"She looked at him with joy and fear, and after all she was more joyful than afraid."

She looked at the sky and reached out to catch the raindrops rolling down under the eaves.

Since then, I have put that man in my heart.

She shook her head.

I don't know, she doesn't know.

She loved him, maybe from that bowl of medicine.

Maybe it's just that the person holding the medicine happens to be him.

Once upon a time, she was looking forward to going down the mountain and getting out of here as soon as possible. Now, she is finally allowed to do so, but her heart can't breathe for no reason.

I don't know what to do, and she goes deep, and she carves him in the bottom of her heart.

"Master, I'm sorry,"

She muttered to herself.

Doomed to be fruitless.

It's best to leave like this.

……

Wring out the wet clothes and hanging the bamboo poles one by one.

She thumped her sore waist, pinched her sleeve and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Today's work is finally done. She held the large empty wooden basin and turned back to the threshold of her house.

Standing the basin against the wall, she sat down on the small bench on the threshold. After resting on the threshold for a while, she felt that she had found herself again.

The blue background of the floral wrap wrapped her hair inside. She lowered her head slightly, and the pear vortex was shallow on her face.

It seems to recall something particularly interesting. She chuckled, her eyebrows bent together.

Suddenly, her ears moved. Immediately, she leaned against the old door frame and straightened up her slender and thin body.

Set the small bench aside. She slapped her clothes off and prepared to go inside.

"Jade Lady, Jade Lady,"

She retracted her left foot on the threshold, turned back, and looked towards the doorway.

Outside the gate, there is a rickety body.

"Here it is, here it is," she scurried over with her little clogs.

"What's the matter with Aunt Liu? Sit down in the room,"

She snapped the deadbolt and greeted the man into the house with a smile.

"No, no,"

Aunt Liu waved her hand.

She gently placed the old bamboo basket on her back on the ground. Trembling again, he took out of the basket, and filled a pot full of red and large cherries.

Aunt Liu looked kind and handed it to Yu Xiaowan: "Hurry up and take it, and relieve the child's hunger,"

"This, how can this be done, Auntie take it back quickly. After a while, Ah Chan will wake up, and I will go with you to the east market to sell it. ”

She hurriedly shook her head and excused herself, saying that she would not accept the cherry at all.

Aunt Liu glared and pulled down a piece of dough. said very calmly: "What are you shirking, I didn't give it to you, auntie." Of course, my red and big cherries are for my baby Chan'er,"

After that, Aunt Liu lifted the crutches again and knocked on the ground a few times: "If you eat it, I will give you half green and half yellow, and you can't sell it if you have worms,"

"That's not good, Chan'er is still young, how can she eat so much," she knew that she couldn't get rid of it, so she grabbed a handful slightly, "These are enough, Auntie take them back quickly,"

"You, you, you, dead girl," Aunt Liu raised her cane and struck at her.

Finally, a centimeter away from her, she dropped the cane in her hand.

Aunt Liu said angrily: "You scratch the cherries dirty, and eat the top layer by yourself." It's all Xiao Chan'er's at the bottom, you are not allowed to steal your mouth to eat again, and all the things you can't eat are pickled in sugar for Chan'er,"

She helped her forehead, and sighed secretly in her heart: This Aunt Liu is stubborn and soft-hearted, but she really looks like a child.

"Yes, yes, listen to Aunt Liu's teachings," she stuck out her tongue mischievously and made a blessing to Auntie.

Aunt Liu ignored her and slowly bent down her rickety body. Turning towards the side of the large bamboo basket, he quickly untied a small straw basket.

"Take it, replenish Chan'er's body,"

Aunt Liu stuffed something wrapped in green leaves and tightly wrapped into her calloused hands.

The smell of fishiness filled the air.

"No, no,"

She hurriedly took out the silver money in her arms and stuffed it into Aunt Liu.

"Go, go, you damn girl. Take it back for me, keep it for Chan'er to pull a piece of cloth and make a new dress," Aunt Liu put on a straight face and threw the money bag back to her.

"Don't be sentimental to me, I'm not a fish for you to eat. At most, you can eat a fish head, and the tender fish meat must be fed to my baby Xiaochan'er. ”

Aunt Liu was not in a hurry to go back for a while. His withered hands rested on his crutches, and his cloudy eyes stared at her. The eldest lady said: "You too, don't rely on your youth, just give me whatever you want." You don't think about yourself, but you have to think about Chan'er. You can't bear to let her have no father, and let her be looked down upon every day.

After a pause, he said: "Your boss is not too small, and the eldest mother will not say anything about the side." It's just a woman, you still have to find a man to rely on. Besides, if you have a daddy brother, Chan'er will not be bullied in the future,"

"Auntie~" She stomped her foot, and her face suddenly turned red, "Don't say it, why do you suddenly talk about this,"

Aunt Liu sighed and looked at her worriedly: "Don't blame Auntie for being verbose, people have to look forward, right?" Chan'er is not small, you should also find one. The eldest lady told you, when you pick a man, your appearance is the secondary. It's the temperament that counts. I see that little brother Chen is very good, you will not suffer a loss if you marry him,"

"Yes, yes, what the eldest lady said is, I'll think about it again. Now, I'll help you first and carry the things back,"

She lowered her red head and hurriedly went to carry Aunt Liu's bamboo basket.

