Independence Day Study Plan

He took out the paper in his pocket and began to dial the number, he got up and sat next to him.

Xie Cheng didn't care, he leaned against his shoulder and pressed the call button.

"Hello, the number you dialed is empty, please..."

Xie Cheng put down the phone and hung up.

Zhou Shuoyu asked in surprise, "Whose?"

"My father's." Xie Cheng's tone was calm, obviously he had expected it earlier, "I did not remember the wrong number last time."

Zhou Shuoyu took the phone from his hand, snatched the note, checked the number twice, looked at him sideways, and dialed again.

"Hello, you..."

Zhou Shuoyu looked at Xie Cheng: "Did you change your number?"

Xie Cheng shook his head.

After sitting for a while, he took the phone and re-entered a number.

This time it was connected quickly, and Xuan He's tired voice came: "Hello, who is it?"

Xie Cheng paused before shouting: "Brother."

"Xiao Cheng?" Xuan He asked in surprise, the tiredness in his voice just now disappeared suddenly, "Is this a good time? I wanted to call at night to hear the voices of you and Maizi. Whose is this?" Number? Weekly?"

Xie Cheng patiently waited for him to finish, and replied: "Very good, this is Zhou Yu's number. Brother, I have something to ask you."

Xuan He: "What?"

Xie Cheng: "Did you find my dad?"

After he finished asking, before Xuan He answered, Zhou Shuoyu was already stunned.

Xuan He paused for a moment, then asked: "What? I didn't go to see my uncle. There are quite a lot of classes during this time."

"My mother told me last night." Xie Cheng said, "You won't come back on the National Day. I can't call my dad, and I can't find his co-workers. I asked her, and she couldn't bear it." Just tell me."

Xuan He still seemed to be ignorant: "What are you talking about? What happened to Uncle?"

Xie Cheng didn't answer, and said to himself: "She cried very hard, and Maizi was frightened. She dared not sleep in the middle of the night last night. Later, I coaxed her to sleep. You have been looking for it for so many days during the National Day. Didn't you find any news?"

When Zhou Shuoyu heard these words, he was shocked and felt as if his heart was being scratched by a cat. He hurriedly moved over to his ear and listened to Xuan He's answer.

After waiting for a long time, Xuan He said: "Xiaocheng, don't worry, just persuade Gu Gu and take good care of her. Uncle must have something to stop showing up, he can't just throw the blame on us like this, he It’s not that kind of person, he must have found someone to find a way.”

Hearing these words, Xie Cheng gritted his teeth silently, and his whole body tensed up.

Zhou Shuoyu grabbed his shoulder and squeezed it hard.

Xie Cheng asked, "What account?"

Xuan He fell silent, and it took a while before he spoke: "Xiaocheng, you lied to me."

Xie Cheng: "Brother, what account? What's wrong?"

Xuanhe: "Stop talking, don't ask Gu, I'm going to hang up."

"I won't go to school if you don't tell me!" Xie Cheng roared.

After a moment of stalemate, Xuan He said: "Xiao Cheng, don't be so stubborn, just study hard as a child, don't worry about these things, if the sky doesn't fall, even if it does, there will be someone taller than you to support it."

Xie Cheng's eyes turned hot when he heard this, but it was not because he was worried that something would happen, but because of Xuan He's attitude.

He suppressed his emotions: "Would you say it?"

This sentence sounded full of viciousness, Xuan He on the other end paused for a while, and finally said: "Okay."

Compromise, but not because it's really threatened.

Sitting next to him, Zhou Shuoyu felt that he was particularly able to guess Xuan He's mood. Such a Xie Cheng was actually not scary at all, but rather worrying.

The harsher the words, the more disturbing they become.

It was impossible to ignore his request.

He squeezed closer to him, squeezing his shoulders tighter.

On the phone, Xuan He said slowly: "I haven't found my uncle now, and all the explanations are just everyone's guesses. I'll just tell you."

After hanging up the phone, there was still half an hour before class, Xie Cheng sat silently, and Zhou Jiangyu also sat silently.

Until a bird flew up from a nearby branch, Zhou Shuoyu asked in a low voice, "Will you go back?"

Xie Cheng shook his head.

After a while, he turned his head and looked at Zhou Taoyu.

