senior [rebirth]

The weather forecast on the day of the match with the attached high school was from sunny to cloudy, but the proportion of "clear" was really small.Because when Lin Xi was busy in the kitchen at nine o'clock in the morning, the sky outside was already slowly overcast, making it hard to see the sun.

Lin Xi was still a little worried, so he called Liu Hao and asked Liu Hao if the weather would affect the game.

Liu Hao on the phone answered very heartily, saying that the weather forecast did not report rain, and it would be cloudy in the afternoon, which was just right for playing.Besides, the battle between them and the attached high school was a battle of glory, even if it was raining, they had to fight it out.

Lin Xi saw that he was so excited, so he stopped talking about the topic of affecting the game, but thought about bringing two more umbrellas with him when he went out, just in case.

He made jelly again today, because there is no mold, so he cut it out slowly by himself in units of bowls.With previous experience, this time it was done much faster, and the shape looks good.

Just as Lin Xi picked out two pieces to taste, he suddenly heard someone knock on the kitchen door.Turning around, I saw Li Rende.

Lin Xi bit the jelly, and when he saw him, he called out in surprise, "Uncle?"

Recently, the school summer vacation is approaching, and there are no students in school, so the cafeteria has naturally closed down.But because he has the important task of supporting his family, Lin Xi sees that Li Rende seems to have been trying to find a new job recently, always running outside sooner or later, and picking up his mobile phone to read news from time to time.

It's just that I don't know if it's because of his health that it's hard to find a job. Recently, Li Rende's face is not so good-looking, as if he didn't sleep well all night, he looks a little haggard, and the smile on his face is not as good as before.

When Lin Xi realized this two days ago, it was because when he was talking to Li Rende one time, Li Rende, who had always listened attentively to people's speech, sat on the side in a daze as if he didn't hear it. Lin Xi called him more , he turned his head.

And today this sign is even more obvious.

The moment Lin Xi turned his head to look outside the kitchen door, he always felt that Li Rende in front of him seemed much older and thinner than before, the wrinkles on his face became more obvious, and he looked much more tired than before.When gesturing to Linxi, he didn't smile kindly like usual, and said a little absent-mindedly: "Xixi, there is a doll in your room that leaks cotton, and its eyes are also missing. Later, uncle will sew it up for you." ?”

Lin Xi froze for a moment, then realized that Li Rende was referring to his dolls on the bed.

"Did the cotton leak?" Lin Xi was a little surprised, he didn't notice much, thought for a while and said, "No need, I'll deal with it myself later, Uncle."

Li Rende knew that Lin Xi had always treasured those dolls, and when he saw what he said, he didn't force him to help, so he nodded and walked to the living room.He didn't have much strength to nod his head, and when he turned around, his back was bent.

Seeing this, Lin Xi frowned, and couldn't help shouting, "Uncle, do you eat jelly? I just made it."

Li Rende turned around in response, saw the transparent and beautiful jelly in the kitchen, and heard that Lin Xi wanted him to eat, but this time he smiled, with wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but shook his head and gestured: "No, you are making it for a friend." Eat? You can just eat."

"It's enough for them to eat, Uncle, you can also taste some." Lin Xi said while giving Li Rende a toothpick.

The jelly made by Lin Xi has a special taste. It is harder on the outside, but when you bite it into pieces, it is full of sweet and soft meat inside.The reason why he overturned the car before was because he was cutting. When he first made it, he didn’t think so much. He took the biggest bowl in the house and cut several layers subconsciously. As a result, all the jelly without a hard layer in the middle fell away, leaving only Hard and not tasty.That's why I had to do it again, and because of this, I found a small bowl suitable for cutting and layering, but it was a bit too much to wash after doing it once.

But as long as the result is delicious, these are not a problem for Lin Xi.

Seeing that Lin Xi insisted that he try it, Li Rende finally took the toothpick and forked a piece of crystal clear jelly to eat.It's just that when I ate it, I didn't seem to be willing to swallow it. I kept it in my mouth and bit it repeatedly for a long time, and then I smiled and gestured: "It's delicious, it's delicious."

This time the smile was the same as before, but even so, there was still tiredness in those eyes.

Lin Xi frowned.

He didn't pay much attention to his family during this period in his last life. He only knew that their family had paid off the usury loan, but they still owed a lot of other things. But how many "points" are there and what are they like? A repayment pressure he is not clear.

Li Rende became so tired, could it be that the family has been under a lot of financial pressure recently?Thinking of this, Lin Xi weighed his words, handed Li Rende another piece of jelly, and said, "Uncle, I have already finished my exams and go on summer vacation, so I am thinking of finding a summer job in two days. Leaflets and the like, to lighten the burden on you and Mom."

