C21 I'll Think about It a Few Times

The old garden.

Changes in dreams

Who could forget what she looked like in the past?

The time when she was in deep sleep.

Summer Bug was melancholic in his dream. . .

- - - Volume Poem

The young children were tired from playing by the river bank. They lay on their father and uncle's shoulders, being carried and carried home. However, the tender and soft voice of a child lingered by the ears of the young people, reflecting the longing that they could not bring out in their hearts.

Sitting by the bamboo table in the small courtyard of the farm, the new Little Zhi let the cool night wind blow at his half-dried long hair. He watched as Tan Yin chased Little Bug away for him without batting an eyelid. He touched his old but comfortable, clean clothes and smelled the faint scent of soap and the suntan.

"I'm not used to it, right? It's very comfortable to keep cool at night, but there will be some little bugs. My mother has already lit up the mosquito incense. It should be better in a while. " Tan Ming looked at the new Little Zhi, who had cleaned the mud on her body and borrowed her mother's clothes, and smiled warmly like a light star in the night.

"It's nothing. It's fine. It's pretty good. . . Your house is really clean. I like this kind of courtyard. "

Xinzi turned her head left and right and sized up the courtyard. Looking at the narrow path paved with rocks and red bricks, she could hear the shy cries of crickets and insects coming from the corners and corners. The girl knew that it was in a small nursery. Although the flowers were sleeping at night, the vegetables in the garden were still growing quietly. The sound of Tan Ming's mother rustling due to her busy schedule. . . With the soft wind blowing against the rustling of the vines, her agitated and restless heart by the river bank calmed down quite a bit. . . . "This place is really like when I was a child at the border. . . My family's small courtyard. . . "

"Is that so?" Tan Ming let Summer Thorny go and wash first. His body was still wet from the mud. He had just lifted up his lower hem and was about to take off his T-shirt. When he saw the new Little Zhi, he put down his hand in embarrassment. Separated by a bamboo table, he pushed a teacup over. "You can also plant in your own home in the borderlands?"

"Yes, you can. However. . . It will be hard for Mom and Dad to reclaim the land! " He picked up the teacup that Tan Yin pushed over. Xin Xiaoyao also smiled with curved eyebrows. "When I was born. . . There were mountains everywhere, and there were sand and stones under their feet. Only the riverside had green grass in the summer. . . But the mountains were all good raw coal. It is very suitable to refine charcoal for steelmaking. "

" Sandstone? Just like the new city?"

"Mm ~ No. There wasn't much soil there. Even if there was soil, there would be rocks of various sizes mixed in. There were many rocks. With so many rocks, it won't be a problem for a few children to stand up!" Xinzi stretched out his arms. He gestured the size of the rock. "I watched Mom and Dad shovel it down. There were often sounds of collision that were hard to hear, and then they went down. I will be able to see the rock. If they couldn't dig anymore, they would need to find a few uncles. He used the crowbar to pry the rocks up with great effort, tied them up with ropes, and dragged them out with great effort. Then go to the river and find some soil to pave the ground. . . So our house's yard is not big, smaller than this one in your house. . . "

It was rare for Tan Ming to see Xin Xiaozi in such a lively and lively manner. For the first time, the girl let go of her furrowed brows. Her cheeks were imprinted with the warm light emitted by the small light bulb beside the roof. Her slightly swollen eyes blinked like the stars in the sky, revealing the youth and playfulness that should have belonged to her. She could not help but stare blankly.

"Ring, ring for you? What are you thinking about?" The Tan family's mother walked out of the kitchen, holding the freshly washed grapes. Seeing that her son was silent, she could only pass the grapes to the new Little Zhi. "Quick, child. Come, try this. It's freshly picked from the grape rack. It's fresh. "

"Thank you, Auntie. "

"Yo, you made me fall into mud. You guys actually ate it first?"

As soon as Xinzi took the plate, she saw that Summer Thorned Green came out of the room bare-chested with a head full of water droplets. She blushed and lowered her head to pick the fruits on the plate. "Auntie, the grapes are delicious. The fruits taste so good!"

Thorned Flower Grass looked at the girl from the corner of her eyes and took the stool from Tan Yin's hand. She sat down on it and thanked Tan Yin's mother. She grabbed the grapes from the plate and said, "The taste is good. It's better than the supermarket. Auntie, what breed is this?"

"Hehe, it's an old vine left by a farmer. It hasn't been grafted. I can't tell what breed it is. " The Tan family's mother looked at her son wiping the water droplets on the grapes for the girl. Xia Jianqing ate the grapes energetically and happily. "If you like it, then eat more!"

"I say, why are you crying by the river when you have nothing to do?" Xia Jiqing couldn't help but choke on the girl.

"What does crying have to do with you?" Xinzi was a bit embarrassed, but she was still grateful for Thorned Green's good intentions. She muttered, "Who wants you to meddle in my business?"

"Hi! I should have taken a photo of you first!" Summer Thorned Green threw a grape into the air and looked up to receive it, but he did not catch it. "Put it online. Others will definitely misunderstand that you want to jump into the river!"

