peach beauty

This was Cheng Wanqiu's first visit to Uncle Wang's house, and it was still a bit far away from Cheng's house, not too close.

They met many people on the way. These people also lived in Taoyuan Village, and they were obviously familiar with the Wang family. Almost everyone they met would say hello to Wang Jinyuan, which also showed that Uncle Wang was very popular in the village.

"Brother Wanqiu, that's my home." Wang Jinyuan pointed to a two-and-a-half-story building not far away, the door was brightly lit, and there was a little yellow dog lying outside the door.

Cheng Wanqiu recognized this dog as a Chinese pastoral dog. It is very smart and easy to feed. People in the countryside often raise it to look after it.

Wang Jinyuan took off his shoes at the door, walked in barefoot and shouted, "Dad! Mom! Brother Wanqiu is here!"

Cheng Wanqiu saw that he took off his shoes and went in barefoot, and followed suit. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a woman with an apron around her waist and came out of the beaded curtain in the kitchen, with a friendly and enthusiastic smile, "Lan Qiu is here."

Cheng Wanqiu subconsciously called Auntie.

The woman covered her mouth and snickered, "You should call me Aunt Qin."

Cheng Wanqiu obediently changed his words in the next second.

Wang Jinyuan put the pig's trotters and cold noodles that Cheng Qinqin asked him to bring back into the kitchen. At that moment, Uncle Wang, who was resting upstairs, came downstairs with a thick photo album in his arms.

"Xiaoqiu, I happened to be looking at the photos upstairs and you came here."

Cheng Wanqiu handed the fruit to Wang Jinyuan, and asked curiously, "Photo?"

"Yes." Uncle Wang walked towards the sofa in the living room with the photo album in his arms, and raised his hand to beckon Cheng Wanqiu to come and sit with him, Cheng Wanqiu had no choice but to walk over.

Uncle Wang's photo album is very thick. Judging from the faded cover, it is not difficult to see that this photo album has been collected for many years.

"Look, this photo was taken when your father was 17 years old."

Uncle Wang pointed out an old photo to Cheng Wanqiu. In the photo, he saw a boy wearing a white shirt and trousers. very similar.

Uncle Wang pointed at the young man in the photo with his rough fingers, and grinned: "Your father was very attractive to girls when he was young. When he was studying, the classmate ignored everyone and liked to play with A Yan. Here, I have another piece of paper. A photo of Ayan and Banhua."

Wang Jinyuan also came over. He was very curious about what Ban Hua looked like, so he saw an old photo, a boy who was somewhat similar to Cheng Wanqiu and a pretty girl with braids standing by the river.

Uncle Wang turned a few pages back, and there were a few big group photos taken by Cheng Yan and Ban Hua standing together.

Wang Jinyuan scratched his head in wonder, wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, but Cheng Wanqiu dared, so he asked directly, "Why aren't they together?"

Uncle Wang said: "At the time we all thought they would be together, but they didn't. An accident happened at Banhua's house before the window paper was punctured. No one said that they moved away overnight. Since then, they haven't come back once. A Yan I want to write a letter to her, but I don’t know where to send it.”

Cheng Wanqiu stayed at Uncle Wang's house for a while, looked at some old photos, and got up to leave when it was getting late. Wang Jinyuan wanted to send him home, but Cheng Wanqiu didn't want to bother him so much, so he said he remembered the way and went back.

The way back was different from the way we came here. There were a lot fewer pedestrians on the way, and it seemed deserted.

Cheng Wanqiu stepped on her own shadow to go home, Grandma Cheng was already asleep, Cheng Qinqin was sitting in the living room with a heavy heart, the volume of the TV was turned down very low, it was obvious that she was not watching TV.

Seeing Cheng Wanqiu's return, she pulled a forced smile on her face, "Xiaoqiu, it's getting late, go back to your room and rest."

Cheng Wanqiu didn't move, just stood there looking at her, "Auntie, what happened?"

Cheng Qinqin hesitated for a moment, but said, "A phone call came from home, your little cousin has a high fever."

Cheng Wanqiu was stunned for a moment, "Auntie doesn't live nearby?"

Cheng Qinqin shook her head, "It takes more than two hours to drive back and forth."

Cheng Wanqiu glanced at the old-fashioned clock hanging on the wall, "I can't go back today, auntie, go back tomorrow morning, I'm here, I can take care of grandma."

Cheng Qinqin was concerned about the youngest child in the family, and was a little tempted when he heard this, so he hesitated and asked, "Can you cook?"

"Yes, but it's not as delicious as your aunt."

Cheng Qinqin's heart was already half lost when she heard this, as long as Cheng Wanqiu could help before Grandma Cheng came over, there was nothing to worry about, her children also needed her.

Early the next morning, Cheng Wanqiu followed Cheng Qinqin to learn how to use the kitchen stove, and reminded grandma to take medicine.

After Cheng Qinqin finished explaining what was to be said, she hurriedly carried her luggage and went out.

Grandma Cheng is getting old, Cheng Qinqin won't let her go out to see her off in hot weather, Cheng Wanqiu helps her carry her luggage, and takes her all the way to the entrance of the village, and Uncle Wang rides her tricycle to the town for a ride.

