"What is the best gift for a girl's birthday?"

Lin Xiaoran raised his head from the food pile: "Girlfriend? ”

"No, it's just an ordinary friend, a brother's sister to be exact."

Lin Xiaoran pointed at my nose with chopsticks and scolded: "Brute, you can also do your brother's sister." ”

I rolled my eyes: "Can your mind be pure, and you can make so many associations when you give a gift." ”

"If you don't plan to soak, don't send it."

I was instantly defeated by her, "Forget it, I won't ask you, I'll go to the street and see it myself." ”

With that, I put down the dishes and chopsticks and went out.

Lin Xiaoran shouted at me from behind: "If it's really just a sister, then don't give dolls, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics or anything." ”

I suddenly felt a headache.,These things can't be sent.,So what else can I send?,Aren't these only things that girls like in ordinary times?

I sneaked out into the street, into a more high-end department store up and down the circle, the mall is full of goods, but come and go only a few things: bags, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, rag dolls, of course, umbrellas and shoes, but the last two things do not need to be reminded I also know that I can't send, generally Chinese are more taboo to give people umbrellas and shoes.

I left the mall with nothing to find and wandered aimlessly along the road, scratching my head and not thinking of anything to buy and bring with me. Originally, everything was solved by ordering a cake, but the damn candy Zhang had to insist on ordering the cake himself, wasn't this deliberately embarrassing me?

There is still an hour left before the appointed time, Pi Tangzhang's house is in another suburb of the city, and I will have to take a taxi to get there, and time is running out, if I can't solve the problem of gifts, I'm afraid I'll be late later.

It's rude to be late for the first time at someone's house, and I certainly don't want to make such a bad impression.

"Watermelon, a big red and sweet watermelon, wrapped in cooked and sweet, not sweet and no money." There was a farm truck parked on the side of the road, full of round and large watermelons, and the watermelon vendor stood by the car and kept shouting.

Like a drowning man, I suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw, ran to the farm truck and asked, "Cauldron, how do you sell watermelons?" ”

"One dollar and one pound, the package is sweet, and you will open it when you pay for it." The watermelon seller greeted him warmly when he saw the business coming to his door.

"Pick a big one for me."

The vendor picked up a large watermelon, slapped it with his palm, and said to me, "This is definitely Shaxin." ”

"I believe you, that's all."

The hawker said: "21 catties, you give 20 yuan." As he spoke, he took the knife and was about to cut it.

I hurriedly stopped: "No need to cut, no need to cut." ”

Are you kidding, I bought this watermelon and took it as a gift, how can I get it when you cut it in half with a knife?

The vendor smiled: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't cut it, there will be no problem with the one I choose, but some customers are not at ease, so we cut it to him." ”

I quickly paid for it, picked up the big watermelon, flagged a taxi on the side of the road, and went straight to Pi Tangzhang's house.

In the car, I suddenly received a call from Lin Xiaoran: "Have you bought the gift?" ”

I said dissatisfiedly: "You still care about this, I didn't give me the idea I just asked you to come up, and I have already bought it." ”

"What did you buy?"

"Bought a big watermelon."

Lin Xiaoran laughed convulsively on the other end of the phone, "Say you're a nerd, you're really a nerd, how can you send watermelons when you go to someone's house as a guest now, you might as well not send it, if you don't send it, it can prove that you are familiar with each other, don't care about these false politeness, send a big watermelon, which shows that you don't understand human feelings." ”

I said, "Clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, rag dolls can't be sent, and my brother resolutely reserves the right to order cakes, and you say that I can give anything but fruit, and besides, I have already bought it." ”

Lin Xiaoran patiently explained, "It's not impossible to send fruit, but you can't send watermelon." ”

"We had Juneteenth, and when others went to our house, relatives gave watermelons."

"That's with you, not here."

"You just say that we are in the countryside, and you are in a big city."

"You're taking a taxi now, you hurry up and give the watermelon to the taxi driver, and then ask him where there is a high-end fruit store nearby, go in and buy some cherries or cherries, you don't have to buy too much, just two or three hundred yuan, in short, you listen to me right."

I knew that Lin Xiaoran would never harm me, so I listened to her advice.

Hanging up the phone, I asked the driver: "Master, do you eat watermelon?" ”

The driver should have heard a general idea from the content of the phone call between me and Lin Xiaoran, "I remember that there seems to be a fruit shop not far ahead, I'll take you to have a look." ”

"Thank you so much."

The driver smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

Sure enough, there was a fruit shop in front of me, and I got out of the car and ran in, "Does the boss have any cherries for sale?" ”

"Would you rather have cherries or cherries?"

