On July 11th, before the alarm clock rang, the children blew the ribbon and it exploded like someone shot.
"elder brother!"
"Happy birthday!"
Last year, Jiang Wang ejected out of bed like a sudden shooting, but this year he was able to wrap up the quilt tightly and try to sleep for a while.
Peng Xingwang couldn't find the paper crown he made last year. This year he specially bought a red cardboard from the bookstore and made two new ones. Now he puts one on his head, trying to make one for his elder brother.
The eldest brother is lying down and pretending to be dead.
Peng Xingwang decided to put the crown on his elder brother's face.
Jiang Wang grunted with his face against the crown, finally got up slowly, yawned and said, "Cub, we are celebrating birthdays, not New Year's greetings."
The child seemed to have developed some customs and concepts, and handed over a perfume greeting card exactly like last year. When he opened it, twenty-nine five-pointed stars were drawn inside.
"And... there's another gift." Peng Xingwang became shy again, hesitantly took out a small thing hanging from a long rope from his pocket.
Jiang Wang didn't see it clearly at first glance, but he was surprised when he received it.
"Amulet? When did you go to the temple?"
Could it be that Lin Qiu secretly took him there
The kid twitched.
"Actually... no."
Jiang Wang was confused, opened the small kit in front of him, and took out the folded yellow paper inside.
It unfolded little by little, and inside it was a character written by a certain child in crooked characters.
"peaceful day"
It can be seen that Peng Xingwang is trying his best to recreate the talisman that his father begged for, but the painting doesn't look like it, so he simply wrote the characters in a winding way, so as to imitate the Taoist incantation.
Compared with last year, it has made great progress, and there is no pinyin.
Jiang Wang was even a little moved.
The child's calligraphy has improved, and it has finally evolved from five horses to three dogs.
Jiang Wang didn't give the child a present last year, so he took him to eat a big chocolate cake as a way of expressing his affection. In addition, he finally remembered to let Xingwang call him 'brother', which really belongs to the family.
He discussed with Ji Linqiu this year and found a better gift.
"Go, take off your sheet cloak, change into new clothes, and let's go out."
The child was stunned for a moment: "Where are you going out today?"
"There is something very important."
"Important matter, do you still need to change into new clothes?" Peng Xingwang took a deep breath: "Brother, are you going to bring your girlfriend to eat with us?"
Jiang Wang frowned and looked at him: "Am I such a bad person?"
"Could it be that Teacher Ji finally has a girlfriend?!"
"What is finally?" Ji Linqiu opened the door and came in: "Get dressed, hurry up."
Peng Xingwang didn't know whether it was there or not, and anxiously wanted to go to the room, but was stopped by the teacher's arm: "Put this on."
It turned out to be a houndstooth ocher red suit.
The child saw the new clothes with bow ties, and finally felt that he was treated the same as Detective Conan today.
— Bow tie! !
The other two adults also wore casual suits, Jiang Wang was still in his favorite blue color, and Ji Linqiu was in milk coffee color.
Obviously, each suit has its own style, but the three of them walked side by side, and suddenly they had the temperament of an aristocratic family, and they matched very well.
Peng Xingwang walked in front of them, and suddenly felt that it would not be sad to meet Teacher Ji's girlfriend.
I am so handsome today.
The car drove to a bustling business district and stopped, but did not release the safety lock immediately.
"Before getting out of the car, your Brother Wang and I each have a letter that I want to give you." Ji Linqiu said gently, "We'll go down after you finish reading."
The child blushed and was very embarrassed: "It's just a birthday, no need to write a letter."
He was a little afraid to answer it, as if he was afraid that the words in it would be too nasty, and he would not be able to help crying.
Jiang Wang didn't speak, and handed him the prepared letter with Ji Linqiu.
The first letter was affixed with a red ribbon and signed by Ji Linqiu, not Teacher Ji.
Star:
Happy ninth birthday.
Now that I have resigned from Hongshan Primary School, you can call me brother Linqiu.
I have never written a letter to anyone before, and you are the first one. Thinking about it this way, I really love you.
I feel so happy after meeting you. There are some students secretly drawing bears in their homework books for me, and they are so serious in class and homework, so good.
Later, I lived with you and found that you really worked hard to be obedient and sensible, and you can do housework at such a young age.
In comparison, the teachers are a bit lazy, and they used to procrastinate from washing the dishes: (
Nice to meet you. We can go on roller coasters together and go on adventures in the countryside together.
Xingwang, you grow up slowly, the scenery along the road is very beautiful, don't rush to the front and become an adult.
I love you, Brother Linqiu.
Peng Xingwang looked at her eyes flushed, trying to hold back the tears.
He didn't know a few words, but he could probably guess it from the context. The more he looked at it, the more he wanted to whine and cry, and he only stretched out the back of his hand to wipe his eyes.
Jiang Wang was a little jealous again, and passed his letter forward.
"Take a look."
Peng Xingwang took it quickly, and carefully opened the envelope.
Ji Linqiu's calligraphy is clear and powerful, like spring willows in February.
