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After dinner, it was still dawn, Li Ran and Fifth Sister brought eggs and planned to go to Uncle Yao's house.

The fourth brother was sitting in the lobby listening to family chatter. Seeing this, he heard that he was going to Uncle Yao's house, so he quickly stood up and followed.

"Go to Uncle Yao's house. I heard that he hurt his foot today. I also said that I will go to see him during lunch break tomorrow. If you want to go, then I might as well go with you. Besides, I saw it at his place last time." I’ve only read half of the book, and I want to die.” After speaking, the man was already standing beside him, with a bright smile on his face.

The three of them were walking on the road together, but Li Ran habitually remained silent.The other two are a boy like a ruffian, and the other is a girl with a bluffing personality. How can they be safe when they get together?

The rest of the journey was never quiet again. The fourth brother fought with the fifth sister while walking, and he didn't forget to find time to spare his thoughts and turn around to tease Li Ran a few words.

This kind of childish naive challenge method is really not outstanding, Li Ran rationally chose to ignore it.

While the fourth brother and fifth sister were fighting together, the three arrived at Uncle Yao's house.

Uncle Yao is still a single man who "eats enough for one person, and the whole family is not hungry". He lives in the earthen house to the southeast of Li Ran's house.The earthen house does not enclose the yard, and there is a very large open space in front of it.

A cowshed was also built next to the house, but instead of cattle, a yellow donkey was raised inside.

Li Ran looked at the donkey and thought, he is really brave, and he is not afraid of being stolen.

When they reached the door of the house, Fifth Sister opened her throat and yelled loudly: "Uncle Yao, we are here and brought you some eggs. Mom said you need to replenish your blood."

As soon as the words fell, there was a response from the room: "You guys come in by yourself. Uncle Yao has hurt his foot, so he can't pick you up." The voice was thick and full of energy, and it really didn't look like an injured person.

Li Ran followed Fifth Sister's footsteps into the house, and found that the bachelor's house was also well-organized. The whole room was cleaned very well. Although the floor was dirt, it was also very smooth.

After the five sisters came in, they walked to the left in a familiar way. The door was open and a white curtain was hung.

Li Ran looked at the tent, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed. If this door curtain is not mistaken, it should be the bed curtain used to block mosquitoes in summer. The corners are uneven, and it looks like it was cut with scissors.The white curtain hangs there, which is quite dreamy.

After entering the room, I saw a man lying crookedly on the bed.He was wearing a navy blue jacket and a pair of off-white shorts. He was lying on the bed without a blanket, his right foot was tied with a white cloth, and a pillow was placed under his foot to support his injured foot.

The whole person has bronze-colored skin, which made Li Ran take a few more glances.Because I want this kind of skin color, but the conditions are harsh, but I will not have this kind of skin color as long as I spend a lot of time in the sun.

The hair is cut short, but it is well-groomed, and it seems that he likes to tidy up very much.

The appearance is not outstanding, but it has a different charm.Li Ran looked at it for a while, and remembered that this kind of temperament had been seen in some university professors. It didn't refer to elegance, but to his own chest.I say some, because not only professors have this kind of temperament.

He seemed to be in his thirties, and thinking that Li Ma was bemoaning that Zhifeng was 36 at home today, and hadn't found someone to live with, Li Ran knew the exact age of Uncle Yao.

The eyes are not big, but they are very energetic. Seeing them coming in, these eyes are staring at them excitedly: "It's good that you little kids are here, I'm bored to death by myself, and Lao Li, that stuffy mouth gourd, will accompany you!" I just didn't say a few words all afternoon, you guys are here, so don't leave, Uncle Yao doesn't have much else, he just has a house, the three of you stay with Uncle Yao!"

When the fourth brother heard this, he smiled happily: "That's great, I happen to have a book and only read half of it, Uncle Yao, don't feel sorry for the lamp oil tonight."