Cheng Wanqiu waited for the tricycle to drive away at the entrance of the village before turning back home. On the way back, several children suddenly ran out from the alley, sweating profusely and running around him, laughing and joking.

The sun is so big and they seem not afraid of the sun or the heat at all, and they don't know what game they are playing so much fun.

Cheng Wanqiu is good-looking and good-looking, and the children like to toss the good-natured adults, holding hands and surrounding Cheng Wanqiu, laughing and dancing around in circles.

Cheng Wanqiu was surrounded by them and played around, standing under the sun and either leaving or leaving, finally he could only helplessly say: "Brother bought you popsicles, can you let him go?"

As soon as they heard that there were popsicles, the eyes of the children lit up. They let go of their hands and cheered, took Cheng Wanqiu's hand and pulled him to the canteen.

The old man in the canteen was watching TV, and the host inside was leading the audience to call the door open. Several little ancestors rushed to the freezer at the door of his store like trumpets, with short legs desperately trying to pull the door of the freezer.

The uncle turned his head and saw that it was Cheng Wanqiu who brought the little ancestors here, and seeing that someone had paid for it, he didn't chase away those children who usually didn't come to his door to make trouble.

Cheng Wanqiu came over to help them open the freezer door, "I can only take one, if I eat too much, I will get sick, so I will choose after I think about it."

The little ancestors chattered and took a milk popsicle each, and they were really obedient and not greedy.

The uncle glanced at it, "One piece, one piece, seven yuan in total."

Cheng Wanqiu took out her mobile phone to scan the QR code to pay. When inputting the amount, she caught a glimpse of someone approaching from the right. When she turned her head, she saw Lin Chu wearing a vest and slippers, walking over with a pink bird's nest head.

Afraid of offending Lin Chu, Cheng Wanqiu only took one look at him, then turned his eyes away, deleted the seven yuan he had lost and changed it to 15 yuan, and said to the uncle at the commissary: ​​"Buy Lin Chu a popsicle with the extra money. , whatever he takes, if the money is not enough, I will make up for it tomorrow.”

After speaking, he turned around and left, leaving before Lin Chu came over.

Lin Chu didn't pay much attention to Cheng Wanqiu. The little ancestors who licked the popsicles ran away as soon as they saw him coming, for fear that if they ran too slowly, they would be picked up by Tao Zijing.

The uncle glanced at the unkempt man as usual, "Woke up so early today?"

"I woke up hot, I was hungry and couldn't sleep, I wanted to eat something before going to sleep."

When the uncle heard this, he took a bucket of braised beef noodles from the shelf. Lin Chu opened the freezer and took out a bottle of ice water. The uncle said, "Bring some popsicles, the grandson of the Cheng family bought them for you."

Lin Chu paused when he heard this movement, and raised his eyes inexplicably, "Why did he buy me popsicles?"

"How would I know that? Those demon kings made trouble with him, so he brought them to buy popsicles. Maybe he paid eight yuan more when he saw you coming, and let you take whatever you want. If eight yuan is not enough, he will pay tomorrow."

Lin Chu was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly sneered. He didn't take the popsicles either, but closed the freezer door after getting the ice water, took out his mobile phone to scan the QR code to pay, and took the shopping to leave.

The uncle yelled, "I don't want your popsicle anymore, I have to refund him!"

Lin Chu walked away without looking back: "You let him eat by himself."

Cheng Wanqiu heard about this incident when he passed by the canteen when he was going to buy tofu at night. The uncle asked him if he wanted a refund.

Cheng Wanqiu had already guessed that Lin Chu might not take it, so she smiled nonchalantly, "Forget it if he doesn't want it, and save the money for the children to eat popsicles next time."

The uncle just finished dinner, before the TV series started, he chatted with Cheng Wanqiu when he was free, "That kid has such a stinky face, he doesn't talk to anyone, why do you seem to like him? "

Cheng Wanqiu paused, and raised her eyes in surprise.

Seeing this, the uncle let out a sigh, "Isn't it? If you didn't like him quite a bit, why did you buy him popsicles?"

Cheng Wanqiu smiled helplessly, "It's just a popsicle. When I saw him coming, I bought one for him. It's nothing else."

The uncle looked puzzled: "I didn't say you had other intentions. I just wondered that the kid also stinks towards you. Why do you like him so much?"

Cheng Wanqiu hadn't thought about this question either. Hearing the old man's question at this time, he remembered Lin Chu turning around and asking him why he was smiling when they first met that day. He thought for a while and said, "He's quite cute."

After finishing speaking, he didn't say anything else, smiled at the uncle, turned and left.

The uncle watched Cheng Wanqiu walk away, and from the corner of his eye he caught sight of Lin Chu who was about to go out from the alley, and he let out a hey.

Lin Chu stopped and turned to look at him inexplicably. He still had a debt-collecting face, as if someone owed him a lot of money and would not pay it back.

The uncle couldn't help but sighed with Cheng Wanqiu's eyes, and said, "Just now someone praised you for being cute."