CHAPTER XXXII
Going out from the gate of Lin Xiaochuan's house, crossing an avenue of walking vehicles, he almost came to the backyard of Zeng Miao's house.
In the yard surrounded by a white fence, there are many potted plants. Sticking to the fence, there are some small flowering trees growing, white flowers, red flowers, although Lin Xiaochuan can't name these flowers, but these flowers have left a deep impression on his mind.
After a while, the back door of Zeng Miao's house opened, and the structure of their house was very similar to that of their own house, so when they entered Zeng Miao's house from here, Lin Xiaochuan had a feeling of familiarity.
But the most regrettable thing is how this journey can be so short. Before Lin Xiaochuan even had time to remove all the defensive buildings in his heart, before he could properly experience this wonderful happiness, and before he could really convey his heart through physical contact, Zeng Miao's mother had already taken Lin Xiaochuan's brothers and sisters to her living room and came to Xiao Zeng Miao's face.
"Come on! Let me introduce you to you! Lin Xiaochuan had never seen this kind of smile on Zeng Miao's mother's face, which was not only full of sun-like warmth, but also graceful like a rose.
"This is my daughter, Zeng Miao!"
"Hello!" Lin Xiaomei looked at the big sister, as the youngest of the three children, she first politely said hello.
And Zeng Miao stood so close in front of the two brothers and sisters for the first time, usually she only dared to stand on the window from afar to watch, at this time, the nerves in her whole body seemed to be too close to the sun, and all of them were frozen and stiff, she stood in place a little wooden.
Mother looked at Zeng Miao, and a trace of worry and worry began to grow in her heart. It was the first time she had seen her child look so overwhelmed.
"Miao Miao, this is your little sister, called Xiaomei!"
However, Zeng Miao still just stood there blankly, his eyes were empty and dull, as if his soul had broken away from his body, quietly bypassed everyone's sight, and had already hid back in his bedroom.
"Wow! Cat and mouse! Fortunately, Lin Xiaomei's personality is a little familiar, she walked to the back of the sofa, and she was already leaning on the sofa, continuing to watch the cartoon that she hadn't finished watching at home.
Perhaps because of the relaxed atmosphere felt from Lin Xiaomei's younger sister, Zeng Miao only began to blink her eyes again at this time, looked at the little sister behind her, and then looked at Tom on the TV.
"This is your big brother!" The mother wished expectantly that she could see some happy expression on her daughter's face.
However, his gaze returned to Lin Xiaochuan's face again, and Zeng Miao and Lin Xiaochuan looked at each other. Originally, there was some strange timidity when going to someone's house, but at this moment it was blocked by Zeng Miao's direct gaze, and the different feelings that still existed in my heart just now suddenly disappeared, Lin Xiaochuan deliberately glanced at Zeng Miao, and threw his eyes on the TV.
And Zeng Miao looked at Lin Xiaochuan, looking at how she understood, she didn't like her own expression, she had to feel aggrieved and silently lowered her head, she couldn't cry in front of this boy, and she couldn't hide in a corner like before, she looked a little melancholy and helpless.
"That's it! You can watch TV in the living room for a while, and you should be ready to eat in no time! Zeng Miao's mother didn't think much about it, or rather, as an adult's mother, she couldn't imagine that such a young child would have ten or even a hundred times more thoughts than herself.
Zeng Miao's mother, only when this is the strangeness of the child when they meet for the first time, as the saying goes, once born and twice cooked, once and again, it is good to meet a few more times.
But then again, the friendship between children may have been incompatible a few days ago; However, after a few more days, he may release his suspicions and call him a brother.
Since that day, the two siblings went to Zeng Miao's house for a meal, especially Lin Xiaomei, realizing that there could be such a big sister near her home, she almost ran to Zeng Miao's house several times a day.
Gradually, Lin Xiaochuan was also forced to be helpless, since his own sister likes this big sister so much, then as an elder brother, if he doesn't accept this sister, he will really become isolated.
