By mid-to-late May, another batch of red scarves was about to begin, and the homeroom teacher announced the list of students who joined the team in public, and there was still no Luli among them.

The little child felt aggrieved in his heart, but fortunately, this time was not long. The days are getting longer, there is more time for the children to play, and as the weather gets hotter, there are more tricks for the children to play, but there is one thing that Luley can't get involved in: swimming.

It's hard to say if Luley can swim, and if he can't, he can swim a few laps in the water; If he said yes, he wouldn't tread water first, and he wouldn't ventilate second. Always like a clumsy duck, with his head on the water, his limbs swinging in the water in a panic, his movements are uncoordinated, and his swimming style is so bad, it is simply incomprehensible!

There are two public swimming pools in Tian (Tianjin) City, respectively called the first and second swimming pools, all of which require a formal swimming license to enter, and the tickets cost a lot of money, the children both think that there are too many people there, and are afraid of spending money, like swimming, only go to the swimming area organized by themselves, in Tian (Tianjin), there are two such places, respectively, the water park and the Haihe River. Among them, the Haihe River is the first priority, because the water park is a little farther away after all.

Among the children in the alley, the dog swims the best, followed by Liu Pole, Daxin again, as for Lu Li, he can't even stick to the top ten, swim in the river, all the children don't like to take him, and one more of him is simply a burden; But Luli couldn't swim, so he insisted on following, begging others for a long time before he could be pardoned and take him with him.

It is said that among all the children in Wangjia Hutong, He Jun of No. 2 Courtyard swims the best, and has obtained the qualification certificate for the deep water area of the swimming pool, but I don't know whether it is true or false, He Jun can't play with them, and no one has ever dared to knock on the door of No. 2 Courtyard and ask one what is going on - I heard that He Jun's grandfather loves to eat children the most, and if anyone is bold enough to run in, he will definitely be caught and eaten!

Parents naturally do not allow their children to swim in the Haihe River, these little guys have to make up nonsense, fortunately, they are usually not at home all day, where they go, parents do not know, let alone care. So on this day, Liu Gang, Gou Li, Li Xin, Zhang Li, Dong Yuqiang, Ding Cong, Ding Ming, and Lu Li formed a team and set off from home and went straight to Haihe; When passing by Wangjia Hutong A, I met two classmates, one named Yuan Bin and the other Gong Jing, who asked where they were going, and the two of them also joined in.

A group of ten children walked along the river, crossed the Bei'an Bridge and went down, there were already children swimming in the river, the boys didn't care, took off their clothes and put them aside, didn't change their swimming trunks, just bare little fart, and rushed into the water with a smoke; Girls can't do it, so they have to find a place where no one is around, and change into swimsuits - women's swimsuits are mostly made of cloth, with pleats from top to bottom, covering the front and back tightly.

Luli always wants to learn to swim, but when a child learns to swim, he must first be led by his parents to practice in the water, and then he has the courage to go into the water, not afraid of drinking water and choking on water, in order to learn, and the most fundamental one is to have parents to take care of him, but this is absolutely not Luli! My uncle was busy with work, and he felt sorry for his little sister's widow, so he never took him to the river, and when he was a little older, he wanted to learn, but he had missed the best time. I went into the water with my children a few times, choked and rolled my eyes, and I was only satisfied with falling into the water without sinking, and I didn't care about whether I could learn it.

Watching Liu Gong'er swim farther and farther, almost to the other side, but he couldn't even compare with the two girls, the boy's self-esteem attacked, he mustered up his courage and walked towards the center of the river, after a while, the water had reached his chin, he tried to stand on tiptoe as much as possible, took a deep breath, his body moved upward, his limbs paddled on all fours, like the same duck, his head held high, and swam up.

His movements are completely irregular, his hands and feet are kicking, his physical strength is lost very quickly, he can't swim ten meters, he already feels his chest thumping, and he wants to stand firm on both feet, but he can't reach the bottom of the water, he is scared, the turbidity rises, and the body sinks involuntarily, and now he is even more afraid, "Goo Dong!" Boom! He took two sips of water in a row.

Struggled to poke his head out, at this time he no longer had the strength to raise his head to see the surrounding scenery clearly, his ears seemed to hear what others were shouting, but he couldn't distinguish it, his mouth opened, and he drank a few sips of water in a row, and a person next to him swam over, grabbed his arm, and let him stand in the water, only then did he realize that he had pounced to the near shore, and the water was only waist-deep.

