Still tide

The two sat beside Miao Jiayan's bed, neither looked at the other, and were relatively silent.

Miao Jiayan's hair was still dripping, and the short sleeves she had just put on made her hair wet after a while.However, Chen Chao was sitting here, and it was the first time for him to visit his room, and Miao Jiayan couldn't do anything else, so he could only accompany him dryly.

"You're a boy, why don't you tell me?" Chen Chao asked suddenly.

Miao Jiayan turned her head to look at him gently: "I thought you knew, but you... didn't ask."

Chen Chao: "Why do I ask this?"

Miao Jiayan thought to herself, then why do I say this.But he didn't dare to say it.

Chen Chao felt that this was simply inexplicable, and said, "Forget it."

He stood up, and Miao Jiayan also stood up, and Chen Chao turned around and asked, "Why do you have such long hair?"

Miao Jiayan touched her hair subconsciously, took a hand of water, pursed her lips, and whispered, "I like it."

"I also like to wear skirts, don't you?" Chen Chao asked again.

Miao Jiayan nodded more lightly and said "I like it".

Chen Chao had nothing to say, he could only nod his head to show that he understood.He saw that Miao Jiayan's ear was red at the place where the mandible was connected, so he didn't ask any further questions, and said, "Come with me, don't stay at home."

Miao Jiayan looked up at him and said "OK".

The two came out of Miao's house one after the other, and Chen Chao led Miao Jiayan back to his yard.Grandpa was gathering fishing nets in the yard, and the threads were in a messy mess that had to be pulled out as much as possible to dry.

There are still some dead small fish and shrimps hanging on the fishing net, as well as strings of small-sized sea rainbow and oysters.

Miao Jiayan took the initiative to help, stretched out a corner of the fishing net skillfully, picked off the small sea oysters on it, and threw them into the garbage bin next to it.

Chen Chao couldn't touch this thing, he couldn't get close to it, and he couldn't smell the fishy smell.

"Miao'er, stay at grandpa's house today, and grandpa will serve steamed fish tonight." Grandpa Chen said to Miao Jiayan.

Miao Jiayan nodded with a smile. He is obviously not fat, but when he smiles, he can see some double shells.In the past, Chen Chao always felt that the little girl was a little silly when she smiled, but now that she thinks about it, she doesn't know who it is.

Chen Chao sat by the small flower bed at the base of the wall, watching his grandfather and Miao Jiayan stretch out the fishing nets. It was hot and Miao Jiayan's hair was almost dry.

"Did you catch a lot of fish yesterday?" Miao Jiayan asked.

"Not too many." Grandpa Chen was sitting on a small bench, talking to Miao Jiayan leisurely, "I got two big yellow flowers, which is pretty good."

Miao Jiayan asked again: "Did it rain at sea yesterday?"

"It's been a little bit down, and there's no wind."

Miao Jiayan was able to chat with Grandpa Chen on the topic of fishing, and it could be seen that he often helped clean up the fishing nets.After the hair was completely dry, Miao Jiayan tied it up with a small black rubber band on her wrist.

From knowing Miao Jiayan's gender just now, Chen Chao is still not quite used to it. Looking at Miao Jiayan, he always feels a sense of confusion, and he still thinks it is a girl.

This sense of confusion caused Chen Chao to stare at Miao Jiayan for a while from time to time, making Miao Jiayan, who was originally calm, feel uncomfortable being stared at by him.

In the evening, when it was getting colder, Miao Jiayan let go of her hair again, and rubbed the place where her hair was tied just now, so that the hair could fall out more smoothly.He moved so skillfully that the black rubber band was put back on his wrist.Chen Chao never looked at him like this for what he was doing every day.

"What do you always look at me for..." Miao Jiayan let him look at it, pulled the rubber band on her wrist, and watched it bounce back gently.

Chen Chao asked, "Are you hot?"

Miao Jiayan said, "It's not hot." After thinking for a while, she said "Ah", and said, "Are you asking about the hair?"

Chen Chao said "Yes".

"Tie it up when it's hot," Miao Jiayan said in a low voice, perhaps a little embarrassed, "I'm used to it."

It can be seen that Miao Jiayan was not so relaxed when he talked about this, not as sharp as he usually speaks, and his voice is small and slow.

Chen Chao didn't ask any more questions, and Miao Jiayan sauntered to the kitchen with her head down to help Grandma Chen wash the vegetables.

When he walked to the door of the kitchen, he quietly looked back at Chen Chao, but Chen Chao was no longer looking at him.Miao Jiayan stroked her hair, pursed her lips, her expression looked a little stubborn, and also seemed a little sad.

