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Mi Yang was surprised, walked over and said, "Why are you here?"

Bai Luochuan stood there waiting for him to take two steps, and said, "I'll accompany grandpa to come and have a look."

Mi Yang asked, "Grandpa Bai is here too?"

Bai Luochuan nodded, his eyes fell on the big bag in Mi Yang's hand, he frowned and said, "What is it, is it heavy or not?" He habitually reached out and lifted it into his hand. They grew up together, and Bai Luochuan Madam did not say that he is an elder brother, and as an elder brother, he naturally has to take care of his younger brother.

Mi Yang said: "It's not heavy, it's just sun-dried red dates, but it looks too much."

Mi Yang wanted to say hello to old man Bai, but he didn't see him, only Mrs. Bai was there. After seeing him, Mrs. Bai showed a relieved smile, got out of the car, and touched his little face first. , and said distressedly: "Yangyang has lost a lot of weight, your family..." She turned her eyes to Mi Yang's sleeves, which were covered with black gauze. Are your parents there, I want to go and see them."

Mi Yang nodded, and led Mrs. Bai and the others over.

Mrs. Bai originally came to visit the elder who was seriously ill, and brought a lot of nutritional gift boxes. The old lady of the Mi family was gone, and Mi Hong was not in good health, but the things were still usable, so she kept all of them and went to sacrifice. After bowing, I left some money for Yone Zehai and Cheng Qing.

Mi Zehai refused, Madam Bai said: "Take it, this is the rule here in our hometown, I am a married daughter-in-law, and I understand these."

Cheng Qing's face was a little tired, he didn't look fat, but his face seemed to be swollen, and he didn't seem to be improving well.Mi Zehai wanted to take care of his father, so Cheng Qing took Mrs. Bai to the room where they lived, poured her tea, and talked with her for a while.

Mrs. Bai asked about the old man in a low voice. Although Cheng Qing lowered his voice, his eyes turned red after saying a few words. When Mi Yang saw it, he jumped off the stool, took Bai Luochuan's hand and said, "Let's go out Right? I'll take you out to play."

Bai Luochuan nodded in agreement. He hadn't talked to Mi Yang much since he was a child. He looked like "I'm still angry, and I haven't reconciled with you." But when Mi Yang took the initiative to talk to him, he still had to take a second look. At this moment, he didn't let go of his hand, and let Mi Yang hold hands and walked into the small courtyard.

Mi Yang saw the bag of red dates on the stone table in the small courtyard, patted himself on the forehead, and said: "It's broken, forget about this, just wait for me, I'll wash the dates."

Bai Luochuan immediately said: "I'll go too, just wait for me and I'll get the clothes."

He got up and was about to leave, but Mi Yang picked up the bag of red dates, and they both looked at each other's hands and felt something was wrong.

Mi Yang asked strangely: "What are you doing with clothes for washing dates?"

Bai Luochuan frowned and said, "What did you take? For the bathroom?"

Mi Yang was delighted when he heard it, and said: "It's not the one taking a bath, I'm talking about the red dates." He held up the bag to show him, "The edible ones."

Bai Luochuan nodded, and said again: "Where do you go to wash?"

Mi Yang carried the bag over and said, "It's in the yard. There's a small pool here, and the well water is cold, so it's very comfortable."

Bai Luochuan was originally standing on the side, but when he heard Mi Yang call him twice, he just sat on the small bamboo stool beside him with the appearance of "I'm reluctant to give it a try", and also stretched out his hand to play with the well water a few times. When the hands were cold, he said in surprise: "It seems that if you put ice cubes, it can be used as a small refrigerator."

Mi Yang said: "Yes, in a few days we can take a watermelon and eat it ice-cold, press the water here... yes, you press it twice, and the water will go into that wooden basin." Mi Yang directed him to fetch water , shaking the bag and pouring the red dates into it to soak, "Is this tub big? We can soak two watermelons, the smaller ones, cut them in half and eat them with a spoon. I ate them once yesterday. Watermelons are so sweet, I can listen to the voice to pick melons now, and they are cooked!"

While working, he chatted with the young master, telling him everything, with the intention of coaxing him.After all, it was him who hadn't gone back for a long time, and he felt a little guilty about the person who was waiting there.

Xiaobai Luochuan was easy to coax, knowing that Mi Yang still put him first, he didn't get too angry. The two got acquainted again after a while, and their relationship seemed to have never been separated.

Mi Yang picked out the biggest red date, wiped off the water on it, and handed it to Bai Luochuan, "Try it?"

Bai Luochuan was pumping the second basin of well water, and he was using it as a toy, having fun, when Mi Yang handed it to his mouth, he opened his mouth and ate it, chewed twice and said, "It's so sweet."

Mi Yang also took a red date and ate it by himself, and asked him, "Is your illness cured? Why are you sick? Is it serious?"

Bai Luochuan said: "It's just a cold, I accidentally caught a cold from the wind, it's all right now."

Mi Yang didn't understand: "Why did you catch a cold? Didn't the driver take you to and from school all the time?"

Bai Luochuan said: "I caught a cold at night."

Mi Yang has lived in his house too many times, and he is more familiar than his own. He frowned when he heard him say: "That's not right, Aunt Wu checks the doors and windows every night, and there are enough quilts, don't you?" Sneaked out..."

Bai Luochuan shut his mouth and refused to speak.

Mi Yang thought for a while, then leaned closer and asked him, "Did you sneak into my house at night?"

