Zai Zai Grocery Store

Lin Dong, Mu Xinghe, He Xiaochuan, and Jiang Xiaojun looked at Qiqi straightly. They belonged to the stage of "half-sized children, eating poor old people". The instant noodles in the pot were all eaten up, and it was estimated that they could only eat [-]% full, but Kiki refused to let them eat even [-]% full, and asked them why they didn't eat with an innocent look.

Now even Lin Dong was annoyed, and followed Mu Xinghe, He Xiaochuan, and Jiang Xiaojun to jump at Qiqi, and started kicking Qiqi's fat ass, and kicked Qiqi howling, the adults at the door rushed in when they saw this, Pulling the five children apart, Qiqi realized that she had accidentally thrown her snot into the pot of instant noodles. Knowing that she was wrong, she kept silent, put her arms around her mother's waist, and whispered, "Mom, I'm hungry."

Qiqi's mother scolded: "You still have the nerve to say you're hungry?"

Kiki fell silent.

Qiqi's mother asked, "Where's your father?"

Qiqi replied: "I'm playing mahjong."

"unacceptable!"

"Yeah." Kiki agreed.

"I'll settle the score with him later."

After Qiqi's mother gritted her teeth, she turned her head to look at Lin Dong and the others in embarrassment, and invited Lin Dong and the others to her home as guests. She will cook a hearty lunch for the four of them now, and let them eat full.

Lin Lihua, Ruan Xinping and others stopped Qiqi's mother, saying that they brought a lot of vegetable balls, fried fish pieces, bacon and so on from the countryside. Woolen cloth.

Qiqi's mother gave up and took Qiqi away.

Lin Lihua asked He Xiaochuan to serve most of the pot of noodles to the pigs in Xiaowang Restaurant. Lin Lihua conveniently cooked fish cubes, vegetable balls, shredded potatoes and a portion of tomato and egg soup for Lin Dong and the four of them. Qi ran over, but just after he came, he was blasted away by Jiang Xiaojun and Mu Xinghe in disgust.

After a while, Qiqi came over again. Qiqi likes to play with Lin Dong, Mu Xinghe, and Jiang Xiaojun, so much that he can't remember that he has a final exam.

In order for Qiqi and He Xiaochuan to do better in the exam, Lin Dong and the three decided not to bring Qiqi and He Xiaochuan to play before the summer vacation of the third grade, and the three of them disappeared collectively every afternoon.

Qiqi and He Xiaochuan habitually dropped their schoolbags and went to look for Lin Dong, but they couldn’t find them recently. The two persevered. As soon as school was over, they would run home immediately. They didn’t need to enter the room at all, and just stood at the door with their schoolbags. Throw it on the bed, turn around and run towards Lin Dong's house, after running to Lin Dong's house, to Mu Xinghe's house, after running to Mu Xinghe's house, to Jiang Xiaojun, Lin Dong and the other three can't be found anywhere.

The two turned around and ran to Lin Dong's house, waiting at Lin Dong's house. When Lin Dong came back by bicycle, the family had dinner again. After eating, their parents forced them to do their homework. Not giving up, they still ran towards Lin Dong's house every day after school, until the end of the final exam, neither of them found Lin Dong and the other three.

The three of Lin Dong were riding bicycles to sell twisted doughnuts on West Street, because the pocket money of Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun had been confiscated, so Lin Dong paid for the twisted twisted doughnuts cost, and if they made money back, they would give Lin Dong a little more.

The three of them hawked and strolled around, busy from the afternoon to the evening. After returning the twist basket to the twist shop, the three parked their bicycles on the side of the road, and squatted on the ground to count the money they made this afternoon. After deducting Lin Dong's cost, they made a total of four dollars.

Jiang Xiaojun asked: "Only earn four yuan?"

Lin Dong nodded.

Mu Xinghe said, "Four dollars is a lot."

Jiang Xiaojun asked: "Then how to divide?"

Mu Xinghe said without hesitation: "One piece for the two of us, and two yuan for Dongdong."

Lin Dong said, "I share too much."

Mu Xinghe said, "It's okay."

Jiang Xiaojun agreed.

Lin Dong was unwilling. He took out six cents from his backpack, three cents to Mu Xinghe, and three cents to Jiang Xiaojun, expressing that he was only willing to take advantage of ten cents, but Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun couldn't, so he accepted it. , and then the three of them rode bicycles towards the East Street of Jinli Township in the dim sunset.

As soon as they arrived on the street, they could smell the aroma of food wafting from every household, and the three of them could smell the food immediately.

“Roasted chicken with potatoes!”

"Stir-fried kidneys!"

"Tomato eggs!"

