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Jiang Yan set social practice on weekends, and classes will be held on Saturdays. They agreed to gather at the school gate at 300:[-] am on weekends and go to the nearest community welfare home.Before leaving, Xi Zhikong received a salary of [-] yuan from the studio. He happily put his mobile phone into his backpack. Jiang Yan raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, saying, "So happy?"

Of course he is happy, there is more than a month before Jiang Yan and his coming-of-age ceremony, he is now saving money, while taking time to continue "art creation", while taking advantage of the weekend to work at McDonald's - this is of course not telling Jiang Wen , but in order to proceed smoothly, he made an appointment with Jiang Yan, and also confessed that he saved money to buy gifts for him. Jiang Yan thought about it and decided to help him hide it from Jiang Wen.

In addition to the two thousand, there is also a part of the previous savings. My aunt also gave him some money a while ago, because he always returned it. Later, my aunt directly withdrew the cash and brought it to the school for him. He hesitated and accepted it. up.

Now he has around [-] yuan in his hand, more than enough to buy a decent gift, what worries him is what to buy.He was putting on his coat while staring at Jiang Yan, Jiang Yan would mistakenly lean over to kiss him, but he put his hand on his chest and pushed him away, saying in disgust: "Oh, you are so annoying."

"Kong Kong actually thinks I'm annoying, it's only the first year, and he thinks I'm annoying..." Jiang Yan curled his lips exaggeratedly, Xi Zhikong couldn't see it, raised his leg and kicked his ass and said:

"Whoa!"

Jiang Yan turned around and hooked his neck, pulled him to him and kissed him hard on the face, "What's wrong with the 'bumble'?"

"... Childish." Xi Zhikong wiped his face and couldn't help smiling.

Shu Jiyue carried a camera on her shoulder, and stood at the school gate looking very reluctant. Sun Chenxuan and He Xing muttered something, and the more they talked, the farther away they were from Shu Jiyue.Xi Zhikong went over and patted Sun Chenxuan on the shoulder: "What are you two whispering?"

He Xing coughed twice in embarrassment, and whispered, "He looks really—very unhappy."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan turned to look at Shu Jiyue, walked up to him, raised her hand and waved in front of his eyes: "Cheer up."

"Why am I not cheering up?" He said so, but his actions and expressions betrayed him completely.

A group of five arrived at the orphanage by bus. The staff waited at the bus stop when they heard that they were coming, and greeted them warmly as soon as they got off the bus.

Everyone is friendly and kind, except Shu Jiyue.

He really has a sense of fear and rejection towards children, which seems to have been accumulated over the years, and after so many years, he still can't get rid of the shadow of being haunted by a group of children chattering.

It's not all about the "hands-on" toilet teaching, but because he was compared with other children since he was a child. In private, no children are willing to make friends with him, and they collectively reject him.He not only has a feeling of being overwhelmed by the heights, but also a sense of jealousy of "not being able to get it".

Later, all of his friends were older than him, and there were very few younger ones who could "get into" his eyes, except Jiang Yan, who was his "direct disciple" after all.

Xi Zhikong saw that he was standing at the door, motionless as if his feet had taken root, he took a few steps back and grabbed his sleeve and tugged at him, saying: "It's all here, you should be more active."

"..." Shu Jiyue glanced at him, then walked in by herself.

When we arrived, the staff had just served breakfast and didn't eat a few mouthfuls. A few people asked for permission and went to look around.

Most of the children in the orphanage were children rescued from abductions and children abandoned by their parents. Before Xi Zhikong came, he specially spent two days preparing. Now he and Jiang Yan sat in the activity room to take out some small props. He Xing and Sun Chenxuan sorted out the toy corner and book corner.

Shu Jiyue doesn't like children, but she likes them very much.

The face of the big brother next door, who is harmless to humans and animals, quickly captured the "hearts" of the children. He stood by the door and watched everyone doing morning exercises for a while. He couldn't help smiling, and after being seen by them, things became out of his control.

He ran in from the outside as if fleeing for his life, and closed the door behind him, his movements were crisp and neat, and he was not so cowardly when he hit ten.

