a bun shop

15

After two days of simple rest at home, Ruan Meng cleaned and tidied up the house with his family, and started the annual work of removing the old and welcoming the new.

After washing and scrubbing like this for three or four days, the New Year's Eve finally came slowly.Even though she no longer had the anticipation of the New Year when she was a child, the smile on Ruan Meng's face was much more than before.

The most exciting part of the Chinese New Year is the grand fireworks ceremony.After the New Year's Eve dinner, Ruan Xi happily rode Ruan Meng on a bicycle to watch the fireworks in the central square.

Even though there are street lights along the way, they are still vaguely visible under the cover of trees on both sides.Ruan Meng was worried and held up a flashlight to illuminate the road ahead.

Ruan Xi's speed was a bit fast, Ruan Mengmeng reminded him to slow down, but a heavy truck suddenly appeared at the corner ahead, the headlights were so strong that it irritated the eyes.When Ruan Xi was careless, the wheel of the car sank into a crack in the disrepair of the curb. When the car body tilted, he and the car fell to the side of the road.

Ruan Xi is better, the taller and taller ones get scratches at most.The fallen bicycle happened to be on Ruan Meng's arm, and his arm became numb for an instant, followed by burning pain.

Ruan Meng persevered and went to the emergency department of the nearest hospital accompanied by Ruan Xi.Mother Ruan rushed to the hospital after receiving the call, and asked nervously if Ruan Xi was okay as soon as she entered the door.Ruan Meng looked away, and smiled weakly at Ruan's father's worried gaze.

Fortunately, Ruan Meng was wearing thick winter clothes, so he was fine, but when the car fell down, he subconsciously raised his arm to block it, causing his arm to be contused.

Nearly two hours had passed by the time everything was processed and he walked out of the hospital.The doctor sprayed the medicine earlier, and the pain in the arm was slightly relieved. Ruan Meng looked at the bright sky of fireworks in the distance, but lost the mood to watch.

Mother Ruan asked uncomfortably how Ruan Meng was feeling now, and Ruan Meng didn't know what else he could say besides answering that he was fine.

After returning home, Ruan Meng went straight back to the room, and shut the door behind Ruan Xi.

It's not too late now, and there's still time for New Year's greetings. Ruan Meng drank a few sips of water to calm down the fluctuating mood tonight, and then dialed the phone number of the master's house.It was the senior who answered the phone, teasing him a few words as usual before handing the phone to the master.The master's mental state sounded very good, so Ruan Meng respected the master for a new year in a serious manner.

Strange to say, when talking on the phone, Ruan Meng didn't feel the slightest pain on her body.Sure enough, what the master said was right, a good mood can heal everything, Ruan Meng tried her best to maintain the upward curve of her mouth.

After hanging up the phone, Ruan Meng discovered that Gu Ning had called twice.Thinking that he was in a hurry, Ruan Meng called back.The phone rang once and was quickly connected.

"Hey, Gu Ning, what's the matter?" Feeling sleepy, Ruan Meng yawned slightly.

"How's your day today? Was it fun?" Gu Ning chuckled softly, his eyes intoxicated by the spring breeze—the self who felt extremely satisfied just hearing Ruan Meng's voice was really hopeless.

"...It's okay." Ruan Meng hesitated for a moment, but decided not to tell him about her injury.It's not a big deal if you think about it, so you don't have to worry your friends for nothing.

Gu Ning was ignorant of this, just smiled, as if honey had been smeared on his mouth, and said tenderly: "Happy New Year, happy every day."

Ruan Meng was taken aback, touched her red and hot earlobe, her heart beat faster in her chest, she couldn't help saying in a muffled voice: "You too. Happy New Year."

Putting down her phone, Ruan Meng sat at the desk in a daze for a while, feeling a little dizzy, so she planned to go out and wash her face.But as soon as the door opened, he was startled by Ruan Xi who was sitting on the ground next to the door.

