not sad planet

As the night darkened, every window was lit, and lights flickered in the night.

Not long after, a window on the fourth floor opened a crack, and a small head carefully poked out from inside.Yu Ling didn't shout out, worried about disturbing his mother, he just stretched out his hand and gestured for a while, while Liang Shu looked up in confusion, not understanding what he meant at all.

As if talking to a duck, the two communicated silently for a long time without any results.

The window is closed again.

When Yu Ling came down from upstairs, he only had a broom in his hand.

Seeing this, Liang Shu stepped forward, a little disappointed and said, "Is there no food?"

"The meal was brought into the kitchen by my mother. She was washing the dishes and thought I was doing my homework in the room."

"...Okay," Liang Shu sighed for a long time, "It's okay, you go back first, don't let your mother find out, I'll leave the broom at your door after sweeping the floor, and you secretly take it in." Start cleaning up the litter on the ground.

Yu Ling looked at the broom in his hand and nodded solemnly.After a pause, he suddenly said, "Let me treat you to dinner."

Liang Shu let out an "ah", happy in his heart, but then a little worried, this guy won't take me on credit, right?

"Are you rich?" he asked.

Yu Ling pondered for two seconds and said, "Yes."

As he spoke, he took something out of his pocket, spread his hands, and the things in his hands made a crisp and pleasant knocking sound.Liang Shu took a closer look and was amused, it turned out to be money, no wonder the voice was so nice.

A large handful of fifty cents and ten cents seems to be Yu Ling's entire net worth. Almost every coin has damage and wear marks, and it is estimated that he has saved it for a long time.

"How much is this?"

"Five and six." Yu Ling gave a number accurate to the decimal point.

"Have you saved for a long time?"

"Hmm..." Yu Ling had a troubled expression on his face, "I originally wanted to save money to buy paintbrushes."

Liang Shu looked at his distressed face and thought: Did you rich second generations live so hard and simple when you were young?But he didn't really ask that.

In fact, Liang Shu knew very little about Yu Ling's family, he only remembered that his family seemed to be quite rich.But looking at his living environment when he was a child, it doesn't look like a wealthy family. Maybe her mother married a rich man later?

Putting aside the random thoughts in his mind, Liang Shu asked again: "How much money is there?"

"Two yuan and three," Yu Ling said, "Let's go, I'll take you to dinner." He put the money into Liang Shu's hand, and raised his head to signal Liang Shu to follow him.

Just finished sweeping.

"Where are you going?" Liang Shu asked.

Yu Ling thought for a while and said, "There is a noodle shop in front."

"I knew..." Liang Shu muttered softly.

"Know what?" Yu Ling turned his head and asked strangely.

"No, nothing."

There are few pedestrians on the way to the noodle shop, and many shops on both sides of the road have been closed.

When passing by a grocery store that was open, Liang Shu stopped, "Wait for me here first." He said to Yu Ling.

He opened the transparent door curtain and walked into the grocery store.When he came out again, he was holding a bucket of steaming instant noodles in his hand.

Hot water is borrowed from the owner.

Liang Shu was squatting by the side of the road, holding a bucket of instant noodles, and pitifully picked up a fork of noodles, "Have a bite?"

"No." Yu Ling shook his head, squatted beside him, and watched him eat intently.

He was so hungry that he almost lost consciousness before, but now he smelled the aroma of braised beef noodles, and Liang Shu felt a long-lost sense of hunger again, and started to gobble it up.

"Aren't you going to the noodle shop?" Yu Ling asked him.

Before he could finish swallowing the noodles in his mouth, Liang Shu said vaguely, "Just eat this, I'll save you some money..."

Yu Ling let out an "oh", didn't say anything more, and continued to stare at him.

As everyone knows, this scene falls into the eyes of the shopkeeper, but there is another interpretation.

The man's jeans had several holes, and he couldn't even make a patch. He didn't eat for a few days, and he could only afford instant noodles. On this big night, he brought a child who didn't seem to have enough to eat. , how pitiful!

The owner of the store looked out and saw the desolation of one big and one small, he couldn't bear it, he moved a small foldable table out of the store, and went back to get two breads and two bottles of water.

"Ah, thank you!" Liang Shu saw the shopkeeper coming out with something, and quickly stood up to thank him, "Thank you so much."

Yu Ling also stood up and followed him to say thank you.

"Hey," the shopkeeper patted Liang Shu on the shoulder, looked at the child again, and said with a full face, "You're welcome, it's not easy for everyone."

"Ah...?" Liang Shu was stunned for a moment, unable to understand what the shopkeeper meant, so he had to repeat: "It's not easy."

With the table, Liang Shu didn't eat in such a hurry. He didn't eat slowly just now, partly because he was hungry, and more because he was afraid that his legs would go numb if he squatted for too long.

Swallowing the last sip of water, Liang Shu was full and began to think about what to do next.

"By the way, that painting...can you show me again?"

Yu Ling attaches so much importance to this painting, maybe there is a clue to go back hidden in the painting.

