Bamboo Horse Warm Flower

Holding the woven bag, we didn't talk much all the way, except for the sound of bean-like rain pouring over our heads, only Wen Xiaohua occasionally said "It's raining so hard", "It's raining too much", "Why is it raining so hard?"

Did I say something?No, I seem to just nod...

After a while of silence like this, Wen Xiaohua suddenly let out an "ah" at the traffic lights.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

Wen Xiaohua didn't answer me, she let go of the woven bag and ran back.

I held up the half-collapsed woven bag: "Hey——where are you going?!"

"I forgot my phone! Wei Tian, ​​go back first!"

The red light turned green, I was distracted, and Wen Xiaohua's back quickly disappeared at the corner of the street with just that.I froze for two seconds, then suddenly remembered, what phone? !You obviously didn't bring your mobile phone today!

When I chased all the way back to the old factory building, the rain had stopped early, and I saw Wen Xiaohua outside the old factory building. I was about to call to stop him, but I saw that Wen Xiaohua didn't enter the factory building at all, but went straight across the road.

what happened?

***

I was really curious why Wen Xiaohua would tell such an insignificant lie, and just followed Wen Xiaohua all the way to the bustling commercial street.The air after the rain is slightly cool, and the whole city seems to have been washed completely new. It seems that it has suddenly returned to the era of evil spirits when I was a child. Wei Xiaotian, who was always at a loss when he moved from the countryside to the bustling metropolis, was led to live such a wonderful life. Wen Xiaohua couldn't help pulling her along, and just chased after him, walking all over the streets and alleys, getting to know the whole city well, for nine years.

Sometimes I feel a little lonely to be a shadow, and occasionally when Wen Xiaohua is unhappily dragging her schoolbag and striding forward, but most of them are sunny days, because there is no overnight worry in Wen Xiaohua's world.Whenever I spend a dull day and go into the bathroom and turn on the shower to take a shower, I imagine that Wen Xiaohua is also standing under the spraying shower, humming a song and rubbing her armpits, standing in front of the mirror and padding her feet, Rubbing a half-dry towel on her face, she washed herself into a happy Wen Xiaohua again.I knew that the next day I would see him leading the crab army through the city, bouncing around and laughing loudly. Just thinking about it makes me look forward to a new day.It feels like having a nightmare at night. When you open your eyes, you find that the lights in the neighbor’s house are on, which makes you feel at ease and happy.

I don’t want to compare Wen Xiaohua to the sun (if I have compared it before when I was not sensible, it is also a dark history), he is not that forceful, he is just a light bulb with a large wattage, with spider webs hanging on it, and mosquitoes are still around The flying kind.But I just like this light bulb that is always "crackling"~

The street lights on the pedestrian street turned on, Wen Xiaohua in front of her stopped, walked to a window, looked down at the sneakers in the window, put her right hand in her pocket for a while, finally took it out helplessly, turned her head and just When I was about to leave, I was suddenly frightened by my own reflection on the glass, so I hurriedly stood there and straightened my bangs. It took at least 5 minutes for me to be satisfied. As if, I turned my head with a "swoosh", and I seemed to be able to see the beard shaking around his mouth to scout around. Fortunately, I was standing behind the billboard, and he didn't scout me~

When he saw him for the last time, he was taking off the towel hanging around his neck, holding it in his hand and continuing to walk aimlessly.There were people coming and going on the pedestrian street on Saturday evening, and I followed the white towel in the intertwined crowd, and it disappeared in the brightly lit street without paying attention.

I didn't catch up anymore, I was just curious why Wen Xiaohua would lie, but along the way, my curiosity gradually turned into helplessness.

I believe that Wen Xiaohua really regards me as a friend, but maybe he can play basketball together, but he is not qualified to know all his secrets.Maybe there are some things that he can only tell to the Crab Legion, and there is nothing to complain about. Although I have been writing a diary for eight years, um, it has been almost nine years, but for Wen Xiaohua, he knows me after all. In less than a semester, it is human nature to have reservations about me. If he doesn't want me to know, I shouldn't force him to know.

Carrying the woven bag, I turned around and returned to the specialty store, looked at the shoes in the window, and it seems that people who play basketball wear out their shoes.Wen Xiaohua's birthday is still three months away, and the savings should be enough to buy. Of course, I glanced at the gaudy Mensao purple basketball shoes that Wen Xiaohua had her eyes on, and you can forget about these.

Someone sneezed, and I subconsciously turned around, and behind me was a strange figure walking hurriedly or chatting happily.Wen Xiaohua should have gone away by now, I wrapped the woven bag in my hand, and joined the weekend carnival night tour team.

To get to the nearest subway station, you need to go through the entire pedestrian street. This pedestrian street was not a pedestrian street eight years ago, but a busy commercial street. Storefronts that have existed since the old days, such as the small post office on the corner of the street, and the small noodle shop at the entrance of the alley.

When I was about to reach the subway station, I suddenly saw many people around the roadside. I looked up and saw that this is the game hall that Wen Xiaohua used to visit when I was in elementary school. A whole era of little kids.Of course, the game hall has now been upgraded to a video game city, and the claw machine at the door is surrounded by water, it must have met a master.I remember that Wen Xiaohua was very good at playing this game when she was a child, but there are furry dolls in the claw machine, and little girls like it. Wen Xiaohua only likes to catch, and doesn’t like the things she catches. Every time she catches it, she looks reluctant All the captured dolls were given to Ma Mian, who likes plush dolls.

The owner of the game hall wished him not to play this game, and often stood behind and sang Wen Xiaohua: "Hey, little black pot face, if you don't like it, don't come and catch it in the future!" Showing it to Ma Xiaomian, who was full of joy, raised his head and asked the boss why he didn't make some hairless toys like bastards, crocodiles, and crocodiles.The boss's expression was startled, he must have remembered the brat in front of him forever at that moment.

