Flowers and dances

Chapter 20

She pursed her lips slightly and smiled, "He is the grandson of the old chief who my grandfather used to follow."

Han Dequn's body stiffened immediately with a single sentence. What he didn't expect was that his daughter had known him for so many years.

Chuwu's grandfather followed Mr. Xi all the way when he was young, until after the Liberation War, Chuwu's grandfather returned to his hometown and bid farewell to his chief.When Chu Wu was 8 years old, the old man of the Xi family came back from city B to visit his relatives, and Chu Wu's grandfather took her to visit the old man Xi.

At that time, Xi Haoze had just graduated from high school and was about to go to the military academy in September.During that summer vacation, he accompanied the old man, so it was rare that he didn't go on a trip.

At that time, Mr. Xi was afraid that Chu Wu would be restrained, so he cheerfully asked Xi Haoze to take Chu Wu around.How could Xi Haoze be in the mood to take his baby to play, for his grandfather's orders, he could only wander around the army casually with Chu Wu.

The first dancer is timid and timid, he just listens to the adults and follows Xi Haoze all the way in silence.Xi Haoze ran to a small river outside, he had been making trouble here since he was a child.The sun is scorching, and the river is clear and cool.

Chu Wu followed behind him in a daze.

"What's your name."

Chu Wu didn't dare to raise her head, and said in a buzzing voice, "My name is Han Chuwu." The cicada screamed, and Xi Haoze couldn't hear what she said at all.

Xi Haoze took off his shoes because he thought it was too hot, and walked into the river.Chu Wu stood on the shore, under the scorching sun, her forehead was covered with a dense layer of sweat, and beads of sweat slowly slid down her cheeks.

Seeing her standing there motionless, Xi Haoze shouted, "Hey, would you like to come down, the water is shallow and cool."

Chu Wu hurriedly shook her head, paddling nervously with her shoes on the ground.She had low self-esteem. At that time, her friends were only Sun Xiaoran and Sun Feiran.She is always apprehensive about strangers.

The water in the river is very shallow, just reaching the calf, occasionally there will be small fish and shrimps flowing in the river, Chu Wu can also see it standing on the bank.

After a while, Xi Haoze went ashore, looked at the little girl who was still there, with a playful heart, the corners of his mouth raised badly, and he flicked his hand quickly.Suddenly, a crab was hung on Chuwu's arm.Chu Wu was startled, and the crab's claws tightly clamped the slender arm.Chu Wu was anxious and frightened, so flustered and at a loss, she could only pull with her hands, and the crab's pincers grabbed her finger.

A few scratches were left on her arm, a fresh blood gushed out slowly, her fingers were deeply purple from being pinched, she clenched her teeth tightly, and she didn't cry out during the whole process.Xi Haoze was surprised, this girl didn't cry or yell, and the girls in their class could run away in fright even an earthworm.

He wanted to see how long she could last, so he put on his shoes leisurely.

In fact, Chu Wu is used to it and is used to being bullied, so she developed this character.She studied well, and some children couldn't help being jealous of her. When school was over, they besieged her, threw stones at her, frightened her with insects, and some people made up songs to scold her.She is used to suffering in silence.

She swung her hands and threw the crab to a nearby tree. After a few blows, the crab finally let go of its pincers.Her right index finger was bloodshot and swollen like a carrot, which was shocking.

Xi Haoze really regretted it at this time, but how could he apologize to a little girl, it's a waste of face.

Chu Wu rubbed her painful fingers, slowly raised her head, her eyes were full of doubts, and there was a slight injury, just looking at him so lightly, it took so long for Xi Haoze to see her face clearly, her skin Extremely white, with delicate facial features, he stared blankly at her eyes, but those eyes were mature beyond his age.A silent accusation caused Xi Haoze's heart to twitch violently in an instant. He was inexplicably flustered by her look, and his eyes quickly turned away.

Chu Wu didn't cry, she walked slowly to the river, knelt down and scooped up the river water, when the cool river water touched the wound on her arm, she felt a sharp pain, she gasped in pain, and slowly washed the wound on her arm of blood.

"Hey, this water is unhygienic, I'll take you back to disinfect it."

Chu Wu didn't seem to hear it, she took out a white cotton handkerchief from her pocket, and carefully wiped off the water on her arm. "Pa" the sound of an object falling into the water.

