pointing to the stars

I stepped on the train heading for the country, and the high school life had just encountered me, and it had nothing to do with me in the blink of an eye.

Sitting in the train, I tilted my head through the glass window and watched the fleeting scenery outside, but my heart was much calmer.

Looking back, I stared blankly at the beautifully packaged snack box in my hand.This was given to me by Li Yang. Originally, I didn't plan to tell anyone that I was leaving.

What's more, these things have always been handled by parents on their behalf.

But I still went to school by accident and told Li Yang about going to the countryside to recuperate.

Maybe he won't always remember me.

An idea inexplicably popped up in my mind: the encounter between people is really so short.

Before leaving, Li Yang gave me a box of biscuits, telling me to eat them when I was hungry on the way.

Thinking about it now, if I stayed in school for a while, maybe I could really make my first friend.

I carefully opened the biscuit box and found that there were only a few biscuit crumbs left in the box.

Sure enough, I thought too much.After all, people are monsters wearing masks, so they approached me just to play a prank.

I threw the biscuit box into the trash can, and I felt bitter for some reason when I watched the things that were precious for a second turn into trash.

Later, I still picked up the biscuit box.Although there are no biscuits, it can be regarded as the first gift from a friend, I thought so.

Even though it's a box, it's still pretty important to me.After all, I've never received a gift from anyone else.

Of course, I am not stupid enough to be happy for an empty biscuit box. The things I think are the most precious may not be worth mentioning in the eyes of others.

I still remember when I was a child, I always sat alone on a bench in the park, waiting for the sun to slowly set from the west, and didn’t go home until it was dark.

What I faced was the worry and blame from my parents.When I tell them how beautiful the sunset is, they think I'm doing something pointless.

At that time, I really wanted them to accompany me to take a look...

Adults are always immersed in their world and don't take children's feelings into consideration at all.

But when I watched other children being accommodated by their parents, I realized that I was the only one who was actually isolated.

Anyway, what the parents say, that is what.Arguing with them will only make me want to escape even more.

The train stopped for an unknown amount of time. I put the biscuit box in my schoolbag and got off the train.

The trails extend in all directions, and the ridges under the feet are covered with green grass and white wild flowers, lush rice, neat terraced fields, busy farmers in the fields, the sound of cicadas and birdsong from the trees.

It's really beautiful here...

I took out my mobile phone and looked at the photos my parents gave me, looking around for my grandmother's house.Before he had gone far, he heard the noisy voices of children.

I looked up and saw several children throwing mud around a boy on the ridge in the distance.

The boy was wearing ragged short sleeves and brown shorts with holes, because he raised his hand to cover his forehead, so I couldn't see his appearance clearly.

Suddenly, the boy fell backwards and fell into the pond with a plop.

...the children here are savage.

I put away my mobile phone, carried my schoolbag and continued to walk to my grandmother's house.Before I had gone far, those children suddenly turned around and walked towards me.

A few children are not as tall as me, and their faces and hands are covered with dirty mud, and they cannot be seen clearly.

"Hey, where are you from?"

"Are you from the city?"

"Make friends!"

"..." From the perspective of this group of throwing mud at people and pushing people into the pond, they are definitely not good people.

"I said you children, don't you see that others are troubled?" The clear boyish voice came from not far away.

I turned my head and saw the boy who fell into the water crawled out of the pond, his eyes were covered by his wet black hair.

"If you don't leave, I will curse you." The boy threatened.

"Run!" one of the children yelled, and the rest followed suit.

A child is a child, and cursing or something is just ridiculous.

The boy took off the clothes on his body, wrung out the water in the clothes with both hands, then shook them and put them on again.Then he took off his pants and stood on the field ridge with his buttocks bare.

For a moment, I froze in place, at a loss.

"Are you still leaving?" The boy seemed to have noticed me and asked me.

I nodded to him and continued walking in the direction of my grandmother's house.When I got to my grandma's house, I realized that I forgot to say thank you.

