Wen'er's sleepwalking syndrome occurred less and less frequently as he got older, the only time being in the third grade of elementary school.

In the six years of primary school, Wen'er was all entrusted to a female math teacher's house, and in addition to Wen'er, there were many other children in different grades. Staying in the same room as Wen'er, who was in the third grade, were two fifth-grade girls. They play with Wen'er like big sisters, playing various roles together in the night room. The bright moonlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and also shone on the bodies of the three girls who were draped in sheets, walking back and forth on the bed.

They always love to let the youngest Wen Er be the "bustard mother" in the TV series, and they themselves play the ill-fated and peerless famous prostitute of the brothel. They taught Wen'er to sing the theme song "One Eye for Ten Thousand Years" of the popular costume drama "Flying Immortals", and discussed the poignant love between Xiao Qi and Tong Yuan with great interest. They will secretly buy spicy strips such as Wei Long and Zhou Xiaoling, cover their heads with quilts, hide in the quilt while sharing delicious food, and leisurely sing the newly learned songs in music class:

"I came from the mountains with orchid grass"

"Planting in the Campus in the hope that the flowers will bloom early"

"I watch it three times a day, and I can see it for a long time"

"There is still no orchid budding"

……

Until the frequent knocking of the female math teacher outside the door reminded everyone that it was time to sleep.

That night, Wen Er finished his homework before the others, so he was arranged to go upstairs to wash up and sleep first. Who knows, as soon as she walked to the fourth floor, she was startled by the two big sisters hiding around the corner.

"Woo~ scared me to death!"

Wen Er patted his chest in shock.

"Hahaha, we knew you were going to be scared."

The two girls opposite are delighted that their prank has succeeded.

One of them took Wen'er's hand and walked into the room, and the other gently patted her on the back to soothe Wen'er's frightened heart.

"The topic of our conversation tonight is to talk about interesting things from my childhood. What do you think, Erl? ”

"Okay, I'll listen to my sisters."

Xiao Wen'er had forgotten the little episode he was scared just now, because this kind of trick is a small game that everyone often plays, there is no bad intention, it is purely fun. It's just that she has a startling physique and needs to calm down slowly.

They took out the white candles they had used when the power went out, struck matches, and lit three candles.

"Err, go and turn off the lights."

Wen Er was kneeling at the end of the bed, looking at the bag of popping candy on the desk next to him, and when he heard a girl's command, he hurriedly climbed to the head of the bed and pressed the switch of the electric light.

The room went dark in an instant, the flame of the candle on the desk jumped rhythmically, and the two senior girls told their own stories first, some funny, some frightened, and some slightly boring. But the three little heads were together, and the candles illuminated their young faces, and their shadows were projected on the walls, large and clear.

In the end, it was Wener's turn. She waited for the jumping candy in her mouth to slowly calm down before she spoke:

"I was very bad when I was a kid."

"No, you're the most well-behaved girl we have here, and you learn math well, and Teacher Ye likes you the most."

One of the girls interjected.

"No, when I was in kindergarten, I didn't want to get dressed every morning. In my mother's words, it's very much. Not only should I not wear the outfit she had prepared for me the night before, but I should not even wear all the clothes in my closet. ”

Wen Er paused slightly, looked at the two big sisters beside him, and asked softly:

"Were you like this when you were kids?"

They shook their heads.

"Do you think I'm doing that?"

didn't get their sympathy, Wen Er asked a little nervously at this time.

"I think kids can be naughty, and even though I don't, my brother has to cry for a long time every morning when he gets up."

"Okay, okay, you move on."

"After I was annoyed by this over and over again, my mother would beat me. Use the slender and long bamboo branches, bundle them into a handful, and draw them on the calves and thighs. Because I didn't wear pants, there were fine blood marks. ”

"Wow, your mother is so cruel to you."

"Aren't you disobedient, won't Mom and Dad beat you?" Wen Er felt very confused, because in her cognition, as long as the child is not well-behaved, he will be beaten, which should be a habitual thing.

"My parents would beat me up, but they would beat me a few times through my clothes and pants, and I wouldn't be naked, which was too painful."

After a girl finished speaking, she also wrapped her arms around her arms and touched them up and down tremblingly.

"No, she's a nice person, she's usually gentle, but she compares me to my brother. Thinking of how well-behaved he used to be, and looking at my current behavior, she may feel both angry and sad. ”

Wen Er curled up, rested his chin on his knees, and continued:

"When I was younger, I was really bad, and adults should be so angry that they can't do that anymore. Sometimes, they wouldn't hit me, but they would carry me to the bathroom, turn off the lights, lock the door, and stay for about an hour. ”

"Are you scared in there?"

