branch plum blossom

Chapter 27
"Oh, Chen Xianlin's family, I know, their house is on the side of the main road, and if you leave our house, you have to pass by their house."

"That's right, you can take me home every day."

"what?!"

"Oh, I mean, we can travel together every day and have a company."

Chen Shihao looked at Baimei's big staring eyes, lowered his head and half covered his mouth and laughed: This girl, she has not changed at all from what she saw in the town that day, simple, unadorned, sunny and watery, That face. Clean it up in the future, it should be a moving face
He felt that he was thinking too much, hurriedly "coughed" and shook his hands and took a few steps forward.

Of course Bai Mei didn't know the little music in Chen Shihao's heart, she thought that Chen Shihao must have forgotten about this dirty, shriveled little monkey.

Looking at Chen Shihao's back, Bai Mei couldn't help being stunned.

A man covering his mouth is simply a monster, but Chen Shihao's way of lowering his head and wiping his mouth, shaking his hands and striding away is just like a handsome male protagonist in a TV series, while she seems to be about to become a female protagonist.

Baimei's face started to heat up again unconsciously.

In an instant, seventy or eighty small deer "bang bang bang bang" popped up in my heart.

What are you thinking?He's from the city, he's still a college student, he's from a good-looking family, so how could he fall in love with you, a yellow-haired wild girl?Besides, he is still a teacher, you are a poor student, what are you dreaming of?
Baimei thought about it, and slapped herself severely.

This loud slap finally drove away the rebellious deer in his heart, and his face gradually returned to normal.

"what happened to you?"

Chen Shihao stopped.

"Oh, it's nothing. Just now there was a big mosquito. It nailed my face and bit me to eat my blood. I beat it to death."

Baimei clapped her hands and smiled indifferently.

Chen Shihao looked at her face, shook his head and smiled, and continued walking forward.

Baimei followed behind Chen Shihao awkwardly, without saying a word all the way.

Although her mouth was tightly shut, Baimei's heart was very lively.

When did Chen Xianlin have a brother?

Isn't her mother the only son of him?

Could it be that this Chen Shihao is a distant relative?
"Well, Mr. Chen, Dr. Chen, is he your uncle?"

Baimei is a straightforward person, and it's hard to hide things in her heart. Besides, she doesn't think it's too much to ask him this question.

"Well, of course it is, it's not a kiss, is it a fake?"

Chen Shihao smiled and patted Baimei's schoolbag.

Oh, my god, he took pictures of my schoolbag!
The little deer in Baimei's heart is about to start bumping around again.

"Oh!"

Baimei hurriedly lowered her eyes, she was afraid that he would see something.

"No, that's Dr. Chen's house, I'll go back first."

Standing at the junction of the small road and the main road, Baimei pointed at Chen Xianlin's house, then ran away quickly with her schoolbag behind her back.

If she didn't run away, the little deer in her heart would burst out.

"Baimei, why did you come back so late today?"

As soon as she entered the door, Qin Yulan's voice came from the kitchen.

"I'm on duty today, Mom, I'll put down my schoolbag and come right over."

After Baimei entered the room and put down her schoolbag, she quickly rolled up her sleeves and went to the kitchen to help.

"Sister, I saw Bai Yuan on the playground today, did her mother pay her tuition?"

As soon as Baimei entered the kitchen, Baifeng immediately stuffed the tongs into Baimei's hand, and ran towards the door of the kitchen with a smile.

"When you come back, you will know how to cheat."

Baimei grabbed Baifeng's ear and screamed "Aooooo" in pain.

"Sister, take it easy, I've been on fire for quite a while, you're back, of course you should come."

Baifeng turned his body sideways and arched outwards vigorously, but Baimei was so strong that he was always spinning around in place.

"You forgot the pain when the scar on your face healed? You ran to Bai Yuan again? Believe it or not, I'll burn another scar on your face with tongs?"

Baimei grabbed Baifeng's ear with one hand, and dangled the tongs in front of Baifeng with the other.

"Okay, okay, don't be crazy, Baifeng, hurry up, go to the pigsty house and bring two bundles of firewood."

Qin Yulan smiled and broke away Baimei's hand.

"Mom, look at him. If he keeps looking for that white man, one day he will suffer a lot."

Looking at Bai Feng's back, Bai Mei stomped her feet fiercely.

