The two little hands clenched into fists nervously, and the little head was a little messy. Song Qiaoxi peeked at Chu Jin, and he looked straight at her.
The expression on her face was light and cloudy, and her eyes were exploratory. After a long time, she blinked her eyes, as if she thought she had said something very funny, she lowered her eyes and shook her head, pursed her lips and smiled lightly.
"Aunt Qiao is teasing you, don't think about it..."
Chu Jin approached her, and the voice came from the top of Nuo Tuanzi's head.
Qizhou's winter is also sunny. The sun is mild, and the warmth spreads on Song Qiaoxi's face. The morning air in the courtyard is filled with the smell of pancakes, fried dough sticks, fried cakes, and red candy.
He took a breath of icy cold air and raised his head.
Song Qiaoxi found that Chu Jin, who was about to celebrate his tenth birthday, seemed to be a little taller
When I get nervous, my mind slows for half a beat when I think about it.
What question did you just ask
Oh, come to think of it, don't let Chu Jin grow up to marry a wife...
It seems that this question is so vague and out of place? Why should I interfere with Chu Jin's life
Chu Jin squeezed the plastic buckle on the strap of the schoolbag with one hand, and pressed it lightly twice, making a rhythmic "click, click" sound.
The voice stopped, and with a faint smile on his face, he waited patiently for her.
The more lighthearted he was, the more Song Qiaoxi felt that he really seemed to have asked the wrong question just now.
He let go of his fisted little hands, took out a piece of oooo toffee from his coat pocket, tore off the candy wrapper and stuffed the hard little candy into his mouth.
He took out another piece and stuffed it into Chu Jin's hand, wanting to cover up the embarrassing situation.
Chu Jin naturally tore the candy wrapper, and his neat and white teeth held the small milky white candy cube, and it disappeared with a sip of his mouth.
"I, I just didn't mean that..." He put his hands on the straps of his schoolbag, and said vaguely with his head down, he stretched his legs and walked towards the gate of the courtyard, looking back at him and following him Then he continued, "I heard Sister Qiumeng say that her cousin in Beijing has been very kind to her since she was a child, and she thinks of everything delicious and fun. Some time ago, my sister went to Beijing to see a doctor... . . . . "
Sister Qiu Meng, just came back from Beijing not long ago.
This time, my sister has been gone for two months. She said that she was hospitalized for a whole month to recuperate her body. I was really worried about her.
After a pause, I dumped the slightly softened candy in my mouth, "sister said, her cousin is in love and is about to get married, and I didn't play with her often when I was in Beijing. It was delicious and fun. I don't even think about her anymore, I just think about his girlfriend... "
"I'm afraid that you are the same as sister Qiu Meng's cousin. When you grow up, you have a girlfriend. If the girlfriend becomes a daughter-in-law, it will not be good to me and will not play with me."
Song Qiaoxi's sweet little milk voice explained calmly.
"I do not know."
"Um?"
Song Qiaoxi didn't expect him to speak up. Usually, after talking for a long time, he would only get an "oh", or a long silence and a faint smile.
She tilted her head and glanced at the boy walking beside her.
"Also, I'm not your cousin," Chu Jin said lightly, reaching out and pulling back the wool cap on her head for her, "Remember, I'm not your brother, and I won't treat you like that in the future. .. ”
He had been bowing his head just now, and his hat was about to pierce his eyes.
"Oh,"
Song Qiaoxi nodded her head after she tugged the slightly unsightly hair on her forehead.
Chu Jin does not promise anything easily, but he will do whatever he promises.
It stands to reason that I should be relieved, but my heart is still confused, and I don't know why I am sensitive to Chu Jin's "marrying a wife".
As they approached the door, they saw the three remaining friends of the "Little Gang of Five" waving to them.
Song Qiaoxi waved to Miaomiao and the others, and did not trot all the way as usual, but still walked unhurriedly.
"After that, if you have a daughter-in-law, can you tell me in advance?"
The glutinous dumpling said hesitantly.
So, shouldn't it be selfish
Just give yourself a vaccination in advance, then you won't be too sad...
"..."
Chu Jin frowned and glanced at her unnaturally, his cheeks became hot when he mentioned this.
Fortunately, Song Qiaoxi didn't look up at him, Chu Jin replied lightly, "Mm."
