Yueming never celebrated his birthday with his friends.
In the third grade of elementary school, the students in the class celebrated their birthdays. Although he was not invited to the birthday party, he saw the scene of the students surrounding him and wishing him a happy birthday.
Yueming is not envious of his dazzling array of birthday presents, but envious of so many children surrounding him.
So on his birthday, he bought a bunch of snacks with the pocket money he had saved for more than half a year, and sent invitations to every student in the class the week before, and made an appointment to come to his house to eat cakes on that day.
He was full of anticipation and arranged the whole afternoon by himself.
However, no one came.
Yueming lit a candle for himself and made a wish.
He thought, as he blew out the candles, that he would never have another birthday.
However-
"Make a wish, make a wish! Blow out the candles Blow out the candles!!!"
Yoyo, who couldn't wait to share the cake, urged, bouncing around in place, more excited than the birthday person himself.
Yueming blinked vigorously.
It seems that everything in front of me is a bit unreal.
Cen Sui: "Haven't sung the birthday song yet!!"
It was only then that everyone remembered that everyone sang a birthday song in a chaotic manner, starting with Yoyo who was out of tune.
Gu Miaomiao: "...you sing faster, everyone knows that you want to eat cake."
Yoyo covered her mouth and smiled embarrassedly.
Who, who asked my mother to buy cakes when she came back from yoga class early in the morning!
She watched helplessly from the morning to the afternoon, when the cake was left there and no one would eat it... the cake would be lonely too!
Thinking of this, Yoyo looked at Yueming who was staying in place, and asked eagerly:
"Brother Yueming, are we reconciled? Would you like to share the cake with me?"
The little girl's eyes are too sincere and bright. Anyone who is stared at by such eyes will have a hard time saying something that makes her sad.
Surrounded by the crowd, Yue Ming's ears felt hot, and he said in a very small voice:
"… I don't… "
Yoyo moved closer: "Huh?"
"... I didn't... I didn't hate you..."
Yueming, who was clutching the hem of his clothes tightly, revealed his thoughts for the first time in front of so many people.
Even when it was the saddest time, Yue Ming never hated it.
What he hates is that he is not brave enough, not confident enough, and unable to change himself.
"That's great!" Yoyo danced and jumped up, holding Yueming's hand with her little hand, "We're reconciled!"
The little girl's clear voice is like a carefree baby bird.
Unlike adults, she doesn't seem to have that kind of fearless reserve and scruples.
She didn't even know where she had offended Yue Ming, but she just felt that the other party seemed sad, so she asked for peace without hesitation, and didn't think it was shameful to apologize and ask for peace.
Ten-year-old Yueming couldn't help but admire her innocence and calmness in his heart.
"... go to the table and eat."
Aunt Zhang, who came out of the kitchen with the dishes, made a large table of dishes. She watched Shen Jichuan took the small crown that came with the cake and put it on Yue Ming, she was a little flattered and said:
"Really, it's too much trouble for everyone, and I have prepared so much on purpose, I really..."
Seeing that Aunt Zhang was about to start to belittle herself inappropriately again, Gu Miaomiao interrupted quickly:
"Aunt Zhang sits here, next to brother Yueming."
Aunt Zhang looked at the middle position on the table, and hurriedly waved her hands:
"No, no, I can just sit on the side..."
Youyou grabbed Aunt Zhang's clothes and pulled her over without any explanation.
She didn't understand the difference between a master's house and a servant, and she didn't know why Aunt Zhang usually ate alone in the nanny's room.
But at least today, she felt that Aunt Zhang should sit with brother Yueming.
In this way, he will be very happy.
After everyone sat down at the table, the children began to present the birthday presents they had prepared for Yueming.
Before Yoyo took out his gift, Yueming was actually a little worried, worried that he had received an overly expensive gift, and there was no way to give back the same gift on Yoyo's birthday.
Although everything she did for him is precious enough.
"this is for you!"
Yoyo took out a pot of small mimosa from the paper bag.
"It can be placed in the room, it looks good! It is also very similar to my brother!"
The small storage room where Yue Ming lived was not well lit, because he only stayed for a short summer, so the layout in the room was very simple, and it seemed too lifeless, without any breath of life.
He reached out and took the small pot of greenery.
