As Xiao Yao played, the three girls sang softly together. The beautiful melody and touching lyrics made the scene in the movie "Little Flower" appear in their minds. After singing the song, Xiao Ai looked at Xiao Yao with tears in her eyes:

"Brother Xiao Yao, will one day make us like a little flower in the movie, and we can't find our brother?"

"How could it be? Silly girl, it was the war years, and the personnel were seriously scattered, and it was difficult to find any news. It's a time of peace, letters can be sent safely, and there are telephones to contact, so how can they not find me?"

Next, Xiao Yao played several more songs. In a happy atmosphere, time passes inadvertently. The moon hangs in the western sky, and the night breeze is blowing.

"Xiao Yao, it's not too early, let Xiaoya and Xiaoai go to sleep in our girls' dormitory, and let's go out to play together tomorrow." Two sisters, do you say okay?"

"Okay, okay, we're tired too, so let's go to bed and play together tomorrow. ”

"Xiaoya, Xiaoai, I don't blame you for today's incident, but you two have to promise me that you can't do this again in the future, in case the two of you come out on this big night, something irreparable happens, so I won't be happy for the rest of my life, do you know?"

"Well, Brother Xiao Yao, we will never do this again in the future. ”

Under the moonlight, the four of them walked back to the quiet campus with the full moon setting in the west, returned to their respective dormitories, and rested for a while, just waiting for dawn.

Xiao Yao returned to the dormitory, still afraid of Xiaoya and Xiaoai tonight. I haven't fallen asleep for a long time. I didn't get up until I heard the bell ring, and I got up to wash. He saw Huang Li taking Zhang Xiaoya and Zhou Weiai and walking towards the canteen together. It's already lunch time, and Huang Li is still holding his lunch box in his hand, which was taken by Huang Li after washing the dishes last night, saying that she will help him cook today and tell him not to go to the cafeteria.

The three girls came to the cafeteria hall and were about to line up. I heard Xiao Zhou shouting there:

"Cousin, come, come, come here. ”

"Who's your cousin? ”

"Okay, okay, I called the wrong one, you come here, I'll call you first." ”

Huang Li was still hesitating, Xiao Ya had already stepped forward, handed over the lunch box, and then took the remaining three lunch boxes back and let Xiao Zhou serve the meal. The students in the front line did not squeak.

"How bad is this, what will other students think of us?"

Huang Li took the two lunch boxes that Xiaoya took back, and her pretty face was not embarrassed.

"It's not us who want to cut in line, it's he who told us to go over, and they can't blame us if they want to. We didn't mean it anyway. ”

Xiao Ya finished the meal confidently, and without thanking Xiao Zhou, she pulled the two out of the canteen hall. The three of them found the door of Xiao Yao's dormitory and called Xiao Yao to come out and eat together. While eating, Xiao Yao planned the route of his afternoon trip:

"After eating, we went north, the east was the road I used to go home, the south was to go to the town, and the west was the kiln factory, all of which were not very beautiful. ”

"There's nothing to see in the north, isn't it just farmland? We're just going out for a walk and having fun, and if you say you're going north, you're going north. ”

"It's just that we can't go too far, we have to go home in the evening and we don't have any school bags. Classes will be held tomorrow, and you can't do without books. ”

"I knew this was the case, so I brought my schoolbag so that I wouldn't have to go back at night. ”

When Zhou Weiai said this, she was very upset. I really wish I could be with Xiao Yao all the time. Huang Li carefully noticed the meaning of Xiao Ai's words, and frowned slightly.

"Xiao Yao, how did you get here?"

Xiao Yao and the others walked along the dirt road to the north for more than two hours, and when they were about to go back, they were stopped by Xia Jiaohuan, who was doing farm work in the field. He saw three women and one man swaying on the dirt road from a distance, which was very inconsistent with the scene in front of him, so he paid attention to it, and saw that it was Xiao Yao and Huang Li with two girls, so they rushed over.

"Your house is near here, we have nothing to do at school, so we just go out and play together, and we have no goal, so we come here." ”

"The village in front is my home, Xiaobudian's home, it's also nearby, or I'll take you to his house to play?"