Rubbing his face with both hands, he exhaled lightly, and a small cloud of white mist dissipated in front of him.
Chu Jin thought, the future is so far away, but the confession when he grows up...
This kind of thing, of course, the boy should take the initiative to bring it up.
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Two weeks later, there are still two days before the winter vacation.
Although the chickens of the elementary school attached to the Qizhou Normal School were still sitting in the classroom, their hearts had already flown a thousand miles away.
This semester, a few more school-chosen students were transferred to the class, and the head teacher, Mr. Feng, disrupted the list of students on duty again.
Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin, who were in a duty group, were transferred to another group by Teacher Feng because of the lack of boys in other duty groups, and the two children's duty time was diverted.
Tomorrow is the last day of school. After the afternoon class, Song Qiaoxi didn't pack her schoolbag, climbed onto the bench and sat on the desk to watch Chu Jin assign cleaning tasks to several school-chosen students.
"Xixi, why don't you pack your schoolbag?" Wang Junyang took Ding Yi and ran over and patted her on the shoulder, "Wow, my uncle has sent a lot of new game CDs, you can go to my house or yours to play, There will be no class tomorrow, just some safety education before the holiday, let's buy fried skewers today!"
"Yes, Xixi, buy your favorite fried rose rice cakes, fried fresh milk, and fried ham sausage. I'll treat you to today."
Ding Yi turned his head and made a "come" gesture to Ding Miao, who was sitting in the front row. He excitedly took out a green fifty-yuan note from his pocket and shook it in front of Song Qiaoxi.
"Wow, Ding Yi, did you post it?"
Wang Junyang stopped Ding Yi's shoulder, his thin single eyelids stared round.
Song Qiaoxi also widened her eyes and looked at the fifty yuan in Ding Yi's hand. Her pocket money was ten yuan a week. Among them, only Wang Junyang had fifty or one hundred in his pocket at any time.
Ding Yi scratched his head embarrassedly and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "Didn't Mom and Dad's restaurant start trial operation last week, they said the business was very good, and they gave me and Ding Miao more pocket money this week. "
Yes!
Last weekend, Ding's small restaurant specializing in barbecue and dumplings opened, and Mom and Dad took her and Chu Jin to eat.
The barbecue cooked by Uncle Ding is really delicious, regardless of whether it is mutton skewers, beef skewers, garlic cloves, honey chicken wings, meat tendons, plate tendons, or grilled eggplant, corn, vegetable rolls, wet bean skin, grilled biscuits, etc. Baked Potato Chips...
They are all very flavorful, the meat is coke on the outside and tender on the inside, with juices, and the vegetables and staple foods are just right, very delicious.
Mom, I can't think about it.
As soon as she remembered it, she began to drool frantically.
But the little brain couldn't control himself at all, and remembered the dumplings made by Ding's mother. They were stuffed with carrots and mutton. There was no smell of mutton.
Oh, and the seafood nugget soup...
I have to say that Ding's small restaurant is affordable, clean and neat, and the business is really good.
The location is also good. It is located in the front room 100 meters away from the entrance of the compound. The neighbors of the compound have been full of praise after eating it once, and they also spontaneously promoted it to Uncle Ding and the others.
The fame spread all at once, and some people drove from the west end of the city to the east end of the city to eat Uncle Ding's special sauce-brushed pork tendons, honey-sauce chicken wings, and Ding's mother's dumpling soup.
"Xixi, what else do you want to eat, I have money too, why don't we take the bus to buy KFC next to Ginza Mall? Don't you like KFC's hamburgers and fried chicken wings the most?" Ding Miao came over and took Song Qiaoxi's hand , "My parents said that they will open the restaurant because of the good ideas you have in mind, and I will buy you everything you want to eat in the future."
Xiao Nuo Tuan hurriedly waved his hand, "Uh, no need for Miaomiao, KFC is too far away, our parents will be anxious if we don't go home on time."
"And last time we went to dinner, Uncle Ding didn't even receive any money."
She quickly added another sentence.
The Ding family earns hard money. Mom and Dad told Song Qiaoxi at home that if Uncle Ding gave her a red envelope, he could not ask for it.
