Wen Xiao and Ruan Jie naturally couldn't appreciate such fashion. Both of them were trying to suppress their expressions and tighten their lips, fearing that one of them would burst out laughing. Especially Wen Xiao, who suddenly wasn't so grateful to Dou Dou anymore.
Keke and Lele didn't stay downstairs for long. Keke came in after smelling something, so she asked Ruan Xi for permission, brought a plate of cakes, smiled and said hello, and took Lele upstairs to her room.
The two entered Keke's room. Keke put down the cakes, took off her wig and threw it on the table. While turning on the air conditioner with the remote control, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Oh, it's so hot." She was sweating from the stuffiness.
Lele was forced to do it. Seeing her take off her wig, she took off her wig too.
Coco sat on a chair to rest, eating dessert while flipping through the photo album in her phone. She flipped through two photos and showed one to Lele. She asked him with the photo of the two of them with spiky afro hair: "Isn't it fashionable? So handsome."
Lele: "..."
He couldn't appreciate this kind of fashion either.
Coco was quite satisfied with herself. She ate dessert and flipped through the photo album. The more she looked, the more she liked it. She hummed again.
Ruan Xi herself had experienced all kinds of times. Of course, her thoughts were not so old-fashioned. She could understand these things done by adolescent children and didn't take them to heart.
She and Ruan Jie Wenxiao continued to have afternoon tea and chat. They talked about how to guide children entering adolescence, how to treat the opposite sex correctly, and what kind of opposite sex they like.
Ruan Jie certainly didn't have any worries in this regard, as her son Chen Xu was already a college student.
She just said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, it will all pass."
Everyone has a period of 14, 15, 16, or 17 years old, and everyone will grow up.
By the end of the conversation, Wen Xiao had let it go, and naturally didn't plan to go back to find Xie Doudou's troubles, but 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, but went home in the evening. As soon as
they left, Ling Yao came back from work.
When Ruan Xi saw Ling Yao, she said, "Come on, let's go show you your fashionable children."
Ling Yao didn't know what she meant, so he followed her upstairs.
When they went upstairs and knocked on Coco's door, they didn't see any fashionable children, but a normal pair of children.
Ruan Xi was stunned, "Where was that hairstyle you had just now?"
Coco said, "A wig."
Ruan Xi: "..."
I thought they were so brave, but it turned out that being fashionable was just a waste of time.
Coco realized something, her eyes lit up and she said, "Do you want to see it?"
She immediately stood up, put the wig on Lele, and then put it on herself. After putting it on, she and Lele stood in front of Ruan Xi and Ling Yao, raised her head and looked at Ling Yao proudly and asked, "Dad, how is it?"
Ling Yao cleared his throat, "Yeah, it's pretty good."
Coco laughed, "Dad, you have good taste."
Ruan Xi looked at Ling Yao: "..."
A person who can't even appreciate the permed afro in the 1980s can actually appreciate the killer Matt, awesome!
Time is smooth, after Ruan Cuilan and her husband came to the city from the countryside, under the leadership of Ruan Cuizhi and others, they quickly adapted to life in the city. They also learned to play mahjong, and a few people 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 team came to her and wanted to make a documentary based on her experience.
On a warm sunny afternoon, Ruan Xi sat at her desk and looked through the plan handed to her by the program team.
Looking at the contents of the plan, she recalled her 32 years of life, from the countryside to the city, from setting up a stall to opening a store, from opening a store to walking on her own runway, and now about to go abroad.
Unknowingly, half of her life has passed.
Grandpa and grandmother are gone, Sangu and others are old, the children have grown up, and she and Ling Yao have also entered middle age.
The documentary begins when she was fourteen years old. At that time, she was still a little girl in the mountains, wearing a floral jacket and a braided braid that was characteristic of the era. She walked out of the lush forests, and her simple smile was a scene.
Thirty-two years have passed, but the two years she misses most are still those two years.
She still likes people to call her the little tailor.
When she was lost in thought while looking at the plan, the mobile phone on the desk suddenly rang.
Ruan Xi was awakened by the vibration, put down the plan in her hand, picked up the phone and put it to her ear.
Before she could say hello after putting the phone to her ear, a strange female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, are you Ruan Nuo's mother? I am Ruan Nuo's class teacher, Ms. Liu."
Ruan Nuo is Coco's full name. Ruan Xi quickly responded: "Hey, hello, Ms. Liu, I am Ruan Nuo's mother."