Li Rende at the door was stunned when he heard it, and then he seemed to jump up after being poked by something, and gestured anxiously: "What are you doing! No need!"

"How can I let children do things? You can just study and play. You don't need to do things. The family is not so short of money." Li Rende gestured quickly and vigorously, and even made a single sound in his throat: "No need Xixi, the family really doesn’t need you to work, if you are short of money, tell your uncle, there is no reason for you to go to work at such a young age..."

"I'm not short of money." Lin Xi shook his head, thought for a while, and said truthfully: "But I think you and your mother seem to be under a lot of pressure recently, and I want to help you."

The paragraph "with mother" is of course a lie, because Lin Meiling is no different from before.She was still the same as in the past, she went on business trips to bring some special projects without teaching tasks during the summer vacation, anyway, she always had a way not to go home.

Therefore, Li Rende is the only one who seems to be stressed at home.

Li Rende is not stupid, he understood Lin Xi's words, his expression froze for a moment, and then his gestures slowed down: "No, uncle, it's not because of this..."

After a while, as if remembering something unpleasant, as if his strength was drained, he said in a slump, "Uncle, it's not because of this."

"Why is that?" Lin Xi asked.

He didn't care about Li Rende at all in the past, so he couldn't remember whether Li Rende's emaciation these days had the same situation in his previous life, and why.

can only ask.

Li Rende's hands trembled, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything in the end. He just wiped his face, waved his hands, and said with gestures: "Hey, it's nothing."

Then he repeatedly emphasized: "Anyway, it's not because of work, not because of money, the family is not that poor, if you lack money, tell your uncle, don't go out to find a job, you are the most likely to be bullied when you go out to find a job." Yes, you know..."

Later, no matter what Lin Xi asked, Li Rende never replied to him. He only went in to make lunch by himself after Lin Xi finished making jelly and left the kitchen.

During lunch, Lin Xi was still asking around, but Li Rende refused to answer anything, so Lin Xi had to go back to the room by himself after the meal.

He first sat on the bed for a while, then remembered what Li Rende said when he was standing at the kitchen door, turned around and found the one from the pile of dolls that had lost cotton in his mouth, and after thinking about it, he picked it up again from the dolls at home. Needlework was dug out of the toolbox.

Lin Xi often did this kind of mending dolls when he was a child, but he was not very good at that time, and he often made messy mending, so he could just do it.Later, I was much more proficient, but after such a long time, the craftsmanship has long been rusty, and now I make it up again, and the effect is almost the same as when I first learned it back then. How awkward it is.

Lin Xi sat on the bed and had fun for a long time after finishing it. Then he took a photo and subconsciously wanted to send it to the senior.

But before sending it off, he suddenly remembered the beating heart of the night before, and his heart froze—he hadn't completely sorted out his emotions and thoughts, and he really didn't know how his love would be in the senior's Pamper yourself.So with a twist of his finger, this picture was sent into the space by him.

With the word "handmade masterpiece".

Probably everyone was relatively free during the summer vacation, and not long after the news went out, Yao Zijing and Jiang Lili quickly came to like it.Jiang Lili also seemed to think that the calf's expression was being tossed so funny, she posted three rows of hahaha, the laughter almost overflowed the screen, Lin Xi couldn't help laughing at it, and was about to type back, when there were many comments in the comments one.

Senior: "Like this?"

Lin Xi was stunned, he didn't expect that the senior in the space would come back so quickly.

Then he glanced at the bed full of dolls.

Lin Xi did like dolls when he was a child, but what he liked was not cartoony, cute, pink dolls, but big dolls.The bigger the better, it is best for him to nest in the whole body and lie in the arms of the doll.

However, the price of such dolls is often extremely high, far beyond what Lin Xi could afford when he was a student, so he can only find another way, save the one or two yuan he saved from his meal money, and then go to the claw machine circle in the game city.

At that time, there was a claw machine with dolls ranging in size from large to small, depending on whether the player could circle the number symbolizing the largest doll.Lin Xi still remembers that the biggest doll in the game city he often went to was a green monster for a while, hanging in a transparent glass cabinet, it was very conspicuous, it looked a bit ugly, most people didn't like it, some even laughed and said Not as good as those small ones, urging the boss to change them quickly.But Lin Xi stood in front of the glass cabinet, his eyes lit up all of a sudden.

I just like that one, it is taller than him, as if taking it home can protect him.

Later, I kept putting coins into the game machine.

However, his luck has always been very bad. After trying for so long, the small dolls were scattered, but the big one was never circled. Later, the green monster was replaced with other cute ones, and Lin Xi still failed. Pass.

He actually didn't like little dolls very much, but he was also reluctant to part with the money spent, so he simply put them all on the bed.At the time, I thought it was useless, but later the number increased. Lin Xi found that the dolls could circle around him completely, and would occasionally bury their bodies in them.

