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. Xi Ran asked, "The Taoyuan Town you are talking about is the Taoyuan Town where Yan'er and I originally lived?" "

Gu Santong said with a smile: "Yes."

Gu Yao said: "In this case, Jiang Yan, you go back to visit your relatives first. On August [-]th, I will go to Taoyuan Town to find you and go up the mountain with you."

Wang Ziye mourned himself heartbroken.

*****

The two of them took the rabbit back to the small town. The small town is located in a relatively remote city. Compared with the rapid changes of the big city, it still seems to retain the color of the old era.

Outside the old station are minibuses with manual announcements. The ticket inspector wears a pocket around his waist and shouts "ten yuan per person".

Jiang Shu hid in his backpack and muttered triumphantly, "I'm saving money."

Jiang Yan sneered: "Ten yuan is not enough for you to eat two packs of snacks."

The three of them didn't take the minibus. Before they came, they called Ruan Siming and told him that they could reach the town at seven or eight o'clock in the evening. Ruan Siming was very happy and waited outside the station early.

Although the names of the few people are messy, they can't stand the friendship between Ruan Siming and Xi Ran since he was a child. They have been friends for more than 60 years, and that familiar face has already been engraved in his life.

Although Xi Ran has no memory, his closeness to the Ruan family has never changed. He saw Ruan Siming waving at them from a distance, so he followed Ruan Siming's example and waved. When he approached, he called out, "Uncle."

Ruan Siming was full of emotions. When he was born, he was called Uncle Xi Ran, but now it is the other way around, but these are not important. The important thing is that the man who took him to run all over the mountains, picking fruits and fishing for small fish is still healthy and healthy. Kang stood in front of him completely.

Jiang Yan opened his mouth and shouted, "Dad."

Ruan Siming didn't know what to say, and pulled Jiang Yan's arm, his eyes suddenly turned red.

It doesn't matter who he is, it's his child.

"have you eaten?"

Jiang Yan shook his head and said, "Not yet, not too hungry."

"What is not hungry, you have to eat if you are not hungry, let's go, let's go home."

The house has just been renovated two years ago, the rose tree in the yard is still there, and some other green plants are planted beside it.

Jiang Yan likes the fence in the front yard very much, and always takes a second look every time he enters the door.

Seeing him looking at the fence, Ruan Siming couldn't help laughing and said, "When you were a child, you liked basking in the yard the most. I remember that our family had a rabbit at that time, and it was very clever."

Speaking of the rabbit, Jiang Yan suddenly remembered that Jiang Shu was still in the backpack. He unzipped the zipper and saw that stupid thing sleeping on all fours in the bag. On the shoe cabinet, he said to Ruan Siming, "This is the one, he is my junior brother."

Ruan Siming was taken aback. There are too many strange things in the world. Now that he heard about them, he smiled and said, "Our family is tidy this time."

The three of them didn't see old man Ruan and Liu Chunhua when they got home. The dishes on the dining table were full and they were all wrapped in plastic wrap.

Ruan Siming was about to call his wife, but before the phone was dialed, old man Ruan and Liu Chunhua walked in with a cold air.

"Dad, where have you been?"

Old man Ruan took off his coat, raised the plastic bag in his hand, and said slowly: "I went to buy milk, and then I realized that there is no milk at home, and they have nothing to drink in the morning."

"Then you call me, and I'll buy it. Do you think it's dangerous to go out so late?"

The old man Ruan didn't have time to pay attention to Ruan Siming's complaints. He pulled Xi Ran to look him up and down, and asked repeatedly: "How are you doing outside? If you can't do it, you can go home and say that you are Ah Qing's son. No one will suspect you. It will be revealed."

Xi Ran smiled slightly: "Isn't this back? Why don't you eat, let's eat first."

"When you eat together, it's not too late. Let's see what dishes I have cooked. You like them." As soon as Liu Chunhua opened his mouth, the room became lively, and the loud voice made him fall asleep. Jiang Shu was woken up.

Liu Chunhua took a few plates of cold dishes back to the kitchen to warm them up, and Xi Ran followed them in to help.

