[Teacher, you are so nice]
[Work hard to cultivate good seedlings]
[Teach me to draw and play games]
[Teach me singing and dancing]
[We graduated today]
[I will go to school tomorrow]
[Wait for me to wear the red scarf]
[Will report to the teacher]
[Goodbye, teacher]
[Goodbye, teacher]
Mei Fang, wearing a kindergarten uniform, held Xia Yuan's hand and sang "Goodbye, Teacher" with the children in Class 2, shaking their heads.
As a customary song at graduation ceremonies, the tune is lively and the lyrics are simple but straight to the heart. The kindergarten teachers sitting in the audience couldn't help but wipe away their tears with some sadness.
The atmosphere at the scene also affected some of the children in the class. When the graduation ceremony was over, the girls took out the gifts they had prepared long ago and said goodbye reluctantly. Xia Yuan packed a bag full of gifts to share with her friends, including some for Mei Fang.
The gift given to Mei Fang was an orange little tiger made of cloth strips and filled with stuffing that had a texture similar to fine sand. The pattern on the bag was obviously hand-painted, and it could be seen that it was made with great care.
"Mei Fang, congratulations on your graduation!"
"Well, congratulations to you, too."
Mei Fang patted Xia Yuan's head. Xia Yuan pouted and looked a little annoyed. "We all graduated from kindergarten, why do you always pat my head like an adult?"
"No, you're overthinking it."
Mei Fang patted Xia Yuan's head while smiling. Xia Yuan dodged around with a wronged look on his face.
Suddenly, Mei Fang was hit hard on the back of his head from behind.
The blow to the head was not serious at all. Mei Fang covered the back of his head and grimaced in pain. There was no doubt that this was something that only Lin Youxi would do.
Ever since Mei Fang brought Lin Youxi home last time, Lin Youxi's father and Mei Fang's parents became familiar with each other.
Since her mother passed away, Lin Youxi has been taken care of by her father most of the time, but there is a lot of work on the construction site, so she often stays at home alone.
Xiang Xiaoxia felt sorry for her, so she asked Mei Lijun to help pick up Lin Youxi.
It turned out that her home was not far from Mei Fang's home, just one or two streets less than 500 meters away. As she went to Mei Fang's home more often, the barriers between her and Mei Fang gradually disappeared and they became more casual with each other.
Lin Youxi was seen with her hands on her hips, scolding Mei Fang with an angry look on her face.
"Don't bully Xia Yuan, or I will bully you."
"Lin Youxi is still the best to me!"
Xia Yuan took Lin Youxi's hand, leaned over and hugged her, "Lin Youxi, can you come to my house this afternoon? Well, I told you last time..."
Lin Youxi immediately made an expression of sudden enlightenment and glanced at his father who was chatting enthusiastically with Mei Lijun in the distance, "I'll go ask Dad."
"Yes, yes, that's all right!"
Mei Fang was still thinking that he would definitely be pestered by Lin Youxi again today.
When she stayed at Mei Fang's house, she liked to watch Mei Fang tinker with the computer and then play tricks on him.
For example, when Mei Fang was looking at various code learning materials, she would secretly press the keyboard and move the mouse beside her, which would make Mei Fang angry, and she would laugh from ear to ear.
"Can Mei Fang come too?"
"I'm not going. What do you girls want me to do when you're having a party together?" Mei Fang thought it must be another game of playing house, and he was tired of it.
"It's not just for girls, it's a gathering of good friends."
Xia Yuan twirled her fingers shyly and said, "Today is my birthday, I hope you can come and celebrate with me."
Mei Fang complained, "I thought that with your personality, you would definitely tell all the kids in the class a few days in advance and invite everyone to attend your birthday party."
"I'm not as exaggerated as you say! Because it's on the same day as the graduation ceremony... The graduation ceremony must be more important, and everyone was busy arranging the program, so no one mentioned this matter."
Xia Yuan paused, then pouted and said, "Actually, I only planned to invite Lin Youxi."
"There's no share for me! That's so mean."
"That's because, because..."
Xia Yuan muttered out his inner thoughts:
"Last time you said you didn't want to have any trouble with me, and you still haven't apologized to me for that. I was thinking of not being friends with you from now on, huh."
"Ah, you hold a grudge like that!"
"Yeah!" Xia Yuan nodded, and then continued to talk to herself, "But then I figured it out. Good friends don't have to have hair to be good friends. After all, Lin Youxi and I can't have hair, but we can be good friends for life."
"Well... I'm glad you figured it out. Don't be so obsessed with it anymore."
Xia Yuan seemed not to be listening to Mei Fang's words. He raised his head and asked Mei Fang, "Then you will come this afternoon, right? I will go back to my grandmother's house in the countryside next week for the summer vacation. It will be a long time before we meet again."
"Since it's your birthday, I might as well come." Mei Fang thought for a moment, "But I don't have any birthday presents prepared, it would be embarrassing to go empty-handed."
"It doesn't matter. Your coming is the best gift."
Lin Youxi came trotting back from her father's place with a happy expression on her face.
"Dad agreed to let me go to your house to play, but I have to be home before 8 o'clock in the evening."
"Okay! Now let's all go back in my dad's car!"
Xia Yuan's father was busy with work, and Mei Fang didn't see him very often. She only heard that he was in the restaurant and catering business, and was a boss of some size in the county.
Overall, he fits the common definition of a successful person. He is always dressed in a suit and tie, but he is gentle in his dealings with others and doesn't speak in an adult manner. He never refuses to do anything that Xia Yuan asks his father to do.
"Yuanyuan, why don't you invite more friends to your house to hold a birthday party? Don't you have a lot of friends in kindergarten?"
"Well... that would be too much."
Xia Yuan showed a very embarrassed expression, "Almost all the girls in the class are my friends, but it's not a good idea to only invite girls. I'm also worried that I'll miss someone. If there are too many, it will be too hard for my mother to prepare food, so I'll just invite the ones I'm closest to."
Children like Xia Yuan also worry about interpersonal relationships. After all, they have too many friends, which is in stark contrast to Lin Youxi.
It was Lin Youxi's first time to go to Xia Yuan's house, and also her first time to ride in Xia Yuan's father's car. Sitting in the middle of the car, she seemed very uneasy.
"My dear, your name is Lin Youxi, right? Yuanyuan often tells me about you."
"Um… "
"You are Yuanyuan's best friend. We can still play together even after you graduate from kindergarten. Come to my house more often."
"Um."
Lin Youxi nodded gently, and her hands, which had nowhere to put, touched Mei Fang's waist. She pinched it subconsciously because of nervousness.
Mei Fang almost cried out in pain, and turned his fire towards Xia Yuan's father who was driving.
"Uncle Xia, please watch out for the cars! One of my traffic police uncles told me that there are thousands of roads, but safety comes first. If you don't drive properly, your loved ones will shed tears."
"Um... I'm a good driver, don't worry."
"Dad! What Mei Fang said is very right. Our teacher always says that we need to concentrate when driving, otherwise we will violate traffic rules and be caught by the traffic police! I don't want my dad to be caught. There are a lot of bad guys there."
“…Okay, okay.”
Xia Yuan's father seemed to want to complain about something but didn't say anything. An awkward but polite smile was always on his face.
It's finally Friday! I have more time to write on my day off!
(End of this chapter)