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Chapter 41
Chapter 41
Because Xu Xingxing didn't go on a blind date, the Xu family didn't give her a good face, and Xu Xingxing didn't have a warm face and a cold butt, so they simply didn't go.
On the first day of the new year, Xu Xingyuan and Zhou Tongtong went to Zhou Tongtong's house, and Lin Meihui and Xu Xingxing took a day off at home. On the second day of the new year, Xu Xingxing and his family went to his aunt Xu Shiting's house.
Xu Shiting's aunt Xu Shiting is a factory worker, and his uncle Yang Dansheng is a truck driver. The two have a son named Yang Zhihao. After graduating from college, he didn't go out to find a job, so he rented a piece of land on the outskirts of the city to start a farming business.
Xu Xingxing's family and aunt's family have the best relationship. The main two families are similar, they have no great skills, but they are both diligent and honest.
Because Yang Zhihao was inseparable from the farm, his aunt and uncle simply moved their home to the farm. When Xu Xingxing and the others went, uncle was feeding chickens with Yang Zhihao.
The farm also hired a few people, and they all went back for the New Year. Now Yang Dansheng and his son are working.
Seeing Xu Xingxing and the others coming, Yang Zhihao laughed and called out, "Mom, auntie and the others are here."
In addition to the breeding greenhouse, there are also two bungalows built next to them for their own living. Yang Zhihao and the others did almost the same work. After greeting Xu Xingxing and the others, they greeted them and entered the door together.
Because it is not a permanent residence, it is a bit shabby. Although it is simple, it is clean. Everyone went in and took their seats, and Yang Zhihao took the tea leaves and started making tea.
Yang Zhihao and Xu Xingyuan are about the same age, they were at the same level when they were in school. Yang Zhihao has a baby face, pure white and honest. He was often bullied when he was in school, and every time he was bullied, Xu Xingyuan helped him settle it. So, the two brothers have a good relationship.
Since they are about the same age, when relatives are together, comparisons are inevitable. Thinking about the same age, Xu Xingyuan is already engaged, Xu Shiting looked at Lin Meihui and said with a smile: "Xingyuan got married and started a business immediately after getting engaged. Our family doesn't even have a partner. He stays in a greenhouse all day and doesn't go out. Making friends is really frustrating."
When his mother said this, Yang Zhihao blushed and said embarrassedly, "Mom, don't talk about it."
Yang Dansheng looked at his son and said with a smile, "Isn't this in a hurry?"
Yang Zhihao was a little helpless, glanced at Yang Dansheng and said, "What's the hurry? I'm going to feed the chickens."
After speaking, he went out the door as if running away, leaving a room full of elders laughing.
Yang Zhihao ran away, and everyone's topic soon reached Xu Xingyuan. When Xu Xingxing listened, the phone suddenly vibrated. She looked down at the screen, it was a WeChat message.
She sat on the outermost side of the sofa, glanced at the person who was talking, and opened WeChat. The WeChat was sent by Huai Jing, it was still a picture, it was Mimi he took.
In the picture, Mimi is lying lazily on the piano. When Huai Jing took a picture, he also took a picture of his hand on the piano key.
In the part taken in, the fingers are slender and fair, with well-defined joints.
Today is the second day of the new year. It is the time to visit relatives and friends. Does he play the piano and watch the cat at home alone?
[Starry Sky: At home? γ
Just after asking, Huai Jing's reply was sent.
[Huai: Hmm. γ
Xu Xingxing's eyelids drooped slightly, and he glanced at the picture again. That's right, where can he go when he's not at home? The atmosphere of the Huai family is weird, and his closest mother and sister are not around... Then how did he spend the Spring Festival? Was it only Mimi who accompanied him in the big house?
Xu Xingxing felt a chill in his heart and frowned slightly.
When she was in a complicated mood and didn't know what to reply, Huai Jing sent a message.
[Huai: Huaiwan just left this morning when Huaiwan played truant and came back to accompany me during the Spring Festival. γ
truancy? Xu Xingxing typed a string of words and went back.
[Starry sky: Did you come back from truancy? γ
Huai Jing replied quickly.
[Huai: Well, I know that I am alone at home, those with conscience will come back to celebrate with me, those with no conscience donβt know when they will come back. γ
Xu Xingxing: "..."