The children outside the door, ranging in age from three to 13 years old, called him in unison and affectionately.He heard "big brother, open the door" all over his ears, and felt like he was back when he and his mother were watching a classic clip of the famous Qiong Yao idol drama.

He Xing laughed out loud holding a stack of books, looking like he was not hesitating at all.

Shu Jiyue leaned against the door panel with lingering fear, Xi Zhikong put the prepared paper-cutting tools and role-playing props on the table, went to the window and tilted his head to look at the well-behaved children queuing up outside and said: "You are too exaggerated , look at them, lined up in order, how obedient they are."

"No, you have never been dominated by a child." Shu Jiyue retorted.

Xi Zhikong thought for a while, then turned to look at Jiang Yan and said, "Then you should talk to Jiang Yan, he must have a lot of experience."

With a shake of his hand, Jiang Yan cut a big slit in the little butterfly's wing, turning it into four wings.

Speaking of being dominated by children, Jiang Yan really has a lot of experience. He has been "dominated" by Xi Zhikong from the time he was born when he was able to walk until he finished elementary school.Now that I think about it, Xi Zhikong, who ran around with his milky voice and milky breath, was really cute, even if he was dominated, he was willing to do so.

When they were young, the two had been together since the full moon, because Gu Yishu and Jiang Wen often went shopping and taking walks together, and the two babies were always misunderstood as twins by others.Until entering kindergarten, even though the two of them looked nothing alike, some people would ask if they were fraternal twins—because Xi Zhikong was so clingy that he wished he could grow up with Jiang Yan every day. Behind her buttocks, she tugged at the hem of his clothes and did not let go.

When eating, he should put the small bowl next to his brother Ah Yan; when sleeping, he should push the small bed next to Jiang Yan's bed; when writing and drawing, he would take whatever color Jiang Yan used What color brush.

He even painted green hats.

Although Jiang Yan did not "hand in hand" teach Xi Zhikong to go to the toilet, but every time Xi Zhikong wanted to go to the toilet, he would run in front of him, step on his feet and whisper in his ear: "Brother Ah Yan, Xiao Kong wants to go to the toilet. "

At this time, it has been two years since their first fight over who is the elder brother. Xi Zhikong has carried out the fact that Jiang Yan is the elder brother to the end. In a good mood, no matter what Xi Zhikong says, as long as Jiang Yan can do it, he will do it.

For example, in the matter of taking Xi Zhikong to the toilet, Jiang Yan almost responded to every request.

When they were two years old, a plane established Jiang Yan's status as "Big Brother Ah Yan". When they were four years old, they started working in middle school.

Once they lined up to go out for morning exercises, and those in the small class had already stood on the dots drawn by the teacher. When school just started, many children were still crying.Xi Zhikong followed behind Jiang Yan and walked forward with other students. The teacher began to recite poems for everyone, and at the same time told everyone to pay attention to their feet.

A team walked cautiously, and the teacher told them to pay attention to their feet. As a result, everyone really lowered their heads and stared at the road under their feet, and didn't pay attention to a child running towards them.

The child probably "escaped" from the teacher, and bumped into Jiang Yan directly. Jiang Yan couldn't stand still and fell down, and kissed the child on the cheek.

He himself was fine, but Xi Zhikong behind him suddenly burst into loud and clear crying. The two teachers thought they had bumped into him, so they quickly picked him up and questioned him, but Xi Zhikong shook his head and said nothing. I kept crying.

Jiang Yan got up and patted his clothes, looked up at Xi Zhikong, then tugged at the hem of the teacher's clothes, and asked, "Teacher, is Xiaokong okay?"

At the age of four, I can hear clearly, but it is too difficult to distinguish Xi Zhikong's slurred words while crying. The teachers also know that Xi Zhikong only listens to Jiang Yan, so they hugged him and squatted down to Jiang Yan. Holding him, he asked again what happened to Xi Zhikong.

