"I'll leave the lunch box here first, and I'll take it back when I get back from the tube building."
"Why don't you just take it all away? You won't have to come back later."
"If I don't come back, how are you going to wash with only one hand?"
"Okay, that's all right. I'll be there quickly. There are bananas and apples on the cupboard. The apples have been washed. Just take them if you want to eat them."
She came down from upstairs, rode her bicycle, and pedaled quickly towards the steel plant's tube building.
It was only 5:40 when we arrived at the tube building. I wondered if Aunt Li and the others had finished get off work.
I tried knocking on the door, luckily there was someone inside who quickly opened the door.
The one who opened the door was Aunt Li's daughter Wang Xiuyuan. She looked up and stared at Song Fuyu's face for a few seconds. After she realized what was happening, she called out uncertainly, "Sister Fuyu?"
"It's me. Xiuyuan, long time no see."
"Wow, it's really you! You've become so tall and beautiful now!"
In Wang Xiuyuan's impression, Song Fuyu was short and thin, and looked particularly skinny.
There is a four-year age difference between them. It seems that before she left the tube building, he was not as tall as her when she was thirteen years old, but now he is half a head taller than her.
Not only is her skin no longer dark, but it is glowing white, making her look especially like the fairy described in the storybook.
"Thanks."
Although the Li family lived downstairs from their house at the time, the original owner was not very familiar with Wang Xiuyuan. They had met each other, but they rarely spoke to each other.
It's not just that he is unfamiliar with Wang Xiuyuan. It should be said that the original owner is not familiar with anyone in this building except the Song family.
Song Hao and Liu Qiaoyu didn't like the original owner to interact with the adults in the tube building, and most of the children in the tube building were instigated not to play with the original owner because of the instigation of Song Xiuxiu and her brother. Even those children who didn't play with Song Xiuxiu didn't like to talk to the gloomy original owner.
"Sister Fu Yu, please come in and sit down first. My parents will be off work soon."
Song Fuyu placed the gift she brought on the table, and gratefully took the boiled water that Wang Xiuyuan poured for her. The two of them sat down on chairs facing each other.
They looked at each other in silence and smiled awkwardly.
She didn’t know if it was her illusion, but from the moment Wang Xiuyuan opened the door, it seemed that she had been staring at her face, her eyes shining, and she was smiling secretly.
She actually saw a perverted look on the face of a girl who was a few years younger than her.
"Is there something on my face?"
“No…no.”
"I just think you're so beautiful, I can't help but always want to take a look at you."
Wang Xiuyuan felt a few words floating in her mind: "This girl should only exist in heaven!"
Sister Fu Yu has not come to their house again after such a long time, and she doesn’t know when they will meet next time. Everyone loves beauty, so shouldn’t she take a few more glances?
"Are you on holiday today?"
In order to avoid making the atmosphere awkward, Song Fuyu took the initiative to start the conversation.
"Well, today is Saturday, and I don't have classes in the afternoon."
"Where's your brother?"
Aunt Li and Uncle Wang have two children, an older sister and a younger brother.
"After my parents finished lunch and went to work, he quietly slipped out to play. He was afraid that my parents would scold him, so he would always rush back before they got off work. He should be back soon."
Sure enough, after the two chatted for a few words, they heard the voices of several boys, and then the door of Li's house was opened with a key.
A little boy about thirteen or fourteen years old appeared in front of Song Fuyu.
"sister..."
He originally wanted to shout his sister loudly, but when he saw Song Fuyu sitting in his house, he immediately stopped talking.
"Hello."
"Hello, Ruibo."
"Do you know me?"
"Wang Ruibo, are you stupid? She was Sister Fu Yu who lived upstairs from us."
"You said the biscuits and dried fruits that Sister Fu Yu sent home were delicious, but she was standing right in front of you and you didn't recognize her. Aren't you ashamed?"
When Wang Ruibo heard his sister say that the person standing in front of him was Song Fuyu, his mouth opened wide in surprise.
He really couldn't connect the beautiful girl in front of him with the Song Fuyu in his memory.
In his opinion, these were two completely different people.
The height is not the same! The temperament is not the same! The appearance is even more different!
"real?"
"Haha, it really is me."
"Is it because the change is so great that you can't recognize it?"
"Oh my god, are you really Sister Fu Yu? The one who used to live upstairs from us?"
He was still somewhat skeptical and unsure.
"Yes."
"Sister Fu Yu, where are you working as an educated youth? When my parents come back, I'll ask them to sign up for my sister as well, so she can go to the countryside and change herself. Maybe she'll grow up to be prettier."
"Wang Ruibo! Are you looking for a fight?"
The brother and sister were about to start fighting in front of Song Fuyu, and she didn't know if they were serious. In case they really did, she stood between them.
"Sister, I'm serious! Look at how beautiful Sister Fu Yu has become now. I don't expect you to become like her, like a fairy, but at least you have to be prettier."
"You're still blaming me. Look at how ugly you are. You're as skinny as a monkey. When I took you out to play, my classmates thought I was walking around with a monkey!"
The two of them were arguing with each other, but fortunately they were just exposing each other's shortcomings verbally and there was no sign of physical violence.
Song Fuyu let the two of them bombard each other and sat down again on the chair next to him.
Thanks to these siblings for making the atmosphere less awkward and for letting her watch a crosstalk live, which was quite interesting.
"If you keep quarreling, you won't have dinner tonight!"
The brother and sister, who were arguing endlessly, became like little quails whose tempers were extinguished in an instant when they heard the scolding and angry voices coming from outside the house.
"I heard your voices before I even went upstairs. This day is never going to end, is it?"
"I should have let both of you live on campus and come back once a month! I wouldn't have to fight with you two when you're together, and it would have given me a headache."
"It's because Wang Ruibo said I'm too ugly!"
"Mom, my sister said I look like a skinny monkey!"
As soon as Li Cuiping entered the room, the brother and sister immediately came over to greet her, one of them hugged one of her arms and started to complain about the other.
"Don't argue!"
"I declare that from now on you two siblings will change your names! One is called Ugly Duckling! The other is called Skinny Monkey!"
"If you keep quarreling over attacking each other's looks, I will really take you to the police station to change your names!"