back to that time, she would definitely cherish it more.

In the quiet night sky, two birds occasionally fly by, and the stars are densely scattered in the sky, shining with the most dazzling and beautiful light. He Tu looked up at the starry sky carefully, counting the stars one by one, but she always started to get confused when she was halfway through, not knowing which one to start counting from. She was not annoyed, she felt that the atmosphere at this time was very beautiful, beautiful singing, pleasant scenery, she was the only one around, no one would disturb her, even if her fingers were frozen stiff, she felt that it didn't matter. If it weren't for Herui's loud voice suddenly breaking this wonderful situation, she would definitely have been sitting here forever, forever, forever......

"Yo, I thought you ran somewhere." He Rui hugged his arms and smiled weirdly.

He Tu hung his head, feeling a little annoyed in his heart. She turned off the music, not wanting to pollute the sounds of heaven in this realm, and then slowly stood up, turned and walked back.

"Mom said, I won't let you run around!" Herui was not convinced, she still yelled, trying to anger Hedi.

Where would He Tu care, she seemed to close her ears and ignore Herui's words. The snow in the yard had almost been swept away, and everyone took off their coats and gathered around the stove to listen to Heyi's story at school. He Di silently walked into the back room, changed into cotton clothes, put away the walkman, sat on the kang and began to do needlework.

The noise in the outhouse suddenly subsided, and after a while, he was driven into the inner room, saying that the parents had something to discuss, and they did not let their children listen. He Yi didn't care, but He Fu put on a stubborn expression, and said to He Yi with a stalk around his neck: "You are a child, I am not!" ”

"Huh?" He Yi looked at him funny, "I'm your sister." ”

"I mean, in my heart, I'm already an adult in my heart." Hefu still said confidently.

He Tu glanced at them casually and said, "You two are children, so what's there to fight about." ”

"Sister, you're an adult." He Yi leaned on Hedi's knee and said, "I just heard from my mother that I will marry you." ”

Hedi's hand trembled a little, and she tried to calm her mind and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"Mom said, I've already told you about my family, and I'm waiting for a year to come over." He Yi pouted, "Do you become an adult only when you get married?" ”

"You really heard my mother say that?" He Tu asked as he threw down what he was holding in his hand and almost trembled.

"yes." Heyi nodded, "But they didn't let me listen, and drove me in with Hefu." But why can the third sister listen? Does this prove that the third sister is also an adult? ”

He Tu stared blankly ahead, and didn't listen to a word of Heyi's questioning. She was married, and she didn't know what kind of person that family was and what kind of person she was going to marry. It's scary, and the unknown future is what makes people dazed and afraid.

But she thought about it, anyway, this is what will happen sooner or later, so what is there to be afraid of herself? She vaguely felt that she was expecting something, but she was never willing to delve into what she was expecting. At this moment, she finally wanted to think about it, she wanted to get herself out of this situation, she was fed up with life surrounded by pain and depression day and night, but it was so unbearable and deplorable to uncover that scar.

"He's married." He Tu thought in horror, "I was expecting him to marry me, so I desperately wanted to be with him. But he's married, he can't marry me, what should I do? She felt a little flustered, "I should forget him, all my memories with him." My mother has already told me that I will get married in a year, and the person who married me is not him, and I should go back to the way I was before I met him immediately. She struggled to recall her former appearance, and suddenly felt a glimmer of joy in her heart, "That's right, I should go back to the way I used to be, that's who I am, and I'm not me now." ”

He Yi looked at He Di crying and laughing, a little frightened, she asked cautiously, "Sister, are you okay?" ”

He Tu came back to his senses, wiped away the tears on his face, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm just happy at this moment." ”

"Sister, if you get married, won't you come back like your eldest sister?" He Yi pouted.

"Married ......" Hetu recalled this word, this matter was too far away for her, and she couldn't even imagine what kind of life she should live after marriage. She didn't know how to answer the question of Heyi, so she had to shake her head hurriedly.

"It's good if you don't leave, as soon as you leave, there will be one less person in the house. And I don't like the third sister, I like the eldest sister with you. "Heyi is coquettish to Hedi. She has always been like this, although she is getting older day by day, she still maintains her innocence in her heart.

"I'm not leaving." He Tu smiled, "I'll talk about it later, anyway, I won't leave now." ”