Still tide

Later, Miao Jiayan went in and changed into short-sleeved shorts, and she looked much neater.

After changing the clothes, I might feel a little embarrassed after thinking about it, and said something inexplicably: "That's my sister's skirt, she doesn't want it anymore."

Chen Chao is not a kid who can talk about this with a little girl, it's too strange, so he didn't say anything or respond.

Miao Jiayan didn't speak any more, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Fortunately, there was no embarrassment for a while. Miao Jiayan took a small iron basin and went to the backyard to pick a dozen small persimmons the size of eggs.

"Do you want to eat?" Miao Jiayan asked Chen Chao.

Chen Chao shook his head: "Don't eat."

Miao Jiayan washed all the persimmons, kept one for herself, and put the rest in plastic bags.

Chen Chao watched him go to the well, hoisted up the water tip in the well, put the persimmons into the water tip, and let it down again.

"What are you doing?" Chen Chao asked.

"It will be colder this way," Miao Jiayan said with a smile back, "My grandma can't eat very cold things, and can't put them in the refrigerator. It's just right to pull them out with well water."

Chen Chao asked: "Is it useful?"

"It's useful." Miao Jiayan said, turned the water tip up again, poured some water into a small basin, and brought it over with a smile on her face, "Touch it."

Chen Chao reached in and touched it, the water was icy cold and even a little prickly.

This surprised the children in the city. Miao Jiayan explained: "The well water is very cold."

Grandma Chen Chao's house does not have a well, and he has never seen it before. The cold touch is really comfortable in the hot summer.Chen Chao stretched out his hand to touch it again, and Miao Jiayan smiled beside him, and said, "Tomorrow I'll freeze the watermelon and send it to you."

Chen Chao quickly said, "No need."

"If you don't eat grandpa and grandma Chen, you still have to eat, and they can't eat very cold food. In summer, I put it in the well to cool before cutting it for them."

Sitting there, Chen Chao looked up at Miao Jiayan and said "Thank you".

Miao Jiayan shook her head vigorously twice, until her hair flicked, and she smiled honestly: "No, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen are very nice to me."

In fact, Miao Jiayan is not very good-looking, in Chen Chao's eyes, she even looks a little "thin", with a very dull appearance, the kind that won't attract the attention of boys in school.Very thin and small, there is no flesh on the face, and the eyelids are thin.

When he shook his head with a real smile just now, Chen Chao suddenly realized that Miao Jiayan looked a bit like a boy.

Saying this would hurt the little girl's self-esteem too much, so Chen Chao didn't mention it very carefully.

After helping people wash the dishes, they chatted without saying a word, and Chen Chao's alienation naturally dissipated a little bit.

He usually doesn't care about people, but he didn't bring it out on purpose, it's like his mother.At the beginning, Chen Guangda was fascinated by Jiang Li's ignorance, and it took him two years to catch up. Jiang Li said that she was following her father.Chen Guangda didn't like to go to Chen Chao's grandma's house for so many years. Chen Chao's grandma and grandpa were both educated people. Discord.

Since he was a child, Chen Chao has never been out shopping like other children, and he doesn't like to play with others.Chen Guangda said that apart from his good looks, Chen Chao was not like him in every way.

The next day, when Miao Jiayan brought half a watermelon to Chen's house, Chen Chao was tortured by the mosquito bags all over his body and was about to collapse.

As soon as Miao Jiayan stepped into the courtyard door and saw his frowning and irritable face, she stopped in a daze.

Chen Chao was so annoyed that he didn't have the mood to talk, so he just looked at him as a greeting.

"You..." Miao Jiayan hugged the watermelon and asked timidly, "What's wrong?"

Chen Chao stood there, pinching a big bag on his elbow, and said "it's all right".

Grandma Chen came out with a soap box, saw Miao Jiayan, and greeted him, "Miao'er is here?"

"Well, eat watermelon, Grandma Chen." Miao Jiayan walked over, put down the watermelon, and looked back at Chen Chao.

"Ice watermelon for Grandma again?" Grandma Chen said to him with a smile, "Cut and eat together later."

"I've eaten it, you eat it." Miao Jiayan whispered.

Miao Jiayan was still a little afraid of Chen Chao, so she didn't dare to speak when she saw him like that.

