You Yu had several moments of despair in this short ten years of life. It was the kind of moment that he could not get through without anyone helping him.

When her father and her cousin appeared at the head teacher's house and made a big fuss, she felt unable to breathe, and the fear and despair made her feel as if she was drowning in the sea.

Even though she left the kind-hearted head teacher's house and hid here and found a small place to sit, she was always worried that her father would suddenly appear outside the door. So she kept looking out the glass window and couldn't feel at ease.

"Are you going with me? I'll take you to find a place to hide." When Chi Tang stood in front of her and reached out to her, You Yu subconsciously grabbed it.

When she was in a strange school, she tried not to care about everyone's strange eyes and regarded learning as the only one, it was the first time that Chi Tang took the initiative to extend his hand to her.

When she held Chi Tang's hand, she finally felt a little relieved briefly.

They got into the car in the night and returned to Chi Tang's house. You Yu looked at the light that was faintly exposed in the house and began to hesitate: "It doesn't matter if I live in your house?"

Chi Tang told her: "No, we don't live here, you're waiting for me here."

She quietly opened the door and entered the house. She found a string of keys that had not been used for a long time and a stack of cash from the cabinet. She put on the down jacket she had fallen off before, carried a bag and ran to the station with her bag.

When I got on the bus, my destination was a small county town called Pening County next to Nanlin City.

"My grandma's hometown is there. After she passed away, the house was empty. When we went there, no one could find us." Chi Tang seemed to have lost some baggage after getting into the car, and became a little excited.

You Yu felt that she was holding her hand unconsciously. She suddenly felt that not only she could not feel at ease to hide, but perhaps Chi Tang was too, she wanted to avoid something, and she was also nervous.

They ran away together on this night, feeling the same excitement and fear in their hearts.

Pengning County is not big. Although it is a county, there is actually no taxi. It was already nine o'clock in the evening when they got out of the car.

Chi Tang stood by the roadside and slowly calmed down. His nose was blown by the cold wind, so he felt that the symptoms of motion sickness were getting better.

"I've been here a few times before, but I can't remember it clearly, so I'll ask." Chi Tang asked about the road in a shop on the side of the road. He found that the place was not too far from here, so he walked forward with You Yu.

You Yu was silent all the way, looking at the surrounding streets and shops, silently remembering the road.

Chi Tang suddenly pressed his phone and said, "Look."

You Yu looked at her cell phone and saw her Alipay balance above.

Chi Tang clicked: "I have money to save myself. It's enough for us to live here for winter vacation to stay at school, so you don't have to worry."

Seeing You Yu open his mouth and want to speak, she said again: "I promise that I won't starve you to death, and I don't want you to pay back the money. I want to come here to live, so I will treat you as you and I will keep food and accommodation."

There were many complex emotions that could not be expressed in words in You Yu's heart, and he nodded for a while.

She looked at Chi Tang's side face and thought: I must repay this person in the future. If she needs it, if she encounters difficulties, I will tell her like she is now, so don't worry.

Chi Tang's grandmother lives in a self-built two-story building in the old city with a patio and a small backyard, where a loquat tree is planted. At the bottom is the roller shutter door. Chi Tang leans against the street light and can identify this building that has not been lived in for a long time. She has been covered in dust and found out the key to open the door.

The roller shutter door was not opened for too long, and it was a little stagnant and could not be pushed too much. You Yu went forward and helped pull it up. The two of them worked together, and the door made a creaking sound and rose.

As he groped and turned on the light, the bright light spilled down, Chi Tang relaxed a little, "Fortunately, there is still electricity."

The old man was in a hurry to hold the funeral. The cottage behind him was given to her father, but her father didn't care. The water and electricity in the house seemed to have not stopped. All the things belonging to the old man in the house were burned, and only a small amount of furniture was left. The old man's former bed in the bedroom was also burned together. There was a bed in the guest bedroom, and even the sofas that were not processed in the house were piled up randomly, and they were wrapped in large oil paper bags.

The windows were closed tightly, and there was a layer of dust on the ground. They walked in and stepped on footprints one by one.

Chi Tang's impression of this place was still the time when his grandmother passed away, and he came here to attend the funeral and stayed for a week.