However, I will live here for a while, so I should have a chance in the future.

Grandma entertained me very warmly, chatted with me for a while, and then entered the house with my parents.

I stood alone in the yard, not knowing what to do.The big yellow dog in the corner of the yard keeps barking at me, which makes me feel a little annoyed.

I put down my schoolbag, wiped my arms and legs with mosquito repellent toilet water, then moved a long wooden bench, sat under the eaves of the adobe house, put on my headphones and watched the anime I downloaded a few days ago.

Looking at the protagonist on the screen, chatting and laughing with my friends, I am really envious in my heart, I really want... I really want a friend.

By the time the parents and grandma finished talking, it was already noon.Grandma left her parents to eat, and grandpa came back from the field with a hoe on his shoulder.

In my memory, my grandfather was always reticent, but he always cared about me silently.I still remember when I was a child, I went to pick up eggs from the chicken coop for my grandfather, but my hand slipped and the eggs fell to the ground.

I froze for a moment, then burst into tears.At that time, grandma went to the market to catch up with the market, and only grandpa was at home.

Grandpa walked up to me, hugged me, and patted my back gently.Although my grandfather didn't say a word, I knew he was comforting me in his own way.

But looking at grandpa now, I don't feel anything at all.Perhaps, after growing up, many things will change over time.

"Hey, who is that!" At this moment, I heard someone calling me.

I turned around and saw that it was the boy who fell into the water just now.The boy stroked the hair covering his eyes, and then he stretched out his hand, which was a little bear on a chain.

I remember, that was the pendant on my schoolbag.

"You dropped it, right?" The young man smiled at me, with a sunny and clean smile, like the morning light dispelling the smog.

"Hey, who are you! Who let you in!" My mother's voice exploded in my ears, which made me shiver.

"Ah... sorry, I'm just here to return the things." The boy took a few steps back and explained.

"What else?" The mother walked towards the boy with a spoon.

The boy spread out his palm and showed it to his mother: "This is... the one that fell."

The mother looked at the little bear and said, "Did you think that our family is rich, so you probably robbed this thing, and then came to strike up a conversation with Sensen?"

"No, Auntie, I just..."

"Get lost! Seeing how dirty you are, you still want to play with us, didn't your parents teach you how to look good?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The boy bowed and apologized to his mother, but the mother still kept cursing.

I clenched my fingers tightly, summoned up the courage to step forward, grabbed the boy's wrist, and ran towards the country trail.

The mother's cry came from the ear, which was covered by the wind flowing in the air.

I didn't run far, and I was exhausted and panting. I put my hands on my knees, looked at the ground under my feet, and whispered: "I'm sorry, my mother is that kind of person, please don't worry about it." superior."

"It's okay, I'm used to it." The boy's voice came into my ears: "However, if you run out like this suddenly, your parents will be worried, right?"

"It's okay." I straightened up and looked at the boy in front of me: "No matter what I do wrong, they won't scold me."

The boy put his hands behind his head and sighed: "Your parents are so kind to you..."

"Um...probably."

In fact, all this is just their hypocrisy.

"Return this to you." The boy handed the little bear to me: "Go back quickly, don't let your parents worry."

I reached out and took the little bear and held it in my palm: "I don't want to go back now, you...can you stay with me for a while?"

"Uh..." The boy scratched his head, seeming distressed.

"It's fine if you don't want to, I'll just stay alone."

Yes, from before to now, haven't I stayed alone?But now, it is really greedy to expect the person in front of him to accompany him for a while.

"Look! That monster is over there!" At this moment, a child in the distance suddenly shouted.

monster?Where are the monsters?

I looked at the boy and was about to ask.

I heard the boy smile at me, and then pointing at himself: "The monster he was talking about is me."

After speaking, the boy turned and ran away.

Looking at the back of the boy going away, I always feel a little lonely and lonely.