Reborn as a man

Chapter 13

"Don't you have something to tell me? Can you talk now?" Xiao Yun looked at He Xu who was staring at the canal in a daze, feeling a little impatient in his heart, and his tone was a little cold, mixed with a touch of unnaturalness.

If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come out with He Xu, you kid. What's the point of these two silly boys sitting by the river in this cold weather?Xiao Yun found helplessly that he had complained more and more recently, and it was very likely that he was influenced by other people's 'stupidity'.Xiao Yun glanced at He Xu pointingly.

Xiao Yun and He Xu were sitting on the stone steps of the canal near Blue Indigo Primary School.The river is next to the road, but there are very few vehicles on the road.The two banks of the canal have been repaired, and the two banks are slope-shaped, with regular hexagonal river slope protection neatly arranged on it.The place where the river bank meets the canal has been built into a path for three people to walk abreast, and the road is paved with red and yellow stone bricks.The path and the canal are separated by neat white stone railings, which look very neat and beautiful from a distance.

"Ah, that, I think things have gotten into my head." He Xu smiled apologetically at Xiao Yun, his little tiger teeth flickering.

"I really can't do anything about you." Xiao Yun decided to continue accommodating the children around him.After all, after experiencing the 'robbery' just now, Xiao Yun has already included He Xu as a friend.

After being silent for a while, He Xu looked at the water surface dyed orange by the sunset, and said slowly: "Xiao Yun, why do you think good people don't get rewarded?"

"Huh?" Xiao Yun frowned, never expecting He Xu to bring up such a topic.

As if he had made up his mind, He Xu took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly.He slowly told Xiao Yun, the person who gave him a sense of trust in just a few months, about his father, and about that woman and that 'bitch' in a tone that he couldn't describe. .After speaking, He Xu firmly believed that Xiao Yun would not laugh at himself like some people did.In fact, he didn't know what those people were laughing at.

Xiao Yun listened quietly without interrupting.He knew that He Xu needed a listener now.When He Xu finished speaking and looked at himself expectantly, Xiao Yun knew what to say now.

"What do you think is a good person, and what is a good reward?" Almost without thinking, Xiao Yun said this sentence.

"A good person is like my dad. He has a good heart and always helps others. A good reward is that others treat him well, making him live a happy life." He Xu thought for a while and gave the answer.

"Really?" Xiao Yun raised his eyebrows noncommittally, and suddenly revealed a meaningful smile.

"In my opinion, there is no clear distinction between good and bad, and there is no way to clearly distinguish between good and bad. How do you know that if a person treats you badly, he must treat others badly? As for the 'good reward' or something like that , I can only say that this world is unfair, and there is no way around it." At this time, Xiao Yun's voice sounded with a special sense of clarity, but it made He Xu feel a little uncomfortable chill.

"Xiao Yun, I..." He Xu didn't like this feeling, he thought he should say something.

"Oh," Xiao Yun's voice suddenly softened. "Actually, I don't know if you can understand what I'm saying. Maybe you won't understand it, but I'm doing it for your own good. No one can live in childhood forever..."

Although He Xu didn't hear Xiao Yun's last words clearly, He Xu could feel that Xiao Yun had opened his heart to him rarely.Knowing Xiao Yun's kindness, He Xu was very happy. Although He Xu didn't understand Xiao Yun's words, he felt that it was nothing. Maybe he would understand when he grew up.

Seeing He Xu's eyes turn from confusion to firmness, Xiao Yun's mouth curled up slightly, and his mood improved a lot.However, Xiao Yun looked up at the crows flying among the dead trees in the setting sun, and always felt that something bad was about to happen.

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After this heart-to-heart talk, the relationship between Xiao Yun and He Xu became closer.Xiao Yun gradually got used to He Xu's existence, and sometimes he would mention He Xu when chatting with Meng Wenbin, which made Meng Wenbin very envious and jealous, but there was nothing he could do.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Xiao Yun is halfway through the first grade of elementary school.The results of the final exam came out, Xiao Yun was the first in the class, with full marks in both Chinese and math, which made class teacher Song Ping very happy.

It wasn't until Song Ping announced that school was over and we would see each other next semester that Xiao Yun's heart was relieved.He has been very worried that the head teacher will suddenly lose his tune again.I remember that when the final exam was approaching, Song Ping suddenly said that the school held a calligraphy competition and hoped that everyone would actively participate.Later, I found Xiao Yun again, and said that I hope Xiao Yun, the squad leader, can set an example, and it is best to hand in a calligraphy.At that time Xiao Yun was stunned, the brush calligraphy was a pain in Xiao Yun's heart.Xiao Yun remembered that when he was still Xiao Xiaolu, he was very interested in brush calligraphy, and spent a year and a half studying hard, but he couldn't even write a decent name, and then he gave up in despair.Now, Xiao Yun is not interested in learning to write brush characters, let alone participate in this untimely calligraphy competition with brush characters.In the end, Xiao Yun handed in a piece of pen writing, but Song Ping didn't say anything.