Me: "Cherry cherry." ”

Boss: "You want to have it all, don't you?" ”

Me: "I just want the same." ”

The boss had a black line on his head, "Do you want cherries or cherries?" ”

"It's all done, just come and do it."

Lao pressed his hand and pointed: "It's all over there, you pick it yourself." ”

I walked over according to the boss's instructions, only to see those cherries and cherries on the shelves are really good, they look the same, I didn't recognize which ones are cherries and which ones are cherries after looking at it for a long time, so I chose the most expensive kind of 150 pounds, and bought two pounds for just 300 yuan.

In my opinion, the happy community is not happy at all, it is a famous shanty town on the outskirts of the city, the sewage on the ground is cross-flowing, and the water surface is covered with rotten vegetable leaves and used sanitary napkins, and the environment is very harsh.

Carrying passengers to this kind of place, the original 100 yuan fare I felt that the driver was a little lost, but the driver insisted on finding me 20 yuan watermelon money, really a good driver, I have the opportunity to take his car in the future, of course, I will not sell the watermelon to him again.

Pi Tangzhang's parents died early, and the brother and sister depended on each other for their lives, and there was nothing in the four-walled house, but on the square table nailed by wooden pallets, two expensive glorious game helmets and a box of beautifully packaged birthday cakes were neatly placed.

In the dimly lit kitchen, several bloated aunts were busy, Pi Tangzhang's sister was sitting in a wheelchair, her knees were covered with a thick blanket, her face was as white as wax paper, and there were several hairy boys around the wheelchair, and she had a bright smile on her face.

Seeing a strange guest come to the door, a few hairy boys immediately jumped to the corner of the house like wild cats, but their eyes were firmly fixed on the bag I was carrying.

I suddenly regretted that I shouldn't have listened to Lin Xiaoran leave the watermelon in the car, and I should have brought it together.

Pi Tangzhang introduced me: "This is my brother's good friend Chen Hui." Then he pointed to his sister, "This is my sister Shiqi." ”

"Those are the neighbor's kids."

Shiqi smiled at me: "Brother Chen Hui is good, my sister is unwell and rude." ”

"Shiqi, what a beautiful name." I praised.

"Mom gave it to me."

I put my things on the ground and said to Pi Tangzhang, "Go out and smoke a cigarette." ”

As soon as we turned around and went out, we heard Shiqi shouting from behind: "Don't rob, everyone has it." ”

When I got outside, I realized that he was a non-smoker like me.

"How's my sister doing?" I don't think there's a need to beat around the bush for this kind of thing, just ask.

Pi Tang Zhang sighed deeply, "Leukemia, if you don't go to Kuài for a bone marrow transplant, the doctor said that she has a year at most." ”

I patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I can figure out the cost of the operation together." ”

Pi Danzhang shook his head weakly: "The main thing at present is not the problem of the operation fee, but the inability to find a suitable bone marrow." ”

"You're her brother, can't you use yours, why are you looking for it?"

"There are only four matching points, and many people have tried to find it for half a year." Saying that, the big man couldn't help but hide his face in front of me and cry bitterly, "I promised my parents to take care of my sister, but it turned out like this, I ...... My brother is so irresponsible. ”

I don't know anything about medicine, but after hearing him say this, I vaguely know that it may be difficult to find bone marrow that can be transplanted to Shiqi.

I finally understood why he was working so hard to exchange a gold object with me, he wanted to relieve the guilt in his heart, I patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, isn't there still a year left, I will definitely find it, and I will try it tomorrow." ”

Pidge sobbed and said, "Good brother, how can I thank you." ”

I put my arm around his shoulder: "Good brother don't talk about this, since you are a good brother, your sister is my sister." ”

"If it's really suitable tomorrow, my life will be yours in the future."

"I'm talking stupid again, I'm not the underworld, why do I want you to play with your life?"

"In short, whether it is suitable or not, we brothers and sisters owe you a favor, and your business will be my business in the future."

"I love to hear that." I patted him on the shoulder, "Even if I'm not suitable, I will always meet the right person, China has a population of more than one billion, and I don't believe that I can't find a person who can successfully match my sister's bone marrow." ”

At this time, the aunts shouted that they had eaten, and the two of us walked in together, and several men from the neighbors' aunts also came to the courtyard with drinks and drinks.

There are two tables in the simple yard, and the food is simple but warm, if it weren't for Shiqi encountering such a thing, the life of the brother and sister should be happier.

After eating, she began to blow out candles and make wishes, Shiqi was so excited that her little face had a trace of blood, and she folded her hands and solemnly made a 20th birthday wish: "I hope that after falling asleep at night, I will never wake up again, so that I can go to another world to accompany my parents and not drag my brother down." ”