Xu Jiheng was not as white as he is now, black and thin, the little girl holding him was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and her eyebrows and eyes were a little similar to him.

They were surrounded by men inside and out, and there were people around them who lamented the pity of their sister and brother; There are also people who can't help but redden, making a sad appearance, as if it is their relatives who have died; There are also people who read pity in their mouths, but there is unstoppable pleasure in their eyes.

Xu Jiheng looked blankly at all kinds of people standing around him, and then looked at a man and a woman in front of him who were already gray and lying silently, as if he understood something, he dragged his sister to hold his hand, and pursed his mouth as if he wanted to cry.

The girl touched his head with one hand, and then covered his eyes, she spoke, her tone did not fluctuate, and she looked indifferent, "Ji Heng is good, Sister will take you home in a while, don't worry, don't be afraid." ”

She looked at her parents expressionlessly, her eyes were full of indifference, someone saw him like this, and sighed: "Look at this child, I can't react when I'm sad, I'm afraid I can't believe that my parents are so young!" ”

The girl didn't react when she heard this, just stood there quietly, without sadness or joy, as if she was out of the crowd, watching all this coldly.

The young Xu Jiheng was crying and sobbing, but he was still trying not to make too much noise, he sobbed quietly: "Sister, you also... Don't be afraid. ”

Xu Yun looked at Xu Jiheng with almost soft eyes, this was the one he had never seen before, in the years when he was not involved, he seemed to be so real but he couldn't be touched.

The wind was howling, Xu Jiheng, who was still five or six years old, stood at the door wearing a heavy cotton coat, he wrapped himself in a black ball, and his face was red from the cold wind.

This is not the residence of Xu Jiheng that they see in reality, this house is a little dilapidated, and it is much smaller than where Xu Jiheng lives now.

Outside the door is a white expanse, Xu Jiheng stomped his feet, rubbed his hands, kept walking back and forth in the narrow door, and finally he saw the person who was walking in the wind and snow, Xu Jiheng immediately showed a smiling face, immediately ran back to the house, and soon came out with an umbrella, he padd his feet to open the umbrella, and then held the umbrella and ran quickly towards the figure in the snow.

The person who came from the heavy snow was his sister, she looked at Xu Jiheng who came over, couldn't help sighing, deliberately straightened her face, and said: "How many times have you said that you will wait for me to come back in the house in peace, if you suffer from wind and heat, I will go to buy medicine for you, you are not afraid of tired me!" ”

said this in her mouth, but she silently quickened her pace, walked in front of Xu Jiheng and took the paper umbrella in his hand, gently rubbed Xu Jiheng's red face, and sighed again.

Xu Jiheng grinned, and he could feel that he was much more lively when he was a child than when he grew up, and he didn't even look like the same person at all.

He smiled and said: "Sister always says this, every time you go out, I wait at the door like this, do you think I have ever been sick?" It's Sister, the snow has been getting heavier and heavier in recent days, so don't go out for the time being! ”

When the girl was about to speak, Xu Jiheng preemptively said: "I know that Sister Ah is going to earn money, if you have to go out, let me accompany Sister A, but half a day, I can't delay my study!" ”

While speaking, the two had already walked back to the house, and the girl put the umbrella under the eaves outside the house, and then squatted down and raised her hand to brush away the snowflakes accidentally stained on Xu Jiheng's cotton clothes.

She said softly: "Sister doesn't want to repeat this sentence to you anymore, you study for yourself, if you want to help Sister A make money earlier, then Sister Ah will not stop you from helping, after all, no matter what the choice is, it is up to you to decide, Sister Ah will not evaluate, you need to remember that the future life belongs to you, not to Sister, so what to do, to go that way, you have to know what preparations you need to make before choosing those, or what to pay." ”

She held Xu Jiheng's cold face, "Sister knew that you liked to read before, but you couldn't make a choice at that time, and there was no choice to do," a trace of happiness flashed in her eyes, and quickly disappeared "Now... It's okay now, no matter what you do, Sister A will support you, Sister never mentions money in front of you, it's not that I don't want you to know this, but Sister Ah can really solve these problems at present, if Sister Ah can't solve it one day, she will definitely tell you, so don't always think about this, huh? ”

Xu Jiheng looked at his sister for a while, and then asked, "Sister has been talking so much, and she hasn't answered the question I just asked, she hasn't been out for the past two days, okay?" ”

The girl smiled helplessly, pulled Xu Jiheng's little face, and said: "Okay, I'll go out again when it doesn't snow outside in two days, and by the way, help you mend that cotton coat, be careful next time, don't be reckless, if you break it again, you can find a way to mend it yourself, huh?" ”

The cries of cicadas came and went, and it was summer in a blink of an eye, Xu Jiheng grew a lot taller and whiter, looking about ten years old, he looked at the matchmaker in front of him with some gloom, and his mood didn't seem to be very good.