She stood up, still lowered her head, and slowly walked back along the circuit.As she was walking, she was folding her handkerchief, and the moment she put the handkerchief into her pocket, she suddenly found that the contents of the pocket were gone.The whole person seemed to be lost, and hurriedly looked around in a panic, wishing to lie on the ground and turn inch by inch.

Xi Haoze looked at her hunched over and didn't know what she was looking for, and asked casually, "Is something lost?"

Chu Wu ran to the river where she had just washed her hands, looking forward to it. At this time, the hair card had already been washed away by the current.

"Did it fall into the water? I probably won't be able to find it."

Chu Wu suddenly sat on the ground, her eyes filled with tears in an instant, and the tears fell on the calm water, causing circles of ripples.

"I lost the hairpin my mother gave me." Chu Wu sobbed, it was the only thing she kept from her mother.

Xi Haoze wondered, what's so great about just breaking the card.She was pinched like that by a crab just now, and she didn't shed a single tear.Now he was crying a lot, and he said helplessly, "What is that like? I'll ask the guards to buy you the same one when I go back to the city."

Chu Wu was still crying, she was reluctant to take that clip with her at ordinary times, after a long time, the hairpin was already rusted.

Xi Haoze is getting annoyed, he will go back later, if grandpa sees the little girl crying, he will definitely discipline him.

"Don't cry, don't cry." He couldn't bear to see girls cry, as if remembering something, he took out a shiny thing from his pocket, "No, I'll send you a crystal ball, this ball has magic Yes." Xi Haoze really treated Chuwu as an ignorant doll, coaxing her.

Chu Wu was still looking forward to it by the water, Xi Haoze didn't care, and threw the crystal ball into her arms.Chu Wu's eyes were slightly red, and her eyes slowly fell on the crystal ball. Under the sunlight, the crystal ball emitted colorful light.She had never seen such a beautiful thing, with his warm body temperature on the ball.

"Let's go, grandpa should be going back."

Chu Wu stood up and stretched out her hand, "My grandfather said that you can't just take other people's things from you."

Xi Haoze looked at the top of the black hair, moved his eyes to her arm, pouted, "Yes, I gave it to you. Don't tell your grandpa, he won't know."

Chu Wu still shook his head.

Seeing her persistence, Xi Haoze stepped forward and took out the handkerchief from her pocket, "Your handkerchief is pretty, I'll exchange it with you with a crystal ball. It's equivalent."

Before Chu Wu understood, Xi Haoze stuffed her handkerchief into her pocket, turned around and walked back.

The summer wind is blowing slightly, bringing a refreshing sunshine taste on the skin.Xi Haoze put his hands in his pockets smartly, Chu Wu followed behind him, his eyes followed him just like that, the wind blew the surrounding leaves and made a pleasant rustling sound, the quiet time at that moment seemed like a distant picture scroll.

When she and Xi Haoze met for the first time, they started out as teasing, but when they parted, a seed of hope had already been planted.After 14 years, the two met again, but he had already forgotten the little girl who cried back then, and she has been deeply imprinting him in the depths of his memory for so many years.

The moment she recognized him, she couldn't express the unbearable excitement in her heart. He still bullied her as before, and she was angry but helpless.She wanted to ask him, do you still remember the girl you caught with a crab?But she doesn't have that courage, he shines brightly, she is inferior and cowardly, it makes her breathless, the gap between the two is extraordinary.

Chu Wu often thinks about one sentence, remembering that when she was young, you love to chat and I love to laugh, and you know how much flowers fall in your dreams.When she was a child, she could still have a dream, but when she grew up, she no longer dared to think about it. She could only weave Xi Haoze into a dream that belonged to her.

When happiness knocked on the door again, she still couldn't control herself.She hesitated and extended her hand to Xi Haoze, hoping that the other side would not abandon her.

Chu Wu raised her head and looked at Han Dequn firmly, "Dad, I want my happiness."

Han Dequn didn't speak for a long time, his eyes stayed outside the window, on the ginkgo tree, the birds were flying high, his daughter had grown up, it was time to leave him.

He sighed deeply, "The old man of the Xi family is someone your grandfather respects all his life, no matter what." She didn't understand what her father's last four words meant, but she knew that he still agreed.

The water is like flowing water, and it is early summer in a blink of an eye.Chu Wu is about to graduate and is busy with her thesis defense all day long.Xi Haoze drove to her school this day.At this time, Chu Wu was shopping for dinner with her classmates in the living area, when she received a call from her, she hurriedly said goodbye to her classmates.