"..."

In addition to the smell of the food, there are also the sound of stir-frying with a spatula, the sizzling sound of oil and vegetable meat meeting, and even the dog at home is barking greedily. At this time, the sound of adults calling for children to eat came from the street. , and then the three of them saw the figures of children running fast on the main road of East Street, and the three of them also saw Fatty Chuan and Fatty Qi.

The three of them didn't call He Xiaochuan and Qiqi. They continued to drive forward. As soon as Lin Dong looked up, he saw Ruan Xinping and Pei Shiwei standing at the gate of the courtyard. Beside Pei Zhiwei, he skillfully pressed the brake, the car stopped firmly in front of Ruan and Pei, and he called happily: "Mom and Dad."

Ruan Xinping and Pei Shiwei had already smiled when they saw Lin Dong from a distance, and the smile was so strong that it couldn't melt away, Ruan Xinping stepped forward, touched the sweat on Lin Dong's forehead, and asked, "Where did you go today?"

Lin Dong said, "Go to Jinshang Town to sell mahua."

Ruan Xinping said in surprise, "You've already gone to the next town?"

Lin Dong nodded.

"Awesome!"

"Well, Xinghe, Xiaojun and I earned four yuan from selling mahua. Since I paid for the deposit and the cost, I gave me an extra dime, and I took it."

"It's amazing, baby, you did the right thing." Ruan Xinping doesn't hesitate to praise all the children. She always thinks that if the praise is right, the child will grow in the right direction and even shine. She always praises Lin Dong. , smiled and wiped the sweat off Lin Dong's forehead and asked, "Are you hungry?"

Lin Dong nodded.

"Come on, let's go eat. Dad has made a lot of things you like to eat."

"Ah."

Lin Dong pushed the bicycle that was only half a head shorter than himself, parked easily in the yard, quickly ran into the bathroom, washed his hands, and sat at the dining table with Ruan Xinping and Pei Zhiwei to eat.

Lin Dong is really good at eating now, Ruan Xinping and Pei Zhiwei are full, he is still eating, Ruan Xinping and Pei Zhiwei don't leave the table in a hurry, and eat with Lin Dong slowly, Ruan Xinping looks at Lin Dong, the more he looks at Lin Dong, the more he feels that Lin Dong Dong is good-looking. Lin Dong used to be thin and small and good-looking, but now he is a bit fleshy and taller, and he looks even better. When he grows up, he doesn't know how handsome he should be.

Ruan Xinping stared at her son as if she couldn't get enough of it. After dinner, Lin Dong helped Pei Shiwei wash the dishes. After washing, he went to Zaizai's grocery store to help Lin Lihua sell things. He helped his aunt for a while every day.

When Lin Dong came back again, he brought Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun back. At this time, Ruan Xinping was pouring water in the kitchen. He quickly ran to the kitchen and whispered, "Mom, Xinghe and Xiaojun are coming to sleep with me tonight. May I?"

Ruan Xinping turned her head and said, "Yes, but can you tell mom why they want to sleep with you?"

"Because, because..." Lin Dong rolled his eyes.

Ruan Xinping hummed softly, her voice rising slightly, with a questioning tone.

Lin Dong immediately told the truth: "Because Xiaojun rented a comic book, his parents wouldn't let him read it."

"Why don't you let him see it?"

"Because he is poor at study."

"...So you want to come here to take a peek?"

"Well, I want to see it too."

"Okay, but you have to go to bed early, you know?"

"know."

"Go."

"Thank you mom." Lin Dong happily ran over and put his arms around Ruan Xinping's waist.

Ruan Xinping said happily: "Go quickly, you can't always read comics, you have to read the extracurricular books that your aunt and uncle bought you with Xinghe Xiaojun."

Lin Dong nodded: "Okay."

Then Lin Dong happily ran out of the kitchen, dragging Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun into the room, the three of them took off their shoes and threw themselves on the table as soon as they got to the room, lying on the bedside together, reading comics head to head, very attentive. Suddenly hearing a "plop" sound from the bed board, the three of them were startled, and turned their heads to see Qiqi and He Xiaochuan.

Qiqi said: "Finally caught the three of you!"

He Xiaochuan said: "We have finished the final exam."

As they said that, the two of them took off their shoes and crawled towards the bed. Lin Dong and the three of them pushed them together with their feet.

Mu Xinghe said, "Who allowed you to go to bed?"

Jiang Xiaojun said, "Go down."

Lin Dong said, "You didn't even take a shower, where are you going to crawl?"

Qiqi and He Xiaochuan didn't care about it, like two little piglets, they pushed hard on the bed, until the end result was that Pei Shiwei asked all five of them to take a bath, and it was done at Lin Dong's house.