"What are you doing?" Fifth Sister stepped aside, put the eggs on the table in the room, and said, "You have to go to work tomorrow, and you'll read here until midnight. What are you going to do tomorrow? Do you want to talk to Xiao Liuyi?" So dazed that he rolled down the slope."

The fourth brother thought for a while, and it was the same reason, so he touched his head and laughed: "Of course I know, I'm just joking."

Fifth Sister rolled her eyes at him: "You're not joking, you're telling the truth, I'm afraid I won't be able to hear it."

Along the way, the grievances have been deep.Seeing the situation, the two of them were about to choke again, leaving the others aside.Li Ran had no choice but to tell Uncle Yao what Li's mother told Uncle Yao when he left the house: "Uncle Yao, my mother told you to stay at home to recover from your injuries these few days. Let your family members do your work for you. Then ask the captain to record the work points under your name."

Hearing this, Uncle Yao was not pretentious, and said directly: "Okay, I thanked my eldest brother and sister-in-law, and you will help me tell my elder brothers and sisters-in-law when you go back later, I will make a note of this."

"Then Uncle Yao, you have to pay me back this love. Can you take that book back with me? You stop after reading it halfway. It's too disturbing. If you don't believe me, look at it." Speaking of this, the fourth brother stretched out his hand Pull down the collar, "Look, look, I've been getting prickly heat these days."

The collar was pulled down, but it was really a red layer of prickly heat.

Fifth Sister stood aside, speechless by the shameless words.What's the trouble with getting prickly heat? This prickly heat is completely the result of his lunch break. He didn't listen to his parents and everyone was resting. He just took advantage of this time to sneak out to play with a group of kids.

Li Ran knew that this matter was different from what the fourth brother said by looking at the expression of the fifth sister, so he chose to ignore it again.

Uncle Yao watched the fourth brother's movements, with a smile in his eyes, but he snorted, "What the hell are you doing, take the book out for you, will it still be whole when you come back?"

When the fourth brother heard this, he understood that there was something to be done, so he didn't care to tie his collar, and ran to Uncle Yao's bedside: "Good Uncle Yao, good Uncle Yao, just lend me, just lend me. I talked to you last time." The mice and the others talked about this book, but they stopped talking halfway, causing them to spit on me and fight for a while, and you have to help me find a venue."

Uncle Yao made a look of contemplation, and then said: "It's okay to borrow from you, but you also know that your Uncle Yao's family is alone, and there is nothing usually. If you are recuperating, you will be bored to death. Otherwise, you have Come and accompany me when you are free?"

The fourth brother touched his head hesitantly, and asked, "Didn't Dr. Li come here every day?"

Hearing this, Uncle Yao stared: "You expect him to talk a lot?"

The fourth brother lowered his head: "But I can only play at noon every day, if they all come, then I have no time to play with the mice at all.

Seeing him like this, Uncle Yao didn't say anything, he just patted the bed with his hands and hummed.

Seeing that the fourth brother looked like a child in front of Uncle Yao, Li Ran couldn't help being surprised.

Seeing his doubts, Fifth Sister laughed and said, "It's not like you don't know. Your fourth brother liked to hang around Uncle Yao when he was young, and he brought him up. Now that he's so old, he still has a habit of pretending to be in front of Uncle Yao." Little. Leave him alone, it will be fine later. Your Uncle Yao also dotes on him, so that’s why he is like this,” curling her lips, Fifth Sister then said sourly: “Speaking of being favored, why are you two and Hu Hu the most favored? It’s too late, who told us to be girls.”

Hearing this, Li Ran remained silent, letting Fifth Sister complain.

At that time, there was no idea of ​​equality between men and women at all. In the countryside, girls were still money-losing goods in the eyes of others. It was just that some families valued girls more, and some families valued girls less.Li's father and Li's mother are quite open-minded in this respect.

The fourth brother is squatting beside the bed, hesitating about these two multiple-choice questions.Looking sideways at Li Ran and Fifth Sister chatting aside, looking very leisurely, I couldn't help feeling extremely jealous.