Zhou Daoyu frowned faintly, with an expression of imperceptible concern.

Xie Cheng looked at him motionless, and suddenly wanted to hug him, especially wanting to stuff himself into his arms.

Almost can't control myself.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhou Shuoyu stretched out his arm again, from the back of his neck to his cheek, and gently touched his face with the back of his hand.

Xie Cheng should have felt awkward about this indescribably intimate gesture, but Zhou Taoyu's gesture was too gentle, and he was reluctant to let go.

After a while, he turned his head slightly and rubbed Zhou Taoyu on the back of his hand.

☆, very close

Sensing Xie Cheng's movement, Zhou Daoyu suddenly stopped.

The two of them froze for two seconds at the same time, Xie Cheng turned his head, the two looked at each other, and then Zhou Yu's hand moved again.

His elbow was originally resting on Xie Cheng's shoulder, but now it was slowly retracted, and the back of Xie Cheng's neck was almost pillowed in his arm.

It's like the whole person is enclosed in his territory.

Being pulled by him like this, the distance between the face and the face was so close that it couldn't be closer.

Seeing that the tips of their noses were about to collide, the two of them seemed to have been pressed the pause button suddenly, staring at each other from a short distance away, feeling each other's breath.

Xie Cheng was stunned, Zhou Daoyu suppressed all his expressions at this moment, his eyes were so unbelievably deep that he dared not move.

It seems that if you move, you will step on the air and fall straight into the abyss.

After a long time, Zhou Shuoyu called out in a low voice, "Thank you."

His breath was all on Xie Cheng's face, Xie Cheng's heart froze, he was suddenly stunned, and he sent his hand forward suddenly, wanting to hug his waist.

As soon as his fingers touched the school uniform jacket, the bell for the end of the lunch break rang suddenly in the distance.

Both of them were startled, and then they turned their heads away at the same moment as if they had just woken up from a dream.

Zhou Yu let go of his hand, and patted Xie Cheng on the shoulder, which was a gesture of encouragement for his brother, as if he just wanted to do this from the beginning.

"Don't worry. It will work out sooner or later," he said.

Xie Cheng nodded, turned his outstretched hand, touched the homework on the table and took it without moving: "Let's go back to work."

After reaching the teaching area one after another, Xie Chengcai finally regained the feeling of stepping on the ground.

Classes after the holidays are always lazy, and even people become groggy.

Xie Cheng was still thinking about going to Chaike.

He himself was a little surprised. At this time, he didn't want to disappear Xie Jun, didn't think about the inexplicable debts on his family, and didn't think that the family might end up on the street. He just wanted to find Chaike quickly, otherwise Zhou said You will lose a friend.

Because of the registration for the sports meeting, Ye Zhiqiu was in a hurry all day. She didn't find a chance to ask until the break before the class meeting: "What event do you two want to apply for? Xie Cheng is very good at high jump. Zhou Yu, you apply for long jump and long-distance running?"

Zhou Yu thought for a while: "I don't really want to participate."

Xiao Xiao immediately said: "Waste of resources!"

"You go." Zhou said casually.

Xiao Xiao blinked, and said with a playful smile: "Isn't this not as tall as you and as handsome as you? How embarrassing would I be if there were no girls to cheer me on when I went to the arena? You can participate Zhou Jiangyu, it would be a pity if you didn't participate."

Zhou Daoyu didn't respond, and shouted: "Thank you."

Xie Cheng turned around and said, "I don't want to participate either."

"Yeah." Zhou Yu nodded, "It's quite interesting to be an audience."

Xiao Xiao sighed in disappointment.

Ye Zhiqiu asked: "Xiao Xiao, what's your idea?"

"Isn't this to let everyone see Zhou Shuoyu's heroic demeanor?" Xiao Xiao smiled, turned around and saw Ye Zhiqiu looking at him with distrust, he simply confessed, "Oh, the girl in the next class asked me to tell Zhou Shuoyu, let him Be sure to participate, all the girls in their class will go to cheer him on."

Ye Zhiqiu: "That's it?"

Xiao Xiao glanced at Zhou Taoyu: "I dare not say."

