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After listening to Jay Chou's song several times, he arrived in Shanhai Town.

When Mi Xue got out of the car, she was already proficient in calling Bai Luochuan "brother". This time she said it very positively, especially the last "goodbye", which was soft and sweet.

Bai Luochuan waved at her casually, turned to look at Mi Yang and said, "I'll come and see you in two days."

Mi Yang nodded, took his sister's little hand and left.

Mi Yang first took the little girl to see his grandfather Mi Hong. Mi Hong has been living in the small courtyard for several years and rarely comes out. He opened a small vegetable field in front of the house. Unless necessary, he would not leave this small courtyard. .He probably also calculated that the children would come for summer vacation, so he prepared some fruits and pastries in advance, and there was a pot of rock sugar pears stewed on the small stove in the kitchen, for them to cool off from the heat.

Mi Xue is a bit of a stranger, she has never been to Shanhai Town a few times, and most of the time when she came back, Cheng Qing took her. This is the first time she came back with her brother, and suddenly she saw the serious grandpa and the little girl and went straight to hide .

Mi Hong didn't mind either, he just filled them with pear soup and brought them some snacks, he didn't seem to have any intention of leaving dinner.

After Michelle ate half a bowl of soup, she began to call grandpa sweetly. Children are easy to coax, and sharing a little food made her feel kind and open her heart to trust others.

The corner of Mi Hong's mouth twitched, making a smile.

When she came out from her grandfather's house and went to her grandma's house again, Mrs. Cheng's preparations were much richer. She started calling Cheng Qing a few days in advance, wishing she could spare no time to prepare food for the children. , Dried fruit snacks alone filled the coffee table in the living room. Seeing Mi Yang and the others come in, they first hugged their grandson, then bowed their heads and kissed their granddaughter.

The third aunt Cheng Ru walked in from the outside and said with a smile: "Yangyang is back? Go to the room and have a look. The third aunt has prepared new clothes for you and Xiaoxue. Your grandma insists that you bought them too big. I will tell her you It's sure to grow taller this year, go and show the old lady a change."

When Mi Yang came back every year, several aunts prepared a lot of things for him. It was probably the first child born in this family. The aunts were used to loving him and paid more attention to him than his sister.This time too, there were two or three sets of new clothes on the bed in the bedroom where they lived. Michelle's was two small dresses, and his side was more formal, with shirts, trousers and a coat, and even a thin sweater and cardigan.

Cheng Rudao: "Didn't you say you wanted to go fishing in the mountains last time? I told your uncle to find someone to accompany you. It's cold in the mountains, so you need to wear thicker clothes." She watched Mi Yang put on his coat, her eyes widened. It was bright, and pushed him out to show Mrs. Cheng, "Look, what did I say? Isn't it just right, Yang Yang has grown taller!"

Mrs. Cheng looked at it carefully for a while, then nodded with a smile: "It's taller, it's good to be taller, Yangyang has grown up."

Cheng Ru went to change Michelle's skirt again, probably because she was close to her family's natural blood. After a while, Michelle started calling someone, in a low voice, when Mrs. Cheng gave her milk candies, the little girl grabbed her His eyes curled up with a smile, but he only ate one piece, and the remaining piece was secretly stuffed into his brother's pocket.

Mrs. Cheng saw that their brother and sister had a good relationship, so she also smiled as she sat there.

At dinner in the evening, Cheng Ru showed her skills even more. She is the hottest of the four sisters, but she is the petite. Mi Yang went to help her cook, but Cheng Ru didn't let him here. Mi Yang said with a smile: "Three Auntie, let me teach you secretly, and when I learn it later, I will cook it for my mother, she always praises you as the best cook in our family, and you are a chef."

Cheng Ru proudly said: "That's right, but if it's delicious, it's still your grandma's craftsmanship. Later, let the old lady teach you a few special dishes, and you can use them in the future. You don't know, men don't know how to cook now. You can’t get a wife even if you cook!”

Mi Yang blushed at what she said, and said, "Third Aunt, I'm still early."

Cheng Rudao: "Prepare in advance, let's not lose at the starting line."

It was the first time for Mi Yang to hear about such a starting line, and she was amused. While chatting with her about homework, he helped to cook. Cheng Ru asked him to try the last dish. Seeing that Mi Yang cooked well, he kept saying Praise him for his talent.

There are a lot of meals prepared for dinner, and Mrs. Cheng specially put out a spare ribs and lotus root soup and put it aside, and said to Mi Yang: "Bring it to your grandfather tonight. I remember that he taught me to cook this dish in the past."

