Chen Xi cautiously stepped into the house, and immediately looked at the six roads and listened to the eight directions.

Soon, in the hall, he saw two strangers, a middle-aged man and an old man in his sixties and seventies, and his parents were chatting with him. It's rare that they are still chatting in not very standard Mandarin, which makes Chen Xi feel weird.

Seeing Chen Xi come back, everyone stopped talking and looked at him. Chen Xi's father, Chen Qiao, hurriedly called him over, and then introduced: "He is my son Chen Xi." Call people quickly, this is Uncle Fang and Grandpa Fang. ”

Chen Xi hurriedly called out honestly, feeling very bored in his heart, why did he call these strangers like relatives when he saw them? Do adults like to be called?

The old man surnamed Fang glanced at Chen Xi a few times, smiled and nodded: "He is Chen Xi?" Yes, yes, really a good boy. ”

Chen Xi smiled awkwardly and prepared to go back to the room first. At this time, a little girl who didn't know where to come out ran to Chen Xi and said very rudely: "Your name is Chen Xi?" ”

Chen Xi looked at the person in front of him, it was an eleven or twelve-year-old thin little girl, she didn't see anything beautiful, and there was nothing particularly attractive, she was blinking her eyes to observe him, and he nodded awkwardly.

"Brother Chen Xi, hello, I'm Yu'er." The little girl generously introduced herself.

Old man Fang said with a smile: "Chen Xi, this is my granddaughter Fang Yu'er, you children should go play together." ”

Chen Xi hates that others say that he is a child, he has read too many martial arts novels, and he has imagined countless times that he is a chivalrous and courageous, righteous and heroic hero, and a hero who saves Li Min from fire and water, saying that he is a child is equivalent to saying that he has no ability, and it also shatters his illusions, so he has always been very disgusted.

But today this is called by a guest, and he doesn't care about it, people are guests, so it's a big deal to wait for him to leave and scold him a few words of old man.

Chen Xi nodded, said "hello" to the girl and walked into his room.

Entering the room, Chen Xi habitually just wanted to bend down to see if the bat under the bed was still there, when he found that the little girl named Fang Yu'er had followed him into the room.

The bat I picked up last night didn't leave by itself, and stayed under Chen Xi's bed all the time, and I didn't know what it lived on, and I didn't know if it really ate mosquitoes. He had thought the bat was dead, and took a broom to pick out its corpse, but who knew that it was still alive and well, and it seemed to be free of the embarrassment of that night.

Chen Xi only picked it up last time, but now he doesn't know how to get it away. Because after staying for a long time, the parents will definitely be discovered, and they will definitely kill it if they find out, so isn't that equivalent to saving it in vain? That night, Chen Xi dared to reach out and catch the bat, but now he didn't have the guts to get under the bed and catch it out, who knows if it will bite? Who knows if it's poisonous to bite?

Fortunately, the bat has never harassed Chen Xi and his family, so he doesn't pay too much attention to it, but he still checks every day to see if it has gone away or died.

Chen Xi saw Fang Yu'er coming in, and it was not good to look under the bed, so he put his schoolbag on the table. "Why aren't you with your grandfather?"

Fang Yu'er walked to the table, found a stool and sat down by herself, glanced at Chen Xi and said, "They adults don't know how boring they are!" ”

She also regarded herself as a child of the same age, Chen Xi couldn't help but smile bitterly. "But I don't know you, and I don't have anything to say to you, a child."

Fang Yu'er looked at Chen Xi for a while, and suddenly laughed: "Brother Chen Xi, you are not much older than me, at a young age, don't learn to dress cool!" ”

Chen Xi was a little ridiculous when he heard her words, but he didn't understand what she said about "pretending to be cool", "What is a brick library?" What do I have to do with Bricks? ”

Fang Yuer smiled and said proudly: "I don't really understand what it means, but now this term is very popular in Taiwan, cool is a very stylish, very calm, very deep, very mature and charming boy, pretending to be cool means that many boys deliberately pretend to be cold and deep." ”

Chen Xi couldn't help but feel funny, "You mean I pretend to be deep?" When will I have it? ”

"It's written on your face, and that's what you just looked like." Fang Yu'er said as she flipped over the things on the table.

"You little girl, where did you get these ghost theories, and what are the popular sayings in Taiwan."

"Read books, these books are described like this now, and it's really popular in Taiwan!" She went to flip through the textbooks in Chen Xi's schoolbag again.

