Listening to those words felt like listening to someone else's story to Xue Xia.
After all, since she could remember, mother was just a word without a specific image.
However, this was not the case for grandfather and grandmother.
Although the two elders had never shown it in front of Xue Xia, they were always a little bit sloppy and couldn't bear to see them dote on themselves like their doting mother, and run around and say some unpleasant things.
"Then what do you do to spoil Xiao Xia? If you want me to say, it would be more realistic to adopt a younger child from the old Xue's family. Otherwise, like her mother, she would run away with a man when she was raised, and no one would give you the old age. There is no place to cry when you cry!"
The other party said it in front of Xue Xia.
It was the first time she had heard such scathing, even if she was ignorant, she felt very uncomfortable.
It was also the first time she had seen her grandfather and grandmother so angry, especially when ordinary people watched the gentle and taciturn grandmother pick up the broom that was placed at the door, and waved it vigorously to drive people out.
Later, the relative ran away with his head in his arms and fled.
But throughout the fishing village, the grandfather and grandmother have become more incompatible.
This may be the reason why they did not fight for more subsidy and settlement expenses like the others in the end, but quickly signed the agreement and brought Xue Xia to the town.
Although they were reluctant to partake of the fishing village they had spent their entire lives in, they were even more reluctant to part with their granddaughter to be attacked by gossip.
In short, in the summer vacation of Xue Xia's primary school and junior high school, everything was settled.
The stage of life moved from the village to the town, and Xue Xia's life also opened a new chapter.
In Wanghai Town, she met a boy.
The boy had thick black eyebrows and bright eyes, and had a neatly trimmed head. He was an apprentice in the motorcycle shop next to Xue Xia's house. The first time Xue Xia saw him, he felt like he had seen a wolf.
Unruly, fierce and stubborn.
It looks out of place with the whole city.
Especially at the moment when he met his eyes, Xue Xia suddenly felt that he had stepped into a wild jungle covered with thorns and ancient trees, and there was an illusion that he would be lost in it.
For this reason, for a long time later, she did not dare to look directly into the eyes of the other party, and even if she met, she would lower her head and speed up.
Probably aware that Xue Xia "didn't like" herself, boys always took a detour when they saw her.
Therefore, although they had been "neighbors" for nearly four years, it was not until Xue Xia was a freshman in high school that the two could speak for the first time.
in a very dramatic encounter.
"It's a miscalculation, that kid's mouth is too tight, and he can't get any news out of it."
"Come on, an idiot who hasn't graduated from junior high school, just use some tricks."
Xue Xia stopped.
"You said it lightly, but it's just that the means can't be used, so I want to say that I will use my fist to force him, and the result, chi... Although this person has never practiced, he only uses some deadly styles, like a wolf cub. ."
"Forget it, if your face hurts like this, you should go to treatment first. As for that person..."
"It depends on his luck. He dares to greet me in the face. If I don't maim him, it's my good intentions. Whether he can survive or not depends on his life."
The sound faded away.
"Shut up, the four of you hit a small one and you still get hurt like this, tsk tsk."
"Tsk tsk tsk, that person's eyes are not normal. I've done so many votes and this is the first time I've seen such a person. It's like an uncivilized, wild... oh!"
"Okay, stop talking, I think this tear will be difficult to heal for a while."
When it was confirmed that the two had left, Xue Xia finally probed and looked at the seemingly endless alley.
The sunset stained the streets, and the whole town was shrouded in orange-red.
In an instant, Xue Xia's mind flashed the figure of the arrogant young man. She knew that she should turn back at this time and walk towards the home on the right.
That's the safest way.
There was no surprise, but there was no danger, but... For some reason that even he didn't know, in the end, Xue Xia ran towards the depths of the alley.
It is the most famous alley in Wanghai Town. It has no name.
"Unnamed Alley" traverses the east and west, like cutting Wanghai Town in the middle. When the traffic was not developed, it used to be the main road for the townspeople. Wide asphalt roads appeared, and fewer and fewer people walked in the alleys.
Later, many people relocated to big cities, and the towns experienced a period of industrial decline. The businesses that developed along the "nameless alley" at the beginning were all gone, and most of the abandoned factories and low-rise residential buildings were abandoned. Bloody incidents such as fights between teenagers happened. Gradually, except for some residents in the branch alleys along the way, there were few people living there.
"Huh..."
Xue Xia ran forward desperately, and after a while, she was sweating and panting.
Even in the 800-meter physical test, I never worked so hard.
She thought she must be crazy.
No, it shouldn't, it's just crazy.
However…
After glancing at a no-tail alley on the left, Xue Xia did not stop, but at this moment, a gust of wind just blew, and a very faint smell drifted into the nose...
Xue Xia stopped in a hurry.