It's a pity that after looking at it for a long time, Liang Shu couldn't help but frowned and thought about it, wondering if he should ask Yu Ling why he painted this painting.

"Is the painting ugly?" Yu Ling asked suddenly.

He didn't look at Liang Shu, but just stared at the crumpled drawing paper in Liang Shu's hand.

"Ah?" Liang Shu immediately looked up at Yu Ling, "No!"

Looking at the somewhat gloomy face in front of him, Liang Shu sensed that he should be very sad now.

It seems that Yu Ling will never have the emotion of being sad when he grows up. He will only make me sad.Thinking of this, Liang Shu still did not forget to comfort the person who would make him sad in the future, "How ugly! I think this painting is very unique, and ordinary people can't appreciate it, but..." He paused, and continued: "It's very...artistic, um yes, artistic!"

"You're such a little genius!" Saying this to an adult is most likely a curse.But to a boy who is in elementary school, it is a sincere compliment.Liang Shu racked his brains to retrieve the words of praise for Yu Ling from his memory: "The painting is really good. I think you are very talented. Maybe you will become a great painter in the future."

"really?"

"Of course it's true!" Liang Shu said with [-]% sincerity.

At the same time, he sighed slightly in his heart.

Sometimes being able to foresee the future is not necessarily a good thing.

On the road of painting, Yu Ling walked very bumpy from the very beginning. Instead of becoming a painter, he first became a ghostwriter for painters.

Maybe the future is not so worth looking forward to.

What's more, he also met Liang Shu later. In Yu Ling's original words, he was unlucky.

Thinking of this, Liang Shu became angry again, and even looked at Yu Ling when he was a child.

He was busy telling himself not to vent his anger, and started another topic: "Why is your mother so angry this afternoon?"

By the way, let's take a look at Yu Ling's growth.

"..." Yu Ling replied after a few seconds, "The head teacher has invited the parents."

Liang Shu wanted to laugh at first, then looked at the painting in his hand, and immediately thought of something.He asked incredulously, "Just because you drew this picture?"

"Ah."

Liang Shu was furious: "What kind of teacher is this?! How could he casually kill children's creativity!"

"This painting was drawn when I was in English class," Yu Ling added.

? ? ?Want to hit the child.

Liang Shu calmed down instantly, "No wonder your mother is so angry... I think you should reflect on yourself."

"Hmph," Yu Ling curled his lips, a little unhappy, "what do you know?"

Here it comes again, this disdainful tone and demeanor is exactly the same as that of Yu Ling when he grew up.

"Anyway, I know better than you!" Liang Shu returned fiercely without the slightest timidity.

He added: "Let me tell you, if you meet a man named Liang Shu in the future, remember to be nice to him and don't lose your temper!"

Yu Ling asked confusedly, "What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about wise words," Liang Shu poured him a mouthful of chicken soup, "Don't lose your temper with those close to you casually."

what?This person is really strange... he wears strange clothes and speaks strangely, I don't want to stay with him anymore.

Yu Ling stood up from the small stool and said politely, "I should go home, goodbye."

"Let's go now?" Liang Shu hesitated.

That's right, Yu Ling will be scolded again if he goes back too late and is found out.

"Then I'll take it to you."

"No need," Yu Ling refused, "Do you still need to deliver it so close? You can see me entering the building from here."

"That's fine." Seeing that Yu Ling didn't want him to send it, and Liang Shu didn't force it, he stood up and put away the stool and table, "Then I'll stay here and watch you go back."

"Okay, goodbye." Yu Ling said again.

"Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!" Liang Shu replied perfunctorily.

If he couldn't go back, he could see Yu Ling downstairs tomorrow morning.

Hey...so where should I stay tonight?Liang Shu thought about this question, watching Yu Ling's back gradually go away.

But in the blink of an eye, a ray of light from the east pierced the darkness, and the sun seemed to be coming out.

Is it dawn?It seems...not how long it has passed.

A sense of panic suddenly rushed into Liang Shu's heart, and he hurriedly chased after the person in front.

"Yu Ling! Yu Ling! Yu Ling..."

And Yu Ling walked forward in the direction of the sunrise without looking back.

I can't catch up.

Even though the distance was not far away, in the half-light and half-darkness, the figure suddenly became blurred, and he couldn't see anything clearly at once.

The rising sun coated the little figure with a layer of light, and that layer of light became brighter and brighter, and it was about to cover the whole world.

Liang Shu suddenly realized something, turned around, ran wildly, and ran in the same direction as when he came and went.

It seemed that he had been running for a long time, and he stood panting in the children's playground.

Take a look at the past--

Sure enough, the paradise disappeared and was replaced by a house with the same architectural style as the surrounding ones.

Different from other rooms with closed doors, the door is open, and there is a puppy standing at the door, motionless, like a statue, always staring outside.

Both Yu Ling and their house are back.

He thought... thought...

Liang Shu stood there panting heavily, trying to calm down his beating heart.

The puppy looked at him, wagged its tail, walked unsteadily towards the house with its short legs.

The scene in front of him was funny no matter how you looked at it, but Liang Shu had a sore nose and almost cried.