Chapter Sixty-Eight: Nagging and Everyday Things
At noon the next day, smoke rose from every household in Duanyang City, and in the tiled house with low stone walls in the Li family, Xiao Xuan ran in and out with heavy firewood on his back, sweat on his face, but he was in a good mood.
Xiao Xuan picked up a bundle of firewood and ran into the house, put the firewood in the corner of the earthen stove, straightened up and clapped his hands, and joked to Qiu Liang, who was burning the fire behind the earthen stove: "It's cold, your fire is not burning enough!"
Qiu, whose face was red from the flames, didn't raise his head, he fanned the fire with a pu fan in one hand, and waved at Xiao Xuan with the other, and said angrily: "Go, go, move your firewood, don't make trouble for me here, my fire is booming!"
Xiao Xuan not only did not leave, but also hunched over and got behind the earthen stove, squeezed into the small and hot space with Autumn Cool, rubbed his hands and said: "It's cool, I haven't touched this thing for many years, why don't you let me try it, you go and carry firewood?"
"Don't!" Qiu Liang frowned, and said simply, "You are the eldest son, where can you do this kind of work, if the fire is extinguished, so many of us will have lunch?"
Xiao Xuan's old face turned red, and he didn't know if it was reflected by the firelight, so he could only crawl out from behind the earthen stove with his head shrunk, and said to Mother Li, who was standing in front of the stove to stir-fry: "Godmother, see if this firewood is enough, not enough for me to go to the yard to move some in." ”
Mother Li looked at the two bickering with a smile from the beginning, and when she heard Xiao Xuan speak, she smiled and said: "Enough is enough, this firewood is enough for me and Shengyun to use it for a while, Xiao Xuan, you have been busy for most of the day, sit down and rest for a while, I put herbal tea on the table." ”
"Okay, thank you, godmother!" Xiao Xuan got the order, ran to the table and sat down, picked up the teacup and drank it all, although the herbal tea of ordinary people is not as good as the tea drunk in Xiao Fuzhong, but at this time it tastes very happy, he put the teacup on the table and grinned, "Cool!"
"Xiao Xuan. Zhang Yanyun, who had been sitting at the table, frowned and said to Xiao Xuan, "If you sit here and sit honestly, don't disturb Shengyun's study." ”
Li Shengyun, who was sitting in a wheelchair and holding a book on the side, shrank his head when he heard this, stuck out his tongue at Xiao Xuan, and made a grimace.
Xiao Xuan shrugged, raised his hands to signal his surrender, and said, "Okay...... You all think I'm noisy, I can go out in the sun!"
As he spoke, he picked up a chair and walked outside the door, sat down under the eaves, leaned against the wall, squinted slightly, and looked comfortable.
Zhang Yanyun glanced at him, turned around and pointed to a certain place in the book and said to Li Shengyun: "Shengyun, let's continue to read." ”
"Good. Li Shengyun responded with a smile.
Mother Li turned her head and swept her eyes over the three teenagers kindly, and the sad dust in her eyes finally dissipated a lot.
The three teenagers rushed to their house early this morning, although the three of them said on the surface that the school had nothing to disturb them, but in fact, Li's mother knew in her heart that the three children must have heard the news of the man's death, and they were afraid that they would not be able to withstand the successive blows before they came to accompany them.
Whether it was the cool autumn of the fire, or Xiao Xuan who was carrying firewood, or Zhang Yanyun who tutored Li Shengyun in his homework, they all added a strong warmth to Li's mother's heart, she looked at the three teenagers, only to feel that the dark cloud of sadness in her heart gradually dissipated, and the corners of her eyes were slightly damp when she came back to her senses.
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"Serve the food, serve the food!" "On the third day of the day, Xiao Xuan brought large and small dishes to the table.
"Wow...... It's so hearty!" Li Shengyun's eyes lit up, he smelled the fragrance of the food deeply, couldn't help but admire, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to Li's mother, "Mother, I want chopsticks, I want chopsticks, I'm so hungry!"
"It's coming, don't worry, be careful. Mother Li smiled and distributed the dishes and chopsticks to everyone, and waited until everyone was seated before she sat down.