"Hey, by the way, where is Bai Yue?"

Bai Mei looked around the kitchen room, but she didn't see Bai Yue.

"She followed Bai Zhong to the small river ditch to catch crabs."

Qin Yulan's face became a little ugly.

"Why haven't you come back yet, it's almost dark."

Baimei looked at the dark scene slowly falling from the sky, feeling a little worried.

"You also know that it's almost dark, so you come back at this time."

While washing the rice, Qin Yulan whitened the white plums.

"I'm not on duty. Besides, we have a new math substitute teacher. Mom, guess who he is?"

Baimei looked at Qin Yulan expectantly, unable to hide the excitement on her face.

"You girl, your teacher, how could I guess."

Qin Yulan put the rice into the pot and smiled without raising her head.

"Oh, Mom, just take a guess."

Baimei put down the tongs and grabbed Qin Yulan's clothes, relentlessly.

"Oh, you dead girl, it's useless to talk about these things, watch the fire in the stove carefully."

Qin Yulan tapped Baimei's forehead lightly with her wet fingers.

"Mom, let me tell you, our new math substitute teacher is Chen Shihao."

Seeing that Qin Yulan was not cooperating, Baimei spoke up on her own, and then looked at Qin Yulan expectantly after speaking.

"Huh? Chen Shihao? Well, the name is well chosen, it sounds nice."

Qin Yulan thought for a while, nodded, and got busy again.

"Oh, Mom, I didn't mean that. I mean, this Chen Shihao's surname is Chen, and Chen Xianlin's surname is Chen. Don't you think they might be relatives?"

Baimei has always known about Qin Yulan and Chen Xianlin, of course, only after Bai Wu's death and after Chen Xianlin asked someone to be a matchmaker.

At that time, she actually hoped that Qin Yulan and Chen Xianlin would be together.

"Baimei, I just found out today that you've read into Niu Pi's eyes in your reading. Could it be that two people with the same surname must be relatives?"

Qin Yulan stretched out her hand and patted Baimei's back hard as a punishment.

"Mom, why do you look at me like that, and you are so unconfident about your daughter? I just said that to tease you on purpose. Chen Shihao said it himself, and Chen Xianlin is his uncle."

Baimei pouted, and returned to the small stool on the stove.

"How about he kissing uncle? How about not him kissing uncle? What does it have to do with you? Burn your fire well, read your book, when did you learn how to chew your tongue like others? Be careful that I will tear your mouth apart. "

Qin Yulan's face darkened, the matter was over, she didn't want to have anything to do with Chen Xianlin anymore.

In this Baijiagou, rice grains are big things, but they can also make people noisy.

"That rotten woman, our Bai Gui worked so hard outside to earn money to support them, but she is fine. When Bai Gui came back, he didn't even have a pot of hot water to wash his face. She is a bunch of wolves."

Liu Shibi's sharp crying added a touch of terror to the coming night.

"Bai Mei, look into the pot, I'll bring Bai Gui the washing water."

Qin Yulan reluctantly put down the fire in her hand, hurriedly brought a basin of hot water and walked towards the main room.

"Hmph, Bai Gui, I think it's more or less called a white ghost."

Baimei spat hard.

Before the saliva fell to the ground, there was a "clang" sound from the main room, followed by Bai Gui's scolding and Liu Shibi's cursing.

When Baimei heard this, without saying a word, she ran towards the main room with the red-hot tongs in hand.

When I came to the main room, I saw that the washbasin Qin Yulan had carried was thrown on the ground, and the hot water spilled all over the floor. Qin Yulan clutched her stomach and bent over to squat on the ground.

"mom--"

Holding the tongs, Baimei rushed towards Bai Gui.

"Baimei, what are you doing here, go to the kitchen and watch the fire."

Qin Yulan quickly stood up, rubbing her stomach with one hand, and holding Baimei tightly with the other.

"Mom, how much have they bullied you? Can you still bear it? Can you bear it! How long will you have to bear it until he beats you to death?"

Baimei cried and broke away from Qin Yulan and succeeded, she insisted on fighting Baigui to the death.

"Baimei!"

Qin Yulan screamed and rushed forward to hug her, tears streaming down her face.

"Listen to mom, it's okay mom, it's none of your business."

Qin Yulan dragged Baimei back to the stove.

