Li Daitao

"You bully me! Huh..." Xu Ji squatted at the door and refused to get up. He took a long breath, let go of his voice and continued to cry. His voice was clear and crisp, and he accused one by one while crying, but his words were actually very logical.While crying, she raised her head to see Qin Shu's reaction. "You don't even let me in, you shut me out in the rain! Woooooo...you lock me out for a whole day..."

Although it was not intentional for him to stand guard at the gate in the rain for a whole afternoon, Qin Shu did avoid this little guy on purpose today. Originally, he thought that he would go back when he saw no one at home. Who would have expected Xu Ji to be so stubborn, Just stay at the gate and wait for a rabbit.Although it was not intentional, it was a fact to keep him out.

Seeing Xu Ji crying loudly and looking at him with teary eyes, he looked as wronged as he wanted.I couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and felt a little sorry, so I bent down to coax him in a good voice: "No one knows you are waiting here, please don't cry, let's go in, shall we?"

Xu Ji sniffled, turned his eyes to look at him, tilted his head to consider for a while, and opened his hands to signal for Qin Shu to hug him.His eyes were wide open, and he stared at Qin Shu firmly, as if he would continue to cry if he refused.

Qin Shu hesitated for a moment, his eyes fell on the corner of his clothes that was wet from the rain and looked a little darker, and finally bent down and hugged him in as a whole.

Qin Shu carried him into the yard.Xu Ji moved around in his arms, stayed there for a while, and gently stretched out his hand to hug Qin Shu's neck.

Liang Xiao had already ran to the room to find a set of clean clothes for himself.Qin Shu carried him back to his room, put him on the Qi Zi and sat him down, but Xu Ji refused to let go, instead moved closer, sniffed at his ear, and said aggrievedly: " I'm cold and hungry!"

Qin Shu pulled his hands off his body and held them in his own. Those little hands were really cold.Seeing that the oiled paper bag in his arms was still well wrapped and hadn’t been touched at all, he unwrapped it and saw that there were indeed neatly packed sweet-scented osmanthus cakes inside, so he couldn’t help but look up at him, and sighed slightly: " You brought snacks, won’t you take them out to eat yourself when you’re hungry?”

"That won't work!" Xu Ji flatly refused, and said with a full face, "That's for my brother."

Qin Shu looked at him for a while, not knowing whether to say that he was extreme or too stubborn, but when he thought of the child who sat hungry in the wind and rain for several hours and refused to touch the bag of pastries, he felt a little inconceivable At the same time, I also admire his perseverance.

There was a rumbling sound in Xu Ji's stomach, the sound was not loud, but both of them could hear it clearly.Even though Xu Ji had a thick skin, he felt a little embarrassed.After blinking, she stretched out her hand to tug on Qin Shu's clothes: "I'm hungry."

Qin Shu sighed, and it was still early for dinner, so he asked him to sit obediently, and cook a bowl of noodles for the two children first.

While frying a poached egg for him, Xu Ji poked his head out from the door, and first glanced at Qin Shu. Seeing that Qin Shu didn't ask him to go out, he ran in and dragged a small stool to sit by the table.He was wearing Liang Xiao's shoes, which were too big, and he dragged them all the way over.The clothes on his body were also obviously ill-fitting.Liang Xiao rolled up his sleeves for him.Maybe it was a little cold, but he wrapped his clothes tightly and sat there obediently, quietly watching Qin Shu busy.

Qin Shu took some charcoal from the stove and put it in the brazier. Xu Ji stretched out his little hand to bake it silently. When the child was not talking, he was very cute just by looking at it.

He was probably really hungry, so Qin Shu put the bowl in front of him, turned around to bring another bowl, Xu Ji couldn't wait to pick up a chopstick, and Liang Xiao was sitting next to him, before he could say "be careful" , Xu Ji had already put the noodles into his mouth, and suddenly let out a low cry of pain.

Qin Shu turned around when he heard the sound, Xu Ji was exhaling Xuexue with his mouth open, tears rolling back and forth, hesitating whether to cry, but the mouthful of noodles was still in his mouth and he was reluctant to spit it out.

Liang Xiao stood up and hurriedly fetched water for him.Qin Shu sat down at the side, took the chopsticks from his hand, picked up a few noodles and blew them, and felt that the temperature should be about the same, then sent them to Xu Ji's mouth, saying: "Eat slowly, don't panic .”

Xu Ji didn't seem to expect it, first looked at the noodles, then at him, and then opened his mouth to suck the noodles into his mouth.At this time, the tears in his eyes finally fell.

"Why are you crying again?" Qin Shu felt helpless.Watching him eat, he picked up another chopstick.

Speaking of which, Liang Xiao was three or four years old when he met him. Liang Xiao could already sit on a small bench with a bowl to eat by himself. He had never asked anyone to feed him. Shu's movements were unavoidable and clumsy, and he himself felt very unnatural, so he couldn't help looking away a little, but saw Liang Xiao sitting opposite him, staring at him blankly.