Mi Yang agreed, and for some reason, he suddenly remembered that the three-stringed qin placed in his grandfather's house was still in the same position as before, and it was wiped clean.Mi Yang thought, maybe Mi Hong doesn't like to eat lotus root ribs now, the person who likes to eat is no longer there, and his three meals a day have lost their taste.

After dinner, Mi Yang went to see him off. Sure enough, Mi Hong's face was calm, but he just asked him to put it down without moving his chopsticks.

Mi Yang wanted to stay and chat with him, but Mi Hong said: "I'm tired today, you should go back first and come back tomorrow morning."

Mi Yang stood up, thought for a while and said: "Grandpa, I brought two sets of tools, some of which I bought, and some of which I polished myself. Keep one set?"

Mi Hong said: "Okay."

The old man has obviously aged in the past two years. Although his back is straight, the wrinkles on his face have increased and he is less talkative.

Mi Yang and his younger sister lived in their grandma’s house. Mrs. Cheng tidied up a bedroom for them, and put two wooden beds, one large and one small, in it. Holding his doll to Mi Yang's side, he whispered, "Brother, I miss my mother."

Mi Yang turned over and patted the little girl on the back to coax her: "It's okay, grandma is mother's mother, so I will kiss you too."

Mi Xue snorted, and went to pick the buttons of Mi Yang's pajamas with her fingers. After playing for a while, she slowly fell asleep.

Although she was shy at first, Michelle became happy again when the cousins ​​from her aunts also sent them over during the summer vacation. Except for the third aunt, Cheng Rujia, who was a cousin, the others were all cousins—— Cheng Chun's family is a pair of twin daughters who have just entered junior high school. Cheng Ge's family is a little girl who is about the same age as Mi Xue. Mi Xue is very happy to play with them.

The cousin of the third aunt’s family is also young and has a bit of pseudo-myopia recently. Cheng Ru put on a pair of glasses for him to correct it first. When Mi Yang saw him wearing glasses, he remembered what this cousin would look like in the future. Here they come, and they are similar types of frame glasses. I wear them all the way, full of bookishness.

Once the children have passed by the old lady, it's like opening a kindergarten here, which is very lively.

Seeing that Mi Xue has adapted to life at grandma's house, Mi Yang feels relieved to go to grandpa's house, and sometimes stays at night to spend more time with Mi Hong.

Mi Hong was noncommittal about his arrival. Mi Yang stayed, and he would also prepare a place to live. More often, he would teach Mi Yang to repair books and guide him to distinguish books by the way. Mi Hong still had a few old books in his hand. He also has some skills. When explaining to Mi Yang, he can draw some things on paper that are not in the book.

Mi Hong said: "My father used to discriminate gold and silver certificates. Later, the gold and silver certificates in the chaos of the war were no longer useful. He went to work in a pawn shop for more than ten years. He saw a lot of things. His eyes and hands were accurate. I drew If you look carefully at the things I showed you, you can’t go wrong if you spot these few places.”

Mi Yang nodded and said, "Yes."

Mi Hong said again: "Other things are too expensive. I have only touched gold wares a few times, but I can still be sure about the identification of these versions of ancient books. In the early years when the bookshops were prosperous, Liulichang, There are dozens of shops around Fulong Temple, and the ancient book business also depends on betting, if you are optimistic about a book, you can make a small fortune if you hit the bet.”

Mi Yang's heart moved, and he asked, "Grandpa, have you been to the capital before?"

Mi Hong glanced at him and said flatly: "Listen."

I didn't intend to mention this, Mi Yang listened carefully, Mi Hong was a craftsman, but he was also a small businessman, he spoke miscellaneous but refined, and he didn't say a word of superfluous words, what he taught Mi Yang was not so much Skills, it is better to say it is the means of survival that he has learned in wandering for most of his life.

Seeing that Mi Yang was serious about learning, the old man didn't say anything, but when Mi Yang was about to leave, he picked two pomegranates that had just hung fruit on the tree for Mi Yang, and said to him: "This is the pomegranate newly planted this spring." Trees, small pomegranates for ornamental use, you can’t eat them, so you can play with them.”

Mi Yang laughed and said, "Hey!"

Mi Hong sent him out of the small courtyard, and said to him: "Don't come this afternoon, go to the mountain to get two bamboo pieces, and tomorrow I will teach you how to draw columns."

Mi Yang agreed, a little impatiently.

He went back at noon and gave Mi Xue a small pomegranate. The little red-skinned fruit was very cute. The little girl was very happy. Seeing that there was another one in Mi Yang's pocket, she still wanted it after pestering him.

Mi Yang pinched the tip of her nose and said with a smile: "I can't give this to you, I have to give it to someone else."

