slow and quick

During the Chinese New Year, the whole family gathered together to congratulate Zheng Man's parents.

Mom and Dad are also beaming.

After Zheng Man was asked a few times, his professional fake smile became more and more proficient.

Self-loathing followed each sulking.

Ji Lin said that this is not his problem, and it is normal for him to be unhappy.

But everyone is very happy, only he is not happy.

This made Zheng Man even more uncomfortable.

After visiting relatives for the Chinese New Year, Zheng Man was even less talkative.

He was worried that his parents would be worried if they saw it, so he simply told them that he wanted to play with Brother Rin.

Going to Ji Lin's house, parents are still at ease.

One is that they have a very good relationship with Ji Lin's parents.

The second is that Xiao Lin is very obedient, obedient, and smart.

After Zheng Man was at the same table with him, her academic performance improved a lot, and she became more lively.

So Zheng Man said that when he went to find Ji Lin, his parents almost sent him out.

He came to Ji Lin more and more often.

Woke up in the morning, finished eating, and came here not long after.

I often eat at Ji Lin's house at noon, and then watch TV or do homework together until the afternoon, and then go home.

At night, Ji Lin came to play with Zheng Man with his parents.

The two children were almost inseparable.

Zheng Man's parents were very happy and said that it was good. The two children were obedient and did not run around. They just watched TV and did their homework and played with toys together.

Ji Lin's parents are also very happy to see his success.

Ji Lin was too irritable, Zheng Man, who was slow, neutralized him, and the kid became calmer, looking like a little adult.

The two parents over there were happy, while Zheng Man here was holding his head down, playing with a toy in his hands, with no expression on his face.

Seeing him unhappy, Ji Lin felt uncomfortable too.

He couldn't hold back before, and quietly asked his parents, asking if Auntie and the others could not have a baby?

Manman is obviously very good.

At this time, Ji Lin is still stuck in a fixed concept.

They feel that they will only be given up if they do something wrong, or if they are not good.

Zheng Man's parents wanted a second child, and others said it was because Zheng Man was not good enough, so they wanted a better one.

Although this is a joke, the speaker has no intention and the listener has the heart.

Ji Lin kept telling Zheng Man that this was not the case, but Zheng Man would still think about it that way.

I wonder if I did something wrong and got rejected.

Ji Lin was anxious and puzzled.

Manman is obviously very good.

Why do you hate Manman?

Is it possible not to have a baby, but to be long?

That way Manman wouldn't be so sad.

This was blocked by Ji Lin's father, telling him not to talk nonsense, uncles and aunts would be angry when they heard it.

Ji Lin had no choice but to shut up.

Dad was still there unaware, and told him that Manman will have younger siblings by this time next year, and that you and Manman have a good relationship, so you should treat Manman’s younger siblings as your own.

"Do you want to be nice to your younger siblings as you are to Manman?" Ji Lin's father smiled and coaxed him.

Ji Lin was stunned.

He was just unhappy with him because of Manman's unhappiness before, but only then did he realize that it was true.

The unborn baby started to snatch things that belonged to Manman so soon.

Parents, uncles and aunts, relatives and friends, everyone's love must be split in half, half for Manman, and half for that little baby.

He remembered what his parents often told him when he first went to school with Zheng Man, saying that he was an older brother, and he had to give way to his younger brother and treat his younger brother well.

So he lets Manman do everything and takes care of Manman.

He is kind to Manman and doesn't think there is a problem.

But Manman will hear such words in the future, right?

Even though he was robbed of the love that belonged to him, he was still required to be nice to the little baby who robbed him of things.

Even if it's not the baby's subjective intention to snatch his things.

But this is too cruel.

Ji Lin was so uncomfortable that his eyes were red.

His nose was acidic, his body was trembling involuntarily, he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't want it."

Ji Lin's father was a little stunned.

Ask him: "What?"

Ji Lin was so emotional that he couldn't control his body.

His palms were sweating, and his fingers twitched unconsciously.

He gritted his teeth and said firmly, "I don't want my younger siblings!"

When these words were released, his parents were dumbfounded.

I don't know where I touched Ji Lin.

Seeing the child's teeth chattering with anger, he was worried and at a loss.

Ji Lin's mother glared at his father, squatted down, and touched Ji Lin's head: "Okay, if you don't like it, you don't like it, we don't like it."

Obviously perfunctory.

Coax the children.

Ji Lin's tears were forced out.

He said viciously: "I hate you!"

He turned and ran.

Leave the two dazed adults behind.

Ji Lin's parents are really confused.

After discussing for a while, I thought it might be that Ji Yan saw that Zheng Man's mother was going to have a baby, and Zheng Man was unhappy, so he was worried that he would have younger siblings, so he became jealous in advance.

The two couldn't laugh or cry.

After returning home, Ji Lin's mother knocked on his door and asked him if he could come in.

Ji Lin was bored in the quilt, and replied with a crying voice: "No! I fell asleep!"

Ji Lin's mother was really amused.

She pushed open the door and came in. Ji Lin lay on the bed, holding the quilt in his hands, turned his head to look at her vigilantly, crying all over his face.

Ji Lin pursed her mouth, her eyes were red, and she turned fiercely at her: "I told you not to come in! I hate you!"

Mom hurt her chest: "Why? I obviously like you very much!"

That expression was too exaggerated, Ji Lin didn't hold back, and smiled through tears.

The mother smiled and asked him: "Aunt Li is pregnant with a baby, are you unhappy?"

Ji Lin put away his smile, turned his face away: "No."

His mother asked him again: "Do you like babies?"

Ji Lin pursed his lips tightly and stopped talking.

