Cannon Fodder's Rebirth

In [-], there was no long holiday for the National Day holiday. After the holidays on Saturdays and Sundays plus the National Day holiday, it was only three days off. Jiang Xi only took half a day to finish the holiday homework.

After lunch, I received a call from my mother, who gave me all kinds of instructions as usual.He told his mother that everything was fine, and also cared about the situation of his parents in City B.Jiang Ma's voice was full of joy and told him that Jiang's father was promoted by the boss to be the supervisor of the furniture factory. Give everyone the right to assign work, and you can leave more or less sweet work for yourself.Jiang Ma now also goes to work in this furniture factory as a warehouse keeper. The job is very easy, and now there are no problems in life that he doesn't have to worry about.

Faced with such a mother who is easy to be content, Jiang Xi can only smile helplessly on the phone, but contentment is always happy, and happiness depends largely on the state of mind.

After hanging up the phone, my aunt wanted to do laundry, so she went to his room to check for dirty clothes.Jiang Xi washed all his clothes at school, and he never planned to trouble his uncle and aunt.

Seeing that there was nothing to wash, the impatient aunt turned around and talked as she walked out, accidentally bumping into the guitar hanging by the door.

The bedroom that Jiang Xi lived in used to belong to his eldest cousin, because of his arrival, the two cousins ​​moved into one room and gave up a bedroom for him. The guitar and the posters of the Four Heavenly Kings on the wall are all of them. An extroverted cousin.After being bumped, my aunt was like other mothers, nagging her children to buy so many messy things that didn't take up all the space.

After his aunt went out muttering, Jiang Xi's eyes fell on the guitar.

In the afternoon, not far from the ticket office at the main entrance of the zoo, a little boy sitting cross-legged on the ground was holding a guitar that was about to block him. Play and sing.

At first there were a lot of onlookers, probably because they didn't see any signs of begging or singing from the singing boys, so they just stopped and listened.Until a hand stretched out from somewhere in the crowd, the first one dropped a one-dollar bill in the guitar bag that was unzipped in front of the boy. After the boy stopped singing briefly and said thank you, the others seemed to be It was only after they realized that they put some small change into their guitar bags one after another.

People came and went, sometimes more and sometimes less, and even when they were all gone, except for saying thank you at the moment when others put down their money, Jiang Xi kept singing as if no one else was there, until it was nearly dusk.

The zoo is about to close, and the ticket office has closed its window to stop selling tickets.Jiang Xi tidied up the messy change. There were a lot of tenors. I didn't count them in detail. It was about 30 to [-] yuan. It was enough to save enough money for a few days of meals.

In the past, Jiang Xi couldn't imagine that at his age, he would use this method to earn money for himself. If his classmates saw him, he would definitely feel ashamed and want to die.But now there is no such worry at all. Even if a classmate handed over money, he can take it calmly and say thank you.Not stealing or grabbing, self-sufficiency, this is the only way he can think of to reduce the burden on his parents.

When standing up, Jiang Xi staggered and almost dropped his cousin's guitar.Sitting for too long makes my feet numb.

On the street when the lights are on, the pedestrians are gradually thinning out, and the warm orange light shines through the windows of each house. If you take a deep breath, there seems to be the aroma of food in the air.

Picking up the guitar, Jiang Xi began to walk slowly towards his uncle's house.The figure elongated by the street lamps carried a dispirited look that didn't match his height.In fact, it’s not that I’m trying to be unhappy, it’s just that there’s really nothing that can cheer me up.Especially after letting Zhong Yifan understand that the song was sung for him yesterday, it seems that the mission of rebirth has been completed.

"Hey! That little bastard in front!" The engine of the motorbike was loud, and when Jiang Xi heard the scolding, the voice was still behind him, and when he looked up, the motorbike was already in front of him, blocking the way.

Jiang Xi, a boy who was driving a motorcycle and making rude remarks, had never seen him before, but the one sitting in the back holding a basketball was very familiar to him. Tong Huan still looked at him with the same disdainful expression from yesterday.

Although the boy riding the bicycle was not very old, he was full of ruffian spirit, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a social youth who had stopped studying.He called Jiangxi "Little X bastard". Jiangxi would never admit that he was that kind of thing, so he didn't take the initiative to speak, but just tried to bypass the motorcycle and continue on his own.

"Hey, I told you that you didn't hear me!"

The motorcycle pushed forward, and the front wheel had rubbed against the right side of Jiang Xi's left calf, leaving a mark on it.

Needless to say, it must be that Tong Huan is still jealous of the fact that he robbed him of the championship yesterday, and today after playing with this little hooligan who dropped out of school, he can just find fault with him.

Bending down to brush off the dust from his trousers, Jiang Xi stood up straight and didn't look at the boy, but smiled at Tong Huan who was sitting behind, with a hint of helpless pity in his smile.

After all, he is still a child, and such a small matter is taken so seriously.

"Your name is Jiangxi, right? You were the one who sent Xiaoyou home last night?" The ruffian didn't allow Jiangxi to speak, so he threatened himself: "Zhou Xiaoyou is my old sister. Quickly get out of the way, and dare to ask her to cut you to death!"

The mood was already low, and it was unexpected to encounter such a reason for finding fault. Jiang Xi showed a little surprised expression at first, but soon returned to normal.