"Why are you sitting here? Where are your parents?" Ruan Meng looked around, and there was no one else in the slightly empty hall on the first floor except the two of them.

"Mom and Dad went upstairs to rest." Ruan Xi didn't make a sound after answering this sentence, but silently followed Ruan Meng into the bathroom.

Trying to avoid using the injured arm, Ruan Meng took off the dry towel with one hand, but Ruan Xi picked it up the next second, soaked the towel in hot water, wrung it dry, and said dryly: "Lift your face."

Ruan Meng raised her face obediently, looked at Ruan Xi without blinking, until Ruan Xi couldn't help but dodge her gaze, then frowned and asked him: "What's wrong with you?" Puzzled.After all, his younger brother, who had always been a chatterbox in front of him, became silent now, which was strange no matter how he thought about it.

Ruan Xi's lips moved, and she stretched out her fingers to lightly touch Ruan Meng's injured arm. She was silent for a while, and then said awkwardly, "Is... still hurting here?"

Ruan Meng didn't know why, so she blinked and said, "It doesn't hurt much anymore."

The outstretched fingers trembled. He was clearly a tall and strong boy, but his eyes suddenly turned red as if he had been wronged by the sky, and he said, "Brother, I'm sorry. I caused you to be hurt."

"Ah...it's okay, don't blame yourself." Ruan Meng had very little experience in dealing with such situations, and was at a loss for a while.

Even he didn't expect that his always strong brother would care so much about this matter.Ruan Meng was thinking silently, and suddenly had a subtle feeling in her heart that "my family has a child who is just growing up".As a result, during bedtime, his younger brother came to share the bed with him, but Ruan Meng refused for some reason.

Because of his arm injury, even though Ruan Meng repeatedly said that his injury was not a problem, Ruan's parents, under Ruan Xi's persuasion, specially allowed him to stay at home and rest for a few days without going out to pay New Year's greetings.

The days of being idle at home always go by very fast.In the blink of an eye, the eighth day of the lunar new year passed, and Ruan Xi was going back to school to attend the cram school for the college entrance examination, and Ruan Meng also bought a bus ticket to go back to the bun shop in the far north.

On the day of departure, Ruan Meng and Ruan Xi drove to the provincial capital together.After arriving at the station, Ruan Meng looked at the sky and urged Ruan Xi: "It's cold, you should hurry back to school."

Even though Ruan Xi's heart was full of reluctance, she knew that this was not the time to leave, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Brother, wait for me, wait for me for half a year."

"What?" Ruan Meng raised her head and asked him puzzled.

Ruan Xi didn't want to say any more, but stubbornly stood there and watched Ruan Meng enter the station until he was submerged by the crowd and could no longer be seen...

16

It was dusk when we returned to the bun shop.There are still a few days before the start of the university, so there is no one in the university city except for some family members of the faculty and staff.

There was no business to do, and Ruan Meng didn't want to just stay in the steamed stuffed bun shop doing nothing, so she found a part-time job at a Kentucky in the city center. Although it was a bit tiring, luckily the pay was quite high.

"Ruan Meng, go out and clear the table." The foreman was a woman in her 30s, and she was very strict.This day, the store is holding a New Year's event, the source of customers is full, and the shop assistants are all very busy.

"Okay." Ruan Meng raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead. In the cold weather, he was sweating all over.

Ruan Meng neatly cleaned up the sundries left by the previous guests on the dining table, turned around, but accidentally bumped into an embrace in front of her, shaking the things in her hands so as not to fall on the ground.

"...Gu Ning?"

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You are so beautiful, thank you?_?

The previous update was unstable because my homework became heavier towards the end of the semester, and I had a lot of experiments, and sometimes I had to go to the hospital as a trainee, so I am really sorry.But it's a holiday now, so I'll try to update it.In the future, the update will be scheduled at 7:00 p.m. every night, and it will be updated every other day at the latest, also at 7:00 p.m.

Above, thank you (???????)