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Spring is here.

During the Spring Festival, every household is decorated with lanterns and streamers.Pasting Spring Festival couplets, hanging lanterns, anyway, how lively it is.

Counting it, Xiao Yun's two lifetimes have passed more than [-] Spring Festivals.Xiao Yun sincerely felt that the Spring Festival before the age of ten still had a strong flavor of the year, and the Spring Festival after the age of ten did not look like the Spring Festival at all, instead it was like a weekend, when the whole family got together to have a meal and it was over.In fact, Xiao Yun doesn't like an environment that is too lively. The sound of firecrackers during the Spring Festival is a torment for him, but Xiao Yun also doesn't want the Spring Festival to lose its flavor of the year, which sometimes makes him feel contradictory.

During the Spring Festival, Xiao Yun was still very free.In addition to calling Hu Haitao, Gao Ming and other martial arts team seniors and Meng Wenbin, they sent New Year greetings when they met He Xu, Wang Chao and Wu Yan.Recently, even finishing homework to kill time, Xiao Yun felt that there was nothing to do, so he gradually increased the time for practicing martial arts, which made Xiao Yun feel more and more like a martial artist.

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"Dong dong dong." There was a very rhythmic knock on the door, interrupting Xiao Yun's practice of combined punches.

Who will come?Xiao Yun secretly guessed in his heart, and his eyes fell on the gate of his own house.When Xiao's father opened the door to greet that person, Xiao Yun was a little surprised to find that it was him.

The person who came was Xiao Dacheng's second younger brother, Xiao Lian, the cheap second uncle who helped Xiao Yun enter JK.Speaking of which, the Xiao family can be regarded as a 'big family'.Xiao Yun's grandfather, Xiao Hong, and Xiao Yun's grandmother, Xu Xiuqin, have four sons and two daughters.The eldest son is Xiao Dacheng (formerly known as Xiao Fa).The second son Xiao Lian and his wife Wang Yun have a daughter Xiao Da.The third son Xiao Yong and his ex-wife Qian Ru have a daughter Xiao Jing.The fourth son Xiao Wang and his wife Wang Baolian have no children for the time being.The eldest daughter Xiao Fen and her ex-husband Yang Guoqing have a daughter Yang Xia.The youngest daughter Xiao Xiang and her husband Zhao Qiang have a daughter Zhao Xiumin.

Xiao Yun didn't have much affection for this Xiao family.I remember that when he was Xiao Xiaolu, Xiao Xiaolu was the youngest child in the third generation of the Xiao family because of Xiao Dacheng's divorce, but she did not win the favor of the Xiao family because of this. The children in the neighborhood are not as good.Xiao Xiaolu's grandfather Xiao Hong passed away when Xiao Xiaolu was two years old, and Xu Xiuqin was the housekeeper of the entire Xiao family.But Xu Xiuqin has a bad temper, loves to smoke and play mahjong, and is very eccentric.Xu Xiuqin helped Xiao Lian and Xiao Yong looked after the child, but she never cared about Xiao Xiaolu for a day.Once, Xiao Xiaolu accidentally knocked down a small bench at Xu Xiuqin's house, and Xiao Xiaolu also fell, but Xu Xiuqin didn't ask Xiao Xiaolu if the fall hurt, but blamed Xiao Xiaolu for breaking the stool and scolded her .When Xiao Xiaolu was studying in Qinglong Primary School, because her family was far away, she ate at Xu Xiuqin's house for a while.The lunch Xu Xiuqin provided was either noodles or steamed buns, jujube cakes with side dishes, and almost no meat dishes.In hot summer, Xiao Xiaolu would take a popsicle from Xu Xiuqin's house and eat it on the road.Originally, Xu Xiuqin’s family bought ice lollies made of butter, but when Xiao Xiaolu came, she ate an ice lolly almost every day. Xu Xiuqin was concerned about money, so she replaced all the ice lollies with the cheapest ice lollies.In less than three months, Xu Xiuqin stopped cooking for Xiao Xiaolu because she never cooked for Xiao Lian's daughter Xiao Da.Xu Xiuqin didn't think that Xiao Lian's home was very close to Xiao Da's school, but because Xiao Lian and his wife were busy with work, they didn't have time to take care of Xiao Da. She felt that it was too tiring to cook for Xiao Xiaolu every day, and Xiao Xiaolu prevented her from playing mahjong.Fortunately, after a while, Xiao Xiaolu's family moved, and the new home was very close to Xiao Xiaolu's school, so Xiao Xiaolu could go home for dinner every day.Because of Xu Xiuqin, Cui Wenhui often fought with Xiao Dacheng.Cui Wenhui thinks that Xu Xiuqin always bullies Xiao Dacheng because she is soft-hearted and should cut off relations with her, but Xiao Dacheng always can't let go of the relationship between mother and child, which makes the conflict between Cui Wenhui and Xiao Dacheng deeper and deeper.Although Xiao Xiaolu will adjust for her parents, but the effect is always ineffective.

