End of ten days

"Yeah?"

Xu Jiahua, you may not know that although we are only eight years old, I have regarded you as a friend for five years. I only hope that you can treat me as a friend for one day.

"Of course! We will be good friends forever from now on! Come! Let's toast!!" He raised the glass bottle in front of me, "Long live friendship!!"

"Well! Long live friendship!"

I followed the example of adults, gently touched the bottle with him, and then peeked at him.

Although everyone says Coca-Cola tastes good... but this thing is dark, can it really taste good? In my memory, only medicinal soup has this color.

Xu Jiahua was much braver than me. He picked up the bottle and took a big sip of the black water. The next second, his eyes widened and he covered his mouth with his hands.

I was a little confused when I saw his look: "What, what's wrong? Xu Jiahua...does it taste good?"

But he covered his mouth and motioned me to take a sip with his eyes.

I knew that Hui Jiahua would not tease me, so I picked up the Coke and took a sip like him.

This fragrant black water fell into my mouth, and even my eyes widened in the next second!

Long live! !

This Coke is bouncing and sizzling in your mouth, as if it is alive! It's pricking my mouth!

I was so frightened that I almost spit it out, and quickly reached out to cover my mouth. Coke was very expensive.

We covered our mouths and stared at each other blankly. The coke in our mouths stopped jumping, and then we swallowed it with disbelief.

"Hiccup~~~"

After a while, we both burped loudly at the same time, looked at each other, and laughed again.

"Okay!!" Xu Jiahua said with a smile, "This is Coke!! So interesting!"

"It tastes good!" I also laughed.

"I'll try it again!"

"But...but Xu Jiahua." I interrupted him, "If you treat me to a Coke, you won't be able to eat."

"What's the point?!" Xu Jiahua said with a nonchalant smile, "Before I sat at the same table with you, I didn't eat at night! And this Coke was not bought by me, but by you!"

After a brief moment of happiness, we stopped talking and just sat on the bridge pier drinking Coke.

Although Coke tastes good, it is a small bottle and we both drank it almost drop by drop.

It's getting dark and the moon has come out.

But today’s sky is really funny. It’s half dark, and opposite the moon is the sun.

It seems that Moon has someone to accompany her today.

"Hui Jiahua... do you know "Hero"?" I asked.

"Hero? Yue Fei?" He asked inarticulately while sucking the bottle with his mouth.

"He's not a hero like Yue Fei..." I shook my head, "He's that kind of "hero" who was born in a city. Everyone in that city worshiped him and hoped that he could lead them forward, but a "hero" Have you ever heard of not knowing what to do?"

"Is it so strange?" Xu Jiahua thought for a while, "Although I don't quite understand the "hero" you are talking about, but if you think about it carefully, it is almost the same as "big brother"."

"Brother...?" I was stunned. Although I wanted to refuse, to put it bluntly, that's what it meant.

I am the "big brother" and I am followed by a group of "little brothers".

"If I become this big brother...oh no." Hui Jiahua smiled, "I mean if I become this hero, I must first make sure that all the younger brothers are well fed! It doesn't matter even if I starve to death. !”

"Have enough food...?" I suddenly realized that Xu Jiahua's words made sense. All my family members spent ten days in hunger.

Although the "Qingxiang people" in the family can produce a certain amount of food, there are too many people and no one has enough to eat.

Next time I go back, I will make sure everyone is well fed.

"Then what?" I asked again.

"Then there's "Unity"!" Hui Jiahua said with a smile, "Have you ever bought a pirated disc? There are many movies like this!"

"I haven't seen it, but you can tell me." I said.

"In short, he has to love and protect his little... uh... I mean "subjects", that's what they should be called, right?" Xu Jiahua scratched his head, "I think it's written like this in fairy tales..."

"Subjects?"

"Yes!" Xu Jiahua took another sip of Coke, nodded and said, "Does this hero sound like a "prince" in a fairy tale?"

"But I don't know "Prince" either..." I said.

"What don't you know?!" Xu Jiahua stood up, "Princes are easy to recognize! They all wear crowns, hold swords, and have cloaks on their backs. In many stories, the prince is the hero, and the hero is the prince's. !”

Hui Jiahua gestured while raising the Coke bottle in his hand to the sky: "That must be the case! They will hold up their swords and shout, "I'm here to protect everyone!" I am a hero! ""

Seeing the Coke bottle in its hand reflecting the dazzling light against the setting sun, I seemed to know what "hero" meant.

"Huh...?" I was stunned, "Is that so?"

"It must be!"

That day, Xu Jiahua and I chatted for a long time. It seemed that for the first time I knew what the word "friend" meant. He taught me many things.

It's a pity that time can't be paused. As the night gets darker, we have to say goodbye. This time the separation will last another ten days.

I looked up and sure enough, the sun would eventually disappear.

Even if he meets the moon, he will eventually disappear.

In the sky now, there is only a moon that is as lonely as me.

The sun has its own destination, and it will not stay in the dark night.

In the long dark night that follows, the moon can only walk alone.

I finally came to my "prison".

I heard adults say that they feel like they are in jail when they go to work, and they can take two days off after every period of jail time.

It turns out that I have grown up long ago.

I was sitting in the room, and Sister Si Si was reading a book.

I feel that Sister Si Si is probably the most knowledgeable person I have ever met. In her free time, she is either reading books or reading newspapers. She taught me many of the words I know now.

She told me that she was just an ordinary college student. Do college students know so much?

Looking at her serious look, I couldn't help but ask: "Sister, after reading so many books, is there any book that says where to find the "Crown" and the "Sword"?"

"The crown and the sword...?" Sister Si Si was stunned, "This sounds like a little prince. What are you doing looking for those things?"

"I...I..." I was a little embarrassed to say, because I just wanted to be this prince.

Sister Sisi seemed to see what I was thinking and asked, "Brother Hero, have you heard the story of the "Happy Prince"?"

"The Happy Prince?"