It was already late at night when Xu Kongshan reached the foot of the mountain, the surroundings were pitch black, and even the dogs didn't like to bark anymore.At this point, he guessed that Chen Wan should be sleeping, so Xu Kongshan planned to come back early tomorrow morning so as not to wake him up.

However, in the middle of the journey, for some reason, Xu Kongshan suddenly remembered the last sentence "I can't sleep, let's see if you are back".

Xu Kongshan stopped, hesitated for a while, turned back to the foot of the mountain and picked up the flower seedlings, whether he was asleep or not, he went to have a look first.

"Knock, knock." The sound of fingers knocking on the door was very clear in the silent night. Chen Wan's ears moved, and he looked out of the window in disbelief. Was it just his illusion?

"Knock, knock." The knocking on the door continued, Chen Wan was sure this time, it was not an illusion, someone was really knocking on the door.

Chen Wan didn't have the ability to see through, so he couldn't see directly outside the courtyard door, but he believed that the person knocking on the door was definitely Xu Kongshan.

He instantly turned on the light and got out of bed, put on his cotton jacket, stepped on half of his slippers, and hurried out.

Xu Kongshan knocked on the courtyard door twice. In the past, Chen Wan had fallen asleep and was about to turn around to leave when he saw the lights in Chen Wan's room turned on.

About half a minute later, Chen Wan opened the courtyard door: "Brother Shan!"

There was no light in the courtyard, so Chen Wan couldn't see Xu Kongshan's face clearly, but only by the blurred shadow and the breath coming towards his face, he could no doubt confirm that the person in front of him was Xu Kongshan.

The smell of sweat mixed with water vapor, dead leaves in the mountains, freshly felled tree trunks and a touch of earth is not a pleasant smell, but Chen Wan is willing to accept the smell of Xu Kongshan.

Chen Wan couldn't see Xu Kongshan clearly, but Xu Kongshan could see Chen Wan clearly.

The delicate-faced young man was wearing a cotton-padded jacket with the buttons unbuttoned. Half of his jade-white collarbone was exposed in a round-necked autumn jacket. His skin was so tender that it seemed that a finger could leave a red mark when he pressed it down. His soft hair curled up in a lovely curve.He was against the light, his eyes were brighter than the full moon in Mid-Autumn Festival.Because of the sprint, her cheeks were pink and her lips were slightly redder than usual.

Xu Kongshan's heartbeat seemed to be a little faster. He was so shocked by Chen Wan's appearance at this moment that he forgot to react for a moment.

"Brother Shan?" Chen Wan called out again, and Xu Kongshan came back to his senses: "Ah, Liu'er, you haven't slept yet?"

"Shh." He didn't pay attention to his voice, Chen Wan hissed with his index finger up to signal him to keep his voice down, "My elder brother and the others are all asleep."

Xu Kongshan smiled and lowered his voice: "Liu'er, the gardenia you want."

He gently put the flower seedlings tied with tree vines on the ground: "These two kinds of spring flowers are also very beautiful, and I brought them back together for you."

Xu Kongshan is a rough man, not interested in flowers and plants, thinking that Chen Wan might like it, so he brought a few more at once, anyway, it was easy.

The bottom of the flower seedlings is covered with soil, and the leaves are green and stretched, containing vitality. It should be easy to survive after planting.

There is a rectangular open space under the wall of the Chen family courtyard. When the house was built, Chen Qianjin planted a few grape seedlings in it, hoping to grow into a grape trellis, but all died in the end.Later, it was replaced by the orange tree that Zhou Mei brought back from her mother's house, but it didn't work.But after eating, the plum pits thrown on top sprouted and grew to half a person's height. In winter, all the leaves fell off, leaving bare brown branches.

Except for gardenias, Chen Wan couldn't name the other varieties. Perhaps he would not be able to figure out what they were until the flowers bloomed.

The temperature was low at night, Chen Wan was wearing a padded jacket, and the chill hit her, and the blush on her face faded.It was freezing cold, Xu Kongshan knew that he was weak, so he put the flower seedlings under the eaves and prepared to leave.

"Brother Shan, wait a moment." Chen Wan wanted to grab his sleeve, but Xu Kongshan moved too fast, so Chen Wan grabbed his hand.

One was as cold as ice, and the other was as hot as fire. Chen Wan subconsciously let go, but he didn't.

"Your hand is too cold." Xu Kongshan held Chen Wan's hand instead, and he easily covered the back of Chen Wan's hand with great skill, "I'm leaving, you go into the house."

Xu Kongshan went straight to Xu's house when he descended the mountain, his face was disheveled, his lips were covered with skin due to thirst.Under the eaves was the light from the main room, Chen Wan could see it clearly: "I'll pour you a cup of hot water before leaving."

Xu Kongshan was indeed very thirsty, and it wouldn't take long to pour a glass of water, so he accepted Chen Wan's kindness.

Chen Wan went into the house and took the enamel cup she used for drinking water. The kettle at home was bought by Zhou Mei when she got married. The big red bottle was printed with Double Happiness.It has been used for more than [-] years, and the heat preservation effect is weaker. The boiling water is poured at noon, and the temperature at this time is just right for the mouth.

Bringing the cup to his mouth, Xu Kongshan could smell the sweet aroma of brown sugar. When he looked inside, he found that the water was light reddish brown, and there were still undissolved brown sugar particles settled at the bottom of the cup.

Chen Wan put brown sugar in the water.

Xu Kongshan was flattered, brown sugar is such a precious thing, wouldn't it be a waste to give him to drink it?

Chen Wan turned a deaf ear to it, two spoonfuls of brown sugar are so valuable, and it would be wasteful to drink it for him: "Brother Shan, drink it, I still have some."

