Wait till the sun rises

Wreaths, dirges, cries, and consolation sounded together.

Xu Jiming was wearing a small black suit with a serious face. Today he followed his parents to attend the funeral of his parents' best friend.

Nuo Da’s mourning hall was crowded with people. Through the figures of the passing crowd, Xu Jiming could see a group of people not far away talking around an old man with gray hair and tears. The old man was dressed in black. , with a slender body bent slightly, Xu Jiming couldn't see the old man's face clearly because of the crowd's obstruction, so he could only see the old man stretching out his hand to wipe his eyes from time to time through the gap between the crowd.

"Mingming, go play by yourself, don't go too far." Xu's mother looked sad, her eyes were red, she squatted down and rubbed Xu Jiming's hair, and said in a low voice: "Father and mother are going to see that grandpa , you have to be obedient."

Xu Jiming nodded with a serious face like a little adult, and watched his parents leave.

Xu Jiming walked a few steps and sat down on the chair next to him. After staying for a while, he couldn't stand it anymore.

It's not that it's boring, but that both men and women present are all dressed in black, and the surroundings are filled with tears and crying, and the atmosphere is very depressing.After peeking at his parents not far away, Xu Jiming finally stood up and walked through the crowd to the backyard.

The crying sound was left behind, and Xu Jiming stretched himself comfortably.

Looking up, the sky was covered with thick clouds, and the sun shyly hid half of his face in the clouds, peeping at the misery of the world.

At this time, the backyard was quiet, and the flowers and plants in the garden were neatly trimmed.The tools were stacked at the foot of the wall. Xu Jiming kicked a small stone at the foot, and the stone fell to the ground in the distance with a thud, followed by a dog barking.

It was loud, fierce, and very frightening.

Xu Jiming rubbed his chest and exhaled slowly. He scared me to death while talking, and walked towards the direction of the sound.

It was a big black dog lying in a corner of the garden with a rope tied around its neck.

After calling a few times just now, there was no sound.

Xu Jiming carefully rubbed over and found that the dog was lying on the ground, very well-behaved.Xu Shi heard footsteps, and the big dog stood up from the ground in an instant, glaring at the uninvited guest fiercely.The barking pierced the sky again.

"It's so fierce." Xu Jiming muttered, and was about to leave. At this moment, the dog became quiet again. Xu Jiming looked interesting, so he took another step forward. The big black dog lay on the ground and turned to look at it. Looking at him, still looking fierce, but not barking.

Xu Jiming tilted his head, and saw a hand reaching out to touch the big dog's head. The big dog's attention was diverted, and it stuck out its tongue to chase the hand, with a flattering expression on its face.

It was a child's hand.

Xu Jiming asked, "Who's there?" No one answered, the little hand grabbed the big black dog's ear to prevent it from turning its head.

Xu Jiming looked left and right, then slowly backed away and walked around in a direction that the big dog couldn't see.

Walking through the flowers, Xu Jiming saw a child with his back facing him, curled up in a bunch of flowers, if you don't look closely, you will really miss it, because he hides it so well.

Xu Jiming walked over quietly, stood behind the child, and asked, "Is this your dog?"

The child sitting among the flowers put his hands on the big black dog's head, then turned around and raised his head to look at Xu Jiming.

At that moment Xu Jiming saw his appearance clearly. He was a very cute boy with fair skin and big eyes, just like a little boy walking out of a painting.It's just that the expression is too serious, that kind of expression shouldn't appear on this child's face.

The child glanced at Xu Jiming, then turned around without saying a word, as if he didn't hear his question.Xu Jiming was not discouraged, and sat beside the child casually.

The big black dog stared at him warily and bared its teeth. If it hadn't been held down by the child, it would have charged up and bit Xu Jiming to pieces.

Xu Jiming stared at the child's profile and asked a lot of questions, but he didn't get an answer. He couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, wondering if the child might be dumb.

Xu Jiming shook his head from side to side, and stretched out his hand to pick a flower. The flower was beside the little boy, next to the child's head.Just as Xu Jiming made a move, the big dog suddenly yelled and stood up, about to pounce on Xu Jiming.

"Bailey." The boy reacted quickly, hugged the big dog's neck, stretched out a hand to comfort the big dog's head.

Xu Jiming's reaction at that time was not fear, but anger.He thought about it, it turns out that you can talk, but you can talk but ignore me, it is simply unreasonable.

"You go quickly."

Just as he was thinking, the clear and crisp child's voice rang in his ears, and Xu Jiming was instantly happy. He moved his buttocks and sat back on the original place.

"No, I'm not leaving." Xu Jiming simply played a rogue. "Why did you ignore me just now?"

The little boy frowned, but didn't bother him much.After calming down the dog, he retreated into the flowers, still treating Xu Jiming as a transparent person.

Xu Jiming said that his mouth was dry. In fact, he really wanted to rush up and beat up this little kid, but if he fought outside, he would definitely be beaten to death by his father.

After a moment of silence, Xu Jiming stood up, but the little boy didn't move, and didn't even turn his head.It was as if he had eyes for nothing but the dog.

Xu Jiming stared at the child's profile and rolled his eyes, and said, "Our family also has a dog."

