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Chapter 1624 Happiness Can Be Simple

Brother and sister Ali and Sarah each held a pair of sneakers and scrubbed them vigorously, their hands covered with soap bubbles.

Ali blew on the soap bubble, and Sarah followed suit. The brother and sister smiled at each other. Sarah suddenly had an idea and put her soapy hand to her mouth and blew a bubble into the soap bubble. Ali was not to be outdone, he dipped his hand in the soapy water and blew a bigger bubble. The brother and sister blew one bubble each and had a lot of fun. Countless bubbles of different sizes flew into the sky carrying the joy of their childhood.
Sometimes, happiness is so simple for them.

Ali hung the washed sneakers on the brick eaves of the house to dry.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Ali walked over to open it.

The little boy guarding the goal stood outside the gate with a football under his arm: "Ali, let's go play football."

Ali declined: "I'm busy."

Little boy: “Come on.”

Ali: “No.”

Little boy: “Just a moment.”

Ali made an excuse: "My mother is sick."

"Forget it." The boy said, and walked away impatiently. Ali looked at his friend's back, feeling a little disappointed. He closed the door, sat down on the steps at the door in frustration, and stared at his wet sneakers dripping with water.

The camera switches to show Ali's family sitting cross-legged on the carpet, with the father holding the youngest child in his arms. They are eating dinner and chatting happily.

Mom: "Ali also helped my daughter with all the housework she did today."

Ali: “I bought bread and vegetables.”

Sarah: "I swept the floor and washed the dishes."

Dad: "Good girl."

Ali turned his head and was attracted by a sports shoe advertisement on TV. He watched it intently.

The father added, "When I get a raise, I'll buy you nice things." He then turned to his wife and said, "You look much better." Ali winked at his sister, signaling her not to talk nonsense.

Dad: "Just rest for a few days and don't climb stairs, and you'll be well again soon."

At this moment, the TV picture suddenly disappeared, and snowflakes flashed on the screen. Ali could not help but frowned, and Sarah pouted unhappily.

After a moment, the picture returned to normal, but it was replaced by an image of lightning and thunder.

There was a thunderstorm outside the window.

Sarah sat in the dark, wearing a headscarf, her father snoring loudly beside her. She glanced at her parents lying next to her, then turned to the other side and rocked her brother gently, whispering, "Ali! Ali!"

After a long while, Ali finally raised his body, closed his eyes and asked dazedly, "What are you doing?"

Sarah: "It's raining, my sneakers will get wet, I don't dare go out."

Ali struggled to lift half of his eyelids, and they both looked out the window.

Quickly, Ali ran down the steps in a tarp, picked up his wet sneakers from the brick platform, patted them a few times, and then leaned them against the steps under the porch.

The next morning, after the rain had stopped and the sky cleared, Sarah opened the door and walked down the steps. She knelt on the ground, picked up the white sneakers and looked at them, then stood up and put her feet in.

People were coming and going on the street. Sarah looked up and saw a small shoe store on the side of the road, and couldn't help but walk over. She stood in front of the window, looking at the beautiful leather shoes and cloth shoes. A pair of red lace-up patent leather shoes with bows attracted her deeply. Then, she moved to the right side of the window, and finally stopped her eyes on a pair of white patent leather shoes of the same style as the red shoes.

She wanted it very much, but she knew she couldn't afford it!
The classroom was completely silent as the students were working on their homework. The female teacher walked back and forth in the classroom and finally stopped in front of the first row, with her hands on the desk.

Sarah looked a little worried, she stared at the watch on the teacher's wrist, trying to see the time. The teacher moved his hand away for a while, then simply folded his arms.

In desperation, Sarah tried to figure out the teacher's expression, then raised her hand and asked, "What time is it now?"

The female teacher raised her wrist and looked at her watch: "There is still time, keep writing."

Sarah had no choice but to put her hands down and continue answering the questions.

Everyone knew that Sarah was worried that it was too late and her brother would be waiting anxiously.

At the same time, in the doorway of the alley, Ali stood anxiously in the old place, his fingers subconsciously scratching the earthen wall next to him, looking back and forth.

Apparently he was waiting for Sarah to put her sneakers back on.

On the other side, Sarah finished the test quickly, without even putting away her pen, and picked up her schoolbag and walked to the teacher. She held the test paper in front of her chest and asked, "Can I go now?"

The female teacher asked in confusion: "Are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Sarah didn't answer.

