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The air outlet in the carriage faced Wang Hongli directly, and he couldn't stand the cold wind, so he changed his position and raised his hand to grab the handrail.The subway passed another station, and seeing that Tao Xuan didn't seem to want to talk to him, Wang Hongli also remained silent.

Changed several postures to swipe the phone, and the people in the carriage got off one after another. Wang Hongli couldn't bear it anymore, "Where are you taking me?"

"Go to my house." Tao Xuan pulled back the suitcase that had slid due to the inertia of the subway, and stood face to face with Wang Hongli.

"Do you want to live at your house?" Wang Hongli couldn't help asking again.

"Well, you returned the hotel."

Wang Hongli felt guilty for a while, just at this time his mother Wang Yi sent a WeChat message "Have you stayed?" He lifted his phone up, glanced at Tao Yao, saw that he was not paying attention to him, and quickly replied on WeChat with his fingers: " stayed."

"I'm retiring, is it convenient to live in your house, Uncle Tao and the others..."

"They don't live with me."

Wang Hongli opened his mouth, wanting to ask, but held back.

"Come back soon after playing for a day or two. You haven't filled out your application yet." Wang Yi was quite concerned about his application. She discussed with him a few days ago and decided on a major.

"You are also filling out volunteers, which one are you going to apply for?" When getting out of the car, Wang Hongli looked sideways at Tao Xuan.

"Zhongshan."

The sound of the subway driving away overwhelmed Tao Xuan's voice, but Wang Hongli still heard it because he was close.

The neighborhood is empty and quiet, people are going upstairs to go home to sleep, their suitcases are rolling on the floor, and the grunt of the wheels is amplified.Wang Hongli felt a little sullen in his heart, he choked some breath in his throat and couldn't swallow it or spit it out.The schools Wang Hongli attended were all in Nanjing, while Tao Xuan wanted to fill in Zhongshan.

As soon as the door opened, something jumped out of the room that had just been lit, and rushed towards Tao Yao. The black and white Border Collie wagged its tail happily.

Wang Hongli likes dogs very much. He hugs Bianmu and plays with him, and he is reluctant to let him go.Bian Mu finally couldn't stand being manipulated by this new human being, and turned around to look for Tao Yao.

The house Tao Xuan lives in is not big, the decoration is very simple, the smell in the room is very fresh, because the windows are half open, the sofa and dining table are not old, the traces of the owner’s life are very faint, there is a stack of documents on the coffee table in the living room, The tidied ones were neatly placed, and Wang Hongli came closer to see that it was a volunteer guide.Tao Youren didn't know which room he was in. Wang Hongli put his luggage by the sofa and sat down to look through the volunteer guide. He picked up the paper that fell out of the guide and carefully read the words on it. Zhongshan, Wuhan University, Sichuan University , Nanda, and Zhongshan were circled in black pen.

Just as Wang Hongli was looking at the volunteer guide seriously, a glass of water was placed on the tea table in front of him. Wang Hongli clamped the guide with his fingers as if frightened, as if he had glimpsed something invisible, but he was reluctant to let it go. Looking at him, Wang Hongli groaned, spread out the guide again, and picked up the water glass.

"Thank you." He looked up at Tao Xuan to thank him.

Tao Lian bent over, and the jade pendant slipped out of his T-shirt. In Wang Hongli's eyes, the Guanyin hanging on the red string swayed.

The temperature of the water was attached to Wang Hongli's palm through the glass. It was warm, not very cold, and the water surface was calm without any waves.Obviously he and Tao Huan had the best relationship, Wang Hongli turned the bracelet on his left hand, they grew up together, they are close like brothers, but after living apart, they are much strangers when they see each other again.

Pingshan Village is located in the mountains of Huizhou. Like many ancient villages in Huizhou, it has the characteristics of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Huizhou buildings are mainly made of bricks, wood and stones and wooden structures. The standard equipment for every household, there are winding alleys and bluestone-paved walkways between the high-walled and deep houses.

There are very few sunny days here, mostly rainy and rainy.The blue and white sky covers the sun, preventing a ray of sunlight from leaking out, and the mountain fog wraps around the low mountainside like a jade belt all the year round.

The mountains are pale mountains, and the water is dark green water.

There is a very old locust tree at the entrance of Pingshan Village, Taozhen. There is a Wangqing Pond in the village, and many koi are raised in the pond.The Wang family's house is deep in the alley next to Qingchi.

At noon, when every family was eating, the alley in front of Wang’s house was bustling with people. The people who watched the bustle stretched their necks like gooses, wanting to find out, and surrounded the originally narrow alley. It's too tight.

The crowd in the center of the vortex automatically moved away into a small semicircle. In the center of the circle, the long-haired woman with her willow eyebrows stood erect, holding the door buckle with both hands, pushing the wooden door outward to close it. The man outside the door was pressing on the door with his hands clamped The gap between two doors, against which the door will not close.

"What are you doing? Let others see my family's jokes? I advise you to leave quickly and don't let me do it." The long-haired woman pointed at the man with a bad tone.

"I'm going back to Ningbo in the afternoon. If you don't hinder your eyes, just let me see Yuzi. I don't know when I'll see you later." The man lowered his eyes, still leaning against the door.

"It's nothing to look at. I'll send you photos every month. Get lost."

The two stalemate for a long time, and the woman's strength is ultimately inferior to the man's. When the long-haired woman gritted her teeth and covered her upper body and was about to close the door with all her strength, the man suddenly let go, "I'm leaving, Yuzai can come to my place for summer vacation."

"Got it, got it, get out of here." The long-haired woman's voice was blocked behind the door.

The man tidied up his clothes and carried the luggage at his feet. Seeing that the excitement was over, the spectators consciously gave way and dispersed.

