When Su Lei was seven years old, there was a guest at home.

The guests were a man and a woman, Su Lei had never seen them, Lele said that they were her second uncle and second aunt.

After the ceremony, Su Lei sat in the newly built bamboo hall like an adult, listening to Su's father and the second uncle's greetings, while Su's mother and Lele accompanied the second aunt to chat in the next room.

Lele's second uncle is not a talkative person, but his demeanor is elegant and calm, and his speech is humorous, Su Lei thinks that Lele's second uncle is very good, better than his uncles.

The second uncle told Su's father that his wife had never been to Jiangnan, so this time he accompanied his wife to Jiangnan to play, passing through Fuchun Mountain, and came to visit his old friend.

Su's father asked him to stay for a few more days, and the scenery of Fuchun Mountain in spring was pleasant, which was not found in Xi'an City.

Only then did Su Lei know that Lele's second uncle lived in Xi'an.

The second uncle said that when he went up the mountain, he saw a large bamboo forest, he also planted bamboo in Xi'an, but unfortunately it did not grow well, one day he came back from outside, found that the bamboo was gone, and only after asking did he know that his wife took advantage of his absence to make bamboo into a broom.

Father Su was stunned, then laughed and asked, "Could it be that your bamboos are all as thin as fingers?" ”

The second uncle shook his head: "No, it's thinner than a finger." ”

This time Su Lei also laughed, Lele's second uncle was really interesting.

While they were talking, Ah Shao's voice came from outside the door: "Master, my aunt and my aunt are here." ”

Hearing that his aunt and uncle were coming, Su Lei hurriedly ran out, his aunt walked in front with her hands held high, and her uncle followed behind with a fish in one hand.

Seeing Su Lei running out, her aunt instructed her uncle to take the fish to the kitchen, and then she dressed up, combed her hair with her fingers, and strode into the bamboo hall.

If it weren't for her pinching Su Lei's nose before entering the door, Su Lei would have thought that this one was not an aunt, but the fourth aunt he had met once, that is, the aunt's sister, the aunt and the fourth aunt looked exactly the same, but Su Lei could still tell that the fourth aunt was very serious, but the aunt loved to laugh, and her eyes were crooked when she laughed, like a crescent moon.

The aunt walked into the bamboo hall, and without saying a word, she kowtowed to Lele's second uncle, the second uncle smiled and accepted, pointed to the bamboo stool at the bottom, and asked the aunt to sit down, but the aunt refused, Su Lei looked over quietly, and he saw that the aunt was crying.

While his aunt and mother were cooking in the kitchen, Su Lei asked his aunt: "Auntie, why did you cry just now, did Lele's second uncle bully you?" ”

His aunt glared at him, pinched his nose and said, "Little stone, which eye did you see your aunt crying?" ”

Su Lei was pinched by her nose, so he had to beg for mercy, and his aunt let him go.

The mother on the side took a shaved water chestnut and stuffed it into Su Lei's mouth, and said to her aunt: "The second lady Jingchai cloth skirt looks like a different person, I almost can't recognize it." ”

My aunt smiled and said, "When I first picked her up from the capital, I served her, and she was dressed like this at that time, and I praised her for looking younger." ”

Su Mu sighed: "Alas, I don't know if the old lady has relented, and after so many years, she has all her grandchildren." ”

"You also said that it was a grandson, if the second lady can also give birth to a granddaughter to the old lady, it will be about the same, but the old lady is now enjoying happiness in the capital, and if she wants to reach out to take care of it, she must have a long enough hand."

After my aunt finished speaking, she glared at Su Lei: "Little stone, why are you still here, go to Lele to play." ”

Su Lei grimaced at her, women like to chew their tongues when they get together, if he doesn't want to eat water chestnuts, he won't listen to them here, women are so annoying!

Lele was taking her second aunt to look at the chicks she raised, the chicks were fluffy and chirping.

Seeing Su Lei running over, Lele said to the second aunt: "Brother Xiaoshi is smart, he doesn't need to count them one by one, he can know how many of these chickens there are." ”

The second aunt was very curious, looked at Su Lei, and asked, "You really don't need to count to know?" ”

Su Lei found out that Lele's second aunt was very beautiful, she was wearing white silk sleeves and lake blue armor, and she simply inserted a hosta on her head, but ...... Su Lei didn't know how to describe it, but he felt that this second aunt was very noble.

He nodded, pointed to the flock of chicks and said, "It's thirty-five." ”

"No, it's thirty-four." Lele shook his little head proudly, and the little stone smashed.

"It's thirty-five, don't believe you count them yourself." Su Lei said very seriously.

This is his ability, when he can count, his father will find that he also has this ability, yes, yes, "also" have, because his father has this ability, as long as his father has seen it, he can remember it, and he can quickly say the number.

Lele was not convinced, she stretched out her fingers and counted them three times one by one, the first time it was thirty-three, the second time it was thirty-five, and the third time it was thirty-two.

So Lele counted it a fourth time, and this time it was thirty-five.

"Why? Yesterday a chick died. "Yes, she was trampled to death by Ah Shao yesterday, and she shed tears for this.

"This morning, Ah Shao went down the mountain and bought a chick to make up for you." Su Lei laughed, he already knew that Ah Shao had quietly made up for the chicken, and he wanted to tell Lele to make her happy.

The second aunt took out a little jade rabbit from her arms and said to Su Lei: "What a smart and good boy, let's play with this." ”

The jade rabbit was carved beautifully, Su Lei liked it at a glance, and told him proudly: "This is carved by my second uncle, and I also have one." ”

She took out a small jade frog from her small purse, and the frog sat on the lotus leaf, with its big mouth open and stupid.

The second aunt smiled and said to Su Lei: "Lele's second uncle likes to carve these gadgets when he is fine, just like it." ”

Su Lei asked, "Second aunt, do you live in Xi'an?" ”

"Yes, we live in Xi'an, and we have the opportunity to let your father and mother take you to Xi'an as a guest." The second aunt touched Su Lei's head, Su Lei didn't like to be touched, but the second aunt's hand was very soft and warm, and he didn't refuse.

It wasn't until Su Lei was fifteen years old that he went to Xi'an for the first time.

But it wasn't his parents who took him, he went with Xie Wen, the son of Uncle Two Fires.

That year, Lele wanted to return to the capital, and he and Xie Wen were ordered to send Lele back to the capital together, and after only one night, Xie Wen took Su Lei and ran away.

"You know what? My aunt is going to choose a son-in-law for Lele, the two of us are dragons and phoenixes in the wind of Yushu, what if we are chosen by my aunt, we are still young, how can we indulge in the love of our children, so run away! ”

Su Lei wanted to say that if you are selected, why should you escape, but Xie Wen couldn't say anything, and dragged him on the road of escape.

Xie Wen's maternal grandfather's family opened a horse farm, their horse farm was in Shaanxi, and his grandfather and maternal grandmother Ping Suli liked to be lively, so they moved to Xi'an a few years earlier and handed over the horse farm to their cronies.

So Xie Wen took all the private money he had since he was a child and fled to Xi'an with Su Lei!

When they came to Xi'an, it was April, the willows were swaying, the spring rain was like a crisp, they rode horses and whips, and let the drizzle wet the spring shirts.

They were in their youth, and they were in their prime.

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