The boy shook his head, turned his head and glanced at him quickly.

Xu Jiming seemed to see hope, with a smile on his face, he ignored the staring of the big black dog, and sat down next to the boy.

"The whole body is white, very beautiful." He said while gesticulating, "It's so big, it's so good."

The boy reached out and rubbed the big dog's head, and asked in a low voice after a while, "What's its name?"

"It, it's called... Daben." Xu Jiming rolled his eyes, and then laughed again. Xu Jiming squeezed against the boy again, and said with a smile, "Do you want to see it? If you have time Show it to you."

Unexpectedly, the boy shook his head and stopped talking.

"Why? Don't you like dogs?" Xu Jiming was puzzled.The boy is not talking.

Time passed silently, and when Bailey finally got used to Xu Jiming's presence, Mr. Bian leaned at their feet, rested his chin on the ground, and closed his eyes for a nap.

Just when Xu Jiming was falling asleep, he heard the little boy murmuring, "It's getting dark."

Xu Jiming looked up, his eyes couldn't penetrate the thick walls, but he could see the thick dark clouds floating in the sky, the sun disappeared completely, the sky became dark, and the air seemed to be filled with water vapor.

"Oops." Xu Jiming got up as if his butt was on fire, rubbed his eyes and said, "It's going to rain, I have to go back."

Xu Jiming said goodbye in a hurry, and after running a few steps, he looked back and saw that the boy was still sitting where he was, not even changing his posture.

Xu Jiming ran back again and said, "Aren't you going?"

The boy turned around when he heard footsteps. Xu Jiming pointed to the dark clouds in the sky and said, "It's going to rain, let's go back to the house."

The boy shook his head, Xu Jiming bent down and pulled his arm.

"I'm not going," said the boy, "I'm waiting for someone."

"Who are you waiting for? You will get sick in the rain, go back first." The boy still shook his head, the sky was getting darker and the wind was blowing, Xu Jiming stretched out his hand to pull it, he was so strong that he pulled the boy away Pull up.

"Let's go back, it's going to rain soon." Xu Jiming said as he walked, the boy was struggling all the time, Xu Jiming wondered if there was something wrong with the child's brain?Relying on himself being taller than the other party, he held on to the child so hard that the child's delicate hands were reddened by him.

The dark clouds in the sky slowly moved towards this side, and the barking of dogs pierced the sky. Xu Jiming had already pulled the boy to a place where the big dogs could not attack.

Seeing the long corridor in front of him, before Xu Jiming could breathe a sigh of relief, a burst of earth-shattering cries erupted from behind him.

Xu Jiming turned his head and saw teardrops on the face of the boy who had been silent before, smashing them down one after another. He was crying so sadly that Xu Jiming panicked in an instant. Sleeves to wipe the little boy's tears.

The big black dog struggled fiercely. If it weren't for the iron chain tied around its neck, Xu Jiming would probably have been killed by now.

The sound of dogs barking and the cries of children pierced the sky. Such a big movement quickly attracted the adults.

"Yangyang." An old man came over accompanied by everyone. Before he walked in, the boy threw off Xu Jiming's hand and rushed over, hugging the old man's thigh and crying loudly. cry.

"Yangyang, what's the matter?" The old man picked up the boy, took out a tissue from his pocket, and wiped the boy's face distressedly.

Xu Jiming found out that this old man had just been seen in the mourning hall. He opened his mouth and saw his parents walking over.

"What's the matter? Xu Jiming, tell me." Father Xu saw Xu Jiming frowning, Xu Jiming stood up straight, and said loudly: "I think the weather has changed, so I took him back because I was worried about the rain. House..." At this point, Xu Jiming rubbed his fingers a little tangled, "Then he started crying, and I don't know why."

The boy cried more and more sadly, as if he had been greatly wronged, no matter how the old man tried to coax him, it was useless.

Feeling someone touching his head, Xu Jiming raised his head, and saw a slender white hand retracted.Mother Xu walked up to the old man and stroked the boy's head comfortingly, her voice full of tenderness.

"Are you Yangyang?" The boy turned a deaf ear and buried his head in the old man's arms.

"Tell auntie if brother bullied you, and auntie will teach him for you."

"..."

"Yangyang, can you talk to Auntie?"

"..."

The atmosphere was a bit tense, Xu Jiming pursed his lips, thinking that this child was not real, his mother ignored what he was talking to, but it was his own fault, so he could only grit his teeth angrily.

Papa papa, the heavy rain finally fell, Xu Jiming turned his head and took a look, the big black dog had already got into his den, staring at Xu Jiming covetously.

Xu Jiming made a provocative grimace, and suddenly found a hidden wooden door on the wall beside the kennel.Because it's not big, and the color is similar to the wall, my attention was on the little boy just now, so I didn't notice it.

Xu Jiming rolled his eyes, stepped forward and pulled the boy's leg, raised his head and asked, "Who are you waiting for?"

The boy's crying gradually stopped, and he finally raised his head from the old man's arms. Seeing him looking at him with red and swollen eyes like rabbits, Xu Jiming said softly after a long while: "...I'm waiting for my mother."