Chapter 150 Little hands are cold
Chapter 150 Little hands are cold
As I was walking home, I saw a bright light at an intersection in the distance.
Xu Mingyuan suddenly had an idea and took two more steps, turned a corner and brought Xiao Yangzhi to the night market.
Ever since he let Xiao Yangzhi come here to earn some living expenses, Xu Mingyuan has never come here again.
If Xiao Yangzhi was not accompanied by Xu Mingyuan, she would never come to such a messy place.
She likes a life of going back and forth between two points. She would buy some necessities nearby when she goes out, and then go back home to daydream.
"It's been almost a year since we last came here, right?" Xu Mingyuan asked casually.
"Yes, more than one year." Yang Zhi nodded.
"Remember what you are doing here?"
"How could I not remember? I was selling bracelets. I was worried every day that I wouldn't be able to sell them. One day, when the sales were not good, I covered myself with the quilt and secretly wiped away my tears..."
Yang Zhi felt a little embarrassed, but still spoke out.
"Why are you crying? Are you afraid that I will beat you up?"
"No..." Yang Zhi said in tangle.
"Is it true or false?" Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
"Hey, a little bit..."
Yang Zhi looked up shyly, and when she saw Xu Mingyuan turning his head and looking at her with a smile, her face felt a little hot.
But Yang Zhi still raised the corner of his mouth slightly and looked back.
Xu Mingyuan just thought that Xiao Yangzhi was pretty and cute. He wanted to raise his hand to pinch her little bun, but she hugged him, so he had to raise his other hand to pinch her face.
I bought some fruit at the night market, and then after thinking about it, I bought a bunch of grilled skewers to take away.
"The uncle and aunt who made room for us to set up the stall, do you still remember the location?"
"There's a farmer's stir-fry shop across from the two elm trees, with a red sign with yellow letters."
"Oh, you have a deep impression." Xu Mingyuan said in surprise.
He had long forgotten about it. He just took a walk and then went somewhere else for a stroll, leaving Xiao Yangzhi to work.
"There are always guests, and I'll look around when I'm bored."
Yang Zhi smiled as he recalled the scene.
At that time, she was too embarrassed to look up. When there were fewer people in the night market and she felt that her brother would soon come to pick her up, she sat on a small stool and stared at the opposite side in a daze, imagining her own tragic fate in the future.
But the difficult life did not last long. Just when Yang Zhi thought she would drop out of school and return to her old job, she no longer had to worry about survival issues.
What followed was fear, fearing that her adopted brother might also get into trouble and go to jail, but her brother was very capable and she was just imagining everything.
Yang Zhi doesn't like to think, she just likes to daydream.
Until now, my mind is full of thoughts about him again.
And he is right beside me now, so I don't have to think about it anymore...
Following Xiao Yangzhi's guidance, they successfully found the couple who had lent them the stall.
"Uncle and aunt, do you remember us?"
Xu Mingyuan asked with a smile, and gave the other person the grilled skewers and fruits he had bought.
"Remember, remember, Lao Zhang, come here quickly, do you still recognize these two kids?"
"I know him. He is no longer a child. He has become an adult."
A middle-aged man who was setting up a stall nearby came over, took a look, nodded and smiled.
The aunt asked her husband to take out the small stool and shared it between the two of them, and then she found a paper shell to sit on the ground.
Uncle Zhang is still the same as before, a traditional man who is willing to work hard and never complains. He is silent and doesn't say much. When he sees guests coming, he will go and greet them himself.
"It's been such a long time since we last met. Where have you two been?" asked the aunt.
"I have to take the college entrance examination, and my sister is also in high school, so she doesn't have much time to go out." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile. "Yes, yes, yes, you said last year that you were in the third year of high school. Which university did you get into?"
"Jiangcheng University."
"Oh! That's great! Unlike my youngest son, who dropped out of school before finishing junior high school, hangs out all day and asks me for money. His father and I are worried about it." The aunt said with a sigh.
"Young people all go through this, and they'll be stable in two years." Xu Mingyuan smiled and asked, "Auntie, I think the buildings nearby are all going to be demolished, and it's hard for the night market here to survive. Do you plan to take out a loan to buy a store or something?"
"Lao Zhang and I went to see it and wanted to buy it, but our eldest son was getting married and there were many expenses, so we thought of saving some money for him. Who would have thought that the housing prices would rise so fast this year? It's scary. How can ordinary people afford it?"
"I earn more now than before, and it's not expensive. I can buy a house with my eyes closed in the next ten years without losing money. If you want to buy one, you'd better do it early. The more money you save, the more money you have."
Xu Mingyuan was chatting with the aunt.
The lives of ordinary people are mostly like this. They cannot withstand the ups and downs of life and work hard to make a living, and a lifetime passes in the blink of an eye.
Turning his head to look at Xiao Yangzhi, if it weren't for him, her life would probably have passed by in a daze like this.
"My brother is very good. What he said must be right. You can go and have another look."
Even though Yang Zhi was sitting on a small stool, she still held Xu Mingyuan's arm tightly, smiling sweetly and endearingly.
"Okay, I'll discuss this with Lao Zhang." The aunt didn't give a clear answer, but said to Xiao Yangzhi, "You've changed so much, I recognized your brother, but I didn't dare to recognize you."
"Has it changed? It's still the same as before." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
"She has changed. How could she not have changed?" The auntie pulled up little Yangzhi, compared them together, and said seriously, "I remember she was skinny and small last year. Little girl, stand up so I can take a look. Yes, you have grown taller. Now she is at least half a head taller."
Xu Mingyuan was stunned, looked at Xiao Yangzhi and said, "Have you grown taller?"
"It's a little bit taller, less than a centimeter, and it hasn't grown this year."
"It's great for a little girl to be this tall. If you're taller, it'll be hard to find a partner. You're over 1.7 meters tall, right?"
"No, no, only 1.67 meters."
Yang Zhi's cheeks were rosy and she shook her head repeatedly.
"Really? You're this tall already? Stand up straight."
Xu Mingyuan pulled Xiao Yangzhi in front of him and measured her. With her hair included, she almost reached his eyebrows. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "It really is true. You are a grown-up girl now."
Little Yangzhi was leaning beside him all day long, and his height could not be seen. Xu Mingyuan always thought that she was just slightly taller than his shoulders.
"Um……"
Yang Zhi nodded shyly.
Eight or nine o'clock is the time when the night market is full of people. Xu Mingyuan didn't want to disturb the aunt's business, so while the uncle and aunt said they would come again next time, he took Xiao Yangzhi for a stroll somewhere else.
"Brother, look."
"What are you looking at?"
"That's the little boy. Is he leading the way? Is she also his sister?"
Yang Zhi paused as he spoke, secretly glancing at Xu Mingyuan.
"Right, aren't the people following you the parents?"
Xu Mingyuan looked at the two children, who were about five or six years old. The management in Nanxi was strict, and most of the children were only children. It was quite rare to have a family with two children with a small age gap like this one.
"Brother, can you take me with you?" Yang Zhi asked in a low voice.
"Isn't this leading you?"
Xu Mingyuan was a little puzzled.
"Well, no, it's like this..."
Yang Zhi bit her lips lightly with her pearly teeth, and the blush on her cheeks spread to her neck.
Without further ado, the cold little hand gently held Xu Mingyuan's palm.
(End of this chapter)