Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie took the lead and ran to Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua. Ruan Xi panted slightly and said excitedly: "We are back! We are back to spend the New Year with you! Not only us, but also the three little ones!"
As she said this, she turned around and saw Ruan Hongjun and Ye Fan pulling Ruan Qiuyue slowly towards them.
Liu Xinghua looked at the three figures behind her and asked, "Who are those three?"
As Ruan Hongjun, Ye Fan and Ruan Qiuyue approached, Sun Xiaohui and Ruan Changgui stuck their heads out from the small kitchen opposite. Seeing Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie, Sun Xiaohui said, "The damn girl is back. She's willing to come back!"
Ruan Yuejin and Ruan Yuehua heard the noise and came out of the main house and stood outside the door.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie ignored the family of four and naturally did not go over to say hello, simply pretending they did not exist. When Ruan Hongjun, Ye Fan and Ruan Qiuyue approached, Ruan Xi raised his hand and said, "Quick! Call grandpa and grandma!"
Ruan Hongjun was not unfamiliar with anyone. He decisively let go of Ruan Qiuyue, saluted with one hand, stood straight and saluted Ruan Zhigao seriously, and said hello to Ruan Zhigao: "Hello, Grandpa! I am Ruan Hongjun!"
After greeting Ruan Zhigao, he saluted Liu Xinghua, "Hello, grandma! I am Ruan Hongjun!"
Ruan Qiuyue and Ye Fan thought he was stupid, so they just smiled and greeted him obediently.
"Grandpa and grandma, I'm the third child in the family, Ye Fan."
"Hello, grandpa and grandma, I'm Qiuyue, the sixth child in the family."
It was the first time that Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua saw their three grandchildren and they didn’t know what to do for a moment. Mainly because it happened too suddenly. I felt happy and touched, but also a little restrained for reasons I couldn't explain.
Seeing them in a daze, Ruan Xi smiled and said, "Grandpa and grandma, these are your grandchildren. I mentioned them to you in the letter, the third child Ye Fan, the fifth child Ruan Hongjun, and the sixth child Ruan Qiuyue, think about it."
Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua only reacted after hearing this, and hurriedly concealed their confusion, calling out: "Hurry, hurry, stop standing, you must be exhausted after walking so far, hurry into the house and sit down to rest."
Then, before I even entered the house, I suddenly heard another sentence: "Hey, are there relatives coming home?"
Hearing the sound, everyone stopped and looked back, only to see Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan coming back.
Ruan Changsheng saw Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie in the crowd, and hurriedly pushed Ruan Hongjun, Ye Fan, and Ruan Qiuyue aside, and walked directly to Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie, saying excitedly, "Hey! My two nieces are back!"
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie laughed, "Fifth Uncle."
After that, he looked at Qian Chuan and called out, "Fifth Aunt."
Qian Chuan walked to Ruan Changsheng's side, looked at them and said with a smile: "Mom has been talking about you these past two days, saying that it's your first time to celebrate the New Year away from home, and she's not used to it without you at home. I didn't expect you to come back today."
Ruan Changsheng didn't say any more nonsense, and just said, "It's cold outside, come in quickly."
Before he could even take a step, he heard a voice behind him: "Goose..."
This is the ignored Ruan Hongjun, speaking with a dry throat.
Ruan Changsheng turned around when he heard the voice, and then he realized that he had overlooked the three children, so he looked at Ruan Xi and said, "Wait a minute, I seem to have forgotten one thing, who are these three kids?"
Before Ruan Xi could say anything, Ruan Hongjun puffed out his chest and said, "I'm not some little brat!"
Ruan Changsheng looked at him and smiled, "Like a little fool."
As soon as these words were spoken, Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie, Ye Fan and Ruan Qiuyue laughed out loud.
Ruan Qiuyue looked at Ruan Changsheng and said, "Yeah, Fifth Uncle, I think they look a bit similar too."
Ruan Hongjun glared at Ruan Changsheng, and then at Ruan Qiuyue, "You all want to have a taste of my power, right?!"
Ruan Changsheng knew it when he heard him call him Fifth Uncle. He looked at Ruan Qiuyue and the other two and said, "I see. You have never been to the countryside. My nephews and nieces, are you coming back to celebrate the New Year as well?"
Ye Fan looked at him and replied, "Yes, I will come back with my two sisters."
Liu Xinghua didn't let Ruan Changsheng say anything else. She said quickly, "The child is exhausted after coming back. It's so cold. Don't stand outside. Go inside and sit down and talk slowly."
In the small kitchen opposite, Sun Xiaohui stretched her head to see Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua bringing a group of children into the house, then turned her head back and said to Ruan Changgui, "Not only did they come back, but they brought back three of them. Xiaoxi is quite capable."