"I don't remember, children often forget a lot of things. I don't hold grudges. ”

"And oh, you're going to think I'm amazing. One winter night, I got into an argument with my mother again, and I said I wanted to leave the house and not want them to raise me. Later, my mother asked me to return all the things they had given me. So, I took off my cotton sweater and cotton pants, and walked outside the door to stand wearing only a pair of underwear. ”

"Then you'll freeze to death!"

"Well, it was so cold that my teeth felt like they were going to fall out, and I finally walked back on my own."

"You're so young, what are you arguing with your mother?"

"Because she said I had long eyelashes."

"What's so noisy about this?" Another girl said she was confused.

"Don't talk about that! I'll tell you another story about my cousin, it's hilarious. ”

Wen Er stretched his back and poured some popping candy into his mouth.

"My cousin would go to my grandmother's house every summer vacation, and he would often take us children to bake sweet potatoes in the open space in front of the door. The sweet potatoes were planted by my grandfather, and the stove for baking the sweet potatoes was built by him with some large stones and small stones. We went to the roadside to pick up other people's rice stalks to make firewood. When the sweet potatoes waft out of the fragrance, my cousin will beckon us to come and smell them. As soon as we got closer, guess what happened? ”

"What? Let's talk, we can't guess. ”

"The form would put a very smelly fart out and grab it with my hand and put it under our nose for us to smell."

"Hahaha, hahaha~"

The two girls burst into loud laughter in the silence of the night.

"Lighten up, shhh, don't attract Teacher Ye." Wen Er made a silent gesture.

Soon, the time was half past eight, and the hostess, Mr. Ye, walked into the room to look around, and told them to turn off the lights and go to bed.

"Er'er, are you awake?"

"What's wrong? Why are you all sitting here? ”

Xiao Wen'er rubbed his eyes vigorously, but he was still not very conscious. She found the two older sisters sitting on their respective beds with slightly frightened expressions on their faces. When I looked at it again, Teacher Ye was also there, and she sat on the stool in front of the desk and looked at herself quietly.

"Er'er, do you remember what just happened?"

When Teacher Ye saw that Wen'er was awake, he walked over with concern, sat on the edge of the bed, and touched her head.

Wen Er thought it was very strange, it was still dark outside, and it shouldn't be time to get up yet, so why did everyone look nervous about to be late.

"I don't know, what happened?"

"You just got up, maybe you want to go to the toilet, my sisters don't know, I woke up halfway through, and I saw you standing there, and I was a little scared by you. Okay, it's okay, it's okay. Lie down and sleep. The two of you lie down too. ”

Teacher Ye stuffed Wen'er's quilt into it again to make sure that it would not be exposed to the wind before turning off the lights and leaving.

"Sister, what happened to me just now? Can you tell me about it? ”

Xiao Wen'er felt very uneasy in her heart, and she asked the girls in the other two beds in a timid tone at the moment, which was not as lively and bold as before going to bed.

"Err, do you really want to know?"

One of the girls sat up wrapped in a quilt.

"Well, am I sleepwalking?"

"You know!"

The other girl sat up with a low cry.

"I fell into the water when I was very young, and I sleepwalked a few times before, but I rarely had one after school."

Wen Er tried his best to make his performance appear natural and calm, as if he could appease the girl on the other side by doing so.

"You know what? You suddenly get up in the middle of the night, then go to the balcony and shout loudly at the road below. ”

"What am I shouting?"

Wen Er's inquiring voice was low and trembling.

"You're calling Mom, in the direction to the left, all the time calling Mom."

Another girl added.

Wen Er understood a little, on the left was the direction where his family came here, and his mother was there.

"Then, thinking you were awake, we called you from behind, but you ignored us for a long time. After about five or six minutes, you walk back and fall asleep. ”

"We saw that your eyes were open, but people didn't react at all, so we immediately went and called Teacher Ye."

Wen Er looked at the two elder sisters, their eyes showed a deep concern, not the initial panic.

"Sister, don't be afraid, I really rarely do this anymore, and my mother said that I sleepwalk with my eyes open, and I won't do anything else."

"Maybe I was scared before I went to bed and then I sleepwalked. Because once before, I was scared by a big green worm that fell on my head, and I would sleepwalk that night. ”

"Alright, Er'er, let's sleep, and tomorrow we will get up and go to the breakfast shop to buy cooking rice."

With that, the two sisters lay down again.

Many, many years later, Wen'er could no longer remember what they looked like, but she would never forget that before falling asleep again, they soothed herself in the soft moonlight with the girl's most gentle eyes, as if to tell her:

Nightmares are not terrible, we can sleep again, and all fears can turn into sweet dreams.

The older he grows, the stronger he becomes, and Wen'er in junior high school will no longer sleepwalk. And the occasional scream will be overcome one day, which comes from Wen'er's inner conviction and persistence.