After being stuck for nearly an hour, the road became clear again.

It is said that the traffic jam was caused by two traffic accidents in the middle of the road, and the traffic jam stopped after the traffic police came to deal with the dispute.

It was less than five o'clock in the afternoon, and before dark, they returned to the old house smoothly.

This is Shu Li's first visit to Zhao Jingchuan's hometown, and also the first time he entered the old house.

There are two ponds in the courtyard, the ponds are full of lotus leaves, and three children are sitting nearby, squatting on the ground and playing.

Hearing the door being pushed open and the sound of someone walking in, the little girl with sharp ears turned her head to take a look. After seeing Zhao Jingchuan, she ran over in surprise and said, "Uncle Tang, you are back!"

The little girl looked to be about three years old, she was short, not as long as Zhao Jingchuan's legs, he bent down and rubbed her head, and said in a warm voice, "Wenqi, I haven't seen you in a year, she's growing so fast, she's already so tall?”

"Uncle Tang!"

"Uncle, long time no see."

Two other little boys also ran over to say hello to him, one of them was eight years old, the other was about the same age as the little girl, and the younger one seemed to be closer to Zhao Jingchuan, so he came forward and hugged his thigh and asked coquettishly, "YouWhy did you arrive so late? The kitchen is almost ready to eat, and I just got home now!"

Zhao Jingchuan briefly told them, "I was at work last night, and I left after having lunch at noon. There was still a bit of traffic jam on the road."

The little girl stood aside curiously and kept looking at Shu Li. She didn't know her very well, so she walked over boldly, pulling at the corner of her clothes with her chubby hands, and asked softly, "little elder sister, you are so beautiful!Who are you to me? Are you my cousin's girlfriend?"

"It's not a girlfriend." Zhao Jingchuan introduced to them, "This is aunt, you can just call me aunt."

When the little girl heard the address, she shouted with bright eyes, "Hello, Auntie." Then she asked Zhao Jingchuan, "Uncle Tang, do you already have a wife? Are you married? How come I don't know when?"

Shu Li was stunned when he heard this, and cast a helpless glance at Zhao Jingchuan.

Zhao Jingchuan was quite embarrassed by her, and he felt self-blaming. He explained, "The wedding ceremony hasn't been held yet. We'll do it next year. Didn't your parents tell you?"

The little girl scratched her head, shook her head and said, "I don't know, it seems like I never said that."

"Didn't say anything." The tall, thin, eight-year-old boy corrected her, "Dad said it clearly, but you didn't listen to it. Dad and Mom discussed it at dinner a few days ago, saying that this year's birthdayUncle will take aunt home for the New Year."

"I testify! I said it, and I said it more than once." Another boy raised his hand and echoed.

The little girl pouted, refusing to admit that she didn't listen, "It must be because I'm not here."

Shu Li listened to their conversations back and forth, and found it quite interesting.

The embarrassment disappeared suddenly, and she was very curious about how their parents would discuss her and what to discuss, but in front of Zhao Jingchuan, it was not easy for her to ask the children.

After a while, Li Lian, who heard the voice, came out of the hall and offered to help them get things, "It's so cold, why don't you come in when you get home?"

Obviously, the difference is only more than a hundred kilometers, and the weather here is much colder than South City, and the temperature is at least five degrees lower.

"Mom." Shu Li didn't ask her to help her carry the luggage, but only understood, "I can carry it myself."

Li Lian kindly took her arm and led her in, straightened her collar, "Is it cold with so little clothes on?"

"It's a bit cold." Shu Li said, "Maybe it's because the wind outside is too strong, but it's fine in the car."

"I don't know what's wrong with the temperature this year. It's seven or eight degrees lower than in previous years. The coldest time in the past was only five or six degrees. Now it's close to zero. I don't know how cold it will be tonight."

They walked into the hall to put their things down, and someone came and poured them each a cup of hot tea to warm up.

Shu Li looked around while drinking. The building of the house is quite old, the color is retro, black, white and red, and the furniture is made of the most expensive purple purlin wood.

Although old, it also echoes the name "Old House".

She likes the style.

Sitting in the living room for a while, blowing a cool breeze, Shu Li really sneezed.

"Oh." Li Lian glanced at her, "Did you catch a cold?"

Zhao Jingchuan glanced at the time, seeing that it was still early, he got up and said, "I'll take her to the room to rest for a while."