In the afternoon, the topic of conversation in Pingshan Village was the Wang family. There were no secrets in the village. No matter what happened, as long as there was one witness, the whole village would know it within a day.

Aunt Li sells hairy tofu in the square at the entrance of the village. In the past few years, Pingshan Village has just been developed into a scenic spot. There are not many tourists here. Most of them are photography and art lovers who come by car. There are only a few painters in the village who are sketching. Li My aunt turned off the fire on the stove, and spent her free time chatting with the proprietress who sells tea.

"When will your daughter-in-law be born? The last time I saw it, she has a big belly." Aunt Li took a handful of melon seeds from the tea proprietress.

"The due date is in August." Seeing that there were no guests, the proprietress moved a stool and sat next to Aunt Li.

"How happy, the second child, right?"

The proprietress smiled, "Oh no, we didn't take care of the child, it's fine if it's a girl, but if it's a boy, the two of them will be together."

Aunt Li leaned against the tea proprietress, her voice was a little softer, "Son-in-law of the Wang family, there are people outside, and I heard that she is still pregnant. Old Wu saw the son-in-law of the Wang family being kicked out at Jingde Hall at noon today."

"Sin, Yuzi is only 8 years old." The tea proprietress brushed off the melon seed shells on her apron, and looked at Aunt Li, "Doll follow Xiaoyi?"

"Following his mother-in-law and father-in-law, isn't Xiaoyi planning to go to Suzhou in her early years?" Aunt Li cracked her melon seeds.

"Didn't Wang's house be sold to Xiaoyi as a homestay? Are you still going to Suzhou?" The proprietress was surprised.

"The Zong family's house is in charge of her younger brother." Aunt Li pulled the proprietress closer, "The young man of the Ye family in the south often goes to Huisu for business, and Xiaoyi followed him this time." Aunt Li's voice dropped again. .

"Who did you listen to?"

"Xiaoyi told her mother herself. I heard it when I passed by Jingde Hall last time." Aunt Li said mysteriously, "The eldest son of the Ye family liked Xiaoyi before. He hasn't been married for so many years, so he probably is about to get married."

"Don't talk nonsense." The proprietress looked helpless, and moved the stool, "If people hear it, they will pass it on."

"Three pieces of edamame." A sketching student stood in front of the tofu stand.

Aunt Li responded to the tea proprietress, and got up to make tofu, "3 yuan."

It was getting late, the sun was approaching, the gray sky weighed down, the lights of the street lamps trembled, and the brightness became weaker and weaker.Aunt Li was packing up her stall and was about to go home when a car parked at the entrance of the village and a man and a child got out of it. The man was holding the child with one hand and the suitcase with the other. difficult.

The man's face was not very clear in the darkness, Aunt Li ignored it and pushed the cart to leave, the man walked towards the cart with the child.

"Aunt Li." Under the neon lights of the store, Aunt Li was a little surprised when she saw the person calling her clearly.

"Grandma Li." The child also called out, his voice soft and soft.

"It's Xiao Tao, you're back? I haven't seen you for several years." Aunt Li said enthusiastically, "Is this Yaozi? I can't recognize you. Are you back for summer vacation?"

"I won't leave this time." The man greeted Aunt Li, and took the child a step ahead.

In the past two days, Pingshan Village has been very active, with more and more family chatter.Old men, old ladies, old uncles, and aunts gathered under the old pagoda tree at the entrance of the village to enjoy the cool at night, and the well-informed brought tea parties and gossip. The topics revolved around Tao and Wang. After being driven back to Ningbo, the daughter of the Wang family and the eldest son of the Ye family rebuilt their relationship and went to Suzhou. The reason why the second son of the Tao family returned to his hometown with his son was because his wife in Beijing was arrogant and fled to foreign countries.

The surnames of Pingshan Village are Tao and Wang. The Tao and Wang families have a good relationship, and the gatehouses are facing each other.

The Tao family was a Confucian businessman. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were several famous scholars. Now only the elders of the clan family stay in Pingshan Village. Move around online.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was still a marriage between the Tao family and the Wang family's family. After the founding of the country, the Wang family's children and grandchildren were not prosperous, and the marriage did not continue.Gradually, times changed, and the business scope of the two companies gradually stopped intersecting. The younger generation was basically nodding acquaintances, and only the older generation was still walking around with each other.

Now there is only one single Miao Miao left in the Wang family's family. They have already transferred all the family business to Shanghai. They haven't been back to Pingshan Village for decades. The once grand family mansion has long been deserted and unoccupied, and the sandalwood furniture has fallen to dust. , The corners of the carved lattice windows are covered with spider webs.The valuables in the house were taken away, and the rest were just tasteless things.

The branch family of the Wang family is quite prosperous. Wang Yi, the daughter of the head of the branch, bought the Zong house from the Zong family. It took a year to repair, fill in the objects, and replace the furniture, so that the old house in Huizhou, which was hidden in the depths of time, finally It reproduces the clarity and elegance.

"Xiaoyi is really going to Suzhou? Isn't the main family house she just built is going to be a homestay?" The six grandpas who were delayed in information didn't know what happened. As soon as the question was raised, Aunt Li, an enthusiastic villager, answered it in a hurry and gave it to him. Grandpa Six explained.

There was an old lady with a fan, an old man playing chess with a cigarette in his mouth, and it was very lively under the old locust tree.

After dinner, Wang Hongli put his hands in his pockets with a jade pendant in his mouth, and followed his mother-in-law out for a walk. His mother-in-law took him to the old locust tree where he used to enjoy the shade. The noisy crowd immediately lowered their voices when they saw them coming, and then As if nothing had happened, he started chatting about other household chores.