cloud and sun

After dinner, Joan went home to tidy up the yard.He watered the withered flowers, thinking that there might be a chance to come back to life.

Cheng Xu felt that there was little hope of surviving, but he didn't say much.

There were some scattered leaves in the yard, and Qiao An cleaned them all up.Cheng Xu helped wipe down all the tables and chairs in the yard.

Joan found a swing in the corner while cleaning the leaves.It looked as if it had been torn from a tree.

"Brother Xu, there is a swing here."

"Really? Let me see."

"Can you tie this? Try it."

Cheng Xu's figure didn't seem to be in vain, and he quickly climbed up the tree in the yard.

"You be careful."

"I grew up here."

Joan was still a little worried: "You... don't set a flag. Be careful."

Cheng Xu tied the rope, wiped the board clean after he got down, and said to Qiao An: "Come here and try."

Joan sat up carefully.Cheng Xu pushed him from behind, and now the sun was shining obliquely and it was a bit dazzling, and it flickered into his eyes a little bit up and down.

"Does the sun hit your eyes?"

"A bit."

"Then play by yourself, I'll go over there to block the sun for you."

Cheng Xu always does these things unconsciously.

"Why do you think you are single?"

"Did I ever say I'm single?"

"Single people have a kind of temperament."

"What aura?"

"Idle. You helped me clean up the house all day, ate watermelon with me, and didn't reply to messages on your mobile phone. It's strange if you have a partner."

"Your angle is quite... peculiar."

Joan sat on the swing, swaying every now and then.Cheng Xu stood in front of him, Qiao An smiled at him, he seemed to understand the online description that there are stars in his eyes.

"So why don't you have a girlfriend?"

"Because... I just got hurt."

"Brother Xu, you fool." Qiao An felt that someone like Cheng Xu didn't look like the kind of person who would get hurt because of a relationship.Mainly, Cheng Xu's tone when he answered him just now was very casual.

Cheng Xu's expression didn't look very serious: "I came back here just to forget the past."

Qiao An didn't know whether Cheng Xu was lying to him or telling the truth: "Then...have you forgotten?"

The setting sun was too dazzling, Qiao An couldn't see Cheng Xu's expression clearly, but he felt that Cheng Xu was smiling.

"I'm working hard."

"Brother Xu, come on."

"What nonsense, how can anyone comfort people like this."

"Then what should I say?"

"Think slowly here, I'll go home and get something."

"Ah."

After Cheng Xu got home and got his camera, he went into the yard and saw Qiao An sitting on a swing playing with the broken light that came in from the yard wall.

Cheng Xu quickly turned on the camera and took a picture of Qiao An.The camera sound was turned off, Joan looked up in a daze, and was photographed again.

"Don't move around, look in the direction of the setting sun."

"Shoot eyes."

"All right."

"Show me. Those uncles and aunts all praised you for taking good pictures. I suspect that your aesthetics resonated with them."

Joan sat on a chair and looked at the photos in the camera. To be honest, he didn't see anything interesting. In short, the color looked okay, and it seemed to be pretty, but he didn't know what it looked like.

"Well, did you see it?"

"I don't understand. I just think it looks good."

Qiao An continued to look through the photos: "Why did you take a picture of me, it seems that I am so naive."

"You said it yourself."

Qiao An continued to turn around. He thought Cheng Xu took a lot of pictures, but he saw a cute boy with doggy eyes.

Qiao An didn't know him, so he didn't continue to search, and handed the camera to Cheng Xu.

Cheng Xu took the camera and turned it off without looking at it.

As the sun was setting, Cheng Xu sat on a chair beside him and watched Qiao An dangling on the swing.

Qiao An looked at the setting sun and chatted with Cheng Xu one after another.

The setting sun sank below the courtyard wall, and Joan also ran out of the courtyard.

Qiao An turned back to Cheng Xu and said, "The sunset here is really beautiful, please take a picture of it."

Cheng Xu just took pictures of this scene.In the camera, the boy's aura is magnified. Cheng Xu thinks that he must find a chance to trick Qiao An into watching the sunrise in the future. Qiao An's smile seems to be more suitable for the sunrise.

"Don't shoot me, look, the sun is going to set."

"follow me."

Cheng Xu pulled Qiao An and ran along the road.Many people on the side of the road are taking a walk after dinner.

"The door isn't closed."

"It's okay. Many houses in the village are not closed."

As the sky grew darker, Cheng Xu dragged Qiao An up the road to a rice field.The rice has matured, but it has not had time to harvest.It was still dark and the frogs couldn't wait to start calling.

The setting sun was about to completely sink behind the opposite mountain.

"It's late. The sunset here is beautiful."

Qiao An pointed to the mountain behind him and asked Cheng Xu, "Have you ever been to the top of a mountain?"

Cheng Xu nodded: "But the road is difficult to walk. The road doesn't reach the top of the mountain, so I have to find the road by myself. I took photos on it, and I can go back and show it to you."

