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"We can communicate first." Xu Yanwenjun blushed slightly, and he looked at Axiu with clear and sincere eyes.

Huo Zhenye didn't expect Xu Yanwen to say such words, but it's a pity that Axiu has never been to school, and she can't read.

Axiu tilted her head, her long braids hung down on her chest, and the ends of the braids swayed slightly with her movements.

"It's just... just writing letters." Xu Yanwen blushed slightly, he spread his palms to make a paper, held the pen and made a gesture of writing.

This Axiu knows that she often sees Bai Zhun's writing, and the paper must be written with a secret talisman, and it can only be given to the undead after it is burned.

For those things she doesn't know, Axiu shook her head.

Xu Yanwen thought he was rejected, the blush on his face faded.

"Axiu can't read." Huo Zhenye explained.

Xu Yanwen blushed even more, he felt that he was being abrupt Axiu: "I'm sorry Miss Bai, I didn't mean that, I mean, I really want to make friends with you."

Axiu thought for a while, and stretched out her hand. When Xiaoyan made friends with her, she gave her a piece of cream or plum candy. This person wanted to make friends, why didn't he have anything to give her?

Huo Zhenye secretly thought it was not good, what Axiu knew about the meaning of making friends was different from what Xu Yanwen said.

Xu Yanwen thought that Axiu wanted to shake hands with him, but the lady took the initiative. He restrained his blushing and stretched out his hand, but was stopped by Huo Zhenye: "Axiu's matter requires her brother's consent."

If Bai Zhun knew that Axiu had made an extra "friend" when he went out, he might have to throw him out again.

Axiu was dragged away by Huo Zhenye, she was still ignorant and turned her head to look at Xu Yanwen, she liked the silver stethoscope hanging on Xu Yanwen's neck, she had never seen this before, and found it interesting.

Huo Zhenye brought Axiu home, she bounced back to her room, found a new pair of shoes, and changed into a new cheongsam.

Xiaoyan's mother sent four crabs and a pot of white orchids: "Thank you, Axiu, without her, we Xiaoyan would not know where we would be abducted."

Xiaoyan's mother choked up as she spoke, where could a girl as big as Xiaoyan be sold?Only sold to dirty places.

Crabs are sold cheaply, and every family eats them. White orchids are bought on the street. This season, only flower girls carry baskets and sell them on the street.

This gift is really simple, but Mr. Bai is so rich that Mr. Bai doesn't like the gifts they can give.

"Mrs. Wu is too polite. The neighbors should help." Huo Zhenye accepted it with a smile, closed the door and asked Bai Zhun: "Do you want to eat? If you want to eat, I will peel it."

Bai Zhun smelled the fragrance of brandy, and glanced at the red-shell crab: "Eat."

While waiting for Huo Zhenye to peel the crab meat for him, he looked at Axiu who was swinging and dancing in the courtyard. She resisted his orders, and she began to have her own will.

Huo Zhenye is a good crab eater. He doesn't have eight pieces of crab. He uses a long bamboo needle to pick out the crab legs and peel off the crab roe.

There were four crabs, two males and two females. The crab paste and crab roe were divided into two plates and poured with a little vinegar, and passed to Bai Zhun: "It's not the peak season yet. When it's peak season, I'll ask Mama Liu to boil the crab paste and bring it to you."

Served with porridge, noodles and rice, they are all very fresh.

Bai Zhun picked a crab leg meat and chewed the crab flavor carefully. Ah Xiucai had just used it for a year, so he was a little bit reluctant to burn it so soon.

He lowered his head and picked another crab roe with his chopsticks, Axiu stopped dancing, she turned around and looked at Bai Zhun, as if she felt what Bai Zhun was thinking.

Early the next morning, there was a knock on the door of Bai's house.

Huo Zhenye sat up from the bed, yawned and went to open the door, so early, who could it be?

When he opened the door, he saw Xu Yanwen wearing a long gown, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and holding a gift box standing outside the gate of Bai's house, looking a little embarrassed.

Bai Zhun was also woken up, he came out of the inner room with a dark face: "Who is it?"

Huo Zhenye half-closed the door, grinning: "Maybe, son-in-law."

Xu Yanwen sat in the hall of the small building of the Bai family. Although his back was straight, he didn't dare to lift his head. He didn't expect Miss Bai's elder brother to be a paper maker.