As soon as Xi Zhikong's feet landed on the ground, he let go of the hands that hooked the teacher's neck and turned straight towards Jiang Yan, hugged Jiang Yan and pushed him to the ground, the movements were so swift that the teachers standing around were stunned .

The teacher who was still holding them had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and reached out to stop Jiang Yan behind, so that they would not fall directly on the plastic floor.

On the surface.

Xi Zhikong lay on Jiang Yan's body, his tears and snot rubbing against his shoulders, crying louder and louder.Jiang Yan fell in a bit of pain, curled his lips and almost cried, the teacher hurriedly picked up the two conjoined twins, and was about to tell Xi Zhikong that this was a very dangerous behavior, but who knew that he suddenly Do not cry.

Standing up and wiping tears with both hands, he stretched out his hand to hold Jiang Yan's hand, and asked him childishly: "Brother Ah Yan fell in pain?"

In fact, Jiang Yan's butt hurts to death, but he hinted that "I am the elder brother", as if the elder brother is synonymous with Superman and is not afraid of anything.

Biting his lower lip, he shook his head stubbornly and said, "No."

Xi Zhikong was happy now, and he opened his arms to hug Jiang Yan again. The teachers prevented him from pushing Jiang Yan, so they stretched out their hands to separate the two children from each other, and carried them back to the classroom.

Gu Yishu came to pick them up after school in the afternoon, saw Jiang Yan's back was dirty and asked him what happened, Xi Zhikong ran to Gu Yishu and whispered in Gu Yishu's ear for a while, Gu Yishu couldn't straighten up with laughter, One left and one right took the two children home.

Until now, Jiang Yan doesn't know why Xi Zhikong pushed him down.

He picked up the four wings of the butterfly and shook them, stood up and stretched, and asked him casually, "Kongkong, do you remember doing morning exercises when you were in middle school—"

"Ah, you said that," Xi Zhikong touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment, took two steps towards him, and said, "I forgot too, but I still listened to what my mother told me later."

"Huh? So why did you push me?" Jiang Yan put the cut butterfly on the low bookshelf, and walked to the window to look out.

Xi Zhikong cleared his throat: "Didn't you get knocked down by a child that day? It's just... you were not only knocked down by him, but you also kissed him on the face."

Shu Jiyue turned her head to look at Jiang Yan in disbelief, "My God, did you learn how to be seductive at such a young age?"

"..." Jiang Yan suddenly felt that Shu Jiyue deserved it, rolled his eyes at him, and said to Xi Zhikong, "I didn't mean to kiss him, I just accidentally fell!"

"Later my mother told me that the reason I gave her was because that day - I told you not to laugh at me!"

Jiang Yan raised his hand and pinched his face, and said with a smile, "You don't do too many stupid things? When did brother laugh at you?"

"That's different. It was when I was a child. I was too young. Later, when I was in junior high school, I always felt that there was something wrong with me. My mother said that I told him because I didn't want to see you kiss and hug other children..."

As soon as Xi Zhikong said this, Jiang Yan froze in place, Sun Chenxuan and He Xing also stopped their work, Shu Jiyue clenched her fists to her lips, couldn't help laughing and shrugged her shoulders.

Everyone was silent, especially Xi Zhikong, who silently turned around and didn't dare to look at Jiang Yan's face. He felt his ears were hot and wanted to find a place to get in.When he was four or five years old, he told Jiang Yan that he would think he was cute, but now he just felt very ashamed when he said it, so ashamed that he couldn't speak.

The children outside the door were already quiet, the teacher told them not to make noise, and the five big brothers prepared a "surprise" for them inside, and then knocked on the door.

Xi Zhikong came back to his senses and coughed lightly, opened the door a crack and said to the teacher, "Teacher, I'm sorry for keeping the children waiting for so long." He stood to the side to welcome the teacher and the children in, Shu Jiyue Then he turned around and ran to the corner in two or three steps.

Eight hours of practical activities. In the morning, everyone gathered in the preschool classroom to do handicrafts and "parent-child" games. The children had a great time playing. After lunch, the teacher took them to bed and laid a floor for five of them in the classroom.The autumn clothes are getting thicker and the weather is a bit cold. Fortunately, there is floor heating, so it is not too cold to sleep.

