Like a swallow returning to its nest

"Jian Jian, there will be guests at home this afternoon. They are your father's old comrades in arms, and there are two little guests. You should prepare and entertain them."

Taking off the ironed shirt and tie and hanging them in the crook of her arm, Gu Yinglan ordered her aunt again: "Prepare some dishes that children like to eat. Sea bass is a must. Both adults like sea bass and freshwater shrimp. They must be bought live." Yes, Shanghai Qing also buys some, and there is also a stew, and a three-yellow chicken... You can look at the other vegetables, in short, it should be a combination of meat and vegetables, and the nutrition is balanced..."

Auntie widened her eyes and tried to remember all the key words in her words. Gu Yinglan stared at her for a while, then raised her finger, "You should find a piece of paper and write it down. Today's guests are very important. They come all the way, and they have a lot with Mr. I haven't seen you in years, so don't mess it up."

"Okay..." The aunt hurriedly typed the note filled with words on a post-it note, and raised her head in a daze when she wrote 'children', "What does the child like to eat?"

"What do children like to eat?" Gu Yinglan turned to Fang Jian and asked, "What do your children like to eat?"

I have given birth to two children by myself, and I don't know what the children like to eat when they are in their thirties.Fang Jianyan replied: "Candy, spicy sticks, potato chips."

"These are the ones you like to eat, right?" Gu Yinglan said.

Fang Jian lowered her head and muttered, "I'm not a child."

"No, you can't eat these, they are all junk food. One Coca-Cola Chicken Wing, one egg custard, specially made for children, okay, that's it."

"Aren't Coca-Cola Chicken Wings junk food?" Fang Jian said weakly.

Gu Yinglan took it for granted: "Coke made into chicken wings is not junk food, do you understand?"

Fang Jian's back bumped against the door frame one after another, and she didn't really want to understand.

The aunt took the order and went to the vegetable market. Gu Yinglan took out ten yuan from her wallet and handed it to Fang Jian: "Go and buy a bottle of Coke, a big bottle. I will make chicken wings for my aunt at night. Don't steal it."

Fang Jian dawdled over to pick up the money, and just as she turned to leave, Gu Yinglan took her by the arm and warned, "It's in the small shop downstairs, don't go outside, you know? If you run away again..."

Before she finished speaking, Fang Jian twisted her palm away, and Gu Yinglan patted her buttocks, "You still have emotions."

"I didn't!" Fang Jian ran out the door.

Fang Chun went to the summer camp, and the only ones at home who could be used by Gu Yinglan were her aunt and Fang Jian.Of course, even if Fang Chun was at home, she would not accept her errands. She hung up her earphones and did Mathematical Olympiad questions in the room, and no one would call her.

In July and August, the sky was clear one second, and the next second was windy and rainy. Fang Jian was standing under the eaves of the small shop with her Coke in her arms to hide from the rain. Her toes shrank in her white sandals, but she still couldn't avoid being splashed wet from rain.

She freed up one hand to gather her skirt, and leaned over to take a look through the door of the small shop. The proprietress of the small shop beckoned to her, "Come in and hide."

"No." The ponytail swayed slightly behind her head, Fang Jian lowered her head, the soles of her feet were wet and sticky, "My shoes are wet."

The proprietress said: "If it is wet, it will be wet. What are you afraid of?"

"I'm leaving." She moved two steps to the side and stood in the shadow of the corner where no one could see.

The summer rain came and went quickly, the dark clouds inlaid with gold in the shallow depression formed by the rain on the ground dissipated, revealing a round of golden sun, the concrete floor soon became wet and dry, Fang Jian held the Coke for fun Jumping and walking, when passing the fish pond in the community, his back suddenly stiffened, and he squatted down and hid behind the fish pond more than one meter above the ground.

She heard Papa's voice.

The voice came from far to near, Fang Jian poked her head out quietly, and her father walked side by side with another tall uncle. The uncle was very dark, and he was also holding a very dark little girl in his hand, bouncing around with two twisted braids.

