Mint-Stained Shirt

This question stopped Xiao Yuan from asking.He prepared gifts for many people, not to mention the two brothers Xiao Muting, grandparents, Cheng Yue, and Xia Wei all had them.

But he never thought of giving Mingshu a gift.

During the ten days at the seaside, he didn't even think about Mingshu.Mingshu is just a neighbor and happened to talk to him once.If there are so many neighbors in the compound, if they all send gifts, how can he send them?

But Mingshu asked him for a gift with his watery eyes open, and the shadow of his eyelashes cut the light in his dark brown pupils. He was so looking forward to it, and he suddenly felt guilty—it seemed that he had missed a gift.

Although Mingshu was young, he was very thoughtful. Looking at Xiao Yuan's reaction, he guessed that the gift was not for him.

His upturned face lowered, and his fat fingers were picking at each other, feeling sad.

It's like eating a sour candy. Others coaxed him, saying that the outer layer melted, and the inside would be sweet. He endured the sourness and ate the outside bit by bit. His candy is really sweet, but his one is bitter.

This morning, Xiao Jincheng came to tell him that Xiao Yu'an was coming back in the afternoon. He was so happy that he didn't eat his lunch well, and he didn't fall asleep during his nap. He rushed to Xiao's house in the afternoon and waited for Xiao Yu'an's return with Xiao Jincheng and Xiao Muting.

Xiao Jincheng and Xiao Muting were waiting for gifts, but he was waiting for his brother.

Of course there is also a gift from my brother.

He is so happy.

But now, everyone has been given presents, and my elder brother didn't prepare a gift for him at all, Xiao Jincheng lied to him.

He is 5 years old, but he has not received a gift, and he feels unexplained grievances.He wanted to cry a little bit, but it was too unmanly, he endured it, and squeezed out a few groans from his throat.

Seeing the light in the child's eyes gradually dimming, Xiao Yu'an was about to squat down and coax him a few words.There are things in the car brought back from the seaside, and my sister has a box full of shells and pearls, and any one of them can coax Mingshu.But just as he was about to speak, Mingshu turned around, turned his back to him and said, "Brother, I'm going home for dinner."

After speaking, he ran away.

Xiao Yu'an stood where he was, confused for a moment.

Mingshu ran around a corner before stopping.He has already told his grandma that he will have dinner at Xiao's house today, but if he doesn't run away, he will really cry.He tried to hold back, but still couldn't hold back.He had been looking forward to it for so many days, but the gift was not for him.

It would be great if Xiao Jincheng didn't lie to him, he didn't expect a gift in the first place.

Why did Xiao Jincheng make a promise with him?Why didn't the brother give him the shell gun?

Tired of running and grievances, he squatted on the ground, picked up a stone, and drew the shell gun that Xiao Jincheng got on the ground.

That gun is beautiful, and it will shine.

He wants it too.

This corner is in the middle of two courtyards, not on the main road, and generally no one walks.Mingshu squatted for a while, his feet were numb, but he didn't want to go home, and his grandma had to ask him why he didn't eat at Xiao's house.He found a tree, sat down at the root of the tree, and leaned against the trunk to look at the sky.

The sun has been setting for a long time, and the sky is black and blue, not dazzling.But after a while, he raised his arm and wiped his eyes, and after a while, he wiped again, his little shoulders twitched from crying.

In fact, he has been unhappy for several days.After hearing that his elder brother went to his grandfather's house, he asked his grandfather if he could go to his grandfather's house.Grandpa called Mom that night, and he listened excitedly.His mother's voice came from the phone, very nice. His mother was very beautiful, but her mother said that she didn't have time to pick him up.

"Dad, the child is with you, and you have worked hard to take care of it."

He has heard such words several times. As long as he can remember, as long as he says he misses his mother, grandpa will call, but his mother keeps repeating this sentence over and over again.

For him, this sentence means that his mother will not come.

He tugged at the corner of his grandfather's clothes, "Can I have a word with my mother?"

But my mother's voice came from the receiver, "Dad, I have something to do, so hang up first."

He didn't speak to his mother, and when the phone was handed to him, there was only a beeping sound.

He hated this sound the most.

He was very sad that day, but he was happier when he thought that his brother would bring him a gift.Now there are no more gifts, and finally I can't accept it after crying.After crying, it was completely dark and I was hungry.

The tree he was sitting on was actually outside the courtyard wall of Xiao's house, and he could hear the movement of Xiao's house very clearly.Grandpa Xiao prepared a table of dishes, and his brothers and sisters were still eating grapes in the yard after eating. Xiao Jincheng held the shell gun and kept saying that his was more handsome than Xiao Muting.

"I don't have a shell gun..." He muttered muffledly, wiped his tears again, listened to his stomach growling, wanted to cry for a while, and then went home.

The Ming family didn't prepare his dinner, so he sneaked back, not wanting his grandparents to see his red eyes from crying.Grandpa and grandma were watching TV, and they only said "I'm back" and didn't talk to him again.

He went upstairs to take a shower by himself, looked at himself with red eyes in the mirror, pouted, and said to himself, "Why are you crying, you won't be a man if you cry again."

He got the word manly from his mother.

As long as he can remember, he lived at the house of his grandparents, and his father came back to visit him during the holidays, and his mother came less frequently.All other children live with their parents, but he has no parents.He doesn't understand either.Once he waited for a long time for his mother to come, but she only stayed with him for one afternoon before leaving again.He hugged his mother and refused to let her go, crying with his voice open.His mother said to him, "You are a man, and a man cannot cry. No one likes a crying child."

He firmly remembered this sentence, a man cannot cry.

He secretly cried.

The Xiao family was lively, and Xiao Jincheng was already noisy enough. After dinner, several friends of Xiao Yu'an came over.