Chapter 1056 The Yellow-Haired Girl (12)
"Old man, why don't you get up yet?"
"...It's too early. The sun hasn't even come out outside."
"It's raining today."
"Huh? Why is it raining again? It's raining a lot recently. Didn't it thunder tonight?"
"No."
"Then I'll get up."
Zhang Tan yawned. His scalp was a little itchy. He scratched it randomly and sat up from the bed. He looked sideways at Xiao Bai, who was dressed neatly, standing by the bed. He smiled and touched her little head.
Of course there was no thunder last night, otherwise Xiao Bai would definitely stay in his bed because she was afraid of thunder.
He got up from the bed by lifting the quilt, put on his slippers, walked to the window, opened the pink curtains, and looked at the scene outside the house.
The curtains were pink. Zhang Tan was embarrassed, but fortunately no one had been to his bedroom except Tan Jin'er, and only once. On a sunny day, Tan Jin'er washed clothes and bed sheets for him and Xiao Bai.
When Tan Jin'er saw the pink curtains, she was very surprised. She hid it well, but the surprise on her face was still discovered.
For an adult man, the curtains in his bedroom were pink. It was indeed not a good match, but this was what Xiaobai liked. Xiaobai's bedroom curtains were pink. This little guy was not satisfied with only installing pink curtains in his bedroom, and asked Zhang Tan's bedroom to do the same.
At first, Zhang Tan was really not used to it, but people have a strong ability to adapt, and now he has liked it.
The morning mist was floating outside the window, and the yard was very quiet. There were early birds hiding in the woods and occasionally chirping.
The sky was red, and the sun was breaking through the clouds.
How could it be a rainy day? ? ?
Zhang Tan turned around to look for the deceiving little guy, but he only caught a small back - a little guy had already run away, leaving a string of laughter.
"Ahahahaha, I lied to you, old man~"
Zhang Tan changed his pajamas and came out of the bedroom. He didn't see Xiaobai in the living room, nor in her bedroom. The door connecting the living room and the balcony was open. He walked over quietly and saw Xiaobai with his back to the living room, scattering bread crumbs on the balcony and muttering.
On the edge of the balcony, there were a few birds standing. They jumped a few times, jumped off the balcony, landed in front of Xiaobai, called a few times crisply, jumped and ate the bread crumbs on the ground.
Today is Saturday, and Xiaobai was invited to attend Xiaonian's birthday, and the venue was at Xiaonian's home.
Zhang Tan had never been to Xiaonian's home. He only heard from Xiaonian's grandfather, Chen Yungui, the day before yesterday that his home was located at No. 1098 Huangjia Village.
Xiaohongma is No. 1 Huangjia Village. No. 1098 is deep in Huangjia Village. Zhang Tan doesn't know the specific location, but he can roughly guess the range and know that it belongs to the village in the village in the city.
Xiaobai kept Xiaonian's birthday in mind. Yesterday, he specially pulled Zhang Tan to pick a gift for Xiaonian. They went shopping in the mall for an afternoon, rejected many options, and finally did not buy a doll, but bought a box of plasticine and a box of Lego.
Xiaonian likes to make clay dolls, and she showed her talent for building blocks in Little Red Horse. She is always very careful and patient, and can play quietly all night by herself.
Xiaobai got up very early today, shouting that she was going to Xiaonian's house to celebrate her birthday, but it was only 6:30 in the morning!
They made an appointment with the parents of several other children to arrive at Xiaonian's house at 9:30 this morning.
I wanted to go later, from 10 to 10:30. In the adult world, it is not advisable to visit someone's home too early. Leave some time for chatting. If it is too long, it will seem awkward. Half an hour to an hour is just right. After almost finishing the topic, it is time to eat.
Eating is the core project of adult communication.
However, this set of unspoken rules of communication does not apply to children.
They have endless topics to talk about, so they don't have to talk awkwardly. If there is really nothing to say, just hiahiahia.
Going to Xiaonian's house at 10 o'clock? The children would not agree! They wished they could appear in front of Xiaonian before dawn, give her carefully selected gifts, and say happy birthday to her.
The two sides made a compromise and finally decided on 9:30.
Xiaobai got up at 6:30, dressed herself, and called Zhang Tan to get up.
Well, she must have mistaken "6" for "9", this silly child who is so spoiled.
The two ran in the yard, one still running in front and the other "trailing" behind, looking around, secretly, and ran two laps and then became absent-minded, looking for an opportunity to squat on the ground to pick up leaves and watch ants looking for food, and then stopped running.
After having breakfast, getting ready, and preparing gifts, looking at the time, it was nine o'clock, Xiaobai called Zhang Tan to go out, muttering and blaming him for dawdling.
