Chapter 299 : Swinging on the Swing
Chapter 299 : Swinging on the Swing
Although it was a workday, all the main roads on the island were still crowded with people. Looking from afar, one could not see the ancient-style buildings, but a large area of heads.
Su Yun was numb when she saw this scene. Is this the legendary national 5A scenic spot?
But now she couldn't see the scenery at all...
"There are so many people, it doesn't matter, I remember the small road."
Just as Su Yun was wondering how to walk, Rong Caixuan led them into a small alley.
This walk really bypassed all the crowds.
At first, Su Yun didn't understand why no one walked this way, but when she walked to the back, she saw a few old people with crutches chatting.
They looked to be over 60 years old, with a full head of white hair. Although they were laughing and talking with their old friends, the smiles could not hide the vicissitudes on the old men's faces.
Su Yun understood. She knew why no one came here.
Because there were no shops selling special products in this small alley, nor were there any special scenery, only old houses and the original residents.
Or rather, if someone came to disturb, they would be driven away by the original residents, otherwise there would definitely be many people coming here to take pictures.
Thinking of this, Su Yun also became a little worried.
Would they also be driven away?
Su Yun lowered her head, wanting to sneak past.
"Hey, what are you doing in here? Get out, get out."
The old man spoke in a local dialect, which was extremely difficult to understand, but Su Yun could hear the anger in his words.
It was really unrealistic to sneak past. They were so big, and even if the old man was old, his eyes were not blind.
"Miss, what should we do? He's driving us away, should we go?" Qin Xin was born in an orphanage in Xiamo and was a local. She could understand the old man's words.
Qin Xue frowned coldly.
Damn old man, walking past won't make you lose a piece of flesh.
If it were before, Qin Xue would definitely have retorted like this, but now she just quietly held Little Sister Yun's hand and did not respond.
"Aiya, isn't this Jiangxue?!" Suddenly, the old man who was just driving people away just now walked over in surprise.
"I haven't seen you for so many years, you've really become a big girl." He bent down and leaned on his crutch, his eyes full of love as if he were treating his own daughter.
"I'm sorry... I have to take care of Caixuan, I don't have time to come and see you." Liu Jiangxue's temperament was gentle.
Su Yun looked at Liu Jiangxue talking with these original residents of the island in a daze, a little surprised in her heart.
"It's okay, we old men don't need anyone to look after us. We're living very well on our own. You young people should go out and make a name for yourselves in society." The old man held his crutch with one hand and held Liu Jiangxue's hand tightly with the other.
Although he said it lightly on the surface, his eyes turned red when he said it.
Fortunately, the last time they saw each other was not when they were dying.
"Xiaoxue, you're here. Then where's Caixuan? Jiunv misses her so much."
Liu Jiangxue pointed to Rong Caixuan who was standing at the front. The old man had just bypassed her directly.
The gazes of the three old men instantly focused on the white-haired girl.
"Caixuan, why did you dye your hair white? I didn't even recognize you just now."
"Uncle, it's popular to dye hair white in school now." Rong Caixuan was very calm.
"Oh, oh, I see. This is what they call the trend of young people, right?"
The three old grandpas surrounded Rong Caixuan and Liu Jiangxue, and they chatted very happily.
And Su Yun and the other five stood behind awkwardly.
"Oh, I forgot about you. Who are you?" After chatting for almost ten minutes, someone finally noticed them.
"We..."
Only then did Rong Caixuan tell them the purpose of their visit. After hearing this, the three old grandpas readily took them to find Cai Jiunv, who was Rong Caixuan's relative.
But on the way there, the team leading them to find Cai Jiunv grew larger and larger.
They were all old grandpas and grandmas in their sixties and seventies. As soon as they came up, they surrounded Rong Caixuan and Liu Jiangxue and talked, as if the whole village knew Rong Caixuan.
Finally, they stopped in front of an old house, and a pile of firewood was piled up at the door of the house.
"Jiunv, your grandniece is here to see you."
Under the shouts of the crowd, a white-haired woman walked out of the room.
Compared to others, even though Cai Jiunv was 73 years old, her body was still strong and she walked briskly.
When she saw Rong Caixuan, she was shocked like the others, but she quickly leaned over, her eyes full of Rong Caixuan's shadow.
"Let's go, go into the room and warm up by the fire. It's too cold outside."
Cai Jiunv hurriedly pulled Rong Caixuan, for fear that she would run away, but she was still rejected by Rong Caixuan.
"That's not necessary. I came here to take them to play. Auntie, can you take us to the fun places here?"
"We'll leave after we're done playing, we still have to study."
When Cai Jiunv heard Rong Caixuan still call her auntie, and even that she was leaving soon, a trace of imperceptible loneliness appeared on her old face.
"You're Caixuan's good friend, right? What's your name?"
Cai Jiunv walked up to Su Yun and asked her name gently.
Perhaps for fear that Su Yun would not understand, Cai Jiunv asked in Mandarin.
