Years of teasing from neighbors put a smile on Aunt Hao Yufen's face.
It's mid-January, and there are only a few days left before the Chinese New Year.
The cold wind blew through the street, and the trees planted along the road were already bare without a single leaf. Early in the morning, the whole family was ready to leave.
Leave this small county town.
Memories always make people feel sad. When saying goodbye to the neighbors, Hao Yufen looked around with some emotion.
More than ten years ago, shortly after she got married, she received bad news about her brother-in-law's family.
She was only in her early twenties at that time, and she was obviously still pregnant, but after discussing it with her husband, she chose without hesitation to take the place of her late sister's family and raise their children.
When Hao Yufen took over the child named Liu Weicheng, she felt a little strange at first.
After all, after my sister got married, except for the first few years when her eldest nephew was born, we met frequently. Later, due to work problems with her sister's family, we rarely had the opportunity to meet again.
In her impression, Liu Weicheng was just a child who couldn't speak fluently.
However, when I saw him again, he was already a boy with his own little thoughts.
At that age, he already understood the meaning of his parents' death. On the day when his sisters were cremated, he looked at other relatives and friends around him who were hypocritically crying and secretly wiping their tears. However, Liu Weicheng just had a dull face, looking foolish and foolish.
That scene came into the eyes of young Hao Yufen, and she only felt that the child was pitiful.
After taking him home, he seemed to realize his identity as an outsider.
When Liu Weicheng was a child, he was always cautious in doing things. Even though the couple repeatedly warned him not to read people's faces, the child's mind had already been fixed and it was difficult to correct it with just a few words.
With the birth of his own child, Liu Weicheng still became a role model for his brother.
Otherwise, a pair of sisters in the family would not love his cousin so passionately.
Elementary school, middle school.
Liu Weicheng's grades were among the best. I thought he would get admitted to a good high school and eventually enter a good university.
However, things are willing to do.
On the eve of the high school entrance examination, Liu Weicheng suddenly approached the couple and expressed his intention to not go to school face to face.
Such a decision was naturally rejected by the couple on the spot, but just like when they first met the child, Liu Weicheng in middle school was still dull and taciturn.
Originally they thought the incident would just go away, but after the results of the high school entrance examination came out, the couple realized something was wrong.
Rather than saying that Liu Weicheng did poorly in the high school entrance examination, it is better to say that the other party deliberately achieved that score.
So much so that with such results, I couldn't even get into the worst high school in the county.
After the result happened, Hao Yufen was very sad about it and told her nephew again and again that he didn't need to worry about school expenses at all.
But at that time, the boy seemed determined and insisted on going out to share the family's finances and provide a good learning environment for his two cousins.
Later, Liu Weicheng did not go to school, but went out to work early.
Although part of it was mailed back every month, Hao Yufen never touched a penny of her nephew's money.
In the end, the compensation from his deceased parents, plus the money he had saved for the other party over the years, was handed over to the other party.
In Hao Yufen's eyes, Liu Weicheng is obviously a sensible child.
But...the other party's shortcomings are also obvious.
That is too sensible.
He was so sensible that he had just graduated from junior high school and already wanted to help share the pressure on his family.
When this incident happened, Hao Yufen once blamed herself extremely.
She mistakenly placed the responsibility for her nephew's interrupted studies on herself. She originally thought that it was her concealment that ruined his life.
However, judging from the current results, this is not entirely the case.
"Things have been arranged, what else is there... Xiao, Aunt Wang, long time no see!"
Professionals have been arranged to transport the big items away, and Liu Weicheng plans to move the rest of the small items when he takes his aunt and his family back.
I had just stuffed my luggage into the trunk, and was about to ask my aunt if there was anything I forgot to take with me.
When he raised his eyes, he bumped into his old neighbor.
Liu Weicheng still vaguely remembered the Aunt Wang in front of him.
Older people will inevitably be a bit chatty when chatting. In addition, after seeing Liu Weicheng, whose image has changed drastically after not seeing him for a year or two, Aunt Wang first stared at him carefully for a while, and then she looked surprised when she realized what she was doing.
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Liu Weicheng, who looked lifeless with his hair half-covered and his eyes half-opened, has now disappeared.
Under the long coat to resist the cold wind, the decent lining is eye-catching.
Even without touching the fabric of the clothes, Aunt Wang already knew that they were expensive just by scanning them with her eyes.
Now Liu Weicheng's image has undergone earth-shaking changes, and he now has the look of a successful person.
Hao Yufen on the side just watched silently.
Looking at Liu Weicheng, who could chat freely with anyone, his eyes looked at him with more and more smiles.
In her heart, she was proud of her nephew's current development.
"You are so handsome now! What are you doing in the city?"
"The catering industry is also a small business."
"Young~ the big boss! Do you have someone?"
"Yes, yes."
"Tsk, that's a pity..."
Aunt Wang looked disappointed when she heard that Liu Weicheng already had a girlfriend. However, the loss did not last long, and she cheered up again in an instant.
Then she began to keep asking if there were any male friends around her who were of marriageable age. After all, her daughter was said to be in her prime, but unfortunately she didn’t have a partner yet.
Compared with Aunt Wang herself, Liu Weicheng's memory of the other party's daughter is more impressive.
After finally getting across Aunt Wang Lake, I hurriedly urged my aunt and her family to get in the car and leave.
As soon as he got in the car, Liu Weicheng breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at my aunt sitting in the passenger seat, I asked with concern.
"Aunt Wang, isn't her daughter married yet?"
"No, I met her a while ago and she asked me when you would be back."
"..."
The hairs on my body stood up.
The aunt's answer made Liu Weicheng swallow nervously. After all, he was the same age as Aunt Wang's daughter when he was a student in his memory.
They are still in the same school, and because the two families are relatively close to each other, it is unavoidable to walk together after school.
But when he thinks about the memories of those years, Liu Weicheng only feels helpless.
Fortunately, when he arrived, Liu Weicheng in this world had already been in the city for several years, otherwise he would not have been able to deal with the entanglement of Aunt Wang's daughter.
Drive away quickly.
It wasn't until he was far away from the residential building area that Liu Weicheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"The house has been arranged, you can live there first."
Although Liu Weicheng paid for the house, he didn't feel there was anything wrong with letting his aunt's family live in it.
The apartment size is not too big, with three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom, about 100 square meters.
Rather than saying it was lent to my aunt and her family to live in, it was more like a house bought by Liu Weicheng for my aunt.