Liu Chunhua's feelings for Xi Ran are very complicated. She has no culture. She was instilled in her childhood with the concept of marrying a chicken and following a chicken, marrying a dog and following a dog. She is good to Xi Ran because of Ruan Siming, but no matter what, Xi Ran has called her for 20 years Damn, she always has some feelings similar to motherly love towards Xi Ran, she is really not used to suddenly changing her name to "auntie" in the past few years.

Xi Ran took a bowl of rice and said, "Auntie, I bought some winter clothes for you, you can try the size later."

"Just come back, what clothes do you want to buy?" Liu Chunhua thought for a while and asked, "Of course, why don't you come back to live, you see Dad will be 90 years old next year, and he misses you every day."

Xi Ran lowered his head and remained silent. It's not that he doesn't want to come back, but in the past few years, there have always been big and small strange things around them, and coming back to live will only cause trouble for them.

Egg Waffles ([-])

Liu Chunhua is 65 years old this year. Sometimes when she looks back on her life, she always feels like a dream filled with grotesque images.

She is the eldest in the family, and there are two younger brothers who are teenage younger than her. She was almost forty when she married Ruan Siming. She is a well-known old girl in the small town. If she goes out, even if she gets married, she will definitely not be able to marry well. Maybe it's because of the eldest sister in the family, or maybe it's because she has heard too many gossips. Liu Chunhua has a very aggressive temper. After a long time, even the matchmaker keeps her away.

Ruan Siming met Liu Chunhua not long after he moved to the town. He is a few years younger than Liu Chunhua. He is honest and reasonable. The three men in the family can earn money, and life is not burdensome. The colleagues in the factory think Ruan Siming He would find a younger girl, but who knew he had settled on Liu Chunhua, the two came together naturally and got married soon.

But this marriage was not favored by others. Liu Chunhua was too old to conceive a child for several years, and it would be even more difficult to conceive after the age of 40. But who knew that the two not only did not divorce, but also adopted a beautiful A sensible little boy.

At that time, especially in this backward small town, patriarchal thinking was very serious. Unless there was something wrong with the man's body, few families would choose to have sex.

Liu Chunhua didn't know what other people thought, but what Liu Chunhua knew was that Ruan Siming had never complained to her for her infertility in the past few decades.

The day she first learned about Ruan Xiqing's life experience, Ruan Siming told her that they had to move. If she wanted to, the four of them could take the child with them. Accompany the past to settle down and return to the town.

Liu Chunhua was in a daze at the time, and followed her away in a daze. Afterwards, too many strange things happened, but after seeing more, she didn't think it was strange.

She always had an indescribable feeling about Xi Ran, at first she was a little scared, and gradually turned into embarrassment, even restlessness, but when Xi Ran looked at her with those big clear eyes that were not stained with any filth At that time, she felt distressed again.

So what about a long life, he keeps forgetting who he is, as if all these years have been wasted.

Speaking of it, Liu Chunhua is really different from ordinary women. She is not only love and family affection for Ruan Siming, she is also grateful to Ruan Siming. It is Ruan Siming who took her to see the world and live a good life with her. one time.

Liu Chunhua's thoughts wandered around in the past, and the sound of footsteps on the stairs aroused her attention.

She turned off the fire that was stewing the ribs, and started another stove to heat hot water, ready to go down.

They are getting old, they eat very light food, and they eat casually in the morning, but when Jiang Yan and Xi Ran came back, Liu Chunhua wanted to give them something good to eat, so she got up early in the morning and cooked pork ribs for them. Small row of noodles to eat.

Xi Ran smelled the fragrance and entered the kitchen, sniffed and said, "It smells so good."

"Eat more if it is fragrant." Liu Chunhua smiled openly.

Old man Ruan didn't go to play early chess today, and he was not energetic all morning. After Jiang Yan got up, he played a game with him in the living room.

Jiang Yan likes to eat noodles, and also likes braised dishes. He ate a big bowl full of noodles and didn't stop after eating. He picked up the milk on the table, plugged in a straw and started drinking.

