"KFC!" Song Qiaoxi clasped her hands together and cheered with joy.
She has never eaten foreign fast food such as French fries and burgers, and vaguely remembers that KFC has been operating in Qizhou for two or three years.
Among the friends in the compound, only Wang Junyang has eaten it. He vividly described to the friends how delicious KFC is and how fun the toys provided by the children's package are.
The little greedy cat Song Qiaoxi dreams of trying a hamburger.
But Wang Junyang also said that KFC costs 14 yuan for a children's package.
In fact, she has no idea about money. Is 14 yuan expensive or cheap
A fried ham sausage for 50 cents, 14 yuan can buy 28 fried ham sausages!
After such a comparison, she concluded that KFC is very expensive, and she can eat it very well, so she is really afraid of making her parents poor.
Thinking about the taste of the hamburger, she swallowed and raised her head cautiously to ask her mother, "Is KFC expensive?"
"It's not expensive, we Xixi did well in the final exam, and my mother will reward you."
Mom answered her, put the shopping voucher in the purse and buckled it.
After carefully tasting her mother's tone, the word "not expensive" is an understatement, making Song Qiaoxi's psychological burden much less.
However, I still silently remind myself that I should control my appetite at noon today and eat less.
After that, at the urging of my mother, I obediently squatted at the door and put on sandals, ready to go to the street.
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As the provincial capital, Qizhou opened the first comprehensive department store in the province in 1996, called Ginza Mall.
Song Qiaoxi still listened to what Wang Junyang said, because his mother had taken him there.
Wang's mother is recognized as the most foreign-looking woman in the compound. She is definitely a trend-setter who is at the forefront of fashion. Wherever there are delicious and fun foreign things, she is the first to take Wang Junyang there.
Wang Junyang said that the Ginza mall is very big, and the entire sixth floor and the first floor are full of children's counters, as well as game consoles for "playing big teeth".
Holding her mother's hand and entering the Ginza Mall, Song Qiaoxi looked at the crystal chandelier hanging from the center of the mall and exclaimed, "Wow, it's so beautiful!"
"Xixi, there are a lot of people in the mall, don't run around, always follow your mother."
The little hand was pinched twice, and I heard the serious voice of my mother.
Looking up at my mother, she and the chick nodded like pecking rice, making sure not to run around. It is estimated that the "escape from the train station" incident more than a month ago caused a psychological shadow on my mother.
Take the elevator with my mother to the children's counter on the sixth floor.
At the stationery counter, her mother bought her a 72-color watermelon Taro watercolor pen like a small suitcase, a semi-automatic flower fairy pencil case, a set of fragrant Smurfs erasers, a hand-cranked pencil sharpener in the shape of a little tiger... . ..
Song Qiaoxi stared at the high-end stationery piled up like a hill in front of her dumbfounded.
When her mother held a pink Minnie hard-shell schoolbag in her hand and wanted to try it on her back, she made a "no appointment" gesture.
He said solemnly: "Mom, the kindergarten's schoolbag is still usable if it is not broken, so don't buy a new schoolbag..."
The salesperson aunt hurriedly came over, and said to her mother with a happy face: "Yo, big girl, your child is so well educated, so sensible. But this schoolbag is not an ordinary schoolbag, it fits that. , Yes, the principle of ergonomics can help our children reduce the pressure on their shoulders, it will be hard for children to go to primary school, and books will be heavy!"
"Okay, that's all, wrap it up."
Qiao Qin took out the shopping coupon. The new schoolbag and stationery cost a total of more than 240 yuan, and there was only one coupon of 50 yuan left.
But she doesn't feel bad at all, because Qiao Qin has always insisted on giving the best to Xixi under the conditions at home, so that when her daughter grows up, she will not be easily tempted by men's "little favors".
Moreover, although Qiao Qin's family conditions were not bad when she was a child, her parents would only meet her and her sister very occasionally. , "You must study hard, or you will be sorry for your parents" and so on.
That kind of pressure is like an invisible shackle, firmly pressed on Qiao Qin's chest, and it is still uncomfortable to think about it now. She is absolutely reluctant to let her daughter suffer that kind of pressure.
