Nongben is passionate

When I woke up in the morning, there was a layer of ice on the window. Xie Xuan put on his clothes, buttoned the last button of his coat, packed up the soiled underwear that was thrown on the ground last night and stuffed them into his luggage bag, and then lazily Xie Mingyu, who was lying on the bed and refused to open his eyes, said: "Get up, I will take you to the town today."

His expression was the same as usual, not a little different from last night.

Xie Mingyu yawned, got up slowly and got dressed.

The old lady downstairs has already prepared breakfast - rice cake, vegetable rice soup.The two went out after having breakfast.Zhou Tang is really not big, and I have almost finished shopping in the morning. I went to Qiaonan Primary School, where Xie Xuan studied. Although it was a holiday, but the primary school was close to the Yongfu Bridge vegetable market, and the road from the school gate to the vegetable market was still very lively. But compared to when Xie Xuan was studying, there are a lot less tricks, like the sugar figurines and clay figurines that they were very keen on before.

Xie Mingyu looked at the stalls one by one with great interest, and spent three yuan to let the stall owner make a living grasshopper out of green leaves, which he happily held in his hand. Xiao Zhang cut it into a rectangular piece of white paper, and ate it happily while walking. The burnt bee candy stuck to the corner of his mouth. He licked it with his tongue. He didn't have the arrogance of the past. Before he finished eating, he saw a glutinous rice cake seller ——The square-cut glutinous rice cakes are placed on the bamboo leaves, snow-white and green, steaming, very attractive, he gave the bee sugar to Xie Xuan to take, and ran to buy glutinous rice cakes to eat, glutinous rice cakes are red bean paste Filling, sweet but not greasy, he ate several pieces in a row.

Compared with the excitement at the entrance of the elementary school, the entrance of the junior high school seems deserted.There were guards guarding the school gate, and they were not allowed to enter at all. After being disturbed like this, they lost interest, and the two returned to Xie Xuan's grandmother's house.I didn’t go out after lunch. At two o’clock in the afternoon, the old lady kneaded flour and made them her special lard glutinous rice balls——lard, white sugar, and sweet-scented osmanthus were kneaded together to make a filling. The stuffing has melted into a pool of sweet, greasy and fragrant oil, which is hot on the tip of the tongue and tastes better than all the glutinous rice balls sold in the market.

The two of them only stayed in Zhoutang for one night and left in the afternoon.

After returning to school to get the report card, Xie Mingyu flew directly to Hong Kong to celebrate the New Year. His second uncle and aunt lived in Hong Kong all year round, and they said that they were not used to the poverty and simplicity here.Mrs. Xie's family and Mrs. Ouyang also returned to Hong Kong a month earlier. Although Xie's family now seems to have a tendency to move here and settle down, their roots are still in that flashy city, and the circle they hang out in is still the same. It feels a bit foreign upstart.Xie Xuan didn't like to join in the fun, so she flew there just the day before the Chinese New Year, came back on the fourth day of the lunar new year, and stayed in Zhoutang until the ninth day of the new year, and then stayed alone in the small apartment.

Because it is still a holiday, most of the restaurants around the school are closed, and Xie Xuan is too lazy to go out. She buys some simple cooked vegetables and quick-frozen food by herself, and makes do with three meals a day. After meals, she just lies on the sofa and reads a book. I fell asleep watching it.

Xie Xuan was awakened by the ringing of his mobile phone, only to realize that he had fallen asleep on the sofa again. The "Christmas Carol" he was reading before going to bed had fallen to the floor. He bent down to pick up the book and put it on the coffee table before picking it up. get on the phone—

"Brother——" the voice on the phone was soft, hesitant, and soft.

"Kailuo?" There is only one Feng Kailuo in this world, but after all, there is a big age difference. Before that, their communication was limited to the occasional meeting during Chinese New Year, so Xie Xuan was a little surprised.

"Yeah." Feng Kailuo's voice was just like him, obedient and quiet, but this time, he was worried, "Brother, I ran away from home——"

Xie Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the meaning of his words, and couldn't help frowning, "What's going on?"

Feng Kailuo was silent on the other side.

Xie Xuan let go of this topic and asked instead: "Where are you now?"

"station."

"Wait there and don't wander around, I'll be right over."

Xie Xuan hung up the phone, put on her coat in a hurry, took her mobile phone and wallet, and went out. She made a call to the passenger transport center, and it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.Xie Xuan walked into the waiting room and found Feng Kailuo easily - the child came out in a hurry, without even a coat, only a gray thick knit turtleneck sweater, the whole body huddled up, in the waiting room Under the strong and empty light, it looks especially weak and pitiful.

Without thinking, Xie Xuan took off the down jacket she was wearing, and strode over to wrap him up.Feng Kailuo raised his frozen pale face, and when he saw Xie Xuan, his eyes turned red suddenly, and he almost shed tears, "Brother——"

Xie Xuan put his rubbing hands on his cold face, his heart softened into a ball.

Feng Kailuo looked at Xie Xuan with red eyes and smiled foolishly.

Xie Xuan brought Feng Kailuo back to the small apartment, poured him a glass of boiling water, asked him to hold it in his hand to keep warm, and asked him if he was hungry, the child shook his head first, then nodded embarrassedly.Xie Xuan smiled, and found a box of chocolate balls left by Xie Mingyu from the bookshelf. The chocolates were brought from France and packed in a beautiful tin box, which looked very high-end. Xie Xuan opened the tin box and put it in the In front of Feng Kailuo, "If you are hungry, put your stomach down first, and eat a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus balls later, okay?"

"Yeah." The child nodded meekly, reached out and took a chocolate ball into his mouth.