"I just said they have to drink milk in the morning." Old man Ruan squinted and smiled, and the corners of his eyes were wrinkled.

Ruan Siming laughed and said, "Okay, Dad, everything you say is right."

*****

Jiang Yan has been back to the small town for a while, and there is still a week before the Mid-Autumn Festival. These days, he and Xi Ran have nothing to do, and accompany old man Ruan to play chess in the small park every day.

Ever since Xi Ran helped a strange old lady climb a tree to save the cat, all the old men and women who stayed in the park knew that this was the grandson of old man Ruan, and they wanted to introduce Xi Ran's girlfriend all day long.

The old man Ruan laughed every day, and said perfunctorily, "What age is it, and you still arrange marriages?"

"This is called an arranged marriage. If the two parties meet each other, if they see each other right, it's also free love."

Old man Ruan touched the little rabbit in his arms, and sighed slightly: "I'm already old, so don't worry about it anymore."

The old man who played chess with him also sighed: "Time flies so fast, if you don't pay attention, the children are so old, and we are old too."

"Yeah, time is too fast, and things from my childhood seem to be still in front of me." Old man Ruan pushed the chess piece to the end, "General."

"Haha, I lost, I lost." The old man started to play chess again, "Speaking of which, your grandson is not too young, it's not good if he doesn't like to laugh, and even a good girl will be scared away by him."

The little rabbit turned over, turned its belly to the sun, and thought, "Isn't it? Even monsters can be scared away by him, let alone a limp little girl."

Old man Ruan put the rabbit down: "Are you hungry? Go find Yunshen."

"Hey, old man Ruan, why did you let it go? Don't get lost."

"Don't run away, this rabbit knows people, come on, let's continue playing chess."

Xi Ran was sitting on the grass, bowing his head and earnestly weaving grasshoppers. There was a circle of children sitting in front of him, all looking at him eagerly.

Jiang Shu ran towards them quickly, squeezed the children away and rushed in, laying firmly on Xi Ran's lap, shouting: "Of course, I want one too."

Xi Ran's ears warmed up, and Jiang Shu's voice came from his mind.

He distributed the braided grasshoppers to the children one by one, touched their heads with a smile: "Okay, let's go play."

The children took the grasshopper, thanked him happily, and skipped away.

Jiang Shu clawed his palm away with his claws, and said pitifully, "It's gone."

Xi Ran took out a palm leaf from behind, shook it and said, "Look, there is another one, I'll weave it for you."

Jiang Yan snorted coldly: "He's used to it."

Jiang Shu didn't talk to him, but said instead: "Let's go eat grilled sausage, tea eggs and oden, and I want to drink orange juice."

"I want to strangle you to death." Jiang Yan said angrily.

Xi Ran looked at him dumbfounded: "Why are you so fierce, I want to eat it too."

"I'll go buy it." Jiang Yan asked, "Do you want to eat anything else?"

Jiang Shu hurriedly said, "There's also...uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

Xi Ran covered his mouth and said to Jiang Yan: "No more, that's all."

Jiang Yan glared at the playful little rabbit, and got up to buy food.

Xi Ran patted Jiang Shu's head: "Don't make Yan'er angry, just go to the end, okay?"

"Okay." Jiang Shu stood on tiptoe and rubbed stickily on Xi Ran's body.

Xi Ran couldn't help laughing, raised his head and pulled him away a little: "Don't act like a baby."

"I want to rub a little bit of your smell on my body, so that senior brother won't dare to beat me up!"

"If you don't come down again, I will beat you!"

Xi Ran was so troubled that he fell backwards and simply lay down on the grass. Jiang Shu was alone, rolled off his shoulder and fell on the grass.

Xi Ran looked up at the sky, and a girl's face suddenly appeared above his line of sight, with a small melon-shaped face and curly long hair hanging down naturally from both sides of the ears.

"Uncle Ruan, do you remember me?"

Xi Ran propped up his body and sat up, the girl stood in front of him, she seemed to be crying and laughing excitedly, she covered her mouth and said: "They said you haven't been home for a long time, I didn't expect to see you when I came home this time." it's your turn."