The little girl bit her finger and asked, "Who do you want my brother to give it to?"

Mi Yang said: "Here you are, Brother Bai."

The little girl thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, apart from me, brother and him are the best."

Mi Yang couldn't help laughing. The words were too familiar. Young Master Bai also said the exact same thing, but with a different expression. The little girl compromised resentfully, while Young Master Bai approved it arrogantly.

Mi Yang went to the small hill behind in the afternoon. It was a bit difficult to walk here, so he didn’t take his sister alone. The climate here is humid and there are some bamboos, but they are not as tall and thick as those in the south. Standing there, the roots are green.

Mi Yang picked for a while, chose one, and when he was about to start, he heard someone talking next to him.

"Young master from the city? Look at it."

"Why? This is, you see... Hey, what about you, you are the young master from the city, right?"

At first, Mi Yang didn't feel that the other party was calling him, but when someone threw a small piece of bamboo under his feet, he raised his head and said in a daze, "You called me?"

The three or four boys standing across from him were about the same age as him. They had been running around in the summer vacation and they were much darker than him. They looked like teenagers in their teens, and with the arrogance of this age, they raised their chins and said : "Yes, let's talk about you!"

Mi Yang recognized them. These are his little friends who had grown up with him back then. No, Bai Luochuan is the only one of him now. Strictly speaking, he really has nothing to do with these little friends. Although I come to Shanhai Town every winter and summer vacation, most of the time is spent studying with Mi Hong, and the remaining half of the time is occupied by Master Bai, and I don't have time to make new friends at all.

Mi Yang was still thinking about it. The boys on the opposite side sized him up, and suddenly the one standing in the front snorted and said, "You still wear a hat when you go out, how delicate! Have you ever seen bamboo in your city, sir?" Looking at it against the sun in the afternoon?”

Mi Yang: "..."

Mi Yang felt a headache. When Bai Luochuan came, his friends seemed to reject Young Master Bai that way. He never expected that one day it would be his turn.

The boys on the opposite side are more curious about him than xenophobic, standing not far away and watching all the time, Mi Yang still wants to have a good relationship with his former friends, trying to find topics to blend in with them, and slowly talk to them We can also chat a few words.

Just as the friends in Shanhai Town approached Mi Yang slowly, and began to ask him what kind of bamboo he was looking for, and when they were about to help, they heard the sound of a bicycle braking suddenly, the sound was a bit loud, and Mi Yang looked up. Look, I saw Bai Luochuan riding a brand new mountain bike parked at the foot of the hill, looked up and squinted at him, rang the bell a few times, and shouted: "Hey, what do you have to say to them? Get down and go! "

The eyes on the opposite side looking at Mi Yang immediately became unfriendly, even looking at him again was like looking at a "traitor" or "undercover".

Mi Yang: "..."

The leader said mockingly: "Go down quickly, the young master from your city is not exposed to the sun, be careful to go back and cry with peeling pain on your face!"

"I've been looking at a few broken bamboos for a long time, and I don't know which one to choose, so why go up the mountain to play!"

"That's right, go back to your city, don't look down on anyone!"

Mi Yang was so dumbfounded by the ridicule of the poor friends in Shanhai Town!

Bai Luochuan has already come up. The mountain bike he is riding is quite professional, with a cool coat of paint. It is the kind that boys like most now, and it has attracted the attention of many people as soon as it came.But the boundaries were drawn just now, and the boys didn't stay long, and they all ran away soon.

When Bai Luochuan came up, he only heard the last sentence or two, and raised his eyebrows at Mi Yang and asked, "Why, didn't you make any friends?"

Mi Yang: "..."

This is all you should bear, you know!

Young Master Bai obviously didn't know, and still proudly said: "Forget it, don't pay attention to those people, you come up, I will take you to Grandpa's side, there are good things for you to see."

Mi Yang muffled: "What is it?"

Bai Luochuan said: "A very energetic little one, you'll know when you come."

Mi Yang looked at his mountain bike and didn't know how to get on it.

Bai Luochuan said: "Just step on the back, and then you hug me."

Mi Yang tried it, and said, "Is this okay, it won't be trampled..."

Bai Luochuan said: "Hold him tight!" As he said that, he accelerated and rushed down. Mi Yang was startled, so he could only bend down and hug him tightly. Young Master Bai laughed in front of him, and rode even faster.

Arriving at the old house of the Bai family, after Mi Yang went in with him, he saw the energetic little baby at a glance.

It was a black pony with a shiny coat, a little white hair on the forehead, and a pair of black eyes that were particularly beautiful. When it heard someone coming, its two pointed ears trembled cleverly.