Double Life: My whole world is you

My aunt is my grandmother's oldest child. My oldest cousin is only three years older than my uncle. The older cousins' children are about the same age as Xiaoyanzi, and the younger one is the same age as Yingying. Most of the children play together, while Chengqiao and Junjie, two half-grown children, sit in the room watching TV. At this time, my third uncle comes in with a cup of tea and sees Brother Ping and says, "Ping, you have grown a lot taller this year."

"Hehe." Brother Ping looked at his third uncle and smiled foolishly twice.

"Junjie, you and Brother Ping compare themselves." Third uncle called out to the two people sitting next to him, "Qiao, you come too and see if Junjie is still the shortest."

Junjie, Ping, Chengqiao and Lu from my aunt's family were born in the same year, 1993. Ping was born in February, Chengqiao in April, Lu in August, and Junjie in September. Four children were born that year, but only Chengqiao was a girl. Cheng's mother smiled and said that if she was a boy, she would not have been born as a pillar.

"Dad, you have to embarrass me once a year." Junjie stood up and said speechlessly.

After taking a look at the three of them, the third uncle said, "It's your fault that you are so disappointing! Every year you are always the shortest."

"Lu is not here. Who says I must be shorter than him?" Junjie said unconvinced.

Cheng Qiao was speechless when he looked at Ping, who was half a head taller than them. They were born in the same year, and perhaps because Ping was the first born, he had always been the tallest among the four of them.

After the three of my aunt and her family arrived, my aunt asked Brother Yuan to set off another pack of firecrackers. Mother Cheng scolded, "Sister, you're wasting this."

"We sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, let's sit down and chat for a while." My aunt asked my two cousins ​​to bring out the stove and old wood, and everyone gathered around the fire.

It seems that there are always endless topics to talk about in the adult world. Cheng Qiao felt a little bored watching them chatting. The TV was occupied by the little children, playing "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf". She clasped her left hand with her right hand, regretting that she didn't bring her homework. After sitting for more than an hour, she stood up and prepared to walk around. At this time, the uncle said, "Big sister, it's getting late. We have to go to Sixth Sister's house. After going to Sixth Sister's house, I will take them to her sister's house."

"Little brother, I forgot the time when I sat down." Auntie stood up quickly, "I will go cook now."

"Big sister, we are a family, so we won't be polite." Third uncle said, "Just make some noodles, and we'll eat and go to my little sister's house. Otherwise, it will be dark when we go back at night."

"How can we not eat on New Year's Day?" said my aunt. "How about you all stay at my house tonight? I have plenty of beds and there's plenty of room for you."

"Sister, just make some noodles to eat." The aunt said, "After eating, come to my house. I don't have to cook."

"Yes, big sister, just make some noodles." The uncle also said, "I have been hungry these days during the New Year and I can't eat at all."

Finally, after eating noodles at my aunt's house, a group of people hurried to my aunt's house. Since several cousins ​​were at home, it was Brother Ping and Sister Wan who went to my aunt's house. Cheng Qiao gave her seat to Brother Ping, and Cheng Qiao walked with them. There were only two small bays between my aunt's bay and my aunt's bay, and they arrived in ten minutes.

My aunt's house was a three-room villa that was completed last year (2006). The exterior was covered with gray tiles and glazed tiles. Although the front yard was not big, the backyard was as big as two or three basketball courts, and it was surrounded by hills, with a pleasant scenery. After my aunt poured water for everyone from the water dispenser, she turned on the TV in the living room, took out the electric oven and placed it in the middle, and then took out some fruit snacks, "Everyone, take what you want."

After the adults sat and chatted for a while, a group of people walked to the front yard of my aunt's house to visit my aunt's parents-in-law. My aunt's parents-in-law lived in a small two-story villa. Although it was not as big as my aunt's house, it also had yards in front and back.

After leaving my aunt's parents-in-law's house, my uncle took my aunt and Yingying to say goodbye to everyone. My third uncle rode his bike with Junjie and Jiange, and my eldest uncle also went back in their car. My aunt took everyone back to their house, she turned on the TV and the oven again, and said with a smile, "I won't cook tonight."

"Uncle, what should we do if we are hungry at night?" Yangyang asked.

"It's okay, I stocked up on a box of instant noodles." My aunt replied with a smile.

"Eat instant noodles, okay, okay." The children jumped up and laughed.

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After everyone had fun together, at nine o'clock in the evening, Cheng's mother said, "Everyone go to bed and play tomorrow."

"It's still early, you can continue playing if you want!" said my aunt, "I don't have anything to do tomorrow anyway."

"With so many people, it will take a long time to wash up," my aunt also said.

"It's okay. I'll turn on the water heaters in all four bathrooms. We can wash together. It'll be quick." My aunt said as she brought a box of instant noodles out of the room. "Everyone, finish the noodles, play for a while, then wash up and go to bed."

Cheng's mother looked at the box of instant noodles and didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Little sister, you...you..."

"Haha, fourth sister, am I very foresighted?" asked my aunt proudly.

"Yes! But we still need to be frugal in everything." Cheng's mother said, "The children are young now, and they will need money later."

"You really are becoming more and more like your mother." After giving her a blank look, the aunt invited everyone to eat instant noodles.

After having a leisurely meal at my aunt’s house on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, I went to my second aunt’s house. A group of people stayed at my second aunt’s house for a day. After having dinner at my second aunt’s house on the afternoon of the seventh day of the Chinese New Year, Cheng Qiao’s family and my aunt’s family returned to my grandmother’s house. On the morning of the eighth day of the Chinese New Year, Cheng Qiao packed up her things and went to the city with Cheng Ma. Because there were many people during the New Year, they walked for half an hour. There was an empty motorcycle when they were about to arrive at the station. Finally, they waited for three cars at the station before they could barely squeeze in. A bus said it was fully loaded with 19 people, but Cheng Qiao felt that it was at least or people. Anyway, she was squeezed so hard that she couldn’t move, and she didn’t need any help at all. Because there were so many people and the air was not flowing smoothly, she hadn’t been in a car for a long time, and she felt dizzy and her stomach was churning. She shouted to Cheng Ma, "Mom, I want to vomit."

The fat lady in front of her was very anxious, "Oh, please hold it in."

Cheng Qiao nodded, raised his head as high as possible to look out the window, closed his eyes and silently counted how long it would take. Thinking back to the last life, they bought a house ten years later, and a car thirteen years later, and they no longer had to squeeze into the bus, but at that time they were not betting on people but on cars...

Finally, Cheng Qiao couldn't hold it anymore and felt that the filth had reached her throat. At this moment, the car suddenly braked and Cheng Qiao pushed through the crowd and rushed out. She vomited in a corner and her mouth was full of acid. Cheng's mother bought a bottle of water from the store and handed it to her, her eyes full of heartache, "Are you feeling better?"

She spit out some water and stood up, "It's okay."

At this time, behind my grandmother's house, not far from the school, a young man rode his study bike back and forth a few times, hoping to have a chance encounter with her...