Chapter 12: The Past (2)
Public opinion is still like a continuous drizzle, covering the entire Hongyi Junior High School, Shen Xiao can always realize that someone is whispering, and from time to time someone points at him, showing a disgusted expression.
"That's Shen Xiao, look at her, she will only wear black and a ponytail a day, and she doesn't know what she's pretending to be pure."
"That's right, I definitely don't like such a girl."
"Luo Mu definitely doesn't like her, right?"
After school, the two women and a man on the campus suddenly walked behind Shen Xiao's left, like three sparrows chirping there, the girls' eyes were full of jealousy, and their eyebrows were furrowed.
The boy walked twisting and twisting, looking like the male girlfriends of two girls, and the words in his mouth were the same as the girls, revealing a girlish spirit.
The words of the three seemed to be speaking secretly, but the volume was just loud enough for Shen Xiaojiang to hear every word clearly.
Shen Xiao suddenly felt a little aggrieved in his heart, thinking to himself, I just wore a black T-shirt with no pattern in my school uniform and combed a ponytail that is best managed, why was it said that.
Listening and listening, he heard Luo Mu, and his heart was a little confused for a while, and he silently thought: "Is it because of him?" ”
Shen Xiao looked at the gradually setting sun and walked back home quickly.
It's November, and the evening sun always disappears quickly, as if you are afraid of the autumn wind, or disgusted with the crowded "cityscape".
As the sun sets, the clear sky is covered with a thick veil.
The sky, accompanied by fiery clouds that pierced the sky, seemed to be covered with a red halo of light, like a sacred kingdom of heaven, standing above the city.
Through the long alley, Shen Xiao pulled the schoolbag belt with both hands and walked into the house in a daze.
"Xiao Xiao, how is school today?" Shen's mother asked with concern while stir-frying.
In the kitchen, the sound of pots and spatulas colliding is rich but bright, and the braised eggplant is constantly stir-fried in the pot, and the aroma is rising.
Shen Xiao, who put down his schoolbag, was pulled back to his senses by the sound of stir-frying in the kitchen and his mother's greetings.
"Oh...... Mom, it's okay. ”
But he asked questions and answers, and said a puzzling answer to Shen's mother.
After finishing the cooking, Shen's mother wiped her hands and slowly hung the apron on the right side of the closet. Dinner was brought to the table one by one.
"Xiao Xiao, it's time to eat."
Shen's mother said as she walked towards Shen Xiao's me, looking at Shen Xiao, who had empty eyes and a daze on his face, Shen's mother touched her head.
"Xiao Xiao, why do you look sullen, is there a conflict with your classmates?"
"No...... Mother. ”
Shen Xiao paused, then said weakly, and then put his arms on the table, and his head was pillowed.
"Let's eat first."
"Hmm."
Dragging his slow steps, he sat at the dinner table, picked up his chopsticks, and when Shen Xiao was about to pick up a piece of eggplant, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly burst.
Shen Xiao gently put the eggplant on the rice in front of him, took out the old old man's machine, and looked at the QQ message he had just received.
It's Luomu.
"Shen Xiao, are you free tomorrow, tomorrow Saturday, let's go to the playground to play."
"There's no time."
Shen Xiaoyan replied with a message concisely, then closed his phone and continued to eat.
She seemed to have some idea of where the recent public opinion came from, and she suddenly didn't want to get too close to the boy anymore. The inner complexity and inferiority complex slowly overflowed from the heart.
"Xiao Xiao, are you a classmate?"
Shen's mother asked with concern, and at the same time sandwiched a piece of tomato and egg into Shen Xiao's bowl.
"It's okay, Mom, eat."
Shen Xiao also politely sandwiched an egg into his mother's bowl.
Looking at Shen Xiao, who had a sad face but was unwilling to appeal to her heart, Shen's mother sighed and didn't want to ask again.
……
The morning sun was beautiful and bright, slowly shining through the curtains and printed on the pink sheets.
Shen Xiaoxiao rubbed her sleepy eyes, yawned, stretched her waist, and stood on the edge of the bed.
"Shen Xiao! Shen Xiao! ”
A loud shout broke the silence of the early morning, and Shen Xiao saw Luo Mu standing downstairs through the window, with an incredulous expression.
"Oh, don't call a little red guy, everyone is resting, Nong knows!"
The aunt who lived upstairs on the side opened the window a little angrily, and scolded in the direction of the sound outside the window.
"Auntie, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Luo Mu saw that he had disturbed the rest of others, so he clasped his palms together and bowed and apologized.
The first moment she opened the window and saw Luo Mu, the softness in Aunt Lingju's heart suddenly seemed to be stirred.
"Nong, this kid is a little handsome." Aunt Lingju said softly.
Looking at the little trendy man in front of him wearing a children's burberry trench coat and Air Jordan 11 bred, he is handsome but very natural, with a student-like short hairstyle with deep eyebrows and a straight nose bridge, which looks very temperamental.
"Nong...... Just be quiet, Shen Xiao, come down quickly, your friend is here. ”
The neighbor spoke stiffly as he left the windowsill.
Shen Xiao looked at Luo Mu's slightly mature and delicate dress, and a nameless bitter taste welled up in his heart.
She looked down at herself embroidered with pink petals, thick pajamas and pajamas, and an indescribable restraint in her heart.
Shen Xiao turned around and looked at the closet, during the 11th National Day discount event, he put on the sweatshirt and pants he had just bought, and then walked to the window and opened the curtains, responding to Luo Mu.
"Why are you here?"
"We said we were going to an amusement park."
"I said I didn't have time."
"Oh, let's go together."
Luo Mu's pure eyes were full of longing.
"Xiao Xiao, is that your classmate, let her come in and talk again, it's cold outside." Shen's mother was cleaning the living room while looking at the little boy outside the window.
"Mom," he said...... If you want me to go to an amusement park with him, I want to ...... Let's not go. After Shen Xiao saw his mother, he said hesitantly.
Since he was a child, Shen Xiao has always wanted to go to the playground, but only his mother is earning money at home, and for families who are not wealthy, the amusement park is a bit luxurious.
"Then go ahead, you haven't been to the playground since you were a child, and it just so happens that your grades are good this time, go relax and relax, don't push yourself too hard." Mother Shen touched Shen Xiao's head and said cordially.
Mother Shen, as a single mother, took on everything for the whole family, both inside and outside the home, pulling Shen Xiao step by step. Shen Xiao's birth was like a heavy burden on Li Wenli's body, and because of her uncompetitive husband, she had been smoking and gambling during her pregnancy, and even had improper relationships with other women, which made Li Wenli completely disappointed, so she divorced her husband when the child was five months old, and returned to the old alley that she left for her before her parents went to settle down.
"Mom, the playground is too expensive."
Shen Xiao put his hands behind his back and lowered his head and said, but his eyes were full of longing.
"It's okay, it's good if you get a good score next time, go ahead, don't let your classmates wait too long."
Shen's mother took out her wallet and took out the only two hundred-yuan bills in her wallet, but when she was about to take out the banknotes, Shen's mother paused, and then picked up the money and handed it to Shen Xiaoxiao with a nonchalant face.
"Xiao Xiao, you must have fun."
It's Mother's Day on May 10th, and may all the world have a happy Mother's Day!
Remember to say Happy Holidays to your mothers!