Xiao Xiao is also in the second class of junior high school, but he didn't have any contact with these people before, but he became acquainted with them soon after they went to the first class together, and Zhou Daoyu was not polite to him. Classmate Xiao, I solemnly warn you, don't make trouble for me."

"Hey hey." Xiao Xiao turned sideways, "I told you, can you promise not to tell me? Just pretend you don't know."

Ye Zhiqiu burst out laughing: "Straighten your spine."

"I'll think about it." Zhou Jiangyu said.

Xiao Xiao: "Then I won't say anything."

Zhou Shuyu folded his arms: "Don't you want the new game disc? Well, it doesn't matter if you don't want it. I played it earlier, and it wasn't very fun."

"Yes!" Xiao Xiao immediately responded with a righteous face, approached two seconds later, and said in one breath, "The classmate next door said that she would confess to you when you won the championship and stepped down at the sports meeting."

Xie Cheng leaned back against Zhou Taoyu's table and remained silent.

"Who?" Zhou Jiangyu asked.

Xiao Xiao: "Didn't you hear clearly? Banhua in the class next door."

Zhou said: "..."

Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help laughing, and waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it, you two don't communicate anymore, I'm going to die laughing listening to you two talking, you're not on the same line at all."

Xiao Xiao was dazed, and Xie Cheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "He's asking you who the classmate next door is."

As soon as the voice fell, the bell rang.

"Hey, it really is Xie Cheng who understands Zhou Daoyu." Xiao Xiao finally realized it.

He said to the three people in a low voice but excitedly: "That's the one next door, Banhua. She's tall, fair-skinned, small-faced, and big-eyed. She receives love letters every day. There's a little girl named Banhua. The problem is that her grades are not very good, she seems to be a transfer student, forced to be inserted into the second class."

Zhou said: "..."

Xie Cheng: "..."

Ye Zhiqiu: "..."

Rourou had already stood on the podium, she tapped on the blackboard, Xiao Xiao had no choice but to turn around, after thinking about it for a long time, she turned her head again: "Oh yes, her name is Tang Huan."

The classroom gradually quieted down, and he gently talked about the precautions for the sports meeting, and then asked everyone if they had any questions, and the discussion began in a fair manner.

Taking advantage of the chaos around, Xiao Xiao turned around again: "You must go to Zhou Shuyu, or I will die if I let those girls know that I said it."

"It's you who are doomed and not me," Zhou said bluntly, "Who told you to get together with outsiders to watch my show? No."

"What do you mean watching you have a good show?" Xiao Xiao's face was full of hatred, "You go!"

"Don't talk about it." Zhou said that he tapped the table with his index finger, "If you don't say this, I might go. Since you said it, it's useless. I haven't heard of it. I don't want to be in the limelight, and I won't Stupid enough to be someone's gossip material."

Ye Zhiqiu laughed and asked Xiao Xiao: "How do they judge the class flower? Isn't their teacher Jiang fierce? Why do you let them do this?"

Xiao Xiao was distracted and started talking small things to Ye Zhiqiu.

Zhou said in peace, he slowly flipped through two pages of the book, then he leaned against the wall, raised the chair, sat on it and swayed unsteadily.

Look intently at the back of Xie Cheng's head.

As soon as the school bell rang, Xie Cheng got up and said to Zhou Taoyu: "Wait for me." Then he left the classroom empty-handed.

Zhou said that he wanted to follow immediately, but stopped after thinking about it, and sat down on his seat to pull out his schoolbag.

When Xie Cheng arrived at the back door of Class Six, he bumped into Chaike.

The moment he saw him, Chaike raised the corners of his mouth reflexively, but quickly flattened it the next second.He lowered his head, trying to pass by Xie Cheng.

Xie Cheng stretched out his hand to grab his arm: "Chai Ke, I have something to tell you."

"Say what?" Chaike wanted to break free from his hand, but suddenly found that he was not as strong as him, so he shook it hard in surprise.

Xie Cheng held on to him with a blank expression, when someone looked over and was about to ask, Xie Cheng said, "Student, it's none of your business."

The man pouted and left.

Chaike was a little annoyed: "What are you going to do?"

"You accidentally injured me when you beat someone that day, and your back still hurts." Xie Cheng said.

Chai Ke let out a long breath, and said impatiently, "Can I apologize to you? I'm sorry."

