Exile

21

Su Qingbai came out of Jiang Mao's house with a satisfying belch.

He walked out shyly, and Jiang Mao pulled the handcart behind him.

Su Qingbai stopped after another belch. He turned to Jiang Mao and said, "You don't have to send me off. Go back!"

Jiang Mao handed him the handlebar of the cart. "Be careful on the way."

On the street, Su Huai waited for Su Qingbai while eating wonton. After he ate three bowls of wonton, Su Qingbai still had not appeared.

With a wipe to his mouth, Su Huai didn't intend to wait any longer.

He hadn't come very often to this county, and he's not very familiar with it, so perhaps Little Uncle had gone back another way. He knew Little Uncle was usually home by this time.

Su Qingbai did not go home directly after he arrived in the village. He went to the field first.

Today, he ate a lot at Jiang Mao's house, so he didn't have to go home for lunch before going to the field as he normally did.

Su Qingbai worked in the field until it was dark. At this time, Su Huai was painstakingly scratching his heart and lungs waiting for Su Qingbai at home.

Su Lingchuan led along Su Caicai, who had begun to walk these days and saw Su Huai coming back from nowhere. On his return, he went straight to Su Qingbai's room, so Su Lingchuan called, "Su Huai, what are you doing in your little uncle's room? Your little uncle hasn't come back yet."

Su Huai was stopped by the call and turned around. He was trying to fool around for a reason, but then he inadvertently sweeping a glance at Su Caicai's little face and at once he was being attracted to it.

Remembering the man at noon today, Su Huai felt he had found something terrible.

So he felt like scratching his heart and lungs even more.

When Su Qingbai came back, Su Caicai was learning to walk. He hugged Su Lingchuan's leg and turned around. After a lap, he would fall ten times in squatting position but then was quickly picked up and let go by Su Lingchuan.

As usual, Su Qingbai hugged Su Caicai and kissed him twice and praised a few words.

Once Su Qingbai finished his teasing and kissing, Su Lingchuan took Su Caicai over. "By the way, Su Huai went to see you in the afternoon and is still waiting in your room right now."

Su Qingbai nodded, saying that he knew, then washed his face, took a steamed bun, and slowly walked into the house.

"Why are looking for me?" Su Qingbai sat on the heated brick bed, found a comfortable place to lie half down, ate the steamed bread, and then asked.

"Little Uncle..."

Su Qingbai looked over.

"I saw you in town today."

"Pfft――" Su Qingbai's steamed bread burst out of his mouth.

Feeling guilty? Upon seeing this, Su Huai's heart was more convinced of Wonton Uncle's statement.

"You, what do you see?" In retrospect, he and Jiang Mao did not seem to have acted excessively, and so Su Qingbai forcefully calm down.

Su Huai looked out of the door and approached Su Qingbai. "The man with you is my Little Aunt-in-law... no, Little Uncle-in-law?"

Su Qingbai couldn't sit still and threw the steamed bun at will. "What did you say? Don't talk nonsense."

Su Huai looked at him. "Don't want to admit it yet? I've seen it all. You both are holding hands. The uncle who sells wonton said that the man came to you every day and even hugging and embracing you."