Naturally, Wen Xiao and Ruan Jie could not appreciate such fashion. Both of them kept their expressions tense and their lips tight, fearing that one of them would burst out laughing. Especially Wen Xiao, who suddenly wasn't so angry with Xie Doudou anymore.
Coco and Lele didn't stay downstairs for long. Coco came in after smelling something, so she asked Ruan Xi's permission, brought a plate of pastries, greeted her with a smile, and then took Lele upstairs to her room.
The two entered Coco's room. Coco put down the cakes, took off her wig and threw it on the table. She took the remote control to turn on the air conditioner and breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, it's so hot." She was sweating from the stuffiness.
Lele was forced to do it. After seeing her take off her wig, she took off her wig too.
Keke sat on a chair to rest, eating dessert while flipping through the photo album on her phone. She flipped through two photos and showed one to Lele. She asked him with the photo of the two of them with their afro hair, "Isn't it fashionable? So handsome."
Lele: “…”
He couldn't appreciate this fashion either.
Coco was quite satisfied. She ate dessert and flipped through the photo album. The more she looked, the more she liked the song. She even started humming as she looked.
Ruan Xi herself has experienced all kinds of times and is certainly not so old-fashioned and conservative in her thinking. She can understand the things done by adolescent children and does not take it to heart.
She and Ruan Jie and Wen Xiao continued to chat while having afternoon tea, and talked about how to guide children entering puberty, how to treat the opposite sex correctly, and things like who they like.
Ruan Jie certainly doesn't have this kind of worries, as her son Chen Xu is already a college student.
She just said: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, it will all pass."
Everyone has a period when they are fourteen, fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years old. Everyone will grow up.
By the end of the conversation, Wen Xiao had let it go and naturally didn't plan to go back and cause trouble for Xie Doudou. Instead, he planned to adopt new strategies and methods to talk to him about these adolescent topics in the most appropriate way.
After having afternoon tea and chatting, Ruan Jie and Wen Xiao did not stay for dinner and went home in the evening.
As soon as they left, Ling Yao came back from get off work.
When Ruan Xi saw Ling Yao, she said, "Come on, let me show you your fashionable children."
Ling Yao didn't know what she meant and followed her upstairs.
I went upstairs and knocked on Coco's door, but I didn't see any fashionable children, but a very normal couple.
Ruan Xi was stunned for a moment, "Where is that hairstyle you guys had just now?"
Coco said, "A wig."
Ruan Xi: “…”
I thought I was so brave, but it turns out it was all just a pretense to follow the fashion.
Keke realized something, her eyes lit up and she asked, "Do you guys really want to see it?"
After she finished speaking, she immediately stood up, put the wig on Lele first, and then put it on herself. After putting them on, she and Lele stood in front of Ruanxi and Lingyao, raised her chest and looked up at Lingyao and asked proudly: "Dad, how is it?"
Ling Yao cleared his throat and said, "Yeah, it looks good."
Ke Ke laughed, "Dad, you have good taste."
Ruan Xi looked at Ling Yao: "..."
A person who can't even appreciate the afro in the 1980s can actually appreciate the Shamatte style. How awesome!
Time passed smoothly. After Ruan Cuilan and her husband moved to the city from the countryside, they quickly adapted to city life under the guidance of Ruan Cuizhi and others. They also learned to play mahjong, and they would get together to kill time when they had nothing to do.
Since Ruan Xi appeared on the talk show, her popularity in China has risen to a higher level.
A documentary crew came to her and wanted to make a documentary based on her experience.
On a sunny afternoon, Ruan Xi sat at her desk and looked through the planning document handed to her by the program team.
Looking at the contents of the plan, I recalled the 32 years of my life, from the countryside to the city, from setting up a stall to opening a shop, from opening a shop to having my own fashion show, and now I am about to go abroad.
Before I knew it, half of my life was already over.
Grandpa and grandma are gone, Third Aunt and the others are old, the children have grown up, and she and Ling Yao have also entered middle age.
