Chapter 180 Another Spring Comes

As soon as Shi Ziheng left, the iron triangle of Xiaojiang and Heidan collapsed immediately.

It was easy to play together when they were children, but Xiaojiang and Heidan couldn't accept such a sudden departure.

The two children sat under the steps, holding their chins in their hands, seeming to be depressed.

"Now you can understand how I felt when my mother left, right?" Heidan said in a tone far beyond Xiao Jiang's maturity.

Xiao Jiangweng hummed angrily, then turned around and asked, "Do you think we bullied Shi Ziheng too much in the past? Will he stop coming and ignore us?"

"I believe Brother Tao in this matter, and I believe he will come back."

The old man is not much better.

After the two nephews left like this, they were separated by a strait again, giving birth to the feeling of being separated from each other.

So he nestled in the room all day, sank in the rattan chair, not thinking about food and drink, and not thinking about it.

During dinner, the family sat in the east room, but the old man didn't come to eat.

Zhang Huilan distributed the hot food, kicked Wu Binghua and said, "Don't eat it, send it to Dad, and persuade him by the way."

Wu Binghua waved his chopsticks and said, "I tried to persuade him, but it's useless. In my opinion, it will be over in two days. The construction team has so many things to do. I've been busy all day and I'm tired, so I'm not in the mood to persuade him."

Although there are still a few days before the new year and the Spring Festival is not over yet, the strong laborers in the countryside have already begun to look for a year's livelihood.

The construction team is recruiting people, and the project on the side of the small commodity market is also in contact. Wu Binghua is indeed a little flustered.

"I'm so old, how can I live without eating?" Zhang Huilan was confused.

Seeing this, Wu Tao stood up and said, "Let me go."

With hot food and hot dishes in hand, I came to the West Room in the main room. The old man didn't even turn on the light, sitting in the dark night, it was really unsettling.

With a click, the light was turned on, and Wu Tao put the food on the small table in front of the old man, and sat down with a stool.

"Grandpa, it's time to eat. The green vegetable balls my mother made tonight are not bad. Would you like to try them?"

The old man waved his hand and said, "Take it back, I have no appetite."

"Grandpa, what's the matter, tell me!"

The old man took a long breath and said, "Do you think your uncle and uncle can come back? The next time I see them, I don't know when it will be. My old bones will be lost every day..."

Wu Tao slapped his face and said, "Grandpa, you are no different from Xiao Jiang Heidan in this regard. Needless to say, the cousin and the second uncle will definitely come back, and they will return before Qingming. I and Do the math, today is February 28, and there are only thirty-five or six days before Qingming Festival!"

The old man's eyes lit up, and he murmured, "It's not that long..."

"And, this time they plan to come back to invest, and you have seen it. Maybe they will come back earlier!"

"Is the investment really worthwhile?" The old man raised his heart and asked.

Wu Tao said with a look of color on his face: "Of course, unless they don't want to make money."

"...So, there will be many opportunities to see them in the future, you have to take good care of your body and make it strong..."

"When you say that, I'm really hungry." The old man stood up and said, "Let's go to the east room to eat."

In the last few days of the winter vacation, Wu Tao stayed at home.

I watched the vines on the grape trellis sprout buds, and the strawberries covered by the film under the trellis bear fruit. In less than half a month, the first batch of strawberries should be ripe.

It's spring again.

The old man's knot was relieved, and he was back to his former shape and toughness. All day long, he hums and hahas in the yard, exhales loudly, and plays with all kinds of poses.

Lian Xiaojiang and Heidan were learning from behind, while giggling.

The next day is March 1st, the twelfth day of the first month. The spring term of Beijiang Middle School.

When Wu Tao drove An Rong to the school, the campus, which had been silent for a long time, was already full of people and a lively scene.

The students who came early in each class were cleaned in an orderly manner under the organization of the head teacher and the monitor.

Lu Wei had already arrived, with his right hand akimbo, standing at the door of the classroom, brushing his thick hair, directing this and that from time to time.

It's just a winter vacation, and the body seems to have developed a lot in the horizontal direction.

When people reach middle age, this body always retreats if it does not advance.

Seeing Wu Tao coming, Lu Wei also ordered unceremoniously: "Wu Tao, fetch a bucket of water and clean the blackboard."

Wu Tao nodded in response, since he is a student, he has to do some of his duties as a student.

It's just that I haven't worked for a while, and I'm not used to it when I stretch out my hand at first.

I borrowed a red plastic bucket from my dormitory classmate, swayed to bring a bucket of water, stood in front of the blackboard, picked up a rag and sprinkled cold water on the blackboard.

This carelessness also splashed myself, quite embarrassing.

"Let me go!" Just then, a familiar voice sounded from behind.

Looking back, Zhao Li rolled up her sleeves, revealing her snow-white wrists, her pretty face was as sunny and coquettish as ever.

"That won't work, I'm a boy, how can I let a girl help me? It's useless to make other students laugh at me..." Wu Tao saw Zhao Li like this, and it seemed that something happened that didn't cast too much shadow on her.

Besides being happy, the cold water is not so cold, and the movements of the hands are much more agile.

Zhao Li and her slender hands put her hands on her hips and said, "I'm willing to help you, who dares to laugh at you?" As they spoke, they grabbed a handful of melon seeds from their pockets and stuffed them into Wu Tao's pockets, pointing to the side and saying, "Stay here, I'll be there soon." Finished wiping."

As he spoke, he put on the colorful flower sleeves, wrung out the rag, and wiped it along the blackboard from top to bottom, left to right, without pulling a trace.

Wu Tao kowtowed the melon seeds, stood aside and looked, his eyes lit up.

It's only been a month or so, and Zhao Li's height has increased a lot. At least wipe the blackboard up to the top edge without any pressure.

At the same time, the whole person has regained the former cheerfulness and optimism, not to mention, he has also accumulated a lot of valuable temperament, such as hardworking and restrained, knowing that he loves others.

Yang Zili moaned and swept the floor, and when he reached Wu Tao's feet, he straightened up, leaned on the broom, and said to Sun Xiaoyu who was standing outside the door, covering his mouth and nose: "Student Xiaoyu, you should study anyway." She is Zhao Li, who is willing to help others."

"...Besides, Teacher Lu arranged for us to sweep this place together. Don't say you sweep half of it, at least you sweep a third of it? It turned out that you were lucky, you didn't sweep it all, and let me do it all... ..."

Sun Xiaoyu said disdainfully: "Yang Zili, I'm giving you a chance to exercise. Besides, didn't you see the jealous eyes of all the boys in the class, did they all fall on Wu Tao? If it were you, would you be able to bear it?"

Yang Zili glanced back, as expected.

If the cold light that came from time to time turned into a blade, Wu Tao would have died a thousand times.

Yang Zili couldn't help shivering, he dared to ask Zhao Li, the number one class flower, to help him in public, Wu Tao was probably the only one.

After thinking about it, "No, Sun Xiaoyu, you are not Zhao Li, you help me work, no one will be jealous, right?"

"Your surname is Yang, what do you mean..." Sun Xiaoyu stared, and the Hedong lion roared.

Yang Zili hurriedly begged for mercy, "Okay, okay, assuming I haven't said anything, I'll sweep this place by myself, okay?"