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Respond? "

Xiao Hui pursed his lips, lay down, turned over, turned his back to Ling Yao, and shrunk himself into a ball.

bad boy!Ling Yao thought to himself, got off the kang, and went to the kitchen to eat egg custard.

9、Persuasion

Ling Yao's biological clock was very punctual, and he woke up just after six o'clock the next morning, half-closed his eyes and turned over.He vaguely saw a person squatting in the corner of the kang, he blinked, his still somewhat chaotic mind suddenly cleared up, he sat up abruptly, and at the same time remembered that he was the one who brought him home last night.

Xiaohui squatted there, holding his knees with his hands, buried his head, motionless, looking very pitiful.

Ling Yao recalled that back then, his father had passed away, his mother had also left, and there was a classmate from a village in the school who spread the word about him, and the classmates who had a good relationship with him came to comfort him.In fact, he was not so sad at first, but after being comforted by others, he felt even more wronged in his heart.

Thinking of this, Ling Yao didn't try to persuade Xiaohui, turned over and got off the kang, washed his face and brushed his teeth, fed the rabbit, and then washed the rice and cooked.

During the meal, Xiaohui didn't speak, just sipped the porridge silently with a bowl in his hand, didn't even make a sound, and didn't pick up vegetables to eat. Ling Yao raised his eyelids to look, and said lightly: "Eat some vegetables, too. It can't be eaten by one person."

Xiao Hui silently picked up the dish and poured all the eggplants with mashed garlic into his bowl.

Ling Yao: "..." Forget it, the child is in a bad mood, so let him be considerate.

After eating, Ling Yao packed up the bowls and chopsticks and brought them into the kitchen, then searched around the house, found the bamboo pole he used to crack the walnuts, and gave it to Xiaohui: "If you're okay, go and knock all the walnuts in the yard come down."

After Ling Yao washed the pots and bowls, he washed a few more clothes, then found a plastic bag and went to the yard to pick up walnuts.Xiaohui was sitting on the top of the wall, holding a bamboo pole and seriously picking up walnuts.Ling Yao didn't speak, and knelt down to pick up walnuts.After a while, Xiaohui yelled at him: "Brother, you can borrow a ladder, the tree is too tall, and the one above cannot reach it."

When Xiaohui opened his mouth, Ling Yao realized that his voice was very hoarse, probably because he fell asleep last night, and this kid was secretly crying again.Ling Yao looked up and saw that the tree was about ten meters high.He put down the bag and borrowed a ladder from Aunt Chun's house next door. It was a triangular ladder, which was very convenient to use.

Ling Yao put the ladder under the tree and climbed up to pick walnuts.But the top of the tree was too high, and even standing on a ladder, he couldn't reach it with a bamboo pole. In the end, Xiaohui climbed up the tree with the help of the ladder, and knocked all the walnuts out.It was quite a lot, Ling Yao reckoned it was more than 100 catties.

Ling Yao looked at the jujube trees on the side, they were almost half red and half green, ready to eat, and taking advantage of Xiaohui's help, he simply picked them too.

After picking the jujubes, Ling Yao asked Xiaohui while picking up the jujubes that fell on the ground: "I'm going out later, do you want to go with me? Or go home, so that the family won't worry."

Xiaohui lowered his head, thought for a while before carefully asking: "Brother, I'll stay at your house, is it okay?"

Ling Yao looked at him and asked, "Do you not want to go out, or are you afraid to go out?"

As soon as the words fell, Xiaohui raised his head and looked at him, pursing his lips stubbornly, with a hint of aggrieved eyes.

Ling Yao looked straight into his eyes and said calmly: "If you are afraid of people in the village gossiping, it is unavoidable. But don't worry, they dare not say it in front of you, at most they will gossip behind your back. You can’t hear these, what are you afraid of!”

After Ling Yao finished speaking, he saw Xiao Hui's hands hanging on both sides of his body clenched into fists, the veins on the back of his hands were protruding, and he stared at him with red eyes. Fist him.

He turned around and went into the house to get the car keys, and said, "Are you going to hide with me and not go out, or straighten your back and go out with me?"

After Ling Yao finished speaking, he turned and went into the house, and Xiao Hui followed him in.When he came out, Xiaohui followed suit.Ling Yao turned around helplessly, looked at him and asked, "Have you figured it out yet?"

"Go!" Xiaohui almost gritted his teeth and spit out a word.

Ling Yao glanced at him, then carried the rabbit cage back into the room, locked the door, and went out.

His car was at the door. He opened the door of the passenger seat first, and said to Xiao Hui, "Get in the car." Then he walked around to the driver's seat, opened the door and got in.

Ling Yao turned his head and glanced at Xiao Hui, then started the car and said, "Fasten your seat belt."

He remembered that on the way to the county, there was a brick kiln. He went to buy some bricks today, surrounded the entrance and installed a gate.

When he arrived at the brick kiln, Ling Yao parked his car on the side of the road and went in to fix the bricks.As a result, the boss said that there were a lot of people buying bricks recently, and the bricks he wanted would not be delivered until more than ten days later.

A brick cost [-] cents, plus shipping costs [-] cents, Ling Yao added it to [-] cents, and the boss agreed to deliver it to him tomorrow.After paying the deposit and leaving his home address and phone number, Ling Yao went to the county construction market to choose a large iron gate, which was in stock, paid for it, and sent it back to him.

