Yang Jinxia drove the car, and when he turned the first big bend, he deliberately slowed down. While the car was shaking, he still heard a muffled snort from Chen Xu next to him. Turning his head to look, he saw that he had opened his eyes and frowned. Frowning, seems a little uncomfortable.
"Are you awake?"
"What about them?" Chen Xu was obviously still very drunk, and his speech was a little slurred, and he muttered.
"You drank them all down. I can't see it. You drink a lot. You've drank almost two bottles. I can't even persuade you."
"Nonsense, I only measure five cups at most. None of your words are true."
Yang Jinxia looked sideways, saw that his eyes were half-closed and his eyes were blurred, and said, "You are really drunk, I will take you home now."
Chen Xu moved his upper body, as if remembering, he just propped up a little, then fell down again, and then gave up. After a while, he murmured, "I don't want to go home, I don't want to go home..."
"If you don't go home, where are you going?"
"I'm going to my grandma's house. I haven't seen her for a long time. Last time she was hospitalized, I didn't go to see her. They kept it from me, why didn't they tell me..."
Yang Jinxia saw that he was a little out of control, so she quickly comforted him, "OK, I'll take you to your grandma."
When he was quieter, he asked, "Where does your grandmother live?"
"... Shi... Xiacun."
She turned her head and saw that his eyes were almost closed, and he was about to fall asleep.
"Detailed address, Chen Xu, Chen Xu..." She called a few times, and he snorted twice, almost falling asleep.
She glanced at the road ahead, saw that there was no car ahead, looked at him, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on with that dream?"
"Dream?"
"Dream—" Chen Xu's eyes suddenly widened, and the blurred eyes refocused in a second, with a little more rational light. He asked in a low and hoarse voice, "What dream?"
A smile appeared on Yang Jinxia's face, and he said, "Did you forget? You said just now that you had a dream about your grandma, and you wanted to see her."
"Really?" Chen Xu rubbed his swollen head, vaguely remembering such a thing.
"That's right, I was just about to wake you up and ask for the detailed address. Just now you only said it was in Shixia Village."
When Chen Xu heard her mention Shixia Village, he no longer doubted it, and said, "Then you step aside, and I will enter the address into the navigation."
Yang Jinxia parked the car as promised, Chen Xu took out his mobile phone, opened the navigation software, entered the address, and handed the mobile phone to her.
The car continued on the road, and not long after driving, Chen Xu was drunk again and fell asleep in a daze.
Yang Jinxia didn't talk to him again this time, and concentrated on driving, letting him rest well. In the end, he was drunk so much this time, mostly because of her, which caused him too much hatred.
Chen Xu's grandmother's house is not too far away, about 20 kilometers away from Chen Xu's home in the county.
Yang Jinxia drove relatively slowly along the way. It took nearly an hour and a half to reach the town. Following the navigation prompts, he turned into a village road.
This road is narrower than the one that went to classmate Chen Xu's house just now, and it can only accommodate two cars, so you must be very careful when merging cars.
Fortunately, there are very few cars on this road. After driving for ten kilometers, I only encountered one. Yang Jinxia simply stopped the car, waited for the other party to drive past, and then drove on.
The further you go, the fewer houses and more mountains. Although the cement road was paved, the plants on both sides of the road were extremely lush, and they all grew to the cement road.
In addition to the mountains, I sometimes pass a piece of flat land, which should have been farmland, but now most of it is deserted and full of weeds. Only some places near the roadside can occasionally see fields with some green vegetables.
Sometimes when passing a village, I can see some old people sitting at the door basking in the sun. Young people are almost invisible.
The surrounding area is very quiet, only the sound of some birds can be heard from time to time.
This silence reminded Yang Jinxia of that dream.
Finally, she entered a village again, and saw a stone tablet standing beside the road, which said, Shixia Village.
She stopped the car and pushed Chen Xu who was still sleeping, "Wake up, we are here."