Fang Jian followed up quietly, watching the girl break away from her father's hand and run out when passing the flower bed. She stood there for two seconds beside the flower bed in full bloom, her tense body stretched out suddenly, and the red plastic sandals ran out. With the sound of "Pa-ta-ba-ta", he bounced back to the adult, raised his face and raised his right hand, "Daddy! Butterfly!"

"Ah, I caught a butterfly!" Fang Zheng spoke first, knelt down and patted her head, "It's awesome, it's amazing!"

From this angle, the girl's face is still invisible, but her father's can be seen completely. Fang Jian has never seen her father smile like this, a kind and loving smile.At least he had never smiled at her like that.

"You like to send you off." The girl said casually.

Fangzheng squeezed the adult's thin voice that imitated the children's way of speaking, "Ah, you are so generous, then I will accept it."

The girl handed over the butterfly and ran back to Uncle Hei to hold hands. Fang Jian saw her father pinching the wings of the butterfly with his orchid fingers. ah."

"It's likable and mischievous," said Uncle Hei.

Fang Jian saw the back of her round head turn left and right, like a little black dog who only knows that she is cute.

Fang Jian followed them upstairs, and stood on the stairs on the next floor to listen to the warm greetings from the adults, and heard her mother speak in the same thin voice.

"Little sister, so cute, what's your name... Hey, don't you have two children? Why is there only one, and the other boy?"

Uncle Hei said with a smile in his tone, "That bastard ran away before getting on the train! He is very timid, he refuses to meet strangers, and whoever greets him on the way will disappear with a swipe."

"Yo, it doesn't matter if he's alone at home!"

"I'm going to middle school soon, I can cook and eat by myself, and I can study well, so don't worry."

"It's amazing, very independent, will you be sent to serve as a soldier in the future?"

"It depends on his own will."

"It looks like a good material for a soldier in the photo!"

"Still young."

The guests were welcomed into the room, the door was wide open, and laughter and laughter drifted into Fang Jian's ears. Fang Jian sat on the steps, buried her face in her arms, and bumped the Coke bottle with her forehead.

"Hey!"

There was a sudden shout above his head.

Fang Jian raised her face and neck, the girl was looking at her lying on the iron railing of the stairs, her two long braids hanging down, her voice was sweet, "What are you doing sitting there?"

Fang Jian stood up abruptly, and the Coke bottle fell to the ground. She hurriedly bent over to pick it up, and the girl ran down with a "clack-clack" and asked, "Did you smash it?"

The fine foam screamed and surged inside the bottle, Fang Jian checked the body of the bottle for a week, "It's not broken."

"Is this for me?" The girl pointed.

Fang Jian knew why she was so attractive. She was so good-looking, with big and round eyes, small lips, curled eyelashes, and dense curly hair on her forehead. She was as cute as a doll.

She must often have the opportunity to go out to play, her skin was caramelized by the sun sauce, and the flesh gaps at the elbow joints were white again, and the short sleeves and necklines fell to one side, revealing a small piece of skin that was also very white.

"I've seen you!" The girl pointed at Fang Jian, straightened her upper body and rushed over, "I've seen you!"

Fang Jian shrunk her shoulders and took a step back, her eyes fell on the large puddle of dried oil soup on her grass-green short-sleeved chest, and there was still a piece of dry instant noodles stuck to her shorts, which was as long as her little finger.

"You don't remember me?" She put her hands on her hips, raised them up and gestured, "I'm Chunlai! Chunlai! I'm seven years old!"

——Chun Lai, Chun Lai, this name is so familiar.

Before Fang Jian could think about it, the girl who claimed to be Chunlai had already jumped up and hugged her, "Sister!"

She still had the taste of spicy sticks and instant noodles in her mouth. Fang Jian backed away in horror, her back pressed against the wall of the corridor, and the Coke in her arms fell to the ground again.

"You don't remember me?" Her long eyelashes flickered.

Chun Lai, Fang Jian was impressed by the name.When she was six years old, she got lost and was taken away by human traffickers. One of the girls she was locked up with was named Chunlai.

Chunlai was very courageous, a group of children huddled in a corner tremblingly, she was not afraid of anything, clamoring for water at one moment, food at another, and going to the bathroom when they were full.

The adult guarding them refused to let her go out and asked her to drag her in the room. She couldn't hold back, so she really found a corner to poop by herself.