"Baimei, your Uncle Baigui is sick. Next time, don't do this again. Be careful that no one will recognize him when he gets sick. You can't beat him. You must be obedient and study hard, understand? Wait for you After being admitted to university, my mother will make it through."

Qin Yulan sat on the small bench and rubbed her stomach for a while before slowly standing up.

Just as the mother and daughter were talking, Bai Yue came back crying loudly, with a crab hanging from her finger.

"Bai Yue, what's the matter? How did you get caught by the crab?"

Bai Mei knocked off the crab from Bai Yue's finger, glared viciously at Bai Zhong who followed behind Bai Yue with a smirk on his face.

"Did you put the crab on Bai Yue's hand?"

Holding the tongs, Baimei approached Baizhong.

"Who said I got it from her? Which eye of yours saw it? I warn you, don't bite people with your mouth open! I'm not afraid of you!"

Bai Zhong took a deep breath, straightened his neck, raised his head, and took two steps back slightly.

After being dealt with by Baimei the first two times, Baizhong became a little afraid of Baimei.

"Oh, mom, sister, it's Bai Zhong, he put the crabs on my fingers, he said the crabs made in this way are delicious, and he also said, if I make them like this, he will tell his father to make less hair in the future." Temper, don't hit people. Huh, huh."

"And said it wasn't you, you rotten bug, see if I don't take care of you today."

Baimei was so angry that she finally found a punching bag, and threw the tongs towards Bai Zhong with a "huh". The child hit it.

"Ouch, ouch, you bastard, dare to hit me."

As Bai Zhong said, he picked up a broken brick by the side of the dam, and was about to throw it at Baimei.

"Ouch, my Baizhong has been punished by those heartless people again. God, open your eyes and accept this group of hungry wolves."

Liu Shibi wailed while hugging Bai Zhong.

"What are you doing? Come here!"

Bai Gui rolled his trousers, wore straw sandals, and was washing his face. Hearing the commotion here, he threw down his washcloth and came over with a gloomy expression.

Seeing Bai Gui approaching, Bai Zhong hid in Liu Shibi's arms and shivered.

"What are you doing in a daze, come here! Do you want me to say it a second time?"

Bai Gui's voice was cold and fierce.

Bai Zhong bit the bullet and walked over tremblingly.

"And you!"

Bai Gui looked at Baimei, his eyes revealed a fierce tiger-like light, which made people shudder.

Baimei broke out in several layers of cold sweat.

It doesn't matter if you are a tiger or a wolf, I am not your child, why do you order me, I just won't go.

Baimei suppressed the trembling in her heart and stood there, motionless.

Just as Baimei was thinking, something flew over, hit her on the head, and fell to the ground.

Baimei covered her head and looked down, it was the straw sandal on Bai Gui's left foot.

Damn, how dare you discipline me and hit me again!

Baimei opened her red eyes angrily, held back her tears, and stared at Baigui vigorously. If her eyes could kill, then Baimei hoped that her staring like Baigui could tear him apart.

Bai Gui also gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and stared at her fiercely.

The atmosphere between the two parties was very tense, so tense that one could even breathe carefully.

Liu Shibi stopped howling a long time ago, raised her heart and watched.

"Shoes, pick them up!"

Bai Gui spoke.

Baimei ignored him and remained motionless.

"Bai Yue, hurry up, pick up the shoes for your Uncle Bai Gui."

Qin Yulan hurriedly ordered Bai Yue to pick up the straw sandals on the ground and send them to Bai Gui.

"No, I'm afraid."

Bai Yue was so frightened that she hid behind Qin Yulan, how could she dare to go forward.

Qin Yulan had no choice but to pick up the shoes and send them over.

Bai Gui didn't say anything, and after taking the shoes, he raised the shoes and greeted Qin Yulan without any explanation.

"mom--"

Baimei couldn't bear it anymore, she picked up the bench next to her, ran forward, and slammed it on Bai Gui's back with a "slap". Because Bai Gui dodged for a while, it hit his head. A tiny thread of blood flowed down from Bai Gui's forehead, and Bai Gui sat down on the ground.

"Baimei, what are you doing? Bai Gui, Bai Gui, are you okay?"

Qin Yulan cried and took Baimei behind her, and quickly put her arms around Baigui's head to check the wound.

