Chapter 25 Xiaoyun
"Aid North Korea!"
"Daqi, why are you here? Why don't you go home to rest?"
Li Daqi smiled and scratched his head: "I waited for you here on purpose. Are you free today? I'll treat you to dinner."
Song Yuanchao also smiled. He understood Li Daqi's thoughts. Given their relationship, it didn't matter whether they had the meal or not. However, in order to take Li Daqi's thoughts into consideration, Song Yuanchao agreed without hesitation.
"Okay! What about the Liaodong stew you mentioned last time? Are we going to eat that today?"
"Haha, no problem!" Li Daqi grinned and hooked his hand around Song Yuanchao's shoulder: "Let's go! Let's go to my house. I'll show you my skills today."
Today is Sunday, and Li Daqi's parents and sister are at home.
Song Yuanchao grew up with Li Daqi since childhood. He often went to his house to play when he was a child, and Li Daqi did the same. Therefore, Li Daqi's family is very familiar with Song Yuanchao. As for Li Daqi's sister Li Xiaoyun, she was still a little girl when they left Shanghai, but now she has grown into a big girl.
"Uncle Li, Aunt Dong, hello."
When we arrived at Li Daqi's house, we saw Li Daqi's mother, Aunt Dong, busy in the kitchen as soon as we entered the door. Uncle Li was sitting on a small stool nearby, helping to pick vegetables with his head down. Li Xiaoyun was sitting in the house reading a book.
"Oh, isn't this Yuanchao?" Aunt Dong was very affectionate when she saw Song Yuanchao. She stepped forward and took Song Yuanchao's hand and looked him up and down. "We haven't seen each other for a few years. You are now adults. You often came to our house when you were a child. Last time, I heard from my Daqi that you were back too. But after so many days, why don't you come to see auntie and your uncle?"
"I just came back and had some things to do, so I came today, didn't I?" Song Yuanchao said with a smile, handing over the gift he bought specially: "Auntie, uncle, I haven't seen you for many years, are you all in good health?"
"You're here, so what are you bringing? You treat us as outsiders, right? You weren't so polite when you were a child, why are you so distant now?"
Seeing what Song Yuanchao handed over, Aunt Dong frowned with some displeasure.
"Aunt, I'm not a child anymore. I've grown up, and of course I have to be sensible. It's not good to come empty-handed after so many years. But don't worry, next time I come, I will definitely bring nothing, just a mouth to eat." Song Yuanchao smiled and took Aunt Dong's hand. His words made Aunt Dong smile.
Li Daqi's parents, like Zhang's mother and Zhang Jianguo's family, all watched Song Yuanchao grow up and have a particularly close relationship with him. In Aunt Dong's heart, Song Yuanchao is no different from her own son.
"Okay, okay, we've been standing here talking for such a long time, why don't you let Yuanchao come in and have a cup of tea?" Uncle Li reminded from the side. Aunt Dong looked up and slapped her forehead to come to her senses, and hurriedly invited Song Yuanchao to come in and sit down. At this time, Li Xiaoyun, who was reading a book just now, saw Song Yuanchao and looked at him curiously.
"Xiao Yun, why don't you pour a glass of water for your brother Yuan Chao? Why are you looking at him like an idiot? This is your brother Yuan Chao. Didn't you always play with your brother and brother Yuan Chao when you were little? Don't you recognize him?"
"Brother Yuanchao." Li Xiaoyun smiled at Song Yuanchao, and quickly went to the side to find a thermos to pour a glass of water for Song Yuanchao. She held the cup with both hands and put it on the table, and then said, "Brother Yuanchao, drink some water."
After eight years, the little girl has grown into a graceful young lady. When Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi went to the countryside, Li Xiaoyun was only about the same age as Zhang Jianguo's son Zhang Hao.
Li Xiaoyun was a crazy girl when she was young. Although she was a girl, she always loved to play behind her brothers Li Daqi and Song Yuanchao, climbing trees, climbing walls and playing pranks together.
She raised cicadas in the spring , caught cicadas in the summer, caught crickets in the autumn, and set off firecrackers to blow up people during the New Year in the winter... She never got tired of these things that boys liked. In addition, Li Xiaoyun had short hair like a boy at that time and was tanned all year round. People who didn't know her would have thought she was a little boy.
Time flies, the naughty boy has grown up, and Li Xiaoyun has also grown from a tomboy to a big girl. Looking at her slightly shy smile, Song Yuanchao felt as if he was still an old man.
"Thank you, Xiaoyun." Song Yuanchao thanked him and then asked, "I heard from Daqi that you are going to take the college entrance examination this year. Are you sure? Which university do you plan to apply to?"
