From that day on, Ling Li began to become preoccupied, and she was troubled by the fact that there was no one to make her confide in, and now her mother was still sick and did not care about her affairs, and she sat in the courtyard sullenly. Her yard is a little close to the courtyard where Li Yao lives, and she can hear a stir on weekdays.

To tell the truth, she sometimes envies Li Yao, firstly, although she has no father and no mother, but there is a big wife who hurts, and in the future, the big lady will not treat her badly, and she is different, she has never been very popular, and secondly, Li Yao has studied, knows a lot, treats people kindly and has no shelf, and the people also respect her.

Li Yao's yard gradually became lively, all because the little master loves to go to her yard to play when he has nothing to do.

Today, a kite flew out of her yard, and the laughter of the little master clearly spread to her yard, and she wanted to join in, but she and her sister Linglong gave her cold eyes on weekdays, so she could only watch with her eyes.

The papier-mâché kite could not stand the wind, and at once it was planted in her yard and hung on the plane tree. The little young master pulled Li Yao into her courtyard.

"Fifth sister, my kite has fallen into your yard, can you help me take it off?"

Lingli looked at the kite hanging on the top of the tree and was a little embarrassed, there were only a few maids in her yard, and the ladder might have to be borrowed from other yards.

The ladder was moved, and the maids were young, but they didn't dare to climb so high to get things, so they flashed to the side in embarrassment, and there was no family in the backyard, Ling Li was embarrassed for a while, and said to the maids behind her: "You go to the front yard to find a tall person to come and help fetch kites." ”

Li Yao looked at the tree, it seemed to be some years old, it was three or five meters high, the branches stretched out in all directions were like a giant umbrella stretched out, the palm-sized leaves were layered on top of each other, the green space was like jade, the texture was thick and hard, for her, it was not difficult to climb such a tree, so she stood up: "You help me hold the ladder." ”

rolled up her sleeves and was about to climb up the ladder, Ling Li was stunned for a moment, not to mention that this is a very dangerous thing, the girl's family, what kind of system does it become to climb a tree, so she grabbed her: "Third sister, this is too dangerous, you wait, I'll call someone over." ”

She glanced back at Ling Li and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I've climbed a tree taller than this, it's nothing, you just hold the ladder for me below." ”

After that, she had climbed up the ladder in two times, and carefully climbed to the tree again, the branches shook twice, and two already withered leaves fell, Ling Li mentioned her throat in her heart below, if something happened to Li Yao in her yard, how could she explain to her aunt, she could only hold the ladder firmly with the maid, and expected her to quickly take the kite down.

The sunlight is refracted through the leaves, which is particularly dazzling, Taotao stood under the tree, covered his eye sockets with one hand, looked up, and admired this third sister in his heart.

Li Yao's heart was also pounding, after all, I haven't been on the tree for a long time, and I am a little rusty, I happened to encounter this situation today, and I couldn't help but come up.

The kite hung about an arm's length away from her, and she stood on the trunk of the tree, hooking the outstretched branch with one hand, trying to stabilize her figure, and stretched the other to reach the kite, barely touching the corner of the kite with her fingertips.

Ling Li swallowed her saliva and shouted at her: "Third sister, you better come down, you can't reach it!" Li Yao withdrew her arm, took a deep breath, and it was almost there, it was a pity to give up now, she pulled the branch hard, tried to suspend one foot in the air, stood on tiptoe on the other foot, leaned over, and shortened the distance between herself and the kite.

Sure enough, this method is very effective, she reached the kite, at this time the action must be fast, the center of gravity is offset, one foot is not enough to support the body steadily, her tiptoe feet suddenly trembled a little, and her body kept swaying from side to side, Ling Li covered her eyes in fright, and dared to open her eyes when she heard Taotao clapping her hands, Li Yao quickly turned around and hugged the tree trunk, which saved the day.

Li Yao climbed down the ladder, Fang Cai was indeed a little dangerous, she exhaled, wiped the beads of sweat on her forehead, handed the kite to Taotao, and said, "The wings of the paper kite pulled the opening." ”

Lingli admired her courage very much, this sister who grew up in the field was really different from ordinary girls, she immediately whispered: "I have needlework here, just make up for it." ”

Li Yao looked at her gratefully: "Then there is Fifth Sister Lao." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Ling Li said, turned around and went back to the room to get the needle and thread, sewed the opening in three clicks and two clicks, and handed it back to Tao Tao.