Jiang Wang is vigorous and elegant, like a winter mountain pine.
"Brother Wang's handwriting is also beautiful." The child was so envious that he was a little distressed: "Why is my handwriting so ugly."
Jiang Wang tried to give some comfort: "You also know that words follow others, when you grow up..."
"Brother, are you saying I'm ugly now!"
"...Forget it."
"elder brother!!"
Peng Xingwang:
Happy birthday.
Linqiu asked me to write something, she was ashamed.
In any case, before I met you, I had a good life, let's count it from day to day.
Maybe he died suddenly at home one day, after all, eating is quite messy.
I picked you up for no reason, and now I feel like a human being. I can eat well, go to bed and get up on time so that I can send you to school.
Hey, seeing you jumping there makes me feel better too.
That's all for now, let's dance for a few more years in the future, come on.
By your brother.
While Peng Xingwang was concentrating on reading the letter, Jiang Wang had already finished reading the letter written by Ji Linqiu, sighed that it was different after reading the book, and wanted to withdraw the letter from the child's hand.
I didn't expect the child to read this letter with tears in his eyes, howled "I love you, big brother and second brother", and then put his arm around a woo woo
rubbing against each other.
"Close up your tears and snot!! These are new clothes!!"
"Brother woo woo woo—"
They had to wipe the child's face in the car for a long time before taking him out.
Only then did Peng Xingwang realize that they were taking him to a photo studio.
"Are we going to..."
"Take a family portrait." Ji Linqiu said with a smile: "How about taking a picture for the three of us, washing it out and hanging it in the living room?"
Peng Xingwang covered his face with his hands, a little flustered: "I just finished crying, and I'm still ugly..."
"Not ugly." Jiang Wang hugged him: "Brother is wrong, I will never say you are ugly in the future, you are very handsome."
Fortunately, the young lady of the makeup artist had a sweet mouth, and she coaxed the child into a ecstasy.
This photo studio has a good reputation. It knows lighting and styling, and its makeup looks natural and photogenic.
Dark circles under the eyes from staying up late, stubble and messy eyebrows are all out of the question.
The little girl put her feet up there obediently to apply blush to the elder sister, while several makeup artists surrounded Ji Linqiu.
"Little brother is so handsome and has such good skin... I'm so envious."
"My God, don't you have pores? Your skin is as smooth as porcelain. Do you usually use skin care products?"
Jiang Wang coughed lightly, and urged, "Is it almost there?"
The three of them sat in front of the background picture and posed in a regular manner.
The photographer disagreed: "It's too much, don't fake smiles and relax."
Peng Xingwang's muscles stiffened even when he laughed, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to rub his face.
"Think about something happy, come and see here, three, two, one!"
When the camera took an image, it still looked like three dummies, all with stiff faces.
The photographer pondered for a while and said, "Let me think about it again, you guys take a rest where you are."
The three of them immediately relaxed, ready to adjust their posture.
"Hey! Xingwang has a cat on his head!"
"cat?"
"Eh?"
"what?!"
"—Crack!"
Jiang Wang and Ji Linqiu subconsciously looked at the child, Peng Xingwang raised his face slightly, and the three of them still had smiles on their faces.
It just happened to be captured accurately.
"Great!" The photographer praised: "It's just this one, no need to fix it!"
The family portrait was washed out on the same day, framed in a beautiful photo frame, and hung in the center of the living room wall.
Peng Xing looked at it for a long time, and while his brothers were taking a bath and changing clothes, he quietly kissed the corner of the photo.
He likes this photo so much, it feels like being hugged when he looks at it.
Peng Xingwang was reluctant to put down those two letters wherever he went all day. When he got home, he carefully opened the small wooden box he bought and put the two letters together with the letter written by his mother.
The child carefully touched each letter, as if his chest became a book, and on every page someone said they loved him.
Then lock it carefully, for fear that they will grow wings and fly away.
Today is a special day, Peng Jiahui specially called in the morning, Du Wenjuan also called in the afternoon, and sang happy birthday to him through the phone line.
Peng Xingwang remembered how he used to celebrate his birthday.
Elementary school is the time when parents dote on their children the most. They often let their children play hosts and invite a few good friends to dinner.
He ate Yang Kai's two birthday meals, one at KFC and one at Yang Kai's house.
Zhang Xiaolu also invited him once, when he was still dirty and his clothes were wrinkled.
At that time, Peng Xingwang hardly expected his parents to treat his friends to a birthday meal. He only hoped that his mother would come back to see him, or that his father would give him a small cake.
If Peng Jiahui hadn't been drinking, he would occasionally say happy birthday, but he always remembered the wrong date, as if he was always a little confused.
Mom won't call, and she doesn't seem to exist, and refuses to appear in his world.
Peng Xingwang recalled the unhappiness of the past, and when he went to bed, he began to suspect that he had an unreal dream.
In the dream, many people said they loved him, and even thanked him for appearing in their world, and thanked them for the opportunity to love him.
If it was really a dream, he vowed never to wake up.