Chapter 6: Birthday Presents
The weather at the end of July was unusually hot, and the urban areas of the New Territories seemed to be put in steamers, and there were few pedestrians on the road, and even if there were, they were in a hurry!
In the shade of the roadside, there is the occasional vendor pushing a cart and selling 'popsicles, sodas, ......' as they walk
At this time, a head poked out from under the banyan tree next to her, and then a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl walked out, it was Xiaohong!
"Uncle who sells popsicles, wait a minute......" Xiaohong glanced at the vendor selling popsicles, turned back to a stout boy of one meter and eight or nine, and said, "Pillar, you go to find Changsheng!"
"What are you doing!" the boy was tall and strong, but his face was still immature, and he was a little stupid, and his buzzing voice replied, "Changsheng went to find money"
"Today is Changsheng's birthday, I'll buy him a popsicle...... Let's go!"
"Ah...... Have popsicles to eat?" the pillar was overjoyed, and did not ask Xiaohong how she could have the money to buy popsicles, so she spread her long legs and ran away.
And Xiaohong walked up to the vendor who bought the popsicle, took out two coins from the corner of her clothes, and said timidly, "Uncle, how much is a popsicle?"
"Two cents a piece, can you afford it?" the vendor also saw Xiaohong's identity as a flower, and scolded with a little disdain!
At this moment, the tall and mighty pillar rushed towards it with a thin immortal, and the pillar buzzed as it ran, "Hurry up, there are popsicles to eat"
"Uncle, buy me one" Xiaohong handed two greasy coins to the vendor!
The vendor frowned slightly at the two coins, but still took the coins, took out a third-of-the-melted popsicle from the foam box and handed it to Xiaohong.
"Give me this, give me this one......" The pillar took the lead in running in front of Xiaohong, snatched the popsicle from Xiaohong's hand, and stuffed it into his mouth before he even had time to tear the wrapping paper on the popsicle!
"Hey......" Xiaohong screamed softly, and hurriedly said, "The pillar will be returned soon, today is Changsheng's birthday!"
"Give him the next one......" Pillar replied indistinctly with a popsicle in his mouth.
"I have no money" Xiaohong looked at Changsheng who came over, and was a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry Changsheng, my sister has no money!"
Changsheng knew what the situation was at a glance, his eyes were slightly moist, and he stepped forward and shook Xiaohong's hand gently, indicating that he didn't care.
"But today is your seventh birthday......
Changsheng didn't wait for Xiaohong to say anything, he smiled, pulled Xiaohong towards the banyan tree, the pillar behind him had already eaten the popsicle, and his buzzing voice was puzzled, "Sister Xiaohong, won't you buy it?"
The popsicle seller looked at the three of them with disdain, and was just about to leave but was suddenly stunned, took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, looked at the paper carefully, and instantly showed a hint of joy on his face!
"Hey, you guys wait!" The vendor took out three popsicles from the foam box, caught up with the puzzled Xiaohong, and handed the popsicles to the three immortals with a smile, and said with a smile, "Today is your birthday, I invited you to eat!"
"Why?" asked Xiaohong, who didn't take the popsicle, confused.
"What's the reason, it's not easy for everyone!" the vendor couldn't help but stuff the popsicle into Xiaohong's hand, turned his head to look at Changsheng and said, "What's your name?
Changsheng is not as easy to deceive as Xiaohong and Zhuzi, knowing what this person must have planned, he took the popsicle lightly, did not stuff the popsicle into his mouth in an instant like Zhuzi, and pulled Xiaohong and turned away!
"I'm sorry uncle, Changsheng can't speak......" Xiaohong was a little embarrassed, and while leaving with Changsheng, she turned back to the vendor and said, "Today happens to be Changsheng's seventh birthday, goodbye, kind uncle!"
The vendor looked at the distant backs of the three of them, and muttered something dumb, seven years old, and today's birthday......
At night, when a low snoring sound sounded in the room, Xiaohong suddenly opened her eyes, looked at Changsheng, who was also open, smiled slightly, groped her way out of bed, beckoned Changsheng out of the room, and whispered to Changsheng, "Changsheng, you go to the kitchen first, sister go to call the pillar, we meet in the kitchen......
As soon as Changsheng came to the kitchen, he saw Xiaohong pulling the sleepy-eyed pillar in, Xiaohong walked to the corner of the kitchen, and took out a large bowl with a gap from the corner of the cupboard, and in the bowl was a large bowl of noodle soup, sprinkled with sporadic green onions and coriander.
For most people, this half bowl of noodles may be ordinary, but for these children who have grown up in bitter water, it is not easy to save half a bowl of noodles!
