leaning on bamboo at sunset

Seeing that his father had slipped away, Qi Mu pursed his lips—he thought he was spineless.

Qiao Jin glared at him again, and Qi Mu's backbone was taken away, and he rubbed against his mother flatteringly.

He was born white and tender, with black and bright eyes, pretending to be so pitiful, Qiao Jin's heart melted into sugar water, so her voice was still forced to be serious: "Stand still, read the question!"

Qi Mu stood up straight in aggrieved manner, and looked over honestly.

Qiao Jin was both angry and funny: "You can be wrong about this? Can't you tell the difference between patience and carefulness?"

The topic is to choose words to fill in the blanks. It is required to fill in a word in the sentence pattern of 'doing math problems (), otherwise it is easy to make mistakes'. The options are patience and carefulness.

Obviously, carefulness should be chosen, but Qi Mu chose patience.

Qiao Jin: "You have to be careful when doing the questions, not be patient!"

Qi Mukuang nodded, thinking in his heart: What's the use of being careful?Anyway, you will make mistakes, and it is only serious to wait for Yin Xiuzhu to finish it 'patiently'.

Of course, he didn't dare to say that. If he did, he would just wait for the mixed doubles between Ms. Qiao and Comrade Dashan!

After analyzing the test paper at home, when he arrived at school, Lao Xu called Qi Mu to the office again, and analyzed it earnestly.

Old Xu is also a god, and he knows how to talk nonsense when he sees others: "Let's go together, these three people are really not as handsome as you, but we can't be proud, just take it easy, don't need to write it out."

Qi Mu: "..." What the teacher said was so reasonable that he couldn't refute it.

Xu De finished the test paper relying on nonsense, and seeing that Qi Mu was in good condition, he suggested, "Do you want to make up lessons after class?"

Qi Mu was already sitting on pins and needles for four to ten minutes in class, and if he was asked to work overtime after class, he might as well smash his head to death on Lao Xu's beer belly.

Old Xu has taught him for three years, and he can tell what he is thinking with just one look: "I'm not going to make it up for you, I'm going to let Yin Xiuzhu come."

"Yin Xiuzhu?" Qi Mu was instantly interested.

Xu De: "Well, the two of you walk half an hour late after school and ask him to make up lessons for you."

Qi Mu's heart was moved, he was doing his homework anyway, if he could follow Yin Xiuzhu to finish writing (chao) at school, he could have fun when he got home.

Old Xu asked: "How?"

Qi Mu chuckled: "Okay."

Old Xu: "Don't be too happy. I'll ask Yin Xiuzhu to see if he agrees."

Qi Mu was full of confidence: "He definitely agrees." What is the relationship between us, a good buddy for two people with the same job!

Old Xu smiled so kindly and amiably (old and cunning): "Go back, class will start soon."

After the exercise between classes, Xu De called Yin Xiuzhu to the office and said what he said before.

Yin Xiuzhu's calm eyes lit up, and there was rare anxiety in his voice: "Okay, I can, but would Qi Mu want to go home later?"

Xu De: "I asked him first, and when he heard that you were asked to make up lessons for him, he immediately agreed."

The corners of Yin Xiuzhu's mouth raised slightly, which made people feel distressed.

Xu De paid close attention to Yin Xiuzhu, this child was really pitiful, and he didn't know what kind of grievances he suffered at home to give birth to such a cautious temperament.

All day long, he was as quiet as a child, except for Qi Mu, he hardly took the initiative to contact anyone.

Thinking of his psychological problem of not being able to enter the water, Comrade Xu couldn't help but make up the plot of internal abuse, heart abuse, and liver abuse. He couldn't help being overwhelmed by his father's love and wanted to do something for him.

He guessed that Yin Xiuzhu would be deserted when he returned home, so he simply asked him to stay in school for a while.He knew that he and Qi Mu had a good relationship, so he must be happy to give him extra lessons.

