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?Wanhu Road is divided into Wannan South Road and Wanhu North Road. Wanhu Community is very close to these two roads, and it takes only ten minutes to walk there.And Zhou Yang and his family are in the alley opposite the main entrance of Wanhu Community.

It was a narrow and winding alley. It was said to be long and narrow, but there were always a few sections that were particularly spacious, as if they had been dug out by a spoon. When Zhou Yanghe was young, he played hopscotch with the children in the alley. The game that seems so boring now can also be played back then, and even forgot to eat.

The children in the alley are particularly yearning for the community across the alley. The house there is like a cake house in a fairy tale to their own old house with a maximum of three floors or a small attic, exuding an attractive aroma.But every time Zhou Yanghe and a group of children planned to promote the activity of hopscotch to the opposite community, they were yelled at by the security guard before they could finish drawing the grid with chalk.

A group of children can then be heard yelling and running in all directions.

Once when Zhou Yanghe was running, he forgot to take away the few pieces of chalk that he secretly brought back from the classroom. He could only keep looking back, trying to take it back while the security guard with a loud voice was not paying attention, but saw a girl picking up some chalk. Picking up a piece of chalk and continuing to draw the unfinished grid, Zhou Yanghe immediately became angry and shouted: "Don't touch my chalk!!"

The girl raised her head suddenly, and Zhou Yanghe saw a pair of watery eyes, and smiled and waved at her, holding a chalk.

Zhou Yanghe was furious immediately, and immediately ran back, just turned around and bumped into the security guard's leg, and was carried by his waist to the door.

She wailed at the thought of her chalk.

Zhou Yang and his mother Wu Hong who heard the sound rushed out from the grocery store at the entrance of the alley, hugged Zhou Yanghe and asked the security guard why he was like this, wiping his daughter's tears with one hand to comfort him.

Zhou Yanghe couldn't remember what happened afterwards, but he only remembered that the next day his small box of chalk was left intact on the table, and he was still hopscotching in the alley after school.

But she still remembers the appearance of the girl in the neighborhood opposite.

The big eyes are completely different from her own small eyes, and then she began to be worried about her eyes.

It seemed to be the first time in my life that I took my appearance seriously.

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"I'm almost home, just ahead." Yu Xi said to Zhou Yanghe, holding a pot of asparagus.

Zhou Yanghe also held a pot of asparagus and looked forward.

It was completely dark, and the big stone carved with characters at the entrance of Wanhu community was also lit by lights, and the lights in the community had to be looked up to see the top.The old house on the opposite side looked particularly desolate under the oppression of a row of tall buildings. The road has been repaired many times over the years, and the potholes of childhood are no longer there. It is as smooth as it was from the beginning.

"I'm almost home too, have you seen that sign?" Zhou Yanghe lowered his head, the asparagus bamboo was green and densely packed, "The 'Wanhu Supermarket' is my home."

"Ah?!" Yu Xi exclaimed in surprise.

"Is that supermarket opened by your family? I still go shopping often."

She looked at the supermarket with a small billboard hanging not far away. The word "Wanhu" is in well-formed Song typeface. Although the store is small, it looks clean, and the light of the incandescent lamp radiates from the inside to the outside. , A shadow was reflected, a middle-aged woman was carrying a box of things before a man came out to take it, and the two went in together.

Yes, yes, you like to drink Wangzai milk the most. You bought a box and drank it in a short time. Sometimes you have to come twice a month. The paper towels are used up very quickly. Sometimes your mother comes to buy them. It's up to you to buy it yourself.

Zhou Yanghe lowered his head and kicked the bumps of bricks on the sidewalk while thinking.

"En." Zhou Yanghe didn't know what he was going to say, so the two of them stopped at the side of the road, one bowed their heads in silence, and the other looked into the distance.

"Then I should have met you." Yu Xi thought for a while, and then said, "I thought you looked familiar, but I don't know where I saw you." She originally wanted to scratch her hair, but held her It is especially inconvenient to hold a pot of plants, so I have to sigh.

"So I've known you for a long time, but I think it's strange to say it." Zhou Yanghe said in a muffled voice.

And you are so good.

Yu Xi: "..." It's no wonder that occasionally they look at each other during morning exercises and turn their heads subconsciously. This girl is quite embarrassing.But what is so strange about it! ! !She was simply incomprehensible.

"Then I will go to your house to buy things in the future, and you will be cheaper. I have been a regular customer for so many years." Yu Xi said half-jokingly, and walked forward.

"That's for sure." As long as you keep coming.Zhou Yanghe followed Yu Xi's footsteps while answering, she couldn't help but glance at Yu Xi, the other's long hair was scattered straight on his shoulders, he was humming some tune, he looked very happy.

