When Xiao Wei came back from school, he saw someone coming out of his house, and it was a rare person.

Bai Lu's mother and Bai Lu's younger brother.

Bai Lu's younger brother didn't seem to be walking very neatly, trembling step by step, and was helped by Bai Lu's mother.

He also shouted pain while walking, scolding and scolding: "Bai Lu's broom star with his arm turned out!" Hurt me to fall and hurt my leg, Mom, why didn't you ask Bai Lu for medical expenses just now, and didn't continue to ask Bai Lu for fried chestnuts with sugar? What should I do if I don't have the money to get my eye on the bike? How to buy! ”

"Bai Lu doesn't give me any way, I'll discuss it with your father when I go home. Don't toss your foot injury, I'll find a way with my dad about the bicycle, and after your foot injury heals, I'll definitely buy it for you, okay? ”

"That's pretty much it!"

As the figures of the two walked farther and farther, Xiao Wei also ran home with a smoke, and quickly entered the courtyard and closed the door.

The greens in the large washing pot had been washed and packed in a bamboo basket, and Bai Lu was about to carry them back to the kitchen.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, I subconsciously turned around and accurately captured the little guy's X-ray again.

Seeing her turn around, she immediately withdrew it, grabbed the shoulder strap of the small schoolbag with both hands and said, "I see your mother and your brother."

Bai Lu nodded, indicating that he understood, and walked towards the kitchen with a basket of vegetables.

Xiao Wei was stunned for a moment, he didn't think that Bai Lu would leave without explanation, was his question not obvious enough?

"Did they come to you for something?"

"It's fine."

Bai Lu didn't tell the little monitor.

Later, he reported it to Xiao Cheng in the evening, and it was very likely that he would exaggerate and describe the scene as if it were a war.

But Xiao Wei obviously didn't believe it, so he didn't put his schoolbag and followed Bai Lu to the kitchen: "Why didn't you tell me?"

The question was quite serious, and the little face was quite confused.

Bai Lu pinched the little bald bun face with meat, pretended not to understand and smiled: "What to tell you?"

"What did your mother and your brother do when they came to you?"

For the sake of the answer not yet in hand, Xiao Wei couldn't help but pat the hand that pinched and poked his face.

Bai Lu had to inch in, touched his head, and gave a very perfunctory answer: "It's okay, just come to see me, and leave after reading it."

Xiao Wei turned around directly and didn't touch her head.

The schoolbag was put on the chair, the rice was washed and put into the pot, and with an obviously unhappy face, he sat down in front of the stove to light the fire.

Bai Lu smiled very unsympathetically: "What do you want to eat at noon?"

The little bald head puffed out his cheeks and did not answer.

"Boiled fish or sauerkraut fish?" Bai Lu asked: "In the morning, when I went to release the old hen and the chicks out of the cage, a big fish flew up from the river, and I helped it complete the reincarnation process, and the slices were all marinated."

As he spoke, he took out a small enamel basin from the cupboard, and in the basin was the fish that had been marinated to a fragrant taste.

Xiao Wei was attracted by her bizarre description, and couldn't help but turn his head to take a look, and turned back instantly after being caught.

The sound of chopping vegetables was accompanied by a chuckle.

"Jingle bell—"

The chuckle was suddenly interrupted by the ringing of the phone, and Bai Lu and Xiao Wei were stunned, looking at each other in disbelief.

"Just now, was the phone ringing?"

The two of them spoke in the same voice, and the bell rang again: "Jingle bell—"

The deafening sound pierced through the main house and rushed to the kitchen, shaking the eardrums like gongs and drums.

Xiao Wei's stunned little face turned to the direction of the main house in a daze: "It seems that the phone really rang."

Bai Lu, who was holding a kitchen knife, also nodded stunned: "It sounds exactly the same as the phone ringing."

Xiao Wei nodded in approval seriously, but he looked dazed and puzzled: "Big brother only called back at night, so who is calling now?"

"I don't know." Bai Lu really didn't know.

"Jingle bell—"

"Bell, bell, bell, bell, bell, bell......"

The ancient clock on the wall struck twelve times, and the simple and heavy sound was so loud that it directly covered the telephone ringing at the same time, and announced twelve o'clock domineeringly.

Bai Lu finally remembered that last night, Xiao Cheng seemed to have said that he would call back at twelve o'clock.

Let her find Wang Hao to come over and answer the phone...... But she had already refused on the spot, coaxing the big guy!

Why is there a call at twelve o'clock?

Could it be that it's not Xiao Cheng, it's a telephone service hotline, or an insurance advertisement or something?

"Shall we answer the phone?" Xiao Wei, who was knocked back to his senses by the bell, made a small suggestion.

Bai Lu agreed to the suggestion: "You go."

Xiao Wei had a complicated feeling of nervousness, doubt, and little excitement, and quickly ran to the high table in the main house.

Pick up the white phone that is still ringing.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he said, "Hello."

The familiar voice of the man on the other end of the phone, the familiar words came: "Where's Bai Lu?"

Xiao Wei didn't have the same expectations as the previous two times this time, so he didn't splash a basin of cold water, but only half of it.

The little heart is only half cool.

"Prepare the stir-fry in the kitchen."

"Haven't eaten yet?"

"Nope."

"I'll call later."

"Doot-doo-"

From picking up the phone to hanging up, it was less than a minute, Xiao Wei held the phone in a daze, wondering if he was hallucinating, and answered a fake call.

However, the clear beep in his ears, and the familiar low voice of the man who kept playing it back in his head, told him that it was not a hallucination, and that the call was real.

Big brother really called just now!

And said that I would call again later!

Xiao Wei put the receiver back on the landline and quickly ran back to the kitchen: "Sister-in-law, my eldest brother is calling."

Bai Lu's hand trembled, put half a spoonful of salt into the pot, closed his eyes, and withdrew the spoon as if nothing happened.

Start putting the peppers.

"Then why did you come back so soon?"

Xiao Wei sat back in front of the stove hole, quickly stuffed firewood into the stove hole, and told the whole content of the conversation just now:

"The eldest brother asked what you were doing, I said you were stir-frying, the eldest brother asked if you haven't eaten yet, I said no, the eldest brother said to call again in a while, and the phone beeped."

Bai Lu saw the little guy stuffing bamboo firewood into the stove hole, and helped his forehead speechlessly, is he so anxious?

A fragrant meal is made quickly.

Finish eating.

Bai Lu and Xiao Wei sat at the Eight Immortals table and waited for the phone.

Two pairs of hands, one large and one small, elbows propped up on the table, small hands supporting their chins, both staring at the high table.

Staring at the white telephone on the table.

"Your brother said before that the ship would arrive in the provinces this morning, has he been ashore now?" Bai Lu didn't have anything to talk about, so she asked the little bald head next to her.

The little bald head shook his head: "I don't know."

Bai Lu asked again: "When you were listening to the phone just now, did you hear the whistle of a steamer on his side?"

The little bald head shook his head: "I didn't hear it."

"Did you hear his voice in a hurry?"

"I can't hear it, so I must be in a hurry."

"This ...... Maybe something very important is that, besides his voice, is there anything else on the phone? ”

"I didn't ...... It seems that there is. ”

Bai Lu stared at the little bald head, who immediately entered a meditative state and recalled seriously for a while.

And he said, "There's the sound of wood falling to the ground."

(End of chapter)