It's just a reminder, so as not to make up lessons and copy homework, which will delay Qi Xiaoqiu's grades.

"Teacher, I'm willing to make up lessons for Qi Mu." No matter how calm Yin Xiuzhu looked, he was still a child at heart, and his voice trembled when encountering happy things.

Xu De said earnestly: "I know that you and Qi Mu have a good relationship and are very good friends, but do you know how to be a good friend?"

Yin Xiuzhu was startled slightly.

Xu De sighed and said, "I heard that Qi Mu was severely whipped by his father because he got the last place in the exam."

What he said was so graphic, Yin Xiaozhu's heart suddenly twisted.

Xu De glanced at him, and continued to pretend: "Tsk tsk, Mr. Qi's body and hand strength, it's scary to get angry, and thanks to Qi Mu's strength, ordinary children will definitely cry heart-piercingly."

Lao Xu's description as if he was on the scene successfully shocked the half-grown boy in front of him.

Seeing that the heat was almost ready, Xu De said again: "If you really treat him well, you should earnestly give him extra lessons and help him improve his grades, so as to avoid the pain of flesh and blood."

Yin Xiuzhu came back to his senses for a while, he clenched his fists and said seriously: "Teacher, don't worry, I will help him make up lessons!"

Xu De said comfortingly: "You are a good boy with a sense of responsibility, and the teacher trusts you."

Yin Xiuzhu nodded solemnly.

At the end, Xu De patched up his nonsense again: "Qi Mu has a strong self-esteem, so don't mention his father beating him."

Yin Xiuzhu said: "I won't."

Old Xu was relieved: "Actually, you won't admit it even if you mention him. Don't you know him? A tough guy who knocks out teeth and swallows blood."

Yin Xiuzhu Qi Baba is the time to worship blindly: "He is very strong and powerful. Don't worry, teacher, he will definitely get good grades in the exam." He will definitely not be beaten again!

Xu De watched the young boy Yin leave, and murmured in his heart: Thanks to watching a few episodes of Gong Dou with his wife, otherwise I might not be able to deal with these bastards.

The matter of making up lessons after school was decided like this. On the first day, Qi Mumu was in high spirits, eagerly waiting for Yin Xiuzhu to write his homework, so that he could copy it after finishing it.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yin of his family picked up the textbook solemnly and wanted to give him a lecture.

Qi Mu's eyes widened: "Are you really learning?"

Yin Xiuzhu: "It's not difficult, I'll tell you a little bit, and you will understand soon."

Qi Mu collapsed: "No, I'm in trouble."

Yin Xiuzhu didn't make a sound, just sat beside him.

Qi Mu waited for a long time without waiting for any movement, so he tilted his head to look at him.

Yin Xiuzhu held the textbook and sat motionless, except for her tender lips, which formed a straight line.

Qi Mu's heart tightened inexplicably, and he said, "Hey...don't cry..."

"I really want to give you extra lessons." Yin Xiuzhu's voice was very low, like a mosquito humming.

Qi Mu's weakness is extremely obvious, he just eats soft but not hard, especially Yin Xiuzhu can't be wronged, after all, he is the one he promised to cover.

"I, I thought about it too." Qi Mu said quickly.

Yin Xiuzhu lowered his eyes, and his thick and curly eyelashes trembled slightly: "If I can't help you improve your grades, the teacher won't let me make up lessons for you."

Qi Mu was dumbfounded.

Yin Xiuzhu held the book tightly, and slowly said: "I went home early and was alone, I really want to stay in school for a while..."

As soon as these words came out, Qi Mu couldn't stand it immediately. The two had known each other for so long, and each other's family situation was also clear: Yin Xiuzhu's mother stayed at home and never looked at him for a year; Yin Xiuzhu's father never Going home, there is only a little Yin Xiuzhu in Nuo's big house except for the sarcastic nanny.

