He sat on the side with his hands on his knees, looked up at Jiang Sui, and saw that she was already teary-eyed.

"The old girl used to be so noisy, but in the past few years, she has been tempered and calmed down, and it is even more distressing to watch."

Saying that, Grandma Wang also stroked Xia Jiang Sui's broken hair, "Fortunately, this girl is also angry, she has not been affected much in her studies, and she has also gone to college, and now she has brought you back, and your aunt and grandmother can also be blind." ”

Speaking of this, Grandma Wang seemed to suddenly remember something.

She laughed and said: "When you were young, we adults have discussed asking your kid to be our son-in-law, anyway, you are also growing up in their parents, and the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders!" I didn't expect your ancestral family to be a big family, and no one dared to think about it after you left. ”

Jiang Sui's eyes suddenly widened with a mist in his eyes, and he was shocked: "What else is going on?" Why haven't I heard of it? ”

Si Nian lowered his head, and the corners of his lips were slightly hooked.

There used to be such a thing, and he also overheard the adults chatting and mentioning it, so from that time on, he looked at Jiang Sui a little differently in a vague way.

Grandma Wang patted Jiang Sui's hand lightly and said with a smile: "How old are you before the kid leaves?" You know what, who will tell you this? Later, the kid left, and he knew that he was afraid that this matter would not be done, and no one mentioned it again. ”

Jiang Sui snorted, secretly sighing in his heart that the world is really impermanent.

If Si Nian hadn't left at that time, he might have become her child husband, right?

"Haha......"

Thinking of this, Jiang Sui couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Si Nian glanced at Jiang Sui, this girl was about to cry for a while, and then she started laughing again, like a child.

Sensing Si Nian's gaze, Jiang Sui couldn't help but smile.

The two chatted with Grandma Wang for a while, Grandma Wang got up to leave, and Jiang Sui also sent Grandma Wang back to the yard next door.

When Jiang Sui came back, Si Nian had just come out of the kitchen.

He went to the kitchen to check, and now there was a shortage of east and west, and there was no way to cook at all.

He didn't know that if he hadn't taken the high-speed train back overnight today, how would Jiang Sui live alone these days?

Spending the Spring Festival alone hungry and cold?

Did she do the same at this time last year?

Just thinking about it was enough to make him feel distressed.

"Years old, I think we're going to go out for lunch and then buy some groceries."

"Yes, Mr. Tong Yangfu!"

Jiang Sui was in a good mood and said what was in his heart.

Hearing this, Si Nian was stunned for a moment, and then frowned.

He said to Jiang Sui slowly in the gentlest tone: "Itchy skin? ”

Jiang Sui avoided him with a smile, ran into the bathroom, and said to Si Nian before closing the door: "Mr. Tong Yangfu, wait for me, it'll be fine for a while!" ”

Si Nian watched the bathroom door be closed, and stood there shaking his head and laughing.

But gradually, the smile on his face also faded.

If he had a choice in the past, he would rather stay in this small place and be her child husband.

Besides, how could he not understand Jiang Sui's thoughts?

It's just that now, the two of them want to be together, and it's not so easy.

He had too much to think about.

He has carried too much, there are too many shackles on his body, and she has suffered too much, he doesn't want her to be with him and continue to suffer, he is reluctant.

So on Chinese New Year's Eve, he stopped her from saying those words.

And if he showed his heart, he didn't want her little girl to say it first.

This should have been done by a man, but he can't now.

In the afternoon of this day, Jiang Sui and Si Nian ate noodles at a noodle restaurant near the small courtyard, and then Jiang Sui took Si Nian to walk around to see the changes in Jincheng over the years.

In the end, the two went to the supermarket to buy some food to take home.

In the middle of winter, the night in the north seems to come very early.

When the two arrived home, it was only a quarter past four, and the glass windows of the main house were already covered with a layer of fog, and the temperature of the floor heating in the house had risen.

Jiang Sui entered the door, took off his shoes and walked barefoot on the floor, sending the food supplies he bought into the kitchen.

Si Nian followed up behind, hurriedly brought Jiang Sui's slippers in, put them at her feet, and reminded her: "Put on the slippers first, girls don't catch a cold!" ”

Jiang Sui plugged in the refrigerator that he hadn't used for a long time, and sent the food to the refrigerator in the same way, his tone was full of nonchalance: "It's okay, it's not cold on the ground, you feel it, it's warm." ”

Si Nian squatted down and really tested the temperature on the ground with the back of his hand.

Then Si Nian picked up the slippers he had just put on the ground for Jiang Sui with one hand, and held Jiang Sui's ankle with the other.

There was a sudden warm touch on his ankles, and Jiang Sui's whole body froze.

"Lift your feet."

Si Nian's deep voice came from her legs.

Jiang Sui raised her foot with the strength of Si Nian's hand, and the cotton slippers with a little temperature were put in from her small toes, and the soles of her feet instantly felt warm.

Si Nian's movements were very gentle, and after putting on a pair of cotton slippers for Jiang Sui, he slowly got up.

He looked at Jiang Sui, who was still stunned, and said in a leisurely tone: "The north is cold, and the floor is warm, and you have to wear slippers, otherwise it will be too late to suffer from the cold and stomach pain." ”

Why did he mention this stubble again?

Jiang Sui was a little embarrassed.

She stuck her tongue out at him again, smiled mischievously, and said, "Isn't there still you?" Can you still keep me cold? After all, your family lives in the sea, and the tube is wide enough. ”

Then she deliberately raised a foot to show Si Nian.

Si Nian shook his head helplessly, took the food she hadn't finished sorting out from Jiang Sui's hand, and continued to tidy it up in the refrigerator.

