Chapter 15: Being a "cow and horse"
Seeing the sparkle in Xiuzhu's eyes and the look of seeking praise made Xiuli even more worried.
With a serious and focused expression, he said, "Not only should you be wary of strangers, but you should also not say too much to people you are familiar with, even if they are your good friends."
"Because the people who can hurt you are those who know you well."
Looking at the serious and tense expression on my cousin's face at this moment.
She quickly put away her smile and raised her hand to assure, "Sister, don't worry, I don't have any friends. I will definitely be very careful."
Xiuli looked at the pretty girl next to her with her eyes wide open, as if she was a little uneasy.
Not wanting to scare her, he raised his hand and gently patted the girl's thin back to comfort her.
Thinking that his cousin had been sitting on the train for three days and had just been teased by Bai Huifen, he said considerately, "Rest in the room for a while. I'll go out and see Yaowen."
"Okay." Xiuzhu was indeed a little tired.
Xiuli stood up and walked out with the remaining ointment.
The Lin family did not split up, although Xiuzhu and her family of three did not often return to Beijing.
But Mr. Lin asked people to reserve two rooms for their family of three to live in.
The room is usually locked, and only the nanny, Aunt Zhang, is allowed in to clean it regularly.
The sunlight shines through the gap in the curtains and onto the girl on the bed, adding a touch of warmth to the quiet picture.
Xiuzhu didn't sleep well on the train and now felt a little tired. Not long after, she fell asleep on the bed.
The body is curled up gently, as if it is a sleeping kitten.
Her hair was scattered casually on the pillow, she was lying on her side, one hand gently resting on the quilt, and the other hand naturally placed beside her cheek.
Her sleeping posture looks particularly elegant, like a moving painting.
The room was quiet, with only the sound of gentle breathing and the occasional bird calls outside the window interweaving together to form a melodious nap song.
*
At this time, downstairs, Xiuli looked around the living room but couldn't find her brother.
Finally I came to his room and found that no one was inside. Just as I was about to leave, I saw Lin Yaowen pushing the door in, sweating profusely.
"Where have you been? Is the kitchen cleaned up?" Xiu Li asked.
Lin Yaowen replied in an excited tone: "Everything is packed."
"Da Hu said he wanted to show me the battleship model he just got, so I went to take a look."
Xiu Li didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, and said with a smile: "Turn around and look at what's on the table."
Yao Wen turned around obediently and picked up the things on the table. His eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly.
It was as if for a moment he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
His face was full of surprise and shock, his eyes were shining with incredible light, and he was stunned with shock.
After a long while, he finally uttered a hoarse voice due to voice change: "This, is this for me?"
As Xiuzhu expected, this brat was so happy that he was silly. Xiuzhu shook her head helplessly, "This is a gift from Xiuzhu. She said it took her a long time to get it from her uncle."
"The price is that you have to work like a slave for her for the next month."
Lin Yaowen carefully stroked the battleship model, which looked much more exquisite than the one at Dahu's house. The more he looked at it, the more he couldn't let it go.
Lin Xiuzhu is his god now, and he would be willing to be treated as a pig, a dog, or any other non-human creature.
Excitedly, he said, "Tell her that for the next month, I will be his beast of burden. No need to worry about the relationship between brother and sister."
He quickly looked around the room for places where he could put things and tried to keep them well so that they wouldn't be destroyed, otherwise he would cry to death in the street.
Xiuli was also speechless at his spirit of "being able to bend and stretch".
She was so disgusted that she didn't even bother to look at him again, so she got up and left.
As I walked, I was thinking about how to tell my mother what happened in the afternoon in the evening. I must not let my mother be soft-hearted again.
*
The last rays of sunset in the sky sprinkled on the yard. From time to time, people hurried by. Most of them were wearing military uniforms, with a hint of fatigue on their faces.
The children were chasing and playing in the yard. Their laughter was clear and melodious, adding a bit of vitality to the quiet evening.
Some elderly people sat on the small wooden stools they brought with them, fanning themselves and chatting about family matters.
Aunt Lin pushed her bicycle across the yard toward her home. When she saw someone she knew, she smiled and said hello: "Auntie Ma, are you taking a walk after dinner?"
The old lady was very gossipy. She stared at the basket of vegetables hanging on the bicycle and wanted to take a look. "Hey, Madam Commander, what delicious food have you bought? The smell of meat from your house at noon made my grandson cry with greed."
Aunt Lin blocked it silently, pushed off the leaves with her hands, covered the bottom tightly, and replied: "Oh, now there is no such thing as a lady or not a lady, we are all the people."
"My niece came all the way here. She saved up the meat coupons for a long time just to buy a few dishes."
Old Mrs. Ma couldn't see the food inside and withdrew her hand awkwardly.
Then he gossiped, "Your uncle's child? Did the child come here by herself? Her parents didn't come with her? She's in Yucheng, right? How long will she stay?"
"By the way, your sister came to your house this afternoon and made a scene, but was eventually driven away by the guards."
Aunt Lin's face changed slightly when she heard that. She picked out a few unimportant words to reply, then made the excuse that she was in a hurry to go home to cook, and quickly walked away.
This old lady Ma is nicknamed "Auntie Ma, the know-it-all in the military compound."
Today the Li family is eating meat, tomorrow the Wang family's mother-in-law is scolding her daughter-in-law until she cries, and so on. There is nothing big or small that she doesn't know. She is surprisingly nosy and gossipy.
Aunt Lin was afraid of meeting Aunt Ma when she went out and asking her endless questions about her family affairs. She was unlucky today.
He locked his bicycle, carried the basket of vegetables and walked home, but his face showed that he was a little worried.
"Aunt, you're back," Xiuzhu had a nap in the afternoon and was now very energetic.
The three of them were sitting on the sofa playing cards.
Hearing the door open, Xiu Li knew her mother was coming home from get off work, and she had a happy smile on her face: "Mom, I've prepared the dishes, you can go wash your hands and we can eat."
"You're back, Xiuzhu."
"Thank you for your hard work, Ali."
After replying to them one by one, he remembered what Old Madam Ma said and asked his daughter, "Is your second aunt here? What's the matter?"
Xiuli carefully looked at her mother's expression and told her everything that happened in the afternoon without missing a word.
After saying that, he hesitated and said, "Mom, can you tell the guard at the door not to let them in?"
Aunt Lin's expression was filled with anger, but she agreed with her daughter, "Okay, Awen will tell the guards tomorrow."
"Xiuzhu, you must be hungry. Come and eat." Aunt Lin calmed herself down and invited everyone to come and eat.
Xiuzhu sat obediently at the dining table and did not interrupt what happened in the afternoon. After all, it was her aunt's family affair.
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