Chapter 68: The one who is closest to the water gets the moon first?
Of course, studying is studying, but playing is still necessary!
And Fang Wei also said that learning can’t be rushed~ (Is that what I meant!)
After finishing her weekend homework with Fang Wei in the morning, Xu Cailing patted her butt, climbed out the window and slipped away.
Seeing the girl climbing through the window with ease, Fang Wei couldn't help but twitch his eyelids...
When I saw Xu Cailing again, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
The afternoon sun was shining brightly, with a cool breeze. Fang Wei moved the rattan chair to the door of the living room, preparing to take a short nap. Then he saw Xu Cailing riding a bicycle outside the yard gate.
She was not alone. Sitting on the back seat of her bicycle was Liu Zhiyi, who looked confused.
Fang Wei and Liu Zhiyi looked at each other, and their confused expressions turned into two completely bewildered ones.
No, when you went out, how did you bring Liu Zhiyi from Shayang Village to Donghua Village?
Before Fang Wei could ask any questions, two girls flashed past him, and then he heard the sound of a door opening in the next yard.
Fang Wei was too lazy to care about them. He waved the palm-leaf fan in his hand and closed his eyes.
The afternoon sun shone on his eyelids, casting a warm red glow. Soon he fell asleep with his head tilted on the rattan chair.
……
"Cai Ling... didn't you say you were going to the beach? Why are you here? This is your home, right?"
Liu Zhiyi stared blankly at the yard and house in front of him, then curiously looked at the yard and house next door, and at the young man who was taking a nap at the door of the living room.
Today we had an appointment to go fishing and have a barbecue together. Liu Zhiyi didn't know how to arrange it or when to set off. He didn't dare to sleep at noon. After lunch, he stayed at home reading a book and waiting for them.
Then at about one o'clock, Cai Ling rode her bicycle to find her and said she would take her to the beach.
Liu Zhiyi didn’t think much about it. He said something to his grandfather, then got on Cailing’s bike and left.
As a result, the girl drove her around for a while, but she didn't see the sea. Instead, she took her to her home.
If she hadn't met Fang Wei, she would not have thought that the two close-to-each house were Cai Ling's and Fang Wei's homes.
"Hey hey! Zhiyi, welcome to our home!"
"..."
Please don't smile so creepily!
Fortunately, Cailing is a girl. If it was a boy, Liu Zhiyi would have been scared to death and would have cried for help.
"Aren't we going to go to the beach...swimming or something?"
"Yup!"
"That……"
"You came back to get tools or something, you can't go empty-handed! Come on, Zhiyi, let's go into the house together!"
"Forehead……"
Looking at the unfamiliar house in front of her, Liu Zhiyi felt a little embarrassed. It wasn't because she was worried that Cai Ling would pinch her waist, but she was just a little embarrassed. This was the first time she had visited a classmate's house since she was a child.
Even though she was kidnapped, it should still be considered a visit. She didn’t know if she needed to bring any gifts when visiting a classmate’s house. If Cailing’s parents were also at home…
"Don't worry! My parents are over at the drying yard. There's no one at home but the two of us! Feel free to play and sit anywhere!"
Xu Cailing looks careless, but she is actually very meticulous. In fact, not to mention Liu Zhiyi, even she herself would feel uncomfortable when there are elders at home when she goes to her classmate's house to play.
"Ah."
After hearing what Xu Cailing said, Liu Zhiyi finally relaxed, nodded, and walked into the house with her.
The houses built by people on the island have similar exterior styles, with walls painted with white mortar, roofs covered with stacked red tiles, and a small two-story attic, with a medium-sized yard in front of the door.
The corner of Cailing's yard was also surrounded by a wooden fence, and a few chickens and ducks were raised there.
The feathers of these native ducks were very beautiful. When they saw the two girls approaching, they opened their wings and flapped them as if to welcome them. The sunlight reflected on their feathers and scales, making colorful colors, and they started to quack.
Walking into the house, the specific layout of each house is a little different, but it is nothing more than the same few home appliances and furniture, a large green ceiling fan above the head, a small TV with a big belly, tables and counters with rounded corners, mahogany sofas and coffee tables, a few thermos bottles in the corner, and a large group photo of her family, which is probably one of the few color photos in the house.
Liu Zhiyi's eyes fell on the family photo and he couldn't help but walk closer to take a look.
The photo includes her grandparents, parents, as well as the very young Little Cailing and Big Cailing who looks very similar to her.
Maybe because they seldom take photos, the postures of the elders in the photos are a bit stiff. Only the two sisters move more naturally. They each make a scissors hand gesture, but the smile on everyone's face is warm and happy.
Liu Zhiyi couldn't help but watch intently.
"Can you tell which one is me?" Xu Cailing laughed.
“This is you.”
"Haha! My hair used to be very short! I was only six years old then, and this is my sister!"
