Chapter 12
Chapter 12
The next day was cloudy, and this was the first time it rained since Tang Jinrui came to Sanqiao Village.It was deserted in the morning, and it rained and the weather was humid. Tang Jinrui woke up naturally before he heard the rooster crowing.He put on a coat to get the straw. Feeling the cold, he took an extra bundle, and when he dragged it to the door, he heard the sound of the door opening from the other end.
Luo Zixin scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Good morning, brother."
Luo Zixin had a bunch of dull hair on his head, probably because he didn't sleep well, and his eyes were slightly swollen.
"Morning." Tang Jinrui threw the straw into the room casually, "You forgot what you said yesterday, do you remember?"
"Yeah. Seeds, bro, give me the seeds."
"Ah? What kind of seed?"
"I brought it from Shi's house. Don't lose it. I will plant it later. If you hadn't given me the e-book yesterday, I wouldn't have forgotten it in your place as soon as I was happy. I should have put it away." It's next to your cooking pot."
"Then wait for me, and I'll get it for you."
"Yeah. Hey brother, wait a minute—" Luo Zixin walked over a few steps and stood by the wall, and said shyly, "Well, um, by the way, bring the laundry you need to do."
"Here you are." Tang Jinrui gave the seeds to Luo Zixin after taking them, and hung the clothes directly on the wall. "Do you still wash clothes today? Isn't it good to dry?"
"It's fine to dry in the room. The weather forecast says that it will rain for a few days." When Luo Zixin picked up the clothes, he saw a few pairs of underwear mixed in, and he couldn't speak at all.It turned out that he helped wash the clothes, all of them were coats, so how come there are underwear?
Seeing Luo Zixin's eyes, Tang Jinrui leaned against the wall, his chin resting on the back of his clasped hands, he was about to smile: "Brother, I'm too lazy to wash my hands, can you wash it for me?"
Luo Zixin: "..."
Luo Zixin blushed and took the clothes away in lumps.
Tang Jinrui's eyes followed until Luo Zixin entered the room, but he hadn't seen enough, so he jumped over the wall with his hands and went to find Luo Zixin.
Luo Zixin was thinking about something at the time, and was startled when he heard the sound of the door: "Brother, why are you here? No, don't you want to light a fire?"
Tang Jinrui said: "Let's not burn it for now. I was a little hungry yesterday when I drank and didn't eat. I'll talk about it after eating. What's for breakfast?"
Luo Zixin planned to reheat the leftovers and fry two new dishes, which would definitely be enough.He moved a small stool for Tang Jinrui and let Tang Jinrui sit on it, and Tang Jinrui sat next to him and stared straight at him.Luo Zixin always felt a little awkward and scratched his face: "Brother, you, why do you look at me like that?"
Tang Jinrui said in his heart that he looked good on you, when Grandma Luo came out.Seeing that it was inconvenient for teasing, Tang Jinrui changed his tone: "Look at the ashes on your face." He touched the other's tender face several times in vain: "This, and this, all of them."
After wiping it, he casually wiped it on his black trousers: "Like a little tabby cat."
Luo Zixin was stunned: "But I haven't collected the ashes yet."
Tang Jinrui: "...Maybe it was accidentally rubbed somewhere?"
Luo Zixin also wiped it with his hand: "Then do you still have it now?"
Tang Jinrui shook his head seriously: "It's gone, isn't it all wiped clean?"
Luo Zixin smiled awkwardly and continued to work.
Tang Jinrui looked down at his fingers, slowly reminiscing about the moment when his skin touched.
Normally, the sky would be bright at this moment, but today it was very cloudy, and it was always dark outside.After being busy for a while, Luo Zixin simply turned on the light, and then asked Tang Jinrui, "Brother, what are you doing today?"
Tang Jinrui said, "Not necessarily. How about you?"
Luo Zixin thought about it: "After dinner, I will wash the clothes, then wipe the floor, and read a book if I have nothing else to do."
Tang Jinrui said "very good", and then there was a text message from his side, so he didn't say anything else.
The text message was sent by He Qiao, so early in the morning, Tang Jinrui almost thought that he was delusional, but after reading the content of the text message, he knew that it was not he who was delusional, but He Qiao's gossip was alive again.
He Qiao: Brother, that wonderful uncle of yours is becoming a father again.
He Qiao: Why don't you ask me if I'm a boy or a girl?