Lao Li had already arrived, met them at the door, said hello, and watched them leave. He returned to the yard, moved his recliner and small coffee table from the sentry box, placed them at the edge of the grove, and went back to fetch the teapot, tea leaves and tea sets.
The sun shines in the yard, the fragrance of grass and trees rises in the grove, the teapot on the coffee table gurgles, and the fragrance of tea fills the air...
Zhang Tan, who was walking in the alley of Huangjia Village, asked Xiaobai, what is Xiaonian's birthday?
Xiaobai was confused by the question, and was very proud.
In Zhang Tan's memory, Xiaonian was the youngest child in Xiaohongma, and should be 3 years old, so today is her 4th birthday.
However, she doesn't look like a 4-year-old girl, and is thinner than Xier who just came before.
But Zhang Tan knows that she is probably about to be 4 years old, otherwise, is she 3 years old? Has she always been 2 years old before? Impossible, this is impossible.
Xiao Nian's presence was very weak, and Zhang Tan had no impression of her in his mind. When he thought of her, the first thing that came to his mind was her yellow hair, like a yellow-haired girl.
Xiao Bai was thinking about the other little girlfriends who were going with her. She wanted to find Xier, worried about Liuliu sleeping late, asked Xiaomi if she would go to catch bad guys and not come, and asked Shi Baobao if she would run here instead of taking a car... They soon met Xier and her sister in the alley.
The two of them, one big and one small, stood at the fork of an alley. Tan Jiner looked around blankly, as if she wanted to see what was at the end of each road.
Xier raised her little head and looked at her sister blankly, waiting for her sister to point out a clear way!
They had been wandering here for a long time and couldn't find the right way.
Xier suggested calling her godfather, but Tan Jiner didn't agree. It was complicated here, and she didn't know how to describe where she was, so how could she ask Zhang Tan to show her the way? Wouldn't that cause trouble for others?
Xier muttered to herself, thinking that her sister didn't listen to her and that's why she got lost here. She suggested early in the morning to find Xiaobai and her godfather first, and go to Xiaonian's house with them, but her sister didn't agree.
Well, now she's lost.
"Sister, why are you so stupid?" Xier couldn't help but speak out her heart.
Tan Jiner was stunned for a moment, retracted her gaze from checking the location on the phone, looked at Xier, and asked uncertainly: "What did you say?"
If it were another child, she probably wouldn't repeat it this time, and Xier smiled innocently: "hiahia, sister, why are you so stupid."
Tan Jiner was angry and handed the phone to Xier: "You are smart, then you come to find the way."
Xier was not at all shy, she reached out and caught the phone, pressing it on it, and when Tan Jiner didn't pay attention, she heard her say to the phone: "Wait, wah~~ Is it Xiaobai? Xiaobai, do you know where I am now? hiahiahia~~~~ eh?"
She heard Xiaobai's voice not far behind her.
Tan Jin'er also heard it.
Soon, they found Zhang Tan and Xiao Bai coming.
Xi'er hiahia laughed and told them that she and her sister were lost, as if it was a big deal.
Tan Jin'er quietly patted her little shoulder and told her to stop talking.
She was a little embarrassed. As an adult, she got lost with a mobile phone in her hand!
If she got lost, she got lost. She was even said out loud by a child who was outspoken.
"This place is really like a maze. It's easy to get lost."
Zhang Tan said, and Tan Jin'er breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Boss Zhang was trying to ease her embarrassment. Thinking of this, she glared at Tan Xi'er, who was whispering hiahia with Xiao Bai.
Not only did she come up with bad ideas, but she also liked to ruin her sister's stage.
Zhang Tan led the way, followed by a nest of women. Their voices rang in her ears. Xi'er cried and begged Tan Jin'er for mercy because her candy was cruelly confiscated by her sister.
Xiaobai had just quietly given her the candy, and she was secretly delighted, but before she could warm it up, her sister found out and took it away.
It was her fault for laughing out loud.
The further they went, the lonelier it became. This was deep in Huangjia Village, where many houses were collapsed and abandoned, and no one lived in them. They were getting more and more unbearable with the burden of time.
Among a row of abandoned and uninhabited old houses, there was one that was slightly better. Xiaobai and Xier rushed over and stood on tiptoe to look at the house number at the door - a piece of blue iron sheet with peeling paint, printed with "Huangjia Village No. 1098".
Xiaobai and Xier didn't know the three words "Huangjia Village", but they knew the four numbers "1098", and happily shouted that this was Xiaonian's home.
As soon as they finished speaking, the tightly closed iron door creaked and opened a crack, and a little head stretched out with yellowed hair.
Make up for yesterday. There will be another chapter later