Li Yao suddenly thought of something and asked, "Fifth sister, do you want to play with us?" ”

Tao Tao chimed in beside him: "Yes, yes, there are more people to be lively." ”

Ling Li hesitated for a few seconds, blushed, and replied, "Okay." ”

Lingli is introverted and not good at words, but after playing with them for a while, she gradually showed a smiling face, in fact, everyone has a lively side, but some people will only show it when they are relaxed.

But when she was playing, she couldn't help but think that she felt as if she had betrayed Linglong, because Linglong didn't like this third sister, felt that she was cold, always pretending to be deep, and quietly ingratiating herself with everyone.

Fortunately, Linglong is not at home today, if she is allowed to see her, then in the future, no one will take her out to play.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she shouldn't have failed to withstand the "temptation", she should be from Linglong's side, so she whispered to Li Yao: "I'm a little tired, why don't you have fun." ”

Li Yao seemed to see that she had something on her mind, and said to Taotao beside her: "You play by yourself first, and your fifth sister and I will go to rest next to you for a while." ”

Ling Li suddenly felt an embarrassment that was difficult to refuse, and followed Li Yao to the pavilion next to her.

"Fifth sister, have you been thinking about anything lately?" Li Yao still remembers that when she had dinner two days ago, she was scalded by hot soup, and she also knew that the fifth aunt had been in poor health recently, and the fifth uncle was not in front of her, so the mother and daughter were really a little desolate.

No one has ever taken the initiative to ask about their hearts, and suddenly someone asked, Lingli had a feeling of wanting to vomit quickly, but she was afraid that she would lose too much, so she could only hide half and expose half.

"My mother is not in good health, she has been sick all the year round, and she is better if she is well recuperated, but she got a cold a few days ago and started coughing."

Li Yao felt a little sorry for her, took her hand, and said, "It's not okay to do this, you still have to go to the hospital to take a look." ”

Ling Li subconsciously retracted her hand and replied: "She is not happy to go, saying that she is afraid that she will not be able to come back." ”

Li Yao was a little puzzled, and if she was sick, she had to seek medical treatment: "Otherwise, I'll go and persuade the fifth aunt?" ”

Ling Li immediately took over: "No, it's useless." ”

She saw that the third sister was so enthusiastic, so she simply expressed her concerns: "Actually, I originally had a younger brother, five years ago, my mother was pregnant with her younger brother, and before she was full-term, she was born prematurely, and when she was sent to the hospital, her brother was no longer dead, and my mother almost took half her life, and then she was reluctant to go to the hospital, feeling that the place was unlucky, and her illness also fell at that time." ”

After listening, Li Yao was silent, she was also born prematurely, but it was not her who died but her mother, she empathized and said: "Don't be sad, there are so many good medicinal materials at home, your mother will definitely be fine." ”

Lingli nodded, tears couldn't help overflowing, and the guard in her heart slowly let go, she said: "That day, I heard my aunt say at the dinner table that she was going to give us Zhang Luo's marriage, I was anxious, if I got married, what would my mother do!" ”

The depression and sadness were all released at once, her weak body trembled uncontrollably, which made Li Yao feel more distressed, she pulled her hand tighter, and her nose was sour, comforting: "If you don't agree, no one can force you, and your fate should be in your own hands!" ”

Her own fate should be in her own hands, Ling Li had never heard this sentence, she only knew the words of her parents' matchmaker, she was stunned, looked up at Li Yao, was a little shocked, and asked timidly: "Really?" ”

Li Yao nodded vigorously and spit out two words: "Really!" ”

In fact, at first, she didn't quite understand this sentence, but after so many changes, she became more and more convinced that this was a truth.

Lingli thought about it, she began to believe what others said, this third sister has a unique, indescribable, and unclear trait that she and Linglong do not have.

She likes this third sister a little, and when she is with her, she is relaxed, she doesn't have to blindly please, let alone think about what to say and what not to say.

"Third sister, why do you seem to know everything?" She couldn't help but wipe her tears and asked.

Li Yao smiled: "It's not that I know everything, it's probably because I've had too many hard days, and I always feel a little emotional." ”

"Can you tell me about it?"

Li Yao was a little embarrassed, she didn't seem to be willing to mention those past events, memories of sweetness will be bitter, she can't help but think of her father, thinking that her father left her forever without making a sound, she is afraid that she will not be able to bear it, she is far from being strong as she imagined, she only understated the past: "Like most children from poor families, there is no food and clothing." ”

Lingli knew that she was not happy to say that she was afraid of causing trouble to others, so she didn't ask any more, but only said: "Thank you, I'm in a much better mood now." ”

"You're welcome, if you have any worries in the future, just talk to me." Li Yao said with a smile.

She nodded again and whispered.