"What's wrong, Miaoer?" Grandma Chen asked him as she was chopping green onions.

Miao Jiayan agreed with an "hey", then turned around and walked in, asking if there was anything left.

"Help grandma pinch the beans." Grandma Chen pointed to the bag beside her and told him.

"Here we come," Miao Jiayan came over and squatted down, "I'll be ready soon."

Miao Jiayan stayed at Chen's house all day and didn't go back until it was dark.He doesn't follow Chen Chao either, he is more comfortable in this place than Chen Chao.When I was a child, Grandpa Miao and Grandma Miao were not at home when they went to work in the fields, so they put him with Grandma Chen, and even slept here directly at night.

So Miao Jiayan was not considered a small guest in the Chen family, but he knew her very well.When Chen Chao went upstairs to paint, he chatted with Grandma Chen downstairs, and Grandma Chen asked him if he was sleepy and if he wanted to sleep here.

"No," Miao Jiayan shook her head, "That way my dad will be even angrier."

"Don't care about him, anyway, he won't stay for two days before leaving." Grandma Chen said.

Miao Jiayan still said: "No, don't make him angry."

Grandma Chen patted his head and looked at him lovingly.The neighbors around him all watched him grow up. Xiao Miaoer is obedient and sensible, but his parents don't love him.

In the past, every time Miao Jian took care of his child, Grandma Miao just stopped him, and would not quarrel with him so violently.

The reason why Grandma Miao reacted so strongly this time was because Miao Jian said that he would take Miao Jiayan back to the city and let him go to school there.

Miao Jiayan looked at grandma the first time she heard it.

Grandma's attitude is that she can't communicate at all, it's impossible.Miao Jian also got angry when he saw Miao Jiayan, and panicked with worry, so he quarreled a few words in a hurry.

However, no matter what he mentioned, grandma refused in the same way, and there was no room for negotiation.

"You think you're protecting him, Mom?" Miao Jian suppressed his temper later, trying to persuade him again, "You have to let him receive education, the schools here don't work."

"Why not? Didn't you all read like this when you were young?" Grandma Miao asked him, "Why not?"

"The era is different, Mom." Miao Jian felt a headache, "You're cheating him."

"I admit to cheating, and my grandson also let me cheat, don't blame me." Grandma Miao looked at her son, no one knew her son better than a mother, Grandma Miao said, "Will the child still have a good life in your hands? "

Miao Jian couldn't get along with the old lady, he frowned and said, "I'm his own father, what can I do to him?"

"It's my own father who can't tolerate it. Don't play with me here. You beat him less?" Grandma Miao waved her hand, not wanting to say any more, "Anyway, it's absolutely impossible for you to take him away!"

"Mom, please be reasonable!" Miao Jian said again with an ugly face.

"I'm unreasonable," Grandma Miao stood up and left, "Your father and I can bring him up no matter what, you don't need you. Each child has his own life, it doesn't matter how promising he is, and he doesn't need to go to your city. Then go to middle school."

Miao Jiayan's mother is a teacher in a key middle school in the city, teaching mathematics.They want to take Miao Jiayan back, so let his mother take it.

No matter what's wrong with the child, after three years of staring at it under the eyes of the mother, it will be over.

Grandma Miao knew what they were thinking, but she didn't.It's better for the mother to bring it by herself, but that's for other people's family.Her grandson is different from other children, and Grandma Miao also understands.

When Miao Jian came back, he was full of anger. The young ones couldn't be controlled, and the old ones couldn't make sense.

On the night before he left, after dinner, Miao Jian pressed Miao Jiayan's shoulder and forcibly cut his hair with scissors.

When the courtyard started to quarrel, the Chen family was sitting around the stone table eating watermelon.Grandma Chen still has half a pomegranate in her hand. Put the peeled pomegranate seeds in a small bowl, put them in the refrigerator at night, and feed them to her grandson and Xiao Miao tomorrow.

"It's making trouble again." Grandma Chen glanced over there, a little worried.

"I can't make a fuss, Mr. Miao is no more stubborn than the old lady." Grandpa Chen wasn't worried, and was still eating watermelon leisurely.

Until Miao Jiayan screamed and cried, Grandma Chen immediately put down the pomegranate in her hand, stood up and was about to pass.

"Don't go," Grandpa Chen stopped her, "The father is in charge of his son, what's the matter with your neighbor's old lady."

Miao Jiayan is still crying, Chen Chao has been here for so long, and he has never seen him cry.Miao Jiayan cried heart-piercingly, unlike the soft-spoken child.