The documentary starts when she was fourteen years old. At that time, she was still a little girl living in the mountains. She wore a floral jacket and braided pigtails that were typical of the era. She walked out of the lush forests, and her simple smile was a sight to behold.
It has been a full thirty-two years, but the two years I miss most are those two years.
She still likes people to call her - Little Tailor.
When I was lost in thought while looking at the plan, the cell phone on the desk suddenly rang.
Ruan Xi was awakened by the vibration sound. He put down the plan in his hand, picked up the phone and put it to his ear.
Before he could even say hello after putting the phone to his ear, a strange female voice came from the other end of the line: "Hello, are you Ruan Nuo's mother? I'm Ruan Nuo's homeroom teacher, Ms. Liu."
Ruan Nuo is Coco's full name. Ruan Xi quickly responded, "Hey, hello, Teacher Liu. I'm Ruan Nuo's mother."
Teacher Liu said, "Ruan Nuo's mother, this is what happened. We found that Ruan Nuo seems to be in a premature relationship. Now they are in the third year of junior high school and need to concentrate on their studies the most. We can't just leave them alone. Are you free to come to school?"
Puppy love? ?
Ruan Xi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously thought of Xie Doudou.
Although being called to school for premature love was a big deal, Ruan Xi didn't say much on the phone. After talking to Teacher Liu, she calmly hung up the phone, picked up her phone and bag, and walked out of the office.
She drove to the school, went up to the office building and went straight to the office of the third grade teacher.
When she went upstairs, she was still wondering what kind of boy Ruan Nuo would date. After all, her father is so well-off. If she uses her father as the standard for choosing a partner, she probably won't be attracted to a boy who is inferior in every aspect.
As a result, she knocked on the door and just entered the office while muttering, and saw the child's father at a glance.
Not only did I see the child’s father, I also saw Lele.
The family of four met in the office. Ruan Xi and Ling Yao met each other's eyes and were stunned for a moment.
Ruan Xi wondered why Keke fell in love so early that she called the whole family over. Could this matter be more serious than she thought? Did the child do something that shouldn't be done? She knew Coco's personality, so it shouldn't be possible.
Although she thought so in her heart, she did not show it on her face and hurried over to greet Teacher Liu.
Teacher Liu was also very polite. He asked Ruan Xi and Ling Yao to sit down on the chairs, and then said seriously, "I had no choice but to call the two parents here today. I wanted the two parents to talk to their children about this premature love. The children are still young, and it is an important time for them to enter high school in the third year of junior high school. I think we can't be careless."
It is the parents' responsibility to cooperate with the teachers. After all, it is all for the good of the children. Ruan Xi nodded and said, "Teacher Liu, I'm really sorry. We will guide the children well."
As she spoke, she glanced at Ruan Nuo who was standing next to her. "Just can I ask about the specific situation of her premature love affair? Is it with a boy in the class? Has it caused a bad influence and affected the studies of other students?"
Ling Yao sat in the chair without saying anything. He looked at Coco and then at Lele.
Teacher Liu saw that Ruan Xi had a good attitude, and her own attitude was also good. "I called you two parents here, so naturally your two children are in premature love. Don't worry, early detection and early intervention will not cause any big problems. It's just that they themselves don't recognize their mistakes yet and don't admit that they are wrong, so I invited you here."
Ruan Xi reflected on what Teacher Liu meant and repeated after a moment: "Are our two children in premature love?"
Teacher Liu didn't know what to question, so he just said, "Yes, your daughter Ruan Nuo and our male classmate Ling Yi are openly in love at school. When eating in the cafeteria at noon, Ling Yi learned to put food into Ruan Nuo's mouth. They don't avoid suspicion in the classroom and get along intimately. If this is not premature love, what is it?"
Ruan Xi: “…”
She understood, and with knives in her eyes, she flew towards Coco and Lele.
Ling Yao naturally understood what he said, and looked at Coco and Lele with the same look.
Before we knew it, these two kids have grown up to the age where they are ready to cheat on their parents and teachers. They are no less timid than those who fall in love too early!
Teacher Liu read different messages in the eyes of the two parents and thought they were angry about premature love, so she quickly said, "Parents, don't be too angry. It's normal for children at this age."