Xie Cheng: "You don't need to apologize to me, you should apologize to Zhou Yu."

Chai Ke became angry: "What's none of your business, Xie Cheng? Are you being too lenient? What I told Zhou Yu needs you to say or not to apologize?"

Xie Cheng: "If it's none of my business, then why do you ignore him and even me?"

Chai Ke choked for a moment, and finally said: "I am willing."

Without saying a word, Xie Cheng dragged him towards the other end of the corridor.

Chai Ke struggled a few times to no avail, and threatened, "Don't think I'm afraid to do it."

The two dragged to the end of the corridor, Xie Cheng let go of his hand: "I didn't think you were afraid, after all, you even beat Zhou Shuoyu."

Chaike shook his hand angrily, glared at him and turned to leave.

Xie Cheng stood behind him and said calmly, "Mo Yaoyao asked me to come."

Chai Ke paused for a moment, raised his foot and continued to walk. After taking two steps, he turned his head, his eyes were a little red: "What did she say?"

Xie Cheng saw his expression clearly and was a little surprised.

I have known Chai Ke for several years, and I always thought he was a fearless bastard, most of the time he was heartless, and I never thought that he would cry.

But in the past two weeks, Xie Cheng has seen him lose his temper twice, and it was all just for an illusory "like".

Xie Cheng didn't speak for a moment.

Chaike took a deep breath: "Laugh if you want to."

"Why are you laughing?" Xie Cheng asked back.

Chaike took two steps back and looked down at the ground: "What did she say?"

Xie Cheng took it easy: "She said she lied to you, but she just said it in passing. You asked her in a hurry, and she was uncomfortable, so she spoke out."

Chai Ke was taken aback, and looked at him pitifully: "Am I really that annoying?"

"I don't hate it." Xie Cheng said, "If you really hated Zhou Taoyu, you wouldn't be a brother. Look at how many people play basketball together in junior high school. Who does he treat like you?"

Chaike smiled self-deprecatingly: "You are the roundworm in his stomach."

Xie Cheng was silent for two seconds, and then said: "Mo Yaoyao doesn't hate you, not at all, otherwise she wouldn't give you a chance to hang out in the shop, you follow too closely, she just doesn't like being If you know too much, it may be that you care too much and give her the illusion of being controlled."

"Then what should I do?" Chaiko asked.

Xie Cheng thought for a while, then turned and leaned against the window: "She only treats you as a child now, so you have to prove that you are not a child, is that so?"

Chaiko nodded.

Xie Cheng: "What did you say to me before? You said you didn't know if you would like her in the future, but now you like her very much. Since you are so sure that you like her, why can't you be patient? Don't force her all the time, you will Are you not in a hurry to marry her and go home now?"

Chai Ke was a little dazed, and smiled for a while: "Marry her? You think so far."

Xie Cheng didn't speak.

Chaike: "I see, I will pay attention next time and not put too much pressure on her." After a pause: "Then if I go to the store again, she won't chase me away?"

"No, what she asked me to say is to turn the page. As long as you don't mention it again, she has no reason to bring it up by herself." Xie Cheng said, "I have known her for a long time, but I still feel that I can't understand her. Temperament. But she needs distance, for sure."

Chaike sighed: "Sometimes I feel that it's useless for me to like her, because I don't know her at all, and I don't know her preferences. I don't know what she likes to eat, and I don't know what she wants. Don't say anything else."

Xie Cheng: "I don't know her, so is she or who do you like?"

"It's her," Chaike said, "I know it's her."

Outside the window at the end of the corridor were a few black locust trees. When the wind passed by, a few half-dead leaves were blown into the corridor, swaying and falling to the feet.

Xie Cheng looked down and said, "Okay, then I'm leaving."

He turned around while talking, and Chai Ke reached out to stop him: "Didn't you tell me to apologize to the fish?"

Xie Cheng: "Will you go?"

Chaike withdrew his hand and shook his head.

Xie Cheng smiled and said, "He didn't blame you either."

Chaike stood there without moving.

The two of them talked for a long time, and the people in each classroom had already left, and the whole building lost the unique bustle of students, and became empty and lonely.

Xie Cheng walked out through the corridor, and saw Zhou Daoyu behind the corner.