"Okay." Li Lian let them go, and said something caring, "If you feel uncomfortable, you can make a bowl of ginger tea and don't get sick during the Chinese New Year. Go there first, there is about an hour before dinner, okayThen call someone to call you over."

Shu Li felt that his nose was really stuffy, his nose was so congested that he couldn't breathe, so he followed Zhao Jingchuan to the stairwell and walked to a room on the third floor.

She gently pushed the door and entered, looked around, "It's so spacious, is this your room?"

There are many books on the cabinet, Shu Li thinks this is not like a guest room, but more like a bedroom dedicated to one person.

But Zhao Jingchuan has been abroad for so long, it would be too wasteful to leave such a spacious and beautiful bedroom vacant here.

He pushed the suitcase in, put it on the side of the corner, nodded and said, "Yes, when I was a child, before I was in junior high school, I basically lived here. After that, I came back less often, and only came here during the Chinese New Year., but it’s only for a few days before leaving, but someone will clean it regularly.”

"Did you go to elementary school here?" Shu Li was very curious about his past, "It means you went to South City to study in junior high school?"

"Um."

Zhao Jingchuan closed the door and opened the curtains to let the light from the outside shine in. He wanted to open the window to let in some air, but thinking that she was catching a cold, he just opened it a little.

Shu Li thought of his parents working in South City, so far away, it is impossible to come back often, "Then you didn't live with your parents before junior high school?"

"I am with my grandma, and I have two cousins and one cousin." Zhao Jingchuan recalled the past and sighed sincerely, "It was quite happy back then."

When Shu Li was in high school, Qin Sangsang said that Zhao Jingchuan often stayed at home alone, and his parents seldom came home to take care of him because of their busy work.

It's no wonder that he felt happy living in the country without his parents, because no matter where he was, his parents always played the role of "very busy and never go home" in his childhood.

Later, when he went abroad, his mother accompanied him across the country, just to supervise his medical study and hope that he would become a useful person.

Shu Li walked over to hug him with some distress, put his chin on his chest, raised his head and said, "Don't worry, I will accompany you from now on, wherever you go."

Zhao Jingchuan rubbed the broken hair on the back of her head, and asked in a low voice, "Are you pitying me?"

"Isn't that okay? You say yes." Shu Li thought of the conversation that night, and felt a bit similar, "It's not that it's pitiful, but it's a pity that everyone doesn't have a complete childhood, because timeOnce it’s over, it’s over, and nothing can make up for it.”

Zhao Jingchuan didn't feel how pitiful he was, but in the eyes of the person he liked, he would always feel pity for the other person's regret. He reasoned with her in turn: "But, everything has a cause and an effect. Without their efforts,I don’t have such a good environment to study, and I am already very content.”

Shu Li thought about it carefully: "That's true."

It is not possible for everyone to worship a famous teacher as an apprentice and go abroad to study medicine.

Without Li Lian's achievements in medicine, it would be impossible to provide Zhao Jingchuan with so much help.

"It's you." Zhao Jingchuan remembered a private conversation with Shu Hailiang a long time ago, and he happened to talk about the past, so he said to her, "Did you have a good time when you were young?"

"Me?" Shu Li didn't know what to say, it would definitely be bad to tell the truth, but she didn't really want to mention her past to Zhao Jingchuan, "Not bad."

"Did you lie to me?" Zhao Jingchuan pinched her face, exerting some force as if punishing her, "Can you tell the truth?"

"This is the truth." Shu Li insisted, "Do I have to lie?"

"At this point, are you still lying to me? Are you telling the truth?" Zhao Jingchuan pretended to frighten her, just like his father frightened her when he was a child.Like throwing her to the ground.

Knowing that he would definitely not let go of her, Shu Li wrapped his arms around his neck, moved his face to him, and asked puzzledly, "What truth do you want to hear?"

Zhao Jingchuan stopped being around the corner, she would definitely put on a show to prevaricate him, and asked her directly, "The night I went to your house for dinner for the first time, your father told me something about your elementary school, but didn'tGo on."

Shu Li's expression changed instantly, unexpectedly Shu Hailiang had already told him, "Elementary school?"

"May I know what happened?" Zhao Jingchuan said lightly, sat down on the edge of the bed, and sat her on his lap, "No other meaning, just like you, want to know my past.know about you."

Shu Li was hesitating whether to say it or not, but after so many years, she no longer cared.

At that time, was still young, and thought it was a big event. was sad for a long time, and felt that the sky was falling.