"It will be broken again." Grandma Chen was very worried, "That child is thin."

Miao Jiayan was pinned to the edge of the table by his father's shoulders. As soon as his father cut it off, Miao Jiayan lost a handful of hair.

Miao Jiayan stomped her feet and cried, pushing her arms against the edge of the table, but she couldn't beat his father.Seeing that his father was really angry, the grandparents didn't dare to stop him forcefully, for fear of making him even more angry and hitting the child again. Now they just cut their hair and nothing serious happened.

Miao Jiayan was lying on the table, holding most of her remaining hair in one hand, crying and calling "Dad".

His father panted heavily, and asked him with red eyes: "What the hell are you trying to do!"

Miao Jiayan only knew how to cry, but couldn't answer, so she covered her hair and called out "Dad".

Miao Jian's eyes were red, as if he was pressing, but also as if he really didn't understand: "You are a young man, what do you want to do with your hair!"

Miao Jiayan cried so hard that her voice became hoarse, and Grandma Miao wiped away her tears, and grabbed Miao Jian's arm to prevent him from cutting it.

"Mom! Why don't you let him do anything? What do you want him to be like!" Miao Jian said, "This is my son!"

When Chen Chao opened the iron door and came in, Miao Jiayan was still protecting her hair from his father's scissors, but couldn't resist.

The iron door made a sound, and everyone looked at him.

"I'm looking for Miao Jiayan." Chen Chao looked at Miao Jiayan's father and said calmly.

"Go quickly, take him to play!" Grandma Miao came over and pulled Miao Jiayan out by the arm, pushing him towards Chen Chao, "Go play with little brother!"

Chen Chao is the grandson of the Chen family next door, and the son of Chen Guangda. Miao Jian can't say anything about it.

Miao Jiayan's hair was messed up, her face was covered with tears, and her hair was stained everywhere.He ran towards Chen Chao, still panting from crying.

Chen Chao grabbed his wrist and pulled him out, leading him back to his home, and the door was locked directly.

Grandma Chen heard Miao Jiayan crying all the way over, her heart ached so much, she hugged her to wipe her face, and asked, "Did your father beat you?"

Miao Jiayan shook her head, unable to catch her breath.

Grandma Chen touched his chest and back to give him comfort, Miao Jiayan was still holding his hair with the other hand, and the hair on the other half that couldn't be held only reached the root of the ear.

He was crying so pitifully that Grandma Chen hugged him distressedly.

"Don't cry, we won't go back for a few days, we'll just live here with grandma." Grandma Chen saw his cut hair, and reached out to touch it, "It will grow back soon."

Miao Jiayan cried for a long time, then gradually stopped crying, only twitching from time to time.His lower lip trembled as he gasped, how pitiful he looked.

Chen Chao pushed the small bowl of pomegranate that Grandma Chen peeled just now, and said, "Eat the pomegranate, don't cry."

Miao Jiayan's eyelids were thick and swollen, and she shook her head.

When shaking his head, his long hair was hanging on his shoulders, and the cut half of his hair couldn't hold it, so it swayed around his face.

Miao Jiayan raised her hand and pinched the ends of her hair, then put her hand down again.

Miao Jiayan slept at Chen's house that night. Grandma Chen asked him to live with Chen Chao, and the younger brothers lived in the same room.

Chen Chao can't sleep with others, he has lived by himself since he was a child, but Miao Jiayan is so pitiful, it is impossible for Chen Chao to be kicked out.In the end, Grandma Chen spread a mattress on the floor, Chen Chao slept on the floor, and Miao Jiayan slept on the bed.

Miao Jiayan came back wearing Chen Chao's slippers after washing. Seeing that Chen Chao was already lying down, she squatted beside her and called him.

"Brother..." I remembered the words as soon as I started, swallowed them back and changed them, "Chen Chao."

Chen Chao looked at him: "What's wrong?"

Miao Jiayan pointed to the bed, her voice was hoarse, so her voice sounded softer than usual: "You can sleep on your bed, I can live on the floor."

"No need," Chen Chao said, "It's okay, let's sleep with you."

Miao Jiayan then went to turn off the light, came back and sat on the edge of the bed, with her hands on both sides of her legs, quietly.

After a while, Chen Chao heard two suppressed animal-like voices.With the light outside the window, Chen Chao saw Miao Jiayan wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.

Chen Chao said, "Don't cry."

Miao Jiayan put down her hands and said softly, "Brother, I don't want to cut my hair."