Rebirth Delay

At the beginning of November, both middle and primary schools ushered in midterm exams.

Shi Yan never made any restrictive requirements on Xu Ze's homework, such as taking a double hundred exam, and he didn't care about it.However, every time the teacher asked him to sign on the small notebook that he recited, Shi Yan would watch Xu Ze finish the memorization and Mo Mo from beginning to end, and then write his name.

Because he knew that Xu Ze's attitude was very serious, so he never sloppy.

When the exam came, Xu Ze was both nervous and excited.Sun Xiu has nothing to do every day, just thinking about making delicious food for Xu Ze to nourish his brain.Shi Yan tried to persuade her a few times, but was finally defeated by the woman's obsession.

"Ozawa, come on, boys are smartest when they eat fish. Madam will pick this piece of meat from the belly of the fish for you. It has no thorns." Sun Xiu said as she pulled the meat off the belly of the fish, holding it steady with one hand , put it into Xu Ze's bowl, and looked at Xu Ze with a smile.

"I..." Xu Ze slowly poked the rice in the bowl with his chopsticks, and turned his head to look at Shi Yan helplessly.

"Ozawa, eat quickly. It's cold, and I'm going to have diarrhea when it's cold." Sun Xiu said enthusiastically.

Time delay silently turned his head.

Xu Ze immediately lowered his head, with a bit of sadness in his eyes.

When Tang Anmin saw Xu Ze's appearance, he knew that his mother-in-law was playing tricks again.Quickly said, "You let the children eat slowly, why are you in a hurry? Isn't the soup still hot in your kitchen, don't boil it dry."

"Ah! If you don't tell me, I really forgot." Sun Xiu quickly stood up and hurried out.

Xu Ze only felt the chopsticks flashing in his bowl, and when he looked again, the meat was gone.Looking sideways, Shi Yan was sitting calmly, not looking at him, but his mouth was moving.

Xu Ze laughed immediately, and Tang Anmin said in a low voice, "Eat quickly."

Nodding vigorously, Xu Ze dug the bottom of the bowl in two mouthfuls.

Sun Xiu came in with a soup bowl, Xu Ze stood up suddenly, "I'm full, I'm going to do my homework!" Then he pulled up the time delay and ran to the backyard.

"Hey, slow down, don't drink some soup, don't run away when you are full, be careful of stomach pain!" Sun Xiu's shout fell behind.

Compared with Xu Ze's leisurely and carefree side, Sun Han is much more boring and busy.Sun Han is in the third year of junior high school, and his studies are at the most stressful time. For this midterm exam, the school shortened the lunch break in a timely manner.

Shi Yan didn't know it at first, but after hearing the complaints from the students selling pot stickers, he finally understood why Sun Han returned to the classroom earlier than before at noon these days, and he always seemed to be in a bad mood.

But Shi Yan never said anything, just pretending not to know.If Sun Han felt the need to insist on selling pot stickers instead of putting more effort into his studies, it must be the situation in his family that forced him to do so.

It was nearly 12:30 noon that day, and Sun Han hadn't said that he was going to enter the school gate.Holding a rag in his hand, he wiped it here and touched it there, with a smile on his mouth, but his face was a little absent-minded, and his eyes were a little erratic.

The class bell seemed like a thunderbolt flashed across the clear sky suddenly, making Sun Han's body stiff from the shock.

"Aren't you going back to the classroom?" Shi Yan sat down on the steps by the side of the road with a calm face and a calm voice.

Sun Han lowered his head, and it took him a long time to throw down the rag. He staggered a few steps with limp legs, and sat down beside Shi Yan, with his arms on his knees and his eyes on the ground.

Shi Yan felt that he should light a cigarette at this time.Sun Han's face was sallow, with thick dark circles under his eyes, his lips were a little pale, and his expression was in a trance. It looked like he needed a long talk.

"Sometimes I really envy you." Sun Han said sullenly.

"Envy what?"

