Chapter 60
Chapter 60
It was only later that I found out that Xiaobao's sister was Chu Yunjing's sponsor.
Speaking of Xiaobao's family is also quite pitiful.
The couple have been working outside the home all year round, and Grandma Yu has been taking care of the children.
A few years ago, I had Xiaobao. Xiaobao's mother gave birth to him, but unfortunately died of hemorrhage due to dystocia.
After the death of his wife, Xiaobao's father was hit hard, and he took on the burden of supporting the family alone, but the bad luck did not let the family go.In the second year, Xiaobao's father accidentally fell off the scaffolding while working on the construction site, and was not rescued. The family lost their only source of income.
There are only three grandparents and grandchildren left in the family, and they live on meager subsidies.Because he couldn't afford to go to school, Ah Ling almost had to go out to work with relatives.
Chu Yunjing came to the village for the first time three years ago, and after hearing about what happened to Grandma Yu's family, she resolutely supported the family until Xiaobao's sister graduated from university.
My sister is also very competitive. Last year, she was admitted to the county middle school, which is one step closer to getting out of the mountains.
Fortunately, I also met Chu Yunjing, otherwise, when she turned 14, she would have to go out to work for her family's livelihood.
The two quickly finished their meal, and Xiaobao wanted to take them home. He was very curious about the new sister, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He sized her up with big round eyes.
Qi Ning just stared at Xiaobao like this, she didn't forget the way the little kid was hugging Chu Yunjing just now and acting like a spoiled child.
After watching it for a long time, I said, "What are you looking at?"
"Oh..." Xiao Bao hesitated and said, "Sister, you are so beautiful."
"..." These words made Qi Ning dumbfounded, how old is this child who can talk like this?
But anyway, it also changed her impression of Xiaobao a little bit.
She squats down.body, eyes level with Xiaobao's, that little face is quite clean except for being flushed from the cold.If you look closely, you can see that the big flowered cotton jacket is a little torn, and the short hair is stuck to the forehead.
She didn't know that the child had washed his face to clean off the dirt before coming to see his sister.He also put on the "new clothes" that he was reluctant to wear, because he was afraid that his sister would say that he was dirty like other adults who disliked him.
"Xiaobao, how old are you this year?"
"Six years old."
"Oh." Qi Ning put away his expression, and said with a serious face: "Six years old, he is a little man."
Xiao Bao stared at her blankly, not knowing what the elder sister in front of her wanted to express.
"A little man can't hug his sister's leg, or he's playing hooligans, you know?"
"What is a hooligan?"
"...It's the bad guys."
"Oh." Xiaobao put his hands behind his back and said timidly, "Then I won't hug her anymore."
"That's good." Qi Ning patted his little head in satisfaction.
"What are you talking about?" Chu Yunjing came out of the room, and saw the big and small squatting at the door, not knowing what to say.
"I didn't say anything!" Qi Ning hurriedly stood up, looking guilty.
Chu Yunjing saw it, didn't say anything, bowed her head and said to Xiaobao: "Let's go, Xiaobao."
At seven o'clock in the evening, it was completely dark.
In the mountains, the temperature difference between day and night is huge, and the temperature at night is lower than that during the day. Walking on the dirt road, Qi Ning rubbed his hands, leaving the gloves on the car and forgetting to take them out.
The child is already used to the temperature in the mountains, and he led the way with two strides and one bump while holding a carton of milk.
Qi Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and all that came out was white mist. Chu Yunjing took a flashlight to find out, and when she heard the voice, she turned her head to look at her, "I said it's very cold in the mountains."
"Hmm." Qi Ning pursed her mouth, covered it with her hands in her pockets for a long time, but still felt cold.
Chu Yunjing stretched out a hand towards her from the coat pocket, "Give it to me."
She obediently stretched out her hand.
Chu Yunjing took her hand and put it in her pocket. The pocket was warm, and that hand was much warmer than her own.
Qi Ning rubbed against each other, found the gap between his fingers and put his fingers through to clasp her fingers tightly. He also peeked at the reaction of the people next to him from the corner of his eye, but it was too dark to see clearly.
"What do you see me doing?" Chu Yunjing suddenly asked with a side face as if she had eyes.
"Who's looking at you!" Qi Ning felt guilty, and said in a flustered tone: "It's you who are looking at me! Otherwise, how can you say I'm looking at you!"
"That's right, I'm looking at you." Chu Yunjing didn't refute, but followed her words.
Qi Ning subconsciously asked: "What do you see me doing?"
"You look good." Chu Yunjing said with a smile, and rubbed the other's palm with her hand in her pocket.
"..." Only one sentence made Qi Ning blush for no reason, but fortunately he couldn't see, and felt the itching of his palms, he always felt that he couldn't be suppressed all the time!
She turned her head and caught her eyes accurately in the dark night, "Mr. Chu, are you flirting with me?"
In the silent night, she heard Chu Yunjing's short chuckle, then leaned towards her, and asked softly in her ear: "Are you flirting?"
...I lost.
This time, not only did he blush, but his ears felt a little hot.
"I don't know how many times you have flirted." Qi Ning quietly rolled his eyes, and muttered in a low voice.
Xiaobao's house is at the farthest point in the village, and the houses become more and more sparse as you walk in. The three of them walked for nearly 10 minutes before seeing a dilapidated old house, lit by a light bulb hanging on the outer wall of the door.
"Sister, my house is in front of me!" Xiao Bao pointed to the old house and said to Qi Ning.
Qi Ning saw the old house at a glance. Along the way, she saw that many old houses basically had signs of renovation, but this old house seemed to have been built for many years without renovation.
The Spring Festival couplets at the door have become scattered shreds of paper attached to them due to the wind and sun. The surface of the house looks like it is made of bricks and tiles, and large and small gaps can still be seen.
