vengeance

"A Rui, Xiao Gu, please cut this thread, and then this sticker, please help me cut it. I don't need to bother you, but the main reason is that there are fewer and fewer people who are willing to help in recent years. Everyone is busy with themselves. It's something, there's no way..."

"No, Aunt Ling, you've worked hard too, go get busy, and leave it to us."

"Okay, okay, I'll go find Uncle San when I'm hungry, Xiao Gu, look, look over there, that's the one with the word ice on it, you follow Ah Rui, even though we are small in Liudao , Now that people come and go, I don’t know who is who. The road here is about the same length. I’m afraid you won’t know how to go back when you get separated..."

"Good Aunt Ling. I won't run around."

"Don't worry, Aunt Ling."

"Okay, okay, then I'm leaving, remember, find the third uncle to get the things you need for the New Year, and go to eat at five or six o'clock, do you hear..." Auntie Ling worriedly told her with a smile on her face. Uneasy walking around the crowd coming and going, I watched her small figure disappear into the crowd with a smile on my face, feeling warm in my heart.

Aunt Ling made me feel like a mother. I kept working, and I couldn't help but look around curiously while cutting and pasting.

"Concentrate on it, don't wait to get it later."

"Oh." I lowered my head resentfully, and began to concentrate on the work in hand.

After lunch at noon, grandma asked us to go to Miaokou to help. Aunt Ling happened to be going to Miaokou to deliver something, so she asked us to go to Aunt Ling first, and then she would take us there. To Meimei.I saw it when I was shopping at the night market yesterday. I thought it was beautiful and I would like it very much, so I bought it.Sure enough, Meimei jumped three feet high and ran around the room holding the album, looking very happy. Aunt Ling was embarrassed and blamed me for buying it too expensive, but she still happily took a bag Packed a lot of snacks and candies for me and Fang Rui and I took them to eat.

Soon it was different from the heat at noon, and the weather turned cooler, but I still felt a little hot.I wiped the sweat that had started to ooze from my forehead. I had already done a lot, but the workload was too much.Fang Rui cut it quickly and well. I am clumsy, either there is a piece missing here, or there is an extra piece there. It is not easy to cut, and it is not easy to repair. It is estimated that he has the heart to kill me.

"Ah Rui, it's time to eat."

"Grandpa." Fang Rui stood up, "It's five o'clock?"

I took a closer look and saw a tall and thin old man hobbling towards us with a big cattail fan. The sun behind us was still bright.

"It's almost six o'clock, and the food is ready. Hey, your classmate?"

"Hello, third grandpa." I hurriedly stood up, oh shit, this little horse is too short, and I felt dizzy when I got up.

I shook my head. The old man was in good spirits, but he was a little hunchbacked. At the moment, he looked at me brightly and laughed: "Young people, you still need to exercise more."

I nodded hurriedly, a little embarrassed, and followed the third grandfather to the shaved ice shop.

Grandma said that the third child in my grandfather's family has two older sisters, one is dead and the other is in Hong Kong. The third grandfather also stayed in Hong Kong for many years when he was young, opened a restaurant, and later returned to Liudao to cook. Speaking of handicrafts, it is said that there is also a national cultural heritage certification, which is quite powerful anyway, but probably because the price is set relatively high, the third grandpa has a stubborn temper, and he is unwilling to lower the price. Bought him a shaving ice machine, so he had to start the shaving ice business again, but this time it was wrong. Back then, there were not many shaving ice machines, and the third grandfather was good at doing things. Round and glutinous, the quantity is also sufficient, high quality and low price.Fang Rui said that when he was a child, he loved to buy shaved ice from the third grandfather's place. He saved some money from his lunch money for a while, and went to buy it every day after school.It is said that the third grandfather made a lot of money by relying on the shaved ice business. He paid back all the money from grandma and the others. , at such an old age, and still alone.Grandma said that the third child is still the same as before, with a vest and shorts, and he doesn't throw them away when they are worn out, but he has an extra big cattail fan in his hand.

Later, the primary school was also demolished, and a new primary school was built on the other side of the mountain, not far from the middle school. With more and more tourists, the commercial street also slowly rose, and the old houses near the lighthouse and the temple entrance began to decline. Yes, although some traditions in the village are still there, it may be because fewer and fewer people go to sea, and many people start to make a living in other ways, and more and more people leave Liudao to go out to work, and go to pray to the Empress Dowager There are also fewer people, and the once bustling Miaokou is now a bit deserted, maybe it will be better during the Chinese New Year because of the banquets and performances.However, because it is too far away from the commercial street and the homestay area, the shaved ice of the third grandfather, which was once popular, has gradually become uninterested. There may occasionally be some old customers or those who have leisure time. After hearing the news, they think of shopping at the temple entrance. of tourists.Grandma said that those who had some money on hand moved to the place where Fang Rui's family lives now. The houses there are new and there are almost all homestays nearby.The third grandfather is also quite satisfied with the status quo. He goes for a walk every day when he is free, and it is also convenient to go to the temple.Some people persuaded him to move before, but he only said that he was used to seeing the sea here, and he didn't want to go to other places.

The third grandpa didn't talk much, after the meal, he brought us a large bowl of shaved ice that looked like a small hill. Mine was poured with a layer of fruit juice, with pulp and coconut. Fang Rui's was simple red bean and taro balls Ice, said that we can change to eat.

Seeing these two bowls, Fang Rui laughed and said, Grandpa, it's winter now.The third grandpa snorted, what is this? We used to eat ice all year round when we were young, but now that winter is a bit colder than usual, who stipulated that we should not eat ice?Don't listen to your grandma...

The third grandpa read a few words. I was digging taro balls into Fang Rui's bowl with a spoon.I ate for a while, then took a spoon to dig the pulp into Fang Rui's bowl.I felt that he was speechless, so I smiled: "Other people's food is better."

"You eat, you eat, I ate a lot when I was young." Fang Rui said with a faint smile.

The consequence of Fang Rui's generosity is that he ate so many iced things all at once, and I seemed to have a bad stomach.The third grandpa brought me medicine and hot water for me to take. I feel that they are all looking at me funny now.

Humph.

My stomach felt better when I came out of the toilet.When I went into the terrace, I found that the third grandfather was sitting there looking at the sea, and Fang Rui was also standing aside leaning on the guardrail, staring blankly at the ground, not knowing what he was thinking.Not willing to be lonely, I moved a small horse and sat next to it.

As the sun sets, the snow-white waves roll onto the beach, and the afterglow of the setting sun dyes the sea surface with a layer of light purple, which looks gentle and tender.

I suddenly understood what the third grandfather said. I am used to seeing the sea here. If I could see such beautiful scenery every day, I would not want to move away.

The third grandpa was shaking the cattail fan in his hand, watching Hai suddenly say something in dialect, I didn't understand, so I turned my head to look at him, he looked at Hai, his eyes were calm, but he didn't say anything else.

I looked at Fang Rui again.

Fang Rui understood, and looked at the distant sea thoughtfully for a while.

The setting sun reflected his side face red, and he lay on the railing quietly looking into the distance, lost in thought, wondering what he was thinking.