Ling Yao then gritted his teeth and said, "Teacher Liu, you may have misunderstood."
Teacher Liu was stunned and didn't understand. "What did I misunderstand?"
Ling Yao said: "They are... siblings."
Teacher Liu was stunned when he heard this, and after a while he said, "Brother and sister?"
Ruan Xi pursed her lips and nodded, "They are siblings. This male patriarch and I are their parents."
Teacher Liu: “…”
After a moment, she looked at Ling Yao and asked, "Are you Ling Yi's father and Ruan Nuo's father?"
Ling Yao nodded, "Yes."
Teacher Liu: “…”
She asked Ruan Xi again: "Are you Ruan Nuo's mother and Ling Yi's mother?"
Ruan Xi also nodded, "Yes, Teacher Liu, they are twins. Ling Yi has his father's last name, and Ruan Nuo has my last name. The brother and sister have had a good relationship since they were young, and the brother loves his sister. Maybe you have misunderstood something."
Teacher Liu felt a breath of air filling his chest and he almost fainted.
The two children have different surnames. They are said to be twins but they don’t look alike. Who would have thought they are siblings!
She had never taught them before, and only started teaching them when the new class was divided into the third year of junior high school. She didn’t know much about their family information yet.
Coco and Lele both stood there with their heads buried, and it was impossible to tell what expressions were on their faces.
Ling Yao hurriedly said, "Teacher Liu, I'm really sorry. We will educate the two children well when we go back."
Keke and Lele had been standing there with their heads down without saying anything. Keke then spoke up: "We said we were not in a relationship, but Teacher Liu didn't believe us and didn't listen to our explanation. She insisted that we invite our parents."
Teacher Liu: “…”
Forget it, as long as it’s not puppy love, it’s fine.
Ruan Xi and Ling Yao led Coco and Lele out of the office. It was already evening time for school to be over, so they took the two children directly home. Ruan Xi didn't drive his own car and left it at the school.
On the way home in the car, Ruan Xi turned around from the passenger seat and asked Keke and Lele, "Whose idea was it, you two?"
In fact, you don't need to ask to know that only Ke could think of doing such a thing to play tricks on the teacher.
Lele usually listens to her and then takes the blame for her.
So it was no surprise that Lele said aloud, "It was my idea."
Ruan Xi rolled her eyes at him and said, "You just spoil her."
Keke seemed quite happy. She smiled and said, "She didn't believe what we said. She insisted that we were in love and even insisted that we invite our parents. If she wants to invite them, then we can. Only then will she really believe it."
Now I really believe it, and I will never doubt others even if I suspect them of being in a relationship.
The family of four drove home, and Zhou Xueyun and Ling Zhiyuan were watering flowers in the yard.
Keke and Lele got out of the car and said in unison: "Grandpa and grandma, we are back."
Zhou Xueyun looked at them and said, "Huh? Why did you come back together?"
Ruan Xi responded: "Your good grandson and granddaughter have been invited to the parents' office. We were both called over."
Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun's expressions tightened when they heard this, and they asked in unison: "What's wrong?"
Zhou Xueyun added: "What did you do wrong in school?"
Coco went over to Zhou Xueyun, put her arm around her, and told her everything that had happened today from beginning to end. When she talked about the look on Teacher Liu's face when she found out they were siblings, she couldn't stop laughing.
Zhou Xueyun also laughed when she heard this, raised her hand and hit her, "You naughty girl, don't do this again in the future."
Keke nodded and said, "Yes, Grandma! I won't dare to do that again!"
After watering the flowers, Zhou Xueyun and Ling Zhiyuan took the two children into the house. The nanny had already prepared dinner. The family washed their hands and sat down to eat dinner, chatting about their own things in a lively manner.
After dinner, they watched TV and took a walk. Ruan Xi and Ling Yao went to exercise for half an hour to an hour. After exercise, they washed up, went to bed, read a book and prepared to sleep. Because they are older, their daily routines are more regular now.
Not long after sitting on the bed, Ruan Xi suddenly remembered something.
