Chapter 28:

Xiao Xiao really wants to hold a festival.
Not only that, she seemed to want to give Linyou a surprise. She prepared all the plans beforehand, and prohibited Linyou from participating. Many things were still done outside.
Lin You only occasionally saw props that she didn't understand what she was going to do with her handling of large wooden boards at home.
"What the are you doing..."
Linyou looked at the direction of the kitchen and murmured unconsciously.
Xiao Xiao didn't know what to tinker in the kitchen. In order not to let the sound come out, he even shut the door tightly. She recently went in every day for such a period of time.
Linyou has such a little trouble that he can't say clearly.
What she said casually was put on her heart, making her sweet. But now, it feels more important than she is to prepare for the festival... Is this upside down?
Lin You sighed, bowed her head and continued to string shells.
Today's sun is not so annoying, so she sits under the pergola again.
A large stack of shells picked up by the seaside had consumed almost all of it. Except for a bracelet, most of the other shells were strung into wind chimes and hung under the eaves. When the wind blew, a clear sound of ding dong dong dong.
There is one thing left, which was piled up by Linyou in a fish tank for decoration.
After returning from the seaside, Xiao Xiao requisitioned flying fish, not meaning to put it back in the lotus pond. Linyou had to find an oversized fish tank and raise it in the living room, named Jinbao.
Since then, the time to go out has become less.
Xiaoqing and Xiaobai got injured and went back to the tree, but they would come around every day and give life to Linyou in the hot weather... By the way, play cards with her.
"……it is good."
finished.
The last shell on the string is decorated with the beautiful tail feathers of two thin-necked birds underneath. The fresh wind chimes interwoven with light blue and white shells are gently shaken in the hands of Linyou.
Hang it up. Linyou raised his head and looked at the height of the eaves.
...... Well, go to Xiao Xiao for help.
Linyou thought so, and suddenly his hand lightened, and the wind chime was taken away. She turned around and Xiao Xiao stood behind her, tiptoeed slightly, and hung up the wind chimes.
"So beautiful, is it love?"
Xiao Xiao stared at the wind chime that was blown by the wind for a while, and after it returned to calm, he found a small design in shape.
"Well." Linyou was looking at the dust on Xiao Xiao's cheek. "Here, it's dirty again."
Xiao Xiao lowered her head and asked her to wipe it off.
Linyou wiped her face clean, and found that she was also gray, and I didn't know how to get it up. She pushed her into the house helplessly: "Change your clothes first."
Xiao Xiao was pushed by her obediently.
When they walked into the living room, they saw that Lucky stood up with his hind legs, one claw was pulling the edge of the fish tank, and the other claw was fishing into the water.
It was so attentive to doing bad things that they didn't even notice when they walked into the house.
Jin Bao ignored the ups and downs of the above, swimming leisurely in the next position, as if he was unaware of the big cat's attempt.
Linyou: "..."
She pushed Xiao Xiao into the bedroom, turned around and grabbed Lucky's neck skin.
"Don't harass others." Lin You knocked on the cat's head, "I have told you several times, and I don't remember long."
"Meow~"
The big cat sitting for training was knocked by her, and fell down to the ground, revealing a soft belly, tilting her head and looking up with round eyes.
"...It's useless to be cute."
"Mi Woo~"
Ok. Linyou squatted down and touched it for a while, and then picked up a snorting cat on the ground: "Go out to play and come back before dinner."
Lucky went out reluctantly.
Linyou turned around and saw thin green vines crawling in from the threshold, trying to approach the position of the fish tank.
She just carried the gadget basket she used to make the wind chime, and directly picked up the scissors inside and pointed it at the tentacles of the vine.
"..."
Green shadow flickered and disappeared from her eyes.
Alas, Linyou glanced at Jin Bao, who carelessly spit bubbles in the fish tank, and was very worried for it.
Living here seems to be more dangerous than living in the wild?
"Don't worry about it." At night, Xiao Xiao, who heard Linyou telling about family conflicts, stopped writing and thought, "Jinbao is stronger than them."
is it?
Linyou think about it carefully, it is indeed very possible.
Although Jinbao has never shown any offensiveness, Xiaohong and Zhaocai can't even move her. The disgrace in the true mutants is not much more than their food.
She was relieved.
Xiao Xiao finished his last diary and picked up the blue spiral shell on the table: "This, don't you use grapefruit?"
"Ah, this..." Linyou sat on the bed and saw the special shell, coughed, embarrassed to say that he was afraid of being damaged and would not hang outside, "I plan to use it as a micro landscape box, materials I haven't found it yet."
"Then tomorrow, we will find together."
tomorrow……
Lin You said, "Don't you have to prepare for the ceremony tomorrow?"
Xiao Xiao: "...Well?"
Because of her subtle tone, Xiao Xiao didn't answer the question first, but made a doubtful voice.
"...Nothing, just ask."
Linyou himself was frightened by the sourness in the words. Too shameful, she saw the shell in Xiao Xiao's hand and shifted the topic: "Although I brought souvenirs back...I would be nice if I could take pictures."
