Chapter 6:

Xu Jingyan cleaned up the dishes and Jinxiu went to take a bath.
After taking a shower, Jinxiu lay on the hanging basket on the balcony and flipped through the book.
Suddenly, she was patted on her shoulder, she picked the end of her eyes, glanced at Xu Jingyan, then lowered her head to continue reading.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" Xu Jingyan leaned back on the balcony and looked down at Jinxiu.
"I accidentally found a book about wedding folk customs in various places, which is quite interesting."
"Do you really plan to keep the wedding?"
Jinxiu raised her head and thought for a moment: "It's okay, I'm very happy. I will feel very good when I watch the couple get happiness."
It's rare that both of them are free tonight, so they chatted casually.
Xu Jingyan squeezed Jinxiu and sat down in the hanging basket.
The two were close to each other. Xu Jingyan shook her body slightly and asked casually, "Embroidery, what kind of person is your boyfriend?"
After asking, I felt very wrong again. I haven't asked her about emotions for so many years. At first, I thought that her boyfriend was just an excuse to stop the peach blossoms. Later, I never saw her boyfriend appear and dare not ask.
She waved her hand: "Hey, I'm just curious. If you can't say it, then you should not hear it."
"Why can't you say?" Jinxiu folded the book aside, looking at Xu Jingyan and wondering.
Xu Jingyan looked surprised: "Ah? Can you ask? Isn't this because I haven't seen you to contact me for fear that it will cause you sadness."
Splendid meditation: "We just have no contact for the time being."
"Then when did you get together?" Once the chatter box was opened, the curious baby couldn't stop trying to explore more mysteries.
"In the second year of high school." Jinxiu answered all questions.
"Wow! Jinxiu, you will fall in love early!" Unexpectedly, a good baby has a rebellious side.
Yes, Jinxiu and Xiangyang are prematurely in love, in the sophomore year of Jinxiu.
Jinxiu was 19 years old that year. Because the school is late, the age of studying is a bit older than the children in the city.
The children of the farm were in charge early. Especially as the boss, Jinxiu has to share the labor for the family.
Originally, after graduating from junior high school, his parents did not allow Jinxiu to continue studying. However, Jinxiu's grades were excellent. At that time, the principals of junior high and high school took turns to do ideological work at home, and then the tuition fee was exempted to continue high school.
Even so, Jinxiu still has to go to the fields to do farm work every day after school and during holidays.
During the summer vacation of the first year of high school, Jinxiu was pulling peanuts in the field.
Jinxiu could only escape from the rain in an abandoned ruined house.
This was where the people who kept the orchard lived before, but now it can shelter passers-by from the wind and rain.
After a day of work, Jinxiu is also tired. She took a sip of water, then opened the cloth bag and took out a steamed bun, then wrapped the cloth bag and put it away.
Jinxiu took a bite of the steamed bun, flipped through the book in the other hand, and took out the textbook to preview.
Because I have endless work every day, I have less time to read, and I can only use the rest time to recharge myself.
Jinxiu chewed the steamed buns and swallowed in small mouths, but felt that today was a little different. It seemed that someone was staring at herself in the dark and coveted the steamed buns in her hand.
She stood up and turned around, but found no one.
Sit down and continue reading, but it was difficult to settle down.
Jinxiu felt that the goose bumps were about to rise, and she always felt that something like a searchlight locked her peeping.
"Yeah!" Jinxiu jumped up, and finally saw someone when she opened a pile of cardboard boxes in the corner. She whispered and backed away.
It was a tramp who couldn't see his face.
The man was completely dirty, his upper body was already dirty in a white shirt, and his jeans underneath had several large holes.
He hugged himself tightly, huddled up in a pile of old cardboard boxes, his body was trembling slightly, his body was dirty, his eyes were staring at Jinxiu,,,, the bun in his hand.
Jinxiu couldn't say a word, just stared at him blankly.
This is a small village. Everyone knows who is in the village, who is here, who is out, and what is happening at home. Such a big guy has never seen him before.
Fairview wants to go out, but the heavy rain has no tendency to stop.
I can't read the book anymore, and I forgot to eat the buns in Jinxiu's hands. She has been watching the heavy rain outside, walking with her feet in small intervals.
The big guy hasn't made any sound, but he can feel that he has been looking at Jinxiu, the light that makes people want to ignore it.
Jinxiu turned around and glanced at the big guy, and found that he was still staring at the bun, but he didn't say a word.
Jinxiu tentatively said in a small voice, "You,, do you want to eat steamed buns?"
The big guy didn't say a word, didn't nod or shake his head, but watched her eyes soften a lot.
Jinxiu just wanted to reach out and give him the steamed bun, and then retracted again. She took out the cloth bag and slowly said, "There are two more in the cloth bag, you can eat here."
Jinxiu moved his small steps, glanced at the big guy, gently placed the cloth bag on his hand, and quickly returned to the safe (?) position at the door.
The big guy still kept looking at Jinxiu, watching her every move. Although the fingers were trembling, the mouth was eating the buns very quickly, which can be said to be swallowed directly.