With a light touch with your fingers, the leaves of the mimosa will immediately close up, magically full of vitality.
"...Thank you." Yueming hugged her in his arms, afraid that a simple thank you would not be serious enough, and added, "I like it very much, really."
He will put it next to the bouquet of roses by the bed, and water it on time every day, so that it will not die.
Next is the gift from Gu Miaomiao.
She sent a set of stationery, which is quite satisfactory and practical.
However, Shen Jichuan's gift matched Gu Miaomiao's, he gave a thick stack of "Winning the Golden Scroll", "Crazy Practice with Small Questions", and "Spark Reading".
He heard that Yueming had started to study the first grade of junior high school courses in advance. These are his selected supplementary teaching materials for the first grade of junior high school, and they are also quite practical.
Yue Ming felt very complicated when he received the gift.
The gifts that Cen Sui and Yong Ze gave were all in the same style, that is, they were inhumane, and if they were expensive, it would be over!
The limited-edition Transformers sent by Cen Sui can still be seen from the cool shape, but the Hetian jade longevity lock given by Yong Ze, who has nothing to do today, is very low-key.
No one can see that this thing with the size of a fingernail can be traced back to at least the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.
There are also red envelopes from Yu Lan and Gu Qizhou, there are so many gifts, there are a lot of them.
It was the first time Yueming received so many gifts, holding the gifts, looking even more stupid than Yoyo.
"Make a wish, make a wish!"
Yoyo, who likes the wishing session the most, keeps urging.
Cen Sui, who was sitting opposite, asked curiously:
"What do you wish for?"
Yue Ming said very little, and Cen Sui was very curious about what wish he would have to realize.
Yoyo raised her hand excitedly:
"Brother Yueming, promise me one! Yo Yo, I want to go to the zoo! I want to see giant pandas and giraffes!!"
Cen Sui was shocked, can people help me make a wish
"Then, I want to go too! I want to see Spider-Man with my parents this year! I want to shake hands with Spider-Man!"
The two children looked serious, as if Yueming was some kind of wish-making messenger who shouldered expectations, and as long as he promised, the wish would definitely come true.
Gu Miaomiao rolled her eyes speechlessly.
It’s easier for you two to realize your wish by rolling around on the ground in front of your parents than by asking someone to help you.
However, Yueming was probably also infected by the stupidity of these two people, he nodded seriously, and asked Gu Miaomiao and Shen Jichuan:
"Do you have any wishes for me to help you make?"
... Gu Miaomiao felt that his expression was like that of a purchasing agent waiting to make an order.
So she also placed an order casually: "I make a wish, my sister will be smarter in the future, and won't be tricked by other children in the community."
Shen Jichuan followed closely behind: "I make a wish, my younger sister can learn addition and subtraction within ten this year, and keep her third tutor."
YoYo:"… "
She's going to have a little mood!
She is going to be angry!
After receiving the wish, Yueming clasped his hands together and closed his eyes devoutly.
He hoped that the wishes of these children would come true.
He hopes that he can grow up quickly and bear the heavy burden on his mother's shoulders.
But he wished so much that time could stop at this moment forever—
Yueming opened his eyes slightly, and saw Mianmian with his chin resting by the window through the gap.
—At this moment, with the friends in front of me, forever and ever.
—
After the birthday, Yoyo vaguely feels that Yueming's personality seems to be gradually changing.
In the past, I would only watch them play from afar, but gradually I would take the initiative to walk into them and play house with them, a game that is already boring for fifth graders.
Occasionally, Aunt Zhang would urge him to go to school unhappily, but Yueming, who was always obedient, would secretly go against his mother's wishes and sneak out to play in the mud with Yoyo in the yard.
What surprised Yoyo the most was that Yueming no longer rejected Mianmian's approach.
Even sometimes when Yoyo wants to practice the piano and has no time to take Mianmian out for a walk, Yueming will help Yoyo out for a walk.
And this morning, Yoyo was also given extra time by the piano teacher because she didn't play the song well. The little girl lay on the keys of the piano with her mouth flattened, staring at Mianmian through the window depressedly.
"Let me take Mianmian out." Yueming held his book, "It's right next to Swan Lake, you can come to me after you finish your practice."