Lu Li was shocked, wiped the water on his head vigorously, and looked back to see that it was Gong Jing. Wearing a purple swimsuit and a plastic swim cap on his head, he tilted his head to look at him, "You can't swim, huh?" So what are you going to do down? ”

Lu Li snorted a few times, "What do you care?" He threw down a sentence in a huff, waded ashore, sat naked by his clothes, and swore to himself in his heart: never to go into the water again! What a shame!

Gong Jing looked at his bare back, took a sip in shame, turned his head, and swam into the water.

For Gou Li and others, this is a rare enjoyment, swimming tired, lying on the river with their limbs wide open, like a river drifter, moving along the water, resting enough, listening to the sound of the horn of the upstream boat, Liu Gonger was overjoyed, laughed and rowed his limbs, swam to the river, but did not go ashore, but waited in the center of the river, waited for the boat to pass, grabbed the side of the boat with both hands, and the body was carried by the boat and went downstream. After about 100 meters of the boat, several children let go of their hands and jumped back into the water, facing the waves, and swam back to the original starting point. The day's movement has come to an end.

Liu Gong'er dried the water droplets on his body, put on his pants, took the clothes again, touched them from his pocket, and took out a box of cigarettes, which was a battle card, this kind of cigarette was a dime and nine cents a box, if it was bought alone, it was a penny. That is, buying a box can be cheaper for a penny.

He took out a few and distributed them around, Yuan Bin and Daxin took them and lit them with matches, but Gou Li looked at Lu Li, saw him waving his hand and shaking his head, and hurriedly said, "I won't smoke it." ”

Liu Gong'er was not reluctant, and put the remaining cigarette rolls back away, "Where will you go in a while?" Yuan Bin asked.

"Get a Pair of Pass!" Liu Gong'er smoked a cigarette and said loudly. (Note 1)

"Okay." Luli agreed, his eyes rolled, and suddenly a ghost idea came to mind, "Take it...... Money, I ...... Buy...... Buy...... Go. ”

"Shall we go together?" Daxin said.

"Less...... Less, less, less! ”

Although Lu Li is young, he is recognized as the king of children in Wangjia Hutong, seeing him staring, others dare not say more, so he gathered a dime and handed it to him, "Dog...... Standing, and ...... I'm going to go! ”

"Oh." The dog immediately responded, put on his clothes haphazardly, and chased after him.

The two of them went home along the river, but instead of going directly back to Wangjia Hutong from the department store, they deliberately made a detour and went straight to Liang's house, and shouted at the door of the small courtyard, "Liang...... Xin, Liang ...... Dawn! ”

Liang Xin timidly probed out and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Out of ...... Come on, I'll take you...... You play. ”

Liang Xin is cautious, only his sister is at home, and he doesn't coax himself to play, he is very happy to hear him take the initiative to invite, and he walked out of the house, "Where are you going to play?" ”

"Come here, I'...... Tell you. Lu Li saw Liang Jing coming out after his younger brother, and hurriedly put away a thief smile, nodded very politely, and said hello to the other party. Is that you? What are you doing again? ”

"I didn't ...... Affair. Lu Li opened his mouth to talk nonsense, and said slowly, "Take Liang Xin...... Go out and have fun. ”

Liang Jing looked at him, how did he think that this child was not like a good person, "Forget it, my Xiaoxin is not going." ”

Before Lu Li could speak, Liang Xin was anxious first, "Second sister, let me go, please?" ”

Liang Jing couldn't resist his brother's pleading, and finally nodded, "Then, let's go, go early and return early." After speaking, he glared at Lu Li fiercely, and the latter ignored her, pulled Liang Xin and left, "Go, take you...... Play and go. ”

Led Liang Xin to walk a few steps, out of the alley group, there was a small shop on the street, the three children pushed the door in, walked around the store, Lu Li took Liang Xin's small hand and approached a counter, there were various commodities in the glass counter, he pointed to a small bag with his hand, which was bulging with sauce-red paper, "Look...... See? It's called Pass, remember? ”

Liang Xin nodded, "Remember, Paz card." ”

"Yes. Wait a minute...... You come and buy it, it's money. He took out the money and put it in Liang Xin's hand, "Here you go, take it...... Okay, okay, don't ...... Dropped. ”

Liang Xin hadn't taken so much money since he was a child, holding it in the palm of his hand, he didn't dare to let go at all, "You...... Say it again? Luli told him uneasily.