The house is full of paper lanterns, and card towers are erected in the main rooms on both sides. Although it is exquisitely done, it always makes people feel gloomy.

Holding the teacup, Xu Yanwen looked up at Bai Zhun who was sitting in a wheelchair, and introduced himself: "Mr. Bai, my name is Xu, Xu Yanwen, and I am a surgeon."

Axiu leaned out from the room and peeked at Xu Yanwen. Xu Yanwen quickly glanced at her with a smile in his eyes: "Miss Bai."

Bai Zhun coughed lightly, and Axiu quickly retracted her body.

"You came because someone in your family passed away, and you want to make a paper tie?"

Bai Zhun's words were extremely blunt, and he opened his mouth to ask other people if their family members were dead, but Xu Yanwen didn't seem to hear the meaning of his words at all, and he was still as lukewarm as ever.

"No, I met Ms. Bai in the hospital yesterday. I wanted to make friends with Ms. Bai. Brother Huo said that Mr. Bai's approval is required for this matter. Yanwen came here to visit."

Bai Zhun glanced at Huo Zhenye, Huo Zhenye immediately cleared himself, raised his hands as if to surrender: "I didn't tell him the address."

"I asked the neighbors about it." Xu Yanwen also specially prepared gifts. He saw that Axiu was wearing old-fashioned silk cheongsams, so he knew it was an old-style family, so he specially changed into a long gown.

Bai Zhun glanced at him, and Xu Yanwen immediately said, "I'm the only son in my family, and I'm well-mannered. I went abroad to study medicine a few years ago, and now I'm working as a surgeon in a hospital."

He practiced these few words for a long time, because he was afraid that Miss Bai's elder brother would not regard him as a decent person.

Huo Zhenye didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement. Over there, Xu Yanwen sat upright and introduced himself. Here, he also said a few nice words for him because of his old classmate's affection.

"The hospital belongs to Xu's family." After he finished speaking, he added, "This nerd is really a cypress tree blooming, and he finally got his mind. So many ladies wanted to make friends with him, but he didn't agree."

Bai Zhun's face turned even worse, he glanced at Huo Zhenye, seeing how he looked like, he must be a playboy when he was abroad.

"You want to... propose marriage?" Bai Zhun glanced at the gift on the ground.

Xu Yanwen's face was flushed, and he glanced at the door, afraid that Axiu would hear him, so he shook his head and denied: "No, no."

It's not the old-fashioned kind of marriage proposal. As long as the woman's family agrees, no matter what she thinks in her heart, she can marry and go home.

That kind is not a marriage, but a business.

"I want to make friends with Ms. Bai. We both understand each other. If... if we get along harmoniously," Xu Yanwen said more and more quietly, not daring to look into Bai Zhun's eyes again. "If we get along harmoniously, we can talk about it later."

"Axiu can't talk." Bai Zhun took a sip of tea, and lifted the lid of the snack that Xu Yanwen sent with his fingers, but it wasn't a cream snack, so he was more dissatisfied with him.

"I know." Xu Yanwen raised his head now, "I don't think there's anything wrong with it, and I'm not a person who talks a lot." He was afraid that his tongue would be clumsy, and he was already sweating profusely after these few sentences, so he took out his handkerchief Wipe the forehead.

Then he put the handkerchief back into his pocket, and placed his hands neatly on his lap, waiting for Bai Zhun to review.

Bai Zhun propped his head on one hand, sized up Xu Yanwen, and fell in love with Axiu. This person had some discernment, but he couldn't nod his head: "No."

"why?"

"Axiu can't speak, she can't read, oh, she can't have children yet." Bai Zhun threw it one after another, hitting Xu Yanwen stunned on the chair.

Bai Zhun raised his chin after speaking, "Okay, let's go."

Xu Yanwen respected Bai Zhun just now when he received the deportation order. When he heard the last sentence, he became angry and stood up and said to Bai Zhun: "Mr. Bai, although Miss Bai can't speak, she is no different from ordinary people. She can also speak." She can read and write, she can make friends, she has the freedom to choose what kind of life she wants to lead."

Ho!Huo Zhenye shrank his heels, voluntarily withdrew from the dispute, and lowered his sense of existence, lest he, an innocent fish in the pond, would be harmed.

"I asked Mr. Bai first out of respect, but I don't need your approval to associate with her."