Looking back now, realize that those were just trivial things.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Zhao Jingchuan thought she was still unwilling to speak: "Still can't speak?"

Shu Li glanced at him, and asked uncertainly: "You really want to know?"

"Um."

"It's not that I can't say it." She looked flat and relieved, "It's just that after more than ten years, it's unnecessary to mention it."

"If you want to know, I can tell you." Shu Li was quiet for a few seconds, as if trying to remember, and it took a while before he made a sound, "When I was in elementary school, my mother threw me into a place where my classmates were very angry.Qian’s school is similar to aristocratic schools, but it’s not as exaggerated as on TV.”

Zhao Jingchuan could understand, "And then?"

"You also know that my family's financial situation is not particularly good. It has improved a lot in recent years, but it was very difficult when I was young." Shu Li pursed her lips and said softly, "My mother wanted me to be successful, so she put meThrow it over. The people I came into contact with in it are all the kind of students whose families are rich and rich, a pen costs tens of dollars, and a schoolbag costs thousands of dollars."

Zhao Jingchuan waited quietly for her to finish speaking, and only listened to the general idea, as if he could already guess what happened, and could imagine what happened in her situation, his brows gradually furrowed.

Shu Li didn't look at him, but stared at the scenery outside the window, and continued, "I have spent a lot of tuition fees to go in and study, and my family certainly can't support me to buy such expensive stationery, even if my parents let me buy it, I won't buy it."I will buy it. Because the things I use are basically used by children in ordinary families. After they know that my family’s conditions are not good, they always isolate me and often talk about me behind my back.”

Whether it's a boy or a girl, there will always be such people in the school, and Zhao Jingchuan has seen a lot of them.

Even when he was studying abroad, he had been discriminated against by the locals there because of his nationality, so he could understand Shu Li's feelings very well.

But they are different.

They experience these discrimination at different ages. There is no comparison between a girl who has just entered elementary school and an adult man.

"It's fine for them to talk about me." Shu Li sniffed and said indignantly, "They also talked about my parents, saying that my mother has a shameful career, swelling one's face up by slapping it to look imposing, that's why it happened.A lot of money to let me study, and said that my father is useless at all, and was cuckolded. Once, I heard them say bad things, and I was so angry that I went up and said a few words to them. They didn't look ashamed at all, butThey also called their boyfriends to beat me."

"Where did you hit?" Zhao Jingchuan asked distressedly, touching her cheek, "Did you hit your hand, or did you hit your face?"

"All of them." The memory of that year came back in an instant, maybe someone felt distressed now, she suddenly shed a few tears, wiped them off, and said, "This is not the most outrageous thing, I sueTeacher, the teacher didn't help me at all. Not only did he not distinguish between right and wrong, he also gave me a scolding. It may be because of what happened that year. Now that I am a teacher, I have become very fond of those quiet girls. I hate them very much.The kind of blah-blah boy."

Zhao Jingchuan hugged her and held her tightly in front of him, as if he was afraid that she would run away.

Shu Li sighed, and said from the bottom of his heart, "At that time, I was still young and had low self-esteem. I felt that no one liked me in school, and no one wanted to chat with me. As long as I walked with me, it was likeIt was a bad feeling, like bad luck. Later, I asked my dad to transfer me to another school forcibly, and I didn’t want to stay there anymore.”

"It's okay." Zhao Jingchuan didn't know how to comfort her about the past. After so many years, he couldn't vent his anger on her, so after listening to it, he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent."No one will treat you like this again. As I said, whoever dares to hit you, I will be the first to go up and break his hand."

Shu Li was amused by him, thinking he was naive, "It's wrong to use violence to control violence."

"Then I don't care." Zhao Jingchuan said indifferently, "Who made them bully you."

"Actually," Shu Li swallowed and reminded him, "You've already helped me once, remember when we first met last year? Thank you, Zhao Jingchuan."

Whatever it was last year, he helped her out.

Or now, let her tell what happened back then, comfort her, and let her feel relieved.

She wanted to say thank you.

"It's really not reassuring." Zhao Jingchuan looked down at her, "How can you be bullied everywhere? Is it safe to bring you by my side 24 hours a day?"

"..." Shu Li kissed his lips, "I really want to."

Zhao Jingchuan: "Huh?"

She whispered in his ear, "Stay by your side twenty-four hours."

The eyes of the two met, and they looked at each other tacitly.

