like her

In September, the air in Linzhen is still filled with heat.

Even if you sit in a classroom that is not exposed to the sun and open the windows for ventilation, you can still sweat.

In this weather, Nguyen Gai likes to drink cold water to cool off the heat.After winter, she had to rely on drinking hot water to drive away the air-conditioning.

So in the corner of her desk, there will always be a water glass.

This water glass was a gift from her parents on her tenth birthday.

Also that year, her younger brother was born.

Compared with ordinary birthdays, the birthday of that year was more grand and ceremonial.

Grandpa specially bought her a cake, and grandma cooked a richer dinner.The family gathered around the table for her birthday.

And tell her that today is not just for her birthday.

There will be good news.

That was the long-awaited little boy would be ushered in at home, and only then did she know that her mother already had a baby in her womb.And it's been months.

She shed a tear as the candle flickered.

Before this, her parents had never told her that they would have another child.

It was so sudden, without any preparation.

She is going to be a sister.

At that time, she didn't know what her life would be like in the future, but she had seen classmates with younger brothers or younger sisters around them.

If it is a younger sister, relatively speaking, it will be better.

But if it is a younger brother, it will be miserable.

I have to let my brother not talk about everything, and I have to take him to play. Sometimes if something goes wrong and he cries, it must be my sister's fault.

despite this.

On her tenth birthday, the water glass her parents gave her is still her most precious gift.

She has never seen a better-looking and better-quality water glass than that water glass around Lin Town.In order to prove it, her cup is rare, so she brought it to Brother Zhou to ask.

Brother Zhou glanced at it and nodded.

It's really good.

With Brother Zhou's affirmation, Ruan Gai treasured this cup even more.

So many years have passed, the cup is still intact.

Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, severe cold and hot summer, she is always with her.

The classmates also know that she treasures this cup, and they dare not approach it on weekdays.But that day was such a coincidence that a few students were fighting, and when one of them turned around without paying attention, they knocked the cup off the table and dropped it on the ground.

The students who knocked and dropped the cup were relieved to see that the cup was not broken.He hurriedly picked it up and put it back to the original place. He wanted to continue fighting with his classmates, so he said casually, "Sister Gai, I'm sorry, I touched your glass just now."

After she finished speaking, she was about to turn and leave.

I thought to myself, the cup was not broken, and Sister Gai's temper is not bad on weekdays.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Gai, who was usually mild-tempered, suddenly became sharp-eyed. She slapped her hand on the table, and the sound grabbed the female classmate who was about to leave.

Ruan Gai said coldly: "I'm sorry and it's over?"

The female classmate was frightened and cried at that time.

Others roar when they are angry, but Ruan is extremely calm when she is angry, and every time people think of her eyes, they will make people tremble.It even makes people feel scared.

Seeing that the female student who knocked down the cup was crying, the students around advised Ruan Gai, "Sister Gai, Momo didn't do it on purpose, and the cup didn't break, this matter..."

Ruan Gai hates others crying when they commit a crime, as if tears are the best magic weapon for forgiveness and sympathy.

What should I do for a person who is not born to cry or act like a baby?

She stood up from the desk and said word by word:

"It's not that you cried, you apologized, I must forgive you. I also have the right to say no. Because this is my extremely precious thing. The cup is indeed unbroken and can still be used. But it is my most precious thing. I am always careful about what I have, I am afraid that it will be knocked somewhere, don't I even have the right to be angry?"

The female classmate held back her tears.

Once again, I sincerely apologize.

Ruan Gai originally wanted to say something more, but now he felt powerless.

It was a trivial matter, as my classmates said, the cup was knocked, yes, but it was not so unusable.And they also apologized.

There is no need to hold on to it.

It’s just that when I was young, I always tried my best to protect the things I cared about.

When someone else touches it, the edges and corners of the whole body will be erected.

The matter passed like this, but Ruan Gai was in a bad mood all day.

When she is in a bad mood, she likes to practice calligraphy. Others say that she writes well, but in fact it is because she is always in a bad mood.But I don't take the initiative to talk about it with others, and digest it by myself every time.

The way she digests is to keep writing.

Don't stop until the soreness in your hand replaces the depression in your heart.

As soon as the get out of class bell rang, Ruan Gai left the classroom.

No one around her dared to talk to her, not even He Lele, who usually pestered her, dared to approach her.

In fact, at this time, Ruan Gai's bad mood had almost been digested, and the hunger took advantage of it. She was anxious to go to the cafeteria to solve the problem of fullness.

It wasn't because he was in a bad mood and didn't want to care about people who left so fast.

But she has no one to talk to.

It wasn't until after evening self-study that she came home that she saw the little dirty boy sleeping in a corner in her room.Only then did she have someone to confide in.

09:30 in the evening is the time for self-study in the evening.

Usually at this time, Nguyen Gai's grandparents have already fallen asleep.

When Nguyen Gai returns home, he usually goes back to his room first to pick up the clothes he wears after taking a shower.After taking a shower, go to the desk to read a book.Then fall asleep.