Smack, smack, smack.

Aunt Liu carried her cane and knocked her three times in succession.

"Auntie~ Why are you knocking me again," she clutched her arms and pouted.

"Hmph, it's you who knocked. How? You still look down on me? Think I'm too old to walk? Let me tell you Yu Xiaowan, auntie, I can walk ten miles in one breath. ”

Aunt Liu said without a good face.

"I ...... Why,"

She wrinkled her nose and whispered aggrievedly.

"Go aside, what should you do if you leave Chan'er, you will give it to me, stay here honestly. Auntie, I know how to go back. I don't need you to send it. Get me back into the house,"

Aunt Liu carried the bamboo basket on her back and the wooden crutches of the dragon's head. She lowered her head, put one hand behind her back, and walked back tremblingly.

How could she not know that the eldest mother was caring about herself. Since she moved here, she has been favored by her aunt.

This mouth, an old woman who refuses to forgive. It's clearly a lovely and kind old woman.

Just because of himself, he cured the eldest mother's long-term leg cold. The eldest lady doesn't say anything, there are good things, but she always thinks about the two of them.

Alas.

She was destined.

I'm going to disappoint my aunt.

Yu Xiaowan looked at the back of the eldest lady and disappeared into the bamboo garden around the corner.

After all, he sighed and turned back into the house.

She understands all those truths, but thinking and doing are two different things. knew that she and that him, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, would never be able to swim to the shore where he was.

But how can you forget.

That person, how could she forget.

She slumped into the shaded room with her clogs.

Thousands of thoughts melted away, and there was only Chan'er's shallow breathing in her ears.

"Mother," Chan'er called suddenly, waving her little hands wildly. As if in a nightmare, her little face oozed sweat.

Yu Xiaowan hurriedly held her little hand. coaxed softly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, my mother is here, my mother will sing you a little song,"

A long, soft voice rang out, and her songs echoed through the room.

"The reeds are high, the reeds are long, and the reeds are like snow and snow. The reed knows the wind and the rain the most. The reeds are high, the reeds are long, and the reeds are playing hide and seek. How many high-ranking celebrities and fortunes are all cowherds back then......"

Knock knock, knock knock. Someone is knocking on the door.

She stopped the song, covered Chan'er with the quilt, and got up and walked out.

"Who's there,"

She shouted boldly.

The knock on the door stopped, and no one answered outside the door for a long time.

"Sick," she muttered, just as if it were some scoundrel who had come to tease herself by hiding outside the gate.

Without thinking much about it, she got up and turned back into the house.

"Mother," Chan'er opened her eyes abruptly and shouted at her crisply.

Click, Chan'er kissed her face.

"Little dirty cat," she said, wiping Chan'er's face with a handkerchief. He pointed to the basin and said, "Wash your hands quickly, Grandma Liu brought you cherries today,"

"Oh, Chan'er likes Grandma Liu the most," Chan'er jumped out of bed, "Of course, it's still a little worse than my mother,"

After that, Chan'er took a sip and happily ran to wash her hands.

Is......

She shook her head.

"Mother, mother, Chan'er made a flower. Mother, hurry up and take Chan'er and send it to Grandma Liu. ”

Chan'er held one and wreathed crookedly. Babyishly show her, urging her to hurry up and go out.

"Wait, wait until Grandma wakes up," she touched, Chan'er's head, with a look of pity.

"Oh~" Chan'er was a little disappointed, and her head drooped. The mouth pursed slightly, but the sensible no longer made trouble.

She plucked Chan'er's little nose: "There are also jujube cakes on the table, you pick two pieces to eat,"

Knock knock knock ~ knock knock.

The knock on the door rang again.

Instinctively, she hid Chan'er behind her.

"Wait, don't make a sound, my mother will go back when she goes,"

She walked over with her guts, but the bench in her hand trembled slightly.

Outside the door, there stood a man wearing a hat and a black wind.

Suddenly, he moved.

She hurriedly threw the bench over.

It turned out that the man just wanted to untie the hat on his body.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry ......"

The hat fell to the ground, and she froze there.

Breathing, suddenly shortened.

Tears began to fill up again.

She covered her mouth, not daring to say a word.

It's him, it's him.

When she saw him, she was both happy and afraid, and after all, there was less joy than fear.

No, you cannot......

She hurriedly stepped back, not daring to look at the man.

"Mother, why haven't you come back,"

Chan'er stepped out of the threshold and tilted her fluffy head.

He looked at her.

After a long time, I said a word.

"You...... How are you doing? ”