Yu Xi just wanted to ask Zhou Yanghe to put the pot of asparagus she was carrying in the security room, and she could take it later.But it happened to meet Zhou Yanghe's gaze. The light at the door of the security room had been there for many years, and it was not very bright. It would flicker occasionally, but Zhou Yanghe's gaze was very focused, as if looking at something that fascinated her.Yu Xi was a little embarrassed, and turned his head to the other side, "Put the asparagus bamboo at the door of the security room. I'll put this pot up there and come down to get it. Thank you."

Only then did Zhou Yanghe come to her senses, said "Oh", and put the asparagus bamboo at the door, she thought for a while, and then asked, "Would you like... I'll take it up for you, so you don't have to make another trip. "

Seeing Yu Xi frowned, she thought that she didn't like unfamiliar people visiting her house, so she hurriedly said, "If it's not convenient for you, I'll leave first." Zhou Yanghe always felt that "yes" and "" "La" is a very different tone. She always hopes to make others think that she is a lively person, and occasionally deliberately replaces "了" that she almost said with "啦".

Yu Xi thought Zhou Yanghe's talking was quite amusing, but he was very affectionate when talking with a straight face.She felt that if she rubbed hands with this girl again, she would lose her hand, so she immediately said "Trouble," to Zhou Yanghe, and then added "La", dragging on for a long time.He smiled and glanced at Zhou Yanghe.

Zhou Yanghe got goosebumps all over from being teased by her, picked up the asparagus bamboo and walked inside.

"Do you know where my house is? Hurriedly walk in." Yu Xi caught up with her while laughing.

Zhou Yanghe: "..."

-

Zhou Yang, who was teased by Yu Xi, had a hot face and the heat on his face did not disappear until he went home for dinner.

Zhou's mother Wu Hong asked her strangely while eating: "Shouldn't you leave school early today? Why did you come back so late?"

Zhou Yanghe’s family doesn’t have a fixed dining table, sometimes they use a piece of cardboard on the glass counter next to the cash register as a dining table, sometimes it’s a small table that can only squeeze two people at a time, or she puts the bowl Take it upstairs to eat, if you don't wait for your brother to finish eating first.

Zhou Yanghe seldom had the opportunity to have dinner with her parents because she was studying at night at school, so she came back late today and caught up instead.

"I accidentally knocked over a classmate's flower pot today, so I went to the flower shop to buy another one."

"You..." Before Wu Hong finished speaking, Zhou Yanghe's father Zhou Dejing suddenly interrupted, "Why are you still so frizzy? Do you know that money is hard to earn? A pot of things How many cartons of milk can I sell for the money I earn back!"

It was quiet all of a sudden, and after a few seconds, Zhou Yanghe continued to pick up the chopsticks to pick up the dishes.

But she didn't speak, and kept eating. The younger brother sitting next to her glanced at her, then at Zhou Dejing, and continued to eat.

"Yanghe only comes back once every two weeks, and you still talk about her like that. Sigh..." Wu Hong stood up, picked up Zhou Dejing's bowl, and turned around to add more food.

Zhou Yanghe continued to eat as if she couldn't hear anything. She ate very quickly, but she didn't add much food. A bowl of rice was quickly drained and clean.When she was young, she always heard Wu Hong say that if she didn't eat clean, she would develop pockmarks. At that time, she was envious of the girl's delicacy in the neighborhood, and she resolutely put an end to everything that would make her ugly.Even if you grow up, you can't change it.

Zhou Yanghe said "I'm full" and walked back.She spoke very softly, probably similar to the sound of bowls and chopsticks colliding, and it didn't matter who heard it or not.

In fact, their family does not have a decent kitchen. Although the front door looks clean, it is an old house after all. For a small business family, it doesn't matter if the kitchen is simple.

Zhou Yanghe walked to the small kitchen with the bowls and chopsticks, looked at the unwashed tableware in the sink and sighed, she looked around, except for the small space made of dilapidated wooden boards, there was a gas stove, a pot, a A cupboard, a chopping board, nothing seems to matter.Every time Wu Hong cooks, he has to open the small window in front of him to avoid choking. The range hood is too big, and it will be even more difficult to breathe if it is stuffed in this cramped space.

She unplugged the bolt on the small window, pushed it lightly, and a gust of wind blew over with the creaking sound, which made her shiver.The purpose of entering is a house with similar specifications to hers. The eldest son of the opposite family has gone to college, and the younger son is doing homework on the second floor. The dim light is in the middle of their building, like a support for a home.

What about my house?

Is it enough to earn a lot of money to survive?She thought, but couldn't figure it out.

She still cared about her father's words very much, and even began to hate that she was born in such a family. She thought of Yu Xi's smile, the lights of the neighborhood opposite, and the embarrassment of counting change by herself when buying asparagus... she thought of so many.

why?

I want to be like her too.

what kind?

"Sister," Zhou Ruihe's voice came in, "I put the bowl away." Zhou Yanghe said "oh", and seeing her like this, Zhou Ruihe patted her on the shoulder, and didn't mind. He went upstairs without saying anything.