"Don't go, you still have to work, they have to go back to town in the evening, it's too late. Xiao Yao refused Xia Jiaohuan's invitation.

"It's okay if I don't work, I'm just here to help my family with the work of private land. It's not far from Xiaodian's home, and it doesn't take long to go to see it, and it's too late to go back at night. It's still a full moon day, so even if you go back later, you can see the way. Xia Jiaohuan warmly invited, and looked at the three girls as he spoke.

"Xiaoya, Xiaoai, do you two think it's okay?"

"Sister Huang Li, we listen to you. ”

"Okay, then let's go and have a look, I haven't forgotten the fun yet. ”

Huang Li asked Zhang Xiaoya and Zhou Weiai for their opinions, and when she saw that they agreed, she decided directly without asking Xiao Yao.

"So do we. ”

Seeing that the three girls were willing to continue playing, Xiao Yao had no choice but to follow Xia Jiaohuan and walk in the direction of Xiao Budian's house.

The four of them didn't walk long together, they entered a village, and after detouring through the village, they saw a row of earthen walls and grass houses, which were very dilapidated. Xia Jiaohuan pointed to a few of the thatched huts and said that they were small homes. And after walking a few steps, he shouted into the house:

"Zhu Xihuan, Xiao Yao is here. ”

For a while, several people came out of the house. There are adults, there are children, and the little ones are among them.

"Xiao Yao, you didn't go home?"

"Come and sit inside, it's hot outside. ”

An adult who was not tall hurriedly interrupted Xiao Bu's questioning and beckoned Xiao Yao and the others into the house. He is Zhu Xihuan's father. When he saw the three girls coming to his door with Xiao Yao, he was a little caught off guard.

"Thank you, uncle, for interrupting. Several people thanked each other at the same time.

Entering the house, Xiao Yao's eyes were greeted by a relatively chaotic scene, an aunt with a face full of vicissitudes of life, was shaking the Luo Wo, and there was a very small child lying inside, still holding a needle and thread in his hand, busy with the soles of his shoes. She is Zhu Xihuan's mother, when she saw everyone coming in, she was busy greeting her, but she couldn't leave, and she kept shaking Luo Wo, it seems that the child has just fallen asleep, as long as she stops, the child sleeping in it will wake up.

"Are you Brother Xiao Yao? My fourth brother often talks about you at home, saying that you are kind to him. ”

A little girl of five or six years old stood beside Xiao Yao, raised her immature little face, and looked at Xiao Yao with bright big eyes. Xiao Yao bent down and hugged her very lovingly:

"yes, how old are you, what's your name?"

"I'm six years old, and my name is Zhu Xiaoyan. ”

"This is my sister. It was my little brother who slept in the nest. This is my third sister, the eldest sister is already married, and my second brother has gone out to work. Zhu Xihuan pointed to a girl about the same size as Zhang Xiaoya and Zhou Weiai. Then he turned to the aunt and said:

"Mom, this is what I often say to you Xiao Yao. ”

"Hello Auntie. Xiao Yao and the three daughters all greeted Zhu Xihuan's mother.

"Okay, okay, all sit, all sit. Zhu Xihuan's mother greeted him one after another, but continued to be busy with the work at hand.

Xiao Yao and the others did it on several benches of different sizes that Zhu Xihuan found, and Xiao Yao reported the little girl who had been following him to sit on his lap. Zhu Xihuan asked her to come down, but she didn't want to, and Xiao Yao also said that it didn't matter, he teased her. After a while, Zhu Xihuan's third sister brought a few cups of cold white with him. A few people were really thirsty, so they didn't politely drink it directly.

"Where is the third sister going to school?Why don't you see you and Zhu Xihuan together?" Huang Li looked at the petite and lovely third sister Zhu Xihuan and asked.

"She didn't go to school anymore, she helped her mother with housework at home, and there were many children in the family, so there was no money for him to go to school. I only finished in the elementary school where I taught, and then dropped out. ”

Zhu Xihuan's father took Huang Li's words, his face was helpless, and his words were full of guilt and self-blame.