Chapter 100: little stars

Ji Yuanjie received compensation at home, which relieved most of the difficulties. Ji Yuanjie’s father’s second operation was also very successful. Xiao Ji and his mother have been in the hospital waiting for people to wake up. The doctor said that there is great hope that they can resume walking. They remain optimistic.
Mother Ji gritted her teeth for months and insisted on being a person who had never been weak in front of her child. She shed tears for the first time after hearing this. Xiao Ji hugged her and sat on the bench beside her, letting his mother. Leaning on his shoulder, he cried happily.
(Fa) After venting the pain in her heart, Mother Ji quickly recovered. She is a very neat person. After paying the medical expenses, there is still money left. After setting aside money for her son to go to school, she I found a small shop to rent it, and the family moved in to eat and live here. Although the conditions are difficult, she can take care of her husband while doing a small business to make money to support the family. Xiao Ji can also go to school.
Ji Yuanjie began to prepare for the repetition, and Tang Jinyu introduced him to the work of Su Zhai Hall.
There are two shifts at Su Zhai Pavilion in the morning and evening. It will be past five o'clock in the morning. Mother Ji feels sorry for him and prevents him from going. She does the morning job by herself. The small shop is busy in the evening. She also needs to take care of her husband. Xiao Ji will continue to do the evening share by herself. The mother and son work together in a division of labor. Besides, Su Zhai is not far from their small shop, so it won't be particularly tired. With the extra money for a part-time job, the family's conditions can be improved a bit, and I don't know how much better than the previous two months.
Mother Ji knew what the children had done, and was very grateful to them. On the day the store opened, she specially asked Xiao Ji to invite the children over for a meal.
Although it was just a table of home-cooked dishes, everyone was very happy to eat. Mother Ji ate out the two pots of rice prepared by her. She was happy to see how much the children ate.
The bell in the small shop rang lightly. Mother Ji hurried in and saw her husband asking in the cubicle inside: "What's wrong? Where does it hurt?"
Ji Yuanjie's father was lying on a sick (chuang), his face was much thinner, but he seemed to be in good spirits. He pointed to the outside and smiled and said, "Bring the kids some drinks to make them eat happily. "
Mother Ji also laughed and said to him: "I took it, I put a box on the table specially, but the few students in Xiao Ji came over and saw that they thought it was an unplaced box, so I just carried it inside. They were unwilling to take it apart, you don’t know, Xingxing and a few girls also squeezed their own juices, saying that their family had a lot of watermelons and they couldn’t finish them..." She poured a glass of warm water for her husband. Put it on the small table next to the bed and sighed, "It's all a bunch of good kids."
Ji Yuanjie’s father also nodded. He looked outside. The bead curtain blocked some of his vision. He reluctantly saw his son who was shuttled back and forth at the dining table to help his friends serve meals. His lips were also smiling, and his eyes No longer dull, but a light of hope.
Mother Ji fed him water and said with a smile: "You can rest assured that you will get better."
Ji Yuanjie's father drank water, and he thought these words in his heart. He thought it would be all right.
After dinner, everyone also helped to distribute flyers to the small shop. This was printed by Han Yixing. The number was not large. A few people quickly finished it. The little girl looked happier than Xiao Ji, jumping around. I didn't want to leave after jumping to distribute the flyer.
A car stopped by the side of the road and honked the horn.
She glanced at it and ran and shouted, "Xiaoyu, your brother is here to pick you up!"
Tang Jinyu was helping Xiao Ji clean up. Hearing a glance up, Ji Yuanjie saw it too, and urged him with a smile: "Go ahead, don't let Xia Ye wait in a hurry. Be careful to come in and catch people."
This incident has also been born before (fafa). Ji Yuanjie and Tang Jinyu have been classmates since kindergarten. It is not rare to see such a scene.
When the kindergarten was waiting in line for the parents to pick him up after school, Tang Jinyu's family was always the first one. Sometimes it was Tang Hongjun, sometimes it was Xia Ye, and even Teacher Xia took the first place. When they graduated from kindergarten, their family came to the most uniform. Tang Jinyu stood in the wrong team and almost walked to the seats of other people's houses, or Xia Ye did not hesitate to stand up and carry the child back to his home.
Natsuye grew tall, and when he passed the crowd back to his seat with the child's back collar, the audience laughed.
It’s better in elementary school, usually outside the school gate. On weekends, the teacher assigns a lot of homework, and there are many books that need to be brought back. Tang Jinyu's family will go to the classroom to connect him and help the children carry school bags along the way.