Seeing Nuo Tuanzi still pouting and looking unhappy, Qiao Qin thought it was funny, when did the girl become so stingy
Crouching down, pinching the girl's fleshy cheeks: "Go, Mommy will take you to eat hamburgers."
Hearing the hamburger, Song Qiaoxi's belly let out a cooperative cry, and she buried her face in her chest in embarrassment.
Hey, it's always like this, the stomach is always so honest and betrayed itself at the critical moment.
Opposite the Ginza Mall, there is a KFC.
Song Qiaoxi and her mother faced each other, sitting on the plastic chair of KFC, with two fleshy hands clutching the hamburger paper, Cherry's small mouth stretched to the widest, gnawing on the hamburger extremely restlessly.
The hamburgers are so delicious!
Crispy chicken, sweet and delicious salad dressing, fluffy bread, not only burgers, fries, mashed potatoes, finger-licking original chicken are delicious!
She had a thin throat and almost choked when she ate so fast. She took a sip of the iced Coke before it went down, and she was laughed at by her mother.
When eating mashed potatoes, I didn't even spare the chicken juice on the lid, and my little tongue was clean.
When I was full, my mother rode a bicycle and took her to the school uniform and books attached to the normal school.
Sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, the summer breeze caressing her cheeks, and holding the Qiqi binoculars given by the children's meal, Song Qiaoxi felt that today was a very happy day.
Mother loves her so much and treats her so well, she must protect the best mother in the world.
Just thinking about it, I have already arrived at the entrance of the Primary School Attached to the Normal School. It is almost two in the afternoon, and there are many parents standing at the entrance.
It seemed that most of them were parents of freshmen who were waiting for the door to open at two o'clock to get their school uniforms and books. There were also many familiar faces in the courtyard.
An aunt in a blue printed dress waved her hands enthusiastically to the two of her mothers, squeezed through the crowd, and rubbed Song Qiaoxi's little head: "Xiao Qiao, you're here with Xixi, I heard that today's first grade is divided into classes. The results have also been published.”
"Hey, sister-in-law is here. Where are Yiyi and Miaomiao at home?"
Mom smiled with crooked eyes, got off the bike, and stood still, holding on to the handlebars.
The aunt who came over was Ding Yi and Ding Miao's mother, and Song Qiaoxi knew her.
Ding's mother works in a textile factory, and Ding's father is the deputy workshop director of the newspaper printing factory. He often comes to the house with Wang's father for drinks on weekends. Several mothers laughed at them and called them "three stooges".
Song Qiaoxi sat on the small bamboo chair and smiled sweetly at Mama Ding: "Hello, Auntie."
"Xixi is good, she's so good. Damn, it's not enough to bring the two brothers and sisters here, so I won't bring them. Xiao Qiao, have you heard that this time, the attached junior divides the children of our newspaper compound into two classes. already."
"I heard Brother Wang say that this time, one class is mixed with the students of the normal school, and the other is mixed with the students who choose schools from different districts. I also understand that the children's class is too difficult to bring. Look at the small hairs in our compound. A peace of mind?" Mom gave her a friendly glance and scratched her little nose with a smile, "It's better for your family to be Miaomiao, the little girl is quiet and gentle, and sometimes my family's Xixi doesn't look like a girl. ."
"Oh, Xixi is so lively, she takes my family Dingyi to run wild in the compound every day. I also hope that Miaomiao will go out and run more, but the children are willing to read at home, and they can't make it out. Miao passed the double 100 test, Ding Yi was so mad at me that he was about to come back with a zero in the test, and I heard from the teacher that Xixi also did well in the test."
When Mama Ding talked about Ding Miao, the pride on her face couldn't be restrained. When she mentioned Ding Yi, she hated iron.
Listening to the two mothers starting to flatter each other on a daily basis, Song Qiaoxi held the toy binoculars in her hand and looked around at will to hide her nervousness.
She is now full of class assignments. Just knowing that she is going to split up the classes, doesn't that mean that the probability of being assigned to the same class with Chu Jin suddenly becomes smaller
"Clap la la", the big iron gate of the attached small school opened, and it was two o'clock, and the crowd swarmed in.