After opening his eyes, the boss retorted with a cigarette in his mouth: "Then why don't you wear skirts?"

Wen Xiaohua glanced down at her bib shorts, then raised her head and said, "Would you just get me a bastard doll if I wear a skirt? Otherwise, it's fine too."

The Crab Legion nodded in unison behind Wen Xiaohua, urging the boss to agree quickly.Later, the boss really configured a small green frog in the claw machine.Standing in front of the crane machine, Wen Xiaohua said with disgust: "What I want is □□, otherwise toads are fine too. It's not so good to have no bumps on this kind of body!"

The cigarette fell from the boss's mouth, and he had a tired expression on his face.Wen Xiaohua went crazy in front of the claw machine, stuffed all the dolls to Ma Mian, and walked away dissatisfied under the eyes of the boss who was about to kneel down and beg for mercy.

I recalled the jokes when I was a child, and suddenly I caught a glimpse of something from the crowd of onlookers out of the corner of my eye. The white dangling around my neck, why does it look like my towel?

At this moment, a voice that I have listened to for nine years came from the center of the claw machine: "Hello Kitty! Who wants it?"

Immediately, a girl in the crowd raised her hand: "My, mine! Thank you, handsome boy!"

I pushed aside the crowd and looked in. The one who showed off her skills in front of the claw machine was not Wen Xiaohua with a towel around her neck!Wen Xiaohua gave the kitty cat to the girl, and the other party hung a long string of game coupons around his neck with a smile on his face. Wen Xiaohua didn't mind the behavior of eating tofu. He glanced down at the number of coupons and asked, "Is there anyone else?" Do you want it? Get three hundred game coupons once, no fee if you are unsuccessful!"

People are scrambling to be the first to try.

Eight years older, the former store owner, and now the city owner came over after hearing the news. Seeing that the claw machine was almost empty, he stood behind Wen Xiaohua and shouted frantically: "Wen Fan, are you okay?! Are you okay?" This is going to bankrupt me!"

Wen Xiaohua concentrated on operating, and said old-fashionedly: "I can't help it, who told you not to exchange it for me."

"Three thousand game coupons are enough to redeem, you give me three hundred?! Why don't you wear a skirt?!"

Wen Xiaohua turned her head and smiled sweetly: "So, if you want [-] sheets, I'll give you [-] sheets~ This is called asking for benevolence and deserving benevolence!" The bell in the clip rang again festively.

"Please forgive me, little ancestor..." The boss stuck to the claw machine, wishing he could jump into it to save the dolls from suffering.

I didn't disturb Wen Xiaohua's display of skills, and slipped into the video game city by myself, scanned the long counter, and saw the gift with a price of 3000 coupons at a glance.

On the other side, the boss took a lot of effort and finally persuaded Wen Xiaohua to come in. I don't know what agreement the two reached, so I hurriedly hid aside and heard the boss ask:

"Why do you have to have this? Choose a cheaper one, and I will exchange it for you for a little less because you have taken care of my business for many years..."

Wen Xiaohua lay on the counter, knocked on the counter and began to reason: "It's not a question of whether it's cheap or not. You see, I like ants, and this is Ant-Man. My friend likes Marvel heroes. If you collect all the figurines, they will be ready soon." That's the best gift I can think of to bring the two of us together."

"You are sending a friend, not a girlfriend, why do you want two people to be connected..."

Wen Xiaohua's neck flushed suddenly: "What do you know!" She waved her hand arrogantly, "Anyway, you don't understand."

After the boss walked into the counter with a sigh, he took off his handle with a look of reluctance, and handed it to Wen Xiaohua who was rubbing his palms outside the counter.

Wen Xiaohua stared wide-eyed and said, are you just giving it to me?

"Little ancestor, what else do you want?!"

"Wrap it up for me anyway! This is my birthday present! Do you understand birthday presents?"

The two discussed and discussed, squatted behind the hot counter and groped for a while. After a while, the boss stood up and wiped his sweat. Wen Xiaohua also stood up and wiped his sweat with a towel. The boss said that's all right.

Only then did Wen Xiaohua raise her hand, holding a gift box wrapped with "Global Times" and tied with a roll of white plastic rope.

Wen Xiaohua looked at it and seemed to still feel that it was too shabby, and was about to speak when the boss pushed him on the back and drove him out: "It's alright, alright! The important thing is the heart! And there is a gap between the packaging and the gift." There's a surprise! It's good to leave!"

Wen Xiaohua stood outside the game city, and had no other choice, carefully put the ugly gift box into the Hailan House paper bag given to him by the boss, and walked towards the subway station with it.

I have been watching his back mixed into the bustling crowd. When I heard the word "hand-made" in front of the crane machine, I tried to persuade myself not to be sentimental, like when I was a child, I thought people took you for who they were, but in the end People don't remember you at all, how embarrassing... But this time it is no longer my self-indulgence, this is clearly a gift for me!Although my name did not appear from the beginning to the end, but no matter how you think about it, it cannot be someone else. If this can be turned into a gift for someone else, then there is no reason for it. I, Wei Tian, ​​will definitely not accept it!

The past is the past, now is the present, nine years, there will always be something different!I want to have confidence in Wen Xiaohua and myself.

Wen Xiaohua and I got on the same subway, I looked at Wen Xiaohua who was sitting in the next car, he would look down at the paper bag from time to time, as if Ant-Man would really become Ant-Man and disappear.

Looking at the dark and steep tunnel outside the window, I know that Wen Xiaohua must be counting down the stations like me at this moment—he will be able to give me the gift in three stations, and I will receive the warm gift in less than half an hour. Xiaohua gave me a birthday present.