Xi Ran said, "Did you recognize the wrong person?"

The girl was startled, she suddenly came back to her senses, and murmured: "That's right, Uncle Ruan should be over 50 years old, but you really look like him...you...I...sorry, I might really I recognized the wrong person..." She rubbed her neck and looked at the upper of the shoe in frustration.

"It's okay, you're talking about my dad, right? I'm his son, and my name is Xi Ran. Everyone says we look alike." Xi Ran said that he was used to it these days, and his expression was particularly natural.

"Isn't your surname Ruan?"

"I follow my mother's surname."

The girl breathed a sigh of relief, and she smiled embarrassingly: "You and your father really look alike, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Tian Tian, ​​I also live in Beijie, and Grandpa Ruan and the others Neighbor."

"Hello, I don't come back very often, so I may not remember you."

"No, no, we haven't seen each other. I'm working in another city now, and I only come back during the holidays. I haven't met a few times." The girl took a deep breath, "Actually, I want to ask, Uncle Ruan Siming's son Are you back this time?"

Tian Tian pursed her lips and smiled, her face flushed slightly.

Xi Ran: "..."

Jiang Shu laughed: "This is the first time I saw a little girl like Jiang Yan. I thought only middle-aged women like him."

Xi Ran glanced at him with a non-smiling smile, stretched out his hand and patted his head, turned his head and smiled gently at Tian Tian: "I'm back, I went to the convenience store, do you know each other?"

Tian Tian shook her head and said embarrassingly: "It's not that familiar, he probably doesn't remember me, I was in poor health when I was young, and I didn't have any friends, only he played with me a few times and gave me balloons. "

"Really." Xi Ran crossed his legs and asked with interest: "Then do you still remember what he was like when he was a child?"

Tian Tian sat down next to him, recalled for a while and said: "He has a tiger head and a tiger head, with a straight face like a little adult. By the way, he didn't seem to be able to speak when he was a child. Can he speak now?"

Xi Ran nodded: "Of course, maybe it was too late to speak at that time, what else?"

"Also." Tian Tian recalled, "I have a very good relationship with Uncle Ruan, and I cling to Uncle Ruan all day long. Roughly the same."

"You have a really good memory."

Tian Tian said with a wry smile: "I was very boring when I was young, and I didn't have many friends, so I remember these things very well." She pointed to the rabbit, "Can I hug it?"

Jiang Shu moved a little closer, and asked Tian Tian to hug him, and said in a voice that the other party couldn't hear: "Hello, old friend."

Tian Tian was full of joy, as if she had returned to a time long ago, and she felt very happy just by being close to her.

Jiang Yan came back soon, and Tian Tian stood up holding the rabbit. She looked Jiang Yan up and down, and didn't recover for a while.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Yan asked.

Tian Tian suddenly recovered, realized her gaffe, and smiled awkwardly: "Hello, my name is Tian Tian, ​​and I am Grandpa Ruan's neighbor. Do you remember me? We played together when we were young."

Jiang Yan looked at her for a while, and recalled in his mind the little girl who was crying while skipping rope in the open space. He nodded and said, "I remember."

"Do you remember? But you were still so young at that time." Tian Tian was taken aback for a while, then laughed overjoyed.

Jiang Yan held Oden and grilled sausage in his left hand, and three cans of orange juice in his right hand. He looked at Tian Tian and slowly stretched out his hand.

Jiang Shu hurriedly stood up on tiptoe: "My orange juice..."

"Please drink." Jiang Yan gave Tian Tian a can of juice, and kicked the rabbit beside her feet with the tip of her shoe.

"Thank you." Tian Tian held the can in her hand, her heart beating fast.

Jiang Yan sat down beside Xi Ran, and dragged the rabbit ears to him. He opened the can, inserted a straw into it, and brought it to Jiang Shu's mouth: "I'll drink mine for you."

Jiang Shu opened his mouth and took two sips.

Tian Tian was in a hurry: "It will have diarrhea like this."

Jiang Yan lowered his head and said, "Not so delicate."

