Chapter 481 Under the Grape Vine
Lu Ming and Zhao Yicha looked at each other, and both saw embarrassment and surprise in each other's eyes.
Aunt Qian's words are too direct.
Zhao Yicha poked Wu Yang who was standing behind him. Wu Yang had no choice but to pick up the small pot that was boiling on the small stove.
"The new pot of fruit drink is ready, who wants to drink it?"
Finally someone spoke the first words, and the children breathed a sigh of relief.
"I me me!"
"I want to drink too."
"Give me some hot food too."
The children swarmed to the small stove with their bowls in hand, looking for something less embarrassing to do.
Qian Erniu and Xu San were the only two people left at the table.
Qian Erniu trembled slightly, whimpering softly, biting her lip to prevent herself from crying.
There was actually a small pot of fruit drink left on the table. Xu San touched it with his hand and it was still warm.
Picking up the small kettle and his own small bamboo cup, Xu San slowly walked towards Qian Erniu.
"do not Cry."
With a soft voice, Qian Erniu gently raised her eyes and met Xu San's gentle smile.
"I……"
Qian Erniu wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth, her heart became even more sad, and the tears she had been holding in for a long time rolled down.
Xu San took out a clean handkerchief from his arms and gently wiped away the tears on Qian Erniu's face.
"We agreed to come in for a fruit drink, but you haven't had it yet."
"How about I take you somewhere else to drink fruit drinks?"
Qian Erniu recognized that the veil Xu San was holding was the one she had used before to bandage Xu San in the mountains, and she shed even more tears.
Seeing more and more tears, Xu San smiled helplessly, and simply took Qian Erniu's wrist, "Let's go."
Qian Erniu followed Xu San out of the back door of the kitchen in confusion.
The back door leads to the He family's courtyard, and now there is no one in the courtyard.
Xu San took Qian Erniu directly to the grape trellis.
Putting the kettle and cups on the bamboo table, he pulled the bamboo chair behind Qian Erniu and said, "Sit down, there is no one else in the yard."
After Qian Erniu sat down and wiped her red eyes vigorously, she smiled lightly and took a stool to sit down.
"This is Grandpa He and Yu'er's yard. You haven't seen it yet, have you?"
"Cha'er and Lu Ming also moved here recently."
"Nanzhou and Si have also moved here, and all four rooms are full."
"Grandpa He was very happy. He said that the yard became lively at night. With the children moving in, the yard became more lively."
Listening to Xu San's talk about home affairs, Qian Erniu slowly calmed down, stopped crying, and listened to him quietly.
"The bamboo tables and chairs here are newly made. My grandfather and Grandpa He cut bamboos to make them. After finishing them, our family went to the capital."
"I just wiped it out and moved it out after I came back these days. There were two rocking chairs here before. The two grandfathers liked to drink tea and make wine under the grape trellis."
Xu San's voice was gentle with a hint of a smile. Qian Erniu also gradually relaxed and looked around. This was her first time in this courtyard, which was different from the spacious courtyard of the Zhao family.
This place is more like a small vegetable garden. Small vegetable plots are surrounded by stones. There are several vegetables planted in them. They are almost mature.
The grape vines above the head are lush and leafy, the afternoon light is dim, and the sky is covered with flaming red clouds. Thinking of the last few times I came to Zhao's house, it was all because of Mr. Wu Yang. Qian Erniu's face is more beautiful than the red clouds on the sky. Still red.
What were you doing before?
Seeing that Qian Erniu was no longer crying, Xu San poured a glass of fruit drink and handed it to Qian Erniu.
"Taste it
, this is what I did. "
Qian Erniu took the cup cautiously, with some rough marks on her fingertips. She turned around and saw the word "Xu Wen" engraved on it.
"Xu Wen." Qian Erniu read out the name softly.
"Well, I'm here."
After receiving the response, Qian Erniu raised her eyes and saw that Xu San was looking at her with burning eyes.
With a heavy heartbeat, Qian Erniu quickly lowered her eyes, not daring to look at Xu San.
"Your name turns out to be Xu Wen."
"Well, it was named after my father."
"But Xu San is still used to it."
"The elders think Ah San is not nice to hear, so they all call it Ah Wen."
"My younger brothers and sisters call me Third Brother Xu."
Qian Erniu nodded and recited several times silently in her heart.
Ah warm, ah warm.
It suits his name very well.
"You moved to town?"
In the past, Qian Erniu, the two of them, kept talking, while Xu San listened quietly, but this time it was the other way around.
Xu San is completely gone as dull as before, but Qian Erniu, on the other hand, has lost her previous pride. The little girl who used to be always proud and smiling has become calmer, and even when she smiles, she just barely raises the corners of her mouth and eyebrows. Still slightly wrinkled.
"Ah."
"Ah, dad bought a yard in the town."
Qian Erniu no longer liked to talk. She was often laughed at in the town and gradually stopped talking.
But facing Xu San, Qian Erniu still wanted to say more. She wanted to ask how Xu San was doing? What is the capital like? What has he been doing lately?
"Are you unhappy in town? What happened?"
I was thinking wildly when I heard Xu San ask directly.
"I...."
Qian Erniu really didn't know what to say this time.
A lot of things happened.
Originally, my father and uncles bought it together.
In the yard, the parents forced the married sister to give part of the money.
My brother-in-law gave me a large sum of money to reconcile with my sister.
My sister returned to her parents' home and cried every day.
My father and mother wanted to establish a good relationship with the young men and ladies from the wealthy merchants in the town. Whenever young men and young ladies came to the restaurant, my father would let me talk to them.
I feel like a piece of fun, being played with by those people.
She doesn't want to live in the town anymore, she wants to go back to Lihua Village.
She also discovered that her father had a young and beautiful wife in the town who had given birth to a son and wanted to divorce her mother.
Grandma and grandma all know it, and so do the uncles. Only my mother doesn't know, but she doesn't know how to tell her mother.
As I thought about it, my eyes that had just cried were filled with tears again.
Qian Erniu sniffed and wiped her eyes randomly.
"I am fine."
"pretty good."
It didn't look like anything was wrong. He was so aggrieved that he cried. Xu San also felt depressed and wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know how to comfort him.
"Are you going back to town tomorrow?"
Qian Erniu forced a smile and said, "If you don't go back, your father and uncles will come back tomorrow."
Speaking of this, Qian Erniu paused and her voice became smaller and smaller.
"Tomorrow, they will also come to your house."
Xu San understood. It seemed that he was here to build a good relationship. The whole family was coming.
"Alright."
"I have to prepare for a while. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it tomorrow. It's okay if you don't leave."
"Prepare?"
Qian Erniu had a bold guess in her mind. She bit her lip and looked at Xu San with red eyes, and asked cautiously, "What are you going to prepare?"
Xu San did not answer, but smiled brightly at Qian Erniu, which made Qian Erniu feel in a trance.
"Fruit drink, please give me some
I haven’t drunk anything yet, it’s almost cold. "
"It's still cold. Drinking something cold will give you a stomachache."
Qian Erniu then looked down and saw that she was still holding a cup in her hand.
Rubbing the words engraved on it.
Xu Wen.
This is Xu Wen's cup.
Even without looking, she knew that Xu San was looking at her, and she was almost addicted to Xu San's gentle and focused gaze.
The fruit drink is sour and sweet, and Qian Erniu's heart is also sour and sweet.