The rain started to fall as soon as it was said, and before going to bed at night, I could vaguely see a few stars. In the middle of the night, Xu Xiaoyan woke up suddenly, and heard the sound of people panting and humbling outside the window amidst the pattering rain.

Xu Xiaoyan turned on the light and shouted in a tense voice, "Who?!"

Gu Xingxing's immature voice sounded a little tired, "Sister, it's me, did I wake you up?"

Anrong put on his clothes and dragged his shoes to open the door. There was a small figure in the corner of the yard, drenched in the rain, with a small flashlight in his mouth and a plastic sheet in his hands.

Xu Xiaoyan didn't even put on her shoes, she put the hat on her coat on her head and rushed over.

The rain was so heavy that water had accumulated in the yard, and I jumped down, and half of my pants were wetted by the splashed rain.

"what are you doing?"

Gu Xingxing groaned twice, held a flashlight in one hand, wiped the rainwater off her face, and said, "We must cover the firewood so we don't get wet."

Her voice was not loud, half covered by the sound of the rain, as if she was afraid of waking up the rest of the family.

Xu Xiaoxiao's eyes were sour, and he took the plastic sheet from Gu Xingxing's hand, and found that there were a few holes in the plastic sheet, and some places were glued with tape, so it still looked intact.

Xu Xiaoyan silently covered the pile of firewood with a plastic sheet.

Gu Xingxing seemed to be apologetic, ashamed for disturbing Xu Xiaoyan's sleep, looking around for something to say.

The plastic sheet was folded and folded, barely covering more than half of it, and pressed firmly on it with wood, Xu Xiaoyan turned around and ran back to the room with Gu Xingxing in his arms.

Both of them were soaked through, Gu Xingxing shivered, trembling uncontrollably.

"Thank you, go to sleep." Gu Xingxing took a step back, turned off the flashlight, looked at the clothes that were still dripping, and forced a smile at Xu Xiaoyan.

"Don't move yet." Xu Xiaoyan covered her head with a towel, and gently wiped her hair.

The soft and dry towel had a fragrance, which made the little girl who was carrying a house at such a young age stand helpless, dodging in resistance, as if she was afraid that she would dirty her things.

Xu Xiaodi forcibly wiped her hair, face and neck clean. The bath towel is so big that it can almost cover the little girl.

"I didn't bring a hair dryer, so I just wiped it off, and went to change clothes before going to sleep, don't catch a cold."

Gu Xingxing hummed, moved her mouth, and turned her head away again.

Xu Xiaoxiao's hands paused slightly, and the immature shoulders under her hands seemed to be shaking, although she tried hard to suppress it.

Xu Xiaodi poked her head to look, Gu Xingxing pushed her hand away, quickly wiped it on her face, lowered her head and said, "I'm going to sleep."

She ran fast, and broke free from Xu Xiaoyan's grasp in an instant. The choked sob was pressed into her throat by her, and it disappeared in an instant.

Xu Xiaodi squatted on the spot in shock.

The rain didn't stop all night, and during the day the rain continued, and Aunt Qiuxiang's corn was still confiscated, but she seemed to be afraid that An Rong would follow her, and that if something happened that would hurt the big star, she simply Broken jars and smashed themselves will not go.

Anrong could tell that she wanted to go, she would stand at the door and look around from time to time, looking up at the sky and the thick dark clouds in the distance, with an anxious expression, but when she turned around and saw Anrong, she immediately relaxed gently.

"It's rare to rain, so I'll take a rest and stop working. I'll wait until my baby's father comes back in winter to get it done. If it doesn't work, I'll keep it as dry land and plant it next year."

She rubbed her fingers, one foot was turned up, the old clothes were washed and deformed, the neckline of the sweater was loose, revealing the round collar of the autumn clothes underneath, her figure was a bit strong, and half of her body was leaning outward, making her look more and more bloated.

"It's even harder to harvest in winter. It's snowing and the roads are hard to walk." An Rong looked at the sky outside, and didn't mean to stop the rain for a while.

Qiuxiang turned her head, looked at Anrong curiously and said, "You know that too? I think you are still a baby, and your family also grows this?"

"My family doesn't grow it. I used to grow it in my hometown. I lived in my hometown for a few years." An Rong moved a small chair for her and put it at the door, and the two sat at the door and chatted.

The children in the house ran around, put on their rubber shoes and said they were going to play with Brother Yuanzi, but Qiuxiang stopped them.

There is no primary school in their village, and there are not many people in these ten miles and eight villages. The primary schools are concentrated in Jiagou Village, which has a slightly larger population and a better terrain. When it rains heavily, the school will be closed for fear of accidents on the road.

"how old are you?"

An Rong replied: "Seventeen."

Qiuxiang immediately stared at her in shock, then slowly shook her head and said, "You're only seventeen? The same age as my eldest daughter. My eldest daughter is only in high school. She is only a freshman this year. She is also sensible and obedient. She lives in the school. She doesn't usually Come back, why don't you go to school?"

She didn't seem to think that why would a 17-year-old girl not go to school to become a star?

An Rong shook his head and said, "I'm going to school. I'm a freshman this year. Now I'm working ahead of schedule. It's a special situation."

"It's amazing." The woman praised again and again, as if she had shortened the distance a lot, she raised her head and said, "It's not fashionable for us to go to school here. In elementary school, we all know how to read and grow up. It's amazing that we don't go to junior high school." No, I can’t, hey, I want all my children to go to college. Going to college is great. Although they are all part-time workers, going to college is different. It’s easy to find a job, and it’s easy to find a partner. Change The fate of my life, you don’t know how many people secretly say that I am short-hearted, and how much money I can earn by asking my daughter to come back to work and go out to work..."

Kishi Rong sat and listened, nodding from time to time.