Grandma Chen beckoned Chen Chao over to soap him up.

Miao Jiayan asked Grandma Chen in a softer voice, "What's wrong with him?"

"I didn't hang up the mosquito net last night because I thought it was too hot, and I was bitten by mosquitoes." Grandma Chen always smiled when she spoke, and she has a good temper and is very easy-going.

Chen Chao walked over with a stinky face, wearing short sleeves and shorts, and there were more than a dozen bags on his exposed arms and calves.When I got closer, I saw that there were many more on the chin and neck.

Miao Jiayan, a rural child, was also frightened by this battle, and couldn't help but let out a "Oh my god" in amazement.

"So many..." Miao Jiayan's eyes widened.

"Sleeping with the window open, he doesn't know how fierce the mosquitoes are here at night." Grandma Chen naturally felt sorry for her grandson, but she wanted to laugh a little while rubbing soapy water on him, "Why do you attract mosquitoes like this? Love to bite him."

Soapy water doesn't work at all. It should still itch after applying it, but it's not convenient to scratch.As soon as he wiped his arm, Chen Chao was so upset that he took a deep breath.

Miao Jiayan said: "Grandma Chen, don't wipe it off, I'll go back and get that..."

Not knowing what he was going to take, he ran away.

"Miao'er is a good boy, you usually play with him more, don't be bored all by yourself." Grandma said to Chen Chao.

Chen Chao was already driven crazy by the mosquitoes, he just wanted to get out of here quickly, and he didn't know if he listened to what grandma said.

"Let grandpa install a fan for you tomorrow, and you must not open the windows at night." Grandma blew on the bag on the back of Chen Chao's neck, and said distressedly, "We chewed it all up."

Miao Jiayan ran back with a small can in her hand, and said while running, "I was bitten, and my grandma put this on me, so I can feel the cool breeze."

What he took was a small jar of cooling ointment, and when he unscrewed it, there was green ointment inside.

Chen Chao glanced at it, and it was unacceptable to wipe the green lump on his body.

"It's very easy to use, and it doesn't itch so much when exposed to the cool wind." Miao Jiayan dipped her finger in it as she spoke, and stood behind Chen Chao and tapped it on his neck.

Chen Chao was hit on the neck, turned around to see that it was Miao Jiayan, and suddenly dodged to the side.

Seeing that he wouldn't let him touch it, Miao Jiayan reached out to hand him the whole can.

Chen Chao thought he would come again, so he said "Hey" and took a few steps away to the side.

Miao Jiayan saw that he disliked him so much, so she could only ask a little puzzled: "It's better than soapy water, don't you feel cold?"

It's not a matter of braving the cold wind, so can the little girl wipe her neck?Chen Chaodi was shocked by the indifference of the children here countless times.

Chen Chao's irritable face made him retreat in embarrassment, looked at Miao Jiayan, and only said: "...It's quite cool, thank you."

"Then let Grandma Chen wipe it on for you, I'm going back." Miao Jiayan gave the cooling ointment to Grandma Chen, and greeted Grandma Chen to go back.

Halfway through the walk, he turned back and said, "You can keep this for use...you really attract mosquitoes."

Chen Chao can't smell the scent of mosquitoes, and usually sleeps with a mosquito net hanging up. Last night, the weather was so stuffy that the wind couldn't get in even with the windows open, so he had to open the mosquito net.This night was like a disaster for Chen Chao, he couldn't sleep under the thin blanket, and when he lifted the blanket, it felt like he was about to be buried by mosquitoes.

Chen Guangda lost money in business, and his house and car were all gone. Chen Chao didn't care about these things, and the children didn't care about these things.Jiang Li couldn't take it anymore and divorced Chen Guangda. The parents sat in front of him solemnly, saying that they were divorced and let him choose who to marry.Chen Chao looked at this and that, and said to my dad.

Chen Chao grew up riding on Chen Guangda's neck. He wanted the stars and Chen Guangda would not give the moon.So even if Chen Guangda was unreliable and lost his family, Chen Chao still followed him.

But during the night when he was about to be eaten by mosquitoes, Chen Chao took out the mobile phone that hadn't been turned on for several days from his school bag at two o'clock in the middle of the night, and sent a text message to his father.

