I frowned after listening to Lao Chou's words: "But Uncle Chou, I have never seen San Mei'er. How old is she and what does she look like?"
Lao Chou twitched his lips: "She is still a child. She is only ten years old this year. Maybe I am overthinking it. Just now, a picture appeared in my mind for no reason. It seems that Third Sister will go to you, but why?
Maybe, San Meier doesn’t even know the words.”
"A ten-year-old child still can't read?"
The old Chou sighed helplessly and looked at me: "Didn't I tell you that she is a silly girl?"
I suddenly didn’t know what to say. It turned out that what this ‘silly girl’ said was true——
Seeing that I didn't respond, Lao Chou gently touched Xue'er's head and replied in a self-conscious manner: "She will definitely like Xue'er. That girl should have a friend by her side, otherwise she would be too lonely...
…”
I know that Lao Chou will definitely not please his wife with his appearance. What’s more, he still carries a kind of self-salvation emotion in his heart. Maybe he will be alone in his life, but looking at his tenderness towards Xueer
, and when talking about San Mei's eyes when she was a child, that is the look in a father's eyes. Although I have never seen San Mei's eyes, if she is really born with a congenital defect, she must be an unfortunate child, but I sincerely envy her.
She, at least, has a father-like person who is always thinking of her in her heart no matter how far she travels. This kind of happiness is something I will never be able to touch in my life.
"Uncle Chou, don't worry. If I really see this third sister one day in the future, I will definitely do my best to take good care of her."
The old man nodded, looked at me and smiled softly. Although the scar on his face was still scary, it looked much softer: "Thank you."
I stayed in the warehouse for a long time that night. Uncle Chou and I didn't talk much, we just sat quietly. I watched him touching Xue'er, and my heart felt softer than ever before, as if we hadn't been there for many years.
Seeing old friends, just sitting like this, no need to say anything, our hearts are close to each other. This feeling of cherishing each other in Taoism and admiring each other in personality, which transcends beauty and ugliness, transcends age, is really my first experience.
This kind of feeling has never happened before even with Cheng Baize, who is very close to me. Even I never thought that I would become the kind of person who is slightly older than my father.
I will be a friend that cannot be described in words.
It rained all night. Although it was still very cloudy in the morning, the rain had stopped. I wanted to go to the warehouse and ask Lao Chou to come over for breakfast, but when I opened the door, it was already empty.
The old man is gone...
He only left me a note, which was so short that it only had one line, 'You have to have a confidant in life, and an old and ugly man is enough.'
Looking at the note, I burst into tears. He left no contact information, and I didn’t know his real name or exact address. I seemed to know nothing about him, but he was extremely familiar and close. I suddenly understood,
In fact, those external factors are not important at all. What is important is knowing a person. Looking at the note, I thought to myself that maybe he is a real free and easy person. I opened my mouth: "Uncle Chou, I know you."
You are my honor."
Maybe we will be thousands of miles apart in this life and never have the chance to know each other again, but the way Uncle Chou stood in the rain holding the dog and looked at me, as well as the look and feeling in his eyes at that moment, this person will be engraved in my heart for the rest of my life.
There is a kind of friend who is not in life, but is really in life. Uncle Chou, I hope everything is well with you and reunite with Xueer and Sanmei'er as soon as possible.
"Then uncle is gone?"
Zong Bao, who was standing at the door, brought me back from my thoughts. I nodded and put the note away: "Well, he's gone."
"He just didn't leave. I thought he was going to the Hetao Village with us."
I wiped the tears on my face: "Uncle Chou doesn't like to join in the fun." As I said that, I exhaled and looked at Zong Bao: "Go and see if my clothes are dry. Let's hurry up after I change my clothes."
Let’s go, otherwise it will start to rain soon and it will be inconvenient to drive.”
Zong Bao said "Hmm" and turned around to walk into the yard. I looked back at the empty simple bed board, sighed, and walked out.
"Jiaolong??"
I heard the sound and turned around: "Huh?"
Fang Dapeng at the door looked like he had seen a ghost and looked at me with his mouth wide open: "You, you, you..."
I was a little confused. I had taken the wrong medicine so early in the morning. But as he pointed at my hand, I lowered my head and realized that I was still wearing the clothes I wore in the early 1990s that my cousin said were extremely "fashionable".
Skirt, her face suddenly turned red, and she looked at him stiffly: "What's wrong with me?"
Fang Dapeng swallowed, then pointed to his head: "You...are your brain okay?"
I was speechless! I turned around and ran towards the house quickly: "Zong Bao! Are my clothes dry?!"
"Hey! Jiaolong!!!" Fang Dapeng caught up with me in a few strides, grabbed my arm, probably thinking that I was angry, and said indiscriminately: "I don't mean anything else, you wear it
The skirt is pretty, but it makes me feel like my mother wears it, so it doesn’t suit you very well!!”
I immediately became anxious and quickly glanced into the room. Stop inviting my cousin out to stimulate me. I pulled Fang Dapeng to the side with my backhand and said, "Be careful what you say. This is my cousin's most precious thing."
I specially found a dress and borrowed it for me to wear for one day. My cousin felt very upset when you talked nonsense here."
After hearing what I said, Fang Dapeng scratched his head in embarrassment: "Let me tell you, you wore a tomboy style when you were in school. How could you wear such a skirt? I just thought I had the wrong person."
I breathed out: "Okay, from now on, don't talk about clothes. Why did you come here so early in the morning?"
"I came to see you."
Fang Dapeng said matter-of-factly: "You've been sleeping for several days. You fell asleep when I came here. It rained too much last night, so I didn't come over. I don't know how you are doing after sleeping so much."
God, are you tired because of that grandma thing?"
I looked at his rough manly face and scratched my chin slightly: "Fang Dapeng, I heard that all your colleagues are here, right?"
He was startled for a moment, then said 'hmm': "Zong Bao told you, they will have to communicate with the family of the corpse-turned-grandma later. This matter is so big, of course there will be a special program."
As he said that, he smiled: "By the way, I have to interview you. I don't know if you are awake, so I didn't ask my colleagues to come over. In the afternoon, I will ask all my colleagues to come over. Then you can
Get ready, didn't you say that your dream is to be a great onmyoji, and I will help you realize your wish through that grandma's incident." (To be continued)