Zhou Shuoyu held his schoolbag in his hand and whispered, "You are really idle."

Xie Cheng smiled.

Zhou Shuoyu was a little surprised, took a step forward, and raised his hand to touch the corner of his lips: "Are you still in the mood to smile?"

This movement came naturally, and he didn't feel it was right until the dryness of his fingertips met the softness of his lips.

The two of them froze for a moment, Zhou Yu's hand quickly went around and patted Xie Cheng's face.

☆, Chang Gung

Xie Cheng pursed his lips, like a conditioned reflex, raised his hand and slapped Zhou Taoyu's face with a soft slap.

Zhou Shuoyu opened his eyes wide: "You hit me?"

"You hit me first." Xie Cheng said.

"Beat you!" Zhou Daoyu slapped him on the face again.

Xie Cheng was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and waved over again.

The two stared at each other, and you fought back one after another, and Chaike suddenly said quietly from behind: "Are you two children in kindergarten?"

Xie Cheng: "..."

Zhou said: "..."

"Let's go." Zhou Yu turned around.

Xie Cheng: "Let's go." He said and followed.

Chaike: "..."

After leaving the school gate, Zhou Shuoyu slowed down, and the two of them walked down the street side by side, and after a while he asked, "What are you going to do?"

"What can I do?" Xie Cheng said, "I don't have any abilities."

Zhou Shuoyu thought for a while: "Maybe I can ask my grandpa for help."

Xie Cheng shook his head.

Zhou Shuoyu was clear about his temper, and said: "It's not about sending money to your family, it's over if you don't borrow it."

"Wait, let's see the situation." Xie Cheng said, paused, and asked, "If you ask your grandfather for money, you can use it yourself, will you ask for it?"

Zhou Shuoyu fell silent.

Xie Cheng shrugged.

"Don't be afraid." Zhou Daoyu said finally, "If you owe the debt, I will help you pay it off."

Xie Cheng smiled, and touched the camphor leaves on the side of the road.

Zhou Daoyu raised his hand to grab the branch he had pinched, pulled it hard and let go, the branch bounced back suddenly, and the leaves rustled.

He said seriously: "Really."

Hearing this sentence "really", Xie Cheng's nose was sour, and his eyes drooped and he stopped talking.

When he arrived at the entrance of Xuanjia Alley, Zhou Daoyu was talking about the sports meeting. Two men came from behind, passed them, and stepped into the alley first.

One of them was whispering, "I visited it last time, and the house is quite nice, sturdy and spacious. The most important thing is that there is a yard and a winery."

Another response: "I don't even want money when you say that..."

The two men, one in their thirties and the other in their forties or fifties, walked quickly, and after passing each other away, the second half of the sentence could not be heard clearly.

Zhou Daoyu immediately wanted to catch up, but was held back by Xie Cheng.

"Those two..." Zhou Shuoyu whispered.

Xie Cheng nodded: "Slow down, follow."

When the two walked to the door of Zhou Daoyu's house, they saw that the two men had already entered the courtyard of Xie Cheng's house.

Zhou Daoyu glanced inside: "He's entered the main room."

Xie Cheng grabbed him: "Go to the back."

Passing the gate of the courtyard, from the side of the winery to the back of the house, the last two of them leaned side by side and hid under the window of the main room, listening to the movement inside.

Xuan Fangling's anxious voice came from inside the main room: "But brother, didn't you agree to wait another half a month? How can I... I will find a way to pay back the money, can you go first? Children When I came back, I was scared."

A man's voice sounded: "Sister, it's not that there is no grace, we are also in a difficult situation, we are not like others who charge high interest for releasing water, our interest is exactly the same as that of the bank, you said that the IOU written in black and white is clear and clear. If we can’t pay back the money, we will use the house and the winery to pay for it. We are also short of money, so we can only ask you.”

Xie Cheng put his hands on the wall and slowly closed them into fists.

There was silence in the room for a while, and Xuan Fangling's voice trembled when she heard it again: "Give it a few more days, and I will definitely find a way. What should we do with our family if the house is given to you? I still have three children."

Another man's voice sounded: "Big sister, we also know that you are difficult, who is not difficult? If you want to blame it, it's because you didn't marry a good man."