The teacher took the paper, glanced at it, then turned it over and looked at the back: "Go ahead."

Sarah ran forward quickly, turned a corner, and entered another street. On the street, a drainage ditch about half a meter wide ran through the center of the street, cutting the narrow road surface in half. In order to bypass a motorcycle parked in front of her, Sarah stepped to the other side of the ditch. Accidentally, her right shoe fell into the water and drifted down. She screamed and desperately chased after it, stepping back and forth on both sides of the ditch, and occasionally lying down to reach out. Unfortunately, the water was too fast and Sarah could not reach it.

When they chased to a passage built with stone slabs, the sneakers were gone. Sarah ran to one end of the stone slabs, knelt on the ground, stretched her neck to look under the stone slabs, but saw nothing. She ran to the other end and found that the sneakers were entangled by weeds and other dirt in the water.

Sarah was so sad that she knelt on the ground, hugged a tree trunk beside her and cried helplessly.

The owner of a roadside shop was placing goods outside the door. Hearing the crying, he hurried forward to help Sarah up and asked with concern: "Little sister, what's wrong?"

Sarah choked up, "My shoe fell into the water and got stuck underneath."

The shop owner consoled her, "Don't cry, I'll get it back for you." He knelt on the stone slab, looked down, then stood up and took a wooden stick from the door of the shop. He poked it randomly into the water, and Sarah looked at him doubtfully.

After a while, the waterway was cleared and the sneakers were washed away along with weeds, rotten vegetables and other dirt.

"Hurry up and catch them!" The shop owner shouted to Sarah and chased after him. Seeing a worker cleaning up the mud and dirt in the ditch ahead, he hurriedly shouted, "Stop the shoes!" The sneakers were caught by the man in time and fished out with a shovel.

Ali, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Sarah walking back, which was unusual for her, and asked unhappily, "Where have you been?" Sarah ignored him and walked straight to the corner.

Ali asked, “Why are you late?”

Sarah took off her shoes without a word and threw them at her brother's feet.

Ali bent down and picked up the wet shoe: "Why is it wet?"

Sarah replied angrily, "I'm never wearing it again."

Ali asked loudly, "Why is it wet?"

"I fell into the ditch." Sarah said, tears streaming down her face.

Ali insisted: "My shoes are wet, how can I wear them to school?"

Sarah: "The shoes are too big for me."

Ali said angrily: "These shoes are very good."

Sarah retorted, with a hint of threat in her voice, "It's all your fault. You lost my shoes. You have to find them or I'll tell Dad."

Ali was really angry: "I'm not afraid of being beaten. Dad won't have money until the end of the month. He has to borrow it."

After hearing what her brother said, Sarah was speechless. Ali took off his socks, put on his shoes, stood up, and added: "You should be more sensible."

Because his sister Sarah delayed changing her shoes, Ali ran to the teaching building panting.

Ali ran straight up the stairs. Halfway up, he heard a voice behind him yelling, "Wait!"

Ali was startled and stopped.

"Come down." The principal came up from behind him and said sternly, "Where have you been? Why are you so late?"

Ali raised his hand and answered, “I live far away.”

Principal: "Are you playing while walking? You were late yesterday too. If you do that again, you won't be allowed in next time."

Ali: “Yes.”

The principal looked down at his shoes and asked, "Why are your shoes wet?"

Ali lied: "I fell into the ditch."

Principal: "Then why aren't your pants wet?"

Ali: “The water is very shallow.”

The principal obviously didn't believe it. "Really?" He looked at Ali, pulled out the pair of socks from his trouser pocket, and shook them in front of him. "Why aren't your socks wet?"

Ali was speechless.

The principal tapped Ali on the shoulder with a wooden ruler and said, "Don't do it again next time. Go back."

Ali: “Yes.”

He came to the door of his class, opened it and shouted, "Report."

The male teacher's voice: "Go back to your seat."

In the classroom, Ali's friend told him that they were going to play football with Xia Ying's team today, but Ali knew that he could not go because he only had one pair of sneakers and he had to share them with his sister.

So he could only make the excuse that his mother was sick and couldn't go.

The teacher announced the grades. Many students in the class did not do well, but Ali and two other classmates did very well.

They also received awards from their teachers.

After receiving the reward, Ali crossed the busy street, turned into the alley, and ran home excitedly. He saw Sarah coming from a distance, and Ali stopped and called her, "Sarah!"

