Mint-Stained Shirt

Xiao Jinlan didn't understand why Mingshu rushed out happily, and was led back by Xiao Yuan with an aggrieved face.

"Don't you bully our little Shu?" Xiao Jinlan looked at Mingshu and then at Xiao Yu'an, very surprised.

Doesn't she know what kind of temperament her own brother is?Xiao Yu'an couldn't do such a thing as bullying a child.

Mingshu opened his big eyes, glanced sideways at his brother, and said awkwardly and courteously: "Brother, give me the luggage."

Boys with long heads are generally thin, no matter how much they eat, they will be consumed. They have thin arms and legs, and their bodies are like plucking bamboo joints, without any flesh.Mingshu's appetite has increased a lot this year, but his face is thinner than before, the sensuality of a child is gone, and his appearance is clear and spiritual.

Also because the face is too thin, the eyes appear particularly large.

He thought he secretly glanced at his brother, but he didn't know anything.But how could he hide the light from his big eyes, Xiao Yu'an noticed it right away.

"I don't need you." Xiao Yu'an blocked it with a smile, "Otherwise my sister will say that I bullied you."

Xiao Jinlan smiled and said: "Oh, it's okay if I'm wrong? But why is Xiaoshu so worried? Didn't you just go well?"

Mingshu pretended not to hear, put his hands in his jeans pockets, looked away, "Ah..."

"We'll solve it by ourselves in a while." Xiao Yu'an carried the luggage bag in one hand, while the other hand went around the back of Mingshu's neck, put it on Mingshu's chest, and fished for himself, "Xiaoshu, right?"

In the Ming family, Xiaoshu was called by the elders, and the younger ones called it that way, either by their name directly, or by imitating what Xiao Jinlan called Mingshu when he was a child, calling him Baby.

Xiao Jinlan is working now, and treats herself as an elder, and gives lucky money to her four younger brothers during the New Year, so she is also called Xiaoshu.

Xiao Yu'an deliberately imitated Xiao Jinlan, and Xiaoshu called out, which made him feel strange.

Mingshu was even more strange, goosebumps came up.

And Mingshu was still distracted just now, not only was called Xiaoshu, but also was picked up by his brother, his center of gravity was directly tilted, he fell back, hit his brother, and said quickly: "Yes! Sister, we will solve it ourselves. Don't worry about it!"

Xiao Jinlan said with a smile: "All right, you can solve it yourself. I don't care about getting involved with the two of you."

From the airport to home, Mingshu didn't say much. He actually had a lot to say to his brother, and he also wanted to ask him what he had trained in college and what tasks he had performed.

But he has shadows.The voice is too bad. I attended that foolish study class a while ago and ruined my voice even more badly.As soon as he made a sound, he himself hated it, and it was normal for my brother to laugh at him.

When encountering funny things, you can't stop laughing.

So worry.

Brother is a busy person, and he will only stay for a few days when he comes back. His broken voice will definitely not heal within a few days, but he wants to go crazy, and he has a lot of things to say to him, so holding it in like this is too uncomfortable .

Let’s just say, I hear his quack quack every day, so until the next time we meet, whenever I think of him, I will think of his drake call.

God!

Xiao Yuan had already noticed Mingshu's little emotions.Although this little guy was a tiger-headed brother Ming at school, he was talkative and clingy in front of him. Even if he grew up a little now and became a handsome young man who knew how to be shy, he wouldn't shy away like this .

But the matter of the boy had to be discussed in private, now that Xiao Jinlan was still there, it was inappropriate to hear it, and the child would be even more awkward, so maybe he would just ignore him.

Xiao Jinlan didn't notice that Mingshu shrank aside. She hadn't seen Xiao Yu'an for a long time, and she remembered it very much. As soon as they met, there were endless things to tell, and this talk came to the door of the house.

Xiao Jincheng is about to go up to the third grade, there is no summer vacation, and he is still in school at the moment.Grandma left, and Xiao Zhengyun was an old man at home. Fortunately, he was still healthy. He prepared iced watermelon and boiled edamame in salt water early. ,well."

Xiao Jinlan went to help prepare dinner. No. [-] Middle School had evening self-study. Originally, Xiao Jincheng ate dinner in the cafeteria, but when he heard that Xiao Yu'an was coming back today, he ordered food with her sister, and insisted on rushing back to eat.

The air conditioner has been installed at home, but the big trees in the yard are more lush than before. Sitting under the shade is more comfortable than staying in an air-conditioned room.

Xiao Yu'an went back to the house to take a shower, changed his clothes and came down, just in time to see Ming Shu coming back from the outside with sweat on his head, holding a bag of ice cream in his hand.

"Brother!" Mingshu finally spoke out, "Xiao Jincheng and I don't eat ice cream very much. Now, there is no ice cream in the refrigerator. I just went to buy some."

Xiao Yu'an was funny, "You don't eat much, but I still eat?"

Mingshu blinked his eyes.

In his memory, there are several essential things in summer - watermelon cut into triangles, edamame cooked by Mr. Xiao, a pool under the shade of a tree, and wholesale popsicles and ice cream.