"It looks like I don't like it." Mom concluded.

Ji Lin glared at her: "Can't I not like it?"

His tone was a little rushed.

Mom quickly raised her hands: "Yes, yes!"

She smiled and said to Ji Lin: "Why are you so fierce, I didn't say no."

Ji Lin's chest heaved greatly with anger.

Mom tried to sit a little closer to him, and asked him in a low voice, "Are you worried?"

Ji Lin looked at her suspiciously.

No denial.

Seeing this, my mother smiled, and patted his head: "It's okay, don't worry, your father and I will not have another child. It's enough for us to suffer if you are the devil king of the world. How can we bear it?" the second."

This is not what Ji Lin is worried about.

In fact, it never occurred to him that his parents might have a second child.

But it was misunderstood and he didn't explain it.

After all, I promised Zheng Man that I would never tell anyone.

He curled up his toes, rubbed them against the quilt, and changed the subject: "I'm not a devil, I'm a great hero."

Mom laughed and perfunctory him: "Yeah, superhero."

Ask him again: "The great hero is not angry, is he?"

Ji Lin lowered his eyes and pretended to be angry: "The hero has never been angry, he is just sleepy and wants to sleep."

Seeing that he was so fake angry, my mother was completely relieved, and said okay, that big hero, you go to bed.

Then backed out.

Ji Lin was lying on the bed, holding the pillow in his arms, eyes open, unable to fall asleep.

*****

In the second semester of the first grade, during the first flag-raising ceremony, Manman finally received the red scarf.

Ji Lin has been wearing a red scarf for a long time.

Zheng Man has always been envious.

Ji Lin was in a hurry every time he went out, and the red scarf was tied in a mess.

It was barely tied around the neck.

Not neat at all.

At first, they didn't know each other well.

Zheng Man unilaterally felt that he was not familiar enough.

Ji Lin put on shoes and socks for him many times.

Seeing the messy red scarf, he could only pretend that he didn't see it.

After getting a little familiar, he began to remind Ji Lin to tie the red scarf.

Of course, eight out of ten times, Ji Lin said, "Oh, oh, okay."

Then don't move.

Only when I see Zheng Man getting angry, or having a whim, will I organize it carefully.

Zheng Man was very angry.

Because the teacher said many times, the red scarf is dyed red with the blood of soldiers.

It is very important and worthy of respect.

Ji Lin didn't cherish it.

Brother Rin is an asshole.

Zheng Man gritted his teeth in his heart and scolded him.

He wanted to help Ji Lin tie the red scarf, but his speed was too slow, and he had just untied the knot. Before he started tying it, Ji Lin started urging him, saying why are you so slow, you are too slow.

When I was just familiar with it, because Zheng Man was angry because Ji Lin said he was slow, Ji Lin didn't dare to say that he was slow.

Since the winter vacation, the two have been together day and night, inseparable.

I have slept in the same bed many times.

Ji Lin felt that he was no longer afraid of Zheng Man, and felt that he could talk to him casually, so he started nagging him again, calling him slow.

Fortunately, Zheng Man wasn't really angry anymore.

He really doesn't like being called slow.

But for Ji Lin, it's fine.

Because Ji Lin said that he likes him more than his parents.

So he will be more tolerant of Ji Lin than his parents.

Tying a red scarf to Ji Lin has basically never succeeded.

At the end of the tie, either Ji Lin was in a hurry and tore it apart, or Zheng Man was angry. The two blushed and their necks were thick after arguing. On the way to school, they walked on each side of the road facing the sky. Nostrils are facing the sky.

Now that Zheng Man's own red scarf was handed out, he was finally elated.

Don't you want me to tie a red scarf for you?

How amazing that I have it myself!I don't care for you!I will tie it for myself!

So the next day at school, when Ji Yan went to look for him, he saw that Zheng Man had already changed his clothes, and the red scarf on the collar was tied with a logo, with edges and corners.

It looks... pretty good?

The two walked back to school together, and Ji Lin kept looking at his red scarf on the way, exclaiming why your red scarf doesn't look the same as mine?

Zheng Man held his head high and held his chest high, not answering.

When it was time for morning exercises, they walked up to the grooming mirror, and the two saw each other in the mirror.

Zheng Man's red scarf looks super handsome, and Ji Lin looks like he's wearing a rag around his neck.

The contrast was too strong, and Ji Lin was very heartbroken.

So when he went to school the next day, he didn't tie the red scarf either, so he held it in his hand, licked his face and went to Zheng Man to ask him to tie it for himself.

Zheng Man made a grimace: "Slightly! No help!"

Ji Lin was heartbroken: "Why? I already tied your shoelaces for you."

Zheng Man: "..."

He was ashamed.

Yes, it is.

Every time I feel that Zheng Man is slow, and then I work diligently to tie people's shoelaces.

It was tied in a mess, and in the end Zheng Man was free, and untied and re-tied.

He pouted, dissatisfied: "Didn't you say that I am too slow? I will not help, I am slow."

Ji Lin shot himself in the foot with a rock.

But the tape can bend and stretch!

He was very straightforward... and arrogantly said: "You are very slow! So I will give you a chance to train your speed! You tie yourself once a day, and tie me again. The more times, the faster it will be!"

Having said this, before convincing Zheng Man, he convinced himself first.

So he announced shamelessly: "I am helping others! You are welcome!"

Zheng Man: "..."

Zheng Man took the red scarf in his hand, then put the red scarf on the table, reached out, grabbed Ji Lin's cheeks, and pulled them away.

Ji Lin, whose face was deformed by being pulled, and whose mouth turned into a "one" shape, howled: "Ah, ah! It hurts, hurts, hurts!!!"