Green Apricot

Chapter 3

Just when I was drowsy, I heard someone calling me. I opened my sleepy eyes and saw my sister. My sister said, "Qing Xing, get up, our house has guests, get up and help mom cook."

I said impatiently, "Come on, it's not the emperor who is here, and the whole family is going to be mobilized."At that time, as long as there were guests at home, my mother would entertain them like an emperor.I got up and rubbed my eyes, and saw three big fat guys sitting in the main room talking to my dad.

One was wearing a white shirt with a very short neck, and the trousers looked like they were going to be squeezed to burst.The hair is a bit long, and the front hair is curled and thrown to the top of the head.The white shirt with the collar was brand new as if it had just been bought.Not even a stain on the collar.

The second man was not so fat and bloated, he was wearing a light blue dress, his legs were crossed, a cat could probably sleep on his chest, he had short hair, a wide square face, and a high protruding nose.His eyebrows are big and his eyes are full of deep meaning. He seems to be able to see through the faint green mountains and the distant mountains and rivers. Although he doesn't see him talking to his father, he speaks directly to the main point when he speaks.

The other one has small eyes. Although they are small and not as big as theirs, they are full of heaven. Do you want to interject a word?

What are the origins of these three people, and how could they have anything to do with people like us?

"Qing Xing, what are you still doing in a daze, have you seen enough?"

"Sister, who are they? They shouldn't be from family planning!"

"Scratch your head! Ask Mom?"

"Why don't we put a Gu on them and make them stay in this place and not get out?"

"Ah? You are crazy, can you afford it?"

Just when my sister and I were joking, my mother whispered in my ear that your father met them when he was working in the city. No, your eldest sister is not admitted to high school, so she happened to find a job for her.

"Oh, it turned out that he was the one who found work for the eldest sister."

At that time, the kitchen in my house was separated from the main room by a board, so we had to speak quietly so that the people in the main room could not hear us.I washed the cabbage, my sister made the green onions, and the second mother was busy in the pot.

Just when we were very busy, a voice suddenly said from behind, "Hey, we are very busy."My sister and I just looked back at the man, and my mother smiled and said: "Ah, you can sit outside first, the smoke here is so heavy that it smokes people's eyes."

"Hey, all of you are dumbfounded. I'm human too. May I ask how to get to the toilet?"

My mother said, "Go out the back door and go up, turn around and you can see it."

My mother said it very implicitly, and I put the things in my hand and followed him out: "You can go up from here, and you can see a hut behind the barn, there is it, but our hut here is quite simple, you will use it point".

After I finished speaking, I went back to the house. My sister looked at me and said jokingly: "Oh, oh, oh, when will our young apricot grow up? Will he be able to do things? He will also be able to talk,' you will order ', were you possessed by a ghost just now, did you say that from your mouth?"

"It's not that I've grown up, it's that I've always been big, you just didn't realize it at the critical moment"

"Shit, last time, my eldest sister brought the younger brother of someone else's classmate to our house, far away from him. He was going to stay here for two days, but he was so angry that he stayed for a long time and went back by himself."

"Tch, then, how old will I be then?"

"Yes, I grew up in just a few days, so I don't even know her."

Finally, the meal was set up. First, Dad and the three guests ate, and we ate after they finished eating. On weekdays, we have eggs at home, and we can’t eat chickens all year round. It’s only during festivals. Take a sip of chicken soup.And my mother was afraid that the chicken soup would be eaten by the guests, so she gave me and my sister a bowl of chicken soup and drank it first.

It was warming up by the fire pit, and the big dog went outside to guard the bones and eat them.I blew it, the soup cools down quickly in winter, and I finished it in a while, but it was my sister, I saw that she struggled with everything.I don't feel what she eats, and it's hard for me to watch.At this moment, the big man in the light blue shirt said from behind: "Why don't they eat?".My mother was about to answer, and I rushed to say: "Oh, we are not hungry yet."

"Where is the water in your house, drink some water" Mother was about to use a ladle to get water for that person, I stood up and took out a big bowl from the cupboard, rinsed it at the faucet, and then got a bowl in the jar. give him.The man took it and gulped it down.It's just that the mouth seems to be leaking, and some water flows down the chin.