Zhao Jingchuan's eyes became more and more affectionate, and the cold eyes were fixed on her face, "However, it's not your fault, don't doubt yourself, don't be unconfident. In this world, people who like you are far better than people who don't like you."There are many more, and those who don't like you, we don't need to care about them."

"I know." Shu Li said, "Sang Sang said similar things to me in high school."

"Really? Then I have to give her a big red envelope." Zhao Jingchuan pressed her neck, put his tongue in and kissed her deeply, sucked her lips, licked the tip of her tongue, and said every wordAsk, "Do you agree, little aunt?"

Shu Li was so weak from being kissed by him, and found that his kissing skills were more than twice as good as before, after recovering, he blinked, "Agreed."

When the voice fell to the ground, the bedroom door creaked, Zhao Jingchuan looked sideways, and smiled helplessly, "Come in."

The little girl who had just been playing in the yard downstairs came in blushing, leaned against the door and said, "Uncle Tang, they told you to go down to eat with auntie."

Zhao Jingchuan smiled at her, "Understood, you go down first."

Shu Li stood up quickly, and after the little girl left, she straightened her appearance and walked down with Zhao Jingchuan.

For the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, a bunch of relatives gathered in the dining room downstairs, most of them were close relatives.

Zhao Jingchuan told her that these relatives don't see each other very often, so just deal with them politely.

Anyway, in the next two years, they will not come back.

Because they are all strangers and have never met, Shu Li does feel a little embarrassed, and some people can't even tell the relationship.

It seems impolite not to call the elders, and if you call, you don't know what to call.

Walking downstairs, Li Lian saw them, and immediately called them over, and asked them to sit at the table in the middle, and there was an old man nearly ninety years old sitting at this table.

Seeing her, Zhao Jingchuan stepped forward and shouted, "Grandma, how are you doing recently?"

"Very good." Grandma seemed to have not seen him for a long time, she kept staring at him, and then looked sideways at Shu Li, "Jingchuan, time flies so fast, you have already married and started a business. This isIs it Shu Li?"

"Yes." Zhao Jingchuan nodded.

Shu Li shouted, "Grandma is good."

Grandma seemed to like her very much, always looked in her direction during the meal, and asked her some questions from time to time.

Grandma asked, "This is the first time Shu Li has come to Changhe, what do you think of the environment?"

Shu Li recalled the scenery along the way, and seriously commented, "It is not as commercialized as South City, the air is good, there are many mountains, and there are many greenery, but it is a bit colder."

"It will snow when the weather is cold here, but it depends on luck." Grandma said to her while drinking soup, "It hasn't snowed in the past two years, but it is very likely that the temperature will be this year, maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."Yes, you stay in Changhe for a few more days."

"Really?" Shu Li looked at Zhao Jingchuan, "I haven't seen snow much since I was a child, do you often snow in winter abroad?"

When the family eats, the food is very rich, but there is also a drawback.

It's just that the table is too big, and some dishes are placed too far away to pick up the dishes, especially for a newcomer like Shu Li, who can't stand up and raise his arms cheekily to go around half the table to pick up the dishes.

Zhao Jingchuan saw that she was always staring at the meaty crab pot on the opposite side, so he picked it up for her and put it in her bowl, "Basically, it will be eaten as soon as winter comes, every year."

"Envy." Shu Li looked at the crab in the bowl, looked at him with a heart, thanked him, and whispered to him at a volume that others could not hear, "How do you know that I want to eat that?"

He glanced at her with low eyes, "You are so greedy that your eyes are almost flying over, I don't know yet, are you a little too stupid?"

Shu Li pushed out the crab meat inside to eat, held it with his hand, and asked him in a low voice, "It tastes good, do you want to eat it?"

Zhao Jingchuan didn't dislike it, he lowered his head and ate the small piece of crab meat in her hand.

The relatives who watched the whole process unintentionally, including grandma who looked at them with a smile, deliberately didn't disturb them.

Li Lian saw that they were eating quite deliciously. This table was basically filled with elders who didn't like crabs because they thought it was troublesome.The exchange was made, "Come on, eat more if you like it. Let grandma eat more green vegetables."

Shu Li said with some emotion, "Thank you, Mom."

"After dinner in the evening, go out with grandma to watch the fireworks." Li Lian said, "The past few years have become less and less old-fashioned, but there is still a sense of ritual. After all, it's the New Year. Don't you rush to sleep?"

"Okay." Shu Li said happily, "Don't worry."

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Ah, it’s too late, I’ll give everyone compensation, the first 100 red envelopes~