Bai Luochuan stopped pumping the well, dropped the things in his hands, and said with a straight face: "This is not fun, I won't play it anymore." After speaking, he turned his head and left.

Mi Yang sat there and thought for a while, Xiaobai Luochuan ran to his house in the middle of the night against the wind to step on his feet to see if he came back, how long would he have to wait before getting sick?Just imagining the pitiful and stubborn look of that child waiting for him to come back, Mi Yang's heart softened.

He sighed, packed up the red dates and put them on a plate, and went to find Bai Luochuan by himself.

Young Master Bai didn't go far, he stood at the gate of Mi Yang's house and looked at a tree, wishing he could see the flowers.

Mi Yang walked over, looked up at the tree and said: "This is a pomegranate tree. My grandfather planted it for me. Every time I come back, I can have a big pomegranate. The outside skin is dry, but the inside is very sweet, but Once I choked on it after eating it, which scared my grandparents enough, so I said I don’t like it.” Mi Yang smiled and sighed, “They don’t believe it either, every time they eat pomegranate Dig out the seeds, then squeeze out the juice with a small spoon and feed it to me.”

Bai Luochuan said dryly: "Oh."

Mi Yang went to hold his hand, bent his eyes and asked him: "This year's pomegranate hasn't fallen yet, and it will be on August [-]th. May I save one for you?"

Just as Bai Luochuan was about to nod, he immediately raised his eyebrows angrily: "Do you still want to stay until the Mid-Autumn Festival?!"

Mi Yang silently counted the time, and before he could speak, he heard the young master beside him getting more angry: "You still think about this!"

Mi Yang rubbed the tip of his nose and laughed softly.

Bai Luochuan was annoyed by him, so he shook off his hand and wanted to leave, but Mi Yang held on tighter and coaxed him: "I'm just talking, I want to invite you to my house to play, treat you to eat pomegranates, it's not good Is it? I don’t know when I will go back, I have to ask my parents, they will decide.”

Bai Luochuan turned his head to look at him, there seemed to be little flames dancing in his eyes, and his cheeks flushed red with anger.

The two young ones reconciled and quarreled, and after quarreling, they reconciled. No matter what, Mi Yang temporarily appeased the young master, and when Cheng Qing sent Mrs. Bai out, Bai Luochuan took Mi Yang's hand and went together. In the past, said: "Mom, Xiaoguai will go with us."

Madam Bai bent down and said to him: "Mom can't make the decision, you have to ask Xiaoguai first, and then ask Aunt Cheng."

Bai Luochuan took Mi Yang's hand and walked over, carefully asked: "Aunt Cheng, I have agreed with Xiaoguai, he will come to my house to play tonight, and we will come over together tomorrow, is that okay?"

Cheng Qing has also been busy during this time, and Mi Yang has been helping her as much as possible, never running around, let alone playing with other children, and being so obedient made her feel bad.When she heard Bai Luochuan say this, she nodded in agreement and said, "Of course, how long will you stay here?"

Bai Luochuan was always a little cautious in front of his elders, and he stood there like a little adult and replied, "My mother said that I can stay for a summer vacation."

Cheng Qing said: "Then let Yang Yang play with you for two more days."

Bai Luochuan said in surprise: "Really! Thank you, Aunt Cheng!" He thanked quickly, as if he was afraid that Cheng Qing would regret it, and he didn't forget to say something nice, "Aunt Cheng is the best!"

Mrs. Bai smiled and said: "Listen, I've been busy for so many days, and I haven't heard a word of hello. The best one now is your Aunt Cheng, right?"

Bai Luochuan fulfilled his wish and boasted without hesitation: "Mom is the best too!"

The best Mrs. Bai went to the old house of the Bai family with her two children.

The old house of the Bai family occupies a large area. Stepping in through the high threshold is like stepping into another world. It is separated from the hustle and bustle outside. You can only feel the tranquility of the courtyard, where the old trees are flourishing. , You can hear the crisp sound of birdsong.

Mi Yang watched as he walked. He had been here a few times, but it was too big, and he didn't finish his stroll like this time, and most of the places he went were on the newly built building on the right, where Bai Luochuan usually The place for rest and entertainment, although the shape is also consistent with the old house, but only made of wooden outer layer, the inside is still reinforced concrete, the interior decoration is very fashionable and modern, the reception is usually held there, and most of the people who go there are young people .

But it's still early, the small building that Bai Luochuan lived in hasn't been built yet, and the old house doesn't look like it was repaired and rectified in the previous life, it still maintains its original simplicity.

Mi Yang raised his eyes and looked at it with some curiosity and comparison. Looking at it this way, it gradually overlapped with what he remembered, and some places felt a little familiar.He walked into the inner courtyard with Bai Luochuan, and the murals on a stone screen at the corner were mottled. Mi Yang was sensitive to these old objects, so he looked up one more time.

Bai Luochuan frowned, looking at the huge and empty patio in the yard. The weeds and gravels here had been cleaned up, but it didn't look good when it was empty.Bai Luochuan snorted softly: "There should be a pond here, and it would be nice to plant flowers next to it."

Mi Yang looked at him in astonishment and blinked.

In his previous life, Bai Luochuan really did this. After he took over the old house, he actually dug a pond here. He raised fish and lotus in it, and also planted many kinds of precious flowers around it, which bloomed all year round. I took him to see it a few times, and he looked very proud.