"That's not okay, you will definitely get sick if you eat indiscriminately, the stomach of a rabbit is very fragile." Tian Tian raised her eyebrows anxiously.

Xi Ran quickly smoothed things over and said, "Tian Tian, ​​do you want to eat oden? Have a bunch of beef balls."

"She can't eat meat." Jiang Yan glanced at her and said, "My rabbit is born with nature and can eat anything. There is no certainty in everything. You can live well without a shadow?"

Sweat suddenly broke out on Tian Tian's forehead, she swallowed, and said with a smile: "What nonsense are you talking about, I have a shadow."

Jiang Yan still lowered his head, took a sip of Xi Ran's orange juice.

Tian Tian received a cold reception, and her eyes suddenly turned red. She suddenly realized that the man in front of her was no longer the little friend she remembered. Although the former Ruan Yunshen didn't like to play around, he would wave to her through the window and send her off. Balloons and rabbits for her to play with.The present one was just a random stranger after many years.

Tian Tian stood up, forced a smile and said: "I still have something to do, I'm leaving first, you guys have fun, goodbye."

"Okay, see you later." Xi Ran waved at her inexplicably, then turned to Jiang Yan and said, "Tian Tian is a nice person, why are you so cruel to him?"

"I didn't say she was bad, it's for her good to be cruel to her." Jiang Yan smiled, "Let me eat the beef balls."

It was almost eleven o'clock after eating. Old man Ruan finished playing the game of chess at hand, put the board and chess pieces into a linen environmental protection bag, and said to the old man opposite, "Come tomorrow?"

"Come on, I will bring chess tomorrow."

"No, I'll take it."

The old man laughed: "Yeah, I know you have a grandson to pick you up now, so it's easy, that's fine, you should take it with you."

Old Man Ruan smiled with his chest out.

Jiang Yan put away the folding chair, and lifted the chair and the recycle bag with one hand.

Old man Ruan walked in front, followed by his two grandsons. Walking around in the park like this, let alone how imposing it is.

Xi Ran suppressed a smile and said, "Okay, let's go back, Auntie must have cooked dinner."

"Let me tell you, don't look at me in my 80s, I'm in good health." Ruan said with a smile, "I remember when I was a child, whenever a relative lived to be 80 years old, it was a godsend to hold a banquet." Sit in the wisteria chair, the big guy said a few nice words and grinned, it was a joy, now the 80-year-old old man is not rare, and his spirit is different."

Old man Ruan is indeed in good health. He usually walks to the park to play chess by himself with a small bench environmental protection bag. There are no cars on the way. He walks a lot every day, but he is in good health. Sometimes he can even ride a tricycle When I go shopping for groceries, I have a clear head, and I have to ask him where the messy little things at home are placed.

"By the way, how is the business of your grocery store?" Old Man Ruan said, "Normally, you don't need to send money to the family. We are a few years old and can't spend so much money. You keep it for yourself. Don't worry about it. If you are willing to spend, the two of you will not reach the day when you retire, there are many jobs in this life that you can't finish."

Xi Ran couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry about us, the business in the store is very good, and it's also very leisurely. It's not as tiring as you think."

"How can I not be tired of opening a shop." Old man Ruan said again, "By the way, I'm waiting for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I want to sign up for a sunset red tour group for the elderly. I will go for a walk while I am still healthy, and Siming and Chunhua will go together. Help me see how this registration is done."

"I'll help you look online when I get back."

"Do you two want to go together?"

Xi Ran smiled: "Us? Sunset Red may not be suitable."

Old man Ruan laughed: "Stop talking about this, go home and have dinner."

egg waffles ([-])

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ruan Siming and Liu Chunhua went to the vegetable market early in the morning to buy vegetables. Old Ruan went to the small park to play chess regardless of the weather.

Xi Ran slept in late that day, and when he got up, Jiang Yan had already sent old man Ruan back.

There was some white porridge in the rice cooker, and two cold fried dough sticks on the table. Xi Ran spread out a few omelets, cut the fried dough sticks into small pieces, brushed with chili sauce and wrapped them in the egg cakes, and the two of them simply ate the white porridge a meal.

