Lin Xi looked at the noisy children, thought for a long time, and came up with an idea. She found Tang Jianguo and said her thoughts, and with Tang Jianguo's help, a simple table tennis table was set up outside the courtyard of Lin Xi's house. Build four legs, put a large wooden board, and draw a line in the middle, and it is a simple table tennis table.

Lin Xi's idea is: children can't sit all the time, and exercise is also a child's nature. How good it is to play table tennis, you can not only work out but also make friends.

Lin Xi handed Chu Sheng a table tennis racket and taught Chu Sheng to play table tennis. The child's face was red with excitement, Lin Xi circled Chu Sheng in his arms, held Chu Sheng's racket in one hand, and threw the white ball up, with the help of Lin Xi, Chu Sheng took the table tennis racket and slapped it towards the table tennis ball, after the ball was hit, it was parabolic and fell on the table, and then "grunted" and rolled off the table. Lin Xi let go of Chu Sheng and went to pick up the table tennis ball, and the warmth left Chu Sheng in an instant, and Chu Sheng felt a little empty. Lin Xi picked up the table tennis ball and asked Chu Sheng with a smile: "Do you understand, you can try it yourself." ”

In this way, Chu Sheng played, Lin Xi picked up the ball, and after practicing for a long time, Chu Sheng finally found his senses, Lin Xi played with Chu Sheng, speaking of which, Lin Xi can play, but the play is definitely not good. In addition, only one hand can move, and the two are basically serving and picking up the ball. But Chu Sheng played very happily, no one was really willing to play with him, and he could teach him patiently, only his sister was willing to accompany him like this.

After more than an hour of practice, Chu Sheng basically learned, Lin Xi was sweating from playing, put the racket down, gasped for breath, and said, "Don't play anymore." I'm exhausted. ”

"Then play with me for a while!" a man's voice rang out. As soon as Lin Xi turned around, it turned out that Dr. Xiao Song had come over. Lin Xi smiled and handed the paddle to Dr. Xiao Song, and asked Chu Sheng to play with Dr. Xiao Song, and went back to the house to wash his face. Doctor Xiao Song turned the paddle in his hand and said to Chu Sheng, "Let's go, let's play." Chu Sheng glanced at him, put the paddle down and said, "I won't play anymore." With that, he ran back to the house. Doctor Xiao Song looked at Chu Sheng's back, then looked at the paddle in his hand, and shouted behind him: "Stinky boy, you come back, you leave, how can I play alone?"

With this table tennis table, Lin Xi is a lot more lively here, not only the children come to play, but some young people in the village also come to play, but unfortunately there is only one pair of rackets, Chu Sheng refuses to lend it to others, every time he wants Lin Xi to coax him with kind words for a long time, and he is willing to borrow it after playing table tennis for a while.

Later, the carpenter in the village made two pairs of rackets, although they were not as good as the one in Lin Xi's hand, they could be used. For a time, it became the most lively place in Qingshan Village. Everyone's impression of Lin Xi is a little better, and the children who come to play help Lin Xi do some work from time to time, such as fetching water, sweeping the floor or something. Chu Sheng's workload is also much lighter.

In addition to the villagers, educated youths will also come. Since Yuan He and Lin Xi confessed, they were rejected by Lin Xi, and the two haven't seen each other for a few days. Seeing Lin Xi again, Yuan He was a little embarrassed, Lin Xi took the initiative to greet everyone, with a calm face, Yuan He saw that Lin Xi had no mustard, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw Chu Sheng, his face was weird, and he wanted to say something to Lin Xi several times, but he didn't find a suitable opportunity, Chu Sheng kept watching him with vigilant eyes, just like a mother beast taking care of a little beast.

It wasn't until Chu Sheng was dragged by Tang Shu to play table tennis that Yuan He moved to Lin Xi's side and whispered: "Lin Xi, pay attention next time, Chu Sheng's child's temperament, well, how to say it, it's that his temperament is not very good, anyway, you pay more attention." Know no. Lin Xi was confused when he heard these unclear words: "What do you want to say?" Yuan He is a cheerful person, and this kind of spitting appearance is really rare to see. Yuan He frowned, thought about it for a long time, and still made up his mind and said: "I told you about that last time, Chu Sheng came to me and asked me to stay away from you, otherwise he will break my legs." When Lin Xi heard this, he laughed out loud, Yuan He is an adult man, Chu Sheng is a little child, and breaking a leg or something is simply a child's words. Lin Xi didn't take it seriously, Yuan He was a little anxious, and said in a serious tone: "You didn't see him say this, he was serious." "Okay, okay, I'll remember that. Lin Xi answered, but he didn't pay attention to it in the end. Chu Sheng's careful eyes Lin Xi also knows a little, but this child is usually well-behaved and sensible, and he rushes to do things at home, and never loses his temper with himself, Lin Xi has never seen such a worry-free child, and it is estimated that he doesn't like Yuan He to approach him, so he learns to scare and scare Yuan He like an adult.

Lin Xi's level of table tennis is not good, but there are people with good skills in the village, and Dr. Xiao Song is one, Chu Sheng has learned a lot from him, and now he is also playing well. At Tang Shu's level, he didn't pay attention to it at all, and knocked Tang Shu down in three and two strokes, Tang Shu was so angry that he screamed, and he wanted to continue to come, and the others stopped doing it, saying that it was fun to play three games, and if he lost, he would step down, how could he be a scoundrel, a group of people coaxed Tang Shu, Chu Sheng didn't care about this, and ran home in a hurry after the fight.