When he got home, he removed the door. Ling Yao paid the shipping fee and let Xiaohui enter the house. He then turned and went to Ling Dashan's house next door.

Ling Dashan was not at home, and Aunt Chun was cooking in the kitchen. After exchanging some pleasantries, Ling Yao asked with a smile, "Aunt Chun, is Uncle Dashan at home? I plan to fence the door and ask Uncle Dashan to help me find some craftsmen in the village." .”

Aunt Chun smiled while rolling out the noodles, "It should be surrounded, otherwise it's not safe. Your uncle will be back after eating, so Auntie will tell him about it."

"Please trouble Aunt Chun," Ling Yao smiled, seeing Aunt Chun's three-year-old granddaughter Xinyi staggering in, smiling cheerfully at him, Ling Yao liked children very much, bent over to hold her She picked him up, and the little girl knew him, and called out sweetly: "Uncle."

Ling Yao pinched her face and said with a smile: "Aunt Chun, I picked all the walnuts and dates in the yard, and brought Xinyi over to get some."

Aunt Chun: "Succeed, take less, she won't be able to eat much." Ling Yao carried Xin Yi back home, and asked Xiao Hui to fetch two plastic bags and put some walnuts and dates in them.

Xinyi saw the little rabbit in the room and liked it very much. She squatted on the ground and looked at it for a long time. Hurry up, take her away, and coax her: "Xinyi, be good, little bunny can't play now, when the bunny grows up, uncle will bake a rabbit for you, okay?"

The child was very obedient and didn't cry, Ling Yao carried walnuts and dates in one hand and followed him to Aunt Chun's house.It happened that Ling Dashan came back, and Ling Yao talked about the fence again.

Ling Dashan responded with a smile: "Sure, uncle will go ask after dinner, there are many people who can build walls in the village."

"Uncle Dashan, I'll go with you in the afternoon, and I happen to recognize people in the village. I haven't been back for many years, and I don't know many people." Ling Yao said with a smile.

Ling Dashan told him about the wages of the bricklayers now, but Ling Yao didn't understand much, and felt that the price was not high, so he had no opinion.

After setting a time with Ling Dashan, Ling Yao went home to cook.As a result, as soon as he entered the room, he saw Xiaohui squatting on the ground, holding the rabbit's ears in one hand, and poking the rabbit's nose with the other hand. The little rabbit's four short legs kicked in the air.

Ling Yao was really afraid that he would play the rabbit to death, so he clenched his hand into a fist, coughed lightly against his lips, and said, "Don't bully the little rabbit, go to the yard to pick some vegetables and wash them."

Xiaohui silently stuffed the rabbit into the bamboo cage, then got up and went out, Ling Yao went to the kitchen to make noodles.

During the meal, Ling Yao asked Xiao Hui while grilling the rice: "How old are you?"

"Seventeen," Xiao Hui buried his head in the rice, almost stuffing his face into the bowl.

Ling Yao looked up at him: "Still in school?"

"Well, senior year." Xiaohui's voice was muffled.

"Oh," Ling Yao was about to continue asking, when he suddenly heard footsteps outside, he raised his head and looked towards the door, only to see a woman standing outside the door with a bruised nose and swollen face, and he couldn't recognize who it was.

10. Follow-up

I saw the woman standing there staring at Xiaohui, hesitating to speak.Ling Yao knew that she was probably Xiaohui's mother, Bao Xiaoru.

"Xiaohui," Bao Xiaoru called out sadly.

Xiaohui had been eating with his head buried in his head. He seemed to be preoccupied, and he didn't notice anyone coming. He raised his head suddenly when he heard the voice, looked at Bao Xiaoru, and called out after a long while: "Mom," and then turned his head awkwardly. Turn to the other side.

Ling Yao stood up consciously holding the bowl, and said to Bao Xiaoru, "Auntie, come in and sit down." After speaking, he picked up the bowl and went out.

After finishing the meal in a hurry, Ling Yao sat on a small bench and peeled walnuts under the shade of a tree in the yard.Fortunately, the walnuts were too ripe, and the outer layer of skin was cracked, and a pot was peeled off in a short time.But the fingertips were still stained, a dark brown, which looked disgusting.

I picked up a half-cut brick from the corner and smashed some walnuts to eat. The skin on the outside of the tender walnut kernels tasted bitter. Ling Yao also peeled off the skin and ate a few. It was crunchy and had a unique smell. fragrance.

He doesn't like dried walnuts very much, but he likes the freshly picked walnuts, which are oily and tasty to chew.

When the second pot of walnuts was almost full, Bao Xiaoru came out of the room, and Ling Yao found that Xiaohui didn't come out together.

Didn't Bao Xiaoru come to call Xiaohui home?Ling Yao was thinking to himself, but Bao Xiaoru came towards him.

She looked at Ling Yao and said, "Yaoyao, my aunt has something to discuss with you."

Looking at Ling Yao after speaking, Ling Yao felt that it was not a good thing after hearing what she said, but he still said: "Auntie first."

Bao Xiaoru continued: "You just came back, aunt shouldn't bother you, but aunt can't do anything, something happened at aunt's house, can you let Xiaohui stay with you for a few days?"

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