Ruan Changgui was in no mood, "Don't worry about it."
Anyway, his elder brother hasn't come back, so he doesn't want to go out and pretend. Even if his elder brother came back, he might not be able to pretend this time, because Ruan Changfu came back without giving him any benefits and took his daughter away.
Sun Xiaohui really wants to take care of it, but she has to be able to do so.
If she wasn't afraid of Ruan Zhigao and Ruan Changsheng getting mad, if she could control it, she would have grabbed Ruan Jie and beat her up long ago!
After beating her, he took her down and told her not to run around anymore in her life!
In the side room, the family sat down at a table with an oil lamp burning on it, the flame turned to the highest setting.
Everyone's faces were clearly visible under the light. Ruan Xi introduced Ruan Zhigao, Liu Xinghua, Ruan Changsheng, Qian Chuan, Ruan Hongjun, Ruan Qiuyue and Ye Fan in a serious manner, asking them to match their names with their faces.
After the introductions, Ruan Hongjun, Ye Fan and Ruan Qiuyue solemnly called their grandparents, uncle and aunt again.
Ruan Zhigao was happy to see Ruan Hongjun, and asked with a smile: "How old is Lao Wu?"
Ruan Hongjun sat upright and answered Ruan Zhigao's question in a very formal manner, "Grandpa, I will be twelve years old after the Chinese New Year."
Ruan Zhigao looked at him and smiled: "He looks exactly like your father when he was a child. He's a good candidate for the military."
Hearing this, Ruan Hongjun couldn't help but feel proud, and couldn't hide his joy on the corners of his mouth. Then he simply laughed and said without disguising: "Grandpa has good vision, I was born to be a soldier!"
After saying that, he suddenly stood up again, saluted, and shouted: "Salute!"
Ye Fan and Ruan Qiuyue, who were sitting on both sides, were startled by him again, but tried not to roll their eyes at him.
Seeing him laughing like this, Ruan Changsheng couldn't even stop laughing. After a while, he said, "This kid is quite interesting."
As a result, Ruan Hongjun sat down, looked at Ruan Changsheng and said, "I am Lao Wu, and you are Xiao Wuzi."
Ruan Changsheng suddenly stopped smiling when he heard this. He deliberately raised his eyebrows and said, "Hey! Boy! How dare you challenge me! Go out and ask around. I, Ruan Changsheng, have a say in Fengming Mountain and no one dares to go against my will!"
But when he stopped laughing and said this, the people around him started laughing again.
Ruan Changsheng held his breath for a while, then he started laughing again.
After laughing for a while, Liu Xinghua wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "Stop making trouble, stop making trouble. The meal is ready. Let's eat first. The kids must be exhausted. Go to bed early after eating. We can talk slowly tomorrow if we have anything to say."
But she really likes this atmosphere. The house hasn't been so lively for a long time.
Without kids playing around, it would be less fun.
Ruan Xi followed Liu Xinghua to get up and serve the rice, and asked her, "Where's the third aunt?"
Liu Xinghua walked to the stove to get the bowl, "You forgot what time it is, she is busy."
Ruan Xi immediately reacted. New Year's Eve was in two days, and the period before the New Year was Ruan Cuizhi's busiest time. When I'm busy, I can't go home for a long time and have to run around outside all the time.
Liu Xinghua opened the pot and served the rice, Ruan Xi brought the bowl to the table, and the others seemed to have a tacit understanding and came over to take their bowls, one by one, each taking one, and no one was polite to each other and snatched the bowls.
After picking up their bowls and sitting down, the family chatted while eating. The atmosphere was surprisingly harmonious, without any sense of strangeness.
Ruan Zhigao and his companions asked Ruan Hongjun and his companions many things about the city, while Ruan Hongjun and his companions asked many things about the countryside.
When it comes to things about the countryside, Ruan Hongjun likes to listen to Ruan Changsheng's stories about his youth the most. His eyes light up when he listens to them and he admires him so much that he even hates himself for not being born in the countryside and not being able to dominate Fengming Mountain with Ruan Changsheng!
He was so regretful!
When he heard that they were going to sleep after eating, he still clung to Ruan Changsheng and asked him, "Fifth Uncle, can I sleep with you?"
Ruan Hongjun smiled at him and said, "Why don't you ask your fifth aunt?"
Ruan Hongjun was about to ask when Ye Fan came over and kicked him away.
Ye Fan said, "Aunt Wu, ignore him."
He is just a fool.
Because there was no place to sleep at home, Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie, Ruan Hongjun, Ye Fan and Ruan Qiuyue went to sleep in the tailor shop. When Ruan Cuizhi was not in the tailor shop, the two boys stayed in one room and the three girls in another.
After washing up, Ruan Xi made arrangements for Ruan Hongjun and Ye Fan, and then went back to the girls' room.
