Chapter 3 The Nightingale Lingers

Sun Kai's mother didn't come back, when I went back with Sun Kai, my dad and his dad were drinking, there were salt-baked peanuts and sliced pig's head meat on the table, there were two empty white wine bottles on the ground, and there was a third of the wine in the cup. I was stunned for a long time, didn't speak, Uncle Sun grabbed his hair with both hands, sighed, didn't know what was muttering in his mouth, and looked very sad, Sun Kai walked over and muttered: "Dad, where is my mother?" Why haven't you come back yet? Lao Sun raised his head, a vicissitudes of life face came into view, his expression was haggard, his eyes that had cried bitterly looked particularly helpless in the dim room, Lao Sun sobbed and said: "Son, let's live in the future." ”

Later, after many years, I still heard my mother say that Sun Kai's mother and the old good have always been disconnected, and the old good has always been single and unmarried, and in those years I made some money in the wholesale clothing in the south, and I plan to reunite with Sun Kai's mother, and then continue the old relationship, Sun Kai's mother is also ruthless, leaving Sun Kai and leaving, disappeared without a trace. After Sun Kai's mother left, Sun Kai was also a lot sensible, and his mother often cried and made trouble in the first year or two, so that the neighbors did not stop, but after a long time, it slowly faded.

Xiao Qing was met when I was ten years old, when she was nine years old, that was when I went to the stream with Sun Kai to fish, I saw that she was climbing a big poplar tree on the bank of the river, Xiao Qing's limb coordination was very poor, and she was full of ugliness when climbing, she was wearing a white dress, and a pair of fashionable travel shoes, tied with a delicate ponytail, with a brown hairpin, her eyes were crystal clear, Sun Kai and I stood under the poplar tree and looked up at her, she sat on a thick branch with great difficulty, hugged her slender arms, looked down at us and said: "What do you see, Haven't you ever climbed a tree? With dissatisfaction and provocation in his tone, I smiled indifferently: "I have seen it, but I am not as stupid as you to climb," Sun Kai suddenly laughed, scared me away, I said: "Nervous, what are you laughing at" Sun Kai said with a smile: "She climbs the tree like a big worm, her belly is attached to the tree, laughing at me to death" After speaking, she hummed and sat on the grass, Xiao Qing raised her eyebrows on the tree, angry, and was about to refute, I asked: "Do you like to climb trees, I know that there is a poplar tree that is particularly big and easy to climb," Xiao Qing's dark eyes were shining, and she said excitedly: "Really, you take me there, and I'll give you hawthorn candy to eat." "Deal", so the three of them walked towards the upper reaches of the stream, passing by a depression, a frog suddenly burst out, fell on Xiao Qing's instep, she screamed, raised her foot and threw the frog into the stream, I and Sun Kai looked at each other, and suddenly burst into a sharp laugh, the body completely laughed into a curled shrimp shape, Xiao Qing's face was crimson, and there was a layer of mist in his dark eyes, I saw this, patted Sun Kai who continued to bow down, I asked tentatively: "You, are you seeing a frog for the first time?" Xiao Qing wiped her eyes and said, "Who said I haven't seen it, I've seen it on TV," Sun Kai muttered: "This thing doesn't bite, it's a tadpole, have you ever caught a tadpole?" ”

Xiao Qing said, "No," at this time, Sun Kai and I found out that we often come here to play, but we have never seen her, I said suspiciously: "Is your home near here?" Why have I never seen you", Sun Kai also rushed to say: "Yes, yes, whose family are you, you look so white", I am ashamed, this guy speaks so categorically, Xiao Qing glanced at Sun Kai and said: "My family is newly moved here this summer, my name is Xiao Qing, and I live in the Nanmu Garden Community on North Street", Sun Kai and I were relieved, it turned out that I lived in a high-rise building, no wonder I hadn't seen it, I thought about it again and asked: "North Street is quite far from here, why did you come here to play?" Xiao Qing raised her head and said: "My grandmother's family lives in Nanxiang, and my parents went to work in other places during the summer vacation, so they sent me to my grandmother's house for the summer vacation, by the way, why do you have so many questions, one after another," I was stunned for a long time, Sun Kai came over and said: "Yes, you investigated the household registration" I looked at Sun Kai and said: "You stupid melon, I just asked the two", Sun Kai said: "Let's go, you will arrive after the reeds in front." ”

When he arrived at the big poplar tree, Xiao Qing looked up at the poplar tree, his bright eyes were full of worship and joy, the poplar tree was intertwined, the branches were thick and straight, the leaves were dense and incomparable, and the majestic momentum was highlighted under the sunlight, and there were several prominent dead branches at the bottom of the poplar tree, the dead branches were staggered up and down, thick and solid, so it was very easy to climb.

