His head was buried too low, and Mingshu's voice was a bit nasal, which sounded extremely aggrieved. Xiao Yuan then remembered that the cover of this book was marked "suitable for children aged 13 to 14", and even he himself seemed to be struggling, let alone forgiveness.
He didn't know how old Mingshu was, but he looked like he was 4 or 5 years old. Mingshu seemed to be very nervous, and his little hands kept digging on the pages of the book. He felt sorry for the book, and quickly rescued the book from Mingshu's hand.
Mingshu was even more nervous now, his head was still lowered, but he glanced at him quietly and squeezed out a whimper in his throat.
Children of this age whimper from time to time, which is not a big deal, but the boys of the Xiao family have never whined. Xiao Yu'an was inexperienced. As soon as he heard Ming Shuwu, he felt that he was in trouble and made children cry.
"You..." Xiao Yuan was at a loss for a moment, put his beloved painting book on the seat, picked Mingshu up again, and let him sit on the wooden board in the corridor.
Mingshu looked at the book beside him, looked at Xiao Yu'an, and whispered, "Brother."
Xiao Yuan deliberately coaxed the child, and a topic quickly came to his mind, "How old are you?"
Mingshu was short, and when he was sitting on the wooden board, his two short legs couldn't touch the ground. I saw him swaying and extending the five fingers of his right hand, "I'm 5 years old!"
Xiao Yu'an inexplicably heard a bit of showing off from the sound of "5 years old", but he couldn't understand, what was there to show off at 5 years old, he was still 11 years old.
"Grandpa said, I can go to school if I'm one year older!" Just as Xiao Yu'an was thinking about what to say next, Mingshu said to himself, "I'm going to school next fall!"
Xiao Yuan looked at Mingshu in amazement. Are you so happy going to school? It doesn't matter to him, but Xiao Jincheng's situation when he was sent to the first grade is still vivid in his mind. He cried so tragically that he hugged his grandfather's leg and refused to let go. Those who didn't know it thought that the Xiao family was killing pigs.
Later, it was he and Xiao Muting who held Xiao Jincheng's hand and pulled this unfortunate thing into the campus.
"Do you really want to go to school?" Before she knew it, Xiao Yuan chatted with Mingshu. Both of them were sitting on wooden boards with a book in between, and the fragrance of jasmine was floating in the air.
Mingshu nodded vigorously.
Xiao Yuan thought about the way Mingshu had just picked up the book, "Want to learn to read?"
Mingshu shook his head first, then nodded again as if thinking of something.
Xiao Yuan couldn't understand it, "Don't want to learn to read?"
"I also want to." Mingshu is clingy in his temperament and always likes to be next to people. Now the picture book is placed between him and Xiao Yuan. He can't be next to Xiao Yuan. , It wasn't comfortable until I touched Xiao Yu'an's arm.
However, Xiao Yuan already had the concept of distance. In summer, there are few clothes and the skin is close to the skin, which is always uncomfortable. He didn't want Mingshu to be next to him, so he retracted his elbow.
Mingshu blinked, thinking that he was getting bored, and then backed away, biting his lip.
Xiao Yuan didn't know if he was hurting his self-esteem, so he said, "I mean, is there anything else you want to do?"
Mingshu didn't move his butt anymore, "Because I went to school, someone played with me. I don't have a brother, and no one at home plays with me."
That's why you climb trees to play? Xiao Yuan tilted his head to look at Mingshu's face, Mingshu lowered his head, no matter how badly he was tilted, he couldn't see Mingshu's eyes, but he could hear it, Mingshu's tone was very sad, and a little lonely.
"Then you can come to my house to play." Xiao Yuan sent an invitation without thinking, and regretted it after speaking. Mingshu is only 5 years old, not to mention him and Xiao Muting, even Xiao Jincheng can't play with 5-year-old children. 5 years old, can't read big characters, it's even more impossible to fight, being pushed down by Xiao Jincheng, trouble.
When Mingshu heard this, his originally round eyes opened even more round, and his eyes were full of light, "Really?"
So happy? Xiao Yuan suddenly no longer regretted it, looked at Mingshu sincerely and said, "Really."
"Wow!" Mingshu jumped off the board, put his hands on Xiao Yu'an's knees, and jumped, "Brother, then I'll be your younger brother!"
Xiao Yuan had a headache when he heard the word "brother", and his expression was a little weird for a while.
Ming Shu gently patted Xiao Yu'an's knee, "I'll treat you to mint ice!"
There are mint ices, lemon ices, and vanilla ices in this season. Xiao Yu'an's family has them, so please let me know. He asked, "Do you want to eat mint ice?"
Mingshu corrected, "I asked my brother to eat."
"Brother doesn't eat." Xiao Yu'an said this awkwardly. He had never called himself a brother, and he almost bit his tongue after speaking.
The two were arguing about who would eat the mint ice, and the aunt passed by the corridor, "Where is Yu'an here?"
Xiao Yuan recognized the other party as Aunt Huang, who lived in the yard opposite the door.
"Your cousin and cousin are in a fight. I'm looking for you to judge. Why don't you go back and have a look?" Aunt Huang said, looking at Mingshu, "Yo, is this not my brother? How about playing with brother Yu'an?"
Mingshu bowed, softly and politely, "Hello, Auntie."
No one dislikes the good children. Aunt Huang was delighted when she saw it, and hurriedly put the jasmine bracelet she just made in Mingshu's hand, "Send it to you, Xiang."
Mingshu took a sniff and smiled.
Xiao Yu'an was too lazy to participate in the troubles of Xiao Muting and Xiao Jincheng, but he still remembered it in his heart. Boys of this age are like this, they can't see it, and they still think about it.
