Subversion of Rebirth

At 7 o'clock in the morning, the sky outside had just turned pale.Lin Xiao listened to the sounds of her aunt cleaning and her mother making breakfast.The starling kept on the balcony next door sang melodiously and crisply in its cage, and the sound of students reading aloud began to be heard from the elementary school opposite.

A new day has begun, Lin Xiao opened her eyes, got up and changed her clothes.

"Huh? Xiao Xiao woke up? Why don't you sleep more?" The aunt saw Xiao Xiao's little head was stuck in the collar, and it took a while to get out. There was still sleepiness on her face, and she felt like this. Lin Xiao looked much cuter than the little adult he saw yesterday, "Do you want my aunt to help you get dressed?"

"Sister, Xiao Xiao also got up so early at home, he can change his clothes, brush his teeth and wash his face, don't worry about him." At this time, the mother's voice came from the kitchen.

"Well, mom is right, Xiao Xiao can come by herself." Lin Xiao hadn't washed her face yet, her mind was still a little fuzzy, and added, "Thank you, auntie..."

Seeing Lin Xiao's dazed and cute appearance, the aunt couldn't help but patted his little head, and said, "Towels, toothbrushes and the like are all in the bathroom, and it's time to have a hot breakfast after washing your face." .”

"Okay, by the way, what about my cousin and the others?" In order to prevent Lin Xiao from sleeping dishonestly at night and kicking his mother, he said that he always slept on the iron bed with his cousin.My cousin slept on the upper bunk, and he and my cousin slept on the lower bunk.

Earlier, he could vaguely feel the movement of them getting up, but there was no sound after a while.

"They are going to school, so they got up early, had breakfast and rode to school." The aunt laughed.

"Oh, cousins ​​and sisters, it's really hard for them to go to school, and they have to get up so early."

"Hehe, you will be like them in the future. There are many children playing with you at school."

"Well, my brother likes to go to school because of this." As for whether he is playing or studying, it is not clear...

After Lin Xiao finished washing, the aunt was ready to go to work.

"The key is here, and the vegetable market is still in the old place. But be careful when you go there. There is a lot of water on the road in the market, and be careful of the slippery road. If you have time, you can take Xiaoxiao to the park near the city hospital. That park There are no tickets and the environment is good." Before leaving, the aunt took the trouble to explain what should be explained.

The unit where my aunt worked provided lunch at noon, and the table cousins ​​ate in the school cafeteria at noon, so there were only two people left in the room, Mama Lin and Lin Xiao.

After breakfast, Mother Lin started to finish the cleaning that Auntie Lin hadn't finished.Lin Xiao also helped wipe the table and water the flowers and plants.

After finishing this, Lin's mother decided to take Xiaoxiao to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. She planned to buy all the vegetables for lunch and dinner.And by the way, I went to the store near the market to buy candy. After all, I live at my sister's house, so I should pay more attention to it, otherwise she would be too embarrassed to stay.

The scale of the market in the town is naturally much more formal and tidy than that in the village. The vegetables, meat, chicken, duck, fish, etc. here are very complete, and the variety is much more than that in the village. Still relatively common.This is the same whether it is in the market in the village or in the town.

Mother Lin took Xiao Xiao carefully to avoid the stagnant water on the ground, asked the price at each stall, and then clicked her tongue: the price of vegetables in the city is twice that of the village!Some cheap wild vegetables that no one eats in the countryside are resold in the market in the city for two or three times the price. If I knew it, I would have picked a box of wild vegetables from the village when I got here, at least I didn’t have to buy them at such a painful price. have eaten.

Lin Xiao rolled her eyes, and then remembered that Papa Lin and the others said that in order to sell the winter melons they harvested at a higher price, they paddled wooden boats for several hours in the river, and used poles to carry the winter melons on the way. , and then carried the wooden boat to climb over the embankment and turn around the big river. It took a whole day of hard work to make the seller of winter melon a few cents more expensive.

At this time, the transportation is very underdeveloped, and it is really a thankless task to make money in the aspect of price difference between different places.

"Mom, it took a lot of time and manpower to transport these vegetables from the village, so it's normal for the price to be higher." Besides, the consumption level in the town is higher than that in the village, so it's normal for the price to be a little higher.

Mother Lin said heartbrokenly: "I know, it really hurts to buy things at this price."

Lin Xiao smiled: "Auntie and the others usually eat like this. For the same price, if you don't buy it, they usually have to buy it. Now that you buy it, Auntie and the others will save money on vegetables these days."

Since they all cost the same amount of money, and these dishes were bought for the aunt's family, thinking about it this way, Mother Lin naturally felt a lot more at ease.Fortunately, she brought a lot of money when she came out this time. Even though the dishes were more expensive than those at home, they were still within her budget.

After shopping for vegetables, Mother Lin took Lin Xiao to a store near the market and bought a bag of white rabbit toffee (recommended by Lin Xiao). small device.

After all the shopping was done, Mother Lin and Lin Xiao went back downstairs to the aunt's house with big bags and small bags. When they went up the stairs, they ran into the neighbor who lived upstairs from the aunt's house, and exchanged pleasantries for a while.