However, for Zeng Miao, she was a somewhat slow-burning child, and over time, after becoming familiar with Lin Xiaomei, she returned to her previous cheerful and happy mood. Even to a certain extent, because of the existence of Lin Xiaomei, Lin Xiaochuan will also follow to Zeng Miao, for Xiao Zeng Miao, this is the most happitable, dreamy life experience.
However, as time passed, the desires and regrets that had been buried in Zeng Miao's heart did not dissolve and melt in the contact with the Lin Xiaochuan brothers and sisters, but on the contrary, there were no melted ice cubes, and day by day, there were signs of gradual resurgence.
A month later, on Sunday, Zeng Miao came to Lin Xiaochuan's house to play at home.
Xiao Zeng Miao brought the rag doll that her mother sewed for her by hand, although it was not as standard and exquisite as the ones bought on the market, it looked almost no worse, especially the texture of the edges and corners stitched, which was almost seamlessly connected.
Maybe it's because it's made by his mother, so Xiao Zeng Miao is very proud and proud of holding it in his hands.
The three children stayed in Lin Xiaomei's room in the morning.
Opening the window, the lake breeze blowing from the surface of the lake drove the wind chimes by Xiaomei's bed to jingle and bell. In an open space in front of the cot, three children sit on the floor, and they have to play the role of mom and dad together.
Since hearing the information about the rag doll in her hand from Zeng Miao's mouth, whether it is Lin Xiaomei or Lin Xiaochuan, they are all staring at the rag doll with very red eyes.
It was an ordinary rag doll, the body was sewn into white cotton, and then the lips were embellished with red threads, and the eyebrows embroidered with black threads were all clearly textured, without extra crookedness, and then the whole body was covered with a silk gauze skirt.
Especially the hair behind the head of the rag doll, which once belonged to a mother, Zeng Miao's mother cut it from her long hair and braided it on.
"Sister, can you lend me your rag doll to play with for a while!" The three children formed a triangle in a circle, and Lin Xiaomei showed a longing look from the corner of her eyes.
Xiao Zeng Miao looked at the rag doll in her hand, although she was reluctant in her heart, worried that other children's children would not cherish it so much and would easily damage her own rag doll, but she still stretched out her little hand and handed the doll to Lin Xiaomei.
Lin Xiaomei took the rag doll from Zeng Miao's hand, and even ignored the ongoing playhouse, so the whole game had to be suspended, and Lin Xiaomei waved the rag doll's hands and let it dance on her thighs.
Looking at other children, holding their own rag dolls, pulling and pulling. Xiao Zeng Miao suddenly regretted his generosity and generosity just now.
"That's it! You should have paid me back! Saying that, Xiao Zeng Miao unceremoniously stretched out her hand, waiting for Lin Xiaomei to hand over what belonged to her.
But such a cute rag doll, especially a gift made by a mother herself, Lin Xiaomei, who has never received such a gift, is willing to hand it over completely.
"Sister! You let me play a little longer! Lin Xiaomei's pleading tone, Xiao Zengmiao's heart was a little shaken. But seeing that Xiaomei was still waving the rag doll's hands and pulling them around, she was ready to reach out and take the rag doll back.
However, when Lin Xiaomei was waving the rag doll to make it dance, Lin Xiaochuan rarely looked at it with joy. Now seeing that Zeng Miao is going to come over to grab the rag doll, how can he let his sister be bullied by other children, especially this rag doll is also his beloved thing, but he didn't say it.
Zeng Miao's outstretched hands were stopped by Lin Xiaochuan in the air and grabbed in his hands. After a while, the sunrise in the east and the rain in the west spread rapidly, and Lin Xiaochuan unconsciously pressed Zeng Miao completely under his body, leaving her without any room to fight back.
Zeng Miao was so big or the first time she was bullied like this by others, she began to cry like a piercing sky when she lay under Lin Xiaochuan's body. The cry immediately attracted Aunt Li, who was idle downstairs, and the sound of adults stepping on the floor came down the stairs, and the sound became louder and louder.
Lin Xiaomei looked at Zeng Miao, who was crying non-stop, and knew that all this was because she loved the rag doll too much, so she finally reached out as if she was hesitant and took the initiative to stuff the rag doll into Zeng Miao's little palm.
