Yang Lanzhi took a piece of meat into the Liuxiyue bowl and gently tapped the plate with chopsticks.

"Don't just talk, eat something."

Zhu Menfu saw that Liu Xiyue had finished eating the meat slices, picked up the braised pork plate and handed it to Liu Xiyue.

"Good student, this doesn't violate the rules of kindergarten teachers, right?"

Liu Xiyue laughed, took a piece of meat and put it in the bowl.

"Thanks, you can eat some yourself."

Zhu Menfu looked at Liu Xiyue's smiling face intoxicated, and when he put the plate, he was distracted, knocked down Liu Ximing's wine glass, and some wine splashed on Liu Ximing's pants. Liu Ximing picked up the cup and sighed.

"Old girl, you are really prescient."

"The main thing is that you like to drink."

Zhu Menfu refilled the wine glass.

"Big brother, don't be angry, the wine is full again."

"You two better drink less."

"People who drink a small amount of alcohol are hard to find a daughter-in-law."

After Liu Ximing finished speaking, he and Zhu Menfu raised their glasses and touched them, and drank them all.

"Old classmate, I've received the New Year's card."

Liu Xiyue smiled faintly at Zhu Menfu's gaze.

"Received, beautiful. It's not too late. ”

Zhu Menfu was stunned, a chopstick fell off the table, and when he picked it up, his hand spasmed and didn't obey the call, and he picked it up twice before picking it up. I saw that the chopsticks were opposite to the end of the chopsticks, and the two were adjusted at the same time, but the result was still the opposite, so I simply put the chopsticks on the table, moved my fingers, changed one chopstick to two to put them together, and then picked them up one by one, and smiled bitterly.

"Who's the hero who got first?"

"You'll find out later."

"I don't believe it."

"Believe it or not."

"If you drink three glasses in a row, I will believe it."

Liu Xiyue pondered slightly, took the wine bottle, filled the empty wine glass in front of her, took it up and drank it all, the mouth of the cup was downward, and after no drop of wine, she turned around and poured it all down, drank three glasses in a row, and then sat down softly with her mouth and legs, coughed, and rubbed her chest with a blushing face.

Yang Lanzhi sighed heavily and patted her back gently, distressed and annoyed.

"When did you learn to drink? You see, is it very comfortable. ”

Liu Zongkai forcibly suppressed his surprise, feeling that Liu Xiyue seemed to be familiar and unfamiliar as if she had suddenly changed people.

"It's all my fault, I'll punish myself with ten cups."

"It's not about you. I was willing. If you punish yourself with ten cups, you're blaming me. Drink it when you're ready. ”

"I would never blame you, but I don't want you to do this to yourself."

"What kind of dumb riddle are you two playing, let's hear it."

Liu Zongkai couldn't help but ask. Liu Xiyue laughed.

"You adults will never understand about our children."

Walking to the door of the hotel, Zhu Kailin smiled at Liu Zongkai.

"Your daughter is not simple."

"I thought I knew her mind when I was a child, but I didn't expect it to ......"

Liu Xiyue walked crookedly, and almost brought down Yang Lanzhi who was holding her several times.

Back at home, Liu Xiyue entered the room and closed the door, took out the jade pendant from under the pillow and put it around her neck, took a picture in front of the wardrobe mirror, rubbed the jade pendant, and muttered to herself happily and confusedly.

"Why do I like a poor sour liar, and what is wrong with my tendon?"

After drinking a few sips of water, Liu Xiyue took off her shoes, threw her coat to the side of the bed, lay on the bed and pulled the quilt to cover her head, and fell asleep vaguely when she touched the jade pendant.

After a while, Yang Lanzhi saw that the light in Liu Xiyue's room was still on, and knocked lightly on the door. After knocking three times and not responding, he leaned against the door and listened with bated breath. There was an even snoring sound in the room. Yang Lanzhi entered the door and walked to the bedside, worriedly touched Liu Xiyue's exposed hand, and pulled down the quilt covering her head.