"You can take me up there to have a look later, okay?"

"It was dark when we came down, and it was dangerous."

There are also many snakes in the mountains at this time, and it will be difficult to deal with poisonous snakes among them.And after watching the sunset, there is no light when it comes down, and it will be very difficult if your feet slip.He was also afraid that Joan would be in danger.

Qiao An knew the truth that if you don't die, you won't die, so you didn't force it.

"OK then!"

Cheng Xu could see that Qiao An was disappointed, but he still didn't want Qiao An to take risks.

The street lights came on on time. The weather is fine today and the street lights are very bright.On the way back, they met several groups of people, all of whom came here to escape the summer heat.

Qiao An stepped on Cheng Xu's shadow while walking, bouncing around.

"I liked playing like this when I was a child. At that time, my dad said that if you step on your shadow, you will not grow taller."

"Then you still step on my shadow?"

"How old are you and still believe this!"

"Then how old are you and still stepping on people's shadows!"

Joan didn't care, and continued to step on the shadow.Cheng Xu started to run, and Qiao An chased after him, wanting to step on his shadow.

"Not tall!"

The two chased after each other on the road, and happened to meet the group of uncles and aunts who lived in Cheng Xu's house.

"Young man, don't exercise vigorously after meals!"

Cheng Xu didn't stop, but Qiao An kept chasing him.Although it was cool at night, Qiao An was still sweating.

Cheng Xu's mother was enjoying the shade in the yard, and when she saw the two running in, she quickly told them to stop.

"What are you two doing? If you are so energetic, do more work tomorrow night."

Cheng Xu pointed at Qiao An and said, "Mom, he is the one who wants to chase me."

Cheng Xu's mother has always been very fair: "Don't sue the villain first. Did An An bully you?"

Qiao An nodded, indicating that Cheng Xu was indeed bullying him.

Cheng Xu's mother took a fan and knocked on Cheng Xu's head.

"Mom, camera, I have a camera. Don't break it."

Qiao An laughed loudly, and finally succeeded in laughing.Cheng Xu hurried into the room and brought the quilt water to Qiao An.

Cheng Xu's mother patted Qiao An on the back while scolding Cheng Xu: "Your body insists on letting An An chase you, what do you think you are worried about?"

"Mom, you're so eccentric, it's no wonder that elder brother liked to bully him when he was young."

"Who told you that you don't look good enough?"

"shallow!"

"If I wasn't superficial, I wouldn't have fallen for your father's ways."

Joan finally felt better: "Auntie, how did you meet uncle?"

Cheng Xu's father just finished the housework and came out to enjoy the cool: "Your aunt and I met on a blind date at that time. Your aunt saw that I was good-looking, so she insisted on marrying me."

"I'll let you finish all the good things. Don't you think I'm good-looking too?"

Qiao An finally understood that Cheng Xu's parents, Yan Gou, looked at each other.Then gave birth to two children and they are also very good-looking.

Cheng Xu's mother sighed and said: "Our time was better, you can see that my parents ordered them at home, and they never saw each other before they got married."

"Then my grandparents are also married at home?"

"I don't know about this, but your grandma seems to have gone to school, and the conditions at home should be good. At that time, she and your grandpa were not in the same family, so I don't think it was ordered at home."

"Then my grandma might have quarreled with the family." Qiao An has already imagined the scene where grandma wanted to be with grandpa despite the opposition of the family at that time.

"I don't know, and your grandma didn't tell us about this."

"Ah, so many mosquitoes."

"The mosquitoes here seem to like to bite you very much. I have been sitting here for a long time without biting me. The red spots on your arms from yesterday have not disappeared. Did you bring long-sleeved trousers? It is not hot in the mountains, change clothes Wear it. I will sew you a mosquito repellent sachet tomorrow. The bracelet Xiaoxu gave you won’t work in the mountains.”

"Auntie, call me when you are sewing a sachet, I want to see it."

"Then get up early tomorrow morning and go pick mint leaves with me."

"Mom, I want it too."

"Your skin is so thick, and there are no mosquito bites, why do you need to sew one more for you?"

"Oh. Forget it. I'll go up and set up the camera. You guys continue talking."

Qiao An's father just made a video call.

"Dad, look, my aunt and I are chatting."

"Have you improved since you went back this time? You get along so well with Auntie."

"Auntie is very nice. Is Mom there?"

"She went to take a shower."

"Old Qiao, look at your son's arm, it's full of mosquito bites." Cheng Xu's mother showed Qiao An's arm to Qiao An's father.

"I just said that Qiao An has thin skin and tender flesh." Qiao An suddenly remembered the circle of friends that his father posted last night that made him die.

"Dad, why did you post such a circle of friends last night? My face was completely lost."

"You still have the nerve to say that you told your mother that you were afraid in the middle of the night. What are you afraid of, boy?"

"Old Joe, you said that. When you were young, you were not as courageous as a little girl."