"I'll come in a moment and buy the Pass."

"Yes." Luli smirked, turned around and walked out with the dog. "Go...... Let's wait outside! ”

Liang Xin obediently turned around and entered, the dog didn't know what he meant, and asked suspiciously, "Xiaoxiao, what is that?" Is it Pass? ”

Luli grinned, "Don't...... Don't ask! He tilted his ears and listened inward, and sure enough, as expected, the saleswoman and Liang Xin quarreled, and the child was so aggrieved that he cried, "That's it!" It was my little brother who asked me to buy it, and it's this Paz brand! ”

"You kid, don't you lack a heart? It's not poker! ”

"It's Paz!" One big and one little chicken talked about the same duck, no one could understand, Luli listened outside, laughing and falling!

Finally, Liang Xin wiped his tears and broke out of it, "Little brother, she won't give it to me." ”

Seeing Xiao Liang Xin crying aggrievedly, Lu Li's breath in his heart came out, and he smacked him, "You...... It's stupid, let you buy a Paz brand and buy it...... If I don't come, I won't take you to play. Let's go home! ”

Liang Xin cried loudly, took Lu Li's hand, and begged vigorously, "Little brother, take me to play, take me to play?" ”

"Without ...... You play, get out, get out! Luli glared at him, snatched the money from him, went in and bought a real deck of cards, and walked away with the dog.

Listening to the story of Liang Xin's show-off trick in Lu Li's language, everyone laughed! After laughing, Dong Yuqiang asked, "What the hell is that thing for?" ”

"I don't ...... either No, I don't know," Luley said honestly, "anyway... Total...... Total... Watching my sister take them to the toilet, I once touched my uncle...... Aunt...... Mother...... And said I came. The crowd laughed again!

In the evening, Liang Yan actually took Liang Xin to Wu's house again, "My brother cried all afternoon,......"

This time Luley was not afraid, he asked himself that he was not responsible for the matter; He rolled his eyes and stammered, "What does this have to do with me...... Hawkers, off...... Relationship? ”

Liang Yan didn't know what happened in the afternoon, her younger brother was still young, she couldn't say clearly, she just cried and wanted to play with her little brother, she had no choice but to lead him over, "I didn't mean it had anything to do with you, but Xiao Xin wants to play with you, so you ...... Take him along, right? ”

"No...... Bring! ”

Liang Xin saw that he flatly refused, his mouth was deflated, and he was about to cry again, so he beat his sister hard, and was so frightened that he endured his tears again, "Don't cry!" Liang Yan said in a low voice, "Xiaowei is your classmate, so you can take Xiaoxin to play, right?" ”

The children's affairs, Wu Zhaodi and Wu Laidi don't say much, seeing Liang Xin's aggrieved appearance, they feel pitiful, and they have the heart to persuade their younger brother to say a few words, but the two sisters have raised him since childhood, and they know his temper well, and they never shed tears after being beaten many times, so it can be seen that his surname is hard; He opened his mouth on the side, but never made a sound.

Liang Yan begged a few times, Lu Li always refused, no way, the two sisters and brothers went back disappointed, that Liang Xin kept looking back, hoping that the little brother could change his mind, but to his regret, Lu Li turned around and entered the hospital and closed the door.

Wu Baokun and Yu Fang heard clearly in the house, the husband and wife looked at each other and shook their heads, and when he also entered the house and called his grandfather to wash his feet, Yu Fang asked in a strange tone, "You don't live far away, so take him to play?" ”

Luli didn't speak, just shook his head, "This kid didn't offend you?" ”

He ...... Sister...... Sister Sister Sister Sister ......"

"Yes, his sister sued you." Brother Wu also felt that his brother's heart was a little too hard, and he said angrily, "He didn't offend you!?" ”

Lu Li's immature face was full of anger, and he pursed his mouth and said nothing.

"Forget it, let's go to bed early." Wu Jihou washed his feet, put on his shoes, turned around and went to sleep in the manhole, Wu Baokun hurriedly followed, went down first, and made a bed and folded quilts for his father.

Note 1: Paz cards, Tian (Tianjin) dialect, is poker.