Ms. Liu said: "Ruan Nuo's mother, it's like this, we found that Ruan Nuo seems to have fallen in love too early. Now is the time when they need to concentrate on their studies the most in the third year of junior high school. We can't just leave it alone. Are you free to come to school?"
Premature love? ?
Ruan Xi was stunned, and she thought of Xie Doudou in her mind.
Although being called the parents for premature love is a big deal, Ruan Xi didn't say much on the phone. After talking to Teacher Liu, she hung up the phone calmly, picked up her phone and bag, and left 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 muttering in her heart, what kind of boy would Ruan Nuo fall in love with. After all, her father is so good. If she uses her father as the standard for choosing a spouse, she should not be attracted to a boy who is too bad in all aspects.
As a result, she knocked on the door and just entered the office while muttering, and she saw her father at a glance.
Not only did she see her father, but she also saw Lele.
The family of four met in the office, and Ruan Xi and Ling Yao met each other's eyes and were stunned for a moment.
Ruan Xi wondered why Ke Ke was in love at an early age and called their whole family over. Could this be more serious than she thought? Did the child do something that shouldn't be done? She knew Ke Ke's personality, so it shouldn't be possible.
Although she thought so in her heart, she didn't 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 you to talk to your children about this premature love. The children are still young, and it is such an important time for them to enter high school from the third year of junior high school. I think we can't be careless."
It is the parents' job to cooperate with the teacher's work. After all, it is 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, "But can I ask, the specific situation of her premature love, is it with a male classmate in the class? Has it caused a bad influence and affected the studies of other classmates?"
Ling Yao sat on the chair without saying a word, looked at Keke, and then at Lele.
Teacher Liu saw that Ruan Xi had a good attitude, and he also spoke in a good manner. "I called you two parents here. It means that your two children are in premature love. Don't worry. It's not a big problem if you find it early and intervene early. It's just that they don't recognize their mistakes yet and don't admit that they are wrong. That's why I invited you here."
Ruan Xi reflected on the meaning of Teacher Liu's words and repeated after a moment: "Our two children are in premature love. Love?"
Teacher Liu didn't know what was so doubtful about this, so he just said, "Yes, your daughter Ruan Nuo and our male classmate Ling Yi are openly in love at school. At noon in the cafeteria, Ling Yi learned to put food into Ruan Nuo's mouth. In the classroom, they were not shy and were very intimate with each other. If this is not love, then what is it?"
Ruan Xi: "..."
She understood, and with a knife in her eyes, she flew towards Keke and Lele.
Ling Yao naturally understood it, and looked at Keke and Lele with the same eyes.
Unknowingly, these two kids have grown up to the age of cheating their parents and teachers. They are no less courageous than those who have fallen in love!
Teacher Liu read different messages in the eyes of the two parents. He thought they were angry about premature love, so he said quickly: "Two parents, don't be too angry. It's normal for children at this age."
Ling Yao then bit the bullet 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 and said for a while: "Brothers and sisters?"
Ruan Xi pursed her lips and nodded, "Yes, brother and sister Sister, this male parent 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 surname, and Ruan Nuo has my surname. The brother and sister have a good relationship since they were young, and the brother loves his sister. Maybe you misunderstood something." Teacher
Liu's chest was filled with a breath, and she almost fainted.
The two children have two surnames. They are twins but they don't look alike. Who would have thought that they are real siblings!
She had never taught them before, and she only taught them in the new class of the third year of junior high school, so she didn't know much about their family information.
Keke and Lele both stood there with their heads down, and it was impossible to tell what expression they had 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 said at this time, "We said we were not in a relationship, but Teacher Liu didn't believe it, and didn't listen to our explanation. She insisted that we invite our parents."
Teacher Liu: "..."
Forget it, as long as it's not a premature love affair, it's fine.
Ruan Xi and Ling Yao led Keke and Lele out of the office. It was already evening time for school to end, so they took the two children home directly. Ruan Xi didn't drive her own car, and left it at the school.
On the way home in the car, Ruan Xi turned around in the passenger seat and asked Keke and Lele: "Whose idea was it, you two?"
In fact, she knew without asking that only Keke could think of doing something like playing tricks on the teacher.
Lele usually listened to her and took the blame for her.
So it was no surprise that Lele said, "It was my idea."
Ruan Xi rolled her eyes at him and said, "You just get used to her."