Jiang Sui also took out the fruit she bought from the bag, washed and sorted the small bags, which were the fruits that she would bring to her mother and grandmother tomorrow.

In the evening, Jiang Sui took a set of bedding and sent it to Si Nian's room.

The room was the smallest in the family, and had been empty since Si Nian was gone, and it still contained the single bed he had slept in as a child.

Jiang Sui was too young and asked Si Nian to sleep in his mother's room, but Si Nian insisted on refusing.

He had seen it before when he was cleaning, and the room that belonged to him didn't seem to have changed much from before he left.

The cabinet with the glass door still houses the mecha models he made by hand, and the various awards of his childhood are still on the wall.

The only difference is that he used to stick these certificates directly to the wall, but now they are each framed in a glass frame.

"You got these?" Si Nian pointed to a picture frame on a wall and asked Jiang Sui.

Jiang Sui shook off the sheets and covers, glanced at them and said, "I got it with my mother." ”

Si Nian also reached out to help Jiang Sui put on the quilt, Jiang Sui lowered his head and pulled the corners of the quilt very seriously, and suddenly said softly: "You should know that these honors you left behind are my motivation over the years." ”

Even if the next two years were difficult, she never thought of giving up, because he was the direction she was heading forward.

Si Nian Xu understood what Jiang Sui meant, and he said in a low voice: "I'm sorry!" ”

Jiang Sui's hand paused, and his eyes lifted from the quilt cover to look at Si Nian: "Brother, you don't need to apologize to me, my life has not been affected in any way, but what about you?" Have you ever thought about it later? ”

Si Nian was silent, shook the quilt twice on his hand, and the quilt cover had been covered.

Jiang Sui thought for a while, looked at Si Nian very seriously and asked, "Brother, have you ever thought about changing the environment and changing your life." ”

She opened her mouth and whispered again, "Say going abroad, for example? ”

Si Nian looked at Jiang Sui for a while and looked away.

It's not that he hasn't thought about this, and he began to think about it when Jiang Sui first told him that she might study abroad in a year.

But the reality is that he can't leave, either financially or otherwise.

He couldn't walk away with a stain, it would look like a deserter.

Si Nian's brows gradually furrowed, and he suddenly said in a deep voice: "Suisui, you know my ......"

"Brother, you don't have to say it!"

Jiang Sui suddenly interrupted Si Nian, she turned around and walked towards the door, and before opening the door, she said in a low voice: "I know, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you, it's late, rest early, and get up early tomorrow." ”

Jiang Sui finished speaking in one breath, opened the door and left.

Early the next morning, both of them took a taxi in black to Beishan.

There is the largest and oldest cemetery in Jincheng, where Jiang Sui's mother and grandparents are buried, but because of the different years of purchase, the cemetery of grandparents is relatively close to the entrance, and the mother's is in a newly opened area.

The two went to see their grandparents first, Jiang Sui put a bouquet of fruits and flowers in front of the monument, and then squatted in front of the monument and began to mumble with his grandmother.

Taking advantage of Jiang Sui's efforts to tell the latest situation, Si Nian borrowed a bucket and rag from the management office and scrubbed the tombstone back and forth.

At the end, Jiang Sui got up and said, "Grandma, I brought my brother to see you, are you happy?" ”

Before the two left to go to Jiang Sui's mother, Si Nian suddenly knelt down in front of the monument and kowtowed.

Jiang Sui didn't understand a little, but she didn't ask.

When they arrived at Jiang Sui's mother, the two of them were still the same as before, dividing labor and doing their own things silently.

It was only when Jiang Sui and his mother told him about his recent situation that the cemetery keeper came to call Jiang Sui away.

Originally, Si Nian was going to go instead of her, but she didn't let her, so she left Si Nian alone.

When he went to the office of the management office, Jiang Sui learned that the cemetery of his grandparents had been used for more than 20 years and needed to renew the management fee.

When swiping the card to pay, Jiang Sui still thought, fortunately she didn't let Si Nian, she didn't want to see him embarrassed.

When he returned to the cemetery, Jiang Sui saw from a distance that Si Nian was sitting in front of his mother's monument, his lips moving slightly.

She stopped suddenly, standing where she was, and did not come closer.

Although she couldn't hear what Si Nian was talking about, she thought he should have a lot to say, right?

For example, explain why he never came back, and how he and her were reunited.

Jiang Sui looked at Si Nian from a distance for a long time.

After a long time, he finally turned around and knelt in front of the monument and snorted his head, then he slowly got up, and when he turned around, he saw Jiang Sui standing in the distance.

He smiled a little embarrassedly, and asked Jiang Sui with his mouth: "How long have you been back?" ”

Jiang Sui walked over to him, shook his head and replied, "It didn't take long for me to see you kowtowing to my mother." Actually, you don't need it, even I don't have ......."

"That's as it should be!" Si Nian quickly answered.

Why should it?

Is it as an adopted son, or something else?

Jiang Sui didn't want to delve into this issue now.

She crouched down again and helped the bouquet of chrysanthemums that had fallen to her feet.

The black granite tombstone in front of him had been scrubbed by Si Nian, shining dazzlingly in the sun.

The mom in the photo is still laughing.

Jiang Sui thought in his heart: I'm very happy to see Si Nian, right? Then bless me and him as we wish, Mom.

Si Nian stayed with Jiang Sui for a while, and then the two went down the mountain.

On the way, Si Nian thought about it again and again and suddenly asked Jiang Sui: "The day after tomorrow, during the Spring Festival, do you want to go to Jingbei?" ”