"Chu Wu, who is it?" Roommate Wang Lan asked with raised eyebrows. "During this period of time, you are always mysterious." The people in their art department are also discerning people.

Chu Wu smiled shyly, "My boyfriend."

"Hey, you've done a good job of keeping this secret. When will you bring me to meet you?" Although the people in Chuwu's dormitory can't be said to be romantic, after all, the people in the dance department often run outside, car models, ribbon cutting and so on. It is common for occasions, and naturally the people they meet are also unusual.Chu Wu never participated, and she didn't have any intention of looking down on their life, and got along very well with them, and there was never a single quarrel in the four years of college.Wang Lan knew that Chu Wu was a dutiful girl, and that she would fall in love after graduating from university.

"Next time, next time. I'll go first." She walked briskly towards the gate with a warm beef patty.

From a distance, I saw Xi Haoze's car parked on the side of the road, she walked over, Xi Haoze's eyes slightly swept past her hand.

Chu Wu sat on the seat, and the rich aroma of cakes permeated the car. She was a little embarrassed, stretched out her hand and asked shyly, "Do you want to eat?" Seeing Xi Haoze's faint expression, she immediately seemed to be selling, "The cakes in this store are really good, and they are like a market in front of the door every day." After finishing speaking, I felt a little regretful.

A smile flashed across the corner of Xi Haoze's mouth.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Chu Wu reluctantly withdrew her hand, but now the cake is like a hot potato.She couldn't help pinching.Suddenly, a pair of big palms stretched out, and the corners of her dark eyes instantly lit up with brilliance.

Xi Haoze opened the greasy plastic bag, his eyes flickered slightly, but Chu Wu's eyes were shining brightly, looking at him expectantly.

After he ate half of it, Chu Wu finally felt relieved, with a smile on his face, he tilted his head and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Xi Haoze was used to sleeping without eating or speaking, and he didn't speak.

Chu Wu continued, "This cake is definitely not made of waste oil, so you can eat it with peace of mind. You don't know, the cake we ate before used waste oil. Later, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau came to inspect and the one that was picked up Barrels of oil, we don't want to touch oil for days."

Xi Haoze just took a bite of the cake, his face was stiff, Chu Wu said with a smile, "If you like it, I'll bring it to you every day from now on."

He pursed his lips and put down the half cake.Is this kid really stupid or fake stupid? How many small stalls here can use pure oil, it's not bad.

She brushed her hands gracefully and started the car slowly.The car was driving on the road, and after a while, it got out and drove to the suburbs. Chu Wu looked at the unfamiliar scenery and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Where I work."

Xi Haoze's unit was in the suburbs, surrounded by mountains and rivers. Chu Wu got out of the car and took a deep breath of air. It was indeed much more comfortable than in the city.

It took nearly an hour to reach the destination. "There is a platform opposite, and bus No. 29 can go directly to the city." Xi Haoze pointed to the front and explained.

Chu Wu carefully looked at the surrounding environment. Although the place is a bit out of the way, it is not the kind of sparsely populated emptiness.

"The front is the army family area."

Chu Wu looked along, and not far away were a dozen small six-story buildings lined up neatly.

The two climbed a slope on foot, Chu Wu was a little out of breath, Xi Haoze looked back, "Is there no strength left on this slope?"

Chu Wu let out a sigh of relief, "Of course you will gain strength after eating my pie."

Mentioning this, Xi Haoze felt suffocated, she still muttered, "Chuwu, don't eat those messy things anymore, don't eat decent food, and make yourself skinny."

Chu Wu didn't want to either, and whispered, "That's cheap, and I'm not skinny, it's skinny beauty."

Xi Haoze glanced at her, pursed his lips and smiled, took her hand and continued climbing.Chu Wu was also lazy and let him lead her.Her eyes stayed on the hands they held together, and a smile could not help but appear on the corner of her mouth, holding your hand for the rest of her life.

At this time, the family members of the troops were preparing to go to the cafeteria to eat one after another. Seeing the two of them, many of them couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Chu Wu was embarrassed to accept everyone's attention all the way, and lowered her head again.

Xi Haoze slapped her on the back swiftly, but he still controlled his strength, Chu Wu was startled, and turned to stare at him. "If you don't have a long memory, go back and stand in the corner for me."

(End of this chapter)