Liu Chunhua was in high spirits and planned to cook a large table of dishes, so Xi Ran had no choice but to stay at home and help her.

Jiang Shu jumped up and down excitedly early in the morning, "There are so many delicious foods tonight, Yaoyao is coming today."

"Don't run around, come here." Xi Ran asked, "Do you want an omelette? Shall I break some for you?"

"I don't want to eat it. I have to have an empty stomach. Sister Chunhua will make me pig's trotters tonight."

Jiang Yan choked on laughter, and repeated in a murmur: "Sister Chunhua..."

"What are you laughing at, Sister Chunhua is on good terms with me now, all the dishes on the table are cooked for me!"

Not long after, Liu Chunhua and Ruan Siming came back, carrying more than a dozen bags, large and small.

After Liu Chunhua put down the things and locked the door, Jiang Shu immediately changed back to human form, took a large basin from the kitchen, filled it with water, and threw fresh bass into it. The tail of the fish hit the surface of the water and splashed his face. splashes.

Ruan Siming laughed loudly, took a sip of water from his teacup, and said: "The fish will be killed at night, and it will be fresh when it is killed and cooked now."

Liu Chunhua also bought a roast chicken and some cold dishes. She found the roast chicken from a pile of bags, took out the chicken legs, and handed it to Jiang Shu, saying, "Eat it while it's hot. It's not so good to eat at night." have eaten."

Jiang Shu swallowed, and took the chicken leg in his hand with a smile.

Liu Chunhua looked at Jiang Shu's funny and cute look, and her heart softened, "Eat slowly, there will be a chicken drumstick for dinner, and many other dishes, I will make sure your little belly will swell up."

Jiang Yan and Xi Ran leaned against the wall like logs, without any sense of existence.

Jiang Yan still remembered that on the first morning when he came back, he had spare rib noodles, but now there is only white porridge left...

After a short rest, Liu Chunhua remembered that there were two other people in the living room, and she waved to them: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Come and help wash the vegetables first."

Xi Ran said, "It's only ten o'clock, are you getting ready now?"

"That's not right, hurry up, move, what should you do?"

*****

Liu Chunhua was very excited to show her skills, and started cooking at one or two o'clock in the afternoon. It just arrived at four o'clock, and it was not dark yet. Liu Chunhua had already prepared a table of dishes, and only one fish was left unsteamed.

Xi Ran smelled of oily smoke all over his body. Seeing that the fish hadn't been cooked yet, he took the time to go upstairs and take a shower.

After taking a shower, he went downstairs with wet hair. The fish had been steamed, and all the dishes were put on the table, matching the Chinese New Year dishes, from cold cuts to hot dishes, to whole grains and snacks, Almost everything imaginable is available.

Sitting at the table, Jiang Shu swallowed, secretly took a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth. Seeing Xi Ran go downstairs, he shouted happily: "Ran Ran is here, everyone is here, let's have dinner."

Xi Ran patted his stomach: "You've been eating all afternoon, where's your stomach? Where did it go? Did you fry pork belly with green peppers?"

"What, I'm not a pig, I'm a rabbit."

Old man Ruan laughed. He took a bottle of Wuliangye from the cupboard and poured some for each of them. "Little rabbit, drink some too, ah."

Monsters are usually mentioned in the book, they are all scary and evil things, either cannibalism or vexation, but this little rabbit monster is too obedient, lively and cute, very sensible, old man Ruan likes to take him to the small park, His old friends and children are very rare for this rabbit.

Jiang Shu nodded hurriedly, gnawed on the chicken feet and said, "Grandpa, you drink too."

Xi Ran turned his head sideways to talk to Jiang Yan, but no one paid any attention to them, the two of them were entertaining themselves like air.

Jiang Shu started chatting after eating too much, and gave a general account of his life in Penglai. He has lived for more than 300 years, and he has a lot of stories to tell. The old man Ruan and the others are also interesting to listen to, just follow the street I heard that it seems like a bookman tells a story, but it is also a wild story, one is made up and the other is true.