Aunt Huang had something to do, so she left after delivering the jasmine flowers. Mingshu had small hands and thin arms, so she couldn't wear the bracelet, so she put the bracelet on her head, and pulled Xiao Yuan's clothes to show Xiao Yuan.
Xiao Yu'an felt stupid, but he didn't say anything. He took Mingshu's hand and said, "Why don't you go to my house and eat mint ice?"
Of course Mingshu was happy and shouted loudly, "Okay!"
This sound shocked the dragonfly that landed in the nearby flower field, and also vibrated the jasmine bracelet. Mingshu didn't notice it, but Xiao Yuan saw it. It's stupid, but it's Mingshu's thing after all, Xiao Yuan picked up the bracelet and put it on Mingshu's head.
Mingshu was wearing a bunch of flowers, walking quite beautifully, and the wind was blowing under his feet. If his legs were not too short, he might have walked faster than Xiao Yuan.
Xiao Yuan thought that this child might be too greedy for mint ice.
Xiao's yard was already full of chickens and dogs. Xiao Jincheng really annoyed Xiao Muting this time. He was squatting on the ground and crying, with a watermelon rind on his head.
Although the three brothers of the Xiao family fought every three or five times, they were all measured in their hands. Xiao Jincheng was the youngest, only 8 years old. Xiao Yu'an and Xiao Muting didn't talk about it, but in fact they let him, otherwise he wouldn't be able to go to the house to reveal the tiles. But he didn't know it himself, he thought he was so talented that it would be fine to play two 11-year-olds. But a child's 3-year-old age difference is no different than an adult's. It's not a big deal for an adult to be 3 years old, but if you put it on a child, it's a big problem. When Xiao Muting makes a real move, Xiao Jincheng can only beg for mercy. Now Xiao Jincheng is squatting on the ground. , Xiao Muching is sitting on the bench next to him eating watermelon.
It's not surprising that Xiao Yu'an saw this scene, but Mingshu was so surprised that he couldn't move his legs and stared straight at the person.
Xiao Jincheng didn't expect that Xiao Yu'an would bring back a child he didn't know, so he was immediately unhappy and yelled fiercely, "Who is that!"
Mingshu, who was originally timid, was startled by Xiao Jincheng's roar, and quickly hid behind Xiao Yu'an. Jasmine fell to the ground and was trampled by himself, breaking it.
"Squat on you!" Xiao Muting yelled at Xiao Jincheng.
Xiao Yu'an looked at the dirty jasmine flowers on the ground and felt a little pity, Mingshu pulled his white shirt behind him, obviously quite scared, and showed one eye at Xiao Jincheng. He suddenly felt joy in his heart, seeing the troublemaker Xiao Jincheng unlucky, it may be the common pleasure of everyone.
Xiao Yuan ignored Xiao Jincheng and led Mingshu into the house. About to enter, Mingshu still turned his head to look at Xiao Jincheng.
Xiao Jincheng still wanted to show off his strength with a piece of watermelon rind on his face, and Chong Mingshu said with his mouth: What are you looking at? Dig your eyeballs!
Mingshu didn't hear it, didn't understand the shape of his mouth, didn't know what people said was not nice, and even laughed at people.
Xiao Jincheng was stunned for laughter.
Mingshu is really happy. God knows how long he has thought about coming to Xiao's house. In the past, he could only climb a tree to see from a distance, but now Xiao Yuan led him into the yard and into the door. Even if Xiao Jincheng murdered him, he could still laugh.
Xiao Yu'an led Mingshu to the kitchen, and was about to open the refrigerator when he heard Mingshu let out a rising "Huh". He looked down at Mingshu, and Mingshu looked curiously at the colorful stickers on the refrigerator door.
"Black Cat Sheriff!" Mingshu pointed to one of them and said.
The stickers were bought by Xiao Jincheng at the school gate. There were several large sheets. After going home, they cut them overnight. They stuck them everywhere without thinking, and the refrigerator became the hardest hit. Xiao Yu'an also watches cartoons, but his addict is not as big as Xiao Jincheng's, and he won't buy stickers to stick them everywhere. Isn't it good that the refrigerator is clean, after being stuck by Xiao Jincheng, what's the difference between it and the telephone pole outside
But grandpa and grandma thought it was nothing, so Xiao Jincheng posted it more vigorously.
"Do you like it?" Xiao Yuan asked.
Mingshu carefully touched the sticker with envy in his eyes, "Brother, didn't Grandpa Xiao tell you?"
Xiao Yuan shook his head, "I didn't post it."
Mingshu said again, "Didn't Grandpa Xiao talk about his brothers?"
Xiao Yuan understood a little, Mingshu must have posted the black cat sheriff on the refrigerator, and was told by the elders, so he was so envious.
"Don't say it." Xiao Yu'an pulled Mingshu aside, then opened the cabinet door, cold air came out all at once, and Mingshu quickly closed his eyes.
"Take a look, what do you want to eat?" Xiao Yu'an said, "In addition to mint ice, there are other options, including ice cream."
Mingshu whispered "Wow" as if he had discovered a treasure. The most expensive thing in the refrigerator is the torch. Xiao Yuan thought he was going to take the torch. He looked at it for a long time, but still took out the cheapest mint ice, "Brother, I want to eat this."
For the first time entertaining guests, everyone wanted to appear more arrogant, Xiao Yuan said, "It's still a torch, right?"
Mingshu thought about it, picked up the torch, but put it in Xiao Yuan's hand, "Brother eats the torch, and younger brother eats mint ice."