My mother had been anxiously questioning passers-by on the street for I didn't know how long, and I saw that one of the slippers on her feet had kicked off the glue. The mother's complexion was very bad, although the afterglow of the evening was a warm orange-red, but the pale sun could not blush the whiteness of the mother's cheeks. The bus happened to stop at the station facing the intersection, and in just one minute, the mother's soul seemed to wander away for tens of thousands of years.

The moment the bus drove away, I didn't know why I panicked, I put my face on the glass to chase the figure running in the intersection of traffic in all directions, but you, I forgot to get out of the car, forgot to tell the mother who was confused in the world anxiously looking for her baby, your child is here, she is safe and sound!

The bus went farther and farther away, and I got off the bus a stop away from my mother. It's not that I feel sorry for her, but I know she's stupid, so stupid that she will keep looking for her like that if she doesn't see me. When I ran back, it was the green light at the intersection, and the traffic was intersecting and shuttling, and my mother was standing at the traffic box in the middle, like a sculpture, and she fixed her eyes on the depths of the road, as if she wanted to see through the steel and concrete of the city.

This alternating green and red world Zhen Bai, no matter how ordinary it is, at this moment, it has become different. I hurried across the zebra crossing, walked behind my mother, reached out and patted her on the shoulder. Mother jerked her head back, and the pupils of her eyes contracted sharply in surprise.

This was the first time I had close contact with my mother after entering the Cao family, but I never thought that it would be in this way and in such a place. In just half a month, my mother is old. The slightly rickety back made me even more sure that the woman who was looking forward to the outside of the school playground every day was her.

My mother held my face in disbelief with both hands, the hand caressing my skin, visibly trembling. My mother burst into tears when she was sure I was safe and sound, and that I was really standing in front of her. The moment when the tears welled up in my eyes always reminded me of the waves later.

If I compare the mischievous laughter that my mother told me the secret when she was dying to that of a 3-year-old child, then that crying because I lost it was like a 5-year-old girl who has received an invincible treasure that belongs to her whole world.

When my mother hugged me and cried, I subconsciously reached out and stroked her back, and I was surprised to find that my mother seemed to have lost weight again. I was horrified by the edges and corners of the bones that protruded from the surface of my skin. I never had a word. When my mother calmed down a bit, we started to walk towards Cao's house.

My mind repeatedly recurred about how the teacher talked to Aunt Qin about my "daughter" at the Cao family, and then how Aunt Qin would be, how Cao Cancan would be, how Grandma would be, and so on.

When approaching the Cao family's compound, I saw two police cars at the door in the distance, presumably, the Cao family had no other way than to call the police when it came to losing a distant relative. I nervously pushed open the door, and my mother came in close to me, and it felt as if I could disappear at any moment. As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Wu's mother running over: "Oh, I said Second Miss, where have you been this day, but it scared everyone." Before I could speak, Mother Wu looked up and saw my mother behind me, and she saw that her mother was in a very bad state, so she stepped forward to help her and continued to walk towards the Cao family building.

As soon as I raised my left foot and went up the steps, I saw Aunt Qin rushing out, with an anxious face, and said to herself: "It's really necessary (urgent) to die, and I am making a birthday (just kidding)!" Aunt Qin grabbed my right arm and asked me with concern where I went, what had happened, and if there was any accident. I choked on the question that came out of my head, and I was stunned for a moment before I replied, "I, I got on the wrong bus." ”

Aunt Qin slapped her head exaggeratedly: "Ah oil! What a fool! Sitting in the wrong car, making such a big move, you have to (urgently) die! After speaking, he took his mother's arm from Wu's mother's hand, and said to his mother: "Sister, Mu Xi is back, don't worry." Blame me for this, blame me, I'll just send her there in the morning. Anyway, I have nothing to do at home during the day, don't worry, be careful. It's okay for you to be angry with me, don't be angry with yourself. ”

Mother kept her head shrugged and remained silent. In fact, my mother should be the emotional norm of great sorrow and joy, but in the eyes of Aunt Qin, this is like a blame that has not yet been forgiven, so I kept talking to my mother behind me.

As soon as I entered the gate of Cao's house, I saw my grandmother standing up from the sofa. In addition to his father and Cao Cancan, there are three more policemen in police uniforms at home. Everyone seemed relieved to see me.

The first to speak were the police, who stood up and said to their grandmother and father: "Mother Cao, Cao Ju, since the child has returned, we will go back to the station first." Cao Ju, if there is anything else, you can call me directly, and you don't have to go in person. The father got up to greet him and sent him to the door.

Mother Wu next to grandma quickly stepped into the hall and was serving water to grandma, presumably, the cause and effect were also described, after all, it was a matter of taking the wrong car. Seeing the police leave, without waiting for grandma to speak, Cao Cancan, who was sitting next to his father, took the lead again: "Eh, I said Cao Muxi, can you let everyone save some heart, you are 10 years old, and you actually took the wrong car?!" It's really funny, spread it, our Cao family has a foolish relative?! Grandma whispered her name at Cao Cancan, warning her not to speak like this.

Grandma pulled me to her side, and Aunt Qin began to apologize to Grandma again, but Grandma didn't answer Aunt Qin's words until she got annoyed later, so she turned back to Aunt Qin and said, "Xiaoqin, I didn't say you, Mu Xi came back today, if there is really an accident, I'll see how you end!" When the time comes, the whole Nanjing city will spread, ah, our Cao family is so kind to guests? Lost a 10-year-old in plain sight? I don't know, you, the director's wife, shouldn't be inside and out, what else can you do! I can't even look good at a child! Aunt Qin's face turned red all of a sudden, and she stood in place and was uneasy.

After all, things started because of me, and Aunt Qin treats me well on weekdays, but because of my problems, my grandmother is angry with Aunt Qin, and I never want to go. He hurriedly helped explain. Of course, in this Cao family, I don't have the weight to speak, so before I finished speaking, my grandmother interrupted and said to my mother: "Rong, Mu Xi is back, and everyone is relieved." You rest, looking for the child is also tired of a day, nervous, I will ask the driver Xiao Feng to send you back in a while. I'm so old, I have to be scared, hey, I'll go upstairs and lie down for a while. After speaking, he was helped up the stairs by Wu's mother.

I stole my eyes up to look at Aunt Qin, and her face was as red as a tomato, bulging. Aunt Qin stood at the back of the sofa, her hands clutching the back of the sofa, her knuckles obviously white from the exertion. I think she should be controlling some kind of emotion at this time.

Cao Cancan got up from the sofa carelessly and walked past me in a deliberate circle. When he passed by me, he said in a weird voice, "Hey! Having said that, I really have to thank you Cao Muxi, without your stupidity, I don't even know what China's police uncle looks like. With that, he went upstairs. Staying, I, Aunt Jean, and Mother are in the hall.

Cao Cancan's words don't matter, it's just that I suddenly remembered, what about the teacher? Looking at this situation, didn't you come?

Just thinking about it in his head, after his father sent the police from the police station in the jurisdiction, he pushed the door and came in.