"My name is Su Xiaoyun..." Su Yun looked at the kind old grandma in front of her in a daze.
For some reason, she felt that the other party was like her deceased grandmother.
"Xiaoyun, right? That's a good name."
Cai Jiunv looked up at the sky, and then at the young girl in front of her.
"Little girl, you're as white as a white cloud, and your name has the word 'cloud' in it. Could you be a fairy from the sky?" Her eyes were extremely serious.
"Eh, no, no." Su Yun was so praised that she was embarrassed.
"Aiyo, you're blushing already? Little girl, you're so cute. Remember to come here and play with grandma when you have time in the future." Cai Jiunv gently stroked Su Yun's head.
Su Yun did not resist and enjoyed the process of being patted on the head.
Before long, Cai Jiunv also got to know the five of them, and then prepared to take them for a walk nearby.
But the famous places nearby were already crowded with people, so there was nothing to see.
So Cai Jiunv did not take them to those beautiful places, but came to a garden that looked like it had not been taken care of for a long time, with weeds growing everywhere.
And in the middle of the garden, next to the pavilion, there was a swing.
When Cai Jiunv saw this swing, her faded pupils brightened a little.
"Caixuan, do you want to try this?" There was a rare excitement in Cai Jiunv's voice.
"Are we here to play this?" Rong Caixuan felt that this place was not good-looking. The road was full of weeds, and the iron chain of this swing was already rusty.
Mommy definitely doesn't like it.
Under Cai Jiunv's expectant gaze, Rong Caixuan had no choice but to sit on it.
Cai Jiunv pressed her hand on the wooden board under the swing and tried to push it.
"Creak, creak..."
This swing had not been started for too long. When it was started again after many years, it was already a little unable to support it.
When Cai Jiunv saw this scene, her hands couldn't help but tremble.
Su Yun stood on the side. She wanted to ask Rong Caixuan to come down because this swing looked a little dangerous.
"Hey..."
But just as she was about to speak, she suddenly heard the old grandpa next to her talking to her.
"Jiunv often sits on this alone. If it was going to break, it would have broken long ago. Don't worry, as long as you don't swing high."
"Oh." Su Yun nodded.
Only then did she feel a little relieved, and then she was also a little surprised.
I didn't expect such an old grandma to like to sit on a swing. No... it should be that this kind of swaying chair can exercise the muscles and bones, right?
"Sister Yun! This seems to be very fun, do you want to come and try it?" Rong Caixuan was happy after being swung by Cai Jiunv, and jumped down to ask Su Yun to go too.
"Ah, okay..."
Su Yun sat on it in a daze, and then experienced the feeling of flying.
Although it was just a simple back and forth swing, Su Yun just felt that it was very fun, especially with someone pushing behind her.
If Elder Sister Xue was pushing, it would probably be even more fun, right?
In the next twenty minutes, all these little girls were pushed by Cai Jiunv.
Although the push was very light, the process was exceptionally quiet. The old grandmas and grandpas who followed did not speak, so they later closed their eyes and enjoyed the sense of security like a mother gently patting her chest in her sleep.
"Crack!"
But when it was Qin Xue's turn on the swing, the sound of the iron chain was louder than ever before.
Qin Xue was the tallest girl among the seven of them, and the small wooden board of the swing was almost not enough for Qin Xue's butt to sit on. And this old swing had just been tempered by the previous six people.
Soon, after the iron chain made a huge noise, it instantly broke from the middle, and the whole swing fell to the ground.
"Elder Sister Xue!"
In just a moment, Su Yun came to a position a little in front of the swing and caught Qin Xue who was about to fall.
"Ah, Little Sister Yun, you..."
But to say that she caught her, Su Yun was more like she instantly pounced on Qin Xue, because the swing was not swinging very high, less than half a meter.
Even if Qin Xue fell, she would only fall on her butt lightly and would not be hurt.
But now, Su Yun pounced on Qin Xue on the grass in front of all the old people.
Wow...
Rong Caixuan and Qin Xin, with a tacit understanding that came from nowhere, both took out their phones from their pockets and took a picture of this scene.
"Are you guys okay?"
"No..."
Cai Jiunv had a nervous expression, and she apologized to them.
Later, the others left the swing, and Cai Jiunv squatted there alone. She reached out and stroked the iron chain that had fallen on the grass and the half of the wooden board that was rubbing against the ground.
"You still broke."
And this swing was broken, so there was nothing to play with in this abandoned garden.
Su Yun quietly followed behind Cai Jiunv, preparing to go to the next fun place.
At the time of parting, Su Yun noticed that Cai Jiunv's gaze was still on that swing.
...
In the afternoon, they followed Cai Jiunv and wandered in various ancient buildings. Although they were not very beautiful, it was still a good mood to be able to walk around with so many old grandpas and grandmas.
But as night fell, it also meant that they had to leave.
[End of Chapter]
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