Feeling faintly that there is something in this sentence, Xu Xingxing blinked his eyes.
Is he really alone at home?
Come to think of it, this is the first time he has said it. His mother was in Qingping Temple, his sister was abroad, and he was busy visiting relatives and friends outside. He was in the big house by himself, and there was only one cat accompanying him...
He is really lonely.
Xu Xingxing's heart was like a drop of cold water, a little bit of ice.
While she was looking at the screen and thinking, the parents finished talking about Xu Xingyuan, Xu Shiting looked at her and asked, "Xingxing, when will you return to Xiacheng?"
She raised her eyes and glanced at Xu Shiting, Xu Xingxing put the phone on her lap, thinking about the conversation she had just had with Huaijing, hesitated for a moment, and said, "The fourth day of the first year."
After listening to her words, Xu Xingyuan looked over and said doubtfully, "Didn't you only go to work in the sixth grade?"
When Xu Xingyuan was talking, Lin Meihui was also looking at her. The eyes of the two came together, making her feel completely empty. She lowered her head slightly, rubbed her fingers on the cold mobile phone screen, and said lightly, "I want to go back to see my friends first."
"It's okay to look at your friends." Xu Shiting said with a smile, "You are in Xiacheng, and we are both in Huaicheng. We can't take care of you in some things. Usually, friends help you a lot."
After listening to Xu Shiting's words, Xu Xingxing smiled and said nothing.
Xu Xingxing returned to Xiacheng on the fourth day of junior high. In the third year of junior high, Lin Meihui didn't go anywhere. She was busy at home and prepared special products for Xu Xingkong to bring back to Xiacheng.
"You don't need to bring these." Lin Meihui wished she could bring everything for Xu Xingxing. She looked at the full suitcase and persuaded.
"Take it, you can't eat this there." Lin Meihui said with a smile, and stuffed another bag of rice cakes she made.
Seeing Lin Meihui's smile, Xu Xingxing felt a little sad.
She didn't know why she returned to Xiacheng earlier, but when she looked at Mimi's photo and thought about Huaijing sitting alone on the piano and listening to the lively festival atmosphere outside, she felt that Huaijing was so pitiful .
Seeing Lin Meihui's busy schedule, Xu Xingxing thought about it carefully. Although she has a long Spring Festival holiday, she doesn't have many holidays on weekdays, so she really spends little time with Lin Meihui.
Thinking of this, Xu Xingxing said to Lin Meihui, "Mom, don't be too busy, I'll leave on the fifth day of the new year."
After hearing her words, Lin Meihui stuffed another bag of dried bamboo shoots into Xu Xingxing's suitcase. She looked up at Xu Xingxing and said with a smile, "If you leave early or late, you have to leave. Besides, what your sister-in-law said That's right, go back and walk around with friends more, we can't help you here, we still have to rely on friends. We won't suffer, but we won't take advantage of others. "
She is alone in Xiacheng, and as a mother, it is impossible not to worry, but Lin Meihui rarely expresses these emotions, only occasionally Xu Xingxing can figure it out from what she said.
Lin Meihui used a day to stuff Xu Xingxing's empty luggage to the brim. On the day she left on the fourth day of the new year, Xu Xingyuan drove her to the train station.
When he picked up his luggage and got out of the car, Xu Xingyuan frowned and said worriedly, "Our mother is too good at stuffing, can you handle it?"
"It can be moved." Xu Xingxing picked up the suitcase, gave Xu Xingyuan a look, and said, "When I was in school, it was much heavier than this, and I could even carry it."
Xu Xingyuan was happy and said, "Our mother almost stuffed herself into the suitcase for you to take away."
As soon as the words were finished, the siblings were silent for a while.
Xu Xingxing left this time, and the next time he came back was the Qingming holiday.
"Our mother's wrist is not good, you usually help her more." Xu Xingxing urged.
"Don't worry." Xu Xingyuan said.
"The date for your marriage to Tongtong is set, let me know first, so I can ask for leave." Xu Xingxing said.
"Understood." Xu Xingyuan replied.
After Xu Xingxing finished speaking, there was something he wanted to say to Xu Xingyuan, but he couldn't.
