Backtracking to the Village

"Leave it here, don't worry about it." Ah Heng pushed the intact bicycle to a flat place, got on the bike, and waved to Tao Ya, "Come on."

Taoya ran over, looked left and right: "Brother, you don't have a back seat in this car, where can I sit?" Ah Heng pointed to the front of himself: "Squat on the frame." "I'm not that small, and I'm in the Well, the car is hard to step on..." "Then you can walk back." Ah Heng did not hesitate.

Tao Ya was angry: "How can you do this! Well, let's go, anyway, it's not too far away."

"It's not far. You can go back to Sucun by riding a bicycle for more than an hour."

Taoya ignored Ah Heng, and walked up with big strides, Ah Heng followed behind: "If you walk, it will take three or four minutes. If you run, it will be much faster. And the road will not be boring, except for the small bugs. , Occasionally there are a few Xiaoqiang, if you are lucky, you can meet a few Apiao..."

Taoya turned around abruptly and quickly climbed onto the frame.

Satisfied, Ah Heng rubbed his chin on the top of Taoya's head which was huddled between his arms: "Sleep in my arms again."

"Sleep for an afternoon, enough sleep. Brother, is it really not heavy? You ride very steadily."

"It's too light, eat fatter."

"The little bastard laughed at me for being chubby, I don't want to be fat anymore."

"He only has a handful of bones left, everyone is chubby."

The car soon arrived at the paddy field. It had rained and the road was muddy. The car was bouncing up and down under the weight of two people, and the front of the car wobbled.There is no moon, the light of the stars is of course not enough, and there are no street lights in the rice fields, and the surrounding area is covered with ink-like blackness. Taoya can't help but hold Ah Heng's arm tightly.Ah Heng slowed down a bit and asked, "Afraid?"

Tao Ya's voice drifted into Ah Heng's ears mixed with the sound of the wind: "Don't be afraid, you carry it."

The moon was hanging behind a few clouds, quietly, quietly revealing half of the face, the noisy cicadas sounded, and the two people on the bicycle creaked and went back to the village.

11

Halfway back, Taoya was so hungry that her stomach was rumbling loudly. The two of them were afraid of delaying more time for eating, so they bought some steamed buns on the way and ate while going back.Tao Ya ate a few mouthfuls by herself, and then fed Ah Heng a few mouthfuls, but the place on the frame was so crowded that Tao Ya couldn't turn her head, she kept feeding steamed buns to Ah Heng's cheeks, and kept asking, "Why not?" Bite?" Ah Heng was full of tossing.

When they arrived at Sucun, Taoya knew more people. After the rain, everyone went out for a stroll, and saw Taoya curled up on the frame of the car obediently, making strange noises.Half of the cars of the boys in the village don’t have back seats. It’s not surprising that Taoya squatted on the frame like Taoya, but they just wanted to coax her when she saw Taoya’s completely different appearance from usual. Fearful, after adding a few times, he could only cast a meaningful look at Taoya.Taoya was staring back at first, but she simply covered her face in self-defeating, pretending not to see.

The car creaked and creaked and stepped in front of Huang's house. Taoya's grandparents were waiting there. When grandma saw Taoya, she breathed a sigh of relief and stood up and said, "Taoya, it's raining so hard. You all thought you couldn’t go back. Have you eaten yet? Why is there a car left?” Taoya jumped out of the car, scratched the back of her head and lowered her head to answer one by one: “We bought a few steamed buns on the way back, and the other car had a flat tire. .Have you eaten yet? Why are you sitting outside?"

Grandpa walked into the house: "They all said they were fine, not to mention Taoya, Ah Heng is such a big boy, there is no need to worry." He turned around and added, "I didn't want to sit outside and wait, your grandma insisted. Pull me out."

Grandma yelled at grandpa, and said to the embarrassed-looking two: "Isn't a few steamed buns enough for you? Go take a shower first, and I'll heat up the rice. Ah Heng, come and eat too. Your family didn't leave any rice for you, so I thought You and Taoya are not going home to sleep."

Tao Ya nodded excitedly for Ah Heng: "Yes, brother Ah Heng will sleep at our house tonight."

"You are the most annoying person. Ah Heng said he was coming?" Grandma patted Ah Heng's arm, "Don't spoil him too much, he will be spoiled."

"There's no spoiling..." "Well, don't worry, if Taoya does something wrong, I will punish him severely."

Tao Ya slandered, do you dare to punish me?

Grandma smiled: "You are willing to take care of Taoya like this, it is really a blessing he cultivated in his previous life.

Tao Ya agrees with this, Ah Heng likes him, besides being able to play swords, swim and climb trees, the most fulfilling thing in his life.

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Taoya’s room has windows opened from east to west, so the ventilation is good, but if the curtains are not lowered in the morning and evening, the whole room will be filled with sunlight. At around 9 o'clock, the elder of the Wu family was smoky in the sun, so he had to get up irritably and draw the curtains, and walked to the window. A child's crisp voice came from downstairs: "Brother Tao, do it again, do it again!"