Keke looked quite happy and said with a smile, "Who made her not believe what we said? She insisted that we were in love and insisted that we invite our parents. If she wants to invite them, then we can invite them. Only then will she really believe it."
Now she really believes it, and she will no longer doubt them even if she suspects who is in love.
The family of four drove home, and Zhou Xueyun and Ling Zhiyuan were watering the flowers in the yard.
Keke and Lele got off the car and said in unison, "Grandpa and grandma, we are back."
Zhou Xueyun looked at them and said, "Huh? Why are you back together?"
Ruan Xi replied, "Your good grandchildren have been invited to the parents' meeting, and we were both called over."
Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun both looked tense and asked in unison, "What happened?"
Zhou Xueyun added, "What mistakes did you make at school?"
Keke went to Zhou Xueyun, put her arm around her, and told her everything that happened today. When she talked about the look on Teacher Liu's face when he found out that they were siblings, she couldn't stop laughing.
Zhou Xueyun also laughed when she heard it, raised her hand and hit her, "You naughty girl, don't do this again in the future."
Keke nodded and replied, "Yes! Grandma! I won't dare to do it again in the future!"
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, talking about their own things in a lively and noisy manner.
After dinner, they watched TV and took a walk. Ruan Xi still went to exercise with Ling Yao for half an hour to an hour. After exercise, they washed up and went to bed, read a book and prepared to go to sleep. Because they are older, their daily routines are now more regular.
However, not long after sitting on the bed, Ruan Xi suddenly remembered something.
She threw back the quilt, got out of bed, and Ling Yao asked her from behind, "What's wrong?"
Ruan Xi said without turning back, "I'm going to find something."
Ling Yao didn't know what she was looking for, but still followed her out.
Ruan Xi left the room and went to the utility room, turned on the light and said, "Recently, a column group 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 certainly remembered, so he asked again, "Are you looking for that old photo album?"
Ruan Xi replied, "Yes, I'm looking for that old photo album."
Then, before they found the thing, Ke Ke and Le Le came in again.
The two children were curious, and Ke Ke asked beside Ruan Xi, "Mom and Dad, what are you looking for?"
Ruan Xi answered her while looking, "Looking for an old photo album."
Ke Ke and Le Le didn't know what old photo album they were looking for, but they still helped to look for it together. Finally, Coco found the album first. She held it up and asked, "Is it this old album?"
Ruanxi turned around and saw the bright red soft leather cover. She said quickly, "Yes, yes, that's it."
Coco handed the album to Ruanxi. "What album is this?"
Ruanxi took it and opened it. She looked at the photos in the album with Coco, Lele and Lingyao. She said slowly, "This is my mom and dad's childhood. " This is the place where I lived when I was a child. This is my mother’s old house, and this is the stilt house where my father lived…”
Coco looked at a photo and asked, “Is this a tailor shop in the countryside?”
Ruan Xi said, “Yes, when my mother was about your age, she carried half a basket of eggs to this tailor shop to find an old tailor to learn the craft. At that time, everyone thought that I couldn’t learn it, but your grandmother thought that I couldn’t learn it. Sure. That half basket of eggs was collected after our family saved a long time by being frugal. "
Keke didn't understand, "Does it take a long time to collect half a basket of eggs?"
Ruan Xi couldn't help but sigh, "You have lived a rich life since you were born. I don't know how poor we were before. If we could eat a piece of candy on weekdays, it would be like Chinese New Year. The clothes were all patched, and we even wore straw sandals in summer."
After watching more After seeing several photos, Coco asked again: "Are there no photos of you when you were little?"
Ruan Xi shook her head, "We were so poor that we could barely afford food, so where could we get a camera? This was when the village was to be demolished, and your father and I took some time to go back and take these photos in the mountains."
There were photos of her and Ling Yao in the photos, but they were thirty years old, not thirteen or fourteen. They were
thirteen or fourteen years old, forever in the past.
Coco asked again: "Mom, what did you look like when you were fourteen?"
Ling Yao said beside her: "You look a lot like your mother."
Both fourteen years old, with the same delicate, lively, and fresh face.
After looking at the photos, Lele said, "The mountain is quite beautiful."
Ruan Xi stroked the photos 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 is really beautiful."
But now, we can only look at it through these old photos.
Ruan Xi took out this old photo album, of course, not just to take a look at the past, or to simply recall the past, but to provide relevant information to the program team 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 album was found and placed in the room. The next day, Ruan Xi gave it to his assistant and asked the assistant to pass it to the program team.