After that, every child chose to go to the toilet at the place she marked at the beginning, including Fang Jian.

This kind of child is naturally eye-catching, and what is even more impressive is her stinky stool, but fortunately it is not pulled in her pants, otherwise when she rushes into her arms, Fang Jian will definitely kick her away she.

The child rushed at her after pulling off the papa, tore off the newspaper on the wall and wiped his buttocks. He threw himself into the person's arms and shouted "sister" without thinking. Sleeping, coaxing sweetly: "Sister, I like you a little bit, and everyone else doesn't."

The children in the house were divided into male and female groups, and they were pulled to different places by different cars. They were bumpy in the car for six days and six nights. After all, she was too young, just over four years old, and soon developed a high fever and fell into a coma.

When the traffickers took Fang Jian away, Fang Jian didn't cry or feel scared. Until the little girl named Chunlai became very hot and then very cold, she suddenly realized that this girl might be like the girl she once raised. The little white rabbit named Xuexue is going to die quietly.

On a rainy evening, the car slammed to the side of the road. A woman in a navy blue plastic raincoat opened the car door, picked up the seriously ill girl, and threw her into the grass by the side of the road. Pet dead cat dead dog.

Before the little child knew what death was, they had slept next to each other for six nights.When the car door slammed shut, Fang Jian thought they would never see each other again.

"Can I drink bubble water?"

When Fang Jian was in a daze, she had already let go, picked up the Coke bottle on the ground and held it in her arms.

"Let's go." Fang Jian led her upstairs. The children didn't have so much old things to tell, so they didn't understand how difficult and precious this reunion was.

You have to wait many, many years later, when you look back, you will feel a wave of fear for the rushing river that has flowed, and you will know that the probability of reunion is one in a billion, and you will be able to appreciate the wonder of fate and experience your own love. The luck I have...

The child's hot little hand was arched into her palm, still as familiar as ever, "I changed my name, my name is now Jiang Xiaolai, don't make a mistake."

Fang Jian is two years older than her, with long arms and long legs, holding the child like a puppy that is not weaned and is walking upside down. She stopped and looked down at the cheerful child, "I remember your name is Chunlai, do you still remember me?" What is my name?"

"Your name is sister Jian Jian." Jiang Xiaolai said.

Just now she heard from her aunt upstairs that sister Jian Jian went to buy a Coke.

Fang Jian's delicate eyebrows frowned, "Actually, you've forgotten it a long time ago."

"Ang." She took it for granted, "but I remember your face..." She stretched out her finger, and Fang Jian leaned back, not letting her touch it.

She had to point to herself, "You have a black spot on your nose."

Fang Jian: "This is called a mole."

"Character."

"mole!"

"son!!"

"Forget it." Fang Jian gave up teaching, "My name is Fang Jian, square Fang, simple Jane, you just need to remember my name."

Jiang Xiaolai said that she remembered, but in fact she didn't know which two words she said.

The child wanted a Coke, Fang Jian handed the Coke bottle to Fang, "My sister wants it."

"Okay!" Fangzheng took it and twisted the bottle cap.

With a sound of "Puff", the soda popped open the bottle cap and gushed out, spraying Fangzheng's head and face, he hurriedly tried to cover it with his hands, an unsteady Coke bottle fell to the ground, gurgling and gurgling, Fangzheng's body was half wet Even wooden floors, tea tables, and leather sofas are not spared.

Fang Jian shouted "It's over" in her heart. Seeing his face turned from sunny to cloudy, and it became more and more cloudy, even Gu Yinglan was too terrified to breathe out. The child quickly picked up the cola bottle that was dumped on the ground, and laughed heartlessly.

Next to him, Jiang Jianjun also patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Comrade, your reaction is not as good as before! You used to have the best physical strength in our class. What's wrong with you!"

After being interrupted by the young and old, Fang Zheng did not lose his temper in the end, Fang Jian hurriedly pulled the child back to the room to hide.

She hugged the remaining half bottle of Coke and raised it high, "Sister, drink bubble water."

Fang Jian opened the door and looked out, slipped to the kitchen and got two cups back, poured her a full cup, her face turned into a flower with a smile, "There are no bubbles! It's delicious!"