When Xiao Xiaolu was young, Xiao Lian was very kind to Xiao Xiaolu.Xiao Xiaolu also likes Xiao Lian very much, because Xiao Lian would shake hands with Xiao Xiaolu every time they met, which made Xiao Xiaolu feel valued.But after Xiao Xiaolu grew up, she felt that Xiao Lian's actions were a bit contrived, and the relationship between Xiao Dacheng and Xiao Lian was not very good at that time, and Xiao Xiaolu also had no affection for Xiao Lian.

Xiao Xiaolu's third uncle, Xiao Yong, Xiao Xiaolu only met him a few times.Every time Xiao Yong ignored Xiao Xiaolu, of course Xiao Xiaolu wouldn't put her hot face on someone's cold ass.

Xiao Xiaolu's fourth uncle, Xiao Wang, has a cold face no matter who he sees. Xiao Xiaolu suspects that he has become so paralyzed because he has never had children.Besides Xu Xiuqin, Xiao Xiaolu hated Xiao Wang the most, because once Xiao Wang scolded Xiao Xiaolu indiscriminately.

Xiao Xiaolu didn't like those two aunts either.Aunt Xiao Fen always looks like a merciful and compassionate Virgin, but she always refuses to suffer when encountering conflicts of interest.Aunt Xiao Xiang has long since stopped contacting Xiao Dacheng's family, and she is almost like a passerby.

Therefore, Xiao Yun has no feelings for the Xiao family.Xiao Yun felt that it was best for his father not to get involved in the Xiao family's bad affairs, so as to save himself a lot of trouble.During the Spring Festival in the past, because Xiao Yun hated the chaotic feeling of others visiting the house to pay New Year's greetings, he always found reasons to hide out, and then rushed home to have a meal at meal time. .In fact, Xiao Yun's feelings towards Xiao Lian are quite complicated.He was grateful for his care and love when he was a child, but also couldn't bear his schemes against his family, so Xiao Yun always avoided Xiao Lian.But what Xiao Yun didn't expect was that this year Xiao Lian came to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

"Brother, happy Chinese New Year." As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Lian gave Xiao Dacheng New Year's greetings, which made Xiao Dacheng laugh from ear to ear.

This person is really capable, no wonder he was able to climb from the grassroots to JK's logistics.Xiao Yun curled his lips indiscriminately, and then looked at Xiao Dacheng with an unbearable gaze.It's really embarrassing, why don't I come to wish you a New Year, and I said Dad, what are you doing!

"Xiao Yun, long time no see!" Xiao Lian bent slightly, cheerfully extended his right hand to Xiao Yun.

Looking at the hand in front of him, Xiao Yun's mood was very complicated.But he still hooked the corners of his mouth, shook hands with Xiao Lian with a smile, and said, "Second Uncle, Happy Chinese New Year to you too!"

Xiao Lian put down the gift in his hand, and then he was going to give Xiao Yun the lucky money.Xiao Dacheng hastily declined.Seeing the two brothers being polite back and forth, Xiao Yun felt really bored, so he went to look at the gift Xiao Lian brought.Two bottles of 65-degree Red Star Erguotou, which is Xiao Dacheng's favorite drink.A large bag of bright fruit looks very appetizing.Two rows of Wahaha milk drinks, which I like to drink.Although the presents were not many, there was nothing wrong with them. This second uncle is really impeccable in his work.Xiao Yun secretly sighed.

In the end, Xiao Yun accepted the lucky money given by Xiao Lian. 100 yuan is not too little, but Xiao Yun felt at ease to accept it.Anyway, the two families will turn against each other in the future, and there is nothing wrong with taking some money from future enemies now, isn't it?Xiao Yun squinted his eyes, refusing to admit that he was actually a money fan.After all, accumulating five cents a day is a test of willpower.

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After entering the back room, Xiao Dacheng graciously made a cup of hot tea for Xiao Lian.This couldn't help but make Xiao Yunfei stare at him again.Fortunately, the two adults present did not notice, otherwise they thought they had offended Xiao Yun.

"Eh? Xiao Lian, you're here." Cui Wenhui, who had just returned from shopping for vegetables, entered the back room, and saw Xiao Dacheng and Xiao Lian chatting, while Xiao Yun didn't know where to go.

"Well, sister-in-law, happy Chinese New Year." Xiao Lian still had an official smiling expression.Seemingly guessing what Cui Wenhui was thinking, he continued, "Xiaoyun went to his room to read."

"Oh. Then you guys chat first, I'll go to the kitchen to prepare, and dinner will be served in a while." Cui Wenhui also put a smile on his face.