No one knows better than Qi Mu how much he doesn't want to go home.It's a pity that he has no reason not to go home.

Yin Xiuzhu must be very happy to use the excuse of making up lessons to go home later.

"Okay," Qi Mu said angrily, "... learn, I'll learn!" Oh my god, he really wants to sit on the needle board for half an hour after school!

The corners of Yin Xiuzhu's mouth curved slightly.

Qi Mumu said unwillingly, "I learned it for you!"

There was an indescribable heat in Yin Xiuzhu's heart, which seemed to heat up his blood: "Thank you."

"Thank you for what?" Qi Mu scratched the back of his head, feeling awkward, "I should be the one thanking you for tutoring me... Ah... Don't think of me thanking you, I hate studying to death."

Yin Xiuzhu said again: "It's my fault."

"Stop talking like that." Qi Mu said angrily, "If you're not good, I'd have slapped my ass and left!"

The words were not clearly stated, but the meaning was there, and the corners of Yin Xiuzhu's raised mouth could not be suppressed no matter what.

——Because of you, I did such a nasty thing.

How could Qi Mu be so good, how could there be such a good Qi Mu in this world, and how lucky he was to meet him.

With after-school tutoring, Qi Mu's grades improved by leaps and bounds, a full nine points rose, surpassing Xu Xiaoming and Dong Jisheng to become the third from the bottom!

Faced with this result, there are only two people who are really happy.

One is Yin Xiuzhu and the other is Qi Dashan.

Coincidentally, these two people were also very happy when he took the 71 exams.

Xu Xiaoming cried while holding a 78-point paper: "Mu Mu, how could you betray us? Isn't it good to stay in the [-]th grade? Why bow to the evil forces!"

Qi Mu scolded him: "Fuck you, who wants to get along with you."

Xu Xiaoming said sadly and angrily: "You have changed, you are no longer the most shining star in our class!"

Qi Mu was in a very good mood, seeing that he was about to get his hands on his precious test paper, he said vigilantly: "Don't touch my test paper, you won't be able to pay for it if you break it."

Xu Xiaoming: "..." Isn't it just [-] points!I'm only two points away!It's a pity that he really couldn't afford to pay for the difference of two points...

Grades improved and tutoring continued.Qi Mu was not so repulsive as he said, he didn't like to listen to Xu De's lecture, but he was willing to listen to Yin Xiuzhu's. Yin Xiuzhu had a nice voice, and he didn't talk long-windedly. He rewarded him with chocolates from time to time. The white rabbit is jumping happily.

In a blink of an eye, they were promoted to the fourth grade, and the weather became cold, and at the end of October, it was so cold that people shivered.

Qi Mu has been thinking about one thing since a week ago, so he can't bear it any longer, so he waited for November 11th.

This day is Yin Xiuzhu's birthday, Qi Mu knew about it from Lao Xu.

In the first half of the year, Qi Mu's birthday happened to be celebrated at school. After the birthday, Qi Mu took Yin Xiuzhu to make a wish together. Lao Xu asked Qi Mu afterwards, and Qi Mu said, "Yin Xiuzhu didn't have a birthday, so he spent it with me."

Old Xu had mixed feelings in his heart: "How can anyone not have a birthday?"

Qi Mu said: "He has never been through since he was a child."

Xu De was taken aback for a moment, and immediately said: "I'll check it out for him, he will definitely fill in the information when he signs up."

So the truth of Yin Xiuzhu's birthday came to light, and Qi Mu took it seriously in his heart, thinking of giving him a surprise on this day.

Qi Mu knew that Yin Xiuzhu didn't like crowds, so he endured it until everyone left, and he took out the gift he had hidden for a day when the two of them were tutoring.

"Happy birthday!" Qi Mu said loudly.

Yin Xiuzhu looked at the chocolate cake in front of him, and his whole body froze.

The author has something to say: Comrade Xiaoyin is going to grow up in the next chapter.