Chapter 12 The Long Road to Finding Stones
Although Xu Jingjing and Cheng Jiali's family live in the same community, they are not in the same unit. It took several laps back and forth to reach the destination.
Xu Jingjing's house lives on the 32nd floor, which is the highest floor in this building, for which Cheng Jiali has complained many times, but fortunately, there is an elevator to go directly, otherwise she will not go to her house if she is killed.
Ring the doorbell, and the door was opened by a middle-aged beauty. The black curly hair is simply coiled behind her head, although the ruthless years have left traces on her face, but in addition to the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes when she laughs, her appearance is also delicate, and she must have been a great beauty when she was young.
Therefore, Xu Jingjing inherited her mother's excellent genes, not to mention being beautiful, and her temperament is also gentle and lovely. Although I am not top-notch, I have been working hard.
"It's a beauty, come into the house." Xu Ma greeted the two of them into the house with a bright smile.
"Jingjing and I often talk about you, and we haven't been to the house for a long time, and I thought the two of you had an awkward quarrel." Mother Xu said while handing over two water glasses.
"Auntie, your house is quiet." Cheng Jiali smiled and took the water glass. "It's not a school year, and there is more to do, so I don't have time to come."
"yes, you'll have to hurry up your studies." Most parents want their children to be motivated and eager to learn. "I heard Jingjing say that you chose science, and my aunt remembers that you have always been very good at essays, so why don't you choose essays with Jingjing."
Mother Xu did not take lightly, and Cheng Jiali captured it clearly, so she had to explain her reasons to her with a smile.
"Well, but that's fine, try not to regret it." Mother Xu's smiling eyes Cheng Jiali looked very kind, she is not like other parents who always impose their own ideas on their children, she is open-minded and always lets them make their own decisions. She's always loved that.
"Jiali, you can have dinner at Auntie's place today." Mother Xu said that she had neatly tied her apron and was cooking.
Cheng Jiali stood up, stood on tiptoe and looked out the window, the bright sky was covered by ink, leaving only a little bright white. The evening self-study in the past was temporarily canceled, and I was in a hurry to go home and wanted to deal with the problem of the stone as soon as possible, but before I knew it, it was already dark.
Stone...... She was anxious when she thought of her stone, and she didn't want to stay longer for a moment. The voice sounded a little hurried. "Auntie, be quiet. I still have something to do, so I'll leave first, thank you, Auntie, I'll come back to play quietly another day. ”
The ethereal voice behind her and the sound of the wind had drifted away, and she was full of thoughts of her unlucky stone, and at this time she wished to put on a pair of wings and fly to it.
The sky was dark, Cheng Jiali's eyesight was not good, and she couldn't see the road under her feet in the dark environment, so naturally she couldn't find Cheng Ma, who was eagerly walking towards her.
"You kid, where did you go, it's dark and you're running around, what if you meet a bad guy?" Cheng's mother is a typical knife-mouthed tofu heart, and she doesn't leave any good words on her lips, but she is really afraid that something will happen to her daughter. Only then was he anxious, and even his voice was a little choked.
"Your eyes are not good, don't wander around at night...... Cheng's mother took her daughter's tender little hand and strode forward.
"Mom, when I met Jing Jing on the road, I went to her house and sat for a while." Cheng Jiali patiently explained, watching the shadow walking in front of her protect her small figure behind her, and her eyes were moist for a while. She knew that her parents were all for her good.
"Oh, it's time to go to Jingjing's house." Cheng's mother softened her tone, paused for a while and then changed her words: "Then you have to say something, in case something happens, how can I explain it to your father." ”
Listening to her mother's broken thoughts, Cheng Jiali didn't talk anymore, just nodded vigorously and responded that she wouldn't do it next time.
Cheng Jiali did not forget the stones that were forgotten in the mound, so she paid attention when she passed the pit in front of the building.
The mound was a mess of who had moved it, and the raised points had long been flattened, and the footprints on it were clearly imprinted in her eyes.
"Mom, have you seen anyone move this soil?" Cheng Jiali's question made Cheng's mother so strange that she was stunned for a while.
"No, no, I'm going to find it." Cheng Jiali muttered, let go of the rough big hand, and ran away without a trace.
Cheng Jiali had no clue, so she had to target the soil on the side of the road, and wherever there were clods, she would definitely go down and investigate carefully.
She picked up a stone and threw it away, then picked up another and continued to throw it, repeating this several times, until finally she looked around in frustration, feeling lost and helpless for the first time.
Cheng Jiali's mental state was very bad, and she walked along the side of the road alone in despair. Cheng's mother, who was anxious to find her, told her all over on the way, but she couldn't hear anything, and her mind was full of her failed life.
I thought that good luck would come, but in the end it was empty joy. The gap between the front and back made her heart desolate.
"No, I can't give up." Cheng Jiali raised her head and met the confused eyes of her parents. She eagerly found a pen in her room and wrote the words "Finding the Thing" crookedly.
"Girl, what are you looking for?" Cheng's mother and Cheng's father glanced at each other, and Cheng's mother's eyes were replaced with anxiety.
"Her dad, what's wrong with this kid, why is it a little weird these days." Cheng's mother remembered her daughter's abnormal behavior in the past few days, and her heart instantly tightened a little.
Cheng's father is a tall middle-aged man, and his hair is combed bright and neat. The round face with a pair of smiling eyes gives people a sense of joy for no reason.
The pair of black glasses on the bridge of his nose added a bit of bookishness to him. "Bao'er, are you looking for a stone?" Dad Cheng couldn't help but be curious, and craned his neck to look at the pages spread out on the table.
After watching it for a long time, I couldn't hold back my laughter.
Cheng Jiali smashed a resentful little look, and continued to draft her search notice.
"What you wrote is not standardized." Cheng's father helped his eyes on the bridge of his nose, and pointed to the place where Cheng Jiali mistakenly wrote "will" as "to".
"This isn't what you're looking for, is it?" Cheng's mother picked up the stone on the table and looked left and right, but she still didn't see anything famous.
Cheng Jiali raised her eyelids, and her eyes instantly radiated light, stone! No, it's Buonci!
She excitedly stepped forward and snatched the stone from her mother's hand, and the baby seemed to be caressed in the palm of her hand.
"Our family Bao'er won't pick up a treasure, is it?" Cheng's father leaned over and asked curiously, and two big hands had already stretched out to Cheng Jiali.
She won't let him touch her precious stone! Cheng Jiali pursed her lips and muttered in a low voice: "It's not." He went back to his room and slammed the door shut.
After experiencing the loss and regain, Cheng Jiali treasured her stone even more, and she didn't think so, until she lost it, and she didn't realize its importance to herself. It's like a long-favorite toy suddenly disappears one day, and the feeling of loss can be imagined.