On the other hand, Xu Xingyuan looked at Xu Xingxing with his head lowered and said, "Sister, take good care of yourself in Xiacheng. If you can, just live there and come back. If you can't, come back. Mom and I are here."
Hearing this, Xu Xingxing's heart seemed to be immersed in the cold sugar water, which was icy and sweet. She raised her hand, rubbed her brother's hair, and said, "Got it, go back."
After saying goodbye to Xu Xingyuan, Xu Xingxing checked his ticket and boarded the high-speed rail. Lin Meihui's suitcase was really full, and Xu Xingxing struggled to put the suitcase into the luggage slot.
After the suitcase was put away, Xu Xingxing sat down in his seat. Her position is by the window, the sun is shining outside the window, and a green leather train is moving slowly.
When she used to go to school, the high-speed rail had not been built yet, so she took the green train to Xiacheng. At that time, the green-skin train took five or six hours to get to Xiacheng. Because she didn't want to leave home, every time she felt that the train was running too fast.
Now that the high-speed rail from Huaicheng to Xiacheng takes only two hours, she actually feels that it is slow.
Xu Xingxing retracted his gaze, unlocked his phone and glanced at Mimi Huaijing's photo in the album.
She wanted to go back so much, she should be thinking of Mimi.
The high-speed train arrived at Xiacheng after two hours of driving. Xu Xingxing got off the car with his luggage and walked to the taxi waiting area to wait for the car. It's hard to get a taxi now. Xu Xingxing stood in line behind a line of people, looking at the sign on the Xiacheng high-speed rail station, feeling a little different in his heart.
She is back again.
After returning, where will she go first?
When it was Xu Xingxing's turn, the driver came down to help put her suitcase in the trunk. After Xu Xing thanked him, he got into the car.
The driver's master glanced at her from the front mirror and asked, "Miss, where are you going?"
Xu Xingxing looked at the front of the car, pursed his lips and said, "Go to the Xihai Villa Area in the South District."
"Okay." The driver turned the "empty car" sign into "passenger" with a slap, and drove out of the high-speed rail station.
After Xu Xingxing got out of the taxi, he dragged his suitcase for a while and walked to the door of Huaijing's house. The door is set with a combination lock, and the touch screen above is clean.
Since Xu Xingxing started playing the piano with Huaijing, Huaijing told her his home password. But every time she came, it was with Huaijing, and she never opened the door by herself.
Xu Xingxing put the suitcase aside, reached out and pressed the password. After pressing a series of numbers, the combination lock rang, Xu Xingxing carried the suitcase, put his hand on the doorknob, and opened the door.
It's still morning, and the sun shines in from the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the entire room. The floor-to-ceiling windows were open, and the gauze curtains fluttered gently on the ground with the sea breeze, bringing in some salty and wet taste.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the man was wearing a white sweater, sitting by the pool, and beside him sat a ragdoll cat with shiny fur.
As soon as the door opened, the sound seemed to startle them, and the man and the cat turned back together.
Xu Xingxing rarely sees Huai Jing wearing a white sweater. Others are white, and in the sun, they seem to be integrated with the sweater. The fresh and handsome facial features are smudged by the sun, only the light brown pupils and the red lips can still be seen clearly.
Seeing Xu Xingxing, he raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't believe it.
Mimi beside her was already up and ran towards Xu Xingxing. When she ran to Xu Xingxing's side, Mimi raised her head and let out a "meow".
Xu Xingxing's eyebrows moved, she smiled gently, looked down at Mimi, squatted down, and picked it up.
Mimi, who had just finished basking in the sun, still smelled of the sun on her body, which was fresh and delicious, Xu Xingxing squinted slightly.
When she picked up Mimi, the man also walked over to her from outside.He didn't know how long he had been sitting outside, but he still smelled of the sea breeze, and when he came over, it was a little cold.
Xu Xingxing stood up with Mimi in her arms, she looked up at Huaijing, and the man looked at her too.The man's eyebrows are very real in a room without the sun.
His long eyebrows, upturned eyes, tall nose bridge, slightly raised lips, everything awakened Xu Xingkong's body and mind.
The man looked at her, and his eyebrows became gentle. He opened his arms and said to Xu Xingxing in a low voice.
"I want to hug too."