Now the pillar has grown to more than one meter and eight, and the stout body is like a bear, as soon as he saw the half bowl of noodles in front of him, the sleepiness on his face disappeared instantly, and he rushed to Xiaohong's side, and said anxiously to Xiaohong, "Sister Hong, is this bowl of noodles for me?"
"Pillar, you wait a minute" Xiaohong comforted the pillar softly, put the noodles on the ground, sat opposite Changsheng, took out two chocolates from his pocket and stuffed them in Changsheng's hands, and said to the pillar, "Today is Changsheng's birthday, let's wish him a happy birthday...... Changsheng, you make a wish first, then eat a bite of noodles, and give the rest to the pillar, okay?"
Changsheng knew that Xiaohong brought himself here to celebrate his birthday, and he also knew that these two chocolates must have been given by a kind person passing by, and Sister Xiaohong was reluctant to eat them for herself, and her eyes were a little red for a while!
In the last life, his parents died when he was three years old, and in this life he has not even seen his parents, where will anyone remember his birthday, except for Sister Xiaohong and this stupid pillar, he has no relatives, and he can't help but say silently, "Maybe the long life is as cheap as ants, but at least there are relatives, and there is friendship worth guarding......"
"Sister Xiaohong, why are you telling him this? He can't speak!" Zhuzi's eyes stared at the half bowl of noodles in front of Changsheng, if it weren't for Xiaohong's warning, he would have rushed over and eaten all the noodles, and then heard Xiaohong's words, muttering.
"Thank you, Hong......" Changsheng said three words involuntarily, suddenly stopped, closed his eyes tightly, put his hands in fists on his chest and made a wish, but two lines of tears oozed from his eyes......
"Uh, you, you're going to ......" The pillar was instantly surprised!
But Xiaohong covered her mouth, "Don't talk nonsense, you heard it wrong!"
"Uh, did I hear it wrong?" The pillar trusts Xiaohong the most, and since Xiaohong said that she heard it wrong, she must have heard it wrong!
However, the pillar's simple mind began to get confused.
It's a pity that it was not only Xiaohong and Zhu who heard Changsheng speak, but also the third person, who was the rotten Qizai hiding outside the kitchen!
After dinner, when Rotten Qizai passed by the kitchen, he happened to see Little Red sneaking something, and knew that there must be a reason for it, and he had a hint of the idea of finding out.
At this time, he heard movement in the kitchen, and Rotten Qizai quietly came to the kitchen door, just in time to hear what Changsheng said, and he was shocked for a while!
Changsheng never spoke, and could only make the voice of Abba and Abba , which is what people call mute!
For this reason, Xiaohong also learned a few commonly used gestures to communicate with Changsheng, but Rotten Qizai and Uncle Kun did not have that patience, so they couldn't communicate with him, and now Changsheng suddenly spoke, how could he not shock Rotten Qizai?
Doesn't this mean that from the very beginning, this kid was deceiving Uncle Kun?
Now that Changsheng is just seven years old, and he began to learn to speak at the age of two or three, he knows that he can deceive others, and there is such a deep city, isn't it really similar to a monster?
This kid clearly knew that Uncle Kun would never take him to the hospital for a check-up, so he would be so fearless, and pretending to be dumb could save him a lot of trouble......
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying he felt, a trace of cold sweat oozed from his back, and he muttered, "This little beast is really a demon!"
Changsheng made a wish, wiped the tears in his eyes, and took a bite of the longevity noodles in front of him!
The pillar didn't wait for Changsheng to put down the bowl, snatched the bowl with a whoosh, Hulala ate all the noodles in the bowl, slammed the noodle bowl on the ground, and stared at the chocolate in Changsheng's hand.
"Changsheng, what wish did you make?" asked Xiaohong with a gesture!
Changsheng looked around and said, "I hope that one day we can escape safely, and when the time comes, Changsheng will definitely give Sister Xiaohong a birthday...... By the way, what day is Sister Xiaohong's birthday?"
"I don't remember," Xiaohong replied gloomily, "I was only three years old when I was stolen by those bad guys, and I can't remember my birthday, or even what my parents looked like......"
"When I grow up, Changsheng will accompany Sister Xiaohong to find them!"
"It's a pity that you can't grow up" The rotten Qizai outside the kitchen heard Changsheng's words, and his face showed a cold and cold expression.
"Actually...... I don't have the confidence to see them alive, maybe one day my sister will be killed by those bad people!, however, I have always felt that Changsheng is not an ordinary child, and my sister hopes that one day, Changsheng will be able to find her parents!"
Xiaohong thought about it for a while, and slowly talked about the bad things she had done with Uncle Kun and others on the rainy night when she met Changsheng!