When Jiang Shu mentioned that Jiang Yan was the Penglai God of War, several people looked at him at the same time.

Jiang Yan shook his hand, and a chicken wing fell into the bowl. He cleared his throat and said, "Don't listen to him, he talks nonsense all day long."

"No, no, I remembered." Ruan Siming blushed a little after drinking the white wine, and his face flushed even more anxiously when he spoke, "That year, when we were planning to move, didn't we meet a big monster at the rest stop?"

Liu Chunhua also nodded sharply: "That's right, I almost didn't scare me to death that time, what the hell was that, and what happened afterwards?"

Jiang Yan remembered that usually when encountering such incidents, the Gu family would erase their related memories, but that time they disappeared after they left, and even Gu Yao could not find their whereabouts, so this memory has been kept forever. in their heads.

Jiang Yan told them everything about the abandonment.

Old Man Ruan frowned worriedly, took a sip of his wine and asked, "Will this monster come back?"

Jiang Yan was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "No accident, after he wakes up, he will go to the underworld first, then to the heaven, and finally to the human world." What Jiang Yan didn't say was that all this is close at hand. There must be movement in Qing.

Liu Chunhua frowned and asked, "Wouldn't that mean that many people will suffer? Is there no way?"

Jiang Yan took a bite of his meal and said, "With me here, don't be afraid."

Liu Chunhua looked at Jiang Yan with a sad face, and said worriedly: "That can't always depend on you, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, I understand the truth, but you will protect us, who will protect you?"

Jiang Yan couldn't help laughing, he put a chicken wing in Liu Chunhua's bowl, and said with a smile, "Let's eat."

Ruan Siming laughed and said: "I have a solution, and the solution is to enjoy yourself in time. Let's not worry about the future. The more difficult it is, the more we must have a good attitude. Let's live in the moment today, let's cheer!"

"That's right, I'm 65 this year, so it's not a disadvantage." Liu Chunhua raised his cup, "Come on, everyone cheers."

After dinner, Liu Chunhua and Ruan Siming cleaned up the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Jiang Shu wrapped the remaining dishes in plastic wrap and put them in the refrigerator.

Old man Ruan sat aside and asked, "Little Rabbit, didn't you say that a friend is coming tonight? When will he come?"

"It's midnight, let's go to the mountains to enjoy the moon."

"Oh, it's so late." The old man Ruan pondered for a while, "Then you take a lunch box and bring the chicken wings and chicken feet, I forgot, I bought a few cans of Coke today, you also bring them let's go."

Jiang Shu took two lunch boxes, one with cold dishes and one with sweet potato and corn. He thought that if Gu Yao didn't like it, he would eat it himself.

Old man Ruan was sitting and resting. After watching the younger generations busy, he suddenly remembered that Jiang Yan and Xi Ran had disappeared. He walked a few steps towards the door and saw the two sitting on a small bench in the yard, side by side. Shoulder is looking at the moon.

Old man Ruan shook his head with a smile, turned around and entered the back room.

Jiang Yan lowered his head and drank the milk seriously, Xi Ran leaned on his shoulder looking at the moon, and sighed slightly for a long time.

"Thinking about what?"

"Nothing, just a little worried."

"About Mo Qing?" Jiang Yan said, "Don't worry, you know I won't die."

"I know you can't die, but I know you will hurt, you just never say it."

"It doesn't hurt." Jiang Yan brought the straw to his lips, "Drink the milk slowly."

Xi Ran glared at him with a smile, opened his mouth and bit the straw, and sucked it all up.

Jiang Yan subconsciously wanted to pull out the straw, but he didn't dare to use too much force, watching Xi Ran finish his milk.

Xi Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "It's over."

Jiang Yan shook the empty box and muttered expressionlessly: "It's really gone."

*****

"When will you come back?"

Jiang Yan pulled the quilt to Xi Ran's chest, carefully twirled the corners of the quilt, and said, "I'll be back in a while, find the specific location, take it and leave."

Xi Ran turned his body sideways, leaned on his arm and said, "I'll go with you."

"No, go to sleep, I'll be back when I wake up." Jiang Yan smiled, bent down and kissed his forehead, "Good boy, close your eyes."

