Chapter 6: Let Me Sleep Alone
Magnolia walks on a dirt road in the countryside in the afterglow of the setting sun.
The pond passed by on the way was full of water lotus flowers, the green leaves were like a pair of small hands, calling friends, and the large purple flowers were blooming enthusiastically.
Magnolia suddenly thought about picking a flower.
The trembling appearance of her little figure by the pond provoked an exclamation from her companions.
Finally, a senior boy volunteered to pick a large purple flower for her.
Magnolia remembers a cousin in her family at that time.
She took the flower with a bright smile and said thank you to her cousin.
The shy boy was blinded by the overly enthusiastic smile, and scratched his head with a smile.
Magnolia held the flower and walked all the way, humming a ballad in her mouth, which was "Walking on the Country Road" taught by the math teacher in the morning.
The mountains are beautiful, the water is beautiful, the flowering avocado trees are beautiful, and the milk vetch on the ridges is blooming warmly and even more beautiful.
Magnolia said goodbye to her companions all the way, turned a row of tea groves, and home was in front of her.
Yumei saw that she returned home safe and sound, and her heart fell back to place, telling Yulan to do her homework, and turned around to feed the pigs.
Chen Li and Li Aihua have not returned. They usually don't come back until dark, and the family is not surprised.
Magnolia moved a small stool and sat next to her grandmother lying in a rocking chair, telling her about the latest things in school while waiting for her father and mother to come home.
Just as he was talking happily, a babbling voice shouted all the way, "Yumei, Yumei, are you at home?"
Before the sound fell, the people had already rushed into the living room.
Yulan saw the smile on her grandmother's face fade, and said, "It's to ask Mei." There was no more to follow, so I glanced curiously at this reckless girl.
The girl glanced at the table very quickly, and saw that it was empty, and a look of disappointment flashed across her face.
When Yulan saw this scene, she realized in her heart: it turned out that she was here to eat.
Yumei was stared at by two pairs of eyes, one old and one young, and she didn't look uncomfortable at all. She smiled casually and asked, "Where has Yumei gone, why haven't you eaten at home?"
Yulan pretended to be naΓ―ve: "Ask Sister Mei if she wants to come to my house for dinner? Then you have to wait a little longer, my father and aunt haven't come back yet, so we can't eat." He deliberately asked: "My sister is feeding the pigs outside, didn't you see Sister Mei when she came in?"
Wenmei was not annoyed when Yulan exposed the lie, and said with a smile: "Then I'll go to her." β
Grandma watched Wen Mei's figure disappear, and took the opportunity to educate Yulan: "Female babies have three habits that can't be touched." First, avoid being lazy, lazy people can not do things well, and it is difficult to earn stuttering; second, they should avoid gluttony, they must live a careful life, and their appetites should be restrained as much as possible; and third, they should be greedy and greedy, and if they are greedy, they will easily lose their temperance and do wrong things. β
Grandma didn't expect Yulan to understand, but she didn't expect Yulan to not only understand, but also silently remember it in her heart.
In the past, she was ignorant, and she only cared about playing with mud with children of the same age. Daddy and Auntie are busy with their own business, and rarely tell her these truths. Even if she said it, Yulan didn't understand, so she developed a silly and sweet temperament, and believed everything others said, so that she didn't suffer less later.
The current magnolia is like an empty sponge, desperately trying to absorb knowledge from the outside world. She has her own judgment, and she remembers what she hears, what she sees, and what makes sense in her heart. Her behavior has saved her many detours in her future life.
The night had already fallen, and the village was lit up again and again.
Chen Li and his wife returned home in twilight with their tools, and Yumei had already set up the meal.
After eating, it was cold for a while, and the family talked about the shortcomings of the family, and the day passed smoothly.
When it was time to go to bed, Yumei made the bed and called Yulan to sleep, but Yulan was stubborn and resolutely refused to sleep with her sister, and wanted to go to her brother's room to sleep alone.
Yumei looked at A-Niang pleadingly.
Li Aihua thought about it and agreed.
Magnolia insisted on sleeping in the jade book room by herself in order to draw the blueprints.
She first went through the designs she had thought of in the morning, and then quickly sketched them on the paper with a few strokes.
If someone from the side saw this scene, their jaws would drop in shock.
At this time, Yulan's childish face was full of seriousness. The whole person is very focused on his work, and his pen is smooth and natural, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a veteran of many years, where is it like a six-year-old child.
This is also one of the reasons why Yulan insists on living on her own, she doesn't want to become an outlier in the eyes of others.
After the design drawing was completed, Magnolia signed her name in the lower right corner, which is the English name of the flower style. Later, after her studio opened, in order to prevent theft, she specially spent a lot of money to hire someone to specially design.
This was something she was used to doing before, so Magnolia didn't pay much attention to it. She didn't expect that an unintentional move today would avoid a big trouble for her later.
Magnolia carefully collected the manuscript, sandwiched it in a magazine, and stuffed it into the textbook at the bottom of the shelf. Those middle and high school textbooks, the jade book is not touched much, because I am reluctant to lose it, so I have been in the corner. Magnolia is also not worried about her drawings being discovered.
She stretched and looked at the alarm clock, it was late. Outside the window, the stars twinkle in the night, like scattered diamonds. Occasionally, there is a sound of insects chirping and frogs, showing the tranquility of the rural night. Inside the window, a doll is smiling at the night sky, as if looking forward to a better future.