Because they were all small mud houses in the countryside, they were relatively simple to build and did not cost much money. The program crew built them very quickly, and mainly restored three places - the tailor shop, the old house of the Ruan family, and the stilt house.
On the day when the restoration was completed, 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 once 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 big microphone inside, but there were simulated grape racks and rocking chairs.
The house was fake, and everything inside was fake, too, all copied from photos, except for one thing that was real, which was used by her and the old tailor - the old sewing machine placed in the middle of the main room.
Because the documentary has a certain narrative nature, the program crew hopes that Ruan Xi can play herself in the film. There is no need to act out anything, and there are no lines, but there need to be some scenes to make the content more real and rich.
Ruan Xi felt that she could no longer play a fourteen-year-old, even if she just sat there.
After thinking about it, she discussed with the program crew and let Ke Ke play the role.
After confirming it, she measured the cloth for Ke Ke to make clothes.
Since leaving Fengming Mountain, she has never made clothes of those styles in those years.
In those two years in Fengming Mountain, she wore such clothes herself and also made such clothes for people in the village.
After coming to the city, she has been doing all kinds of design for more than 20 years. She never thought that one day she would pick up scissors, tape measure and chalk, and simply measure people, cut clothes and sew fabrics.
Ruan Xi made clothes and pants for Coco, all of which were the patterns and styles she wore back then. Ruan Cuizhi made a pair of square-mouthed cloth shoes for Coco by hand, pasting shoe uppers and sewing shoe soles.
After the clothes and shoes were made, Ruan Xi took Coco to participate in the photo shoot.
On this day, the family had nothing to do, so they all came to watch.
Ruan Xi took Coco to change clothes and shoes first, and then took her to have her hair braided.
While braiding Coco's hair in front of the mirror, Ruan Xi smiled and said, "You look more like her now."
Coco sat still, looking at Ruan Xi in the mirror and asked, "Were you like this when you were fourteen?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "Yes, I was. People said I was the prettiest girl on Fengming Mountain."
Coco laughed, "I was also the prettiest girl in our school."
After the two braids were done, Coco stood up from the mirror and turned to look at her. Coco turned to face Ruan Xi and asked her, "Does it look good?"
Ruan Xi smoothed her two braids over her shoulders and nodded, "It looks good."
Coco turned around and looked at herself in the mirror, "So you all looked like this back then."
Ruan Xi replied, "Yeah, girls at that time all tied two pigtails like this."
Coco smoothed her own braids and said, "A fourteen-year-old tailor."
After packing up, Ruan Xi took Coco to the program crew.
Ruan Xi had read and confirmed the contents and script of the documentary, but she didn't care how the scene was filmed. She stood beside Ling Yao, and together with Ling Yao and Ruan Cuizhi, she 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 lost her mind again, and even her vision became blurred unconsciously. In a trance, she seemed to see Coco really become herself.
She became a 14-year-old tailor.
The young seamstress sat in front of the sewing machine and cut off the last thread. She stood up, packed her things, put on her yellow schoolbag and went out. She walked into the yard and greeted the old seamstress who was sitting under the grape trellis: "Master, I'm going home!"
The old seamstress held Da Mi and rocked slowly on the rocking chair, and replied: "Well, go ahead."
... She
walked to the hillside with her schoolbag on her back.
She waved to Ling Yao who was sitting on the hillside reading a book, called him: "Baby!"
and sat down next to him. She took out candy from her schoolbag and asked him with a smile: "Want some candy?"
...
Liu Xinghua sat in front of the old house chopping pig food.
When she saw Liu Xinghua in the distance, she shouted, "Grandma, I'm back!"
Liu Xinghua raised her head and smiled at her, "It's Xiaoxi who's back. Are you hungry?"
She asked, "Where's Grandpa?"
Turning around, she saw Ruan Zhigao coming back with a hoe on his shoulder, also smiling at her, "Xiaoxi is back."
...
Ruan Changsheng threw something into her arms.
He smiled and said, "Niece, your fifth uncle brought you some delicious food."
...
On the ridge of the field.
Ruan Jie snatched the rice ears from her basket: "Sister, you're kidding, I picked all those!"
...
On the rugged and winding mountain road, the mountain songs were melodious and pleasant.
The young tailor followed the old tailor's chair, walked through the lush green summer, walked into the snow-covered mountaintops in the winter, walked into every house, and heard people come up to greet him warmly: "Little tailor, you are here."
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