Xi Ran always had a bad feeling, Wang Ziye's body had been buried underground for 1 years, is it really so easy to dig it out now? In 1 years, I am afraid that it will be dried into stone.

After Jiang Yan left, Xi Ran didn't fall asleep. The ticking of the clock was particularly harsh in the silent night. He got up to drink water, opened the curtains with a cup in his hand, and sat at the desk looking at the moonlight outside the window.

The moon tonight is like an old-fashioned kerosene lamp, the moonlight is dim and misty, exuding a charming light.

Xi Ran rested his chin with one hand, and slowly closed his eyelids.

He seemed to be in a dark cave while dreaming and waking up. He couldn't see any light, and only heard the sharp sound of stones passing through the wall. He felt very uncomfortable and got goose bumps all over his body.

Gradually there was light in the cave, and he seemed to see Jiang Yan's figure. He wanted to take a few steps forward, but his feet seemed to be embedded in the ground, and he couldn't move forward.

He held his breath.

Jiang Yan turned his back to him, holding a sharp stone in his hand, and kept carving something on the wall.

"Yan'er."

He called softly, and the picture spun around, and the wall in front of him turned into a wall, and the person who grabbed the stone and carved words on the wall became him!

He saw the writing on the wall.

Countless "positive" characters.

Xi Ran's hand softened, and his head fell suddenly.

He woke up from the dream, rubbed his temples unconsciously, but felt the sweat on his hands.

Xi Ran shook his face, picked up the cup and took a few sips of water, and was about to wash his face before going to sleep, when he just stood up, he saw a man and a woman chattering in the open space downstairs.

He has never seen the male, but the female is undoubtedly Tian Tian.

Xi Ran opened the window and called out on the second floor: "Sister Tian."

The man let go of Tian Tian suddenly, looking at the sky with his trousers pocket uncomfortably.

Tian Tian smiled awkwardly, waved to Xi Ran, and said with a smile: "Let's go to the mountain to enjoy the moon, Xi Ran, are you going?"

The man glared at her viciously: "Why are you calling a stranger?"

"He is not a stranger, but my... good friend."

Xi Ran saw the embarrassment and pleading on her face, just as he also wanted to find Jiang Yan, he replied: "Okay, I'll come down right away."

He hurriedly changed his clothes and went downstairs, only to find that the two were arguing again when he got downstairs. The man wanted to pull Tian Tian away, but Tian Tian stubbornly stood where she was, insisting on waiting for Xi Ran.

After Xi Ran went downstairs, Tian Tian introduced: "His name is Zou Hua, he is the son of our boss, and also my colleague. He came to play for a few days during the holiday, and now lives in a hotel in the town. Zou Hua, his name is Xi Of course, it's my neighbor."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, buddy, what are you doing?" Zou Hua looked at Xi Ran contemptuously, with his hands in his trouser pockets, he casually drew out his right hand to Xi Ran.

Xi Ran looked at his hand hanging in the air, smiled lightly, picked up the bag in Tian Tian's hand, and said calmly: "Self-employed."

Zou Hua withdrew his hand, twirled his fingers, looked at his palm and said, "That's right, besides farmers and self-employed, what else can country people do?"

Tian Tian tugged on Zou Hua's clothes and said with a dry smile, "Let's go, it's getting late now."

"It's not safe to enter the mountain in the middle of the night, what do you think?"

"Isn't it just black and black?" Zou Hua sneered, turned and left.

Tian Tian gave Xi Ran a sorry look.

Egg Waffles ([-])

A mountain road has been built on the mountain, and there are street lights on both sides, but the street lights are far apart, and it is too dim to see clearly.

Zou Hua seemed to want to get rid of Xi Ran, and dragged Tian Tian away quickly.

Xi Ran walked behind with a flashlight, taking his time and not falling behind.

After walking for more than half an hour, Zou Hua finally couldn't walk anymore, picked up a stone and sat down on the spot.

Tian Tian took out mooncakes and water from the bag, and said, "It's almost here, let's go back after playing for a while."

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