Ruan Hongjun and Ye Fan were both very tired, and their legs and feet were numb from exhaustion. They kept yawning on the way here. So the two of them went to the room, fell on the bed, covered themselves with the quilt, and fell asleep without saying a word.
Ruan Xi and the others were also tired, but Ruan Xi still cared about Ruan Qiuyue's feet.
Just now when she was washing up, she noticed that Ruan Qiuyue's feet were covered with blisters. Ruan Qiuyue hadn't said anything on the way here, and now she naturally didn't take it seriously. She just said, "Big sister, I'm fine. I'll get used to it after a while."
Ruan Xi said to her: "You are really able to endure hardship."
Ruan Qiuyue smiled and said, "When you join the army, you will have to endure much more hardships than this."
Ruan Xi covered her with a blanket and said, "I'll take you to see a doctor tomorrow morning. You'll get better faster if you take some medicine."
Ruan Qiuyue didn't want to make too much trouble: "It's okay, no need."
Ruan Jie then spoke up again, "Go ahead. If you don't go, I'll go too."
Ruan Qiuyue asked with concern: "Big sister, are your feet also rubbed?"
Ruan Xi smiled and said, "No, I'm going to meet a friend."
Ruan Qiuyue understood immediately, "Oh, then I'll go with you."
They were so tired that the three girls closed their eyes and fell asleep after talking about this.
Because walking on the mountain road consumed too much energy, and also because the surrounding environment made them feel at ease, Ruan Xi and the other four people slept until noon the next day. You don’t have to eat breakfast, just go back and have lunch.
On the way back, Ruan Qiuyue yawned and asked Ruan Xi: "Is Third Aunt the tailor from this mountain?"
Ruan Xi nodded and said, "Yes, I'm very busy these days."
Ruan Qiuyue asked again: "Don't we have Second Uncle and Second Aunt? Why didn't we see them last night?"
Before Ruan Xi could say anything, Ye Fan asked, "Didn't you see it? It's in the next room, right?"
He looked at Ruan Xi and said, "Did they split up?"
The IQ of these two children is good. Ruan Xi nodded again and said, "Yes, they are in the next room. They have separated."
Ruan Hongjun was not interested in these topics. He ran back and forth on the mountain path, looking at the scenery on the mountain. Although there are no green mountains and green trees on the mountains in winter, the white mountain peaks covered with snow, accompanied by green pines and cypresses, are still magnificent.
Ruan Qiuyue and Ye Fan were children after all, and they were not very interested in the gossips of adults. After chatting for a few words, they were attracted by the scenery of the mountain and turned to look at the scenery.
Because you don’t have to rush anymore, your mood when looking at the scenery will be different, and naturally what you see will be different.
When I got home, it was time for lunch.
With five more children surrounding them and calling them grandpa and grandma, the house suddenly became very lively. Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua had smiles on their faces all the time, greeting this one and that one.
Before the Chinese New Year, they took out the New Year's goods and let Ruan Xi and the other four people eat them.
Ruan Hongjun naturally still relied on Ruan Changsheng, following him wherever he went, and following behind him, saying: "Fifth Uncle, teach me a few moves, I will go back and show them to them, so that they know what a real master is!"
After lunch, Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue did not stay at home for long. Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie took Ruan Qiuyue to the stilt house to check on her feet.
When they arrived at the stilt house, Ling Yao was not at home, so Ruan Xi had no choice but to ask Zhou Xueyun: "Where did he go?"
Zhou Xueyun ground the medicine powder for Ruan Qiuyue and said to Ruan Xi, "Let's go to the hillside."
Ruan Xi was curious, "Won't there be no more pigs to herd at the end of the year?"
Zhou Xueyun said: "Since you left, he has stopped talking and refused to interact with anyone. No matter if there are pigs or not, whether it is hot or cold, he will sit on the hillside, unless it rains."
After listening to this, Ruan Xi turned to look at Ruan Jie, "Then should I go look for him?"
Ruan Jie nodded, "You go ahead, I'll stay here with Qiuyue."
Ruan Xi and Zhou Xueyun said hello and left the stilt house.
She trotted with her schoolbag to the old place and saw Ling Yao sitting alone on a rock from afar. I walked closer and found that he was playing the harmonica. The song he played was sad, melodious and tear-jerking - "Butterfly Lovers".
Ruan Xi walked behind him, and after a few steps did not go up, but just listened to the music quietly, her eyes couldn't help but feel slightly hot.
Ling Yao sat and blew for a while, then suddenly felt something. The sound of the harmonica stopped abruptly, and he immediately stood up and turned around, only to find that Ruan Xi was indeed standing in front of him.
The two stood looking at each other for a few seconds, and suddenly laughed in unison.
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