After the three of Lin Dong took a shower, they saw Qiqi and He Xiaochuan lying on the bed wearing shorts with their legs crossed. The three of them rushed forward and gave them a beating. After that, the five of them lay on the bed sideways and read a comic book.

Outside the door, Pei Zhiwei called He, Mu, and Jiang's family one by one, saying that their children were all at his house, and reassuring them. At 09:30 in the evening, Pei Zhiwei came to Lin Dong's room and said, "Baby, when the time comes Going to bed, uncle turned off the lights."

Qiqi turned his head and said, "It's so early? We haven't finished reading the comics yet."

Pei Shi smiled and said, "Children should go to bed early and get up early."

"But we're not kids anymore."

"Then what are you?"

"We're big kids."

"Older children also need to go to bed early and get up early, otherwise they will get fat."

"..."

Qiqi was instantly blocked by Lin Dong's father and had nothing to say.

Pei Zhiwei said, "Did I turn off the light?"

Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun nodded first, and then the five of them slept sideways.

Pei Zhiwei looked at Lin Dong specifically and said, "Good night, baby."

Lin Dong said warmly in his heart: "Good night, father, good night, mother."

Hearing a "pop", the room was dark. Normally, when Lin Dong was sleeping alone, Pei Zhiwei would turn on the crystal lamp beside Lin Dong's bed. Today, with four friends accompanying him, Pei Zhiwei did not turn it on, but lightly lit it. Close the door lightly.

The five people lay with their eyes closed, as if they were going to sleep, and after a while, they started commotion.

Qiqi said, "Xiao Chuan, why are you still awake?"

He Xiaochuan said: "Didn't you sleep too?"

Mu Xinghe said, "What are you two talking about?"

Lin Dong said crisply, "Xinghe, you haven't fallen asleep either."

So the five of them couldn't fall asleep anymore, you were talking one sentence at a time, looking out of the window out of instinct, and seeing a little spark dancing outside the window, He Xiaochuan let out an ah and quickly turned around and hugged Lin Dong, saying: " Ghost!"

Qiqi hugged Jiang Xiaojun's arm in fright: "Brother!"

Mu Xinghe said, "Fuck!"

Lin Dong said, "It's not a ghost, it's a firefly, don't you recognize it?"

Only then did He Xiaochuan and Qiqi look out of the bed again, and it was really a firefly.

He Xiaochuan said, "It's really a firefly."

Lin Dong said, "Yes."

Qiqi asked: "Why are there fireflies?"

Lin Dong said, "The rotten grass is a firefly."

Qiqi, He Xiaochuan, and Jiang Xiaojun asked together: "What do you mean?"

Lin Dong explained: "There are two theories, which one do you listen to?"

"All said."

"Okay." Lin Dong said crisply: "The ancients believed that the grass and tree roots died and rotted. They didn't really die and rot, but turned into fireflies, because wherever fireflies usually appear, there are fireflies." Rotten grass, so it is called "rotten grass is a firefly", another way of saying is that fireflies lay their eggs in rotten grass, so there are fireflies."

After Lin Dong finished speaking, Mu Xinghe laughed, but Qiqi, He Xiaochuan, and Jiang Xiaojun were stunned. He Xiaochuan exclaimed, "Lin Dong, why do you know so much?"

Lin Dong said, "Read a book."

Qiqi asked, "Do you know all those characters?"

Lin Dong said, "I can look it up in the dictionary."

"You don't mind the trouble. If I don't know how to read, I won't read it."

"..."

Jiang Xiaojun continued: "They are all the same as you, the whole class is a fool."

Qiqi defended: "Brother, I'm not stupid. The teacher said I'm very smart. I don't study well because I don't study hard."

"Then why don't you study?"

"If I study hard and fail in the exam, then I will lose face."

"..."

"I--"

"Don't talk, sleep!" Jiang Xiaojun interrupted Qiqi.

Qiqi turned around and asked, "Lin Dong, do you want to sleep? If you don't want to sleep, I can talk with you, we—"

Lin Dong said, "I think so."

Qiqi had no choice but to shut up, because as long as Lin Dong was willing to speak, then Xinghe and his brother would not beat him. If Lin Dong was unwilling, then he could not speak, or he would be beaten, so he had to shut up.

After a while, without knowing who would speak first, the five of them chatted again. They didn’t fall asleep until midnight. When they woke up, it was already nine o’clock in the morning. Hours later, after finishing downloading, Lin Dong happily said, "We can earn pocket money today without selling mahua!"

Mu Xinghe and the others looked at Lin Dong suspiciously.