"It's so dirty...why should we go outside and find a hotel today?" Chi Tang asked.

You Yu: "Is there water here? If there is water, just clean it up, I'll do it."

Tear the oil paper wrapped around the sofa and bed and threw it aside, and finally put their backpacks down. Chi Tang was actually very unfamiliar with the room, but he still took You Yu to look around, found a basin and a cloth that acted as a towel, and put water in the toilet.

The faucet was a little rusted, and after opening it, it made a long snarling sound before water was flowing out.

The toilet is narrow and the old-fashioned water heater is burning. Chi Tang studied it and found the switch. Fortunately, it can still be used. He has started boiling water, but the digital screen displayed is broken. I don’t know whether it is displayed 20 or 30.

You Yu brought the basin of water to the stairs to clean up, and Chi Tang followed her and looked for quilts in the wardrobe of several rooms. If there were no quilts, they would still have to go out to find a hotel to sleep.

At this time, she was a little glad that the house was cleaned up by her father. Her father hated these trivial and troublesome things the most. He was too lazy to clean up many things in the house. There were two beds on the top floor of the master bedroom. She carried the stool and lifted the quilt down.

The quilt is heavy and thick, probably all of them were beaten by my grandmother before, and the old man is used to this thick cotton quilt.

When You Yu heard the sound, he came over to help her move the two quilts to the guest bedroom bed. In just a while, she had wiped the windowsill table and was wiping the floor.

Chi Tang: "Don't you need to sweep the floor? If you don't need to mop it, will you not be tired of wiping like this?"

You Yu: "There is no mop, there is too much dust and you can't sweep it. It's cleaner to just wipe it with a rag."

Chi Tang found that You Yu was really capable. She probably worked a lot at home in the past. She was still in the room thinking about dismantling the quilt and laying it out. She couldn't tell the right and wrong, so You Yu had already wiped half of the floor quickly. Of course, it was because the room was really not big.

Found that he couldn't figure out the cotton wool, Chi Tang had to say, "I'll go find a quilt."

After she found the quilt and came back, she found that the floor of the room had been cleaned up by You Yu, and even the cotton wool on the bed was neatly laid. She also cleaned the toilet briefly in the toilet.

Chi Tang tried to cover the quilt, but the quilt was too big. She had been placing it for a long time but couldn't make it right. You Yu came in with wet hands and came over to help when he saw this. I don't know how she did it, so she grabbed the two corners and shook the quilt and became neat.

"The quilt is a bit too big and can't be explained clearly, so that's it."

Chi Tang exhaled and sat on the bed.

You Yu sat on the small chair opposite her, put his hands on his knees, and asked her, "Are you tired?"

Chi Tang lowered his eyes and saw You Yu's hands. Her hands were not good-looking, a little rough, with slightly thick joints. That should be the traces left by the frostbite of her hands all year round.

After watching for a while, Chi Tang said casually: "Yeah, I'm tired."

You Yu didn't know what to say, so he remained silent.

The room was a little cold and the wind was very strong outside. Chi Tang sat for a moment and stood up: "Go and go out to buy something."

There is a small supermarket nearby, which is open at the intersection. There are two red sheds outside, with boxes of fruits, milk and gifts, all for gifts for the New Year. The two went into the supermarket to buy toothbrushes, towels and other essential items, and bought some food. Chi Tang also brought a small heater to pay together.

The heater looks like an electric fan, but there are no fan blades. There is no heating in the room, the air conditioner is removed, and there are no electric blankets, Chi Tang is a little unbearable.

After buying things, I came out of the small supermarket, and snowflakes began to float outside.

“It’s snowing.”

"Yeah, it's snowing."

There are firecrackers in the distance, and they are crackling continuously. It is banned from setting off fireworks in big cities, but this small place does not. During the Chinese New Year, many people still set off fireworks. When they walk on the road, they can see a lot of red paper confetti on the side of the road.

They returned to the room and closed the roller shutter door below.

A small room was filled with a small sun-like heater. The warm yellow light was enough to illuminate the entire room. After a while, the temperature in the room increased, and the warm feeling made people unwilling to relax.
Chapter completed!