"Where did you get it? It's more than a hundred copper coins."


    Xu He was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously reached out to touch the hair tie on his head. He had long thought it was not cheap, but he never thought it would be so expensive. Zhang Fangyuan was too good at spending money, how could he be so generous?.

    "Huh?"

    Seeing that Xu He was silent, Xu Shaochun tilted her head and continued to ask.

    "It was given by others."

    Xu Shaochun raised her eyebrows and was about to speak, but two young ladies came to buy wreaths and interrupted her. There was a lot of discomfort in her heart, but she could only bear to greet these ladies and gentlemen.

    The two of them had been busy for a long time, today's wreaths were particularly easy to sell, but they were not very happy to see them, until they were sold out, Xu Shaochun couldn't help but asked, "Did you take my things?"

    Xu He frowned. He piled up the empty backpack, and said in a somewhat aggressive tone, "I never take your things privately for my own use!"

    "Second Sister is just caring for you, lest you go astray, why are you so aggressive?" Xu Shaochun felt aggrieved, but she didn’t forget to ask: "Who sent you that?"

    Xu He didn't answer her words, and walked to the front alone with a backpack on his back.

“Don’t blame me for telling mother."

    "You can say whatever you want."

    Xu Shaochun was out of breath and wanted to stomp her feet to get angry, but someone came to greet her, so she had to swallow her anger back.

    Xu He took the opportunity to slip away.

    In the evening, after Xu He had dinner, his mother hadn't come back yet. Seeing his second sister glaring at him like a black-eyed chicken, Xu He choked her, "Second sister kept asking me, and your left and right gifts were piled up gifts like mountains, what? I don’t have any good things, maybe you still want a hair tie.”

    Xu Shaochun’s cheeks flushed when she heard the words, “I have more hair ties! How can I want yours?”

    After hearing this, Xu He took two big mouthfuls of rice, which means it was all you need. Xu Shaochun was so pissed off by Xu He, knowing that her younger brother's speech was always ugly, without her mother at home to help her to speak, it was really even more irritating. She was so angry that she lost her chopsticks, she didn't eat, and went to get off the table.

    Xu He didn't even raise his eyelids. He wondered if she ran into the room and cried. At most, his mother came back and he was sued and beaten, so he didn't bother to care about her. The second sister would never take it away.

    After clearing away the dishes, it was already dark.

    Xu He couldn't get up and down in his heart, he didn't know whether to accept Zhang Fangyuan's appointment.

    He knew that there must be many people meeting secretly tonight, but he didn't know what those people would do when they met. He was still busy working outside during the Flower Festival, and he met men, women, and ge’ers who met on the road. He didn't look up to take a closer look to disturb others.

    If he had known that one day someone would invite him, he would take a peek.

    Xu He was in a mess, so he lit a small lantern in the yard, so that his mother could see the way when she came back later, and turned to Xu Shaochun's room where the light was still lit and said, "I'm going to chase the ducks."

    Zhang Fangyuan squatted on the slope of Haitang Bay for half an hour. He couldn't bear the excitement in his heart, and he came even faster than the agreed time. Haitang Bay, where few people came before, tonight was no worse than the official road during the day. It was going to be lively, and it was all about meeting with someone.

    Everyone tacitly agreed not to disturb each other, and the people on the left and right couldn't tell who it was. They just walked in silence, and they were so far apart that no one could recognize who it was. Even if you recognized it, you had to pretend not to recognize it. It was impossible to go outside and gossip, otherwise people would ask you how did you know it.

    It was hot, and it was still spring, so he felt mosquitoes buzzing. Xu He didn't come for a long time, and he was even more irritable.

    He didn't know whether Xu He would come or not, but after thinking about it carefully, he really didn't promise himself that he would definitely come. Thinking of this, he felt depressed, wondering if he was annoyed by him for being too aggressive that day, and he also said that he was domineering.

    Zhang Fangyuan was about to stand up, and went back to look outside Xu's house, but when he turned around, he saw a silent person standing behind him.

    "When did you come!?"

    "Just now."

    Surprised, Zhang Fangyuan became at a loss instead: "I thought you wouldn’t come"

"I came here to drive the ducks." Whether he came to drive the ducks or the pigs, as long as the people came, Zhang Fangyuan was so happy that he felt a little embarrassed.


    "Have you had dinner?"

    "Yeah."

    "Then... what did you have for dinner?"

    Xu He raised his eyes and glanced at the people who were close at hand: "You called me here just to say this?"

    Zhang Fangyuan scratched his head: "No, I..."

    "Come here."

    Zhang Fangyuan saw that the two were standing at an intersection, and he was uncomfortable being disturbed, so he led Xu He to the corner.

    The last time they came to Haitang Bay, the grass slope was still withered and the old grass was gray and yellow. Since the beginning of spring, new grass had grown here. Even if they couldn’t see clearly at night, they could still smell the fragrance of wild grass and flowers in the spring breeze.

    The two walked side by side, Zhang Fangyuan was a head taller than Xu He, the two walked close, their shoulders rubbed lightly from time to time, the brief touch was like a feather fluttering in the wind, trying to grasp but unable to grasp, It was really itchy.

    Zhang Fangyuan tilted his head from time to time, looking down.

    Xu He felt that the people beside him was a bit strange. Although they couldn't see clearly at night, they could still feel their gazes.

    He felt that this person seemed a little frizzy today, and he didn't know if it made him felt uncomfortable after waiting too long, so he said, "What are you always looking at me for?"

    Zhang Fangyuan looked away with a guilty conscience.

    Then Xu He heard again—

    "I want to hold your hand." Zhang Fangyuan said what he thought in his heart stupidly and honestly, and added later: "Is it okay?"

    Xu He’s tips of his ears turned red again, what, why... If you want to hold it, just hold it, and no need to sa it!

    The wind seemed to have noticed something unusual, it was so quiet, as if they could hear each other's breathing.

    The two of them avoided eye contact in embarrassment at the same time.

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