After shouting a few times, Chen Xu woke up in a daze, rubbed his eyes and looked out, "Are you there?"
"Well, where is your grandmother's house?"
"It's right in front." Chen Xu sat up and said with a yawn.
After a while, Yang Jinxia parked the car in front of a house according to Chen Xu's words.
"Who is it?"
Seemingly hearing something, an old lady came out.
"Grandma, it's me." Chen Xu shouted as he opened the car door.
"Xiao Xu?" The old lady recognized him and said in surprise, "Why did you come here without saying a word?" When he approached, she smelled a lot of alcohol and complained, "Why did you drink so much?"
"I just came back from a wedding." Chen Xu took grandma's hand and explained.
Grandma was attracted by Yang Jinxia who just got off the car, and asked, "Who is this?"
Chen Xu was blown by the wind, his head was a little dizzy again, and he said, "My friend, you can call her Jinxia."
"Grandma, hello." Yang Jinxia called obediently.
"Your friend looks really good." Grandma exclaimed, she spoke the native dialect, Yang Jinxia still understood, and said, "Thank you, grandma."
"Go in, it's windy outside."
Grandma greeted them to enter the house. After entering, seeing that Chen Xu was not in a good mood, she said, "Look at you, you drank so much, go upstairs to rest."
Chen Xu braced himself and said, "I haven't talked with you yet."
"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it after you wake up. Come upstairs with me." Grandma said without any explanation, and walked upstairs.
Yang Jinxia saw that Chen Xu was walking a little crookedly, obviously the spirit of alcohol was coming up again, so she helped her to follow.
In a room, grandma took out sheets and quilts from the cabinet and spread them on the bed.
Chen Xu really couldn't bear it at this moment, he had never drank so much alcohol before, he fell asleep all the way just now, and now he was sleepy again, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep very quickly.
"Come on, let's go out." Grandma said in Mandarin with an accent.
Out of the room is the living room.
"Would you like tea?" Grandma asked.
"No, I'm not thirsty."
Grandma still poured her a cup of hot water, sat down, looked at her kindly, and asked, "Are you and Xiao Xu dating?"
Yang Jinxia gently wrapped her arms around the cup, feeling the warmth from the hot water, shook her head and said, "Not yet."
"That's coming soon. Xiao Xu has never brought a girl to see me." Grandma smiled brightly and said, "My grandson is good everywhere, but he has a stupid mouth and keeps everything in his heart. come out."
As she spoke, she grabbed Yang Jinxia's hand and said, "In the future, I hope you will be more considerate of him."
"I will."
Yang Jinxia said, and then changed the subject, "Grandma, Chen Xu and you have a really good relationship."
"That is. When he was three years old, he followed me until he was in elementary school, and then went to his grandma's."
Yang Jinxia was also quite curious about Chen Xu's growth environment, and asked, "What about his parents?"
"We are a poor place here. His parents didn't want to farm for the rest of their lives. After they got married, they went to big cities to make a living. When Xiaoxu was three years old, his mother became pregnant again, so she sent him back and let me take care of him."
"Later, there was an accident and the child was gone. His mother suffered a lot, and her body was weak, so she never took him out. Until he was seven years old, in order to give him a better education, he was taken away. Send it to his grandma."
"There are several children at his grandma's side, his uncle's, younger uncle's, aunt's, second aunt's, plus him, there are seven or eight. His grandparents are eccentric, they only have one big one, A small one. Xiaoxu is there, not taken seriously at all. He will be bullied by his cousin."
"You don't know, when he was young, he was very cheerful, he loved to laugh, he was sensible, and he had a sweet mouth. After living with his grandma for a few years, his whole person changed, he became very introverted, and he refused to ask him anything. Said. I felt distressed looking at it. I have always regretted that I didn't insist on keeping him by my side at that time."
Yang Jinxia listened quietly, looking towards the door, remembering the details of getting along with him in the dream, and felt a little sad.