"Oh, let me invite you, Ding Yi wants fried chicken chops, fish chops with tomato sauce, Miaomiao likes fried quail eggs with white sugar and big vegetarian chicken, Xixi..." Wang Junyang waved his hand. He took out a one-hundred-yuan note from his schoolbag and flicked it with his hand, "Pfft, we Xixi love to eat all kinds of fried skewers, but Chu Jin doesn't eat a single bite."
Song Qiaoxi touched her stomach and licked her lips, as if she was a little hungry.
The fried skewers are so fragrant and delicious!
He glanced at Chu Jin who was cleaning the blackboard in front of the classroom, and shook his head, "But Chu Jin is still on duty, you go back first, I'll wait..."
"You go back with them, don't wait for me."
Chu Jin stopped wiping the blackboard, turned his head and said to them.
There were not many people left in the classroom, just the "Little Five" and a few students on duty.
"I'll wait for you..."
Song Qiaoxi blinked her eyes and turned her whole body to look at Chu Jin.
They are together every day at school and after school, even if they have been separated from Miaomiao, Ding Yi and Wang Junyang, they have never been separated from Chu Jin.
"You go back, it will take a long time."
Chu Jin turned around and continued to clean the blackboard.
"Let's go, Xixi, do you want to play "Rhapsody of the Underworld" and "The Age of Navigation"? There are ships that can fly, it's really cool! Let's go buy the fried skewers first. Don't eat fried skewers, wait for us to buy them and then go back, he can join us to play games after he finishes his duty, isn't it just right?"
Wang Junyang directly packed the schoolbag in the table hole for her.
Song Qiaoxi was still a little hesitant, until her schoolbag was packed up by her friends, and Wang Junyang pulled her off the desk.
Ding Miao took her arm, and Ding Yi took Ding Miao to the door of the classroom together.
"Chu Jin, come to my house to find us later,"
Wang Junyang pushed Song Qiaoxi and waved with Chu Jin.
Nuo Tuanzi also looked back at Chu Jin, he put down the blackboard eraser and nodded to himself.
His eyes were gentle with a hint of a smile, exactly the same as when he usually said "obedient" to her.
Chu Jin sometimes does math Olympiad problems and ignores him for a long time. Song Qiaoxi will try his best to get him to talk to him.
After being entangled for a long time, he would always put down the pen in his hand, pinched his eyebrows, looked at her with such eyes, shook his head and said softly, "I'll play with you later, be obedient..."
As long as Chu Jin still pays attention to her.
Song Qiaoxi just wanted to hear what he had to say. Anyway, as long as Chu Jin took care of her, she would be obedient and play by herself for a while.
This time, she was just as obedient.
Amid the urging of her friends, Song Qiaoxi went home first.
Watching them walk out of the classroom, Chu methodically arranged the crooked desks in the classroom, and folded the bench upside down on the table to facilitate cleaning for a few classmates who were sweeping and mopping the floor.
He knew that Song Qiaoxi must be hungry by now.
The little girl is not hungry, but when she is hungry, not only her brain will not turn, but her mood is easy to be bad. It is better to go back early.
After finishing the duty, I walked out of the school gate with a few school-chosen students.
Everyone is not in the same direction. After saying goodbye, Chu Jin carried his schoolbag and walked to the bus station by himself.
In Qizhou's winter, it gets dark early, and it's already dark now.
Standing beside the platform and waiting for Route 102, I suddenly heard a juvenile cry of "jijijiji" behind him. Chu Jin turned his head, and beside the green belt on the sidewalk, an old man was sitting on a horse with a pole.
Inside the pole is a group of colorful and cute little chicks, all huddled together and screaming "jijijiji".
Chu Jin had no interest in all kinds of animal cubs, glanced at it, looked away and continued to wait for the bus.
Suddenly, Song Qiaoxi came to mind.
The little girl especially likes small animals, cats and dogs, rabbits and chickens, there is nothing she doesn't like.
The two green chickens that Jiang Qisheng tossed about last time, the glutinous dumplings have been thinking about them, and secretly hoped that Jiang Qisheng would not want them, so that she could go to Teacher Li after school and bring the two chickens home to raise.
During recess, because of the Math Olympiad training class, Chu Jin went to Mr. Li and saw those two chicks in the office, and there was a high probability that they were about to die.