Xie Xuan found a bag of quick-frozen sweet-scented osmanthus balls from the refrigerator, went to the kitchen, put water in the pot, turned on the gas, then called grandma and told her that Feng Kai was on his side, and told auntie, don’t worry , Let the child live with him for a few days.

When the sweet-scented osmanthus balls were cooked, Xie Xuan put them in a bowl and brought them to the children, "Eat—"

Feng Kailuo held the bowl and ate slowly mouthful by mouthful. He looked like his mother, but his temperament was like that of the high school teacher's father. A deep boudoir.

Xie Xuan sat down on the single sofa, looked at the child, and asked, "Did you quarrel with Auntie?"

The child lowered his head, pursed his lips, and did not speak.

Xie Xuan looked at the empty bowl he had finished eating, and asked, "Do you want more?"

The child shook his head, Xie Xuan brought the empty bowl and walked to the kitchen, Feng Kailuo got up after him, and said quickly, "Brother, I'll wash it myself—"

"It's okay." Xie Xuan turned on the tap to wash the dishes.

Feng Kailuo stood in the kitchen, rubbing his fingers against the sink, a little at a loss, "Brother, did I cause you trouble?" He has a kind heart, never speaks ill of others behind his back, and never Thinking of people in a bad way, I am most afraid that I will cause inconvenience to others without knowing it.

"No, don't think about it." Xie Xuan smiled at him, dried the bowl, put it in the cupboard, dried his hands, walked to the living room, and the child followed him out of the kitchen like a tail.

Xie Xuan took a nap in the afternoon and was not sleepy yet, so he picked up the half-read "Christmas Carol" and said to Feng Kailuo, "Go into the room and sleep if you are sleepy."

The kid shook his head.Xie Xuan gave him the remote control of the TV, "Then watch TV or read a book for a while, take what you want to read from the bookshelf, it doesn't matter - I go to bed late, don't wait for me -" said, The person is already reclining comfortably on the sofa.Feng Kailuo didn't watch TV, but went to the bookshelf to browse the various books on it, then turned his head, looked at Xie Xuan who was quietly reading on the sofa, and suddenly said: "Brother, what are you going to do in the future?" ?”

Xie Xuan raised his head from the book, looked at Feng Kailuo for a while, and then asked calmly, "Why did you think of asking this question?"

Feng Kailuo leaned on the bookshelf, "It's nothing, I just want to know—brother, do you still play the piano?"

Xie Xuan was stunned for a moment. When asked by the child, Xie Xuan suddenly remembered that he hadn't touched the piano for a long, long time. Since returning to Xie's house, he had too much homework to do and too many things to do. Learning, if he is not careful, the sense of urgency that he will fall far behind others makes him rarely have the mood of purely playing the piano. Obviously, he once wanted to play the piano for the rest of his life.Xie Xuan gently rubbed the spine of the book with his fingers, and turned the topic away calmly, "What about you, I remember you liked the piano very much when you were young, did you still practice it later?"

"When I was in elementary school, I studied with our school's music teacher for a period of time. Later, my mother said that it would affect my studies and would not let me learn anymore, and I was not allowed to draw anymore—" He pursed his lips, and his tone was sad.

Xie Xuan was silent for a while and suddenly pointed to the place near the glass door of the balcony and said, "Kai Luo, how about a piano here?"

"Eh?" Feng Kailuo blinked his eyes, then he came to his senses for a moment, followed Xie Xuan's fingers, and nodded indiscriminately, "Well, it will be fine."

Xie Xuan seemed to be in a good mood all of a sudden. He stood up and walked to the glass door, "This place can be exposed to the sun at sunset. It's red and golden, and it's very beautiful. If you put a piano, wouldn't it be like Like a picture in a movie?"

Feng Kailuo seemed to be able to imagine that kind of nostalgic and exquisite picture, and he was also happy, "Well, like."

"Then I'll ask someone to deliver a piano tomorrow."

Feng Kailuo opened his mouth slightly, surprised by Xie Xuan's understatement, what was revealed was a completely different world from his.

Xie Xuan didn't take it seriously, just patted the child's head, "Don't give up on things you like easily."

Feng Kailuo opened his mouth, feeling a little sour and uneasy in his heart.

Sure enough, as Xie Xuan said, someone delivered the piano the next day, and it was placed by the wall near the glass door. Pay attention, along with the workers who delivered the piano, Ah He who is beside Mr. Xie——

"Third young master, do you still like this piano? The tone has been tuned--the old man said, if you don't like it, you can send someone to Germany to order a Steinway, but it will take a long time. About a year or so—"

"It's already very good. Thank you, Uncle He, for a visit." Xie Xuan has always respected the old seniority next to Mrs. Xie.

Uncle He quickly waved his hand, "It's not hard, it should be, the old man also said that the third young master should not study too hard, and go out to play more."

"I see."

After sending Uncle He away, Xie Xuan smiled and said to Feng Kailuo who had already glued his eyes to the piano: "Go and try, let me see how you play?"

The child turned his head and looked at Xie Xuan with some embarrassment, "Brother, I haven't played for a long time, and besides, I can't play well, you can play—"

"I haven't played for a long time." But Xie Xuan still rolled up his sleeves, sat on the piano bench, stretched his fingers, tried the sound briefly, and then beckoned Feng Kailuo to come closer and pull him to sit with him. on the piano bench.Feng Kailuo watched Xie Xuan intermittently playing some things that couldn't be tuned or tuned, put his hands on his sides, and laughed, "Brother, I still remember the first time you taught me to play the piano, it was raining, we moved I got out of the small chair and went to the banana tree in the corner of the back door of my grandma’s house, and sat down with an umbrella, doing nothing but watching the rain fall.”