Before dinner started, Jiang Jianjun and Fang Zheng went to the train station to pick up people again. Half an hour later, two men came to the house, both of Fang Zheng's comrades-in-arms.

I went to my grandma's house and borrowed a big round table to place in the living room. Four men, two children and a woman sat on the table lively. Fang Jian had to take care of her younger sister, bring her food, and pour her drinks. Fortunately, the aunt came back It was time to buy Coke, otherwise her Coke chicken wings would be ruined.

The adults were drinking and bragging, their faces flushed, Gu Yinglan asked her aunt to make sober tea, the child ate half a bowl of meat and egg custard, ate four chicken wings, five shrimp, a whole piece of fish belly, some celery beef and Kung Pao chicken, Half a bowl of green pepper minced meat bibimbap.Fang Jian counted them all for her.

Feeling her bulging belly, Fang Jian said, "Don't eat it, be careful of choking."

She nodded, put down her chopsticks, and pressed her greasy little paws on his thigh after eating chicken wings, "Sister, I want to pull..."

"Oh, okay, I'll take you there!" Fang Jian hurriedly interrupted her, ignoring the soy sauce-colored palm print on the white skirt, helped her to the bathroom, and went to the room to carry a small bench for her to step on. Help her to sit on the toilet.

Afraid that her sister would fall, she didn't dare to go far, leaving a gap in the door to listen to her movements, and Fang Jian watched her wrinkle her eyebrows through this gap.

After a long time, she looked over with a sad face, "Sister, I can't pull it out while sitting."

Fang Jian pushed open the door and went in, "I'll give you the small bench."

"But I just can't pull it off."

"Then how about this..." Fang Jian reached into her armpit and lifted her up, put her on the ground, flipped the cushion up, and lifted her up again, "You squat down and pull her up."

This time Fang Jian didn't wait for her outside the door, but kept holding her arm.If my sister accidentally falls off the toilet, she's going to have bad luck tonight.

The banquet outside was in full swing, and the only sound in the bathroom cubicle was the sound of a child trying to inhale and hold his breath. She asked, "Do I stink?"

Fang Jian said, "It's not like you haven't pulled me in front of me."

The child chuckled, "Sister, you are so kind to me."

Fang Jian didn't feel bored taking care of her, probably because she was cute and well-behaved, and she was different from those dead children at her uncle's and aunt's house during the Chinese New Year, and her mouth was sweet.

The little Fang Jian has already grasped the tricks for children to be liked by adults: sweet mouth, cute, well-behaved.Such as Jiang Xiaolai.

Fang Jian knew why she was not liked by others, but she would never become such a cute child in her whole life.

"Sister, I've done it, give me some paper."

Pressing the flush button, Fang Jian arranged for her to sit by the bathtub, "You have to take a shower, otherwise you won't be able to sleep with me at night."

"Okay, I'll take a shower." She sat obediently.

Fang Jian went out to find Jiang Jianjun to ask for clothes for the child. She remembered that her uncle was carrying a canvas travel bag.

Jiang Jianjun regretfully told her that Jiang Xiaolai didn't have any clean clothes. She had soiled three sets of clothes since she came out of the town at [-] o'clock in the morning.On the way, she jumped into a mud puddle and fell down, while waiting for the train at the train station, she played with water in the toilet, and when she got on the train, she poured instant noodle soup on her clothes...

Everyone laughed at Jiang Xiaolai's funny story, Gu Yinglan came up to collect the dirty clothes and handed them to her auntie to wash, and said to Fang Jian: "Give your sister clothes, you can't wear those that you can't wear, you used to put them on." Those clothes are for the cousins, aren't they?"

"She's a little naughty..." Fang Jian whispered.

"There are also dark clothes. Could it be that you let her be naked?" Gu Yinglan gently pushed her shoulder, "Go."

Fang Jian turned around and left angrily. When she returned to the bathroom, the child had stripped herself naked, and smiled shamelessly at people with her bulging belly.

"I'm all off! But I can't boil water."

Fang Jian took out her bath towel from the cabinet and put it in a convenient place, "You don't have any clean clothes, you can go to my room to choose after washing."

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