The lame one was already crooked on the ground, unable to breathe, and the other one couldn't even make a sound.
Bends down, stares in front of the cardboard box for a while, and leaves the teacher's office in silence.
You're dying, why don't you leave quickly
The little boy thought so in his heart, he didn't feel that he was cold-blooded.
But when I returned to the class, all I could think about was the fear that Xiao Nuo Tuan would be sad when he found out.
Even though she dragged her arm and acted coquettishly for a long time, Chu Jin finally told her that the chick was taken away by the uncle of the janitor.
At that time, Song Qiaoxi nodded obediently, dragging her fleshy cheeks, and asked herself, "That's good, the uncle of the janitor will definitely take good care of the chicken cub. You said, will the chicken cub's legs get better?"
After getting a positive answer, he also put his hands together and prayed for the chicken cub, hoping that the chicken cub would get better and become a mighty, croaking big rooster.
Xiao Nuo Tuan closed his eyes and prayed sincerely, Chu Jin always remembered it in his heart.
With a tender and tender face, the big eyes that are always bright and sparkling are always tightly closed, and the thick and curled eyelashes cast a small shadow under the eyes. Song Qiaoxi's nose is small and cute, with a slightly raised nose.
Her pointed chin rested on her hand, her red and bright mouth opened and closed, and she solemnly prayed to God, "God bless, the two chicks must grow up safely and become powerful roosters. If they encounter Jiang Qisheng and his accomplices again, they will peck their butts unceremoniously!"
"Shh..."
Chu Jin was beside the platform, shaking his head with a smile.
He opened the side pocket of his schoolbag, and put the pocket money that Uncle Song and Aunt Qiao gave him every week, two twenty-dollar bills.
What Song Qiaoxi didn't know was that her parents were afraid that she would eat indiscriminately outside every day, so they deliberately gave her less pocket money.
And Chu Jin's weekly pocket money is four times hers...
"Grandpa, if you want two undyed chicks, can you pick two roosters?"
Chu Jin squatted in front of the pole and looked at it for a long time, then raised his head and asked.
The uncle who set up the stall took a puff of cigarette and showed a big yellow tooth with a smile, "Don't worry, kid, I'm full of roosters here, and you don't even want hens yet."
The uncle who sold the chicks gave Chu Jin a plastic bag and caught two undyed chicks into it, "One for fifty cents, two for one piece."
After thinking about it, he took off the hat on his head and used the hat as a container to put the two chicks in.
He handed the uncle a twenty bill, took the change, and went back to the bus station.
The two goose-yellow chicken cubs in his arms let out a tender cry, and they were close to each other. Chu Jin stretched out a finger and gently touched the head of a chicken cub.
The fluffy hair is soft and fine, and feels good.
The hair of the glutinous dumplings is also soft and fluffy, with thin curls.
The car is coming.
The boy freed one hand and took out his student card and "beeped".
Looking at the darkened sky outside the car window, and the colorful neon lights flashing on the street, I looked down at the two fluffy chickens in my arms...
The little boy has his own mind too.
Song Qiaoxi should be happy to see them, right
I just hope that the little glutinous dumplings are happy every day.
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Chu Jin returned to the courtyard and saw that the fried skewer stall at the door had closed. It was estimated that Song Qiaoxi had already finished her favorite fried fresh milk, rose rice cake and ham sausage.
It must be eating all over again, like a small cat.
As soon as he reached the door of the delivery room, Uncle Li called him with a tea jar, "Little Chu Jin, wait a minute."
"Grandpa Li."
Chu Jin stopped and greeted politely.
"Here is a package of your things. It's almost New Year's Eve. It was sent by your mother's colleague. They said they bought you new clothes and books..."
Uncle Li put the tea jar on the windowsill, walked into the reception room while talking, and came out with a bag of travel bags.
Maybe it was because he was holding the chick in his arms, Uncle Li weighed the travel bag in his hand, "Child, it's a little heavy, can Grandpa help you carry it?"
After thinking about it for a while, I still wanted to give Song Qiaoxi a "surprise" as soon as possible.
Chu Jin said, "Thank you, grandpa, I'll get it when I come back later. I'll go to Building No. 1 and come back right away."
"Oh, little Chu Jin, and Old Li Tou is also here."
