The Wind Blows Fallen Leaves Chapter 63

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On his first night in Jiuyuan Village, Anyan didn’t sleep well. The creaking sound of the bed continued all night. When he woke up in the morning, Anyan’s eyes were sore and swollen. The village chief had already prepared a meal waiting for him.

“Dr. An, we made breakfast. You can get up and eat some together.”

The village chief’s honest smile appeared in front of him as soon as he opened the door. An Yan looked a little embarrassed just after getting up. He didn’t want to go out just like that, so he asked them to eat first and went back later.

But when An Yan finished cleaning up and entered the house, their whole family was sitting nearby and stood up quickly when they saw him.

“Doctor An is here, Cuixi, bring out the food quickly.”

The village chief anxiously asked Cui Xi to go and gave up the stool. The children followed his example and stood up. They stood taller than the village chief and looked like they were already in junior high school.

Anyan asked the two children to sit down, took out two candies from his pocket and put them into their hands, smoothed their curly hair, and said, “Actually, you don’t have to wait for me.”

“You are a guest, how can we eat first without waiting for you?”

Cuixi came in with rice, her hands full. The village chief had sharp eyes and immediately took the heaviest bowl of soup, put it on the table with a dull sound, subconsciously touched his earlobe with his fingers, and said, “It’s still warm after sitting in the pot.”

An Yan looked at his burned fingers and said, “Is your hand okay? I have medicine over there, wait for me to get it.”

After saying that, he was about to stand up. The village chief hurriedly held him down, spread his hands in front of him and rubbed them back and forth, and said nonchalantly: “It’s okay. We have thick skin and are not afraid of being burned, so there is no need to apply the medicine. It will be a waste.”

“Stop looking at it, eat quickly.” Cuixi brought the white steamed buns up, and the two children couldn’t help but grab them and put them in their mouths. They were really hungry.

“This soup is my wife’s specialty. Please try it.”

The village chief diligently filled a bowl for him and took a spoon from the bottom of the soup. There were still oily flowers floating on the surface of the soup.

Under their expectant gazes, Anyan took a big sip of the soup. It was a bit salty and tasted greasy, but it smelled very fragrant.

After breakfast, the two children were doing homework and playing in the yard. As soon as they entered the house, there were many more children in the yard. They all looked at An Yan eagerly and looked very excited.

Anyan took out the snacks he brought and distributed them to them. Everyone lined up, except for a little girl who didn’t come over. She sat on the stone pier at the door and watched quietly as they gathered around Anyan.

After the children dispersed, she was still sitting there. When Anyan looked carefully, he realized that there was a little girl sitting there at the door. He recalled that she was not among the children who had gathered around her. However, the contents of the bag had already been eaten. He searched all the pockets and found a box of candy.

An Yu specially bought it for him before leaving. When he was a child, An Yu liked to eat sweets the most. He ate a lot every time, but no one said it was useless. An Mingyu was afraid that he would get a toothache, so he dug out all the candies in his room and confiscated them. An Yu was angry for several days and was unwilling to eat more. An Yu was afraid that he would starve, so he agreed with him that he could only eat one candy a day. From then on, An Yu would always carry a box of candies with him.

Anyan walked to her and squatted down, looking at her level. She seemed to be frightened and fell backwards. Fortunately, there was a wall behind her to catch her.

“What’s your name?”

The girl swallowed nervously and answered him: “My, my name is Pang Yuan…Yuan…”

Her voice weakened, fearing that he might not hear clearly, and she said the last word twice. An Yan listened very carefully, smiling like a big brother next door, and said it silently, and then said: “Pang Yuanyuan, it’s a very nice name, why are you sitting here and not going in with them?”

Pang Yuan’s heart was beating very fast. She wanted to explain, but she didn’t know how to say it. An Yan waited for a long time before her legs went numb from squatting before she spoke: “It’s Pang Yuan, the circle is round.”

An Yan smiled awkwardly and apologized to her: “Sorry, I heard wrong. Then why are you sitting here?”

Pang Yuan mumbled, “Because they don’t want to play with me.”

Her voice was very small, and there was even a cry at the end, as if her disguise had been broken and she was exposed to the scorching sun.

Anyan took out a candy and said, “Then do you really want to integrate with them?”

This question confused Pang Yuan. He took the candy and stuffed it into his mouth blankly, and said, “Actually, that’s not the case. Just seeing them having fun makes me want to be so happy.”

Anyan’s legs were completely numb. He had no choice but to stand up, bow slightly, turned his head and said to her: “Look, you just want to be happy, but there are many ways to make you happy. Choosing to blend in with them is the most strenuous and the most contrary to yourself, so don’t force yourself to do things that go against your original intentions. Maybe if you smile more, they will come to play with you.”

Her round cheeks were bulging, and the candy in her mouth had a very ordinary strawberry flavor, but she was very happy, and the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously.

Seeing that she finally smiled, An Yan gave her the remaining candies and said, “Take this first. If you have a chance, I will give you a new box. If you feel unhappy in the future, just eat one.”

Pang Yuan nodded sternly and looked at the candy box in his hand. His mood dropped again. An Yan’s legs finally recovered. He brought a stone and sat next to Pang Yuan and said, “What’s wrong? Weren’t you quite happy just now?”

Her chubby fingers clenched the candy box tightly and said, “But I am very fat. I will definitely get fatter after eating candy.”

An Yan didn’t expect that she would say this, so he picked up the stones at his feet, held them up in front of her, and said, “Look at these two stones. This one is long and flat, and this one is wide and round. Which one do you think is more beautiful?”

Pang Yuan carefully observed the two stones in his hand, kept comparing them, and finally chose the long and flat one hesitantly, but her eyes always stayed on the other stone.

“Actually, both stones are very beautiful, but they are chosen at different angles. If they are by a small river, more people will choose long and flat stones, but in the eyes of construction workers, wide and round stones are the most beautiful.”

Pang Yuan raised his head, took the two stones, and asked him timidly: “Really?”

“Really, this world is inherently interconnected. There is day and night, there is cold and there is heat. If there is slimness, there must be plumpness. Otherwise, the world will be too samey.”

An Yan took out a tissue, wiped her hand that had just held the stone clean, pulled her into the room, and said, “Wash your face and wash away the tears. It’s hard not to be unhappy when you look at such a cute face.”

Looking at An Yan’s smile, her round face blushed unconsciously, and she carefully put the box of candy in her pocket.The water was hot, the steam was swaying her face, and the skin that was tight just now relaxed instantly. An Yan talked to her all night, and it wasn’t until the village chief came back that she realized that it was already dark.

“The road is difficult, so I’ll see you off.” As An Yan said, he was about to go back to the room to get the flashlight. The village chief took Pang Yuan out while he was leaving and shouted to him: “Doctor An, please rest. I’ll just send her back.”

When he came out, the two of them were already far away.