Smiling wryly to himself, Jiang Xi didn't speak, but lowered his eyes and nodded, as if he felt a little resigned to the irony of life.

Otherwise what could he say?Facing the two little furry children, no matter how he responds, he will appear to be bored.Besides, they are all people who have died once, so what else is there that they can't bear to bear?Maybe he will be punched and kicked a few times to give Tong Huan some relief. He has endured much more difficult things in his previous life, and Jiang Xi doesn't feel afraid. Such a trivial matter will never kill someone.

Tong Huan didn't speak a word throughout this small disturbance, but Jiang Xi knew that he must be the one who caused the trouble.

Last night when I was sending Zhou Xiaoyou home, I happened to meet Tong Huan, and only then did I know that he lived next door to Zhou Xiaoyou's relatives. This also explained how Xiaoyou's naughty cousin knew that he was sending his sister It's time to go home.

It was dark, and the river was blocked there against the street lights. The little ruffian in the car thought he was scared when he saw that he hadn't spoken.In addition, Tong Huan didn't open his mouth, maybe he felt that it was too boring to bully a kid who was only in the first grade of junior high school, and the boy swears a few more words, then turned his hand and drove away.

The smell of gasoline remained in the air, and Jiang Xi quietly exhaled a breath of stale air.Not being beaten, the situation is already better than imagined.

This little episode didn't have any impact on Jiang Xi's life, it just gave him a deeper understanding of Tong Huan's narrow mindedness.

In fact, this kind of thing happens again in life, if you don't know it in advance and write down the first prize numbers of the lottery, there is really nothing too surprising.At least, that was the case for Jiang Xi.

His life is still going on in a bleak way.Classes are quite satisfactory, and I sing in some crowded places on weekends. After my parents got a landline, instead of a letter every half a month, I changed it to a few minutes of phone calls every weekend.

Everything is so uneventful and orderly.

When the time comes to November, the low temperature in the north has made it difficult to insist on singing songs for too long in the open air for a long time.

This weekend Jiangxi came to the largest supermarket in the market department. In fact, the shoppers here are messy coming in and out. It is really not suitable for singing. Jiangxi chose to come here only because it allows him to sing two songs before entering the mall. Warm the frozen fingertips.

In fact, it's not that I'm short of money, it's just that I don't want to go home this weekend.

Today is his birthday.

It's not surprising that his parents who are busy with their livelihood have forgotten his birthday, and he doesn't want his uncle and aunt to know.It is no longer the psychological age to look forward to gifts, let alone the mentality of self-pity and self-pity. The only thing Jiangxi is a little tangled is that he doesn't know whether he is celebrating his 28th birthday or his 12th birthday.

"Your Birthday" by Zheng Zhihua, Jiang Xi didn't notice that he sang it several times. There were a few lines in it, as if he was talking to himself.

it was a cold winter

he wanders the streets

He said today is his birthday

Nobody wished him a happy birthday

If you replace all the "he" in it with "I", it seems that it is especially suitable for today's me.

He lowered his eyes and sang in a lonely voice. Suddenly, a piece of green paper money with the faces of workers, peasants, and intellectuals was placed in the guitar bag under his feet.Jiangxi has sung for so long, and I have seen a lot of dime and two cents, but I have never seen such a big face value.He couldn't help but follow the pair of sneakers in front of the guitar bag, but the voice at the end of the song dropped.

Zhong Yifan was a little embarrassed when the eyes of the two met.As early as that rainy night when he saw Jiang Xi from the roof of the dormitory for the first time, he believed that the family’s economic situation was not so optimistic because his parents were laid off. But at the same time, he also knew something else that prevented him from pampering Jiang Xi. get close to yourself.

"It's so cold, let's go home early!" Giving Jiang Xi fifty, Zhong Yifan's living expenses for the rest of this month will also be reduced, but fortunately, the meal tickets are relatively rich.

"Zhong Yifan!" Stopped the figure who turned around and was about to enter the supermarket after speaking, Jiang Xi didn't know what he wanted to say, but subconsciously called out.

Turning around halfway, Zhong Yifan sized up Jiang Xi: "Is there anything else?"

Pursing his lower lip, Jiang Xi finally shook his head without saying anything.

"It's getting dark, go back early!" Zhong Yifan instructed again.

"Thank you." Jiang Xi pointed to the 50 yuan.At this age, he has long since lost the senseless self-esteem of youth, even if it is pity, as long as it is the warmth from Zhong Yifan, he will cherish it even more.

Today is my birthday, I didn't say this sentence after all.In fact, if Zhong Yifan could say happy birthday to him, he would really be very happy.

Zhong Yifan once held a birthday party for Tong Le at the GayBar where he and Tong Le held their wedding. At that time, Zhong Yifan was exuding the warm aura of an infatuated prince. At that time, Jiang Xi felt that if Zhong Yifan was willing to use such a gentle voice Say happy birthday to yourself, and let him disappear immediately without regret.The irony is that he did disappear in pieces, but he couldn't hear those simple four words from Zhong Yifan.

Secret love is really an emotion that can make people humble enough to bury their self-esteem in the dirt...

Putting away the guitar and reciting it, Jiang Xi didn't leave in a hurry, and stood quietly at the corner, he just wanted to wait for Zhong Yifan to take another look at him when he came out of the supermarket.