Back home, Fang Yu put the cabbage in the kitchen, sat alone for a while, and then got up to go find Fang Huahua.
"Huahua! Huahua!" Fang Yu leaned forward and called out from her doorway.
"What do you want with Hua Hua?" A voice suddenly rang out, startling Fang Yu. Fang Shugen's mother was sitting in the corner, whom Fang Yu hadn't seen earlier.
"Grandma, is Huahua home?" Fang Yu asked softly.
"Huahua isn't as free as you. She has to work." The tone was displeased.
Fang Yu didn't say anything and quickly left. She wanted to ask Hua Hua to go to Fang Dongqiang's house with her.
Fang Yu kicked at the pebbles, hesitating whether to go find Fang Dongqiang by herself.
The girl is growing up, and she's a little embarrassed to go see her male classmates alone. Should she say she's looking for Tingting? Tingting is all grown up now too, she doesn't need to be taken care of, is it appropriate to say she's looking for her?
With a few days left in the holiday, Fang Dongqiang wouldn't return to the county town immediately, so Fang Yu went home first.
In the evening, after dinner, Fang Huahua came to Fang Yu's house.
"Huahua, I went to your house today, but you weren't home."
“I went to the fields with my brother. Only my grandma is at home.”
"Your grandma, she... she seems a bit fierce?"
What did she do to you?
"Well, it's nothing, it's just that he sounds a little fierce when he talks."
"That's just how she is, she's always yelling at me. Just ignore her. If I'm not doing any work, I'll come over to your house to play. Oh, what brings you to my house?"
"I'd like to see if you're free to go to Dongqiang's house with me."
"What are you going to his house for?" Fang Huahua asked, leaning close to Fang Yu. "Fang Yu, do you like Fang Dongqiang?"
"No, I ran into Aunt Dongqiang this morning, and she said Tingting is at her maternal grandmother's house."
"I don't believe you. You just said you were going to Dongqiang's house, but you didn't say you were going to Tingting's grandma's house."
"Dongqiang is at his maternal grandmother's house. Isn't his house Tingting's maternal grandmother's house?"
"Why did you ask me to come with you when you went to find Tingting?"
"Oh dear, I'm going to a male classmate's house. I feel embarrassed to go alone."
"You said you were going to find Tingting, who is a female classmate, Fang Yu. You can't even keep your own words straight?"
Fang Yu pursed her lips and touched her ear.
Fang Huahua turned to the side, her head following her gaze, and stared at Fang Yu. "Fang Yu, your face is red."
"Oh dear," Fang Yu covered her face and eyes, "No, I wanted to ask Fang Dongqiang something. His school is good, so I wanted to ask him something."
"You should have said so earlier. Just say you need to talk to him. Why go through all that trouble? You must have something to hide." Fang Huahua glanced at Fang Yu. "You're so pretty, Dong Qiang will like you."
"Huahua, how old are you? You're still in elementary school, what do you mean by 'like' or 'dislike'?" Fang Yu said, adopting the demeanor of an elder.
"Alright, alright, if you need to talk to him, then you need to talk to him. My dad is taking my grandma to the city hospital tomorrow. I'll come and go with you."
"Okay, sure."
When Fang Yu woke up in the morning, she asked, "Hua Hua, are you having breakfast at my house?"
"No, I'll go back first, then I'll come find you and we can go together."
"Okay, I'll wait for you at home."
Fang Yu ate breakfast, looked at herself in the mirror, and waited for Hua Hua to come over.
Not long after, Hua Hua came over. "My dad and grandma left early this morning, I'm free!" Hua Hua raised her hands. "Fang Yu, I really envy you being home alone with no one to take care of you."
"What's so great about being home alone? I miss my mom so much. It's only been a month, and there's still a long time until Chinese New Year."
"Shall we go now?" Fang Huahua asked.
"Okay, let's go now."
Fang Yu and Fang Huahua arrived at Fang Dongqiang's maternal grandmother's house together.
Fang Meixiang's mother led Yuan Tingting to the chicken coop in the corner by the door. Fang Meixiang's mother lifted the bamboo chicken coop cover and asked Yuan Tingting to get the eggs. Yuan Tingting touched the eggs and said, "Grandma, the eggs are cooked and warm."
"She said the eggs were cooked, she just laid them, hehehe!" Fang Huahua covered her mouth and chuckled softly.
"She's in the city and doesn't know," Fang Yu called out with a laugh, "Tingting!"
"Sister Fang Yu!" Yuan Tingting skipped over.
"Fang Yu, how's your mom's business?" Fang Meixiang's mother also came over and asked.
"Well, it's alright. I ran into Aunt Mei yesterday, and she said Tingting has been here these past few days too."
"Yes, they're here on their days off. You're here to visit too?"
"Okay." Fang Yu looked around and saw that Fang Dongqiang was nowhere to be seen. Fang Huahua nudged Fang Yu with her arm, signaling her to ask.
"Sister Fang Yu, my brother and I are going to pick chestnuts this afternoon. Do you want to come with us?" Yuan Tingting asked, holding Fang Yu's hand.
“Okay, let’s go together.” Fang Yu glanced into the house again.
“I was planning to go in the morning, but my grandma told me to let my brother sleep a little longer, and he hasn’t come yet,” Yuan Tingting said.
Oh, so you haven't gotten up yet.
"Grandma, should we go and call him? Fang Yu, would you like to come with me? Let's go to my brother's house and wake him up."
"Okay, it's already this late. Go check on him. He's not getting up, and Auntie isn't coming over for dinner either," said Fang Meixiang's mother. "Fang Yu, are you going with Tingting?"
"I," Fang Yu said, feeling embarrassed to go to Fang Dongqiang's house to wake him up.
Yuan Tingting took her hand and said, "I'll take you there. I know the way to my brother's house."
Fang Yu had no choice but to go along.
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