However, at this time, Lin Xiaochuan was completely in no mood to be at home. That day, that night, Zeng Miao had both his father sitting by his side and his mother sitting beside him, and the scene of crying at the table resurfaced in his mind.
Zeng Miao, all the children in the world are qualified to cry, but you are not qualified! You are not qualified to cry! You don't have the right to cry in front of me!
At this time, Aunt Li had already walked quickly to the door of Xiaomei's room, stood in front of the door, and saw that Lin Xiaochuan was bullying the children of the opposite family again, so she immediately prepared to step forward to stop it, and even wanted to replace Lin Xiaochuan's parents and inflict corporal punishment on him.
"Oops! My goodness! Aunt Li pulled Lin Xiaochuan away from Zeng Miao's body.
But at the moment when Lin Xiaochuan was pulled away from Zeng Miao's body, he snatched back the rag doll from Zeng Miao's hand again.
Lin Xiaochuan knew that such a beautiful and precious rag doll, once it was returned to Zeng Miao's hands, after she brought it home, she might never take it out in front of her again. In this case, since such a beautiful and precious thing can no longer be enjoyed by oneself in the future, and what one can't enjoy oneself, why can others easily have it!
Thinking of this, one arm was still pulled by Aunt Li's hand, Lin Xiaochuan had already let go of his hand, and without any scruples, he used all his strength, first tore off the black hair on the doll's head, and then tore the beautiful skirt on the doll's body, and finally was not satisfied, so he dragged the doll's body hard, grabbed the two legs with one hand, grabbed the head of the rag doll with the other, and desperately finally pulled the thread on the doll's body to pieces.
The sun is shining outside the window, and the sweet lake breeze blows into Xiaomei like a small nest in the underwater world through the window, and the wind chimes sing "jingle bells" overhead!
Whether it was Xiaomei, Zeng Miao, or even Aunt Li, who was still dragging Lin Xiaochuan, there was a moment as if the whole room was dripping in amber, and she didn't move.
"You bad boy!" In the next second, Aunt Li grabbed Lin Xiaochuan's arm and kept spanking his ass. While beating, he also dragged him out of the room of the two little girls.
I don't know if it was because my butt hurt or if it was for some other reason. After Zeng Miao cried in the room, Lin Xiaochuan's little boy's cry echoed in this lonely big house.
Zeng Miao looked at the mutilated rag doll on the ground, and the wow cry when she was bullied by Lin Xiaochuan just now turned into a secret cry wiping her tears.
Xiaomei picked up the stumps and severed wings all over the ground, one by one, trying to reassemble the stripped ones back together. However, everything turned out to be futile.
"Sister! I'm sorry! I destroyed your rag doll! I'll fix it for you! Xiaomei looked at the ruby buttons that had fallen on the ground, as well as some cotton balls scattered on the ground.
Zeng Miao stood up from the floor in a sad way, and regardless of the fact that the rag doll was still lying on the ground, she wiped her tears and prepared to flee home.
After that, Zeng Miao never came to Lin Xiaochuan's house again, and Lin Xiaochuan did not allow his sister to go to Zeng Miao's house.
Then, during the summer vacation after the end of this semester, one day, Zeng Miao's family moved away.
It's not because of the so-called rag doll, Zeng Miao's father, the former finance minister of Zhongxiang City, was sent to work in the United States, so the whole family, including Xiao Zeng Miao, immigrated to the United States.
The new semester after the summer vacation is not only the first day of the fifth grade of Lin Xiaochuan Primary School, but also the first day of Lin Xiaomei's first step into primary school.
After that, Peng Xuesong, a child, appeared in Lin Xiaochuan's world, so an extremely obvious boundary completely demarcated Lin Xiaochuan's life stage.
As a result, the memories that preceded Peng Xuesong's existence have become no longer important!
As for the rag doll, after a simple sewing and repairing by Aunt Li's vulgar hands, it was barely complete again, with some lines around the corners of the eyes of the red buttons, and the scars left by the body after recovery were clearly visible on the arms.
Lin Xiaomei secretly hid the rag doll in her drawer, and even Lin Xiaochuan didn't know that it continued to exist strongly in this world.