"Your sister looks quite similar to you..."
"Hehe, actually not that similar, my sister is so fair! Well, but not as fair as you, but compared to me, she is so fair."
Liu Zhiyi smiled.
If she hadn't heard her mention her sister before, when she first saw the photo, she would have thought that the sister was Cailing, and Cailing was her brother. After all, the six-year-old Xu Cailing had the same refreshing short hair as a boy, and her facial features had not yet fully developed. She really looked like a tomboy.
Xu Cailing quickly took out a knife from the drawer under the coffee table, and Liu Zhiyi was startled.
"Zhiyi, please sit down first. I'll go kill some watermelon for you!"
"..."
Please! Can you please not hold the knife in such a scary way? Someone who doesn't know would think you are going to kill someone!
"No need Cailing, I'll just sit for a while."
"Hey, my watermelon is already frozen, please wait for me!"
Liu Zhiyi had no choice but to sit down on the chair. Even though her elders were not at home, her movements were still a little restrained. She didn't even lean her back towards the chair. She just sat on the edge of the chair with her hands on her knees, leaning forward slightly, looking at Cai Ling who ran out of the yard with a knife.
The frozen watermelon...isn't it in the refrigerator?
She looked around curiously but didn't find a refrigerator in the house.
Just when Cai Ling was thinking about what to use to cool the watermelon, a young girl came into the house from the yard holding a juicy watermelon.
"Iced with well water! Fang Wei's family does have a freezer, but it's too cold. I'm afraid if I forget, the watermelon will freeze into ice cubes."
"So that's it..."
Liu Zhiyi suddenly realized. She stretched out her little hand and touched the watermelon. It was indeed much cooler than normal temperature.
The watermelons on the island are much more expensive than those sold inland, and Cailing's family doesn't eat them often. The watermelon in front of her is not very big. After cutting it open, you can see a lot of seeds in the flesh. However, Xu Cailing thinks it is the best thing to entertain friends.
Unlike adults who make tea and pour water, boys and girls have their own way of entertaining friends. If there is watermelon, they eat it; if there is no watermelon, they can find some snacks or something. If there is really nothing, then it’s okay for everyone to just drink well water together.
"Zhiyi, eat melon!"
"Thank you~"
Xu Cailing cut a big piece for her, and then she cut a big piece for herself. Naturally, she did not forget Fang Wei and also cut a big piece for herself and put it aside to give it to him later.
As there was no plastic wrap or refrigerator for the remaining watermelon, I put it on the dining table and covered it with a vegetable cover to prevent flies and mosquitoes from flying up.
The watermelon is not very sweet, not very cold, and has a lot of seeds, but it tastes inexplicably sweet when you put it in your mouth.
"Puff puff……"
The two girls ate watermelon together, spit out the seeds together, and smiled at each other.
Liu Zhiyi finally relaxed completely.
"Zhiyi, have you finished your homework?"
"Well, I finished it this morning, and I still have the drawing composition to do. How about you?"
"Me too! What essay are you planning to write?"
"Well, I want to write about sunrise."
"Oh! I heard from Fang Wei that you went to watch the sunrise this morning, right?"
"Yeah, the sunrise feels beautiful."
"Is this true? It happens every day..."
"Forehead……"
Liu Zhiyi scratched his head, not knowing how to describe the sunrise in her eyes, so he asked curiously: "What kind of composition are you going to write, Cailing?"
"Haha! You reminded me. You wrote about sunrise, so how about I write about sunset?"
"I think it's okay."
"But I don't know how to write sunset..."
"Didn't Teacher Wen say that you should just write about the kind of beauty that you understand?"
"I understand? Um..."
Xu Cailing had a headache. She thought for a while but had no idea, so she simply gave up thinking about it. After eating the watermelon, she took Liu Zhiyi to visit her room.
Girls like to stay in their rooms when they have nothing to do, otherwise how can they be called besties.
Xu Cailing's room is very different from Liu Zhiyi's room. The most obvious difference is the books. Apart from textbooks, there are almost no extracurricular books in her room, except for Dragon Ball, which she has read two or three times.
"Zhiyi, do you like reading Dragon Ball? I'll lend it to you. Asheng has another copy."
"Ah... I seldom read it." Liu Zhiyi took the comic book she handed over and couldn't understand it for a while.
"Look from right to left!"
"So that's it..."
"So what kind of books do you usually read?"
"many……"
"What are they?" Xu Cailing asked curiously.
"Well... the Four Great Classics, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jane Eyre, The Moon and Sixpence, The Kite Runner... Wang Xiaobo, Yu Hua, Lu Yao, Qian Zhongshu, and the like."
"What book is Qian Zhongshu?"
"..."
"What is it?"
“…That’s a writer.”
“…┗|｀O′|┛Ah~~”
The atmosphere seemed to become awkward all of a sudden. The girl, revealing her limited knowledge, started to scream and quickly changed the subject.