She threw back the quilt and got out of bed. Ling Yao asked her from behind, "What's wrong?"
Ruan Xi said without looking back: "I'm going to find something."
Ling Yao didn't know what she was looking for, but he followed her out anyway.
Ruan Xi left the room and went to the utility room, turned on the light and said, "Recently, a program crew came to me and said they wanted to make a documentary based on my experience. We took a lot of photos in the countryside before, do you remember?"
Ling Yao of course remembered it, so he asked again: "Are you looking for that old photo album?"
Ruan Xi responded: "Well, find that old photo album."
Then, before the things were found, Coco and Lele came in again.
The two children were curious. Ke Ke asked beside Ruan Xi, "Mom and Dad, what are you looking for?"
Ruan Xi answered her while searching: "Looking for an old photo album."
Coco and Lele didn't know what old photo album they were looking for, but they helped look for it anyway. In the end, it was Coco who found the album first, held it up in her hand and asked, "Is this the old album?"
Ruan Xi turned around and saw the bright red soft leather cover, and said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, that's it."
Keke handed the photo album to Ruan Xi, "What album is this?"
Ruan Xi took it and opened it, looking at the photos in the album with Keke, Lele and Lingyao, and said slowly: "This is where mom and dad lived when they were young. This is mom's old house, and this is the stilt house where dad lived..."
Ke Ke looked at a photo and asked, "Is this a tailor shop in the countryside?"
Ruan Xi said, "Yes, when mom was about your age, she took half a basket of eggs to this tailor shop to find the old tailor to learn the craft. At that time, everyone thought I couldn't learn it, but your great-grandmother thought I could. That half basket of eggs was the result of our family's frugal savings for a long time."
Keke didn't understand, "Does it take a long time to save up half a basket of eggs?"
Ruan Xi couldn't help but sigh: "You were born into a wealthy life, I don't know how poor you were before. If you could eat a piece of candy on weekdays, it would be like Chinese New Year. Your clothes were all patched, and you even wore straw sandals in the summer."
After looking at a few more photos, Keke asked again, "Aren't there any photos of you when you were little?"
Ruan Xi shook her head. "We were so poor at that time that we could barely afford food, so how could we afford a camera? This was when the village was about to be demolished, and your father and I took some time to go back and take these photos in the mountains."
There were indeed photos of her and Ling Yao, but they were thirty years old, not thirteen or fourteen.
When they were thirteen or fourteen years old, they were forever stuck in the past.
Coco asked again: "Mom, what were you like when you were fourteen?"
Ling Yao said beside him: "You look a lot like your mother."
Still fourteen years old, with the same delicate, lively and vibrant face.
After looking at the photos, Lele said again: "The mountain is quite beautiful."
Ruan Xi stroked the photo with her fingers, and Ling Yao continued, "When you were born, the houses on the mountain were all demolished. Otherwise, I could take you to see the place where your parents lived. It's really beautiful."
Now, we can only look at it through these old photos.
Ruan Xi dug out this old photo album, of course, not just to take a look at the past or simply reminisce, but to provide relevant information to the program crew so that they can use it to build the scene when shooting the documentary.
Perhaps, in this way, we can see a small corner of our past life.
The photo album was found and placed in the room. The next day, Ruan Xi gave it to her assistant, who passed it to the program crew.
Because they are all small mud houses in the countryside, they are relatively easy to build and do not cost much money. The program crew also set up the building very quickly, mainly restoring three places - the tailor shop, the Ruan family's old house, and the stilt house.
On the day when the shop was restored, Ruan Xi went to take a look. Standing in front of the tailor shop, looking at the wooden board with words written on it outside the gate of the yard, she was dazed for a moment, as if as soon as she opened the door, the old tailor would be sitting in the yard.
Of course when she opened the door, there was no old tailor or Da Mi inside, but there were simulated grape trellis and rocking chair.
The house was fake, and everything inside was fake too, all copied from photographs. Only one thing was real, which was the old sewing machine that she and the old tailor had used - the old sewing machine placed in the middle of the main room.