When he was a child, he especially liked to eat mint ice cream. Over the past few years, there have been endless drinks. Few people wholesale ice cream at home. Last year, Xiao Jincheng also wholesaled a bunch of ice cream, but he didn't finish it in the end. No one mentioned it this year.

But just now when my brother went upstairs to take a shower, he suddenly remembered that he always felt that the popsicles were missing, and this summer was missing a bit of flavor, so he hurried out to buy them.

The wholesale store he had when he was a child is gone. In fact, he didn't buy this pocket wholesale, but bought it at a regular price at a convenience store.

The refrigerator at home has been replaced with a new one, and the sticker of the black cat sheriff has long since disappeared. It has been replaced by colorful refrigerator magnets with sticky notes underneath.

The two put the ice cream popsicles into the freezer together, and Xiao Yuan noticed that one of the sticky notes had today's date and "Brother is coming back" written in ghostly peach symbols.

It's Mingshu's handwriting, and happiness pops out of the words.

Xiao Yuan smiled.

Mingshu peeled off a piece of mint ice, "Brother, you really don't want to eat it?"

Xiao Yu'an didn't want to eat it, but he took it anyway.Mingshu quickly peeled one for himself.

The mint ice still tasted like it used to, and it immediately brought me back to my childhood. Xiao Yuan thought of his white shirt that was stained by Mingshu's hands full of sugar water.

"Are you still angry?" Xiao Yuan was about to apologize for hurting the young man's fragile self-esteem.

Mingshu shook his hand holding the mint ice, pretending to be calm, "I'm not angry."

"Not angry, but not happy." Xiao Yu'an said, "Our Brother Ming has been wronged."

Mingshu's age is particularly burdensome, and his skin is still thin. He blushed after a few words, and he had to hold on, "Brother, what are you talking about? I have never been wronged."

And never wronged.Xiao Yu'an thought, there is no one else in the family who can be wronged the most except Mingshu.

"At the airport, the corners of the mouth were almost turned to the chin." Xiao Yu'an said, "Aren't you wronged?"

Mingshu blurted out: "That's because you are laughing at me!"

Xiao Yu'an said, "Well, apologize to Brother Ming."

Mingshu's ears are going to burn through right now.

Brother's voice was very low, as if it was actually attached to his ear, and then kept sinking until it touched his chest.

He used to think that his brother's voice was nice, but this time he felt it was particularly obvious, with the low-pitched magnetism of a mature man he admired and longed for.

Unlike him, he broke his voice at every turn.

Still being laughed at.

"Everyone has this process, just like growing tall." Xiao Yu'an said again: "Didn't Xiao Muting and I change our voices the same as you are now?"

"Is it the same?" Ming Shu said, "Brother, your voice has never been better."

Xiao Yu'an was amused by his description, "No, we all passed."

"Then why don't I have an impression?"

"Because it was a short period of time, and it passed quickly."

Mingshu thought for a while, half-believing.

"At that time, I also thought it was ugly, and the burden was heavy. If I could not speak, I would not speak." Xiao Yu'an continued to explain, "But you see, once you pass that stage, you won't remember."

I don't know whether it's because I think what my brother said makes sense, or because he believes what my brother said unconditionally, so Mingshu was persuaded, "Then I won't be a duck anymore, can my voice become like yours?"

Xiao Yuan couldn't hold back his smile as ducks come and go, "You follow me in everything?"

"Because you are my elder brother." Mingshu used to hold his voice down to speak, but now he doesn't hold down his voice anymore. Once his voice is released, it is loud and funny, "Whatever you are, I will become what I will be!"

The boy's innocent words made Xiao Yu'an not only a little emotional.

A few years ago, he himself was not yet an adult, and he didn't know how to take care of children, but Mingshu was his responsibility, so he had to take care of Mingshu.If you can't touch the rein, then use the most subjective and stupid method - "pinching" Mingshu according to his own preferences.

Mingshu has indeed grown into an excellent boy.

But with more experience, looking at Mingshu again, I feel that Mingshu should be given a choice.He is him, Mingshu is Mingshu, he should not develop Mingshu into another him.

However, Mingshu seems to be used to imitating him everywhere, and regards the road he walked as his own. This is a junior high school student, and he wants to be his subordinate in the future.

He is a little distressed. On the one hand, he feels that it is good to be a policeman, so that he can take care of Mingshu more. On the other hand, he feels that Mingshu should break away from his influence and think about what he likes.

It's just that these words don't seem to be able to be said to a boy who has just entered puberty.

People are still worrying about the male duck's voice, worrying about the next exam, the next fight, and maybe the girl who is in love with her in the next class.

He has never been troubled by similar things, but Xiao Jincheng's puppy love was big news in their family, and Mingshu is also at this age, it is not new to have someone he likes.

The elders in the family always said that raising a boy is not a worry, but he thinks raising a boy is also quite worrying.

How could Mingshu think that his brother was worrying about whether he fell in love with the female classmate in the next class, so he felt that his brother had become handsome again this time, even when he was teaching him just now, he was very attractive.

He actually wanted to take advantage of these few days to make a few more mistakes and let his brother clean him up.

But when he woke up, he beat his head again, and said in his heart—is there something wrong with you?