"I'm moving!" Li Shengyun shouted, and he couldn't wait to stretch out his chopsticks.
You can't blame Li Shengyun for being too excited, because for this family, today's meal is too rich, just four kinds of chicken, duck and fish are just as much, even if it is the New Year, it will never be so rich!
"Eat slowly, eat slowly, don't choke. Zhang Yanyun said while sandwiching meat for Li Shengyun.
"Uh-huh...... Brother Yanyun, you eat it too. Li Shengyun said vaguely, bowing his head and eating violently.
"Hehe, Xiao Shengyun, it's delicious, right? I'll tell you that these are nothing, next time let Brother Xiao Xuan take you to Zuixian Mansion to eat abalone and bird's nest!"
For Autumn Liang, because of his own experience, he also has a deep affection and concern for Li Shengyun, but his city is a little deeper, and it will not be revealed under normal circumstances, and today's atmosphere is good, so he will show some true feelings a little.
Xiao Xuan wiped his nose, gave Li Shengyun a thumbs up, and said with a smile: "No problem! When you want to go, I'll take you there when I say it!"
Xiao Xuan looked back at Mother Li and added, "Godmother will go with me then!"
Mother Li smiled and nodded, only to feel that her throat was choked for a while, and the corners of her eyes were moist again, so she hurriedly reached out to wipe it.
"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Li Shengyun stopped chewing and looked at his mother, for fear that he would make his mother unhappy by eating too much.
"No, it's okay...... Mother Li wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with a smile, "The smoke is a bit big, my mother smoked it just now, you eat, don't worry about your mother." ”
"Oh...... Mother, you can eat it too!" Li Shengyun nodded as if he didn't understand, picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his mother's bowl with great difficulty, urging, "Mother, you eat, it's delicious!"
"Well, mother, eat. Mother Li choked slightly, lowered her head and took a small bite of the chicken.
Zhang Yanyun and the three of them glanced at each other and smiled.
The sunlight outside the window shines into the small room, and the air is full of warmth, and the family is happy.
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After the meal, the three of them stayed for a while, and talked to Mother Li for a while, and Mother Li seemed very calm about the death of the man, after all, so many years have passed, plus Li Xinlan's death, Li does not have much hope for that man, although he is a little sad to die, but the days will go on, and it will fade after a long time.
"Godmother, I'll come to see you when we have time in the future, the dishes made by Godmother are delicious!" Xiao Xuan said when parting.
Li nodded with a smile, patted Li Shengyun's shoulder and said, "Shengyun, say goodbye to my brothers." ”
"Goodbye, brothers!" Li Shengyun's face also changed to a smile on his face, and he asked again, "When will the brothers come again?"
Zhang Yanyun rubbed his head and said with a smile: "I'll come when I'm free, Shengyun, I can't fall behind in my homework, I'll check it next time." ”
"Yanyun, I found that you are very suitable to be a teacher. Autumn cool teased.
Zhang Yanyun smiled noncommittally.
"Let's go. The three of them said goodbye and left the Li family.
It's September, the season is in autumn, the weather is not as hot as before, the air is much more humid, and the three people who are in a good mood walk around the street and look around, and they are not in a hurry to go back to school.
"Yanyun, you haven't found anyone to form a team yet?" asked Autumn Liang.
"Nope. Zhang Yanyun shook his head and sighed, "I guess I'll have to wait until the day after tomorrow to gather and team up with the last lone person." ”
Xiao Xuan arched Qiu Liang with his elbow, squinted his eyes and asked, "Don't pretend to care about the two of us, tell me, how are you and those two girls in your team?"
"What do you mean by a mess?" Qiu Liang put his hands behind his head, glared at Xiao Xuan angrily, and squinted his eyes and smiled, "But when you say this, I think of it, Lin Yuqing and Lin Yuxin are indeed very beautiful." ”
"Damn! or to Sister Flower, do you still want to be embarrassed when it's cold?"
"Hey, hey. ”
The three of them were chatting around one after another, when suddenly there was a loud bang in front of them, accompanied by a soft shout.
"Want to do it, this girl will accompany you to the end!"