Miss White Rose

The next day, amid the noise of geese flying and dogs jumping in the yard, Xu Xingyan went downstairs after washing.

"Dahuang, why are you messing with Xiaobai again? What are you trying to do? You can't beat him."

Xiaobai fluttered his wings and raised his beak to pursue the victory. He was worthy of the title of a bully in the countryside. Rhubarb looked like a big dog, but was chased away with his tail between his legs, and turned his head to seek shelter from his two masters. .

The little aunt was still angry with it, and when she saw it, she laughed and said: "Haha, yes!"

Xu Xingyan also shrugged her shoulders, "I saw it just now. It was Xiaobai who you teased first. I won't help you. Find a way to put out the fire yourself."

While talking, Xiaobai grabbed Dahuang's hind leg and pulled it hard, a bunch of dog hair fell to the ground, and Dahuang let out a pained 'owwow', and scrambled into the kennel and refused to come out.

"Yanyan, come here to eat something, I have to climb the mountain in a while, I have to eat first, when your aunt, uncle and the others arrive, I won't be able to eat in a mess."

"Well, here we come."

The old lady always eats a simple and healthy breakfast, basically a bowl of porridge with a boiled egg, and this is the same treatment for outsiders.

Only Xu Xingyan, the most beloved grand-niece, has a small privilege. She can eat small wontons wrapped by the old lady herself, plus a small bowl of corn kernels mixed with honey.

Not long after breakfast, two cars drove into the yard one after another.

"Aunt, Uncle, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin Muhan, Xiaoyi."

Grandpa Xu has two daughters and one son, of which Xu Xingyan's father Xu Yuming is the youngest child.

Aunt Xu got married and gave birth to two daughters. The eldest daughter, Qian Sitong, was transferred to other provinces for work last year. The second daughter, Qian Muhan, was congenitally blind, but she has been living with her parents.

Aunt Xu also has a son and a daughter, but the eldest daughter was born to her ex-husband, and the relationship between mother and daughter has always been bad. Later, she was introduced by someone and married her current husband. After many years, she gave birth to a son named Han Yi. I am preparing for the college entrance examination.

"Fourth sister," Han Yi ran over as soon as he closed the car door.

This kid has learned to please his sisters since he was a child without a teacher. When calling someone, he never belongs to this cousin or that cousin, but is directly ranked according to age. Cousin Mu Han is the second sister, half-brother Xu Ying is the third sister, and cousin Xingyan from the uncle's family is the fourth sister.

When I was young, I took him for a walk in the park, and people heard him yelling at the fourth sister, and they really thought that the parents had five children in one go.

Xu Xingyan carefully helped her bad second cousin Qian Muhan out of the car, and smiled at him, "When did you get your driver's license? This car drives pretty well."

Qian Muhan stood firmly holding the cane for the blind, covered his lips when he heard the words, and said softly: "I just took it, and I haven't warmed it up yet, and I've been showing off all the way, but the second aunt seems not very happy, saying that it delayed the college entrance examination review, can you Don't make a pretext in front of Second Aunt, or you'll get angry again."

Han Yi scratched the back of his head, supported Qian Muhan's elbow from the other side, and said in a low voice, "I know it well, it doesn't affect my grades at all, but my mother doesn't believe me, and several buddies in my class don't believe me. I have passed the driver's license test, but I don't have one, what a shame!"

Seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys are the age at which loyalty and face-saving is the most important. Xu Xingyan glanced at the elders who were talking not far away, turned her head and whispered: "After you finish your college entrance examination, Fourth Sister will buy you a car." car."

"Take a good exam," Qian Muhan groped and patted his little cousin on the shoulder, and encouraged him, "Your game book has been used for almost two years. Later, the second sister will replace it with a brand new one for you, and you will go to school again." The pair of earphones you wanted last time, your mother won't buy them for you, but the second sister will buy them for you."

Han Yi immediately took a rest and stood at attention, his eyes glowed and said: "I promise to complete the task! Resolutely win the tough battle of the college entrance examination!"

"Furious."

"When you say this, you will be refreshed."

……

The ancestral grave of the Xu family is on a mountain not far from Jiugan Village. The scenery is very beautiful. A few years ago, Mr. Xu invested in the renovation of the mountain road in this area. The cement road is very spacious, and there is no problem for trucks to go up it. One generation still retains the tradition of hiking on foot, thinking that driving up is not sincere enough.

On the one-hour mountain road, everyone was happy to follow the old man. Aunt Xu felt sorry for her daughter and wanted her to take a car, but Qian Muhan herself was not willing to be treated specially. Even though it was a little inconvenient, she still insisted on following the crowd on foot.