Early the next morning, Yulan finished drinking a bowl of sweet potato porridge, and Yumei was sorting out the things she wanted to bring to school.
She moved her hands and feet very quickly to fill the satchel, and at the same time said to Yulan, "When you get to school, remember to send the lunch box to the kitchen first, don't forget to fill the water, and don't take the wrong lunch box, otherwise there will be no food at noon." There are pickled eggs in the lunch box, so be careful not to break them. β
Magnolia looked at the cross-bag a little big. This army green old-fashioned canvas satchel was used by Yumei to go to school before, the strap was nailed, long, and it was carried on her 120 cm height, all down to her knees, and it was particularly difficult to walk. Yumei also found out about this, and said with annoyance: "Hey, I didn't pay attention, I'll change it for you when I come back at night." β
Yulan thought for a while and said, "Sister, you can find me a few old clothes that I don't wear, I want coarse cloth." β
Although Yumei was puzzled, she didn't ask much, nodded and said, "I know, I'll look for it first." β
There are also several children in the village who are also attending primary school in the township, and several people are traveling together.
A few people were fighting and shouting, and time slipped away unconsciously, and soon they arrived at school.
Magnolia sent the lunch box to the kitchen first.
A female teacher next to her watched Magnolia washing rice, her movements were smooth, but her little face was very serious and funny. So he asked her, "Do you want me to help?"
Magnolia looked up at her and recognized her as a former second-grade math teacher with the surname Chen. She is an elegant, erudite female teacher who never speaks in a hurry, and has a reassuring atmosphere.
She always told her students: When you encounter difficulties, you have to tell yourself first, nothing can be difficult for me. Then, take it slowly, step by step, and the puzzle will always be solved.
Yulan has always kept this sentence in her heart, and every time she encounters difficulties, she thinks about this sentence, and then becomes more and more courageous.
She liked her a lot.
Now that the trajectory has all changed, Yulan doesn't know if she is destined to continue to be her student.
Hearing her ask, Yulan smiled shyly and said, "Thank you, teacher, I've already done it." β
There are already people in the kitchen, and a chubby aunt is busy by the pot, and when she sees someone bringing in a lunch box, she says loudly, "Check if you have water in your lunch box, and if you forget to put water, you won't have anything to eat at noon." β
Say it again and again, and look like it doesn't get tired of it. Magnolia inexplicably felt that the fat spherical figure was a little cute.
After putting the lunch box away, Magnolia came to the classroom with her schoolbag.
Before the morning reading began, the students in the classroom chatted and talked in twos and threes.
Yulan took out the homework book from her satchel and was about to hand it in, and the corner of the podium was already neatly stacked.
Yulan looked at the crooked words on the cover of the top book, then looked at her own book, hesitated, and stuffed the homework book to the bottom.
Back in his seat, Chen Dong'er had already come over.
Her home is close to the school, and every time she goes to school, she comes to school.
Chen Dong'er stuffed Yulan with an oiled paper bag. Inside the oiled paper bag is a leek cake that is still hot, the thin skin is fried to a crispy crisp, and the emerald green filling inside is faintly visible. The unique aroma of the dough cake is mixed with the strong aroma of leeks, and the aroma is tangy, which can stimulate people's taste buds. Magnolia even heard the sound of people swallowing saliva around her.
Chen Dong'er looked indifferent, but Yulan had a little headache.
It's also a problem that the little partner is too generous.
Do not suffer from few, but suffer from unevenness.
Chen Dong'er always likes to bring things to Yulan, and although everyone is red-eyed, they won't say anything about her. But there are many people who are jealous of Magnolia.
I just want to go to school in a low-key way. Magnolia thought helplessly.
However, careless table mates can't understand Magnolia's troubles.
She urged Magnolia, eat it quickly, it's not delicious when it's cold, my aunt got up in the morning and made it, but it was delicious. I ate both of them.
Regardless of Yulan's refusal, he stuffed the paper bag into Yulan's hand.
Magnolia smiled bitterly, and it seemed that she had to repay it somewhere else.
She asked Chen Dong'er: "Aren't your aunt angry when you give things to others?"
Chen Dong'er asked Yulan inexplicably: "Why is my aunt angry? She often tells me that I must learn to share." β
"When I went out in the morning, I said that I would bring pies for the children to eat, and my aunt praised me. β
"My uncle's little cousin used to come to my house to play and snatch my favorite toy. I was not happy, and A-Niang also said that I don't know how to share is not a good child. β
Yulan has nothing to say, she can't say that your aunt wants you to give your toys to your cousin to play with, not that you want you to give things to strangers.
In Yulan's heart, she is that stranger.
But what if I misunderstand?
Forget it, more is better than less.
But after all, eating people is soft-mouthed! Yulan always feels that accepting other people's things is suspected of bullying children.
She thought about it and thought about it, and she was going to make a backpack herself. Nowadays, the common schoolbags are shoulder bags, and it is very inconvenient to carry them. Yulan had already made a draft in her heart, and she was ready to start working on it when she came home from school in the evening.
Why don't you make one for Chen Dong'er too, I don't know if she will like it? Yulan thought bitterly, what is the most annoying thing to return the gift.
The bell of the morning reading rang in Magnolia's entanglement, and Magnolia had to put the problem aside.