Especially safe.

Later, the reason why I saved money in the piggy bank was because I wanted to really buy a big doll. I would give Xu Han a schoolbag and doll on his birthday, and I also wanted to give my favorite things to my seniors.

This kind of doll is indeed special to Lin Xi, but when he grows up, he no longer has such weird habits, and he no longer relies on dolls so much.Although in order to make up for the regret when I was a child, I put a giant-level doll bear in the pet cafe, but that's all.

So he quickly returned to the senior and said, "No."

While returning, he put the calf back in his hand, and sorted out the other dolls by the way.Putting each one away, looking at them neatly, I suddenly laughed

Although as far as Lin Xi is concerned, he no longer needs these, and they are even slightly redundant on the bed, but Lin Xi will not think of throwing them away because of this.

Because he knows how these dolls are to 16-year-old Lin Xi.He stayed in his own room during that period, so naturally he couldn't spoil his treasure.

Stretching out his hand to lightly touch the calf's eyes, Lin Xi thought that if he left the Lin family, he might be able to take all these dolls with him and seal them up, while feeling his phone vibrate suddenly.

The senior directly knocked on his QQ window.

Lin Xi paused subconsciously after seeing the note.

Now when he sees anything about Xu Hanlai, he will subconsciously think of what happened last night. "Don't stay too far away from me", Lin Xi's eyes with abnormal sexual orientation really can't taste a trace of righteousness.

But he was afraid that it was because he was wearing colored glasses. Maybe Liu Hao and Guo Yu would have different interpretations if they were treated like this, so he has been working hard to adjust his mentality.It's a pity that he hasn't succeeded yet, so he restrained himself just now and didn't send the picture to the senior.

... But he didn't expect that the other party would come to him directly.

And after a closer look, the content turned out to be: "Then what do you like?"

With this familiar tone, Lin Xi could almost imagine that the senior was asking with a smile in front of him at this very moment.

The twinkling light in those black eyes is like the candied fruit in the desert, which can tempt people to speak the most truthful words in their hearts.

Lin Xi squeezed the phone tightly, and after a long time, he suppressed his heart and said, "I don't like anything."

Xu Han came back quickly: "Really?"

If this is face to face, the smile will definitely become deeper and more attractive, and it will even make the tips of his ears keep heating up.

Lin Xi: "..."

The tips of his ears were gradually turning red, and his head was almost buried under the quilt because of his irresistible imagination.Knowing that this state is very abnormal, because it was affected by various past events, but I can only follow Xu Han's words and say honestly: "...really."

Then, in order to save his hopeless imagination, he cleared his throat and forcibly tried to find a formal topic: "Senior, what time do you plan to leave for the attached high school?"

Looking at this serious message, Lin Xi suddenly felt that his situation seemed to be much better.

However, the other party replied: "Look at you."

Lin Xi: "Huh?"

...he had a bad feeling.

Then, as expected, I saw a line of words on the screen very quickly, which was a very patient explanation: "The attached middle school is very far away. There was no direct bus to No. [-] Middle School in the past. I will pick you up."

Lin Xi: "..."

He was really about to die, and when he saw the word "together", he suddenly remembered the words that the senior held his wrist last night, telling him not to stay too far away.

Lin Xi didn't have many friends in middle school, and the relationship between them was not deep. I don't know if it's normal for boys of this age to have such a conversation, and I don't know if every senior is so considerate. I only know that he It's almost impossible to adjust my mentality.

The child buried himself in the quilt pretending to be an ostrich and didn't return for a long time. Xu Hanlai waited for a while, but he didn't wait for a reply, so he sent a sentence slowly: "Don't want to?"

No matter how uncomfortable it is, it is impossible for Lin Xi to disagree with the senior's invitation.

All his emotions are far behind his desire in this life to hope that his seniors can live healthy and healthy.

So he forced himself out of the quilt, sucked his nose, and said pitifully, "No."

"I just think the senior is too nice."

"That's great."

Xu Hanlai, who was sitting in the study, saw these two rainbow farts, and was about to reply, when Lin Xi immediately added: "It's good for everyone."

There is another sentence that is even more exaggerated: "It is simply a fairy!"

Xu Hanlai: "..."

Seeing the crackling praise, the eyebrows that were originally raised and wanted to play tricks on the children fell down again.

His eyes drooped and fell on the screen, and after a long time, he replied indifferently: "Really?"

The child replied very sincerely, and a row of "hmmmmmm" almost didn't refresh the screen.

Xu Hanlai just kept his eyes down, pointed his hands on the edge of the screen for a long time, then pulled the corners of his lips, and changed his notes conveniently.

It's a very bad tone.

"Little heartless."