The afternoon activities started at [-] o'clock. He Xing and Sun Chenxuan took the older children out to play basketball. Shu Jiyue and Jiang Yanzhikong were left to "tell stories" to the children in the classroom.

Shu Jiyue's original intention was to take care of the older children, but Sun Chenxuan and He Xing happened to lead a team together, and he was more redundant, so he was forced to stay in the classroom.

The children in the welfare home are actually different from the children in the kindergarten. The teachers have communicated with them during the meal. Some children have grown up and remembered things.

Those who were abandoned by their parents, or those whose parents died without guardians, were sent here. There are more or less psychological problems, so you should pay special attention when communicating with them.

Generally, children do not sit quietly and listen to adults chatting, but this group of children is a bit different, most of them are more introverted, and they are more well-behaved when sitting on small stools.

Xi Zhikong looked at the dozen or so children in front of him, his expression gradually darkened.

He prepared a lot of inspirational and warm stories to tell them, but he opened his notebook but didn't know how to start.

Shu Jiyue stood by the bookshelf in the book corner, holding a book of Grimm's fairy tales with relish. Seeing that the two of them had not moved for a long time, she looked up and suddenly realized that Xi Zhikong's parents had died.

He put down his book and stood among a group of children, as if he had made countless psychological achievements. After taking a deep breath, he forced the corners of his mouth to rise, and said to the children: "Kids—shall we play a little game?"

He said he had goosebumps all over his body.

In his memory, he had never treated a child so tenderly and patiently. He cleared his throat and continued: "Have you ever played drumming and passing flowers?"

"I've played—" the immature voice entered Shu Jiyue's ears neatly, and he suddenly felt that something deep in his heart was touched, and he froze in place for a while, not knowing how to react.

Jiang Yan patted Xi Zhikong on the shoulder, and asked him in a low voice: "Kongkong, are you uncomfortable?"

"No..." Xi Zhikong looked down at the densely packed notes in his notebook, sighed softly and said, "Compared with them, I'm really lucky." The corner of his mouth smiled, "It's really lucky."

After a few minutes, Shu Jiyue had already set the rules with the children, whoever gets the little apple that is passed by drumming will tell a story to everyone.The children readily agreed, sitting on the seats gearing up, eager to try.

Xi Zhikong used the bluetooth speaker he brought to randomly play a small game bgm playlist. Unexpectedly, the first song was "Little Leaping Frog" that impressed him deeply.

He couldn't help thinking of that ridiculous afternoon when he used the suona to "fight to the death" with the little jumping frog upstairs, and finally achieved the "achievement" of entering the police station once.

Jiang Yan couldn't hold back a chuckle and came out standing beside him and poked his waist, then leaned over and whispered in his ear, "I think the scene is still missing a suona."

"Jiang Yan!" Xi Zhikong raised his leg and kicked his ass.

Everyone's emotions were slowly mobilized in the game, and the storytelling became more and more natural. Under the warm invitation of Shu Jiyue, Jiang Yan and Xi Zhikong also joined the game, and they sat scattered among the children , There was a mess with the children, and several staff members and teachers of the orphanage stood at the door watching them play, and they all laughed along.

The music stopped abruptly when the apple rested in Xi Zhikong's hand.He looked down at Apple, then looked up at Jiang Yan, curled his mouth and said with a smile: "It's brother's turn to tell you a story."

"it is good--"

Xi Zhikong thought about how to start, and after a moment of silence, he picked up a two-year-old child and put him on his lap, and began to tell a short animal story.

"A long time ago, there lived a little bear family in a forest. The father bear was responsible for finding food for the little bears every day, and the mother bear never stopped telling stories to the little bears. The stories of the mother bear were wonderful, and the little animals around loved them. Come to Little Bear's house to listen to Mama Bear's storytelling.

“Papa Bear brings small gifts to the cubs every day when he comes back, sometimes it’s beautiful wild flowers, sometimes it’s berry snacks outside of the meal, and charcoal pencils made from trees burned by humans.