The regret on this point is true.
Although good memories will remain in my heart, Linyou dare not overestimate her memory.
She still wanted some substantive records, such as commemorative photos or something, until many years later she could read it back, recalling what happened at that time... isn’t it good?
"It's okay, I have a good memory." As she saw through her thoughts, Xiao Xiao said, "If grapefruit forgets, I will tell you grapefruit."
When she said this sentence, she seemed to be fascinated for a moment.
Are you thinking about the same future scene as mine? Linyou looked at her soft and beautiful profile under the candlelight, and her lips gently smiled: "Then you have to remember it carefully."
"Well." Xiao Xiao answered in a positive voice.
She packed her diary, blew out the candles, and walked to the bed in the dark. Linyou felt a familiar breath near him.
"Grapefruit." Xiao Xiao shouted to her, "Do you feel lonely because you have rarely been together recently?"
"……No la."
Why did you mention this topic again? Lin You didn't want to admit that she was so naive.
Xiao Xiao lay down: "Well~ I will pay attention."
"So it's all gone..."
"Hmm~"
Xiao Xiao responded with a smile in his voice, Linyou covered his face and stopped talking.
The next day, Xiao Xiao really let go of what she was doing, and went out with her to find materials... In fact, she wandered aimlessly. After two days of shopping, it was almost all together.
A few days after the short walk out, when Xiao Xiao came back, he brought back a strange thing.
"grapefruit."
Linyou carved the stone on the eaves attentively, heard the sound, looked up and saw Xiao Xiao pointing her at the camera, and pressed the shutter.
"……Eh?"
Xiao Xiao's camera stuck in his hand for a while and spit out a photo in the buzz.
Lin Yu surprised: "This is... Polaroid? Where can I find it, can it still be used?"
"Well, although not very flexible." Xiao Xiao handed her the picture.
It works incredible. Lin You took the photo. She hadn't seen herself from this angle in a long time: "Ah, it's very clear." It's just a little problem of exposure and color difference.
A little regret floated on Xiao Xiao's face: "However, not much film..."
"It's good to have only one, this is a surprise of the level of Grandpa Christmas!"
Xiao Xiao bent his eyes and allowed Linyou to stand up and hug her with a touch of expression.
Whether it's a camera or a film, after a long time, it might not be usable. Linyou quickly decided to use all the remaining film.
What is it used for?
After taking a single photo of Xiao Xiao and a group photo with two people, Linyou fell into contemplation.
In the photo, the vine responsible for the bracket and pressing the shutter returned the camera to her.
It happened that Linyou brought a picture to Xiaohong. In the background was Xiao Xiao who was reading a book on a swing stand, and a newly built grape stand that had already been covered with greenery.
Because the treasure in the fish tank was too thin, it was made bigger by Linyou's request, and the fortune was posted on the edge, and he refused to leave.
Then came Xiaoqing Xiaobai, who played cards, and Raccoon, who sent fruits.
There are also silhouettes of giant trees that can be seen from a height.
Lin You finally took a group photo, and used up the film without waste.
She found a small wooden board and nailed it to the wall on the right side of the desk, and posted the photo in a patchwork, with the photo in the middle.
"Well, it's a little empty..." Linyou stepped back and looked at her with her chin.
Xiao Xiao drew a pattern in the blank space.
This is perfect.
Lin You touched the photo cherishly. Xiao Xiao observed her look next to her, and suddenly stepped forward, drawing lines on the side of the two of them.
"what?"
The outline of her pen became clear gradually. Linyou could see it was a portrait. Although it was only a simple drawing, she could still see the similarities to herself.
Xiao Xiao finished the painting seriously and turned to smile at Lin You.
Linyou understood what she meant and smiled: "Ah... there is such a way."
Yeah. Xiao Xiao flipped through the diary, Linyou saw himself in a stick figure, smiling, sulking his face angry, compared with hand-made products, and padding to dry his clothes... Almost every page will appear, occasionally It will be accompanied by flowers and cat heads.
"Ah, this is..."
A relatively complete sketch portrait appeared on a certain page, which is how she looked on the desk. There is also Xiao Xiaojun's handwriting:
Reading on your stomach, bad habits.
"..."
Ignoring that line of writing, Xiao Xiao's brushstrokes were gentle and delicate, as if she had been given ten layers of beauty filters.
Linyou didn't dare to admit that he was himself.
In Xiao Xiao's eyes... is she like this?
Lin Yu raised his eyes, and Xiao Xiao only showed half of his face behind the notebook, accompanied by the crisp wind chimes being blown out of the window, and the eyes looked over with a soft smile.
I really want to freeze this moment with the camera.
The way she wants to make her laugh, the way she talks, the way she reads a book seriously, and her quiet sleeping face during a nap...Save it forever, forever, just remembering it is not enough.
Lin You looked at her portrait: "Well... if I want to learn painting, can Xiao Xiao teach me?"