"Qing Xing? What kind of drama are you singing? Something is wrong today?"

"What's wrong?"

"Why do you think of using a bowl to pour water for others?"

"Listen to me and tell you carefully! If you use a ladle, people will definitely think that we also drink with a ladle. At that time, when people think that everyone's mouths have been drinking from a ladle, they can still drink it. Go down? He is the emperor, he is different from us."

"I must have taken the wrong medicine."

After those people finished eating, my dad and I sat in front of the fire pit in the kitchen, and my sister and mother and I went to the table.After eating, I went back to my room and read a book.The man came in again.Looking at me, my eyes widened and I said, "What grade is this year?"

"This year I will pass the senior high school entrance examination."

"Can I get into No. [-] Middle School?"

"It should be possible." I was a little afraid to meet his eyes, but the heat from his body invaded from my side like a furnace.He looked at my small desk, looked at the notebook on my desk and said, "What is this?"

"That's my diary."

"Still have the habit of writing a diary? Come with me for a walk, I like your place quite a lot"

Although it is difficult for me to say a word in front of him, my heart is boiling. I try to put myself as natural as possible, but the more I do that, the more uncomfortable I feel.But he is very casual.

"You, tell me what's the matter with your name?"

"This, that, yes, when my mother was about to give birth to me, she wanted to eat apricots, but at that time, the apricots were not yet ripe, and there was no way to get them, so my mother went to the apricot tree by herself and picked the blue ones. My apricot, I gave birth after smelling it, and who knows if it’s true or not.”

"Haha, haha, a very interesting name, Qingxing. I'm afraid your mother gave you this name for more than that."

"Ah, they are mud figurines, what's the point of choosing a name?"

"Ah, that's right, but your name is easy to remember. You just said that you will take the senior high school entrance examination this year?".

"Yes"

"Maybe, they will be assigned to the class I teach, and next year I will teach the first grade."

"There is such a good thing"

"What? You want me to teach you?"

"No"

"Oh, you don't want me to teach you?"

"Neither"

"Is it right or not?" He patted me on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. If I ask you a few more questions, you will be overwhelmed."

"It doesn't matter whether it's time or not! Why don't you be my godson."

"What, no"

"What, I'm not qualified?"

"You don't know, last year, I heard from my mother that I was sick when I was a child, and I had a godfather. Last year, he asked me to watch the house at his house. You don't know how uncomfortable I am."

"Why are you uncomfortable, tell me and listen"

"Look, I've never seen him since I was a child. Now that he suddenly popped up and asked me to recognize him, my parents are of course happy. It saves money and is so close to the school, but I'm not happy. , I can’t find a word to say to him, he is such a rich person, every time I go back, I don’t know how to speak when eating.”

"Oh, I see, the other things are fine, that is, when you are eating, you think that the family is a rich family, and you must look down on what you eat, so you didn't call?"

"how do you know?"

"I, you, you are ten or twenty years older, what do I not know?"

"So, I don't believe in godfather and godmother anymore, and I don't want to live in that kind of ghost place when I sleep under the bridge."

"Ha ha ha ha".

"What's so funny about that?"

"It's a pleasure chatting with you. Oh, by the way, I have something to give you. Hold out your hand."I spread my hands flat, and he stretched out his hands from his pockets to hold mine, and said, "Today, I will give you something 'peace of mind', if you still meet, I will give you the most reassuring thing. You see your hands are freezing cold."

I originally wanted to withdraw my hand intentionally, but I was reluctant because those hands were too warm.The sky gradually darkened.While he was talking to me, the smell of wine exuded from his mouth was so delicate.I used to get nauseous when I smelled alcohol coming from someone else's mouth.I don't know what happened today.

"I have to go home. It's getting dark. The house your sister went to is pretty good. I just went to take care of the elderly and watch billiards. I'm not tired."

"Then you'll have to visit her often in the future, it's the first time she's going out to do something."

"Don't worry, with me here, no one dares to touch her. The scenery here is very good. There are trees in front of and behind the house. I will come when I have time."

I thought to myself, why did you come here? Once you leave, it will be impossible to come again.In the evening they picked up the eldest sister.Although there is only one person missing in the room, it always feels empty.