Water lanterns and dreams in 1 nights

The market price of food is skyrocketing, and people like you and me can barely afford it. How can ordinary peddlers, the elderly and the weak support themselves. "

I was silent for a moment.Although my life is bizarre, but the adventures only happened to me, and did not endow me with any superhuman ability. In troubled times or prosperous times, I live in this way, and I can't empathize with the common people, let alone have any profound ideas.

And Zuo Linze seemed to respect me even more. "To be honest, I've been reading your published articles..." I made a definition in my heart.

indifferent.

"Objective, like a gleaming knife."

Dry.

"Succinct and powerful, without redundant words."

Lack of emotion.

"There is compassion in the strokes of justice..."

I was momentarily dazed by his praise, and I couldn't figure out who he was talking about, so I kept denying it.He praised me even more fiercely when I was humbled, and I quickly interrupted him: "Seriously, did you have something to tell me just now?"

"It's not a big deal—" he was evasive, and I waited patiently, "I just wanted to ask why you didn't reply to my letter."

"I don't remember getting a letter from you," I said.

"Two or three years after graduation, I will ask others for your address, and I will send you an email every once in a while."

"I haven't received it." I thought for a while, "We moved once, maybe the address is wrong."

Relieved, he said, "Maybe."

I gave him the address again. "Is this the place?"

"I made a mistake." He said, "I will surely receive your next letter when I write to you."

"In short, the two are not far away, so you might as well come and have a sit if you have time."

He happily accepted.

The time was almost up, and I parted ways with him to pick up Xiuyi and go home. This kid was shy and old, and I was worried that he wouldn’t be able to integrate into the class. Unexpectedly, I saw him waiting for me on the seat surrounded by two or three girls. He twittered, he smiled, and talked to them kindly.

Presumably everything went well.

I knocked on the door, and Xiuyi looked over. "go home."

He agreed, stood up lightly and ran towards me.

"No goodbye to friends."

"Goodbye." He obediently turned his head and waved his hands, a cute smile appeared on his handsome face, and the girls also bid farewell to him.

It's not bad, I pass judgment.

"Auntie Tan, it's time to make dinner and wait for us."

"Yeah," he said, bouncing around me.

I have rarely seen him so happy, and he felt relaxed.

"Does uncle come to pick me up every day?"

"It depends, most of the time I can't walk away."

He gave a soft "oh", and I added: "Sometimes Aunt Tan can come to pick you up."

"No, just walk for 10 minutes." He tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "I'm not a child."

I promised him to come when I could, and he visibly cheered up.I understand that what he said is an excuse. Children always say that they are not young, but they subconsciously get close to their parents.I didn't tell you, walking slowly with him, there was an endless stream of people picking up the children from school, and we mingled among them without being conspicuous at all, which was an ideal and perfect state.

19. Bad boy 05

I have to say that I feel that Xiuyi is getting brighter and brighter, and she takes the initiative to act like a baby to me, ordering insignificant little things, a piece of candy or a rabbit, I think this is the release of his child's nature after the severe winter of the world, generally speaking, Good direction.

In fact, with the current economic situation, there are many people who can’t even eat rice. Some people buy rabbits as pets, and some people just want to solve the basic problem of feeding their hunger. The price of a rabbit has doubled and the supply exceeds the demand. It seems too wasteful to simply do it for fun.After I discussed it with Liangzi, she gave me some money, and I went to the market to buy one.

We entrust the rabbit to Xiuyi to take care of it. It is said that this will help improve his patience and sense of responsibility.He feeds it alfalfa and weeds every day, changes drinking water, cleans the nest, and does a good job.

Early winter came soon after school started. The first snow of the year fell a few days ago. After the snow melted, water trickled down from the eaves, but it did not form icicles. It's even colder.Xiuyi said that he wanted to find a friend to catch voles, and left early in the morning with a mousetrap and sweet potatoes.

Our residence is in the city, but it is not far from the suburbs. In winter, there is also lush greenery, and the vegetable beds are hidden in the jungle. It is a good place for children to explore.It is rare for him to have such a lively and cheerful time, and it is a precious peaceful time recently, so he might as well ask him to relax.

After Xiuyi went out, he didn't come back until noon. The sweet potatoes were exhausted, and he was holding an empty mousetrap in his left hand, and his right hand was behind his back.

I am watering a cold crimson cherry tree in the yard, and it will bloom soon, crimson bell-like flowers, and you can watch the night cherry blossoms from the window sill.