Aunt Gao of the neighborhood committee has a high-pitched voice, and she always pushes her bicycle to park in the delivery room without anyone hearing her voice.
Doing the work of the neighborhood committee, I love to worry about it blindly.
Aunt Gao looked at the bag in Old Li Tou's hand, and smiled until her eyes narrowed, "Did it come from reporter Sun's former colleague, every time a big bag of things is moved here. You look at people's hearts, it's so good, oh, little Chu is blessed, so many people treat you well."
As she said that, she probed into Chu Jin's arms and glanced, wondering what the boy was holding, it was fine if she didn't look at it, but if she glanced at it, it would fry the pot.
Aunt Gao slapped her thigh, "Yo, what is this? My child, you can't do this shit. This kind of chicken is infected with infectious diseases, and it's not easy to feed. What's that called? Yes, bird flu, People will die! And your main purpose is to study hard, don't think about anything else, let's just focus on studying, you will have to be admitted to Tsinghua and Peking University in the future to repay the kind people who helped you, listen to Aunt Gao, don't keep this thing Son, play with things and lose your mind."
Chu Jin frowned slightly, hugged the hat in his arms and the shivering chick, and took a step back.
Uncle Li put the travel bag in his hand on the pile of newspapers, and said with a smile, "Director Gao, you can't say the same, which child doesn't like small animals? Besides, Xiao Chujin's grades have always been top-notch. I heard that the other day. Xiao Qiao said that the teacher also asked him to skip grades, so let him raise the child if he wants to."
Aunt Gao looked like she wanted to talk to them well, and patted her thigh again, "Oh, I'm doing it for him, you old bachelor, you don't have any children, you don't understand, look at it. My family is Dachao, and now I am going to university in Beijing, that is all because of my education, and I have experience in teaching and learning!"
Aunt Gao's noisy voice made her head hurt.
Every time I saw Aunt Gao before, I wanted to walk around, and I could talk about her "educational experience" for a long time, and I would say it to everyone.
"Everything, why don't you go upstairs? Yangyang and the others are waiting for you?" Wang Junyang's father came over with a bag of garbage in his hand, and also greeted Uncle Li and Aunt Gao, "Uncle Li, yo, Director Gao, here again. What about sharing educational experiences here?”
Aunt Gao grabbed Wang Junyang's father's arm, "Oh, Deputy Editor Wang, let me tell you, look at my analysis, right now, Chu Jin must concentrate on his studies now, and can't think about anything else, or he should be worthy of it. The leader of the newspaper office and the neighbors of the compound are taking care of him, don't you think? Look at this child, he still wants to raise chickens, what's it like?"
Even if Chu Jin no longer cares about other people's opinions, he is still only a ten-year-old child after all.
Aunt Gao said over and over again "worthy" of this, "worthy of" that, who would be in a better mood
She pursed her lips, tried her best to control her emotions, and tried to find a chance to leave.
As soon as he looked up, he saw Wang Junyang's father throwing the garbage on the ground, folded his arms around his chest and said, "Hey, Director Gao, I think you have an 'occupational disease', right? Our little Chu can be worthy of himself. What's the matter with the leaders of the Guanbao Office and others? Does the child eat your rice or spend your money? Song Jianguo and Qiao Qin are taking care of them. The two of them didn't say anything. Are you worried?"
Don't look at Wang's father and Song's father. They are both fun-loving and good-tempered, but their attitude towards their children is very correct.
If you make a mistake, you must pay the price, but if anyone bullies his own children, he will be the first to refuse.
The three parents of the "Little Gang of Five" have long regarded Chu Jin as their son.
Aunt Gao seldom encountered anyone who could raise a bar with her, but Wang Junyang's father suddenly scolded her, obviously a little panicked.
He hurriedly "staged" his "sorrowful drama", and took out the usual "for your own good" Dafa, "Wang, what are you talking about, me, I'm not doing it all for the sake of Xiao Chu... "
Uncle Wang pulled Chu Jin behind him, raised his eyes at Aunt Gao, and made a "big move", "Then I will first thank you eight generations of ancestors, we don't need your kind of 'good', if you really If you want to do the best for us, just say a few words less, and let the child's ears clean up a bit, you, you should be more concerned about your good eldest son who went to Peking University Jade Bird in Beijing!"