"It's just the college entrance examination. It's just like that. There's nothing to say." Li Xiaoyun replied casually. At this time, Uncle Li and Aunt Dong had gone to the kitchen outside to continue their work. Li Daqi also followed them. They had agreed to make the stew and let Song Yuanchao taste it. Li Daqi didn't want to break his promise in front of his good friend.
Li Xiaoyun glanced at the closed kitchen and suddenly smiled. She leaned close to Song Yuanchao's ear and asked quietly, "Brother Yuanchao, what have my brother and you been doing in secret these days? He disappeared early in the morning and I don't know where he went. When I asked him, he said he was with you. Tell me, are you guys secretly doing something shameful?"
With a puff, Song Yuanchao, who was drinking water, spat out a mouthful of water. Li Xiaoyun had anticipated this and dodged nimbly, not getting even a bit of the saliva on her.
It is true that it is difficult to change one's nature. Just now, Song Yuanchao was still sighing that Li Xiaoyun has grown into a big girl and is no longer as crazy and tomboyish as she was when she was a child.
She had long hair tied in a ponytail, and her demeanor and manner were as reserved as a young girl, but who would have thought that her true identity would be revealed in the blink of an eye.
"What do you mean by mysterious, sneaky, and shameful? Sister Xiaoyun, this is easy to be misunderstood, okay?"
"Tsk, what misunderstanding is there? You have dirty thoughts, huh! Don't I know you? When you were a child, being secretive and sneaky like this was a sign of getting into trouble. Besides, if it wasn't something shameful, why did you disappear so early in the morning? I asked my brother, but he refused to say anything." Li Xiaoyun shook her head and threw the ponytail behind her head to the side.
"Your brother didn't tell me, so do you think I would?" Seeing her like this, Song Yuanchao teased her deliberately.
"My brother is my brother, and you are you, Brother Yuanchao. You have loved me the most since we were young, right? Just tell me, what are you doing secretly ? Please satisfy the curiosity of this poor little sister of mine." Li Xiaoyun rolled her eyes, and she giggled and shook Song Yuanchao's arm, acting coquettishly while shaking, which made Song Yuanchao really unbearable.
Although Song Yuanchao often took Li Xiaoyun out to play when they were young, that was childhood after all. He hadn't seen Li Xiaoyun for so many years, and it was hard for such a grown girl to act coquettishly towards him, even though Song Yuanchao lived to be nearly seventy in his previous life.
"Sit still, sit still. There is a difference between men and women, don't you know?"
"What's wrong with being brothers and sisters? When you and my brother were kids, I saw you and your brother compete to see who could pee farther in the pond so many times. I haven't seen you for a few years, but now you're acting so arrogantly?"
Li Xiaoyun didn't care at all. The more Song Yuanchao tried to avoid her, the more she pestered him. She kept talking about the embarrassing things she had seen happen to them in the past. Even though Song Yuanchao was thick-skinned enough, he couldn't help but blush.
"Oh, Brother Yuanchao, is it too hot at home? Why did your face suddenly turn red?" Li Xiaoyun asked in surprise with her eyes wide open.
Song Yuanchao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This Li Xiaoyun was simply a little devil. Instead of becoming a lady when she grew up, she became more and more sharp-tongued. Song Yuanchao finally learned his lesson today.
"Why are you blushing? Can't you just be full of energy? Well, I'm afraid of you." Song Yuanchao had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender.
Seeing Song Yuanchao surrender, Li Xiaoyun showed a smug smile, and then she reluctantly opened a "safe distance" from Song Yuanchao.
"I'll tell you in secret, don't tell anyone else. Your brother and I have been doing morning business at the vegetable market these days." Song Yuanchao said softly, and then told Li Xiaoyun what they had said about the clothes hanger. Li Xiaoyun's eyes lit up and her expression was full of excitement.
"Brother Yuanchao, you and my brother are so unkind. Why didn't you take me with you to such a fun thing?" Li Xiaoyun pouted, very dissatisfied.
"Silly girl, we are not going out to play. Business is very hard. Didn't you see your brother go out before dawn?"
"So what? I haven't seen how to do business. Besides, it's impossible for me to get up so early every day, but I can still get over it for one or two days." Li Xiaoyun said with a yearning expression, muttering, "Going to the vegetable market to do business, it's very interesting to think about it, hehe."
"Okay, okay, I'll call you next time. If you can't get up then, it's none of my business."
"Is it a deal?"
"It's a deal!"
"Pink pinky!" Li Xiaoyun stretched out her little finger excitedly, and Song Yuanchao had no choice but to pinky promise with her. After they made pinky promises, Li Xiaoyun excitedly asked Song Yuanchao when the next time would be. Only then did Song Yuanchao smile and tell her that he had just sold all the things today, and the time for the next time had not been decided yet, and he would notify her when the time was decided.
"you……!"
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoyun was stunned. She was fooled! She angrily turned her head away and ignored Song Yuanchao.