Sarah pretended not to hear and turned into another alley.

"Sarah, Sarah!" Ali ran a few steps to catch up with her and blocked her way: "I called you, why didn't you wait for me? Where are you going?"

Sarah held a large porcelain bowl, lowered her head and said coldly: "Give the bowl of stew back to Coppola Kanan."

Ali: "Are you still mad at me?" He opened his school bag, pulled out a golden ballpoint pen, and held it up to his sister: "Great, isn't it?"

Sarah was indifferent: "Where did it come from?"

Ali: "It's a prize from the teacher. Here it is for you."

Seeing Sarah's lukewarm attitude, Ali said sincerely: "Take it, take it."

Sarah was overjoyed: "Are you really giving it to me?"

Ali: “Yes.”

Sarah added flatteringly, "I didn't tell Mom."

Ali: “I know.”

"I'll be right back." Sarah said and ran happily to return the bowl.

The affection between the brother and sister makes people smile knowingly. Although they are poor, it does not hinder the affection between the brother and sister.

Before dinner, the family was busy with their own things. The father was playing with the radio, Ali was sitting next to him reading a book, and Sarah was strolling back and forth with her brother in her arms.

The mother sat by the stove, cooking. She picked up a large bowl, scooped a few spoonfuls of hot soup from the pot, and then told her son, "Ali, bring me the tray."

Ali stood up and took a plate, and his mother put the big bowl on it: "Take this bowl of soup to Kanan."

Ali went down the steps and knocked on the door of the house next door. An old man's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

Ali replied, "It's me, Ali. I'm bringing soup to Kanan."

Old man: "Come in."

Ali opened the door and walked inside.

There were only an old couple in the room. The old lady was lying sick on the floor, and the old man was sewing something beside the bed.

Ali: “Hello.”

Old man: "Hello, Ali."

Ali knelt on the floor and carried the soup from the tray to the carpet.

Old man: "Thank you. How is your father?"

Ali: "He's fine, thank you." After saying that, he was about to get up and say goodbye.

The old lady stretched out her hand and motioned him to wait. She shook her head for a long time before she spoke: "Ali, your mother is so kind." The old man seemed to suddenly remember something and reached under the bed to dig.

Ali: “You’re welcome.”

Old lady: "How is your mother?"

Ali: “It’s OK, it’s not bad.”

Old lady: "Give her my regards."

"Okay." Ali stood up and was about to leave, but the old man stopped him: "Ali, don't go yet, wait a moment." Ali knelt on the ground again.

After a while, the old man took out a handful of things and handed them to Ali: "Here."

Ali declined: “No thanks.”

The old man stuffed a handful of beans into Ali's hands and said, "Take it. God bless you. Give my regards to your father."

Ali's family is not wealthy, but he still remembers to take care of the elderly neighbors. This quality makes many people look at him sideways.

At Sarah's school, the teacher was speaking. Sarah looked around and touched the shoes on her classmates' feet.

Female teacher: "I will conduct home visits to make sure everyone can study hard at home and not stay up late watching TV"

Sarah looked at the various styles and colors of shoes on their feet with jealousy, then looked down at the huge men's sneakers on her own feet, feeling even uglier, so she tried her best to hide her feet behind the school bag on the ground.

Teacher: "Set aside time to take a break and watch cartoons, and then sprint all out. Ask your mother to review your lessons with you to make sure there is nothing you don't understand."

Sarah looked further afield and began to touch the shoes of classmates from other classes. Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she saw a pair of very familiar shoes, with the feet running playfully one after the other.

The female teacher continued to chatter: "You have to cut your nails on time. You have to cut your nails every Friday, so that you can have clean nails on Saturday."

Sarah couldn't believe her eyes. She frowned and looked closely: Isn't this the pair of pink leather shoes she lost? !
Teacher: "Why? Because nails can harbor bacteria, and if you eat with your hands, you will get sick."

Sarah looked up from her shoes at the girl and saw that she was short but couldn't see her face clearly.

At this moment, the female teacher finished her speech: "Okay, go back to the classroom. Follow the order, follow the order. First grade" Sarah still didn't give up, she stretched her neck and tried to see the girl clearly, but she had already followed the team to the teaching building.

The female teacher continued to direct: "Second, third, fourth, fifth grade"

Apparently, Sarah's shoes were worn by someone else! This scene made the audience curious about what would happen next?
(End of this chapter)