Papa Joan tried to hide his embarrassment by coughing.

"Auntie, tell me what happened to my dad when he was young."

The coughing got worse on the video side.

"Dad, would you like some water?"

"Your dad was afraid of ghosts when he was young. He didn't dare to walk alone at night."

"An'an, how are you today? Are you still used to it?"

"Mom, I'll play here for a few more days before going back. It's quite fun here."

"When we went back to our hometown before, I told you that our hometown is very fun, and you knew to hide in the house at that time."

"I was young and naive at the time."

"Sister Wang, I'm here too." Cheng Xu's mother greeted the screen.

"It is thanks to your care that our family Qiao An came back. He looks like that without your help and can't find his way in his hometown."

Joan felt that although my mother's description of him was always accurate and sharp, it hurt his heart somewhat, but he knew his mother didn't care.

So in the following time, Cheng Xu's mother took over his mobile phone, and Qiao An's mother took over his father's mobile phone. The two women chatted happily in Mandarin with accents.

When Cheng Xu came down, he saw Qiao An lying on the table watching his mother chatting.Cheng Xu moved the chair to Qiao An's side, and asked softly, "Is your mother on the opposite side?"

Joan nodded.Cheng Xu expressed his understanding.Because he had seen the two of them chatting before, he could only describe that scene as meeting and hating each other late.

Cheng Xu leaned into Qiao An's ear: "They still chat for a while, do you want to see the photos?"

Qiao An had nothing to do, so she followed Cheng Xu upstairs.

Cheng Xu turned on the computer, Qiao An noticed the game on Cheng Xu's desktop, it was the game he often played.

"Do you play this game too?"

"I don't play often. I play when I'm bored."

"Then we can play games together."

"Okay."

Cheng Xu opened a folder, which was full of photos.

"This is the scenery I took this year."

Cheng Xu moved the chair beside him and asked Qiao An to sit beside him.

"This was taken last summer when I was harvesting rice."

Cheng Xu then explained: "Everyone in the village will plant a little field, the kind that is enough to eat, not too much, otherwise it will be very tiring, and everyone does not make money by growing crops. When the harvest comes, the labor force of each family will be They will be collected together, which is both fast and lively. After the harvest is over, several tables of rice will be set up in the village parking lot, and the villagers will call that meal a threshing meal."

"People in the village seem to be very harmonious."

"The labor force has all gone out to work, and the rest will keep each other warm."

"Your description is not what you can say, but it makes sense. But why don't you help and take pictures."

"Look at you guys, you always like to kidnap photographers on the side of morality."

"Okay, isn't there still millet on the mountain that hasn't been harvested in time? Can I still catch up?"

"It's a pity that there is no threshing rice. The rest are not fully mature at that time. There are only a few fields. After this, find a few people and collect it."

"Then if I'm still here, I'll go."

Cheng Xu smiled: "You are really interested in everything."

"Yes." Only then did Joan realize that he seemed to like these things in the countryside. He was rarely interested in certain things in Shanghai before.

"This one was taken in the mountains in autumn. At that time, many trees turned yellow. This one is the maple forest on the other side of the mountain."

"These photos are so beautiful. I want to come back to play on November. It's a pity that I didn't find this place so interesting when I was in school."

"This one goes to a pasture on the other side of the mountain. But it was autumn and the grass was a little bald."

"Wow, this snow scene is so beautiful. It actually snows on the mountain. I haven't seen real snow yet."

"There is a ski resort on the other side of the mountain, and you can drive there. In winter, our guests mainly come to ski. I'm thinking of going to the Northeast this winter, and I want to see the heavy snow."

Qiao An suddenly envied Cheng Xu's life.

"You are like my grandparents. You can go wherever you want. I also want to go to the northeast to see the snow. It is said that the ice sculptures in Harbin are very beautiful."

Cheng Xu smiled and said to Qiao An: "Actually, you can also try this kind of life."

Qiao An knows what Cheng Xu means, but although he always likes to escape from reality, he is a person who finds it difficult to escape from his existing life.

"But I want to work. It won't be long before I go back to work. I type codes and write programs every day. It's very annoying to think about it."

"Is the program so boring?"

Qiao An answered Cheng Xu's question without thinking too much: "Yes."

"Oh! I'll try to make myself interesting."

Joan was amused: "If all the programs are as fun as you, I won't hate my major."

"Okay, do you want to continue watching?"

"look look look."

"This sunset is so beautiful!"

"I took it from the top of the mountain."

"Want to go."

"I'll think it over."

Qiao An didn't expect Cheng Xu to agree to him, and was a little happy.

The two went downstairs after seeing the photos, and Cheng Xu's mother had already finished chatting.

"An'an, your phone."

"Auntie, I'm going back to take a shower, bye."

"Go, go to bed early, get up early tomorrow, and sunbathe late."

"Ok."

Joan was in a good mood humming and bouncing home.