Lying sideways, next to Liu Xiyue's face, there was suddenly a dark green heart-shaped jade pendant.

The day before the start of school, Liu Xiyue was packing her luggage in her room. Yang Lanzhi helped organize the clothes.

Liu Zongkai walked into the room after stepping outside the door a few times, and silently watched Liu Xiyue pack up his things.

"You are like this, as if your daughter is going to marry far away tomorrow." Yang Lanzhi said with a smile.

"My daughter won't marry too far."

"Dad, tomorrow I will take the car to the county seat by myself, and then take the bus back to school at the bus station."

"I'll give it to you."

"Thank you Dad, you're also busy, so I won't bother you."

Liu Xiyue's politeness and understanding made Liu Zongkai happy and disappointed.

"Dad didn't send you off, he just happened to go to the county seat to run errands, and he would take you for a ride along the way."

"Okay, Dad is going to help me put my suitcase in the car, and he will treat me to ice cream, a string of rock sugar gourds, and a handful of dried roses, and I will not be allowed to leave until the shuttle bus leaves the station."

"No problem, is there anything else?"

Liu Zongkai was overjoyed, and agreed with a smile. Yang Lanzhi smiled.

"Aren't you planning to go to the orchard?"

"The fruit won't call Daddy."

"You're too used to her."

"I only have this daughter."

The next morning, before leaving home and getting into the car, Yang Lanzhi pulled Liu Xiyue again.

"You have to remember Mom's words, and be careful of being deceived."

"Got it, it's better to let people be deceived."

The cars moved, the familiar houses and streets receded, the mountains and fields were far away and sometimes near, and the rivers zigzagged and wenged away. Liu Xiyue's heart swelled with unrelenting sadness. After a while, thinking that I would soon be able to see Gao Wutong and Lan Lingmei again, the irrepressible joy and sweetness filled my heart again. She looked silently ahead, one moment delighted, the next stunned. Liu Zongkai smiled:

"Are you thinking about someone?"

"I'm thinking about Lingmei."

"Really?"

Liu Xiyue blushed.

"Of course."

Liu Zongkai sighed.

"My girl has grown up."

When I arrived at the Sanjiang County Bus Station, after buying a ticket, I found the bus, Liu Zongkai put away the suitcase, and went to the station to buy ice cream, rock sugar gourd and dried roses, and watched Liu Xiyue eat it with great enjoyment, and asked her what else she wanted to eat after a while? Liu Xiyue smiled mischievously.

"I have some money left over to cheer for Dad, and I'll give you a treat next time I come back."

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Xiyue finally arrived at the courtyard. As she walked through the patio, she looked at Gao Wutong's dormitory. The windows were ajar, and the curtains swayed gently in the wind; The door was open, as if waiting for her.

After entering the dormitory, Lan Lingmei hadn't come yet, Zhu Geqi and Liang Qingfeng had already made their beds and were preparing bath supplies. Feng Fangfei and Gu Xiangming were still busy making the bed and sorting out their clothes. The table by the window was full of large bags of food, melon seed shells, peanut shells, pine nut shells, and everywhere on the ground.

Liu Xiyue put down her suitcase and backpack and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"You're so early! Have you been looking forward to the start of school for a long time? ”

"We're not like you." Liang Qingfeng said.

"If you brought something delicious, take it out and eat it together." Zhu Geqi said.

Liu Xiyue opened the suitcase, put the preserved fruits, walnuts, cashew nuts, almonds, pistachios, etc. on the table, and looked at Lan Lingmei's bed.

"Lingmei didn't come, or did she come and go out?"

"I haven't seen it," Zhu Geqi said, "she may not come until tomorrow morning to register." ”

"Wait for me for a few minutes, I'll go take a shower with you first, and then make the bed when I come back."

After taking a shower and returning to the dormitory, Liu Xiyue made the bed and made up her clothes, then sat on the edge of the bed and chatted and ate with everyone. Zhu Geqi and the others talked with great interest. Liu Xiyue was never interested, and occasionally interjected a sentence or two, but she also looked absent-minded.