"Oh my god, you killed me!"

Liu Shibi was taken aback by Baimei's actions, and screamed as soon as she recovered.

Baimei threw down the bench and ran towards the path.

The cool night breeze blew the dazed Baimei into a jolt.

"How is Bai Gui? Did I really kill him? Am I going to sit in the Lao? If I sit in the Lao, what will my mother and my younger siblings do?"

Baimei's six gods have no master, a mess.

She stumbled up and down the slope.

"Baimei."

A figure appeared in front of her.

"what--"

Baimei screamed in fright.

"It's me, Chen Shihao."

The figure made a sound that seemed familiar.

"Chen, Teacher Chen, you, why are you here?"

Baimei groaned in her heart, why did she meet him at this time? Although she didn't usually have any bright moments, she had never been in such a mess like today. When he saw her, she really didn't know what he would think.

"I, I look at the moon."

Chen Shihao smiled, as if he didn't notice Baimei's abnormality.

"Pfft, Teacher Chen, what's so beautiful about this moon?"

Bai Mei was amused by Chen Shihao's unique hobbies. College students in this big city are different. At night, they go to the slopes to see the moon.

"Of course it looks good, the moon is different in every place."

"Really? But, the teacher said, the moon is the same no matter where you see it on the earth."

Baimei scratched her head in confusion.

"You don't understand this. Let me tell you, the moon in the city is full of traffic and bustle, but the moon in the countryside is gentle and quiet, as agile as water."

Chen Shihao looked up at the round moon, then at Baimei with messy hair floating on his face, and smiled.

"Really? I think it's very bright when there is a moon, so you don't have to be afraid to sleep at night."

Bai Mei rested her chin and thought for a while, but she still couldn't understand what Chen Shihao said about the busy traffic, the hustle and bustle, the gentleness, tranquility and agility like water.

"Hahaha, you little girl, when you grow up and get admitted to a university in the city, you will understand."

Chen Shihao couldn't help scratching Baimei's nose.

"Well, I must be admitted to university, so I can go to see the moon in the city. Hey, Mr. Chen, which university did you go to?"

Baimei looked at Chen Shihao curiously.

"Me, I went to the Chinese Department of City A University."

"I thought you studied mathematics?"

"why?"

"You learn Chinese, why come to algebra class?"

"Hahaha, for your elementary school math class, I can use the math level of high school, hahaha."

Chen Shihao was amused by the little girl in front of him.

"Well, I will also take the entrance exam to City A University in the future."

"great, good luck!"

"But, hey."

Baimei suddenly remembered that she smashed Bai Gui's head just now, and she didn't know whether he was dead or alive. If he died, wouldn't she have to sit in lao? There is still a chance to go to university.

"Why are you sighing? Hahaha, are you thinking about Bai Gui? Let me tell you, he's fine. My uncle showed him. He didn't hurt his bones, but his skin was scratched and the bleeding stopped. Enough."

Chen Shihao spoke lightly, with a smile on his face all the time.

"Baimei, don't be so impulsive in the future, impulsiveness is the devil."

Chen Shihao scratched the little girl's nose again. He didn't know why, but he just wanted to help her, probably because of her stubbornness to survive in the cracks that he yearned for.

"Ah."

Baimei nodded her head attentively, maybe it was because she was really frightened this time, or maybe it was because Chen Shihao's words were too penetrating.

"Then, go back quickly, lest your mother worry."

Baimei shook her head.

She sat on the ground, hugging her knees, unwilling to go back.

The smell of soil mixed with moonlight floated leisurely into the pores, and she suddenly had a strong sense of belonging, so she lay down on the ground.

The moon is hanging above the head, so round.

"Ms. Chen, this moon is really beautiful. She is watching me shine, is she cheering for me?"

"I think, right? God will never disappoint a kind and hardworking person. By the way, why don't you come with me to my uncle's house?"

Chen Shihao looked at Baimei lying on the ground staring at the moon in a daze, as if he could read her mind, and suggested.

Baimei thought about it, she didn't want to give in to Bai Gui and the others now, and she didn't want to sleep on the slope all night, so she had to go to Chen Xianlin's house to hide.

Under the moonlight, the two figures walked slowly towards the main road at the mouth of Baijiagou.

This walk is an entangled origin.

(End of this chapter)