When you are only eleven or twelve years old, you always read romance novels? Chen Xi couldn't help but glance at the little girl again. In fact, didn't he himself eleven or two start reading martial arts novels a long time ago? However, now that he was a few years older than Fang Yu'er, he naturally pretended to be majestic and said, "You are still so young, if you want to study properly, how can you read those idle books?" ”

Fang Yu'er stuck out her tongue and said lightly: "How can you talk like my father?" Oh——, I see, it's cool again! ”

Chen Xi glanced at her and said lessons: "You are still too young, don't read so many Taiwanese romance novels, even if you like Taiwanese writers, you should also look at Lin Qingxuan, Long Yingtai, Bai Xianyong or something, or you girls like to watch Zhang Xiaofeng, Xi Murong or something." ”

Fang Yu'er exclaimed in surprise: "What are you kidding!" It's because I'm young that I read it, I've grown up, I've had a lot of experience, and it's too late to fall in love, and I still read these mentally retarded books? Xi Murong hasn't seen it, but Xi Juan does. ”

Chen Xi couldn't help but be speechless, thinking to herself, she made sense, these romance novels were originally designed to deceive little girls, and they will have their own experiences when they grow up, who will go to watch these fictitious loves? This is not comparable to martial arts and science fiction, which is beyond the reach of a lifetime, and can only be secretly cool when reading a book. (At that time, there was no popular fantasy in China, let alone fantasy, and when it came to casual novels, it was martial arts, science fiction, and romance.) ）

"Also, you told me not to read Taiwanese novels, do I want to come to the mainland to rent books? It's incredible! Fang Yu'er shrugged her shoulders and shook her head and said.

"What?" Chen Xi couldn't help but doubt his ears, "Did I hear it wrong, or did you say it wrong?" Are you coming to the mainland to rent books? You say as if you live in Taiwan. ”

"You're so stupid, I already live in Taiwan, so what's there to suspect?" Fang Yu'er asked strangely.

Chen Xi was really surprised at this time, he couldn't help but sit down, stared at Fang Yu'er carefully for a while, and said with a smile: "Are you really Taiwanese?" Hehe, I didn't expect to let me meet Taiwanese children. Remembering that he didn't like people to say that he was a child, he thought that others would be the same, so he quickly changed his words and said: "I mean, it's the first time I've seen a girl from Taiwan." ”

Fang Yu'er couldn't help laughing, "What's the difference between Taiwanese?" Aren't you all the same? ”

Since the beginning of the eight years, Taiwanese have returned to their hometowns to visit relatives, and everyone is not very curious. However, Chen Xi knew that his family had no relatives in Taiwan, so he was still a little curious, and asked in a low voice: "What do you have to do with our family?" Why did you come to our house? ”

Fang Yu'er shook her head.

"You don't know?" Chen Xi was a little disappointed, and sighed in her heart, she was still a child after all.

"Not really! I shook my head and I meant it didn't matter. Fang Yu'er waved her hand and said.

Chen Xi was energetic again, "Then what are you doing at our house?" ”

"Did you know that you have a grandfather in the United States?" Fang Yu'er asked rhetorically.

Chen Xi nodded, his grandfather's younger brother and his third grandfather are in the United States, which is their family's only "overseas relationship".

"That's right, my grandfather and your grandfather are good friends, and my grandfather's hometown is here, so this time my grandfather came back, and I wanted to come to your house to see, which is considered to be a visit for your grandfather, because it is not so convenient for your grandfather to come back." Fang Yu'er said in an old-fashioned tone.

Chen Xi finally understood the relationship, this old man surnamed Fang is Taiwanese, but he doesn't know how to know his grandfather in the United States, by the way, his hometown is in this area, it must be because he knows his grandfather because of his hometown relationship. This time, Grandpa Fang came back to visit his relatives, and by the way, he found his own home. Come and see on behalf of grandpa, it can be regarded as a piece of heart.

"Also, we brought a camera, so we can take some pictures of your home and send it to Grandpa Chen." Fang Yu'er continued.

Thinking that they came by car, Chen Xi was not surprised that they had cameras, and Taiwanese people were still very rich in everyone's impression. However, scarcity is expensive, and the camera is a relatively high-end thing in his mind, because except for the photojournalist on TV, he has basically never seen it in real life.

Chen Xi wanted to see the camera, but he didn't want to look so old-fashioned, so he changed the topic and said, "The one outside is your father?" ”

Fang Yu'er couldn't help lowering her voice and laughing wildly, "Where, that's my uncle, he is a local, I just met him, and we came back to live in their house." My dad didn't come back with us! ”

Chen Xi was a little embarrassed, and reluctantly said, "I said why don't you look alike." ”

Fang Yu'er shook with a smile, she finished looking through Chen Xi's schoolbag, and then turned over his desk, Chen Xi saw that she was still young, so she didn't blame her for not knowing how to respect privacy. In fact, he is not afraid of "searching" when he takes martial arts novels home to read, he is afraid that his parents will find out, and he will hide them, sometimes from the entrance of the quilt cover and hide in the quilt; Sometimes it is placed under a mat or mat.

"Hey, this statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva is good...... Okay......" She didn't know if she didn't know what words to use to describe it, and after a few pauses, she finally said, "...... It's so chic! Where to buy it? ”

Chen Xi said lightly: "Someone else sent it." Do you like it? ”

Fang Yu'er took it in her hand and looked at it for a while before she reacted and said, "I like it, but I won't ask you to give it to me." ”

"Why?" Originally, they had only known each other for a while, and Chen Xi would just say that he would give it to her, and it was just polite, but she said that it would make him curious.