Her schedule and daily life are very simple.

Apart from reading and studying, I just help grandma with some housework.

The evenings were all her own, and she could do whatever she wanted in her little room.

During this time, she will be unusually relaxed.

But today when she came home and opened the door, she found a small figure in the room.

She looked intently for several times before she was sure that this small body was an activist, a dirty boy.

She slowed down and walked towards her.

This was not the first time she saw her sleeping soundly. When they met for the first time, she was so tired from crying that almost instantly, she lay at her feet and fell asleep defenselessly.

How can I fall asleep anywhere, what should I do if I am kidnapped.

Ruan Gai said in a low voice.

The moment she was about to hug her, she shivered and woke up.But seeing someone she was familiar with, he leaned closer to her again, closed his eyes again, "Gai Gai, you're back."

The soft cover stopped the movements in his hands and froze in place.

"My grandpa and grandma said that they have something to do today and they want to go out, so tell me to let me find you." The little dirty boy said in a daze.

Originally, Ruan Gai was surprised to see her in his room. When she came to play in his room for the first time, she asked if she could stay here to sleep.At that time she said, no way.She was very conscious and left by herself when the time came.

In Ruan Gai's subconscious mind, it is impossible to see the little dirty boy staying overnight here.

So when I saw her suddenly, my first reaction was surprise.

But after hearing her say this, she felt a faint uneasiness in her heart.

On the second day after she refused to stay with the little dirty boy, she told Lao Mo about it. In fact, she was explaining that she didn't let the little dirty boy live because she disliked the little dirty boy, but because of her own personal habits.

After Lao Mo heard about this, he was surprised.

Because the first day the little dirty boy came back, he proposed to sleep alone.

And have a separate room.

Ruan Gai shook his head and said that she didn't know what was going on, but the little dirty boy did ask if he could sleep with her.

Old Mo smiled, and teased, maybe he thinks you are kind, Gai Gai really looks like a big sister.

Ruan Gai shrugged, but I really don't like sleeping with other people.

Even children seem to have a hard time accepting it.

So Lao Mo knew that she could play with the little dirty boy, but she couldn't accept sleeping together.The little dirty boy also followed her and called her grandma Lao Mo, but today she called her grandma in a regular manner.

These two points show that something must have happened.

Otherwise, Lao Mo would not entrust the little dirty boy to himself——

Because Lao Mo has always respected himself and never forced himself to do things he didn't want to do.

Unless it is a last resort.

"Did something happen?" Ruan Gai asked in a low voice.

In fact, she also knew that even if something happened, how could she get the answer from the dirty boy.

In a half-dream and half-awake, the little dirty boy seemed to hear her voice, she shrank her head into her embrace, and said in a voice that was unusual: "Gai Gai, I don't know why, today I I haven't been very happy all day."

Lao Mo and Lao Lin entrusted the little dirty boy to Ruan's family shortly after Ruan Gai went to school.

Ruan Gai's grandma didn't go to the fields to help with the work in order to take care of the little dirty boy, but luckily the little dirty boy was very obedient and stayed in Ruan Gai's room from day to night.

Not long after they left, that sad mood, in the words of the little dirty boy, unhappy mood, began to emerge.

"Why?" Nguyen asked.

The little dirty boy buried her face in the clothes on Ruan Gai's chest. This was an action to seek the best sense of security. She said sullenly: "I don't know either. It started when grandpa and grandma said they were going out for a trip. "

At that time, Ruan Gai naturally didn't realize what kind of intuition and sixth sense she would have when she was only five years old.She comforted her and said: "Your grandparents will go out every once in a while. They didn't leave you behind. Do you understand? "

"Ah."

Under Ruan Gai's comfort, the little dirty boy closed his eyes again.

At this time, Ruan Gai said softly: "Actually, I'm not in a very good mood today."

Ruan Gai roughly talked about what happened at school during the day, and at the end of the day, she felt her eyes were moist.

It wasn't until much later that she realized why she was so sensitive that day.

Because she naively thought that as long as she kept the things from that year intact, time would stay at that moment forever.

Nothing after that will happen.

She will not be ignored by her family because of her younger brother's birth, nor will she feel suffocated by her younger brother's birth.

She naively thought that she had preserved everything her parents had given her.

They must like her a little more.

Because the younger brother is a prodigal son.

He damaged a lot of things at home.

But the longer you grow up, you will gradually discover that some deep-rooted thoughts cannot be changed if you are more obedient and perform better.

If you can't change it, what you seem to be able to do is to escape.

But during the time when the little dirty boy appeared, she never thought about this problem.

because--

With her by my side, everything doesn't seem so bad.

For example, the cup she accidentally knocked over by a classmate was brought home by her and placed on the desk.

When she got home the next day, she found several band-aids on the side of her cup.

Ruan Gai couldn't laugh or cry.

When questioning her, she also plausibly said:

"When I fall, my mother will put a band-aid on me, and it won't hurt if I put it on. If the cup falls, it must also hurt. We put a band-aid on it, and it won't hurt anymore. Guy, are you right?"