Lin Xi saw Chu Sheng's panting appearance and asked, "Is the fight over? so fast?" Chu Sheng relieved his breath and said, "Well, I'll come back to accompany my sister." Lin Xi looked at Chu Sheng and felt that this kid was too clingy to himself. There's no way now, when school starts, I go out early and return late every day, and I guess it will be better. It's a pity that it will have to wait until September, and there is still more than half a year!

Soon Lin Xi got a good news, that day Liu Chunyan sent a bag of dried bamboo shoots, which was sent by Liu Chunyan's sister who was married far away, Tang Shu ran to Lin Xi's house from time to time, and still rubbed rice at Lin Xi's house, Liu Chunyan took the bamboo shoots to repay the favor, and happened to talk about Chu Sheng's schooling. Liu Chunyan told Lin Xi that people like Chu Sheng can go to school after the New Year, and the school can accept them. Lin Xi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he sent Liu Chunyan away, Lin Xi told Chu Sheng about it, Chu Sheng lowered his head, a little gloomy, and finally agreed after thinking about it for a long time. Lin Xi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Then we have said okay, but there is no hurry, we will have to wait until the New Year." I'll get you a new bag, okay?" Chu Sheng raised his little face and showed a sweet smile.

Qingshan Village has gradually entered the winter in the autumn rain one after another. Lin Xi took out the padded jacket in the system gift bag and changed it for Chu Sheng. Chu Sheng muttered that the disgusted clothes were too thick and hot to wear. Lin Xi was talking to him about this matter. At this moment, Tang Jianguo came over with an umbrella. Still running here on a rainy day? Lin Xi was a little puzzled, and sure enough, Tang Jianguo sent a bad news - Chu Sheng's mother was gone.

When Chu Sheng heard the news, he just said lightly, "Oh." "Yes. Tang Jianguo asked Chu Sheng: "Do you want to go and see?" Chu Sheng lowered his head and was silent. Lin Xi looked at Chu Sheng's expression and knew that Chu Sheng had no feelings for this mother, so he opened his mouth first: "Tang Zhishu, forget about this matter." At the beginning, she stole Chu Sheng out, and Chu Sheng and his biological parents were separated for many years, and now I don't know if I can get it back, although she is pitiful, but this thing is too immoral, so we won't go. Tang Jianguo frowned and looked at Chu Sheng, Chu Sheng nodded: "I'm not going." Tang Jianguo sighed and said, "That's okay, if you don't go, you won't go." "There is such a custom here, after the death of the elders, there must be a son to send the last journey, otherwise the deceased will inevitably go unrestlessly, and it will be unlucky for the family, so Tang Jianguo came to ask.

Tang Jianguo left in a hurry, and Chu Sheng sat in the stove, looking at the fire in a daze. Lin Xi sat down beside Chu Sheng silently and asked, "Are you sad?" Chu Sheng shook his head and paused for a long time before he began to say: "I can't remember what happened when I was a child, anyway, I have a memory, my dad loves to beat people, and she didn't protect me." In that house, only the old lady could protect me, and if it weren't for her, I would have starved to death. The only time the woman was good to me was when she was leaving, and she said to me that I would follow the old lady and stay away from my father. When Chu Sheng said these words, his face was calm. Lin Xi was reluctant to uncover Chu Sheng's wounds again, the indifference of his family over the years had broken the child's heart, and now making Chu Sheng's quiet life was the only thing these people could do for Chu Sheng.

Lin Xi was a little distressed, stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Chu Sheng's shoulder, Chu Sheng glanced at Lin Xi, and quietly leaned his head on Lin Xi's shoulder. The "crackling" sound of the firewood in the fireplace made the room quieter and quieter. Soon the silence was shattered. Chu Dagen came over, his eyes were red and swollen, his face was full of sadness, and he said to Chu Sheng: "Chu Sheng, your mother is gone, you are going to give her a funeral." ”

Lin Xi directly stopped: "Chu Sheng is no longer the Chu family, why do you want him to go?" You also heard it at the beginning, Chu Sheng stole it, and it was not the Chu family at all. ”

"What's the matter with you? Now that Chu Sheng is still surnamed Chu, he must go, and he can't let his mother go lonely. Chu Dagen's words were a bit nonsense. Lin Xi was angry and directly rejected him: "You are interested now, when people were alive before, why didn't you treat people well? What does it mean to drag Chu Sheng now? Whether you feel guilty or regret about your daughter-in-law, that's your business." Your daughter-in-law stole Chu Sheng, do you want Chu Sheng to give the thief a funeral?"

Chu Dagen was angry, he didn't know how to reply to her for a while, he was extremely angry, he kicked Lin Xi is kick, Lin Xi instinctively took a step back, but due to the suddenness of the incident, Lin Xi was still kicked down, fell to the ground hard, and fainted all of a sudden. Chu Sheng didn't expect such a change, seeing that his sister was knocked down, he rushed to Lin Xi's side and shouted Lin Xi's name loudly, but Lin Xi's face turned pale and he didn't react at all.

Chu Sheng felt that his heart had fallen to the bottom, his mind was blank, he turned his head and glared at Chu Dagen angrily, the whole person was like a mad beast, he picked up the wooden stick by the door, and smashed it at Chu Dagen's headless and brainless, and let out a desperate "Ahhh I'll kill you, I'll kill you. At this time, Chu Sheng felt that he was ignited by a fire, his eyes were red, his eyes were bloody, Chu Dagen was smashed several times, seeing Chu Sheng like a madman, he couldn't help but shudder, he withdrew from the yard and tried to dodge, Chu Sheng chased after him, and the stick smashed on his body one by one. Chu Dagen couldn't dodge, so he wanted to catch Chu Sheng, but at this time, Chu Sheng seemed to be burning all his energy, and Chu Dagen was powerless to control Chu Sheng for a while.