Chapter 10: Summer

The days passed very quickly, and the crooked jujube tree in front of the threshold was full of dense fruits.

Yue Niangzi stood next to the tree, as if she had seen the scene of red dates hanging on the branches in autumn. Think of the fragrant and sweet stuffed dates again-

It's one of life's great pleasures!

The jujubes brewed by Liu Li were eaten as early as spring, and Yue Niangzi was hungry for the past few months.

Now that the jujube has been hung on the tree solidly, Yue Niangzi feels a little regretful.

"Yue Niang." Ah Han pushed open the courtyard door and saw Yue Niangzi standing in the tree and pondering, and he called.

Yue Niangzi turned her head and saw Ah Han who had just returned from the town, and Liu Li also heard the sound, and hurriedly put down the work in his hand and walked out.

"Han'er is back, is it going well today?" She walked over and took the item from Ah Han's hand.

When Yue Niangzi saw Liu Li stepping forward, she didn't move anymore, and still stood under the jujube tree.

Ah Han followed Liu Li and walked in, and when he was about to cross the threshold, he suddenly turned his head and smiled at Yue Niangzi.

Yue Niangzi knew his intentions, so she followed into the house. Ah Han put the things in the kitchen, and then pulled Yue Niangzi in with a mysterious face, and then took out a thing wrapped in red silk from his coat pocket.

Yue Niangzi unraveled layer by layerβ€”β€”

A large folded piece of paper.

Ah Han helped her spread out the paper, revealing a map drawn on the paper, with markers and reminders at each station, starting from the neighboring town to Los Angeles and then to the capital.

Inn, cloth village, necessary way, big road and small road, official road and business road.

She felt some tingling on her scalp.

She just mentioned it casually at that time, and asked him if he knew how to get from here to Los Angeles, but unexpectedly...... In less than half a month, he actually handed over this fine picture to her.

Her nose was a little sore, and tears were swirling in her eyes.

"I know you're leaving." Ah Han dragged two chairs from the side of the table, "Although you don't say it, I still know that you are not from here after all, you have your home, you have parents, brothers and sisters." He sighed and rubbed his hands together, as if to figure out what to say next.

"You're not from here, you have to leave anyway, so it's better to leave as soon as possible." He turned his head to Yue Niangzi, and then took out a purse from his pocket and handed it over.

"This is the jewelry you are wearing, help you take it, use it on the road." He said with a smile, then lowered his head again, and wiped his hands on his face a few times, "That's all I can do, if I can't find it there, come back, the old Liu family has been here, waiting, waiting." ”

The water beads swirling in Yue Niangzi's eyes finally fell, crackling, and the rain hit the plantain like messing up Liu Ahhan's heart.

She really didn't expect the family to do this to her.

Ah Han also turned his back.

Liu Li was calling him in the room at the moment, he had to go, "Hide away, don't tell my mother." He stood up and whispered, then lifted the curtain and walked out.

The sunny day was already dark at this moment, and as soon as a few thunders passed, it was overwhelming rain.

The rain in the summer is coming, like the tears of my daughter's family, and it is out of control.

Ah Han stayed in front of the gate for a moment, and only when Liu Li shouted out to him again did he take steps and walk inside.

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Yue Niangzi went back to the room, and at the moment she was watching the rain through the window paper, the rain was strong and the wind was strong, and she was wrapped in rain and fluttered on the window at the moment.

Yue Niangzi took a few steps back and sat on the bed, and in the hall outside, Liu Li was talking to Ah Han, and there was a faint sound of beating the pipe.

The voice that should have made people feel reassuring was palpitating at this moment, and the rain was unusual, she was a little worried, but she didn't know where this feeling came from.

Chunxi came knocking on the door in the middle of the night.

"Bang bang bang" crying and shouting, the voice and in the rain seem a little heartbreaking.

Yue Niangzi was awakened by her series of screams, and when she opened her eyes, she was still wondering if she was still in a dream.

Until someone outside opened the door, and the sound of Liu Li's rummaging through the cabinets and chattering-

She just knew...... This is the reality.

Then, there was another palpitation, the heartbeat was also very fast, and the head was a little dizzy.

What's wrong?

She got up and dressed.

Outside, a series of footsteps and screams went farther and farther away.

By the time she reached the gate, there was no sound outside.

There was still an oil lamp on the incense table in the hall, she took the lamp and entered Liu Li's house, but there was no one. He turned around and went into Ahman's house, but there was no one either.

They're all gone.

Why did you go?

What happened?

Was it spring just now?

Is there something wrong?

Crying in the middle of the night, something terrible must have happened.

What is it?

The problem returned to the original point, she took the lamp to the door and walked into the house from the door, so that after going back and forth several times, she saw a layer of green jujube falling under the jujube tree outside, and it was estimated that it was because of the heavy wind and rain tonight.

The dates have fallen.

Her heart also fell.

The wind and rain rushed into the house, and she got up and closed the door, and sat in the hall with an oil lamp for a long time. Tonight's night is really long and scary, it's been so long, why hasn't it been dawn yet?

She clasped her hands and circled around the hall for a few more moments, and then finally took the lamp and went to the kitchen.

and water, kneading the dough, and finally lighting the fire in the stove. Half a pot of water was added to the pot, and I didn't know what to boil it for, but I knew that it would make her feel better in front of this fire.

Is it fear? She thought to herself, holding her head.

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"Ya Niang Ya Niang, come here, come over quickly." A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl with a double bun was lying in an attic and shouted downstairs.

Immediately from downstairs, a woman wearing a goose yellow blouse and a brown lower skirt walked up, the woman was about in her early twenties, combing the woman's bun, and said as she walked up, "How long is it?" How much longer? ”

"You follow." The girl ran down from the other side of the stairs again, stood downstairs and shouted, "Ya Niang Ya Niang, come here, come here." ”

The woman who called her Ya Niang went downstairs again.

Unexpectedly, the girl with her double bun went to another attic, and said with a smile while jumping, "Come here, Ya Niang, come quickly." ”

The one who called Ya Niang followed, but was called by another woman with a double bun, "Ya Niang, Ya Niang, come this way, come this way." ”

Ya Niang turned around, and followed the girl through the woods to an open meadow, and at this moment there was a large group of girls and women in the meadow, and all the girls who were combed in the middle of it were girls.

The colorful dress is not eye-catching.

The person who called Ya Niang obviously didn't feel so much, and was even a little nervous.