Brothers and sisters, who were originally snowflakes in the sky, fell to the earth together, froze and turned into water, and never parted.

May 31, 2008, Saturday, the 27th day of the fourth lunar month, heavy rain.

Tomorrow is Children's Day, and it is also the last Children's Day in Aluo's elementary school days. Because her mother said that after graduating from elementary school, she will grow up, and there will be no Children's Day again. Every year before Children's Day, her mother would give her five yuan of pocket money, which was already a huge amount of money for her. Subjectively, because I don't like to eat snacks, I don't usually spend much money. From the perspective of objective factors, there are no supermarkets, shopping malls, Internet cafes, and gas stations within a five-kilometer radius of her home. There is only one at the entrance of the elementary school

The owner of the grocery store is an old man, and every evening when he comes home from school, he will always be seen sitting on the horse in front of the grocery store smoking a home-grown dry tobacco. In the past, every time Ah Luo entered this grocery store, he helped his mother buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and the like, and there were no snacks that Ah Luo liked in the store, to be precise, because there was no Wahaha. As her favorite drink in her childhood, not only because of the delicious taste, but also because of the more important point, every time she can drink Wahaha, it is also when Ah Luo's father comes home.

And all the proud self-confidence that ran through her entire youth came from the fact that her father was a soldier. Although her father does not come home to see her every year, the only thing he knows about his father is to listen to her mother in the only landline phone in the village at the village secretary's house.

Not long ago, I heard a neighbor chatting with my mother, and I knew that my father came back once a while ago, but he returned to the army in a hurry.

"Mom, did Dad come back a few days ago?" She asked her mother:

"yes, you know everything?" Mom said:

"I don't believe it, if Dad comes back, he will definitely come to see me at home!" She argued:

"Good girl, Dad came back this time because he was busy with work and had a task to complete." Mom said:

"Oh......"

Although Ah Luo didn't know what task could make her father pass by the door and not come back to see her, thinking about her father's occupation, the mysterious and serious word "mission" also completely suppressed the loss in her heart.

To Aro's delight, his father came home just before the last Children's Day of her childhood. This is also the first time in memory that my father can have the opportunity to accompany her on this holiday.

Not only did her father bring her Wahaha as usual, but he also brought home a boy who was three years older than her. Ah Luo never thought that one day she would have an extra brother, she felt strange in her heart, and she was secretly happy, she would not have thought that one day in the future, it was this brother who came out of the middle of her life and saved her youth.

Ah Luo looked up and down at the boy who was sitting timidly at the head of the bed. From the time he walked in the door until now, he didn't say a word.

"Ah Luo, call my brother quickly, I want to play with Brother Xiaoguo in the future, get along well, and ask my brother for advice if I don't understand academically. Remember? Lao Zhao said:

"Eun, okay." Ah Luo looked at Wen Xiaoguo and threw him a shy smile, although Wen Xiaoguo didn't speak, he added a sense of closeness to this unfamiliar environment in his heart.

Lao Zhao said to Wen Xiaoguo:

"Xiaoguo, this is my sister Aluo, as an elder brother, you have to learn to take care of her and protect her in the future, your aunt and I both believe that you must be a good brother, okay?"

Wen Xiaoguo glanced at Lao Zhao, lowered his head and was silent, and Lao Zhao didn't say anything more.

"Okay, let's eat first, and talk while eating. Auntie made your favorite pig's trotters, can you try Auntie's craftsmanship? ”

Ah Luo's mother eased the atmosphere:

For Wen Xiaoguo, the food was very rich, better than what his aunt's family ate, but he didn't have much appetite. Although Lao Zhao told him that he was completing the agreement between their comrades-in-arms on behalf of his father, everyone kept silent about Wen Xiaoguo's father throughout the night, including himself. Only after dinner, after Wen Xiaoguo wanted to go to the kitchen to help Lao Zhao's lover wash the dishes and was resolutely rejected, Wen Xiaoguo finally asked:

"Auntie, how do you know that my favorite food is pig's trotters?"

"That's what your dad used to tell me." Lao Zhao replied:

Wen Xiaoguo didn't speak, came to the eaves in the courtyard, looked at the soft light rain outside, and thought about his thoughts.

"Brother Xiaoguo, here you go."

I don't know when Ah Luo came out of the house and handed him a bottle of Wahaha.

After hesitating for a long time, Wen Xiaoguo looked at this cute little girl, her eyes were very big, her eyes were also very clear, and there was a small mole on her left cheek, which not only did not affect her beauty at all, but added a bit of spirit.

"Thank you." Wen Xiaoguo took the drink. Because when he saw Wahaha, he thought of his father again.