Suddenly, Song Qiaoxi saw a familiar figure in the telescope.
The boy was dragged by the arm of a thin man and staggered through the crowd.
He was wearing navy blue striped short-sleeves, and the loose neckline was about to reveal his shoulders, so thin that only a skeleton remained.
The hair was cut short, the thin inch head exposed the three-dimensional facial features, the chin was more pointed, and the beautiful peach eyes were embedded in the pale little face, which looked big and hollow.
It is Chu Jin.
"Chu Jin! Brother Chu Jin..."
She hurriedly put down the binoculars, shouted his name without hesitation, grabbed the armrest of the small bamboo chair and tried to jump off the bicycle.
But she didn't notice that her mother started to push the cart, she was shaken, and her head fell backwards.
Thanks to Mama Ding's quick eyes and quick hands, she hugged Xiao Nuo Tuan and prevented her from falling to the ground.
"Mom! Mom, I saw brother Chu Jin, right there! Mom, look quickly..."
She was twisting in Mother Ding's arms, so anxious that she raised her hand and pointed in the direction where she found Chu Jin.
Again, what about people? !
In these ten seconds, Chu Jin disappeared without a trace.
My mother saw her daughter holding up her little hand stupidly, with a disappointed look on her face, she just parked the car and took the dumplings from Ding's mother.
She comforted her softly: "There are too many people, is Xixi wrong? It's okay, school will start soon, and you can see Chu Jin every day when school starts."
"It's really brother Chu Jin, I saw him, he, he has become so thin..."
She was put back on the back seat of the bicycle by her mother. Along the way, Song Qiaoxi was on the campus of the attached elementary school, looking around dishonestly.
Why is Chu Jin so skinny? The clothes on his body are still the same as at the train station, which looks more worn out, but what makes the group more worried is Chu Jin's eyes.
The eyes he had seen before were mostly silent and cold at most, but after just over a month, his eyes became gloomy and dark, making people look at him and chilling in the back of the sultry summer.
Song Qiaoxi read hate in his eyes for the first time.
Ding's mother shouted loudly: "That's great! Xixi and Yiyi and Miaomiao are all in the same class, alas, Yangyang is also in the fifth class of the first grade."
"A few of them have been playing since childhood, so I'm not afraid of being without company now."
Mom's voice was also happy.
She sat up straight and poked her head forward.
Seeing that Ding's mother was holding a piece of paper in her hand, the heads of both mothers were buried in it.
Clenching his small fists, he asked anxiously, "Mom, which class is Chu Jin assigned to?"
Mother Ding was stunned for a moment, and when she heard the name, her face was a bit complicated.
Looking up at Mother Song from the list, he asked, "Chu Jin? Oh, I remember that child, who was also in our compound before. Baibaijingjing looks like a little prince, not home..."
Obviously seeing Song's mother shaking her head at her, Ding's mother smiled awkwardly: "Ha, that, it's okay Ha Xixi, auntie help you to see, Chu Jin, Chu Jin... , found it, Chu Jin is also with you. Class five, first grade."
"Thank you auntie, I see."
Song Qiaoxi murmured softly and nodded to Mama Ding.
Good thing I got a class.
Although I was happy in my heart, there was still a faint worry.
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After the two mothers finished picking up things at school, they chatted for a long time along the way, and then made an appointment to go to the vegetable market together.
Song Qiaoxi just sat in the back seat obediently and didn't make a fuss. She was thinking about something with the Qiqi telescope in her hand. By the time it was getting dark at the gate of the compound, she was a little sleepy.
I stretched out on the small bamboo chair, and when I looked up, I found a few adults around the door of the reception room, gesturing and discussing something.
It seemed that Dad and Uncle Wang were also there, and saw a red Mustang motorcycle parked on the side like a big knife beetle.
When her mother pushed the car closer to the crowd, Song Qiaoxi could clearly hear her father's frantic voice: "It's not a goddamn thing, no one will raise me for such a good child!"