Hearing the voice of his grandson outside, an old man on crutches walked out of the house, his figure trembling.
"Xiao, Xiaochu..." The old man raised his hand, his face was full of wrinkles when he smiled, and he couldn't help but want to walk over quickly when he saw the guests, but he started panting heavily after walking two steps due to his limited body.
"Grandma, don't worry!" Seeing this, Chu Yunjing hurried over to help her, but because she was holding something in one hand, she had to use the other hand to help her, so Qi Ning walked to the other side of the old man with good eyesight. help her.
As soon as she touched her arm, Qi Ning's first reaction was that she was so skinny, dry and skinny, like touching a bone, she didn't dare to use force, for fear of breaking it.
The two helped Granny Yu into the house, and the old man took a deep breath before saying, "Thank you, Xiao Chu, for coming to see us again..."
Chu Yunjing put down her things, held Grandma Yu's hand and patted it, "Grandma, are you feeling better?"
"It's much better!" Grandma Yu nodded, "The medicine you asked someone to bring me last time is very useful, and now my knee doesn't hurt so much!"
Grandma Yu cast her gaze on Qi Ning, and asked with a smile, "Is this your friend?"
Chu Yunjing nodded, and Grandma Yu said, "Your friend is as beautiful as you."
Qi Ning smiled and didn't know what to say, she finally understood who taught Xiaobao's "slick tongue".
But seeing the kind old man in front of her reminded her of her grandma, and when she thought of her kind grandma, her eyes softened a little.
The two chatted with the old man for a while, and while they were talking, Grandma Yu suddenly picked up the crutches in her hand and got up, "I made chicken soup for you, and now I'll serve you two bowls..."
Chu Yunjing hurriedly declined and said that she had eaten, but the old man's attitude was very stubborn, so she had no choice but to say: "Then let's serve it by ourselves, grandma, you sit here."
The two walked into the kitchen. This was the first time Qi Ning had seen a purely wood-burning earthen stove since he was an adult. In the past, his grandma's house in the country also had it, but with the economic development, the earthen stove has been replaced by convenient gas.There are very few places that use earthen stoves to cook with firewood.
A large pot on the stove was covered with a wooden lid. Chu Yunjing lifted the lid and took two bowls to hold the soup.
"Do you really want to drink?" Qi Ning asked in a low voice, she was just full and she didn't really want to drink soup.And the soup is dark in color, it doesn't look very tasty.
"Drink some more." Chu Yunjing said, "This is specially made for us by the old man."
Qi Ning thought so too, took a sip of the half bowl of soup that Chu Yunjing handed over, the taste was not bad, but she was not used to the taste here.
After drinking the soup, there was a chicken wing root in the bowl, Qi Ning grabbed the bone with his hand and took a bite of the meat.
But the meat was so tough that she couldn't get it off after two bites.
"It's so hard..." The last time I ate an unpalatable chicken pot, the meat quality of the chicken was not that bad.
Chu Yunjing paused, drank the clear soup in the bowl, and said, "This is an old hen."
"how do you know?"
"Every year when I come here, my grandma will kill the old hen and make soup. If I remember correctly, this is the last one."
"..." Qi Ning sighed a little.
As a poor family, killing an old hen to entertain guests is indeed the highest courtesy.
In the end it was all affection, Qi Ning didn't say anything, just looked at the chicken wing root in his hand, wondering for a while whether he should eat it or not.
The meat was too tough, she didn't want to eat it, but she felt it was a waste to throw it away.
Chu Yunjing looked at her, read her thoughts from her expression, she put the bowl on the stove, and stretched out her hand to cover the back of Qi Ning's hand.
With a little effort, he moved the wing root to his mouth, opened his mouth and took a bite.Tough and tough, a piece of meat was bitten off, and the tight chicken skin bounced and finally hung on the bone.
Qi Ning was dumbfounded, and didn't know what to say for a while, because the piece that Chu Yunjing bit was the one she had bitten just now, and the tooth marks were still there.
"You, you... don't you think it's dirty?"
Who knows that Chu Yunjing said lightly: "I don't despise you."
Qi Ning stared at the other person's face under the dim light, her cheeks puffed up slightly, she chewed the piece of meat slowly.The two thin lips were stained with some soup, and they were glowing with a ruddy luster.
Unknowingly staring at it for a long time, she saw the tip of her pink tongue protruding from her lips, licking the soup on her lower lip.
"..." It was so seductive, Qi Ning couldn't help swallowing.
The tip of her tongue just swiped lightly and then retracted. Soon, she saw the corners of the other party's mouth suddenly rise, revealing a curve that would only appear when teasing people.
"If you look at me like that, I'll think you want to kiss me." The two lips moved, and the voice that came out made Qi Ning quickly come back to his senses, and hurriedly looked away.
"Who's looking at you, shameless." He still insisted on denying it.
Chu Yunjing raised her eyebrows, with a playful arc on the corner of her mouth, she took a step forward, put both hands on Qi Ning's side and pressed her against the earthen stove behind her.
"Who is it?" She looked at Qi Ning and said in a brisk tone, "Isn't it you?"
After she finished speaking, she sighed, as if she was very helpless.
"I still don't admit it."
Chu Yunjing just wanted to tease her, it was funny to see this man blushing and speechless, but the last sentence undoubtedly aroused Qi Ning's desire to win.
She straightened up immediately and said, "Who's the one who's scared?!"
After finishing speaking, she grabbed Chu Yunjing by the collar and pulled her towards her.
boo——
A big mouthful on Chu Yunjing's face, the voice was very clear in the silent night.
"..." Chu Yunjing froze for a moment.
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