He Qiao: Are you still awake? !
Tang Jinrui: Girl, if it's a boy, just say so.
He Qiao: That's right.He has another daughter.But I said that you, uncle, are really capable of tossing around. What age is it and you are still so patriarchal.I heard that if it wasn't for the fact that the girl hid it well because she was pregnant, the child would not have been kept.
Tang Jinrui: This time I'm quite careful looking for this.
The previous ones were all pregnant with girls, and they basically didn't keep them.Only one didn't see the gender until more than seven months old, and she kept it when she didn't want to.In this way, his uncle now has five daughters in total.Three were born to his aunt, and two were born to lovers raised outside.
He Qiao probably felt that it was unpleasant to send a text message, so he called directly: "I heard that the old man was furious when he found out about this. Originally, every child has a share of the inheritance, but now the outside ones are gone. .And it seems to be making a will, I wonder if you might have to come back."
Hearing this, Tang Jinrui's good mood suddenly came to an end. Finally, he asked He Qiao to pay more attention and then hung up the phone. When he turned his head, he saw Luo Zixin pinching his fingers, looking uncomfortable.
"What's the matter, Zixin? Do your hands hurt?" Suddenly, Grandma Luo said that Luo Zixin was afraid of cold, especially her hands.
"Well, that's how it is when it's cloudy, and it's fine when it's sunny." Luo Zixin waved his hands indifferently, picked the vegetables, washed them, and began to cut them.
Tang Jinrui watched from the side, wishing he could grab those hands and help him for a while.He felt that it wasn't Sanqiao Village who lowered his grandfather's head, but Luo Zixin who lowered his head.Now how does he think this child is so rare.He found out that he likes boys for the first time when he was 14 years old, and it has been almost ten years now, but he has never encountered this kind of thing that makes him always think about it in his heart. .
People seem to call this emotion "falling in love."
Unfortunately, it is more appropriate for him to define this situation as "unrequited love".
"I may have to go back in the next two days." Tang Jinrui said suddenly.
"Oh, did Grandpa Tang tell you to go back?" Luo Zixin slowed down a little while chopping vegetables.
"It's about the same. There is something at home that needs to be resolved." Tang Jinrui took two cloves of garlic to help peel, "Zixin..."
"Ok?"
"It's okay. I'm just calling you."
"Oh."
Luo Zixin cooked two new dishes and reheated the leftovers.All the new dishes were placed in front of Tang Jinrui, and some were picked up for grandma, while he himself worked hard to solve the remaining dishes.
After Tang Jinrui saw it, he gave Luo Zixin two slices of luncheon meat for him to eat.Luo Zixin took a bite, smiled, chewed contentedly, and moved his cheeks like a little hamster.
After eating, it began to rain lightly outside again. Tang Jinrui didn't have the mood to go back, so he sat in the kitchen and watched Luo Zixin pack his things.Luo Zixin tidied up, but suddenly asked Tang Jinrui: "Brother, aren't you going back to light the fire?"
Tang Jinrui didn't react at first, and said casually: "Don't burn it, let's talk about it later. What's the matter?"
Luo Zixin wiped the bowl with his head down and said he was fine.
Tang Jinrui didn't take it to heart either.But later Luo Zixin took out the dirty clothes to wash, and he knew why Luo Zixin asked him if he wanted to go back and light the fire. It turned out that he didn't want him to see him washing his underwear?
Luo Zixin's habit is to wash the small ones first and then the big ones, and it's the same with the washing machine later, but he still washes the small ones by hand, and puts the big ones in the washing machine.He originally wanted to wait for Tang Jinrui to leave before washing, but Tang Jinrui never left.But if he keeps waiting for this, the water in the pot will be cold.
Tang Jinrui didn't want to leave at first, but seeing Luo Zixin holding his underwear with red ears, he didn't even want to leave.
After mixing the hot water, Luo Zixin put the underwear into the basin, ignored the hot eyes behind him, buried his head in rubbing, and comforted himself in his heart: You don't have to be embarrassed to wash your brother's underwear, right?
But why did he have the illusion that he had done something bad?
Tang Jinrui was so conflicted, he felt that Luo Zixin's hands hurt and he shouldn't let Luo Zixin wash his underwear by hand, but he felt very satisfied watching him wash his underwear by hand.
Damn, it's hard to be a human!
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