The man who spoke echoed: "I see that your man is also an honest person, but then again, there are so many things that a seemingly honest person can do. We can't help it, he really just arrived You have already seen this house and the IOU. If he runs away, he can only fall on his wife and children. If you want to file a lawsuit, you can do whatever you want."

After a while, Xuan Fangling said, "I see. Brother, please go first, can we make a phone call? My two little ones are coming back."

Xie Cheng couldn't bear it anymore when he heard this, he gritted his teeth, and tried to stand up with his hands on the wall, but Zhou Daoyu found his reason at this moment, hugged him first, and covered him Q.

"Don't get excited." He whispered in Xie Cheng's ear, "You can't afford Aunt Ling when you go in now."

Xie Cheng froze, and heard the man inside say: "It's only this week, I really can't delay any longer."

"Let's go, I beg you, brother..." Xuan Fangling whispered.

Xie Cheng didn't hear the rest of the words——

Zhou Daoyu knelt on the ground, pulled him around, and hugged him in his arms.

Behind him was a small pomelo grove of the neighbor's house. When the wind blew, the wide leaves scraped. Zhou Daoyu hugged him tightly, stroking the back of his neck with his hand back and forth comfortingly.

After the sound of conversation in the room disappeared, it was so empty that no one was at home. After a long time, there was a sudden sob.

The suppressed cry came from a middle-aged woman who had suffered for half her life and had long adapted to this suffering.

She was used to suffering, so she didn't dare to cry loudly, and she didn't even want to complain when she had nowhere to complain. She could only grieve for a moment when no one was around, and didn't even have time for self-pity.

There are three other children below.

Xie Cheng opened his eyes in a daze, held his breath, pressed his forehead against Zhou Dao's heart, and stretched out his hand to tighten the clothes on his back.

When entering the room, Xuan Fangling was cooking in the kitchen, and when she heard footsteps, she turned around and asked, "Why are you back so late?"

Xie Cheng threw his schoolbag on the chair in the porch, and went into the kitchen: "Let's start a class meeting, let's talk about the sports meeting."

Xuan Fangling smiled: "Why hasn't Maizi come back yet?"

"How about the studio?" Xie Chengying picked up vegetables from her hand.

Xuan Fangling: "Are you hungry?"

Xie Cheng nodded: "A little bit, it's okay."

The rice soup in the pot was gurgling, and the white steam was lingering.

The mother and son stayed together quietly for a long time, Xie Cheng said: "Mom, how much money is there?"

Xuan Fangling stopped stirring the rice and turned to look at him: "What did you say?"

Xie Cheng lowered his eyes: "I got something out of my brother."

Xuan Fangling was silent for a moment, then took the pot off the fire: "Don't worry about these things."

"A total of 20? How much money does our family have? Is there any relative who can borrow it?" Xie Cheng asked calmly.

The pot in Xuan Fangling's hand fell heavily on the chopping board, Xie Cheng's expression was normal, she put one hand on the chopping board, looked at him for a while, then covered her face with her hands.

Xie Cheng stepped forward and said, "Mom, you see I'm a head taller than you."

Xuan Fangling put down her hands and gave a wry smile.

"Don't be afraid, let's find someone to borrow money first, and keep the house. I will pay back the borrowed money later." Xie Cheng said, "Anyway, you have three children. What are you afraid of?"

After a moment of silence, Xuan Fangling turned her head to look at him again and said, "I have been with your dad for 20 years. No matter how bad-tempered he is or how impatient we are, no matter how much we quarrel, I have never complained to him..."

Xie Cheng couldn't bear to look away.

He didn't want to link the whole thing with Xie Jun at all, even if all the facts were in front of him.He never liked Xie Jun since he was a child, and he never thought that he and Xuan Fangling would be abandoned.

Still in such a cruel way.

Like being skinned.

"I knew a long time ago that his heart is not in this family, only the responsibility of saving face is left. He is dissatisfied that I want to take your brother and Maizi back and raise him, so I don't care if he has resentment in his heart." Xuan Fangling said .

The person who is always taciturn was opened up, and every sentence was hidden for too long, so it all stuck in Xie Cheng's heart.

"I know he is not satisfied with me, and I know he is tired, so no matter how much he dislikes me, I never say anything. The winery is not easy, and I am not qualified to enjoy leisure. I thought that as long as he has you, he will still remember this family. Yes, how could he just leave like that?"