Staring at Li Ran, the fourth brother turned his eyes and had an idea: "Uncle Yao, I think it's better for Xiaoliu to accompany you. Uncle Yao, you don't know that Xiaoliu fell off the slope today, and my mother was so distressed that she wanted him Stay at home. This is not just right, you two patients get together, have a companion to chat, and can discuss each other's illnesses, how nice it is."

Hearing the last sentence to discuss the illness together, Uncle Yao finally couldn't help it, and slapped the fourth brother hard on the head: "Okay, don't make excuses." Seeing the way the fourth brother patted his head aggrieved, he finally couldn't help it He smiled and said, "Okay, you can take the book away later, I don't expect you to accompany me anymore. Do you remember where you looked last time?"

The fourth brother jumped up happily when he heard this: "Of course I know, three dozen bone spirits! I just saw that monster turned into an old woman, and I wanted to see the result, so my mother called me back. In the past few days, the plot, I've been thinking about it for a long time. Uncle Yao, don't be sad, I will definitely come to see you when I have time."

Seeing how excited Fourth Brother was, Fifth Sister couldn't help but disdain and said, "Look at how excited you are."

One sentence caused another volcanic eruption, and the two of them started dating again.Uncle Yao watched with relish on the bed and didn't try to persuade him.

Looking sideways at Li Ran, Uncle Yao wondered, "What's wrong with the sixth son, it's so quiet today."

The Fifth Sister quarreled there, and she was able to take time out of her busy schedule to return: "He just fell downhill, and he hasn't recovered yet. Mom said, it's okay, the soul hasn't been lost, and it will be fine tomorrow."

After hearing this, Li Ran realized that he had made so many mistakes today.

Fortunately, there was another reason for falling downhill, so I got away with it.

Sensing Uncle Yao's gaze, Li Ran smiled at Uncle Yao.

Uncle Yao looked at the smiling face, nodded understandingly, and received: "I haven't recovered."

Hearing this, Li Ran turned his face away, and finally understood what the twitching of the corner of his mouth was.

Because he believed, the look was on his face now.

After saying goodbye to Uncle Yao, Li Ran was led by the fourth brother to the library they were talking about.

When he opened the bookstore on the right side of the earth house, Li Ran was also taken aback by the books in the room.

The room was about the size of a lobby, with tall bookshelves all around the walls, all of which were filled with books.Because there were too many books, some were placed directly on the ground, but several layers of dry wood boards were stacked under the books, and then thick paper was laid, presumably to prevent moisture, and the books were also neatly arranged.

Looking at the library, Li Ran couldn't help asking, "Why are there so many books?"

This is so amazing, maybe strange is an appropriate word to describe it.

Because during the Cultural Revolution, the Four Olds were broken, and as long as it was a book, basically it could not escape the fate of being burned.How many famous calligraphy, paintings and books were damaged in this catastrophe.

How did so many books survive?

After the fourth brother entered the room, he rushed directly to the bookshelf on the left, took down the yellow-covered "Journey to the West" from above, and flipped through it happily.

Seeing that he was enjoying himself, Fifth Sister also moved over to him.

Hearing Li Ran's question, the fourth brother ignored the fifth sister's stop and abruptly turned a page of the book before explaining the reason to Li Ran.

It turned out that this Uncle Yao was also a genius, and he was a college student.

After graduating from university, I stayed outside for nearly four years. During the ten-year Cultural Revolution, this family background was really not safe. Knowing that the village was innocent, I returned to the village alone and kept silent about the outside world.

Fortunately, the village is remote, and everyone is thinking about getting more food to survive all day long, and they have an indifferent attitude towards the so-called criticism, and it doesn't matter whether they criticize or not.Moreover, Uncle Yao was raised by the elders in the village, and he was even more merciful when criticizing him.That's why he escaped a catastrophe. Compared with the cultural people who were decades older after the Cultural Revolution 10 years ago, Uncle Yao is really lucky.

But people escaped, what about the book?Even if it's just for show, the village has to actually burn these books.