Don't despise my boy

  After going to the toilet and coming back, Xiaobai jumped into my arms with a thud. Doudou sat alone on the threshold, using a small twig to write on the muddy ground.

  He looked around the house and glanced around, but didn't see Qin Aunt's figure.

  I sat with Doudou on the threshold, gently stroking Xiaobai's white and clean fur. "Doudou, what character are you writing?"

  Doudou pointed to the ground and told me, "Dad said that Uncle and Aunt Ali are university students. He told me that if I don't understand something, I should ask. This character is one I saw in a book, but I don't recognize it."

  I looked down at the mud and saw that Doudou had scribbled a crooked "Yue" character, Qin Yueyang's "Yue", it was Uncle's name, I must have recognized it.

  I wrote down the pinyin next to it and roughly explained the meaning of the character to DouDou, who nodded at me with a look of seeming understanding.

  "I asked, 'Where did you see this character?'"

  Uncle's name, no matter where I see it, always feels warm and fuzzy.

  He turned around and looked at the wooden building, "It's on the book under Dad's pillow."

  I nodded thoughtfully, it seemed that the lid of the words had been opened by me, he was more close to Aunt Qin, if I asked him directly, he would not tell me, but now it's different, DouDou has spoken to me, taking advantage of the situation, I asked him, "By the way, DouDou, have you seen your mother?"

  "Doudou lowered his head and muttered the word, answering me, 'Mom just left.'"

  I looked towards the village entrance this morning, and there wasn't a single person in sight. It seems that Aunt Qin is intentionally avoiding me.

  I held Little White and walked quickly towards the village entrance. It was noon, and all the villagers were working in the fields except for a few children who had already started their summer vacation and were playing at home. The rest of the men, women, old and young had all gone to work in the fields.

  The village was quiet at this time, except for occasional barking of dogs, there was nothing else.

  I walked to the village entrance and hesitated at the fork in the road, gently stroking Xiaobai's head, "It's up to you."

  Xiaobai sniffed and struggled to the left in my arms, I looked at the road to the left, winding up all the way, isn't it Miao Village from this road for an hour's journey?

  Isn't Qin aunt gone to Miao village? She is a girl from Miao village who got married, what is she doing back at her mother's house at this time of day?

  I walked on the road, and the autumn sun shone down, which was quite comfortable. Xiaobai was also lazily closing her eyes in my arms, enjoying the warm sunshine.

  This almost made me forget why I came here in the first place.

  I was holding Xiao Bai and rushing forward, when suddenly a sharp pain hit my left shoulder. A strong force crashed into me, scaring Xiao Bai so much that it slipped out of my arms and ran away without a trace. I clutched at my shoulder in agony and fell to the ground.

  In the blink of an eye, the man standing with his back to the sunlight was wearing only a short-sleeved T-shirt, his muscles appearing and disappearing with each breath. His height of about 1.8 meters stood before me like a small mountain.

  I couldn't see his face clearly, the sunlight was piercing and made my eyes ache, but I could still feel this man's pair of eyes sizing me up in confusion.

  Suddenly...

  He took two steps forward, leaned towards me, and with a familiar face full of surprise and excitement, he stuttered, "Y-you're A Li?"

  I looked at him with a puzzled expression, and the familiarity between his eyebrows was still visible from twelve years ago. However, how did that mischievous little rabbit from back then become so tall and majestic, and also have such handsome features?

  My heart is racing, this...

  After all these years, our encounter turned out to be such a scene.

  He reached out and helped me up, the remaining warmth in his hand transmitted to my palm, I hastily withdrew my hand, looked up at him, and exclaimed in surprise, "Dazhu."

  Haha, I rushed forward and hugged Da Zhu, this is the most exciting moment when I meet good friends.

  Dà zhù sì hū yǒu xiē jiāo bù, biè niǔ zhe, wǒ cái xiǎng qǐ zhè lǐ shì Qín cūn, bú shì Shàng hǎi, yǒu xǔ duō mì de dòng zuò shì xǔ duō cūn zǐ lǐ rén suǒ bù néng jiē shòu de.

  Dà zhù, tā shì wǒ ér xǐ de huǒ bàn!

  Translation:

  Big pillar, he is my childhood partner!

  Speaking of Da Zhu, I will never forget the only boy in this village who was not disgusted with me...

  I lived in Qin Village for two years!

  I remember when I was a kid, Uncle first brought me to this village, I was still a bit shy, but I'm the kind of little rabbit that can easily open up.

  My uncle sent me to live with Grandma Qin when I was six years old and would come visit me from time to time.

  The Qins are a big family in the village, and outsiders rarely come. The Qin grandma's house is just separated from the Dazhu family by a bamboo fence. At that time, I heard others say that I was an unlucky child, so Uncle threw me away in Qin Village and didn't take me to Shanghai.

  The grown-ups shut me out of doors, and won't let their children play with me; the only one who plays with me is the big pillar.

  At that time, Da Zhu said, "As soon as I saw you for the first time, I felt that you should be my wife."

  The first time I heard Dazhu say that, I picked up a stone beside me and hit him on the forehead with a hole. "You don't look good, I don't want to be your daughter-in-law."

  Dà zhù kàn zhe xuè liú xià lái wèi dé wā wā dà kū, kū zhe huí qù zhǎo tā niáng le.

  Translation:

  The big pillar saw the blood flowing down and was so scared that he cried loudly and went back to find his mother.

  I was also scared and hid in a thatched cottage for a whole day and night, not daring to come out. Later, I was really hungry, so at night, I hid in the field behind Qin's pigpen and peeled broad beans to eat. I was discovered by Uncle Qin when he got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet.

  The flashlight shone on my face, and before I could even run, I was dragged back by Uncle Qin. Auntie Qin didn't ask me where I had been or whether I had eaten or slept well, she just told me to go to bed early.

  In the middle of the night, I was so hungry that I got up and found some crispy rice crusts in the pot. As I ate them with a crunching sound, I woke up Grandma Qin.