He is in poor health, and the college entrance examination and the cold have wiped out all the hard-earned flesh.In the opinion of the older generation, brown sugar is the most nourishing, so Zhou Mei bought brown sugar and put it in Chen Wan's house, letting him drink it with water.

The sweet syrup quenches thirst and warms the stomach, and Xu Kongshan's mouth is full of sweetness: "It's delicious."

"I'll pour you another glass."

Seeing Chen Wan walking into the room, Xu Kongshan seemed to want to add two spoonfuls of brown sugar to the cup, Xu Kongshan quickly stopped him: "No, just pour some hot water and I'll just rinse it off."

The brown sugar cubes left at the bottom of the enamel cup slowly melted, and Xu Kongshan drank two cups without wasting half a grain of brown sugar.

The brown sugar water filled his stomach, and Xu Kongshan couldn't help but burped with a sweet taste.

The lights in the house dimmed, Chen Wan lifted the quilt, the quilt was already cold, he curled up into a ball, his face pressed against the back of the hand held by Xu Kongshan, trying to absorb the remaining warmth from it.

"Hey, where did the gardenias come from here?" Zhou Mei was busy making breakfast and didn't pay attention. After sending the three little ones away, she realized that there was something more under the eaves.

Chen Wan woke up in a daze after hearing the movement, and replied through the window: "I asked Shan Ge to help bring it. Don't Xing Xing and Lu Lu like it? The plum tree is empty, so there is a place."

"You remember everything they said casually, no wonder the children like you." Zhou Mei said with a smile, "Did Dashan come last night?"

"Yeah." Chen Wan put on her clothes and came out, "Sister-in-law, you can do your work, I'll plant the flower seedlings after dinner."

"Can it grow?" The flower seedlings looked quite fresh, it wasn't that Zhou Mei deliberately hit Chen Wan, but with the lessons learned from the grape vines and orange trees, she didn't dare to have too much hope.

"Is it possible?" Chen Wan hesitated, "Aren't the gardenias in Aunt Wang Cui's house also dug from the mountain?"

Regardless of whether he can live or not, he must try to plant it first.

Planting a few flower seedlings was easy, so Zhou Mei gave Chen Wan a small hoe to kill time.

The soil under the plum tree was fertile. Chen Wan dug up a few earthworms, and four chicks scrambled to grab them and swallowed them down their throats like eating noodles.

When Chen Wan planted flowers, they chirped nearby and turned the soil with their little paws.Under the eaves, Zhou Mei was chopping pigweed, looking up from time to time to see Chen Wan dodging the chicks in a panic, for fear of accidentally trampling them to death, a smile floated on her face.

Under the interference of the chicken cubs, Chen Wan planted the flower seedlings without any risk, and then went to the kitchen to bring half a bucket of water to soak the soil.

In the afternoon, after the three siblings got out of school, Chen Xing saw the flower seedlings in the yard at a glance. When Zhou Mei said that Chen Wan planted them for them specially, the two girls thanked them together.

The flower seedlings were full of leaves, and not a single bud appeared. The two sisters still looked at them in the yard for a long time, until Zhou Mei reminded them not to forget to do their homework, and they stood up reluctantly: "Little uncle, they Will it bloom next year?"

"Yes." Chen Wan couldn't bear to puncture the little girls' sweet dreams, and told them that he was not sure if he would be able to grow a job, "If it's soon, you should be able to see it in three months."

The big deal is that next spring he will ask Xu Kongshan to help dig a few blooming trees. Are they all flowers anyway?

Chen Yongyang didn't know what to see in a few flower seedlings. After finishing his homework, he couldn't wait to rush out to play marbles. He lost two balls to Goudan yesterday, and he must win them back today.

He walked majestically and vigorously, and after less than half an hour, he sneaked into the courtyard door again.

"Little uncle." Chen Yongyang asked Chen Wan for help, "My pants are torn."

He likes to lie on the ground and play marbles. Knees, elbows and cufflinks are the most prone to wear and tear. Zhou Mei sews clothes for him more frequently than the whole family combined.

Chen Yongyang just tore the knee of a pair of trousers last week, and in just a few days, another pair has been torn.He knew in his heart that if Zhou Mei knew about it, he would be scolded, so he decided to adopt the strategy of saving the country with curves.

To put it bluntly, Chen Wan was easier to talk to.

Chen Yongyang removed the hand covering his knee, revealing an irregular hole the size of a coin.

"Take it off and I'll sew it on for you." Chen Wan said and took a rag of the same color. Chen Yongyang was wearing long johns inside, and it wouldn't freeze if he took it off for a while.

"Little uncle, can you sew clothes?" Chen Yongyang's big eyes were full of distrust, and he clutched his belt, "Why don't you let my mother do it."

Hey kid, do you know who you're questioning?

"Then go find your mother yourself." Chen Wan put away her needle and thread, and forgot to sew.

If Chen Yongyang dared to find Zhou Mei, would he be here right now?I saw his face full of confusion, and finally took off his pants as if he had made some great sacrifice: "Little uncle, you sew it, I believe in you!"

He was still worried about handing over the outer pants to Chen Wan, and leaned his head to see how he sewed them.

Chen Wan cut out the shape of the rag with scissors, put it on the outside of the trousers according to the position, and needled with his right hand. Chen Yongyang said: "Little uncle, you sewed it wrong!"

The patches are usually rags inside. Chen Yongyang has never sewed clothes, but he saw Zhou Mei sewed it.His mother sewed so many clothes and never put the rags outside, so Chen Wan must have made a mistake.

"Don't talk, you will know when I sew it."

Chen Wan kept moving, and Chen Yongyang grimaced with aggrieved faces. It was over, he was about to be laughed at by his classmates.

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Chen Wan: Don't be as knowledgeable as a kid!

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