Mint-Stained Shirt

His head was buried too low, and Mingshu's voice was nasal, which sounded particularly aggrieved.It was only then that Xiao Yu'an remembered that the cover of this book was marked "Suitable for children aged 13 to 14", and even he seemed to be struggling, let alone explaining.

He didn't know how old Mingshu was, but he looked about 4 or 5 years old.Mingshu seemed to be very nervous, and his little hands kept digging at the pages of the book.He felt sorry for the book, and hurriedly rescued the book from Mingshu.

Now Mingshu was even more nervous, his head was still lowered, but he glanced at him quietly, and let out a whimper from his throat.

Children of this age whine from time to time, which is not a big deal, but the boys from the Xiao family never whine, they cry loudly when they want to cry, and loudly when they want to cry.Xiao Yu'an was inexperienced, and when he heard Ming Shu's groaning, he felt that he was in trouble and made a child cry.

"You..." Xiao Yu'an was at a loss for a moment, put his beloved drawing book on the place where he was sitting, hugged Ming Shu again, and let him sit on the wooden board in the corridor.

Ming Shu looked at the books beside him, then at Xiao Yu'an, and whispered, "Brother."

Xiao Yu'an intentionally coaxed the child, and a topic quickly came up in his mind, "How old are you?"

Ming Shu is short, and when he was sitting on the wooden board, his short legs couldn't touch the ground. I saw him shaking and stretching out five fingers of his right hand, "5 years old!"

Xiao Yu'an inexplicably heard a bit of showing off from the "5 years old", but he couldn't figure it out, what is there to show off when he is 5 years old, and he is still 11 years old.

"Grandpa said, if I'm one year older, I can go to school!" Just as Xiao Yu'an was thinking about what to say next, Mingshu said by himself, "I'm going to school next fall!"

Xiao Yuan looked at Mingshu in surprise, are you so happy to go to school?He didn't care, but the situation when Xiao Jincheng was sent to the first grade is still vivid in his memory. He cried so hard that he hugged his grandfather's leg and refused to let go. Those who didn't know thought the Xiao family was killing pigs.

Later, it was he and Xiao Muting who held Xiao Jincheng's hand alone and dragged this unlucky thing into the campus.

"Want to go to school?" Unknowingly, Xiao Yu'an chatted with Ming Shu.Both of them sat on a wooden plank with a book between them, and the fragrance of jasmine floated in the air.

Mingshu nodded vigorously.

Xiao Yu'an thought about the way Mingshu picked out the book just now, "Want to learn to read?"

Mingshu shook his head first, then nodded again as if thinking of something.

Xiao Yuan couldn't understand now, "Don't want to learn to read?"

"I also want to." Mingshu is clingy by nature, and always likes to be next to people. At this moment, the painting book is placed between him and Xiao Yuan. He can't touch Xiao Yuan, and he has hyperactivity. Move it first, then move it again , It wasn't until he touched Xiao Yuan's arm that he felt comfortable.

However, Xiao Yu'an already has the concept of distance. In summer, there are few clothes and skin to skin, which is always uncomfortable.He didn't want Mingshu to touch him, so he retracted his elbow.

Mingshu blinked, thinking that he was tired of attracting people, so he backed away and bit his lip.

Xiao Yu'an didn't know if he was hurting others' self-esteem, so he said, "You mean, is there anything more you want to do?"

Mingshu no longer moved his butt, "Because I'm in school, someone will play with me. I don't have an older brother, and no one at home will play with me."

Is that why you climb trees for fun?Xiao Yu'an tilted his head to look at Mingshu's face, Mingshu lowered his head, no matter how much he tilted, he couldn't see Mingshu's eyes, but he could tell that Mingshu's tone was sad and a little lonely.

"Then you can come to my house to play." Xiao Yu'an sent out the invitation without thinking, and regretted it after speaking.Mingshu is only 5 years old, not to mention him and Xiao Muting, even Xiao Jincheng can't play with a 5-year-old child. 5 years old, who can't read big characters, it's even more impossible to fight, and Xiao Jincheng will fall down as soon as he is pushed, which is troublesome.

When Mingshu heard this, his already round eyes opened even more roundly, and the eyeballs were full of light, "Really?"

So happy?Xiao Yuan suddenly didn't regret it anymore, looked at Mingshu sincerely and said, "Really."

"Wow!" Ming Shu jumped off the wooden board, put his hands on Xiao Yu'an's knees, and jumped up and down, "Brother, then I'll be your younger brother!"

Xiao Yu'an got a headache when he heard the word "brother", and his expression was a little weird for a moment.

Ming Shu lightly patted Xiao Yu'an's knee, "I'll treat you to mint ice!"

There are so many mint ices, lemon ices, and vanilla ices this season. Xiao Yuan's house has plenty of them, so I don't need to ask for forgiveness.He asked, "Do you want some mint ice?"

Mingshu corrected, "I'm treating my brother to eat."

"Brother doesn't eat." Xiao Yu'an said this awkwardly, he had never called himself brother before, and he almost bit his tongue after saying that.

The two were arguing over who would eat the mint ice, and the aunt passed by the corridor, "Where is Yu'an here?"

Xiao Yu'an recognized him as Aunt Huang who lived in the courtyard opposite.

"Your cousin is fighting, and I want you to judge. Aren't you going back to take a look?" Aunt Huang said and looked at Mingshu, "Hey, isn't this brother Mingshu? Playing with brother Yu'an?"

Mingshu bowed softly and politely, "Hello, Auntie."

There is no one who doesn’t like good children. Aunt Huang was delighted when she saw it, and quickly put the jasmine flower bracelet she just made into Mingshu’s hand, “I’ll give it to you, sweet.”

Mingshu sniffed and smiled.

