Li Yi corrected: "Second uncle, I am Li Yi."
"Oh~"
The second uncle's voice drew out, his white eyebrows raised, his cloudy eyes were obviously dull for a few seconds, then he stomped the ground with a wooden stick and raised his voice.
"I know, I know. I have a very good memory and can remember more than 100 musical scores. People from all over the country wanted to listen to my erhu. Xingguo, I saw your talent back then, but you insisted on becoming a teacher."
Li Yi said: "I am Li Yi."
"I know, Xingguo."
“…”
Li Yi decided not to bother with the old man, and walked into the house of the previous generation with the basket. The house was very dilapidated, the walls had all weathered to reveal the bumpy mud bricks, dark shadows ran across the beams from time to time, and the floor was filled with all kinds of debris.
The time of this house stopped at 50 years ago, in the time of the previous generation. It will exist until the second uncle dies.
When you step in, it feels like you have traveled through 30 years.
When Li Yi was in middle school, he read a book and one sentence impressed him deeply: A house is alive. When someone lives in it, it can exist for dozens or hundreds of years. If no one lives in it, it will age rapidly and collapse in just a few years.
He didn't believe it at first, but after he left the mud house in Qingshui Village, he realized that a living house is not made of steel bars and concrete, nor is it made of mud and wooden beams, but a house where people live and contains memories.
Time can erase everything, but memories can be passed on.
Put the basket on the table, take out the noodles, and put them in a white porcelain bowl as big as a face, with two poached eggs and some vegetables.
"Eat quickly, uncle."
The second uncle sat on the bench, took out a gourd, poured some wine, and ate noodles while drinking. He had a bad memory, but he knew how to enjoy himself.
Li Yi ignored the old man's strange habit of eating noodles. He picked up the erhu placed beside the table and rubbed it carefully.
After taking two bites, the second uncle suddenly put down his chopsticks and looked at Li Yi.
"Xingguo, this side is cold."
Li Yi raised his eyelids slightly, reached out and gently touched the white porcelain bowl, and the white porcelain surface suddenly turned slightly red, and the noodles began to emit hot steam. Then he continued to fiddle with the old erhu while saying:
"Don't touch the bowl, be careful of getting burned."
The second uncle blinked his eyes, and after a few seconds his long brain nerves finally reacted. He suddenly stood up and pointed at the steaming noodles: "Monster, monster, monster! Xingguo, this bowl of noodles has become hot, there is a monster!"
Li Yi also blinked and pretended to be confused and said, "Second Uncle, how can we eat the noodles if they are not hot? If we don't eat them, they will get cold again."
"..." The second uncle was silent for a few seconds, as if he was wondering whether the hot noodles were a monster or whether the noodles had to be hot before they could be eaten.
Li Yi did not answer and continued to fiddle with the erhu. The second uncle soon forgot about the noodles he was eating and started to eat them in big mouthfuls.
After a while, the bowl of noodles was empty. I don't know whether it was because the second uncle was very hungry or because my mother's cooking skills were good. Considering that my father also came to deliver food yesterday, it was most likely the latter.
Li Yi was packing up his dishes and about to leave when someone happened to walk in.
The visitor was tall and wore a light yellow long skirt, which made her slender long legs more noticeable. Her facial features with light makeup were quite pretty.
Li Lili, the little gangster girl who once gave him a headache.
How did she come?
Li Yi was very surprised. He thought about it over and over again but couldn't figure out why the rich lady came to the mountain valley?
"Lily, you finally came to see an old man like me."
The second uncle behind him almost pounced on the woman when he saw her. If Li Yi hadn't reached out to support him, he would have fallen down.
Li Lili learned to play the flute from her second uncle for a while when she was a child, so it's normal if she remembered it correctly, Li Yi comforted her.
Li Lili glanced at Li Yi secretly, then looked away, first showing a smile and greeting the old man: "Second Master, I heard that you sprained your ankle, so I came to see you. Is it serious?"
She was just looking for an excuse to come and see Li Yi.
"Oh! It's not serious, I'm in good health." The second uncle smiled even more brightly. "What a kid you are. You come here for such a small problem. What if you delay your work?"
"Today is the weekend, so I can take some time to see you."
After Li Lili exchanged greetings with the second uncle, she turned her attention to Li Yi. His eyes were calm and natural, and his behavior was decent without any clues.
"Brother Yi, I didn't expect you to be here too."
The target is me?
Li Yi instantly realized the other party's true purpose, but telepathy is not mind reading, and he didn't know what the other party was up to.
Seeing through it but not saying it out loud, he simply nodded.
"Um."
The cold attitude made Li Lili feel a little disappointed, but she quickly adjusted herself as she was already used to this attitude.
Although Li Lili did not come from a wealthy family, her father was the eldest son of the Li family and made a lot of money. She had been the center of attention in the Li family since she was a child.
Unfortunately, her little princess status was nothing compared to Li Yi, who ranked first in the state and was a potential champion. Her parents' repeated questions about why she didn't learn from Li Yi and her experience as a tutor planted a deep awe in her.
Li Lili had been rebellious before, but unfortunately she was forcibly dragged out of bars, KTVs and other places by Li Yi. Those friends who looked fierce were actually no match for her cousin and Zhao Si.
Looking back, Li Lili is actually grateful for her cousin's rudeness to her. Without him, her life might have been ruined. Now, some of her friends in junior high school have jumped off buildings due to gambling, some have committed crimes and gone to prison, and some have dropped out of junior high school to work. Almost none of them have made it to the top.
On the other hand, she was admitted to a top domestic university and joined one of the top 100 companies in China.
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