"Cough cough. . . "

Tan Ming saw that Xinzi's face was flushed red. He coughed lightly and pushed another teacup in front of Stranglethorn Green. "Here, it's freshly brewed. "

Xia Ci took it and gulped down the tea. She shook her wet hair and looked at Tan Ming. "Tonight, I'm only thanking Auntie. I won't be grateful to you! Who do you think I am? "

"Yes. " Tan Ming nodded, and said, "You don't need to thank me. I misunderstood. "

"If I wasn't afraid of dirtying the car with mud all over my body, I wouldn't have followed you to your house. "

"Understood. . . So for tonight's dinner, count it as me accompanying you. " Tan Yin took the towel that was dried in the yard and prepared to wash it by herself. "However, this isn't my home. "

- - -

"So, you've rented this place for more than a year?"

"Yes, we and the people from the neighboring villages have moved to our hometown, and we'll be living in the new city in the future. "

After Xia Jianqing finished his meal at the Tan family's residence, he picked up his handbag and drove away in a sports car under the starlight.

Xinzi insisted on helping clean up the bowls and chopsticks, and also said goodbye to Tan Yin and his son.

However, the sky had darkened. The only two bus stations by the East River New City were too far away, and they had stopped at 8. 30 a. M. There was not a single taxi in and out of the new city, so Tan Yin could only send her to the bus station by the river.

Sitting in the backseat of Tan Yin's motorbike, Xin Xiaozi looked at the lights on the quiet field. The East River New City that passed by was deserted and silent, and deep breaths could be heard.

"Are you afraid?" The light was too dim, so Tan Yin could not see the girl's expression through the rearview mirror. She was worried.

. . . "I'm not afraid. " Xin Xiaozi paused for a moment and looked at the construction site that was illuminated by the sodium light. It identified the machines that were resting. "When we were young, we were like this in the mountains. At that time, The conditions were poor, and there were no lights on many of the small paths. At night, it was pitch black. Sometimes. . . He could even hear the cries of beasts from afar. But at that time, I was bold. I often went to the neighbor's house to play with children. I was so anxious that my parents were sweating!"

"Really?" Tan Ming was a little surprised.

"Well. . . At that time, in order to ensure my nutrition, Mom and Dad raised chickens. But several times, a weasel crawled into the chicken nest. . . Dad wanted to catch it but failed. He kept shouting that it was a pity that the fur on the little fellow's tail was a good material for writing brushes!"

It was rare for Tan Ming to laugh loudly. His voice was mellow and broad, making people feel inexplicably at ease. " When we were young, we often met little beasts. There were weasels, wild cats, pheasants, wild ducks. . . Once, my Abba and Abba set up a trap and even caught a little wild boar. Oh right, there was also a snake, the poisonous one. "

"Is there a snake?"

The motorcycle had already arrived at a barren land. The wild grass around it that no one cleaned up was even taller than the motorcycle seat. Xin Ming was shocked and unconsciously pulled Tan Ming's clothes to the back.

". . . Don't be afraid, it's fine. Now. . . There were no dangerous animals. There are many ways to prevent insects and animals in the countryside. " Tan Yin's body stiffened. Lang Lang's voice suddenly slowed down. "Now. . . Many villages have to be demolished, and the remaining animals. . . Without a home, they will be disturbed by the sounds of construction sites every day. I'm afraid that they have already run away. . . "

- - -

Xia Jiqing returned to the north bank and changed into the clothes Tan Ming had borrowed. He agreed to Rao Linna's suggestion and went to the newly developed landscape of the river bank to take a look at a commercial building that was currently recruiting merchants.

For some reason, The crowd was dense, and laughter and clamour could be heard. It was a bright and bustling place, but to Xia Thorn, it wasn't very attractive.

Rao Linna had come with great interest, but she hadn't been able to get a definite answer from Summer Thorned Green. She smiled and said that she had an appointment with her best friend, so she turned around and went to the coffee shop.

She clearly remembered that she had an appointment with him for supper. Calculating the unhappiness in his partner's heart, he did not chase after her. He went against the one-way street of the night market and slowly walked back to the parking lot. However, he did not want to go back to his apartment. He went to the Garden Old Street where he had been living with his grandfather before he studied abroad.

After his grandfather passed away, the old house in the Garden Old Street was rented out. How long had it been since he took a serious look at his home that was about to be demolished?

- - -

Standing at the narrow garden street, Thorned Green looked at the thick parasol trees on the side of the street, covering the old three-story mansion. The originally cramped and cramped courtyard was like an old man who was in his last years of life in Dongjiang City, and it seemed to be humble, cowardly, and aged.

After passing through the walls of the courtyard where mud and dust had fallen and the bricks were missing, he saw the old house that had been rented out and about to be demolished after several decades of vicissitudes. The dim light of the rented house seemed to reflect the figure of his parents reading and writing under the lights of the overseas country. The words of his old grandfather urging him to revise his homework were still clearly heard by his ears. . .

His grandfather was no longer there. All the old houses in Garden Street would be gone, and his parents would not be able to return to the country and settle down. Then, what did he have in mind for the East River New City?

As Xia Thorned Green thought about this, he turned on his phone and invited Rao Linna to look at a few office buildings in the city center with him the next day. Rao Linna's voice clearly sounded more cheerful.

Xia Linqing looked at the old street in the night sky and sighed. He posted the opinions of the residents that he had gathered and consolidated in the past few days on Weibo.