Two or three bites of two buns are gone.
Jinxiu only dared to glance at it secretly, seeing the big guy get rid of the two steamed buns in twos or twos, and his big eyes were round and round as if they were emitting light, and his face was incredible.
The big guy choked and coughed while looking at Jinxiu's rich expression.
Jinxiu ran over and yelled softly, "I knew you would be choked, see!" As he said, she opened her water glass and handed it to the big guy.
The big guy coughed harder, coughing coughing, reaching out to take the water glass. Jinxiu retracted her hand, "Ah, this is my water glass."
The big guy stared at Splendid, with red blood in his eyes, which made people seem to feel pitiful.
Jinxiu tentatively stretched out her hand again, "Or, would you just take a sip?"
The big guy was very rude and directly grabbed the water glass, unscrewed the lid and took a big gulp, unexpectedly choked again and coughed louder.
"Ah, look, you can't drink in such a rush. Slow down!" Jinxiu stepped forward anxiously and patted the big man on the back with her small hand.
"Children only drink water and are choked."
"You,, cough,,, shut, mouth,, cough." The big man has a hoarse voice. I don't know if it's caused by choking or not speaking for too long, but I can hear that he is not old.
Jinxiu slapped him anxiously, "You just have to shut up and told you to drink so urgently, don't talk for now, just drink slowly." The previous wariness of the big guys was mysteriously gone because of this episode.
After taking two sips of water, the big guy finally came over. Jinxiu revealed two small dimples, and didn't pat his back again with her hands: "How long have you not eaten, why are you eating so urgently?"
The big man didn't speak, but looked at her in silence.
Jinxiu didn't answer when she saw that she looked at him with a confused expression in her eyes.
The four eyes were facing each other for a long time, before Jinxiu suddenly realized something was wrong. The two of them are strangers, they don't know each other, and they don't know if this person is good or bad. It's a dangerous distance to be so close now.
At this time Jinxiu reacted with hindsight.
She hurried away from the big guy, and then ran out of the hut without looking back.
The big guy looked at her back hurriedly running away, with a curved corner of his mouth, tightly tightening the cloth bag in his hand.
Fortunately, the rain was much lighter at this time, and Jinxiu made a big red face and continued to work in the ground pretending to be calm, but his heart kept beating.
When the sun was about to go down, Jinxiu stopped her work and went to other people’s vegetable plots to find the leaves left after harvesting the vegetables. She would put them in a bamboo basket and carry them back to feed the pigs.
When I got home, it was completely dark.
Just as Jinxiu put the bamboo basket on the ground, a small shell flew over: "Axiu, Axiu, you are back!"
Jinxiu touched Jinming's head, revealing two cute dimples.
Jinming waited for Jinxiu to put things away, and quickly took her to the kitchen. Jinxiu allowed him to pull it. First, he was afraid that he would hurt Jinming if he resisted. Second, Jinming, who was more than seven years old, was simply a small adult. He pulled Jinxiu hard with both hands, and Jinxiu couldn't break free.
After arriving in the kitchen, Jinming took out a bowl with a big drumstick in it. He smiled and pleased: "Axiu, I left this for you."
Jinxiu patted Jinming's head lightly, pursing her mouth and pretending to be angry: "Call sister."
Jinming scratched his head, hehe straight music.
Jinxiu did a day's work today, and the steamed buns didn't taste good, so she was indeed hungry.
She picked up the chopsticks and took out some of the stool. As soon as she sat down and was about to eat, Li Meili's voice came from outside the kitchen: "Your sister is full, and that chicken drumstick is for you."
When Jinxiu listened to this, it was neither eating nor putting it down.
Jinming crouched and hummed, "How about Axiu's work for a day and eating only four buns?"
Li Meili walked in and glanced at Jinxiu disdainfully: "I'm such a big person, eat mine, wear mine, what a big face, I'm embarrassed to stay at home. Whose big girl in the village doesn't go out to work and make money. Girl's house? Yes, you can get married after a few years of work. Why do you read so many books?"
Jinxiu lowered her head, not daring to answer her mother's words.
Jinming couldn't listen anymore: "Ama, why are you saying this again?"
When Li Meili spoke to Jinming, her voice became softer, and she slowly said, "I'm telling the truth."
"Ama, you are so annoying." Jin Ming stomped angrily.
Li Meili stopped nagging and said impatiently to Jinxiu: "Axiu, you will quickly finish pulling out the peanuts tomorrow. Your dad and I will go to pick the peanuts and dry them together after we finish harvesting in the fields."
Jinxiu nodded: "Okay, Grandma."
When Li Meili walked away, Jinming sat in front of Jinxiu. He tilted his head and said, "Axiu, are you angry?"
Jinxiu chewed rice in her mouth and shook her head, and smiled bitterly at Jinming.
It is false to say that she is not lost in her heart, but she can't care about it, thinking that I have to study hard, and only reading can change my destiny.
Jinming jumped up: "Tomorrow I will help you."
Jinxiu touched his head: "You go and play, your little friend is not so happy without you."