Elves

Jin Yao lay on the bed tossing and turning, and his grandparents cleaned out a room for him on the second floor. Because most young people went out to study or work, the town was deserted on weekdays, and even more lonely at night.

Jin Yao didn't dare to sleep. He didn't notice the noise in the hospital before, but now he can see rocks rolling and houses collapsing as soon as he closes his eyes.Sometimes he dreamed of his parents, they smiled at him, and suddenly changed into the last time he saw them, lying on the ground in a strange posture, as if staring at him, he missed them and felt Terrible, can only sit on the bed with eyes open.

The moonlight outside the window softly poured into the room, Jin Yao saw the branches shaking slightly outside the window, and the silver light was faintly visible, he opened the window mysteriously, climbed on the window sill and stretched his head to peek.

Suddenly, he heard the rustling of the leaves, and it was singing softly.

It didn't look like a human, but more like an elf he had seen in picture books.Its long silver hair is like silk, hanging and swaying among the trees; its white complexion is like pearls, reflecting the moonlight.

With its back facing Jin Yao, it swayed slightly in response to the tune.The child's unconcealed gaze finally startled it, and it turned its head to see the boy who was watching it, and the boy also exclaimed because of its turning around.

It smiled gently, Jin Yao saw its light blue pupils were crystal clear, as if bewitched, he climbed up the window with both hands, trying to climb a branch by the window to get close to it.

When Jin Yao got to the branch, he noticed the towering of the tree, the branches were bent due to his weight, and he was hanging on the branch precariously.

It looked at Jin Yao in surprise, stood up quickly, and jumped lightly among the branches. In a blink of an eye, Jin Yao was carefully picked up by it and put into the room.

Seeing that it was about to leave, Jin Yao quickly reached out to hold it, "Are you an elf?" Jin Yao asked excitedly.It looked helplessly at the child whose head reached its waist and grabbed its robe. It didn't answer the child's question, but squatted down to look at him, and said softly, "You are trapped by a nightmare."

Jin Yao saw it take out a small wine cup, and the moonlight turned into gurgling water between his fingers to fill the wine cup.

"Drink it, you will have a good night's sleep." Jin Yao heard it say to himself.

After Jin Yao fell asleep, he really had a good night's dream. There was no earthquake in the dream, no dead parents, and everything was as before.But the night was fast, the dream was short, and suddenly the sun was rising, and grandma had already come upstairs to wake him up.

Jin Yao woke up leisurely, recalling what happened last night is still vivid in his mind, the appearance of the elf is clear and beautiful like a painting.This, he thought, was his secret.

Grandma carefully prepared clothes for Jinyao, filled them with rice porridge, and said to him: "Yaoyao, there are few children around, and no one will play with you for the time being, but now that your cousin is at home during the summer vacation, you can go find him." He, grandma will take you to see the way later." Jin Yao sipped the porridge and nodded slightly.

My cousin's house is very close to Jin Yao's house, only about 200 meters away, and you can see it after turning an intersection.When grandma brought Jin Yao there, but saw that the door was closed, Jin Yao tugged at the corner of grandma's clothes suspiciously: "No one, the door is closed."

Grandma explained: "Your cousin is at home. He doesn't like to go out and stays in the house all day. You see, the door is unlocked. Only when it is locked is there no one."

Most of the buildings in the town have two floors. Grandma opened the door naturally, stood in the hall and shouted: "Xiao Shu, are you home? I need to find you." As soon as grandma finished speaking, there was a rustling from upstairs. There was a loud voice, and then someone came downstairs, a tall and thin boy came downstairs.

He Shu smiled shyly, and asked, "Grandma, what's the matter?" Grandma pulled out Jin Yao who was hiding behind her, pushed her forward and said, "Yao Yao is at home alone, and he doesn't have any children to accompany him. You play with him."

Jin Yao looked up at He Shu shyly, and found that he was also shy.Grandma gave careless instructions and left, leaving Jin Yao and He Shu looking at each other.

They met each other during the Chinese New Year, but only a few times, and they were relatively silent when they met at this time.

After a while, He Shu said slowly, "We won't go out."

"Ah."

After finishing speaking, He Shu didn't do anything, but looked at Jin Yao carefully, as if observing whether Jin Yao was a hidden brat.Although He Shu didn't say anything, he hated the bear boy in his heart, but Jin Yao was obviously well-behaved from the inside out.After a long time, He Shu reluctantly led him upstairs.

He Shu's room is simple and clear. What's special is that the small half of the floor near the balcony is covered with newspapers, an easel is placed beside the balcony, and various pencils and paints are also messily placed beside the window.Seeing Jin Yao staring intently at the easel, He Shu explained aloud, "I'm an art student, and I can lower my score in the high school entrance examination." Jin Yao nodded half-understanding.

He Shu didn't really want to take care of the children, so he wandered around in his room, found a few comics and stuffed them into Jin Yao's arms: "Sit here and read comics obediently, don't run around." "Okay." Jin Yao replied.

He Shu settled down with Jin Yao and went to paint on his own. He was so immersed in it that he didn't even notice that Jin Yao sat down behind him.It wasn't until his grandma came to pick up Jinyao at noon that he realized that the child was actually sitting behind him, and he didn't know how long he had been sitting there.

Since then, Jin Yao seems to have discovered a new continent, running to his cousin's house every day, and whenever He Shu is at home during the day, he will definitely go to see him painting.At first He Shu was not used to it, but He Jinyao was quiet, and when he looked at him, his eyes were full of admiration, so he gradually followed him.

The relationship between the two has grown with Jinyao's constant observation day after day. One day after the two of them got to know each other thoroughly, Jinyao suddenly asked, "Cousin, can you teach me how to draw?" He Shu thought for a while and said : "Yes, but my level is not high, I will try my best." Jin Yao, who was guaranteed, happily began to accept He Shu's guidance.