"No one is in charge, you are free, you can do whatever you want." Sun Han turned his head and looked at Shi Yan intently, "You can still find ways to earn money by yourself, support yourself, and support your brother."

Time delay smiled silently.

Sun Han didn't pay attention, turned his head and looked across the road. "My dad always thought that going to school was the only way out. He repeated his studies for four years but failed to get into college, so he thought he would try his best to let us go."

In the silence of the afternoon, Sun Han's voice seemed to be blown away by the wind, and when it floated to Shi Yan's ears, it was always vague and inaudible.

"They seldom let me do housework. If I pick up a hoe in the yard, I will be scolded. If Tongtong wants to eat the eggs laid by the hen at home, I have to secretly give them to him. Sometimes Tongtong would cry, saying that they were biased, and my dad would get angry, smash things, and send me back to the house to read."

Sun Han smiled softly, but tears slipped from his eyes, leaving two tear stains on his face.

"I also think, for rural children, how happy they are to be able to go to school."

"Even if I eat poorly, dress poorly, and be laughed at by others, as long as I can read it, fulfill my father's wish, and make my mother hold her head high when she goes out, it doesn't matter."

"But even if it's a day like this, it can't last."

"Go back." Shi Yan persuaded lightly.

Sun Han shook his head, tears fell on the ground, and his voice was trembling, "I don't sleep very much all day, and I spend the rest of my time reading. I read when others sleep, and when others play tricks, but my grades still don't make it to the second grade." [-]. My aunt came over again this time and asked for money again. She told my father that my grades are compared with the county, and I have to rank three or four hundred. If this is the case, I will definitely not be able to go to college. It is better to come down now and earn money. Money, put Tongtong on. I swear I've tried really, really hard, why, why can't I compare to those people?! I just can't?!"

"Should I take the initiative to say no to reading, and then save the money for Tongtong?"

"I...I..." Sun Han burst into tears and was speechless.

Shi Yan was silent for a long time, listening to Sun Han's incoherent complaints, his expression was always calm, and he never interrupted.

The two of them just sat on the side of the street.One cried and spoke while the other listened quietly.

for a long time.

It's as if time has stopped here.

Shi Yan stood up, "I'm going back."

Sun Han froze in place.

**

Shi Yan didn't say a word to Sun Han for a long time after that.Even if Sun Han didn't come out to bury potstickers with him at noon, or found a less obvious place to watch him from afar, Shi Yan never gave him a glance.

The girl with a temperament and carelessness took the initiative to talk to him.

"Little boss, how old are you?" The girl laughed, but still looked at Shi Yan, waiting for the answer.

"Eighteen." Shi Yan answered smoothly.

"Who are you lying to!" The girl retorted immediately, "If you look at it like this, fifteen at most."

"No, I guess 16!"

"Then I guess 15 and a half years old!"

"Hahaha... how can anyone guess someone's age like this?"

"Little boss, tell us, how old are you?" the girls asked with a smile.

"Do you buy potstickers?" Shi Yan asked, "I'll let you know when I'm done buying."

"Buy, buy, buy..." The girls paid one by one, took the bags, then quieted down, looking at Shi Yan together.

After a short delay, he said decisively, "Eighteen."

"Ah? Liar—" The girls started arguing, accusing one by one.Shi Yan couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled.

Some people in the school also knew that Sun Han was selling pot stickers outside, and even asked him to bring them a few times in private.I didn't see Sun Han for a while, but I saw Shi Yan, and I couldn't help but feel a little strange, so I lay down on Sun Han's desk and chatted with him during recess.

"Why don't you sell pot stickers? The pot stickers at your stall are pretty good. I expected you to bring me a copy every day. I can save it." A slightly burly boy wondered.

"Pig, why don't you just be lazy." The tall and thin boy laughed and looked at Sun Han again, "But I see, you're not here for a few days, and the other boy seems to be too busy. Not in a hurry at all, it made me want to go up and collect money for him."