There was a faint envy hidden in the child's deer-like docile gaze, which pierced people's hearts.Qin Shu was slightly taken aback, but Xu Ji leaned over and took a second bite.With noodles in his mouth, he mumbled something, which he couldn't quite hear.

Xu Ji was so cheap that he refused to do it himself anymore, Qin Shu handed over the chopsticks, and he put both hands behind his back and refused to pick it up, insisting on Qin Shu feeding him.

Xu Ji was fed and clothed, and gradually his brows brightened, and he began to chatter again.Qin Shu listened to him absent-mindedly, and saw that the rain was only small and turned into almost imperceptible rain, so he wanted to send him back.

Xu Ji suddenly became unhappy, and pursed his mouth: "My feet hurt, I can't walk anymore." He also took off his shoes to show Qin Shu.He usually takes the car when he goes out, but he has walked the most in the past two days, and he really developed two small blisters on his feet.At this time, it happened to be shown to Qin Shu as evidence.

Right now he is not wearing socks, his two little feet are white and delicate, without even a thin callus, and those two blisters are shining brightly in front of Qin Shu.

This little injury seemed nothing to others, but Xu Ji's face was full of grievances. Seeing Xu Ji's appearance, Qin Shu knew that he was not a liar. Thinking about it, this must be the worst pain he had suffered in his five-year-old life. After thinking for a while, he said, "I'll carry you back."

Xu Ji's eyes rolled around, as if he still wanted to find an excuse to shirk, and refused to just go back, but he suddenly agreed when he heard this sentence.

When Qin Shu carried him behind him, he was obviously very happy. He refused to hold the umbrella properly, and from time to time he straightened up to reach the green Liu Si by the roadside.

Xu Ji's weight was not light, and he refused to be honest. He kept moving around, but it made Qin Shu a lot of effort.When his excitement finally passed, Qin Shu was slightly out of breath. Xu Ji hesitated, but refused to come down. He put his arms around Qin Shu's neck, leaned his face on Qin Shu's back, and gradually fell asleep .

When Qin Shu sent him home, Xu Ji was in a deep sleep and did not wake up.

Although the child was inexplicably clingy to him, Qin Shu didn't want to pester him, handed Xu Ji over to the porter, and took Liang Xiao away.

It was indeed still early in the day. Although it was still raining lightly, there were still some small business vendors in the market who hadn’t closed their stalls. Remembering Liang Xiao’s expression just now, Qin Shu couldn’t help sighing quietly, so he went back in a hurry and led Liang Xiao's hand walked slowly all the way.

A carriage came slowly at the corner of the street, not far behind him.

Yi Zhen looked at the thin back from a distance in the car, and occasionally saw his side face when he was talking to Liang Xiao. It was the first time Yi Zhen saw him in several years, and it was after such an unknown life and death. .Although I learned that he was still alive and well in this world as early as a month ago, when I actually saw him, the feeling was far different from knowing him in my heart. Only one heart started beating uncontrollably, as if it was about to fly out of the cavity.

He could see that the expression on Qin Shu's face was a kind of helpless calm that was almost resigned to fate.He didn't know what Qin Shu had experienced and what kind of hardships he had suffered in these years, but right now, he had been tolerated by this kind of calm that was almost indifferent.

Or because of this tranquility, it doesn't seem to have left too much shadow on him. His appearance still has the beauty of the past, and the youthful vigor and vigor of the year seem to have melted and settled in a few years, and it is easy to not see it anymore. , However, Yi Zhen can recognize that seemingly ordinary but unique figure from the sea of ​​people with just a back view.

Such a person, such a back view, is enough to make people speechless and speechless.

The two people in front did not realize that there was someone following behind them. No matter how well-behaved and stable Liang Xiao was, he was still an eight or nine-year-old child at heart. Looking at the gadgets in the market, he gradually became unable to move, and finally stared at the street. A noodle stall across the street forgot to walk.

Qin Shu didn't urge him, but instead put a few copper coins in his palm, Liang Xiao was ashamed as if waking up from a dream.

Liang Xiao took the copper coins and stared at the man for a while, but in the end he didn't buy them. Instead, he used the few pennies to buy a pack of crispy candies.

He handed the candy to Qin Shu, and Qin Shu only looked at it, then wrapped it up and stuffed it back into his hand.

They were too far away, and Yi Zhen couldn't hear what the two of them said.However, I can roughly figure out what's going on.

At this moment, he was finally able to calm down a little bit, but he felt annoyed at the same time. Thinking about it, Qin Shu never taught Liang Xiao how to practice literature and martial arts.

But after so many years, he is no longer as impulsive as before. When he heard that the wind is rain, he felt that there must be something strange in it. It is said that according to his income in recent years, the food and clothing expenses of several people can completely outweigh it. Live in an ordinary wealthy family.It doesn't matter that Qin Shu doesn't like extravagance, but from what Xu Ji said, the life of Qin Shu's family can be said to be poor.

"Go and find out where his money has been spent in recent years," Yi Zhen frowned slightly, and whispered something outside the car window, and someone naturally agreed quietly.