Normally, Han Yi and Xu Xingyan took turns supporting Qian Muhan in the first half of the journey, and Aunt Xu and Uncle Xu brought their daughter together in the second half of the journey. You also need to pass some water, or walk on your back for a while.

As for the little aunt...

Heh, the old lady has been waiting for them at the terminal with long strides.

……

Mr. Xu was a traditional and ostentatious person during his lifetime. He attached great importance to the affairs behind him. From the site selection of the tomb to the style and material of the tombstone, he personally selected and finalized them. He also fully took care of his beloved wife's aesthetics. has connotation.

On a stone tablet next to it is the old man himself inscribed words——

【The person buried was born in poverty, left home when he was young, and suffered beyond words.Fortunately, my beloved wife loves me, and I am not afraid of poverty, and support each other, so that I can achieve success and fame.For the next half of his life, he was trained by his wife to do good deeds, build bridges and donate medicines, and benefit the village. Now that he returns to bliss, he will enjoy long-term peace, no disease, no pain, no injury or disease. 】

In comparison, Grandma Xu is much simpler, with only fourteen words——[Dusts to dust, the world to forget, Earth to earth, Changning in the afterlife. 】

Kneeling and standing on one side, watching the tongue of fire slowly licking away the ingot paper money, from the corner of my eyes, beside the tombstone diagonally opposite, my little aunt was sitting cross-legged in front of her deceased lover, chatting about the recent situation, Xu Xingyan thought, what should I do? , It's really hard for her not to believe in love.

Her grandparents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, parents, cousins... too many people, in the form of their own actions, told her—yes, yes, you can believe in love.

The stack of yellow paper in his hand was finally burnt out, Han Yi stepped forward to help her, "Fourth Sister, get up."

Seeing this, Second Aunt Xu smiled and said, "Yanyan, please burn a few more. When the old man was alive, he always said that you were the eldest granddaughter of our Xu family, and you were the one who loved me the most. The paper money you burn is more expensive than the gold we burn, old man." It must be more happy to receive it below."

Han Yi frowned, "Mom!"

Patting her cousin's hand, Xu Xingyan opened another stack of paper money, turned her head and said with a playful smile: "Second aunt is talking, I happen to have a little whisper to my grandparents."

After finishing speaking, she ignored the other party, just knelt upright as before, looked at the names standing side by side on the tombstone, and really made a wish in her heart: Hey, grandma, you have always believed in Buddhism, if you really have a soul, Just... please bless your granddaughter's marriage.

After a while, Aunt Xu gave Second Aunt Xu a sideways look, and said, "It's almost over. It's winter, the ground is cold, and knees tend to get stiff after kneeling for a long time. Xiao Yi, quickly help your fourth sister up."

This time Han Yi moved very quickly. The 1.8-meter tall man helped him up with a little effort, and he cleverly used his own advantages to block the sight of his mother.

……

When going down the mountain, Xu Xingyan walked at the back with her little aunt.

"This year's Chinese New Year, my dad and the others probably won't come back, so you can stay with me for a few days, the room is reserved for you all the time."

"No," the old lady tilted her head, "I don't know anyone over there, and I don't even have anyone to talk to. If you stay for a long time, you will easily suffer from dementia. How good it is to stay in the village. I have a high seniority, and I don't need to Go out and make a fuss, only people come to give me New Year's greetings!"

"Then how about... how many days should I come and stay here?"

The old lady rolled her eyes, and looked back in disgust, "Don't, don't, don't come here, last year you came here for five days, but you caught a cold and had a fever on the first day, and you spent the next four days in the medical station Hang Shui, I haven't enjoyed any blessings from you, and I have to go there every day to deliver meals to you, others have a lot of fish and meat during the Chinese New Year, but mine is a sick meal with clear soup and little water!"

"Hey..." My aunt shook Xu Xingyan's hand vigorously, and said sadly: "Why do you worry so much every day? This worries a lot, and it's easy to get old. A girl in her 20s should dress up Be beautiful, go traveling, watch movies, fall in love..."

"Don't worry about my old woman. This year, the community has arranged a show to invite us old people to watch it. I heard that there is also a begging show, but I haven't seen it for many years. A little girl from the grid worker two days ago, The ticket that came to me personally is still in the front seat..."

"The old lady surnamed Wang in the back room of the old house, her grandson bought her a small radio, which can play more than 800 songs. She shows off from the beginning of the village to the end of the village all day long. Can she get the ticket for the front seat? This is the treatment only available to me, the former community women director!"

Xu Xingyan couldn't help laughing, and she knew the elegance when she heard the string, and immediately said: "I will buy you a better one than hers later, the one that can play 1000 or [-] songs, and compare them all."

The old lady gave an arrogant "hmm" and narrowed her eyes in satisfaction.

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