Sun Kai climbed up after three times and divided five by two, sat down on a very thick branch in the middle of the tree, waved his little hand downward, and said, "Come up, it's cool up there." Xiao Qing raised her head timidly and said, "This tree is too tall, what should I do if it falls." I stood next to her and said, "You climb, I can catch you when you fall", Xiao Qing looked at me suspiciously and said, "You said, I won't give you hawthorn candy to eat when I fall down." I nodded earnestly, because the branches of this tree are scattered and dense, so it is easy to climb, but Xiao Qing climbs much slower, and she has to lift the hem of her skirt from time to time to prevent it from being scratched by dead branches.

When we were all sitting on the big branches, it was almost dusk, Xiao Qing grabbed a handful of huge hawthorn candy in the big side pocket of the dress, and distributed it to me and Sun Kai to eat, Sun Kai's eyes were full of blue light, full of joy overflowing, grinning and reaching out to take it, I took a transparent sugar paper, put it in the innermost chew, the sweet and sour touch made me frown, I asked Xiao Qing: "Why do you have so many hawthorn candy." Xiao Qing took a bite of the hawthorn candy and chewed it gently, turned her head and said, "Grandma bought it for her, and grandma usually likes to eat sugar, so grandma has all kinds of sugar." Sun Kai stretched his head over and said, "Are you going to go to school here after the summer vacation?" Xiao Qing nodded.

I looked at Xiao Qing and didn't speak, staring at the remnant sun in the distance, the mountains and forests were shining golden and shining in the dusk of the sunset, and the cuckoos in the forest were crying in the cuckoo and cuckoo, as if regretting that this beautiful scenery was to be taken away by the night, there were a few nightingales flying over, singing all the way, pleasant to the ear, the clear spring in the forest flowed, caressing the smooth pebbles, making a crisp sound of water flowing, a breeze blew, the mountains and forests rattled, and spread to the distance, on the bluestone of the stream, There were a few frogs singing songs they didn't understand.

Throughout the summer vacation, Xiao Qing played crazy with the two of us, playing glass balls with friends in the streets and alleys, digging birds' nests, picking mushrooms, making pockets, catching loaches, throwing handkerchiefs, playing hide and seek, and watching cartoons。。。。。。

Xiao Qing is a typical play of what to lose, the glass ball is not good to play with others, I have to pull me up if I lose, let me also lose together, I am helpless to fight with the opponent, seeing that I am going to win back, the opponent will not let me, and said: "It's not interesting to play like this, there is nothing to win or lose when you play around, so let's count how many glass balls you still have, all the pressure is on, and the winner of a game is good." "I think he is going to play big, relying on his own few rounds of a little feel to dare to shout, there is a big inevitable posture, I think, desperate bets can not back down, just about to say okay, Sun Kai came over slowly.

He calmly said, "I'll try." I was shocked, looking at his confident and lofty face, revealing a pampered and unfazed attitude all over his body, I was suddenly full of black lines, when did this guy become so unwavering, and his bearing was extraordinary, could it be that after watching "Shanghai Tang", he was imitating Xu Wenqiang in it? I thought to myself, I didn't trust his way of playing glass balls at all, Xiao Qing came over and said anxiously: "Sun Kai, can you do it," Sun Kai glanced at Xiao Qing, and said confidently: "Don't worry, I'm here." I suddenly got goosebumps all over my body, and I have been a stranger since then, and this sentence instantly floated in my mind, is this really sure today?

I half-believed a large handful of glass balls handed to Sun Kai, counting about 30 or more, the rules of the game is to place a ball on the ground, one in your hand, 3 meters away from the ball on the ground, and then the perfect hit will win, the difficulty is not small, either side can be considered to win, take turns to hit, there is no limit to the number of times.

The game began, the opponent was a thin and small, delicate guy, he squatted in the drawn line, holding a turquoise ball, after a few glances at the ball on the ground, he ejected it without thinking, snapped, perfect hit, I was immediately ashamed, a terrifying touch rushed straight to the Tianling cover from the soles of the feet, Xiao Qing also looked at the ground with wide eyes, grew his mouth, and the surprise was engraved on his cheeks, Sun Kai "uh", stunned for a few seconds, and came over to me and said: "Quan, Quan's gone." "Xu Wenqiang's breezy demeanor just now has long been gone, and he has turned back into that nervous and incoherent Sun Kai, I glared at him angrily and roared: "Pig brain, why don't you fight first." Xiao Qing also walked over and said, "Yes, you have half a chance of winning if you serve first." Sun Kai scratched the back of his head and muttered, "I didn't expect him to hit with one blow." Xiao Qing said: "Forget it, give them all, I still have a lot of them in my family, and I will fight with them next time." Sun Kai smiled innocently, and after giving all the balls to the thin boy, he turned to me and said, "Xiao Qing was about to lose all of it before, you won it back, and now you lose again, isn't the result the same." Xiao Qing rushed and said: "My own loss is gone, Wang Tao's is also in it, next time I will definitely win it back, the kind that is ruthless." After finishing speaking, I dusted off my gray short sleeves, and I said, "I don't blame Sun Kai, I just blame the guy for being too lucky." After saying that, he laughed brightly, Sun Kai glanced at me, ignored me, Xiao Qing smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll invite you two to eat figs." Sun Kai nodded with a smile, so the three of us walked to the corner store.