Qiuxiang is a woman with a very strong personality. She lives by her courage and gives her hope and future to her children. Watching her husband work outside to save money, for this reason, in order not to give in to anyone, she took care of her three children at home alone, did nothing less, insisted on going through all these years, and successfully sent her eldest daughter to go to school high school.

Being able to accept this program's activities, not only the program team gave money, but she also thought that the stars in the big cities would come and live in her own home, and let her daughter and son come back to watch, learn, and see the world.

She gave everything she could, and she felt that it was not enough, but she was helpless.

As a perfect listener, Kishi Rong only echoed in a low voice.

The woman's tired body and tense nerves gradually relaxed in the continuous autumn rain. The two of them looked outside quietly. It didn't take long for Anrong to hear a snoring sound, which was like a train whistle, exhaling and breathing rhythmically .

The collapsed body of more than 100 kilograms was curled up in the small chair, the neck was crooked and squeezed on the shoulders and the back of the thin chair, sleeping soundly and tiredly.

An Rong called her, the woman's snoring stopped suddenly, she opened her shriveled eyelids sleepily, pushed her body up, and her voice seemed weak, "I fell asleep?"

Kishi Rong hummed and said, "Go back and sleep under the quilt, it's easy to catch a cold."

She vigorously activated all the muscles on her face, but she didn't agree, she shook her head and said, "What do you want for lunch?"

An Rong gave her a slight push and said, "I'll cook at noon, you go to sleep."

"How can I? I didn't let you cook at home. How could I let you cook as a little girl when I was at home?"

An Rong gave him a hand, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's early now, it's not time to cook, you go to sleep first, I'll take Xiaolong to Gu Yuan's house."

The woman seemed persuaded, but still hesitated.

Suddenly there was a sound at the door, and when An Rong turned his head, he saw Xu Xiaoyan coming in holding a flowered umbrella.

Followed by the filming director.

"You don't need to go, your friend is here." Qiuxiang had regained her senses, and said with a smile, "I'll go get you something to eat."

Xu Xiaoyan kicked in muddy water, embarrassed to enter the house, and dawdled for a while under the eaves outside the door, like a cat throwing water.

An Rong stood in the door, leaning against the door frame, poking his head out to look at her, "Why are you here?"

The umbrella in Xu Xiaoyan's hand was tilted on the ground, and he frowned and said: "Xingxing's firewood is all wet, and the house where the firewood used to be stored in her house was refurbished and filled with leftover materials, and I didn't see enough. I’m sure I can’t survive the winter, I went to collect firewood these two days and found that the road is not easy to walk in rainy and snowy days, so I want to ask my aunt, where do you buy coal here?”

She thought about it seriously, she still had some money, although she didn't know how much it would cost to buy a year's worth of coal, probably not too much, right?

"You want to buy coal?"

Qiu Xiang was holding a small bamboo basket, which contained the salted corn she fried herself, and stood at the door, looking at Xu Xiaodi suspiciously.

Xu Xiaoyan responded, "Do you know where they sell it?"

Qiuxiang hesitated for a moment, then handed over the bamboo basket for An Rong and Xu Xiaoyan to eat, then shook her head and said, "Then I don't know, it's firewood for our family."

An Rong's expression froze, his eyes drooping and his brows slightly frowned.

Qiu Xiang warmly greeted Xu Xiaodi to come into the house and have something to eat.

Xu Xiaoyan frowned and complained in a low voice, "I asked several stores, but they all said they didn't know where to buy it. Do we have to find this by ourselves? We don't have enough time, half of the seven days have passed."

"This matter...don't be in a hurry." An Rong patted Xu Xiaodi's hand and changed the subject, "It's raining now, so we can't go either."

The hand was pinched lightly, Xu Xiaoxiao's heart moved, and he looked at An Rong carefully, but saw that An Rong looked normal, grabbed a handful of corn kernels and ate them, leisurely like a little fool of a landlord's house.

Xu Xiaoxiao didn't know why, but she still cooperated tacitly with Anrong and didn't mention the matter of buying coal, as if it was just a whim, and let it go.

Qiuxiang took an umbrella and asked Gu Xiaolong to do his homework at home, and she had something to do when she went out.

Walking into the main room, before Anrong asked, she smiled and said: "You two are talking, and I went out to find someone to play with."

As soon as she walked away, Xu Xiaodi immediately looked at An Rong suspiciously.

An Rong didn't mention the coal, patted the corn husks and powder on his hands, and asked, "Have you asked how much Gu Xingxing has?"

Xu Xiaoyan pursed her lips. She thought of buying coal, and then thought of what Anrong said yesterday, so she asked.

"14 yuan five." Xu Xiaoxiao said in a muffled voice, "It's the surplus of all the family's expenses, accumulated month by month, and her parents have already sent the money this month, but no one in the village goes, and those who don't make the way will return it." Did not take."

14 yuan five, Xu Xiaodi didn't believe it until she saw those dime notes and coins, and nothing on her body was worth this amount.

"I heard from Gu Xingxing that there will be a rally in Jiagou Village the day after tomorrow, and many local vendors will gather there to sell things. She wants to buy cotton socks for her grandma, and Gu Yuan has to buy a pair of shoes. The money may not be enough. , At that time, I will sell the herbs stored at home."

Even though it was only a few days' drive away from her home, under the same blue sky, enjoying the same sun and moon, but this place seemed to be another world, which made Xu Xiaodi feel depressed.

What made her even more depressing was that An Rong naturally integrated into the rhythm of life and everything here without any barriers.

In the past, she didn't understand why An Rong could like someone to such an unbearable humbleness; she didn't understand An Rong's sensibility and her silent restraint most of the time; she didn't understand her stubborn persistence.

Last night, she suddenly understood.

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