The little bears lived very happily, but one day, on their way to school, they were caught by some bad guys—”

At this point in the story, a child in front of him suddenly interrupted him by raising his hand, his eyes were full of innocence and doubt, he looked up at him and said, "Brother, brother, will the little bears die?"

Xi Zhikong was taken aback for a moment, then patted his head, and continued: "The villains packed the little bear into the car and were going to take it to the city to sell to merchants. On the way, they were spotted by the police uncles, who took the villains After grabbing it, the cubs were terrified, and kept crying to find their parents.

"Later, the police uncles searched for the cubs for a long time, but they couldn't find their parents, so they sent them to the kindergarten. They waited and waited, and they all looked as strong as the bear's father and as beautiful as the bear's mother. I still haven't returned to my parents."

At this point in the story, most of the children understood the meaning of the story, some lowered their heads, and some eyes began to fill with tears and they were about to cry.And Xi Zhikong's original intention was to tell these children that they should grow up strong and brave no matter whether their parents are around or not. But when he said this, he realized that these children's backgrounds are different, and it is easy to touch everyone's sadness. thing.

When he was in a hurry to wipe the tears of the crying children, the teacher walked in from the door and sat on the tatami mat, hugging the children who cried the most, with a gentle and kind smile on his face.

"Excuse me, teacher."

Xi Zhikong expressed his apology to the teacher. The teacher patted him on the shoulder and shook his head. He coaxed a three-year-old little girl and said, "Children, do you still remember what the teacher told you?"

Everyone sobbed softly, but no one answered the teacher's question. The teacher immediately took out the little butterfly cut by Jiang Yan that he saw on the bookcase just now, spread it in the palm of his hand, and said patiently: "This little butterfly is so pitiful, other little butterflies Butterflies have one pair of wings, but she has two pairs, everyone thinks she is not pitiful?"

A child replied with a whimper: "Mr. Teacher, the little butterfly has two pairs of wings, while other butterflies only have one pair!"

"Then now—" the teacher carefully tore off the wings and put them aside, "the little butterfly's wings are all gone."

"Teacher!" A little girl stood up with her hands up, wiped her tears and went to the handicraft area to get some glue and came back, saying, "Tiantian can glue back the wings of the little butterfly."

Several children gathered around the table, and the teacher took out the toys that everyone had broken before and instructed them to repair them one by one with glue tape.Shu Jiyue recorded this moment with a camera, and Jiang Yan and Xi Zhikong also went to help, gradually calming down the children's emotions.

Later in the day, a few people were preparing to go back to school for evening self-study. The teacher gave Xi Zhikong the little butterflies glued by the children, pulled him aside and said to him in a soft voice: "Before you come, your head teacher Teacher Chen told me about your family situation, if you know in advance that your parents have passed away, I don't recommend you to participate in such activities."

"Teacher, I—"

"Listen to me," the teacher looked at him more and more softly, smiled at him, and said, "Compared with these children who are taken care of, you actually need psychological counseling more. The teacher will give you the phone number. Go to WeChat, if you feel uncomfortable, you can’t tell the people close to you, just tell the teacher, you are a good boy, you will take the college entrance examination soon, you have to work hard.”

Although we only got together for one day, Xi Zhikong felt the teacher's great friendliness. He thanked the teacher gratefully and said, "Thank you teacher, I will work hard."

"Well, happiness or pain will pass, you must believe in yourself."

Before getting on the bus, Xi Zhikong turned around and thanked the teacher again, and then got on the bus behind Jiang Yan and left.

They were sitting in the car for the last shot, Jiang Yan asked him what the teacher said, he looked up at Jiang Yan for a long time, remained silent for a long time before half-jokingly said: "The teacher said, please take good care of me in the future."

"Didn't I take good care of him? You can see that I can pinch flesh on my face recently." Jiang Yan said while pinching his face, and he punched him on the shoulder.

Xi Zhikong looked at Jiang Yan, his eyes reflected the surging traffic outside the window, and then leaned on his shoulder to rest with his eyes closed, and whispered: "I'm serious."