—You two should leave again, and I will choose again.

Chen Guangda replied to him at 05:30 in the morning: What's wrong with my son?

Later, Chen Chao was bitten madly, so he didn't care about it, just bite whatever he wanted.He just fell asleep when his dad replied to his text message, but he woke up and didn't reply.

Miao Jiayan's can of cooling ointment relieved Chen Chao's irritability to a great extent and made him feel much more comfortable.As long as you feel itchy, just apply a little bit, and a small bottle will quickly use up most of it.

The windows of the two of them were facing each other, and it took several days for Chen Chao to find out about it.

It rained lightly one night, and it was rare that there was a cool breeze in the air. There were no mosquitoes on a rainy day, so Chen Chao stood by the window with the window open to blow the air.

After a while, the curtain on the opposite side was also opened, and one hand took off the window screen inside, and pushed the window open.

The two met their gazes, and Chen Chao didn't expect him to live in this room, so he was a little surprised.Miao Jiayan took the initiative to say hello, and raised her voice to ask, "Did you sleep?"

Chen Chao said, "Not yet."

"It's cool today, hang up the mosquito net." Miao Jiayan said with a smile.

Needless to say, Chen Chao's mosquito net was hung during the day after that night.

Even though they were a little more familiar now than before, Chen Chao still had nothing to say, and the two went to sleep separately without saying a few words.

Chen Chao is like a well-behaved little guest who comes here to be a well-behaved guest. In contrast, in many cases, Miao Jiayan is like a little host who is unfamiliar with the adults and entertains the guests.

There is a lot of work in the field in summer, and grandparents are often not at home.Whenever there is no one at home, Miao Jiayan will take the initiative to take care of Chen Chao, and occasionally Chen Chao will go to help him pick and order food.

Of course Miao Jiayan is a child herself, one year younger than Chen Chao.No matter how sensible and careful he is, he is still a child after all, and sometimes he doesn't take good care of him.

Miao Jiayan went to the backyard to pick vegetables, and his hands were covered with mud. When the water was cut off today, Chen Chao had to go to the well to fetch water for him to wash his hands.

There are two steps in the well. Chen Chao has pumped water several times, so there is nothing wrong with it.It took a long time to shake a bucket full of water, but Chen Chao poured out half of the water, leaving most of the bucket.He put the pail back in the well, closed the lid, and fetched the basin.

Miao Jiayan was standing at the vegetable sink waiting to wash her hands, when she looked up she was so frightened that she hurriedly shouted: "Hey!"

But obviously it was too late, the handle on the pulley was reversed, and hit the face of Chen Chao who had just got up.Chen Chao was so pumped that he threw his head back violently, almost missing the basin with his hand.

"Oh my god!" Miao Jiayan hurried over, Chen Chao was dazzled, his eyes were black.

"Let me see, let me see." Miao Jiayan took the basin from Chen Chao's hand and put it on the ground, grabbed Chen Chao's wrist, and took away his hand covering his eyes, "Where did it go?"

Chen Chao's browbones and eye sockets have turned red quickly, and a little swelling can still be seen, and it is estimated that it will become more swollen in the future.

Chen Chao couldn't speak, leaned over slightly, pressed the back of his hand on that spot, the pain was so painful that he could only breathe dryly.

"There is water in the bucket, you have to send it down, or hide away, or it will be strong." It was the first time Miao Jiayan spoke so fast, and she also bent down to look at Chen Chao's face anxiously, "Isn't it? Does it hurt?"

Miao Jiayan didn't care about the mud in her hands, she held Chen Chao's elbow and let him sit on the steps by the well: "Don't hold it, show me..."

The initial severe pain subsided a bit, and Chen Chao said, "It's okay."

Miao Jiayan was terrified, bent down to look into his eyes, wanted to touch his dirty hands, no matter how dirty they were, she rubbed her hands on her clothes, pointed to Chen Chao's right eye and asked, "Did you hit your eye just now?" ? Your eye is very red now."

He was too close, a few hairs fell down and swept Chen Chao's face, Chen Chao stepped back and said, "It's okay, it's better."

This distance is really uncomfortable.Chen Chao was in so much pain, he still couldn't stop thinking, what happened to the rural kid, could she stay away from me a little bit.