The last trembling voice fell, and before Xie Cheng had time to react, he suddenly heard footsteps at the kitchen door.

He turned his head and saw Xuan Mai running towards the main room.

The mother and son looked at each other in surprise, and Xie Cheng immediately ran over: "Maizi!"

Xuan Mai stepped into the main room first, gave him a panicked look, and was about to close the door behind him.

Xie Cheng raised his hand to block it: "Wheat?"

Xuan Mai looked at him with a pale face, and still pressed his hand on the door, not knowing whether he wanted to lock him out or lock himself in.

"What's wrong with Maizi?" Xie Cheng felt pain and fear in his heart, forced a smile, and said softly, "Why don't you let the second brother enter the house?"

After coaxing a few words, Xuan Mai bit his lips: "Second brother, do you and my aunt want me and my brother? I am obedient, I will do more housework in the future, and I will not learn to draw anymore. Don't let me Let's go, okay?"

As soon as she spoke, Xie Cheng was stunned.

Xuan Fangling, who was following next to her, was also taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Don't go to the door, you'll get your hands later. Don't talk nonsense, I won't want you, even if I die right now, your second brother will still want you." Take care of you."

Xuan Mai shook his head: "I heard it all just now, it was because of my uncle that I left everyone behind, I was already very careful, but my uncle still doesn't like me."

"Come here!" Xuan Fangling shouted loudly.

Xuan Mai was taken aback, tears filled his eyes immediately, but he clenched his lips tightly to prevent himself from crying, and just looked at Xie Cheng helplessly.

Xie Cheng endured his sadness, and carefully opened the door: "When the wheat comes out, no one will reject you, so don't get caught."

Xuan Fangling's emotions were already on the verge of collapse. After a pause of two seconds, she pulled Xie Cheng away and pushed the door violently.

With a bang, Xuan Mai took several steps back in fright, fell to the ground, and burst into tears.

Xie Cheng ran in immediately, but Xuan Fangling had already grabbed Xuan Mai one step ahead of him. She lifted him in front of her and slapped her hard on the buttocks.

"Mom!" Xie Cheng shouted in surprise.

Xuan Fangling gritted her teeth and asked Xuan Mai: "Xuan Mai, have I said that I don't want you in all these years?" She said something and slapped her on the buttocks: "Did I say that?"

"Ah? Talk to me!" She asked sharply, "Did you say you don't want you?! You only care about your uncle not wanting you, have you thought about your aunt? Did I say I don't want you?"

Xuan Mai cried more and more, his face was covered with tears, and he couldn't say a word.

Xie Cheng hugged Xuan Fangling's waist, Xuan Fangling seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and suddenly fell to the ground, and he hurriedly followed and knelt down.

"Mother!"

Xie Cheng wanted to pull Xuan Fangling up, but failed several times. He was about to get up and try harder, when suddenly he was caught by the back of the neck.

Xuan Fangling hugged Xuan Mai tightly in her arms, then hugged Xie Cheng back, put her chin on top of his head, closed her eyes and shook her head.

Xie Cheng didn't dare to move, he could only clearly feel Xuan Fangling's body shaking, like a bellows in his chest.

After a moment of silence, Xie Cheng broke away from Xuan Fangling's embrace, hugged both his aunt and nephew, and said, "Mom, don't be afraid, brother and I are here."

"Maizi doesn't cry," he said slowly, "We are a family, no one will want you."

Xuan Mai was wrapped between the two of them, weeping uncontrollably.

Zhou Shuoyu stood at the gate of the courtyard, listening to the crying and roaring in the room for a long time. When it finally calmed down, the night had already fallen, and the sky was gray and blue.

The money problem is a temporary problem, but the sadness is the sadness of the human heart.

long term.

When he turned his head again, Chang Geng star rose up.

At 10:30, Zhou Yu had just finished taking a shower and was about to go upstairs when there was a knock on the outside door.

Aunt Lan had already entered the house, and the lights had been turned off for a long time. Zhou Daoyu stepped on his slippers and went out. He opened the door and saw Xie Cheng.

Without saying a word, Xie Cheng pushed him into the courtyard.

