Ten Days End

My words made the two of them fall into complete silence.

"Yes..." Sister Siwei said, "Even if we can build something similar, Brother Yingxiong's daily workload will be the same."

"It's okay for me." I said to them, "Brother and sister, I don't mind at all."

"But your body..." Sister Siwei looked at me and suddenly froze for a moment, "Ah, Brother Yingxiong!"

I was startled and reached out to touch it. It turned out that I had a nosebleed again.

Since there are more and more "fragrant people" in the family, I smell more and more odors, and my nose bleeds all day long.

Seeing this, Sister Siwei hurried up and reached out to touch my nose: "Brother Yingxiong... It's okay, it doesn't hurt, it will be fine in a while."

She would say this every time, with a very nice "healing" smell on her body.

If my mother could be half as good as Sister Siwei... How good would it be?

I remember when I was in the first grade, I saw other children's parents pick them up from school. The child fell down, and his mother went up to comfort him for a long time.

So after I got home, I imitated him and "accidentally" fell to the ground in the living room. My mother didn't come to help me, but just laughed at me for being stupid.

I was lying on the ground and laughed stupidly, so I stood up and fell again, and then stood up again.

I wanted to make my mother laugh.

I really hoped that my mother would come over and say to me, "It doesn't hurt, it will be fine in a moment."

But I fell so hard that my knees and palms hurt, and my mother laughed at me for being stupid.

This time, the discussion between brother Gu Yu and sister Siwei ended unhappily again. I knew they wanted me to relax a little, but no one was willing to admit that this was impossible.

They wanted to help me, but I wanted to help them, and we were caught in a vortex of pulling each other.

That day, after returning to the real world, after class, Xu Jiahua, who had been standing for a day, picked up his schoolbag and walked out of the classroom. I didn't go home, but followed him.

My parents didn't talk to me, but I really had too many questions to ask others.

"Zheng Yingxiong, what are you doing?" Xu Jiahua put his school uniform on his shoulders and turned his head to ask, "You're not going home after class."

"Xu Jiahua, I want to ask you a few questions."

"Ask questions?" Xu Jiahua stopped and looked back at me, "Ask me?"

"Yeah."

He scratched his head, a suspicious smell came from his body, and then he stretched out his hand: "One dime for one question."

I didn't hesitate after hearing that, I took out the cold one-yuan coin in my pocket and handed it to him.

I didn't eat lunch at noon today. After all, I'm used to being hungry. If I don't use the one yuan I saved, I won't have any chance to use it.

"Ah? So much?!" He was stunned for a moment with the coin, "Damn...what are you doing?"

"I'll give it all to you. I have a lot of questions to ask."

Not only do I have a lot of questions to ask, I also want to say sorry to Xu Jiahua.

"Then, then wait a minute..." He put the coin in the middle of his palm and looked at it, then grabbed my wrist, "Zheng Yingxiong! Come with me!"

I followed him across two streets and came to a small store.

"Grandma!" Xu Jiahua shouted happily.

A few seconds later, an elderly grandma poked her head out from inside. The moment she saw Xu Jiahua, the wrinkles on her face relaxed a little. She smiled calmly, "Ah Hua, are you here to buy 50 cents worth of vegetable buns again? Those two buns have been kept warm for you, and they have been prepared a long time ago..."

"No! No, no!" Xu Jiahua waved her hand hurriedly, "Grandma, don't talk nonsense! When have I ever bought two 50 cents worth of vegetable buns..."

"Ah...?" Grandma was stunned for a moment, "What's wrong with you...?"

"Ahem! I..." Xu Jiahua cleared his throat loudly, "Grandma! I have a friend coming to visit today, and I want to treat him to a drink!"

"Drinks...?" Grandma blinked in some suspicion, "Grandma... "Ah, how come you suddenly have money?"

"Oh!" Xu Jiahua's voice became quieter, "Grandma! Don't worry about it! Just give me a drink!"

"Then...then do you want sugar water?" Grandma pointed to the wrinkled plastic bottle beside her and said, "10 cents a bottle."

"Sugar...how can sugar water be okay?" Xu Jiahua kept holding the coin in his hand and hesitated. After a few seconds, he turned his head and looked at the exquisite small glass bottle beside him, "Grandma! I want that! I want Coke!"

"Coke...?" Grandma was startled, "Ah Hua! Coke is 50 cents a bottle! You usually eat..."

"Oh, don't worry about it!"

Xu Jiahua hurriedly handed over his coins and exchanged two glass bottles from Grandma.The Coca-Cola in the glass bottle, and then pulled me away.

From a distance, I heard grandma still shouting behind me: "Ah Hua, remember to return the bottle!"

"Got it, grandma!"

We sat on the bridge pier, holding the dark water in our hands, and no one dared to drink it.

The bottle of black water sizzled in my hands, and my heart sizzled too. I seemed to be no different from the black water in the bottle, and I would fall into other stomachs after leaving the bottle.

"Oh my God... Coca-Cola..." Xu Jiahua took the glass bottle in front of him and stared at it carefully, "It's so strange, and it's bubbling..."

I didn't listen to him, but I was thinking about how I should start.

Although I have countless questions to ask, I still have to say that sentence first...

"Yes..."

"I'm sorry, Zheng Yingxiong." Xu Jiahua stared at the glass bottle and said.

"Hey...?"

"I was talking about asking you for money. You saw it just now..." Xu Jiahua touched his head embarrassedly, and then showed a very nice smile, "There is no one at home. I am hungry at night. If it weren't for your 50 cents a day, I wouldn't even be able to eat vegetable buns. Thank you for treating me to dinner these two weeks."

After hearing him say this, I felt that his smell was better than before.

Although my life stopped at the age of eight, I spent five years in "prison".

I am no longer a child.

The experience of these years has taught me that before communicating with others, I must pay attention to the smell of the other person.

Everyone in this world has a complex smell, but I am only afraid of two kinds of smells, one is an extremely unpleasant smell like Uncle Wan, and the other is a smell that is almost unsmellable like other family members.

But Xu Jiahua always smells good.

Now I have learned how to understand a person. I don't need to see if he has done anything bad or if his clothes are dirty. I just need to close my eyes and feel his smell with my heart.

"Xu Jiahua, you can tell me the truth." I tilted my head and asked, "Why do you have to say it's "collecting protection money"? "

"Oh... this is more like a big brother." Xu Jiahua smiled embarrassedly, "But I have recognized your character, and I will no longer treat you as a little brother!"

We sat by the river in the hot summer evening, watching adults riding bicycles and listening to cicadas singing.

"Xu Jiahua, I don't want to be a little brother, can I be your friend for a day?" I asked.

"Be a "one-day" friend?" He blinked, "What kind of question is this? We can be friends in the future!"