"Hey, Sun Han, you have earned a lot this day." The strong boy winked at Sun Han.

Sun Han's mind was complicated, Shi Yan's indifferent face from a long time ago seemed to be still in front of his eyes, but he was a little anxious and uneasy after listening to the words of a few people.

"But I think he's quite tired." The tall, thin boy curled his lips. "It's already November, and it's getting colder and colder as we go down. He won't freeze to death if he keeps standing at the school gate."

"That's what you said." The strong boy nodded, "We won't bother to go out of school in the future, and he probably can earn two days."

"So," the thin and tall boy poked the strong boy's head, "money is not so easy to earn. Study hard and make progress every day. This is true, you know?"

"Just say what you say, why poke me?"

**

Xu Ze's grades came out, and the two papers were placed on the table, and Shi Yan saw them as soon as he returned to the room.Turning to look at Xu Ze, the child was pretending to be reading a book, secretly looking at him, his face was full of joy.

Shi Yan walked over with a smile and hugged Xu Ze into his arms.

Xu Ze's small movements became more natural as he spent more time with Shi Yan.Every time I see it, Shi Yan thinks it is very cute, and I can't help but hold him in my arms, kiss here, squeeze there.

"Brother, I passed the double hundred exam, is there any reward?" Xu Ze's eyes were shining, he was carried by Shi Yan to the stool and stood there, with his arms around Shi Yan's neck.

"Well, brother has already prepared it, but I don't know if you like it or not." Shi Yan poked his head forward and touched Xu Ze's forehead lightly. Shi Yan's neck arched and arched.

"Brother is so nice!"

Shi Yan took out the rewards, there are two kinds, one is a red and blue car, the car will drive forward by itself after twisting the back.There is also a book, "360 Five Nights Fairy Tale", which Shi Yan bought from Lao Deng.

Xu Ze hugged her in his arms and smiled happily, obviously liking it very much.

"My brother will tell me stories in the future." Xu Ze spread out the book.The dust inside was wiped clean by Shi Yan with an eraser.

"Okay." Shi Yan pulled the child over and kissed him heavily on the forehead.

Then, it's almost the end of the year.The days passed quickly, and Shi Yan and Xu Ze's size also increased rapidly.

Tang Anmin also carved a special line on the door frame, and called the children to measure their height within a few days.Shi Yan eats better, and is much taller than in his previous life. He measures about 1.6 meters seven eight, half a head taller than boys of the same age.Xu Ze grows slowly, about the same height as Sun Tong, 1.3 meters four five, not too fat, but his complexion is much better, rosy and pink.Sun Xiu always said that Xu Ze is like a little boy in a New Year painting.

Shi Yan read fairy tales to Xu Ze every day, and Xu Ze went to school to tell his deskmate the next day.As a result, more and more people listened to stories. Later, the teacher simply handed over the game-making class to Xu Ze, and everyone listened to and told stories together.

So much so that when the parent meeting was held later, Shi Yan suddenly discovered that Xu Ze's friends were all Xu Ze's little followers. The reason for this had to be traced back to him.But this is something for later, skip it.

As the new year was approaching, Sun Xiu's family did not raise pigs, so they ordered a pig from one family in the village, paid a deposit, and asked them to kill and send it over.According to the rules, the large intestine is not needed, and it is reserved for the pig raisers.Sun Xiu wore bacon and hung it under the door beams in rows, and it soon froze.

After wearing bacon, I was busy with croquettes.

It's every fair, and I take Xu Ze everywhere to buy new year's goods.

Sun Hongyan's dog specially left one for Xu Ze, and it was delivered when it was half-grown. The time delay was scheduled in advance.Originally, I planned to bring it back from the beginning, but I was afraid that it would be spoiled, so I kept it with its mother for a while before bringing it back.

Xu Ze was very excited when he saw it.

At the end of the new year, Sun Xiu and Tang Anmin were finally not lonely.