Ji Yuanjie has seen it countless times. Every weekend, he can see Tang Jinyu and his brother standing outside the classroom, wearing a mask. When they see them, they only nodded lightly. He raised his hand to take Tang Jinyu's schoolbag, and his movements were very natural.
But this time Xia Ye was not going to pick up a single person. He also picked up Han Yixing back together. The two of them lived in a small community. When they came, Han Yichen repeatedly urged that he must take his sister back home safely.
The little girl walked a little bit reluctantly, but she waved her hand to say goodbye to everyone and went to Xia Ye's car.
The black (colored) car stopped on the side of the road and didn't rush away. After a while, Tang Jinyu got down from the back row and went to the co-pilot's place, and the car drove away.
Guo Xiaohu kept watching at the door, wiping with a rag in his hand, but Xiao Ji called him twice before reacting, and said, "What's wrong?"
Ji Yuanjie pointed to his hand and said, "This is a rag for cleaning the table."
Guo Xiaohu glanced down, and then realized that he didn't know when he took the rag and wiped the door frame, and quickly put it away, a little embarrassed: "I just thought about something, but didn't pay attention."
Xiao Ji said: "It's okay. The door frame doesn't need to be wiped. Everyone is gone. You should go back soon. Don't worry about it."
Guo Xiaohu looked up and looked around. As expected, he was scattered. A classmate called him to go with him. Guo Xiaohu shook his head and said, "You go first, I'll go back in a while."
His home is close to here, and he is not in a hurry to go back, sitting there and chatting with Xiao Ji for a while.
There are lights outside the small shop. Xiao Ji set up a small table from home and placed it there, sitting and chatting with Guo Xiaohu. At the beginning, he was still talking and studying. Later, I don’t know who started talking about his childhood. Both of them fell silent.
There was a glass of iced watermelon juice in front of Guo Xiaohu. The girls brought a lot today. He took a sip, but felt sour in his mouth. Later, he felt that it was not a matter of his mouth, but that his heart was sour and not a taste. He sighed: "Xiao Ji, do you like to excel?"
Ji Yuanjie didn't say a word, his eyes fell on Guo Xiaohu's glass of watermelon juice, avoiding his sight and asking: "Where are you?"
Guo Xiaohu said: "I don't know if I like him. I paid special attention to him before. Since I was a kid, I just thought he was very good-looking. Later, he helped me a lot, whether it was study or other things, just see When he was there, I felt very relieved and felt that I could do everything." He turned the cup, "It was probably last year. I think I am more than just paying attention, I care about him especially."
"It's the kind, I can't help it."
"I saw him standing there, his hair messed up by the wind, and I wanted to reach out for him, and want to get closer to him."
"When he smiles, I am very happy. When he is not smiling, I want to make him happy. I miss him when I see him. I don't see him, and I want to..."
Ji Yuanjie said softly, "You must have seen her today, so you are so happy, right?"
"Yes." Guo Xiaohu's mouth moved, trying to laugh, but his eyes were a little sad, "but I can't tell him."
"why?"
"He has a good time, I don't want to disturb him."
Guo Xiaohu drank all the watermelon juice in the cup, twisted and loosened his brows, and finally sighed.
He felt a little greedy.
His likes are destined to die without disease, and he cannot and does not want to break the current intimacy.
Ji Yuanjie glanced at him, struggling for a while, and still said, "Don't you want to try? What if the other party likes you too? Such a good person, it would be a shame if you don't fight for it."
"Anyway, I also transferred to another school. I can't see it from so far away... Hey, forget me, what about you?" Guo Xiaohu shrugged, "You should have someone you like, when do you plan to confess?"
Ji Yuanjie was silent for a moment and said, "I'm just like you."
"What?"
"I am very happy to see her every day."
The two brothers sighed and sighed, with an unspeakable name in their hearts. Guo Xiaohu took Xiaoji as a tree hole and didn't dare to mention the boy he liked, but just talked about the boy's thoughts. Xiao Ji thinks too much, enduring bitterness and recommending the best girl in the world to him.
Guo Xiaohu said that he used to admire that person. From admiration to liking, Xiao Ji felt the same way. He also liked the stars since he was a child. He was moved by the enthusiasm and justice in her. The two people are not the same person, but in their hearts, that is the most. Good and most beautiful person.
Guo Xiaohu finally understood the taste a little bit, and looked at him and wondered: "Why do you always mention stars (gan gan) to me?"
Xiao Ji bowed his head and said, "Don't you think she is particularly good?"
Xiao Ji’s thoughts are already an open little secret among the boys. It is estimated that except for Xiao Ji and Han Yixing themselves, everyone else has silently tied them into a pair. Guo Xiaohu felt even more in his heart. This is the brother's object, Xiao Ji asked him, and he nodded and said, "It's pretty good."