……
There is nothing much to say about the girl's room. Apart from the furnishings, what attracted Liu Zhiyi's attention most was the window in her room.
As Xu Cailing pushed the window to both sides, another window appeared in front of the two girls.
The noise of opening the window attracted the cat's attention. The big tabby cat that was sleeping on the windowsill of Fang Wei's room raised its head and looked over here.
The cat froze;
Liu Zhiyi was also stunned.
Although they had only met a few times in the early morning, Liu Zhiyi clearly recognized the big fat cat in front of her. It was the cool cat that seduced her near her home and made her untouchable!
It really is Fang Wei’s cat!
This scene made Liu Zhiyi sigh that the world... no, Pineapple Island is really small.
As if introducing her own home, Xu Cailing enthusiastically introduced the window opposite to Liu Zhiyi.
"Zhiyi, guess whose room this window opposite belongs to!"
"Fang Wei's?"
"Hey, hey! Isn't it close? Do you know what this is called?"
"Well……"
Liu Zhiyi thought for a while and replied, "The one who is near the water gets the moon first?"
"Hey, what the hell is this."
Xu Cailing didn't understand and laughed, "This is called classmates!"
"what?"
Liu Zhiyi was also stunned. Was this what his classmate meant? ... Really literally?!
When it comes to academic issues, there is somewhat of a generation gap between the two girls.
But Liu Zhiyi couldn't help but sigh: "Cai Ling, your home is so close to Fang Wei's..."
"It's okay. We grew up together, so it's not new to us anymore."
"What was it like growing up together?"
"Well……"
Xu Cailing thought for a while, but couldn't come up with an answer. She asked curiously, "Zhiyi, don't you know anyone your age from your neighborhood?"
"No……"
I don’t know if there is anything wrong. Liu Zhiyi doesn’t even know the names of his neighbors. They all live in high-rise buildings, and when they occasionally meet, they just nod and say hello. As for friendship, there is no such thing.
Just as Liu Zhiyi couldn't imagine what it felt like to have a childhood sweetheart who grew up next door to him, Xu Cailing couldn't imagine what it felt like to have neighbors who didn't know each other.
"Is this cat also Fang Wei's?" The girl's eyes were still attracted by the cat.
"hey-hey."
Xu Cailing didn't answer her, but just shouted to the lazy cat on the windowsill.
"July!"
"Meow?"
"come over!"
"Meow……"
"come over!!"
Xu Cailing looked as if she was going to beat you up if you don't give me face. Fat Cat had no choice but to nimbly jump from the windowsill to the low wall in the middle, then with another light jump, he landed steadily in front of the two girls.
Liu Zhiyi was startled when such a huge thing flew in front of him.
When she looked carefully, the cat gave her a somewhat arrogant look, as if it was very proud of scaring her.
He had seen it outside more than once or twice, but this was the first time that Liu Zhiyi was so close to it.
It makes me angry just thinking about it. This bad guy is so cool and aloof on weekdays, but I didn’t expect that he would be available at any time at home!
"July, it's called July?"
"Yes, Zhiyi, have you seen July?"
"Well, several times, it ran to our village..."
"Forehead……"
"Meow~"
The cat held its throat and rubbed Cai Ling obediently, indicating that it was not such a wild cat.
"So, is it Fang Wei's cat, or is it your cat, Cai Ling?"
Seeing Xu Cailing coming as soon as she was called, Liu Zhiyi was a little confused for a moment.
"Fang Wei's cat, but July often runs around."
"Can I touch it..." Liu Zhiyi finally couldn't help but expressed his long-awaited idea.
"Touch it!"
Under the cat's speechless gaze, the girl carefully reached out her hand and touched its big furry head.
Finally! Finally! I touched it!!!
It is hard to describe Liu Zhiyi's mood at the moment. He was so excited that he seemed like he was about to jump up.
"Uh... Zhiyi, your smile is so creepy."
"..."
After a while, the two girls had satisfied their cat cravings, and July finally got relief and disappeared in a flash.
"Let's go, it's almost time, let's go wake Fang Wei up. This guy doesn't know how to cherish his time at all. He even takes a nap on the weekend."
"Well, what do you call me?"
"Hey, let's go and scare him together!"
"what?"
Just when Liu Zhiyi was wondering why Fang Wei was so scared, Xu Cailing ran out of the room.
She was about to follow him out when Cai Ling came back with a piece of watermelon.
Then, Liu Zhiyi saw a scene that she would never forget—
The girl holding the watermelon in her hand, like a heroine in a martial arts story, nimbly climbed over her own window, then over the low wall, and finally climbed into the window of Fang Wei's room.
The two girls looked at each other through the window, Liu Zhiyi was stunned...
“Cai Ling, you…”
"Come on! Zhiyi, turn over!"
"what?"
"hurry up!"
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(End of this chapter)
