Aunt Zhang smiled and said: "You are really a woman who has changed a lot. You are too beautiful to recognize her, but your habit of smiling when meeting people is still the same as when you were a child. I just told your uncle that it must be you, but he still didn't believe it. Didn't you go Did you go to school in a big city? Why are you back?"
"I have graduated from college and am ready to come back and settle down."
After hearing this, Uncle Zhang said three good words in a row, "Our place is now rated as a livable city. The nearby barren mountains and rivers have been turned into parks. They are very beautiful. You can go shopping when you have time."
"Okay, thank you, Uncle Zhang. How much is the total?"
"It's rare for you to come back and I don't want your money."
"How can that work? You are also a small business," Qin Buyu said, looking around the shop for a price list. Nowadays, businesses are required to operate in a standardized manner and all have price lists. She found it quickly, scanned the QR code posted at the door and paid the money.
"This kid is just being polite." Aunt Zhang said, putting the breakfast she wanted on the table and inviting her to sit down and eat slowly.
The bright-colored Japonica rice porridge, the paper-thin scallion pancakes, and the delicious wontons are still the same as when I was a kid.
After eating breakfast, Qin Buyu walked slowly in the direction Uncle Zhang pointed, pretending it was a walk.
The doctor told her not to do strenuous exercise, but also said she should have appropriate activities, and walking was one of them.
She remembered that this place used to be a large area of dense barren mountains and forests, surrounded by a large lake.
When she was a child, this was a paradise for her and her friends. They often went exploring in the dense forest after school. From time to time, they would jump out of the grass that was half a person tall and scare the timid girls. Most of the girls screamed and tried their best to escape. Running forward, he startled a large group of birds perched on the trees and flew towards the sky.
There are many fishing enthusiasts by the lake, and Qin Buyu’s grandfather was one of them. Whenever he had time, he would carry his fishing bag and fishing chair and sit by the lake for most of the day. Qin Buyu had Sometimes she would go with her, but she was impatient. After sitting by the lake for half an hour, she ran to play on the edge, either catching butterflies, fishing for small fish and shrimps with a dip net, and picking up some aquatic plants to take home to her grandpa. Make her an eco-bottle.
Grandpa caught a lot of fish every time, and the two of them couldn't finish it, so they gave it to their next-door neighbors, Mother Deng, Uncle Wang, and Aunt Zhang. Everyone would greet Grandpa and her warmly every time they saw her.
Although his grandfather is gone now, the old feelings are still strong, making Qin Buyu feel the care of family members and the warmth of home.
The former lake has been expanded twice, and the barren mountains and forests have become a beautiful park, with winding paths, neatly trimmed trees and flowers, various wooden bridges and pavilions built, luxuriant grass, and shady trees. , Occasionally there are egrets passing over the water, and the lake is full of lotus flowers, and their beautiful figures are swaying in the wind, as if to welcome her arrival.
The park is surrounded by high-rise buildings, and new commercial districts are also under construction in full swing. There are lively scenes everywhere.
Thinking that this would be her and her children's home in the future, she had a beautiful vision for the future.
When she was tired from walking, she found a pavilion by the lake to rest.
Looking at the rippling blue water of the lake and thinking of his grandfather, Qin Buyu felt a little sad again.
"Speechless! Is it you?" A man's voice suddenly sounded behind her. She turned her head following the sound and saw a young man wearing black clothes and black trousers with wheat-colored skin standing outside the pavilion, smiling. Looking at herself Yingying.
Qin Buyu was stunned for two seconds, then stood up excitedly and shouted: "Brother Yuan!"
Brother Yuan is the son of his grandfather's apprentice, named Yang Nieyuan. When he was a child, Qin Buyu was the little tail behind him. He would follow him wherever he went, and would cry if he was not allowed to go.
He took her to climb trees to dig out bird eggs, go to the mountains to pick wild fruits, and go down to the river to catch fish. They did many interesting things. Later, when he entered high school, they had less contact with her. Later, he was admitted to a university in other places, and she followed her. Grandpa returned to Ningcheng, and they had no contact again.
"It's really you! I just looked like you from a distance, but I didn't dare to recognize you. Why are you back?"
As Yang Nieyuan spoke, he walked into the pavilion and looked at her constantly, with emotion on his face: "How many years have we not seen each other?"
Qin Buyu smiled and said: "If you hadn't called me, I wouldn't have dared to recognize you on the road. You are completely different from before!"
Yang Nieyuan sat down opposite her, "I was thin and dark at that time, and you gave me nicknames a lot."
Qin Buyu said sheepishly: "When I was little, I thought it was fun."
"I haven't seen you since I came back from college. I heard from my neighbors that you went back to the big city. I thought I would never see you again in this life! Are you here on a business trip?"
Qin Buyu shook his head slightly and said, "I'm going to come back and settle here."
"Really? That's great. Where are you going to stay?"
"I asked someone to tidy up the old house left by grandpa so it can be lived in."
"Then we can continue to be neighbors in the future. I just bought a new house by the lake. It's almost finished. I think I'll be able to move in before the end of the year."
He pointed to a group of villas across the lake.
"This house costs a lot of money, right? Brother Yuan, what are you doing now?"
"Those who engage in children's education and training just make a living." Yang Nieyuan replied humbly.
"Brother Yuan, you are too low-key. You can even afford a villa, and you still say that you are just a living person. What are you going to do to those of us who really are just a living person?"
Qin Buyu was happy for Brother Yuan's success. She remembered that he was very smart when he was a child, learned everything quickly and was self-taught without a teacher.
Only then did Yang Nie Yuan remember to ask her what she was doing now.
"I study painting and don't have a serious job." Qin Buyu couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he thought that they were only five years apart. They were already successful in their careers, but he didn't even have a serious job. "I'm going to settle down and see what's nearby." No studio needs people."
When Yang Nieyuan mentioned the studio, his eyes instantly lit up.
"I have opened a new training institution nearby. There is a studio on the first floor. Are you interested in visiting it? We are still recruiting painting teachers. I can introduce you to the person in charge of this in a moment."
Qin Buyu felt excited after hearing this, "That's great, I just don't know if it will be too much trouble for you."
"What's the trouble with me?" Yang Nieyuan waved his hand and took out his mobile phone. "Let's add a WeChat account and leave a contact number. If you need help in the future, you can contact me."
After adding friends, Yang Nieyuan stood up and said: "Let's go! The studio is about twenty minutes' walk from here. If you are afraid of being tired, I will drive over."
"No, no, let's just walk there. We can talk more."
In this way, the two of them walked side by side towards the entrance and exit of the park, talking and laughing.