"Brother Xiaoguo, what grade are you?" Ah Luo is full of curiosity about this new family member. She was secretly surprised that the boy had finally spoken, and his voice was green and nice.

"The third year of junior high school."

"Brother Xiaoguo, how old are you?"

"15 years old, what about you?"

"I'm 12 years old, and I'll be in my first year of junior high school in the second half of the year. You are welcome to come to our home, can you help me with my homework in the future? Ah Luo was obviously very happy that Wen Xiaoguo could take the initiative to ask him, at least she felt that Wen Xiaoguo did not reject chatting with her.

"Okay." Wen Xiaoguo replied:

"Brother Xiaoguo, where is your mother?" Ah Luo obviously didn't know anything about Wen Xiaoguo's background.

"My aunt said she died when I was born." Wen Xiaoguo said:

Ah Luo didn't know that she accidentally talked about the topic to death, and secretly felt pity for this brother in her heart. I don't know what to do next. Lao Zhao's lover called them into the house, and then took out a bunch of clothes and said to Wen Xiaoguo:

"This is the new clothes that your uncle bought for you in the town this morning, you take off all the clothes on your body and I will wash you at night, your uncle is boiling hot water for you, wash your body at night and sleep well, tomorrow you wear these new clothes your uncle will send you back to school, and you will come home next week and change them."

Wen Xiaoguo's heart was warm, he had grown so big, except for his elderly aunt, the person in front of him was the second woman he had met in his life who cared about his life.

When Wen Xiaoguo was just about to change his clothes, he glanced at Ah Luo who was standing at the door, Ah Luo hadn't reacted to what was going on, Wen Xiaoguo said:

"Can you please stop watching me change my clothes?"

Ah Luo's face turned a little red in an instant, and he turned around and went to the kitchen with a smile.

People are sensual animals at night, they think a lot of things, and most of them are negative and painful, and this emotion is always difficult to control.

This night, Wen Xiaoguo couldn't sleep for a long time, got up in the middle of the night and went out to go to the toilet, saw that Lao Zhao and his lover's house was still lit, and when he passed by the yard, he heard the couple talking about things related to himself and this family.

"In the future, Xiaoguo will be our own child, just like our daughter, you have to treat it as yourself." It's Lao Zhao's voice:

"Oh, don't worry, Xiaoguo, this child is really pitiful, he looks kind and smart, and he can play with Ah Luo's companion in the future, and our daughter is not alone. , oops, it should be called as one's own, not as one's own! Lao Zhao's lover said:

"Oh, that's what it means anyway!"

Lao Zhao's lover sighed and said:

"Alas, the earliest ago, when I was still in my mother's house, although Xiaoguo's mother's house and Xiaoguo's family were not in the same village, but they belonged to the same agricultural production brigade, we also earned work together in the commune, and went to the primary school in the village. By the way, what's your next step in recovery? ”

"After the army's subsidy comes down, buy a second-hand car and run around the village, the uncle has talked to me, he is now old, see if I have the heart to fight for the work of the village party secretary. I applied for party membership when I first joined the army, and I have been in the army for all these years, so my qualifications should be fine. There is still a little salary a year to subsidize the family. Lao Zhao said:

Wen Xiaoguo secretly listened to the conversation between the two for a while, which gave him a little more understanding of the situation of this family. It is also one of the few times I heard about my mother from others.

The green leaves are thick, all over the mountains, forests and hills, elm willows swing their arms, and the leaves are breezy.

The rain fell intermittently for two days, and the farmland and mountains moistened by the rain became more turquoise, the air was exceptionally fresh, and swallows and sparrows flew all over the mountains.

At noon, Wen Xiaoguo was ready to return to school, although the first night spent at this home was not easy, but it was still pleasant, when he left, he remembered that today was Children's Day, Wen Xiaoguo found a new fountain pen from his school bag, this was the last midterm exam, he promised to help pass the answer to the poor students in the class, handed the cheat sheet in exchange, he didn't use it much, he handed the pen to Ah Luo and said:

"This, for you, is a holiday gift."

Ah Luo was very happy, such a beautiful fountain pen was a rarity in her class.

"Thank you, Brother Xiaoguo. Will you be back at home next week? Ah Luo asked:

Wen Xiaoguo didn't think about this question himself, looked at the little eyes of the sister in front of him expectantly, hesitated for a moment and said:

"I should come back in the future, but I don't know when."

Ah Luo was obviously not very satisfied with Wen Xiaoguo's answer, but he was not very disappointed, because it was not that he didn't come, but that he didn't know when he would come.