Zhou Shuoyu locked the door with his hands back, but also remained silent.

The two entered the room tacitly one after the other, Xie Cheng stepped on the stairs, Zhou Daoyu turned off the light in the living room, and followed upstairs.

As soon as the door was closed, Zhou Shuoyu turned his head and saw Xie Cheng throwing himself on his bed.

He walked to the bed, jumped down without thinking, put half of his body on Xie Cheng's back, and asked, "How is it?"

☆, fifty thousand

Xie Cheng with difficulty pulled out his hand that was under his body and rubbed his ears.

Because his face was buried in the quilt, he sounded muffled when he spoke: "Maizi will sleep with my mother tonight, and should be coaxed to sleep by now. I just cried a lot, and I am tired from crying."

Zhou Shuoyu paused, and said, "Little girl is really serious."

Xie Cheng knew that he understood as soon as he heard it, and smiled.

"But you three brothers and sisters are very serious." Zhou Jiangyu said again.

Xie Cheng: "It's okay, I'm not serious, I don't like to think about other people's affairs."

"It's strange if it's not heavy." Zhou Shuoyu snorted, turned around and rolled down, and lay on his back next to him, "I don't like to think about other people's things, but if I think about it, I will always think about it."

Xie Cheng lay on the ground for a while, then turned over, put his hands on Zhou Shuoyu's heart, and looked up at the ceiling: "20."

Zhou said, "That's quite a lot."

"I reckoned that the family's savings were scraped together, and the sale of the land would add up to about forty to fifty thousand. I borrowed forty thousand from your aunt. My mother said that Uncle Xie could think of a way." Xie Cheng counted in detail. Tell him, "There are still a few frequent customers who can borrow, but they won't borrow too much, and others are afraid that we will not be able to pay back. In this way, there may be a difference of about [-], and there are other things. People can't be trusted anymore, and family ugliness can't be exposed outside."

Zhou Shuoyu asked in surprise, "Sell the land?"

"Well," Xie Chengying said, "that private plot by the road. In the yard, Grandma Zhang's family wanted to move out, and had always wanted to buy it to build a new house. She offered a high price earlier, but my mother refused. Now it's urgently sold. , at the market price."

"That family is really thieves, and they can compete with the four old Xuan families." Zhou Daoyu said "tsk", "Hey, thank you, I will definitely build a new district in the future after looking at Luohua, I am afraid it will be towards that The land on the side of the road is not sure what it will be like in the future, and it is too uneconomical to sell it now.”

The autumn insects chirped outside the window, and after listening quietly for a while, Xie Cheng smiled and said, "You can't blame others for thieves. If you don't sell the land, should you sell the winery? Or the house?"

Zhou Shuyu stopped talking.

Xie Cheng still smiled: "I used to watch TV dramas and say that a penny can't beat a hero. Keep your eyes open and watch Zhou Yu. Now there are 500 million heroes falling in front of you."

"Crazy you," Zhou said with a smile, "you still have time to say such things."

After another moment of silence, Zhou Shuoyu shouted, "Thank you."

"Stop talking," Xie Cheng turned to look at him, "I've been so honest with you, so you should be more honest, and don't think about asking your grandpa for anything. It's good that you have a good relationship with your grandpa, but If you can't even open your mouth yourself, you can't open it because of me."

Zhou Shuyu thought for a while: "Or you can ask my parents for it, anyway, they owe me, and they have money."

"If you use it yourself, they will definitely give it to you. Now you want tens of thousands, what will your parents say?" Xie Cheng broke his fingers, "Actually, money may not be a problem if you really want to care about it. My mother has never If you don’t owe anyone a penny, you can always borrow if you really want to.”

"Are you sad?" Zhou Jiangyu asked.

Xie Cheng didn't answer, but propped up his upper body and pressed it straight to his chest.

Zhou Daoyu was stunned for a moment, and immediately stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around him, but he stopped when he raised his hand halfway, and didn't know whether to move or not for a while.

"It's so comfortable to be cushioned by someone, no wonder you always press me down." Xie Cheng said.

Zhou Daoyu laughed, and rubbed his hands on his back twice: "For the sake of your bad mood now, I can let you suppress it."

Xie Cheng: "Not when you're in a good mood?"

Zhou said: "It depends on my mood.