"You don't have to have it if you like it, I'll just take a look. I've heard people say that Buddha statues will have a relationship with people, and since someone gave it to you, it means that it has a relationship with you. Fang Yu'er said it clearly, not like a twelve-year-old girl at all, it seems that reading too many casual novels will be helpful to people, and it is more obvious than those famous books.

Chen Xi was originally a person who liked competition very much, and when he heard Fang Yu'er say this, he immediately continued: "According to what you say, if I give it to you now, then isn't it related to you?" ”

"That's different." Only how it was different, she couldn't tell.

"Rain!"

There was a shout outside, and Fang Yu'er said, "It's my uncle calling me." She said yes, and hopped out.

Chen Xi didn't know that they were leaving, and he didn't know if he should go out to see off the guests, so he hesitated for a moment, but went out with him.

It was the people of the Fang family who were leaving, and Chen Xi's parents were trying to keep them for dinner. Yu'er saw Chen Xi come out and winked at him.

Seeing that Chen Qiao and his wife were enthusiastic about keeping them, Elder Fang smiled heartily, "Don't worry, don't worry, we'll come over tomorrow." I will bring a camera to take pictures of the appearance of the family, as well as you, and Chen Xi, and send it to Lao Chen to see when the time comes, he has not been back for decades. ”

"How much trouble would that be!" Chen Qiao said politely.

"No hassle. and Chen Xi, Lao Chen is very concerned about this grandson who has never met! You must take a picture of his appearance, Chen Xi, do you want to go to school tomorrow? Elder Fang turned to look at Chen Xi.

Chen Xi could talk in front of his classmates, but in front of these elders, especially in front of a few strange guests, he was still very restrained, and could only say shyly: "Grandpa Fang, tomorrow is Sunday, we don't have to go to school." ”

"That's good." Fang Lao said with a smile. "Then we'll take our leave."

So the Chen family enthusiastically sent the three members of the Fang family out.

The car probably belonged to Yu'er's uncle, because he was in the driver's seat.

"Brother Chen Xi, I'll come to play with you again tomorrow!" Fang Yu'er said to Chen Xi when she got into the car.

At this time, they came outside the house, and there were neighbors around them watching them from afar, Chen Xi felt very embarrassed when he heard Yu'er screaming like this, so he could only nod awkwardly.

After the car left, the family returned home. Hearing the addition of his parents, Chen Xi learned that this grandfather Fang was a soldier with his third grandfather before liberation, and later went to Taiwan together, and then his grandfather went to the United States, but they have a good relationship and have always been in contact and contact. After the 80s, they all got in touch with their relatives in their hometown, but this was the first time he came back, and although Grandpa Chen Xi had contacted the family, he had not yet returned.

Fang's family is in another town, Yu'er's uncle is the director of a bureau in the county, and his car is also a bus.

Anyway, these have little to do with him, so Chen Xi didn't pay attention to it anymore, and went back to the room to attack the "three-day homework" that Zhang Xueyou said. Because classes are going on the next day, most parents don't allow their children to watch TV at night, only on Saturday nights, and the same is true for Chen Xi's parents. You can watch TV tonight, so Chen Xi must understand some of his homework as soon as possible, because he knows his nature and leaves it for tomorrow to do, then he will definitely not be able to finish it.

Since being called out by his classmates on Saturday night, under the pretext of playing, and actually watching the video, Chen Xi has not had so much enthusiasm and expectation for TV. There is only one TV series I know of this year, which is adapted from Jin Yong's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", and the first time I watched the novel adapted into a TV series, I watched it intermittently, and although the heroine Zhao Min is not beautiful enough, because Xu Xian's charm is still in the actor Ye Tong's "The Legend of the New White Lady", there is no pickiness.

Chen Xi did his homework until his mother called him to eat, he packed up his homework textbook, and couldn't help but bend down and look down at the bats under the bed. The blood-red bat was still cowering in the innermost corner, it was night, and the light couldn't turn and couldn't shine under the bed, so he couldn't see a little blurry, and he didn't see any movement of the bat.

However, even in the darkness, Chen Xi seemed to see the bat's two eyes shining, as if he was looking at him again. He had felt this way more than once, probably because he was too impressed at first sight that night, so he kept thinking about those eyes.

Chen Xi didn't dare to look at the bat more, so he quickly turned off the lights and went out to eat.

Tonight, did Zhang Xue, a close friend who lives not far away, come to find Chen Xi, because Chen Xi had already told him first that he would not go out tonight. He had dinner, watched TV for a while, and then went back to his room.

Chen Xi didn't do his homework, nor did he bring martial arts novels back to read, but meditated cross-legged on the bed!