Bai Zhun stared at Xu Yanwen for a long time, so long that even Huo Zhenye thought it was too long. Just as he was about to speak, Bai Zhun said, "Then ask Axiu what she thinks."

"Axiu!" Bai Zhun raised his voice to call out Axiu.

Axiu didn't wear a cheongsam today, she wore an old style top and bottom skirt.

A green blouse, a snow-white knee-length skirt, sleeves reaching to the elbows, exposing white arms, black hair tied into two braids, hanging on the chest, and a bunch of white orchids given by Xiaoyan's mother hung on the lapel. Before entering, I saw a ray of incense.

There is no one more suitable for Bai Lanhua than her.

Xu Yanwen's face turned even redder, but he raised his head and looked at Axiu with a smile.

She walked up to Xu Yanwen, nodded his clothes with her fingers, Xu Yanwen smiled: "I only wear a white coat when I work."

Axiu tapped his chest again, drawing a circle with her fingertips.

"That's a stethoscope, you can hear the heartbeat, it's a medical tool."

Huo Zhenye peeked at Bai Zhun's face, Bai Zhun sensed that he was peeking, and gave him a sideways glance, Huo Zhenye quickly looked straight ahead.

He thinks, this is possible, but it cannot be stopped.

Axiu spread out her palm, and in her palm was a ball of white handkerchief with a butterscotch wrapped in it, and she handed the candy to Xu Yanwen's palm.

Xu Yanwen fixed his eyes on Axiu, except for laughing, he couldn't even speak.

Seeing that he took the candy but didn't give her anything, Axiu pointed her finger at herself.

Xu Yanwen rummaged all over his body, and finally he took out a pen and offered it with both hands: "If you want, I can teach you how to read and write."

Axiu has never seen this kind of pen, Bai Zhun always uses a brush for writing.

Xu Yanwen showed her the demonstration. The two sat in front of the courtyard. Xu Yanwen took out a small notebook and wrote Axiu's name stroke by stroke.

"This is Axiu." After Xu Yanwen finished writing, he pointed at Axiu with the tip of his pen, "It's your name."

After writing Axiu, he wrote "Yanwen" on the back: "This is me, my name."

Axiu scratched the blue ink with her fingertips, looked up at Xu Yanwen, she reached out to take the pen, and wrote the word Axiu, the order of the strokes was exactly the same.

"Yes! You can write your own name!" Xu Yanwen said in surprise, he didn't expect Axiu to be so smart.

It's both joy and pity that she is so smart, but just because she can't speak, her family doesn't send her to school, burying her intelligence.

Even Huo Zhenye was a little surprised: "Didn't Axiu never go to school?"

Bai Zhun was expressionless. He looked at Axiu and Xu Yanwen coldly. Axiu already had her own wishes.

The paper lanterns and cards in the room moved without wind, and it seemed that they couldn't keep her.

Xu Yanwen was pushed out by Huo Zhenye.

His handsome face flushed red: "Brother Huo, Miss Bai is a free person, this is simply a violation of her human rights."

"You hurry up, if you don't leave, I will also be kicked out." The dead fellow Taoist said, Huo Zhenye had just achieved a little success, so he couldn't go back to the original point at this time.

Huo Zhenye closed the door, trying to persuade Bai Zhun: "Well, if you're a male college student, you'll get married if you're a female college student. Axiu can't stay with you forever, right?"

"I know Xu Yanwen. He's not bad. If he really decides to treat Axiu well, he won't let her down."

One sentence stepped on two thunderbolts, and Bai Zhun immediately sneered: "You understand? How did you understand? The male college should be married, why don't you be married!"

"The person I like, if he likes me, then heaven and earth will prove it, and we will marry him." Huo Zhenye stared straight at Bai Zhun.

Bai Zhun calmed down, turned his face away, his face was still frosty, but he suppressed his temper, and said in a low voice, "Axiu can't do it."

"why not?"

Bai Zhun became angry again: "It's all because of you!"

Huo Zhenye was confused, how could it be his fault again?

Axiu sat in the courtyard, staring at the string of soda bottle wind chimes hanging in the courtyard, holding the piece of paper with her name written on it in her hand, tracing the strokes with her fingertips.

The sunlight shone through the soda glass bottle and shone on Axiu's face. Her face was so white that it was almost transparent. If you looked closely, you could see the bamboo-blue veins under the white skin.

She tried to open her mouth and make a mouth shape, "Axiu".

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