In front of him, his sister sat aside and listened quietly to the matchmaker's chatter, and she nodded occasionally when she was annoyed, and did not speak.

This girl has been born very symbolic, although it is not so amazing, but people can't find anything wrong, the more you look at it, the more you feel good-looking.

The fat matchmaker wiped the sweat on her head, drank a large sip of water, and hurriedly continued what she said just now: "Our Zhou Gongzi's sincerity to the girl can be described as the sun and the moon, you see, since I met the girl, after chatting with the girl for a few words, I don't send someone to send something every day to please the girl, I heard that the girl didn't accept it, but I was really a little anxious." If you want to be old, the son of Zhou is also good-looking, spiritual, and willing to put his heart into the girl, which is rare! ”

The matchmaker glanced at Xu Jiheng, approached his sister, and said in a very sincere tone: "I'll say a few more cheesy words, I heard that you have paid a lot for you to raise this younger brother, a few years ago, many people who came to you to propose marriage, you have refused, seeing that the flower-like age has passed like this, at this time, I didn't hurry up to agree to such a good marriage, and it will be really difficult to find my mother-in-law in a few years, you are so good-looking, if it is delayed, it will be a pity." ”

"The most important thing is, isn't it that any good-looking girl with a good family has such a good life as you, and she can enter the son of the Zhou family, their Zhou family's money village is so big, and the Zhou family is the only one in his own seedling, if you marry him, won't all those money and family businesses be yours in the future? Your brothers and sisters have been suffering for so many years, and now a great opportunity has come to the door, can you continue well? Think about it carefully, if you enter the Zhou family, your brother will be the little aunt of the Zhou family in the future, and the life after that will be much better than now, even if you don't think about yourself, think about your brother. What's more, to be so loved by Zhou Gongzi, how can you not be wronged, I heard that the old lady of Zhou Mansion did not agree to marry you directly into the door as the main room at first, it is all because Zhou Gongzi likes you, they are reluctant to be angry with this only seedling so they agreed, such a good blessing, the old body can be envied! ”

Sister Xu didn't respond to her words, just looked at the matchmaker, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "I don't raise my brother, I am alive myself, I also need to eat, I need to spend money, but my brother always needs to worry about me." You said that I delayed a lot for my brother, but I don't think so, those girls got married at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and at that time they made their own choices, and maybe they didn't have a choice, this is always someone else's business, what does it have to do with me? I haven't married yet, it's just my own choice, and I don't feel that I'm delayed, those people are not suitable, I won't marry, when I meet the right person, I will marry him, and get along with him, why delay? ”

Although the matchmaker said that she was a little embarrassed, she still agreed with her, and she praised it like "the girl said it so well" and "the girl looks like a delicate flower, and she has such an opinion in her heart", and then said: "That Zhou Gongzi is not a person who does not know how to be compassionate, and he told me not to force the girl to do anything before he came, saying that if the girl does not agree to this marriage, he also understands, he is not in a hurry, I just hope that the girl can give him some opportunities, tomorrow in the town of Yunshui Bridge, please the girl can enjoy the face, He doesn't make an appointment, no matter when the girl goes, he just waits there, and if the girl doesn't go tomorrow, then he still has an appointment with the girl the day after tomorrow, and the place will tell me tomorrow, and I'll tell the girl again. ”

Before leaving, the matchmaker smiled and said: "That Zhou Gongzi, in fact, I can't be anxious, his subordinates said that it was the first time that his son-in-law was so concerned about a girl, Zhou Gongzi couldn't find a clue in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm and told me on his face, this matter is not urgent, and don't let you have any pressure." What about the old woman, I've been a matchmaker for so much, what kind of man hasn't seen it, and I don't say anything about the scene, I sincerely think that the boy brother is a person who knows how to hurt people, and a girl is such a good person, and she needs to marry someone who can match it! ”

Xu Jiheng and his sister sent the matchmaker out of the door together, and when the matchmaker couldn't be seen, Xu Jiheng turned his head and gently held her sleeve and asked, "Sister, will you go to the appointment?" ”

Sister Xu smiled and said calmly: "What is it like, you have to see it to know." ”