He squinted his eyes and looked downstairs. Taoya was holding a four or five-year-old boy in circles. After a few steps, she lost her footsteps and fell to one side with the child, begging for mercy: "I won't turn around, Ranran, brother is so dizzy, stop spinning, okay?"

The boy named Ranran sat on Taoya's belly and pinched his face: "Turn again, do it again, the last time."

Tao Ya said: "It's really the last time, Ranran keeps her word."

The eldest of the Wu family pulled down the curtains and slipped back into bed, but the voices of the child and Taoya from downstairs kept coming up faintly, making him toss and turn so that he couldn't go back to sleep.

Taoya was peeling off the lollipop wrapper for Ranran. Ranran was lying on Taoya's lap, but for some reason he stood up suddenly, looking behind Taoya.

Just as Taoya wanted to turn her head to see what was going on, she was hugged from behind, and Ah Heng's voice came from beside her ear: "Whose child?"

Taoya said: "He is Ranran, you met him when he was one year old." After peeling off the candy wrapper, Taoya handed the pink lollipop to Ranran and said, "Sister Jun He brought Ranran here, and said he wanted to go out with Brother Xu, and asked me to look after him."

Ah Heng frowned and thought about it: "Which family lives in the north of the village? It's so far away from you, how can I entrust you to take care of it?"

"What's wrong, you don't think it's troublesome to go home."

Ah Heng looked down at the little boy with a lollipop in his mouth: "When will your parents come to pick you up?"

Ranran sat on Taoya's lap and turned a deaf ear.

Taoya hugged Ranran: "Why are you so fierce?"

Ah Heng squatted down halfway, showing a warm smile: "Ranran, brother hugs you."

Ranran turned to Ah Heng with a cold face, but turned around and smiled sweetly at Tao Ya. He took out the lollipop in his mouth and held it to Tao Ya's mouth: "Tang Tang is good, Tao Tao Brother also take a bite."

Ah Heng was embarrassed by being ignored, and before he got angry, he saw Tao Ya actually stretched out her tongue and licked the glistening candy, even her masseter muscles came out.

Ah Heng, who had no time to stop the first time, stood aside calmly. When Ranran handed the candy to Tao Ya's mouth for the second time, he snatched the candy quickly and stuffed it into his mouth. After taking a few sips, the candy was crushed. Ranran stared blankly at her candy leaving only a small white stick after it came out of Ah Heng's mouth, and cried out loud.

Taoya frantically hugged Ranran in her arms, patted her back and softly coaxed her, and complained and gouged out Ah Heng's eyes several times. Ah Heng shrugged innocently and said, "He's pretending to cry, you see he has no tears at all."

"It's so embarrassing for an adult to grab candy from a child!"

The corner of Ah Heng's mouth twitched: "Snatch candies?"

Ranran cried very sadly: "Tangtang..."

Tao Ya wiped away his tears: "Don't cry, brother will peel another one for you."

Ah Heng interrupted: "Children who eat too much sugar will get tooth decay."

"I also ate a lot when I was a child. Isn't my teeth in good shape now?"

"Who said your teeth are good now? You have a cavity."

Tao Ya turned pale with shock: "Where?"

"Open your mouth and I'll tell you."

As soon as Taoya opened her mouth, Ah Heng quickly leaned forward and pinched his chin to prevent him from closing his mouth. After making sure that Ranran was watching, he kissed her in front of the child.

Ah Heng, whose lip was bitten, smiled: "I'll go back to read, and you play with Ranran slowly."

In the evening, the eldest of the Wu family came out of the house and found that there was an extra trace on his car out of thin air that looked like it was made of small stones. .

12

After Taoya finished dinner, she helped put the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen, washed her face and went out, just in time to see Ah Heng squatting in front of his car, not knowing what to do, so she also squatted over: "Brother, what are you looking at?"

Ah Heng glanced at him: "Nothing."

Taoya pointed to the scratch about ten centimeters long and exclaimed: "Brother, your car is scratched!" Ah Heng snorted, Taoya looked at him strangely, and put the back of her hand on his forehead: "Your car is scratched!" It’s weird today, I snatched the children’s candy and scratched my car.”

Ah Heng moved his face away from under the back of Taoya's hand, stood up and walked to Wu's yard.

Tao Ya was stunned for a moment, then withdrew her hand, and followed up awkwardly: "What's the matter..."

Ah Heng paused, turned his head and said, "I'm going to take a shower, don't follow me."

Is this an eviction order?Tao Ya said: "Wait for me to get the clothes, let's rush together!"

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The summer is hot, and most of the boys in the village take a shower in the yard before they are [-] or [-] years old. A ladle of well water can cool down their hearts.But winter is a different story. No matter how warm the well water is, it is not as warm as the water from the electric water heater. Especially in the first month, the village is the most humid and cold, and it is easy to catch a cold. Adults do not allow children to wash directly with well water.

When Taoya was young, she often took a shower with the gangsters of Heizhong, and they could play all kinds of tricks after a good bath.