Mother Lin was busy packing the things she bought, while Lin Xiao stared at the bag of white rabbit toffee for a while, thinking of Grandpa Xu and Xiaohu who were far away in the countryside, and then took out her brush, paper and ink and started to practice calligraphy.

It will be a while since I can't meet Grandpa Xu and the others, Lin Xiao is considering writing a letter to them to express his miss.Although he can write a lot of words, he can't show it, but he can pretend to ask his cousins ​​for advice.

As for the grandparents at home, let’s wait until we have a chance to talk on the phone. Now that there is no phone at home, it is very inconvenient to contact.

And that clingy Xiaoshu, I don't know if he has already adapted to the life without his company after going back this time, and turned to find other friends to play with?It's hard to say, after all, children's attention is the easiest to be diverted.Alas, he just saved his candy toys and took them back as souvenirs.

At noon, Mother Lin and Lin Xiao settled their lunch casually, took a nap, and then read a book. The first day of their boarding passed quickly.

When my aunt came back from get off work, she saw Mama Lin buying so many vegetables and candy for her cousin, so she blamed her for being too polite.She knew that Lin's mother's family environment was not very good, and it was really expensive to buy so many things.

Mother Lin smiled and didn't refute, but she was very determined in her heart. She would never accept giving the eldest sister money, so she could only make up for it in other ways.

On the cousin's side, Lin Xiao watched TV while listening to them chirping and sharing anecdotes about today's school.The day is also considered pleasant.

Extra Story: Children's Day

This story happened when Lin Xiao was in the second grade of elementary school. At that time, Liang Shu and Lin Xiao were still in the same class (from preschool to sixth grade, they have been in the same class for seven years, evil fate, evil fate).

Today is June [-]st, Children's Day.

This morning, Mother Lin specially gave Lin Xiao and Lin Jian two yuan each to buy food for them.

In this children's festival, go to school in the morning instead of going to class, but play games with teachers and classmates, eat snacks distributed by the school, and go to the sports field to participate in tug-of-war, running, skipping rope, playing table tennis, and climbing between double poles. Such games, and those who win can get stationery and snacks.

Lin Xiao was dragged by Liang Shu and joined the excited classmates to participate in various games.

The first is the tug-of-war, which is an inevitable match between classes of each grade on the June [-]st Festival.Everyone is trying to show their skills and strive for the honor of being the first in the grade for their class (== There are only two classes in a grade, either the first or the second, embarrassing...).

At this time, Lin Xiao was taller than Liang Shu.Because Lin Xiao insisted on running and playing ball to exercise his body since he was a child, Liang Shu followed him to exercise together, and the height of the two of them was considered taller among children.

In the tug-of-war arena, the tall ones are naturally the last ones.So Liang Shu stood in front of Lin Xiao and pulled the rope, and Lin Xiao was responsible for coiling the rope at the end to prevent it from being pulled by the opponent.

I only heard the teacher's crisp whistle, and the red scarf tied in the middle of the tug-of-war rope began to float back and forth in the middle.

Everyone tried their best to pull the red scarf over the red line on their side.The second class where Lin Xiao belonged to was evenly matched with the first class, and the two sides were at a stalemate for a while.

But tug-of-war is not only about strength, but also about the cooperation and strength of the group. The head teacher of the second class yelled loudly: "One, two, three, pull! One, two, three, pull!"

The students in the second class put their feet on their feet, followed the yelling of the class teacher, and finally dragged the red scarf from the middle bit by bit.

Seeing that the red scarf was getting closer to the victory line of class two, the students in class one tried their best and were still unable to match the fate of being pulled over.

At the moment when the red scarf reached the victory line of the second class, the whistle representing victory immediately rang throughout the playground.

But at this time, the students in class one knew that their class had lost, and gave up trying for a while in frustration. Class two hadn't reacted yet, and they were still pulling the rope hard.So the cup was born.

Due to the inertia of force, the students in the second class fell together like a bunch of rice dumplings.

Lin Xiao who stayed at the end was better, because he was only responsible for twisting the rope and pushing backwards, and his lower body was relatively stable.Liang Shu, who was pushing hard in front of him, couldn't do it anymore. Originally, his whole body was slanting towards the rope, but now when the other party let go, he had no support, and his whole body fell directly backwards.

Standing behind him, Lin Xiao was already standing still, but when Liang Shu bumped her from the front, she also fell magnificently.

Fortunately, Lin Xiao was prepared when he fell, and the two of them didn't fall so embarrassingly.

So the ambiguity happened so gorgeously.

Lin Xiao fell to the ground, supported Liang Shu's waist with one hand, and supported the ground with the other to reduce the sitting force. The skin on the palm should be worn out.

Lin Xiao frowned and asked, "Xiao Shu, are you alright?" With himself as the meat pad, there should be nothing wrong with him.

"..."

"Xiao Shu?" Terrified?

"Ah, no, nothing." Liang Shu's voice came out after a while.

"It's fine." I don't know if it's Lin Xiao's illusion, but he always feels that the body temperature under the palm of his hand is hot. Could it be that he has suffered from heatstroke due to being exposed to the sun too much? "Can you stand up first, the ground is very hot."