On the surface, Xiao Yu'an was too lazy to participate in Xiao Muting and Xiao Jincheng's mess, but he still cared about it in his heart.Boys of this age are like this, can't see, want to leave.

Aunt Huang still had something to do, so she left after delivering the jasmine flowers. Mingshu had small hands and thin arms, so he couldn't wear the bracelet, so he put the bracelet on his head, and pulled the corner of Xiao Yuan's clothes for Xiao Yuan to look at.

Xiao Yu'an felt stupid, but didn't say anything, took Ming Shu's hand and said, "Why don't you go to my house and eat mint ice?"

Of course Mingshu was happy, and shouted loudly: "Okay!"

This sound startled the dragonfly that landed in the nearby flower field, and also shook the jasmine bracelet.Mingshu didn't notice it, but Xiao Yuan saw it.It's stupid to be stupid, but it is Mingshu's thing after all, Xiao Yu'an picked up the bracelet and put it on Mingshu's head.

Ming Shu walked quite beautifully with a string of flowers on his back, with the wind blowing under his feet, if his legs were not too short, he might have walked faster than Xiao Yu'an.

Xiao Yu'an thought, this child might be too greedy for mint ice.

Xiao's courtyard was already in chaos, Xiao Jincheng really pissed off Xiao Muting this time, and was squatting on the ground crying, with a watermelon rind covering his head.

Although the three brothers of the Xiao family fought every now and then, they all had a sense of proportion. Xiao Jincheng was the youngest, only 8 years old. Xiao Yu'an and Xiao Muting didn't say anything, but they all let him go, otherwise he wouldn't be able to go to the house.But he didn't know it himself, and thought that he was so talented that he could beat two 11-year-olds without any problem.But a child's age difference of 3 years is no different than that of an adult, and it's not a big deal for an adult to be 3 years younger, but it's a big deal if it's put on a child. When Xiao Muting is serious, Xiao Jincheng can only beg for mercy, and now Xiao Jincheng is squatting on the ground , Xiao Muting was sitting on the bench beside him eating watermelon.

Xiao Yu'an was not surprised by this scene, but Mingshu was rare, he was so surprised that he couldn't move his legs, and stared straight at the person.

Xiao Jincheng didn't expect that Xiao Yu'an would bring back a child he didn't know, and immediately became unhappy, and yelled fiercely: "Then who is it!"

Mingshu was timid, but when Xiao Jincheng yelled, he was startled, and quickly hid behind Xiao Yuan, Jasmine fell to the ground, and was stepped on by himself, breaking it.

"Squat you!" Xiao Muting yelled at Xiao Jincheng.

Xiao Yu'an looked at the dirty jasmine flowers on the ground, and felt a little pity, Ming Shu pulled his white shirt behind him, obviously very scared, and showed one eye to look at Xiao Jincheng.He felt a sudden joy in his heart, it might be everyone's common pleasure to see the misfortune Xiao Jincheng suffer.

Xiao Yuan ignored Xiao Jincheng and led Mingshu into the house.When they were about to enter the door, Mingshu still turned his head to look at Xiao Jincheng.

Xiao Jincheng wanted to show off with a piece of watermelon rind on his head, so he mouthed to Mingshu: What are you looking at?Goug your eyeballs!

Mingshu didn't hear it, and didn't understand the shape of his mouth. He didn't know what people said was not a good thing, so he laughed at them.

Xiao Jincheng was stunned with a smile.

Mingshu is really happy, God knows how long he wanted to come to Xiao's house, before he could only climb up the tree to watch from a distance, but now Xiao Yuan led him into the yard and led him into the door, even if Xiao Jincheng killed him, he could still laugh.

Xiao Yu'an led Mingshu to the kitchen, and was about to open the refrigerator when he heard Mingshu let out a raised "Huh".He looked down at Mingshu, and Mingshu looked curiously at the colorful stickers on the refrigerator door.

"Black cat sheriff!" Mingshu pointed to one of them and said.

The stickers were bought by Xiao Jincheng at the school gate. There were several large sheets, and it took a whole night to cut them at home. They pasted them everywhere without thinking, and the refrigerator became the hardest hit area.Xiao Yuan also watches cartoons, but his addiction is not as big as Xiao Jincheng's, and he doesn't know how to buy stickers to stick them everywhere. Isn't it good that the refrigerator is clean? After being posted by Xiao Jincheng, what is the difference from the telephone poles outside?

But grandparents thought it was nothing, so Xiao Jincheng posted more vigorously.

"You like it?" Xiao Yuan asked.

Mingshu touched the sticker carefully, his eyes were full of envy, "Brother, doesn't Grandpa Xiao talk about you?"

Xiao Yuan shook his head, "I didn't post it."

Mingshu said again: "Don't Grandpa Xiao talk about brothers?"

Xiao Yu'an understood a little bit, Mingshu must have posted a black cat sheriff on the refrigerator, and was told by the elders, that's why he was so envious.

"Don't say it." Xiao Yu'an pulled Mingshu aside, then opened the door of the cabinet, the cold air came out all of a sudden, Mingshu quickly closed his eyes.

"Choose and see, what do you want to eat?" Xiao Yu'an said, "Besides mint ice, there are others, including ice cream."

Ming Shu whispered "Wow" as if he had discovered a treasure.The most expensive thing in the refrigerator is the torch, Xiao Yuan thought he was going to get the torch, but after looking at it for a long time, he still took out the cheapest mint ice, "Brother, I want to eat this."

When entertaining guests for the first time, everyone wanted to look a little more heroic, so Xiao Yu'an said, "Is it still a torch?"

Mingshu thought for a while, picked up the torch, but put it in Xiao Yuan's hand, "Brother eats the torch, younger brother eats mint ice."