End of ten days

My words caused the two of them to fall into complete silence.

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

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

"But your body..." Sister Sisi looked at me and was suddenly stunned, "Ah, brother hero!"

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

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

Seeing this, Sister Sisi hurriedly came up and reached out to touch my nose: "Brother Hero...it's okay. It doesn't hurt. It'll be fine in a moment."

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

How great would it be if my mother were half as good as Sister Si?

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

So after I got home, I followed his example and "accidentally" fell to the floor in the living room. My mother didn't come over to help me, but just laughed at me.

I lay on the ground and laughed stupidly, so I stood up and fell down, and then stood up again.

I want to make my mother laugh.

I really hope that my mother can come to me and say, "It doesn't hurt, it'll be fine in a moment."

But I hurt my knees and palms from the fall, and my mother was laughing at me for being a fool.

This time, the discussion between Brother Gu Yu and Sister Xiwei broke up unhappily. I know they really want me to relax, but no one is willing to admit that this is impossible.

They wanted to help me, but I wanted to help them, and we were caught in a whirlpool of mutual pull.

That day, after class returned to the real world, Xu Jiahua, who had been forced to stand for a day, picked up his schoolbag and walked out of the classroom. Instead of going home, I followed him.

My parents don't talk to me, but I really have so many questions I want to ask people.

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

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

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

"Um."

He scratched his head, smelling confusion coming from his body, and then stretched out his hand: "A corner of a question."

After hearing this, I didn't hesitate. I took out the cold one-yuan coin from my pocket and handed it to him.

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

"Ah? So many?!" He was stunned for a moment while holding the coins, "Baibei... what are you doing?"

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

Not only do I have many questions to ask, but I also want to say sorry to Hui Jiahua.

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

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

"Grandma!" Xu Jiahua shouted happily.

Within a few seconds, a very old grandma poked her head out from inside. The wrinkles on her face softened a little when she saw Xu Jiahua. She smiled in a calm voice: "Ahua, here you go to buy another five cents." Vegetable buns? Those two buns are ready for you to heat up..."

"No! No, no!" Xu Jiahua waved his hand quickly, "Grandma, don't talk nonsense! When did I ever buy vegetable buns for five cents each..."

"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 over today, and I want to treat him to a drink!"

"Drink...?" Grandma blinked doubtfully, "Ahua, why are you suddenly rich?"

"Oops!" Xu Jiahua's voice became softer again, "Grandma! Leave it alone! Give me a drink quickly!"

"Then... do you want sugar water?" Grandma pointed to the crumpled plastic bottle beside her and said, "One corner of a bottle."

"How can sugar...sugar water work?" Xu Jiahua hesitated while holding the coin in his hand. After a few seconds, he turned to look at the exquisite small glass bottle on the side, "Grandma! I want that! I want Coke!"

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

"Oh, don't worry about it!"

Xu Jiahua hurriedly handed over his coins, exchanged two glass bottles of Coca-Cola from his grandma, and then ran away with me.

From a distance, I heard my grandma shouting from behind: "Ahua, remember to return the bottle!"

"I know, Grandma!"

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

This bottle of black water sizzles in my hand, and my heart sizzles too. I seem to be no different from the black water in the bottle. After leaving the bottle, I will fall into someone else's belly.

"Dear me... Coca-Cola..." Hui Jiahua brought the glass bottle to his eyes and stared at it carefully, "It's so strange, it's also making small bubbles..."

I didn't listen to what he said, I was just thinking about how I should speak.

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

"right……"

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

"Why……?"

"I mean, I usually ask you for money. You saw it just now..." Xu Jiahua touched his head sheepishly, and then showed a very nice smile, "I don't have anyone at home, and I'm so hungry at night." "Hey, if it weren't for your five cents a day, I wouldn't be able to eat steamed buns. Thank you for treating me to dinner these two weeks."

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

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

I am no longer a child.

My experience in the past few years has taught me that before you want to communicate with others, you must pay attention to the smell of the other person.

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

But Hui Jiahua smells very good.

Nowadays, 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 scent with my heart.

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

"Oh... this looks more like a big brother." Xu Jiahua smiled sheepishly, "But I have recognized your character and will never treat you as a little brother again!"

The two of us sat by the river in the hot summer evening, watching adults fly by on bicycles and listening to the cicadas singing.

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

"Being friends for "one day"?" He blinked, "What kind of question is this? We can all be friends in the future!"