I saw the whole process of him walking in, and Ryoko just passed by the window and talked to him: "Did you have a good time?"

"It's not bad." Xiuyi replied, her mood was neither good nor bad.

"What's hiding behind your back?"

Xiuyi held up the things on his back for her to see, "I brought back the meat."

Yoshiko let out a short exclamation of disgust, I turned my attention away, and found a red, bloody thing in his hand, before Yoshiko got any more shocks, I let her into the room, "It's okay, I'll come deal with."

Xiu handed it to me.

They were two plump voles that had been skinned and their internal organs removed. After cleaning, they were not small in size. It can be imagined that they must have had smooth and shiny fur before they were alive.On their skinless, red heads, the two small eyes seemed to be still shining, no wonder Yoshiko was startled.

I put them on the open space and asked Xiuyi and me to wash our hands, and he did so without saying a word.

"You handled it yourself?"

"Yeah." Xiuyi replied absent-mindedly. "They killed too? Those who were with you."

"No. They dare not."

"Aren't you afraid?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of. Killing chickens, fish, pigs, and cattle is not all done in the same way."

"What did you bring back for us to eat?"

He hesitated for a while, then nodded.

"Okay, I understand." I handed him the towel, "Thank you for thinking of home, but rat meat is not safe after all. There was a time when the plague was rampant, and we didn't need to take risks."

"It's a field mouse."

"A field mouse." He was swayed by this unquestionable tone, indicating that he would compromise with me and give up his prey.

I applauded his approach, and together with him we found a corner to bury the field mouse.

We think that it is the cruelty of children who are ignorant of the world, not a symbol of morality, and there is no need to reprimand them to increase the psychological burden of children, ignoring that the occurrence of events must have its reasons and laws.

The second time is the sparrow.

At dusk, a sparrow broke into the house for no reason, and couldn't find the exit after stumbled. Xiu Yi tiptoed over, pounced, and caught the sparrow.He asked Liangzi for a thin red rope and tied it to the sparrow's thin left foot, and tied the other end to the doorknob. He grabbed a handful of rice and put it on the ground beside it.

I advised him: "Xiuyi, let him go, sparrows cannot be kept alive."

But I know that this child has a stubborn nature, and he will not give up until he tastes the result of failure.

After the sparrow was tied up, it really didn't eat or drink. No matter how much energy Xiuyi had in its small body, it quickly weakened. No matter how carefully Xiuyi took care of it, under the premise of losing its freedom, its death was foreseeable and inevitable.

On the third day, a rest day, I was writing a manuscript at the desk, and I saw Xiuyi pulling the red rope. The other end of the rope was not on the sparrow's left foot, but on the neck instead.The childish tyrant carried out his hang on my scarlet cherry tree, and let the sparrow's petite corpse hang stiff from the branch.It's not that I didn't stop him. By the time I got to him, the sparrow had been dead for a long time. This hanging was more ritual than practical.

Xiuyi was unhurried, showing an astonishing indifference.This time, I can't ignore it anyway.

I stared at him with a stern voice: "Why did you kill it?"

"It doesn't eat, and sooner or later it will die."

"You let it go, and it survives."

Xiuyi has his own logic, "At that time he is no longer mine, why should I care if it can survive?"

"This sparrow does not belong to you."

"It's been mine since I caught it."

"Then you should be more responsible for it."

However, Xiuyi seemed to be very puzzled and shouted: "Responsible! Uncle, where is it? I have known the truth since I was a child that if you have one thing, it is only right and right to do anything to them. If I tell him to die, he will take it for granted. Die. Because it's mine, it's my right!"

"You're wrong, such rules only apply to objects, to human beings, to life, you can't demand everything from them arbitrarily." The previous disguised anger leaked out like water in the sand (it always happens every time, I really No acting talent), my tone became flat, "You have to have a prerequisite for exercising your rights, and you can't hinder other lives."

Reluctantly, Xiuyi gave in and put the sparrow down, burying it next to the field mouse in the previous incident.

"Don't tell Aunt Tan." He begged, leaped over and hugged my waist, and buried his face in my belly. For a moment, his gesture of leaping towards the lost sparrow came to my mind.

"Promise there will be no next time."

"I promise." He raised his face, his eyes were red, "don't drive me away."

I patted his head and didn't answer.Reason told me to regenerate him for a while.

20. Bad boy 06

Although I mentioned that Hideo had a special awe for Ryoko, Ryoko was actually not that cold towards him.She was taken aback by the field mouse before, but her attitude remained the same after the mood passed.