Yueming led Mianmian out of the yard.
It’s really not difficult to run Mianmian. Mianmian is very obedient and won’t run amok like a big dog. Most of the time, it’s like an obedient little friend who just follows people, occasionally stops to graze, and never runs around. .
Yueming would also slow down when it was grazing, silently waiting for it.
... When Mian Mian grows up, she shouldn't become a bad monster that eats people, right
Thinking of this, Yueming took out a small pack of ham sausage from his pocket, and handed it to Mianmian. Mianmian just smelled it, then lowered his head without any interest, and continued to eat grass deliciously.
Judging by the disdain for meat, it should not be able to eat people.
Yueming was in a much better mood. When he was practicing English by the lake, he picked up a handful of weeds and a small daisy, and made a small garland for Mianmian.
Children who grew up in the countryside are quite good at these handicrafts, and the daisy wreaths go through their long ears, like little girl's earrings.
"… How do you like it?"
Mianmian looked at her reflection in the lake water, smiled and baaed softly, she seemed to like it very much.
Yue Ming stared at it for a while, then suddenly said in a low voice:
"sorry."
Mianmian tilted her head.
"I... shouldn't have stoned you."
"You won't hurt Yoyo, I know."
"At that time, I didn't actually want to protect you, but I was too timid and scared."
When no one was around, Yueming dared to reveal to Mianmian that he was ashamed to see others.
"I'm sorry... you are a good monster, you don't know how to eat people, right?"
Mianmian looked at him for a while, then slowly approached, then tilted her head and rubbed the human cub's little head.
It's a very warm temperature.
When Yoyo hurried over, what he saw was the scene of Yueming gently hugging her.
-great!
Brother Yueming finally became good friends with Mianmian!
Yoyo was jumping on her feet, wishing she could fly in front of them and play with them in the next second.
But before she walked in, she saw something arcing in the air from the side, and hit Mianmian's body moderately.
"Ah! It's coming!"
The boys holding a handful of small rocks were giggling, as if they had discovered something interesting.
Then whoever was inside waved his hand again, and threw a stone over again, hitting Mianmian heavily on the head.
This time, Mianmian seemed to be in pain from being hit, and after bleating aggrievedly, she quickly hid behind Yueming.
"I just said that some people in our community really have lambs as pets."
"Hahaha this lamb is so stupid, I don't know who is throwing it."
"I want to try, I want to try!"
"Ah, is the owner of that sheep going to be angry?"
"It's okay, I've seen him before, he's not the owner of the lamb, he's the son of the servant of the owner of the lamb!"
"Hahahaha, isn't that, his mother works as a helper for others, and he works as a helper for other people's pets?"
There were waves of cruel laughter, Yoyo was a little far away and couldn't hear clearly, she could only see that these people were bad kids who would throw stones at Mianmian, Mianmian was in so much pain, and they laughed so loudly.
Yoyo ran over with red eyes and hugged Mianmian tightly in her arms.
Angrily, she grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground, threw it out forcefully but without any deterrent force, and cried out in a crying voice:
"Don't bully Mianmian! I will beat you!"
Most of these little boys looked like they were in the third or fourth grade. They already remembered popular TV variety shows and were proficient at playing with mobile phones. They recognized who Yoyo was at a glance.
"It's the one on TV!"
"I've seen her! So she lives in our community!"
The little boys instantly seemed to have discovered a new toy, and curiously wanted to come over to see this little sister who had appeared on TV before.
However, just when they wanted to push away Yueming who was in the way, and wanted to surround Yoyo to take a closer look at her—
boom!
The little boy with the pretty and well-behaved face of an angel swung his fist fiercely and decisively.
Without a word, he knocked the child who was walking in front to the ground.
"... beat, hit someone!!!"
"...you dare to hit my brother! I, I fight with you!!!"
Yoyo hugged Mianmian, staring blankly at a group of little boys wrestling together.
Although Yoyo is naive, she is actually very good at judging the situation at this time.
When Yue Ming had the upper hand, she cheered on, but when she saw these little boys beat Yue Ming to the ground with a superior number, she suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"Help! My brother is being bullied!! Sister, hurry up, woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"
Beside Swan Lake, a burst of earth-shattering cries soon erupted.