Xiao Ji said hard: "Then you can be bolder, she is really a very good girl, it doesn't matter if you transfer schools, you can write to her, but don't write too much, it will affect her study..."
Guo Xiaohu's eyes widened, and he immediately waved his hand and said, "I'm writing to her (gan gan), I don't like her!"
Xiao Ji looked up and looked at him at a loss, "Don't you like stars?"
Guo Xiaohu shook his head into a rattle, refusing to (gan) crisply, "I don't like it, I don't like it at all, you can keep it for yourself."
This time I changed the season and made a big red face, and screamed for a while, but didn't say anything.
Guo Xiaohu was happy, and said to him with emotion: "I don't like stars, I am just like you."
"what?"
"I looked at someone, but he couldn't see me." Guo Xiaohu scratched his chin. He said such implicit words for the first time, but he insisted on this point, and didn't want to cause any trouble to the person he liked. "Speaking of it, I am worse than you. I don't think I dare to confess in my life, but that's okay. If he has a good life, I will be happy."
Xiao Ji looked at him for a while, as if trying to digest what he said, watching his eyes discern for a while and then whispered: "But you used to be a gentleman, and you have given stars from kindergarten... "
Guo Xiaohu waved his hand and said, "That's not true, I really can't beat her."
The summer night is destined to be long. On the other side, Tang Jinyu is following Xia Ye for a walk.
He ate dinner at Ji Yuanjie's house. There were a lot of people in Xiaoji, and the classmates talked lively. He ate a small bowl of rice with joy, and he was a little bit stuck.
The two brothers whispered as they walked, and they wandered around the community without going anywhere.
This is the place where Tang Jinyu grew up. It hasn't changed in the past few years. After he came back, he was familiar with everything. He can easily point out which tree is the easiest to catch cicadas, or where a small cluster of fruiting nightshades will pop up after the summer rain. The purple (color) rice-sized berries are slightly sour and sweet. He stole it when he was young. After eating, his brother grabbed the two purple and black (color) berries on the spot, and forced him to rinse his mouth for a while.
The small fruit of nightshade is a little bit poisonous. It’s okay to eat a few less, but he is not in good health and can’t stand up. Since then, his brother has seen him more severely, and even walks. With him.
It was dark outside and there were no people in the community. After walking on the small road, Xia Ye suddenly crouched in front and said, "Come on, I'll carry you."
After climbing up, Tang Jinyu hugged his neck and whispered, "Brother, I've grown up."
"Well, I have grown up a bit."
Xia Ye supported him upside down, got up steadily, and carried him on back.
The Ji family's matter has been resolved, and Xia Ye also wants to solve the problem between them.
His children have always been close to him. If it weren't for the entrance exam this time, he might have talked to the child long ago. As early as a few months ago, he was vaguely aware, once he had suspicion in his heart, he began to feel that there were flaws everywhere.
From pocket money to the piggy bank at home, he was familiar with everything, especially the piggy bank, which Tang Jinyu has been using since he was a child. It was a big pink (colored) piggy bank. They used to reward children with sweets and toys. Later, when there were too many of them, they changed their pocket money. Tang Hongjun started it first. The children are very obedient today, or do If there is something worthy of praise, everyone throws a coin into the piggy bank, and they all reward the child casually.
After so many years, the coins were full, and they were replaced with banknotes.
After Tang Jinyu came back from the summer vacation, Xia Ye unconsciously threw a coin in it, and the "jingle" made a crisp sound, which was too obvious-his child was so real that it was all hollowed out, and the coin could hear the echo as it fell.
The thousands of dollars in that little pig's belly can be said to have been accumulated for one dollar and one dollar every day. Xia Ye opened it and looked at it. It was really empty. There were no banknotes and coins.
Xia Ye started to build the embankment. He felt that something happened to him. His brother had something to hide from him.
So he waited until his brother called.
He waited for the unreceived call, no matter what reason the child thought, he couldn't bear it, (gan gan) just followed and returned to the town.
Xia Ye walked with him on his back and asked, "Why don't you tell me when you encounter difficulties?"
Tang Jinyu hugged him and whispered: "Just, I just want to try it myself...I can't find you if anything happens."
Natsuno frowned: "Why not?"
The person behind hesitated and said, "Because, because you are looking for a marriage partner in the future. When you have a partner, you will be responsible to another family when you get married. Brother, you will have your own My child, I’m not your child, how can you keep me in charge for the rest of your life?"
The child on the back said a bit wronged, and the tone of voice fell down.
