The bustle of Yu's house lasts until twelve o'clock in the evening.

The card game was gone, and the countryside courtyard became completely quiet.

My aunt was cleaning the fruit peels and melon seeds on the floor, and Miao Rui was tidying up the room. Yu Xiuxiu quietly pulled Huo Zhongnan to the backyard to listen to the croaking of insects in the mountains.

The night in the countryside is very quiet.

Huo Zhongnan looked at the little girl under the light, and felt that the wine tonight was a little overwhelmed by the gentle mountain breeze.

"You lived here when you were a kid?" he asked.

Yu Xiuxiu looked at him with bright eyes, not realizing the message conveyed by this sentence, and forgot that he was "not Yu Dazhuang's daughter", so he naturally continued.

"When I was a child, I could not live in such a good house." She pointed, "Did you see the thatched pavilion in the corner of the courtyard? That is the former site of my hometown."

Huo Zhongnan glanced at her and said nothing.

Yu Xiuxiu said the wrong thing without realizing it and continued to talk.

"This was once the place where our brigade stockpiled grain, but later it was a household contract. Grandpa Yu saw that my dad had no place to live, so he gave him two broken houses. At that time, my dad was too poor."

Huo Zhongnan asked: "The brigade stockpiles? Is it idle?"

Seeing that he was interested, Yu Xiuxiu nodded: "It's a collective house, which has been idle for a long time. I heard from them that there was a person guarding the grain warehouse living here before. Later... he might have returned to the city. I don't know. Brother, have you been to the countryside?"

Huo Zhongnan shook his head.

Yu Xiuxiu stretched out his hands, looked at the sky in a posture of embracing the world, and closed his eyes.

"I like all this now, life is getting better and better, like dreaming. I have so much, so happy."

Huo Zhongnan looked at her misty face.

“What is happiness like?”

His voice was a little cold, accompanied by a mountain breeze. Yu Xiuxiu felt a chill and looked at him in shock.

"Brother, don't you know what happiness is? Never felt it?"

Huo Zhongnan frowned.

He doesn't speak.

Yu Xiuxiu approached and stared at him half-fittingly.

"What?" Huo Zhongnan was uncomfortable with her.

"If you can't feel happy..." Yu Xiuxiu blinked: "Can I help you. Will you?"

She kept her voice holding her back.

Huo Zhongnan's heart was thrilled, "Getting happiness requires a kind of ability. I don't."

Yu Xiuxiu said with a smile: "I have a lot of ability to get happiness, can I share with you a little?"

In the hazy night, she was playful and beautiful. Huo Zhongnan tried hard to think about her words, but couldn't figure out what was the beating heart when she approached.

Yu Xiuxiu smiled: "How about I teach you a solution now?"

Huo Zhongnan said nothing.

Yu Xiuxiu: "Close your eyes."

Huo Zhongnan: “…”

Yu Xiuxiu: "You try it. Happiness requires you to feel it with your heart. Close your eyes and feel it will be keen. Brother, don't be afraid, I won't bully you..."

Bullying? How can she, a little girl, bully him?

Huo Zhongnan smiled silently, "Stop making trouble. Go back. I seem to be—drinking too much."

Yu Xiuxiu was stunned, "Hahaha, it's impossible. The peach blossoms in our family are never intoxicating."

There is a natural stone cave near the mountain in the backyard of the Yu family. Yu Dazhuang carved out the oil, stored some grain, and used it to store wine. Every year, he would purchase grain at a high price in the village and make wine. They were sealed in the cave, and they would come back to pick up some. They would give it to others and drink it themselves, which would have a unique flavor.

Huo Zhongnan never drinks alcohol.

Perhaps because the wine was brewed by Yu's family and he had a elegant and unique name, he couldn't stand the temptation and took a few sips. At this moment, there was still the fragrance of peach blossoms in his lips and teeth. Perhaps it was so high that when he saw Yu Xiuxiu's shaking face, he thought of the fragrance of peach blossoms in his mouth.

"I'll take a shallow measure." He lowered his head, did not look at her face, took a deep breath to calm down, "Go back and rest."

Yu Xiuxiu tilted his head to look at him: "Okay. He also said he would take you around and experience the rural night."

The little girl lowered her voice, her voice like a coquettish kitten, her claws scratching her heart. He couldn't tell the difference, and only felt his legs and feet were weak.

"tomorrow."

"Okay. Drink less tomorrow." Yu Xiuxiu frowned and walked up to support him. "However, the countryside in winter is not as fun as summer. There is only so much fun in summer. We can go fishing for shrimp, grab crabs, pick mushrooms, pick wild fruits, and dig wild vegetables..."

Ruddy clothes,

Both of them dressed thickly.

Huo Zhongnan was a little hot.

He unconsciously stayed away from her, "Come again in summer."

"Okay, that's what you said."

"Um."

"What if you don't come in summer?"

“…”

"If you don't come-" Yu Xiuxiu thought for a while, suddenly lowered his head, "If you don't come, I won't be your sister anymore. I want to chase you."

There was wind outside, and the sound of the next sentence after the refreshment was low.

Huo Zhongnan only heard the first sentence and smiled, "Follow."

fool?

fool!

Yu Xiuxiu's heart was pounding.

Is this...what he agrees? Ahhhhh!

Don’t come, don’t come. Next summer, Yujia Village will not welcome you. You must make a mistake!

...

Miao Rui arranged Huo Zhongnan's room on the second floor, put all his luggage inside, the bedding was brand new, the room was also large, with a large balcony, and opened the window to smell the clear air and the fragrance of wintersweet flowers that rush into his face...

"You have a rest. If you need anything, you can call me." Yu Xiuxiu made a call, "I live on the far left of the second floor."

"Yes." Huo Zhongnan sat down.

"Are you uncomfortable?" Yu Xiuxiu touched his forehead and went downstairs to bring him a glass of milk. "If you can't sleep, come to play games with me."

"good."

Huo Zhongnan was not drunk, but he felt a sense of sluggishness. When he heard Yu Xiuxiu's voice, his heart was cumbersome and there was a strange feeling.

"You go quickly," he said.

Yu Xiuxiu: "..."

Huo Zhongnan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the sound of the door closing.

After washing and lying on the bed, he wanted to look at his phone, but staring at the words, it turned into the fragrance of peach blossoms and Yu Xiuxiu's smile. He gradually became a little tired, closed his eyes and prepared to take care of his spirit, but he fell asleep.

~

Yu Xiuxiu went back to the room to clean up, and when he lay down, he recalled what they said, and suddenly burst into a cold sweat!

It's over!

What did she say when she was a child?

Isn’t this a lie that has been told?

But why didn't he ask?

Yu Xiuxiu covered his face and wanted to explain it to him, but suddenly he thought: Will he not notice it at all after he got drunk?

She planned for a long time and sent a message, "Brother, I didn't say anything wrong just now, right?"

No response.

"It's over, ignore me?" Yu Xiuxiu's head hurt.

It was quiet all around, and it was pitch black outside the window.

Yu Xiuxiu empty his mind and thought about remedies, his phone suddenly beeped twice.

There is new short message.

"Yu Xiuxiu, I'm planting wintersweets by the pond outside your house. When you come out, I have something to tell you."

How many mobile phone numbers did Tang Xuning prepare? He blocked one after another. This time it was even more outrageous. He came back to celebrate the New Year with his pregnant girlfriend and even talked to his ex-girlfriend in the middle of the night?

Yu Xiuxiu tiptoed out of bed, opened the curtains and looked out.
To be continued...