Because documentaries have a certain narrative nature, the program team hopes that Ruan Xi will play herself in the film. There is no need to act out anything, and there are no lines, but there just need some scenes to make the content appear more real and rich.
Ruan Xi felt that she could no longer act the role of a fourteen-year-old, even if she just sat still.
After thinking about it, she discussed with the program team and decided to let Coco play the role.
After confirming it, she measured the cloth and made clothes for Coco.
Since leaving Fengming Mountain, she has never made clothes of the same styles as those years again.
During those two years in Fengming Mountain, she wore such clothes herself and also made such clothes for the villagers.
After coming to the city, she has been doing various designs for more than 20 years. She never expected that one day she would pick up scissors, a measuring tape and chalk, and simply measure people, cut and sew fabrics.
Ruan Xi made clothes and pants for Coco, all of which were the same patterns and styles that she wore back then. Ruan Cuizhi personally pasted the shoe uppers and soles, making a pair of square-toed cloth shoes for Coco that they wore back then.
After the clothes and shoes were made, Ruan Xi took Coco to participate in the photo shoot.
The family had nothing to do that day, so they all came over to watch.
Ruan Xi took Coco to change her clothes and shoes first, and then took her to get her hair done.
While braiding Coco's hair in front of the mirror, Ruan Xi smiled and said, "It looks more like her when she dresses like this."
Ke Ke sat still and looked at Ruan Xi in the mirror and asked, "Was you like this when you were fourteen?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "That's right, people say I'm the most beautiful girl on Fengming Mountain."
Keke laughed, "I am also the most beautiful girl in our school."
After the two braids were done, Ke Ke stood up from the mirror, turned around to face Ruan Xi, and asked her, "Does it look good?"
Ruan Xi pulled her two braids over and put them in front of her shoulders, and nodded, "It looks good."
Keke turned around and looked at herself in the mirror again, "So you all looked like this back then."
Ruan Xi responded, "Well, girls at that time all had two braids like this."
Coco stroked her braids and said, "A fourteen-year-old tailor."
After packing up, Ruan Xi brought Coco to the program crew.
Ruan Xi has read and approved the content and script of the documentary, so she naturally doesn't care how the scene will be filmed. She stood beside Ling Yao, and together with Ling Yao and Ruan Cuizhi, watched Coco walk to the sewing machine and sit down.
When Coco sat down and stepped on the pedal under the sewing machine, Ruan Xi suddenly became distracted at that moment, and even her vision became blurred unconsciously. In a trance, she seemed to see Coco really turned into herself.
Became a fourteen-year-old tailor.
The young tailor sat in front of the sewing machine and cut off the last thread. Then he stood up, packed his things, put on his yellow schoolbag and went out. He walked into the yard and greeted the old tailor who was sitting under the grape trellis: "Master, I'm going home!"
The old tailor held Da Mi in his arms and rocked her slowly in the rocking chair, and said, "Well, go ahead."
…
Walk up the hill with your schoolbag on your back.
She waved at Ling Yao, who was sitting on the hillside reading a book, and called him, "Baby!"
Sitting down next to him, she took out some candy from her schoolbag and asked him with a smile, "Want some candy?"
…
Liu Xinghua was sitting in front of the old house chopping pig food.
She saw Liu Xinghua from afar and shouted, "Grandma, I'm back!"
Liu Xinghua raised her head and smiled at her, "Xiaoxi is back, are you hungry?"
She asked, "Where's Grandpa?"
When she turned around, she saw Ruan Zhigao coming back with a hoe on his shoulder. He smiled at her and said, "Xiaoxi is back."
…
Ruan Changsheng threw something into her arms.
He smiled and said, "Niece, Uncle Wu brought you some delicious food."
…
On the ridge of the field.
Ruan Jie snatched the rice ears from her basket: "Sister, you are cheating, I picked those up!"
…
On the rugged and winding mountain road, mountain songs are melodious and pleasant.
The young tailor followed the old tailor's sedan chair, walked through the lush green summer, walked into the snow-covered mountaintops in the winter, walked into every household, and heard people come up to greet him enthusiastically: "Little tailor, you are here."
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