"Oh, sorry, I forgot."

forget?Shouldn't the first reaction after falling down be to stand up?

Lin Xiao watched suspiciously that Liang Shu propped himself up from him in a hurry (--a very ambiguous description), then stood up and stretched out his hand towards him, and he stood up with Liang Shu's hand, patting the dust off his body.He looked at Liang Shu's slightly red cheeks and asked, "Xiao Shu, did you suffer from heat stroke from too much sun? I think your face is very red."

Liang Shu quickly touched his face, and said vaguely: "It should be, I feel dizzy." (God knows why he was dizzy)

When Lin Xiao heard this, she hurriedly dragged Liang Shu to a cool place with dense shade of trees, and went to the canteen to buy two bottles of cold and delicious soda, and watched the students running and playing on the playground together with the two of them.

"What game are you going to play next? You can skip the race. You've got a bit of heatstroke, so it's better not to go out in the sun."

"Then skipping rope?"

"... Let's not compete with the female students for this competition." He saw that the rope was jumping to the point where it made a flickering sound, so he really didn't want to compete with them.

"Well...how about we go play table tennis? The competition over there should start soon." The table tennis competition is held indoors without the sun.

"Good~" Driven by his brother Lin Jian, Lin Xiao also likes the high-speed and quick-response indoor ball sports, especially the kicking ball is very refreshing!

"I heard that this year's championship prize is a Pisces table tennis racket. Last time, didn't you say that your racket is old and you want to change it? Let's try to win the prize this time!" Anyway, the competition is divided into high and low grades, and they only need to Just win the junior champion.

"it is good……"

Liang Shu excitedly picked up the soda that was put aside and drank it all in one gulp, then pointed to the game room and said, "Then let's report quickly, the game will start soon."

"what……"

"what happened?"

"Xiao Shu, I drank the bottle of soda you just drank, and this bottle is yours." But it shouldn't matter if they are all boys, Lin Xiao thought so, and drank Liang Shu's bottle of soda as well up.

Now, Liang Shu really blushed.

"What's wrong? Heatstroke again?"

"It's okay, it's just a little hot. Let's go over quickly."

The table tennis match that day ended amidst Lin Xiao's doubts and Liang Shu's inexplicable abnormality.

Lin Xiao reacted calmly and easily won the championship, while Liang Shu, who reacted a little out of order, came in second.

The second half of the Children's Day school holiday, the students who haven't finished yet have arranged to gather at the homes of their close classmates to continue to enjoy the fun of Children's Day.

Just as Lin Xiao returned home for lunch, a little guest came to the house.That person was Xu Zhihu who came to play with him tirelessly from the next village.

"... Ah Hu, how did you get here?"

"? I came here by bicycle. I told my grandpa that he came here to play with you. Grandpa let me go out after a few words." Today is Children's Day, the child is the oldest, and parents can't object to him going far away. Just told him to be careful on the road.

"..." Lin Xiao glanced at the incomparably bright sun outside. With such a fierce sun, Grandpa Xu really felt relieved to let his grandson go out without fear of getting sunstroke.But at this time, the child's physical fitness is still relatively good (--because he is too active, he jumps up and down all day long, and he can't even think about his health).

"Okay, since you're here, we're going to go fishing this afternoon, why don't you come together?"

On a scorching summer day, hiding under a shady riverside tree, holding a self-made fishing rod in your hand, watching the buoy sink and float, while enjoying the cool breeze blowing over the river, it has to be said that A pleasant pastime in summer.

"Okay, last time I heard you talk about going fishing, I really want to go. You must teach me this time."

"Xiao Xiao, here I come. Let's go fishing, the bait has been dug!" Liang Shu's voice came from outside.

"Okay ~ Xiaoshu, come here, let me introduce you, this is my grandfather Xu's grandson Xiaohu, he is from the next village. This is Xiaoshu, my playmate since childhood."

……silence.

? ?Lin Xiao looked at this and then at that, always felt that Liang Shu and Xu Zhihu were fighting each other with their eyes, and there was a flash of lightning and thunder in the air.

But that was probably his illusion, because Liang Shu soon stretched out his hand: "I've looked forward to it for a long time..."

Xu Zhihu also stretched out his hand and shook it back, smiling: "It's a pleasure to meet you..."

Lin Xiao asked blackly, did they watch too many martial arts movies, and the lines were all uttered.

The fishing that afternoon was a test for Lin Xiao.

On one side is Ah Hu who is curious and inquisitive, and on the other side is Xiao Shu who is very enthusiastic and chatting with him. The funny thing is that the two seem to look down on each other, but they are pulling Lin Xiao to attract his attention. force.

Lin Xiao, who was caught in the middle, got a headache from the quarrel, wondering if the two were incompatible?Why is it always tit for tat?The problem is that he doesn't want to be caught in the middle as cannon fodder...

Many years later, Lin Xiao couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth when recalling the scene when Liang Shu and Xu Zhihu met for the first time.Liang Shu and Xu Zhihu have never been at odds since childhood, and the grievances between them all started when they first met...