Xia Ye laughed and said to him: "I don't have this plan for now."
"Then you will definitely have such plans in the future."
"What did you hear again?"
Tang Jinyu hesitated, and murmured a few words in his brother's ear. Xia Ye heard "Um" twice at first, and soon changed her tone, "Huh? Song Yi?"
Tang Jinyu nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Song is looking for someone. You will definitely have such a day like Song Brother..."
Xia Ye focused on Song Yi's object, and asked him, "Song Yizhen has talked about it?"
"Yeah, don't you know, brother? The person Song is talking about is pretty, I haven't seen it yet, but someone saw it last time and said it was a beautiful woman with long hair, you all know about it on the 17th floor."
Xia Ye didn't know at all, "Why are you so clear about our company? Where did you get it? Your gossip speed is quick enough."
The entire 17th floor is Xia Ye and Song Yi, and the other is the secretary room. There are not many people who can go up. Tang Jinyu took Xia Ye’s backup card, and the entire company is unimpeded. Even the president’s office is where he writes his homework from lower. , It's so familiar.
Xia Ye is obviously not included in the "all people" known to all levels.
After Xia Ye expressed surprise about Song Yi's love affairs, he didn't pay much attention. Song Yi was in his thirties, and he was getting married. He simply asked a few words, then turned his attention to his brother again, "You just made a tantrum with me because you guessed so much?"
"I'm not making trouble." Tang Jinyu picked his finger on his shoulder, and whispered, "I just, I don't think it can be too arrogant, brother, I've grown up and I can no longer be like a child. "
Xia Ye walked with him on his back and said to him: "You can continue to be a kid." He thought about it, his tone softened a little and discussed with him, "You can make trouble with me unreasonably, and if you are wronged, come and tell me. If you get into trouble, just push it to me. You don't need to rush to the front by yourself, and back behind me if you're afraid... Xiaoyu, you don't need to grow up."
The boy on his back hugged his arm tightly, and said nothing, "I don't know what else to do, brother, I don't think I can catch up with you..."
"You can act like a baby with me."
"Ok?"
Xia Yedao: "Tell me, I will help you solve it."
Tang Jinyu said dullly, "I don't want to be a kid."
Xia Ye laughed and discussed with him: "You can be a mature and stable child."
Tang Jinyu rubbed his back lightly and smiled.
Xia Ye kept carrying him and didn't let go. His brother wanted to come down, but he didn't let it go. He didn't know what he was stubborn, but he couldn't bear to let go, as if letting go, the child would really grow up.
His brother is as focused and assiduous as he is. When he goes to the hospital for treatment, he always smiles to make them happy. He has never shouted bitterness, and he usually uses very simple things. Although the family conditions are good, but at all Not squeamish. The only squeamishness may be developed by their parents. Compared with them, children can really endure a lot of hardship. They can go to work in the vegetarian restaurant, they can also move furniture and clean, and they can do a good job.
He thinks that children can't bear hardship.
It is also that he wants to keep the child by his side and to take over all his troubles.
The boy on his back hugged him from behind, a little embarrassed and said: "Brother, I have always only followed you..."
"Ok?"
"Just, being too close to you will disturb you? What should I do in the future, I have been thinking about this all this time, you are so good to me, if you are good to other people in the future, I feel bored when I think of this It's a bit uncomfortable." Tang Jinyu lay on his shoulders, cheeks pressed, and looked up at the night sky. He didn't know what to do, Xingxing also liked her brother, but she certainly didn't like her so much.
"I don't know, I only have you."
Xia Ye carried him home and walked slowly. He didn't know who else would be in the future, but no one was more important than the kid on his back now.
This kid occupies his entire boyhood. In his youth, how many years can his life be? The child walked with him to this day, and he grew up carrying the child on his back, holding it in his arms, holding it in his hands, and the positions on his knees and back are all his own.
"I bought the skateboard, but it's a bit dangerous. Tell me when you play, I have to watch it." Xia Ye said, "Baby, I filled you up with the piggy bank at home."
"Ok?"
"You can take it anytime in the future, it will never be empty."
The child behind laughed, not knowing what he was doing, and after a while he stretched out his hand from behind, clenched it into a fist and gave it to him, "Brother, look."
Xia Ye looked down, the boy's hand slowly opened, and he drew a small star in his palm with a luminous pen.
The person on his back dispelled the last separation and held him affectionately, as they did every day in the past: "Brother, I'caught' a small star for you, okay?"
Xia Ye laughed, "It looks good."
He has a star, he held it in his arms when he was a child, and when he was big on his back, he would hold it in his palm to protect his life.