The sound of her feet stepping on the wooden board was "creaking and creaking". Zhou Yanghe imagined that one day she stepped on it and collapsed, but it was still very strong after more than ten years. Those few sounds were like human complaints. It doesn't work and doesn't solve it.

She squeezed a little detergent on the bowl of the sink, turned on the faucet, the water level rose little by little with foam, and she washed the bowl mechanically.

After Wu Hong cleaned up the dining table and brought in the dishes and chopsticks, she saw her daughter washing the dishes. The dim yellow light fell on Zhou Yang and his thin body, casting a vague shadow on the wall. Wu Hong went up and said, "I'll come Bar."

Zhou Yanghe smiled at her, "Mom, it's okay, I'll be fine."

You have worked hard enough.

-

After the meal, Yu Xi stared blankly at the asparagus for a long time.

But her mother laughed when she saw it, "Hey, why did our daughter think about a pot of plants today? Are you going to learn from your dad 'how to ask the true meaning of life in a pot of plants'?"

Yu Xi's mother is Shan Linglai, and her father Yu Tailiang is a professor of biology at Songcheng University. Although he is engaged in education, he is not strict with his daughter at all. Yu Xi can learn whatever he wants to learn. Linglai believes in the principle of "to be a man is to be happy", she is cheerful all day long, and often jokes with Yu Xi.Yu Tailiang, on the other hand, is very curious about the philosophy of life, trying to combine his major with his life, and even raising some flowers and plants should also be connected with philosophy, which is often teased by Shan Ling.

"Oh my dear mother, that's your husband, why are you laughing so hard every day?" Yu Xi will be poor when she hears her mother mentioning this, "If this continues, I will have a great distrust of marriage between men and women Yeah."

After finishing speaking, he put on a face that was lifeless.

Well, daughter is not quite right today.Ms. Shan Linglai came to a positive conclusion through her daughter's words and deeds for a few days.

"What's the matter, what happened?" Ms. Shan Linglai sat on the sofa with her precious daughter in her arms, "Is there a boy chasing you at school?"

Yu Xi looked at her mother winking and felt that the personality of a teacher in this profession is also very strange.

"Ms. Shan, do you still remember the supermarket opposite our neighborhood?" Yu Xi adjusted his sitting posture, trying to turn this conversation into a serious family meeting.

However, Ms. Shan didn't cooperate at all. She picked up her daughter's long black hair and started braiding it, "Oh, of course I know. People like you who can 'eat' paper can use up all the paper in a week. It's not easy for our family to raise a daughter. In the future, if you want to marry someone, you must at least ask the man to bring a few hundred bags of tissue..."

Yu Xi saw that the topic was going to a strange place again, so Ninja pulled out her hair from her mother's hand, and patted Ms. Shan's thigh lightly, "I'm serious..."

Shan Ling came to Ms. Shan to see that her 'work' was taken away, she could only put on a smiling face to face her daughter.

"What happened to that supermarket?"

"The girl who helped move the asparagus bamboo here today is my classmate, but her house is actually in the supermarket opposite our community!!" Yu Xi said excitedly, "And I didn't recognize her at school before. Oh, it's too scary!"

Ms. Shan Linglai was not as surprised as Yu Xi, she just said plainly, "Oh, that little girl looks younger than you, I thought she was in junior high school, then you two can come back together after school. "

After saying that, Ms. Shan took a sip from the teacup on the coffee table.

"By the way, what's so strange about a school, it means that the little girl's grades are pretty good." She patted Yu Xi's head and said, "Look at you making such a fuss."

Yu Xi rolled her eyes neatly, and pretended to imitate her father and sighed, with an expression of "no one in the world understands this old man".

Shan Linglai was amused by her actions, she raised her right hand and gave Yu Xi a slap on the back, "Play the violin for this fairy."

Yu Xi was stunned by the shameless title of her old lady, after a while she still chose to give in, and blessed Fushen with heartbroken heart, "Yes, yes, little fairy later."

As long as Yu Xi plays the violin, he will calm down. When he lowers his head, his long and dense eyelashes will cast a small shadow on his face, and his smile is just right, like a beauty drawn by fine brushwork.

Shan Linglai became melancholy in the sound of her daughter's violin, she suddenly became worried, worried about her daughter's future, whether she would be admitted to a good university, whether she would get a bad boyfriend, whether she would be working Time is coldly received, will it...

The mother sees her daughter farther and farther, hoping that her daughter can go further, hoping that she will have a happy future, hoping to become what she once expected when she was young, just like the continuation.

Zhou Yanghe doesn't know what her mother expects of her, but it doesn't mean that Zhou Yanghe doesn't worship her mother. At an age where fathers are generally worshiped, she is the same.

At this time, she was lying on her bed in a daze facing the window, which was facing the Wanhu community. She thought about this and that, and many things went back and forth in her mind, and finally turned into Yu Xi's smiling face. A cheerful smile.

I really want to become such a person, I should, I can.she thinks.