Chapter 2: Childhood Playmates
"I won't eat you, let's go." Although I know that Xia Yang will reply like this every time. But the paper kite will still reach out to him to give him buns. In the eyes of the eight-year-old paper kite, it doesn't matter if he eats it or not, he just insists on being polite.
Teaching conditions in rural areas are not very good, and many people are sent to work as temporary workers. Not long after Paper Kite and Xia Yang arrived at school, they were dispatched with a few friends to do an honorable mission to help the teacher guard his electric motorcycle. The paper kite squatted boredly next to the car, holding a paper in his hand and folding a thousand paper cranes.
"What are you doing? Are you folding a thousand paper cranes? "The voice is very soft and soft. The paper kite subconsciously raised his head and followed the prestige. At some point, a little girl in a white dress stood beside her, her long hair spread out, and only a white hairpin was clipped. Melon seed face, small nose, a pair of fox eyes, unusually clear, like a doll, with a sweet smile on her face.
The paper kite let out a "hmm" and lowered its head to continue his masterpiece.
"Can I play with you?" The girl blinked, her eyes full of anticipation.
"If you want, play together!"
"What's your name?"
"Paper kite, what about you?"
"Shen Yiran. By the way, is this how the paper is folded? ”
"I'll teach you, first fold in half, then fold in half, and then fold it down."
Shen Yiran is very smart, the paper kite didn't say it a few times, and she knew it completely. For a whole day, the paper kite was with Shen Yiran. After school, Shen Yiran also took the paper kite, to her house to play, after a day of understanding, the paper kite, only to know that Shen Yiran did not grow up in the current home, when she was born, her mother wanted to give birth to a son, so she passed her to her uncle. He returned home when he was eight years old and transferred to his current school. She was not close to her parents and longed for a playmate of her own.
This day was the first day that Paper Kite and Shen Yiran met. This girl is as foreign as her name, like a little princess. The paper kite was a little envious and jealous for a while. Since moving to this village, Paper Kite has always had only Xia Yang as a playmate, and now with Shen Yiran's friend, Paper Kite feels very happy, which is a unique attraction among girls. Shen Yiran will not be like Xia Yang, as long as he plays with other boys, he will push himself away. And the paper kite, who never thought that the appearance of this girl was destined to make her own emotions full of waves.
Spring goes to winter, and in the blink of an eye, Paper Kite, Xia Yang and Shen Yiran have spent five years happily together.
It was the same as usual, an ordinary weekend. Shen Yiran and Xia Yang were doing their homework at Paper Kite's house as usual, the surroundings were very quiet, the three of them lowered their heads and did their own homework, this is the agreement of the three of them, they are not allowed to talk if they can't finish their homework, this is set in view of the fact that the three of them kept talking when they wrote their homework before, resulting in the lesson that they couldn't finish their homework in the end and squatted the next day.
While Xia Yang and Paper Kite, who were silently doing their homework, Shen Yiran raised her cute little face, winked at the two and smiled weirdly, "Yesterday, my aunt brought me a few cooked corn, but it was delicious, and now I think about it, I still want to eat it." She wiped her mouth, looking like she was about to drool.
Paper Kite-kite glanced at her helplessly, "Our corn hasn't grown yet." ”
"That's okay, I have a way!" Shen Yiran blinked her eyes and smiled slyly at the paper kite.
"Is there any way, should I buy it? I don't have any money. The paper kite shook her head. What can she do? Definitely going to steal it! Xia Yang on the side didn't raise his head, so he just said.
"Those who know me, Xia Yang also!"
"I'll make it clear to you first, I don't do anything like stealing chickens and dogs, otherwise my mother will definitely cut off my hands!" Xia Yang's face was full of refusal, and he looked unquestionable.
"Okay, okay, if you don't steal, then put it on guard, if you don't speak, you should agree." Shen Yiran didn't give him a moment to reply. Xia Yang couldn't help it, so he swallowed back the words on his lips. "Xia Yang is sentry, little kite, you have to accompany me."
"I, I can only go with you. But steal, I don't dare. ”
"I know you're cowardly, forget it, go by yourself." Shen Yiran looked disdainful, patted the small white schoolbag, carried it on his shoulder, and smiled at the paper kite, "Let's go." Paper Kites and Xia Yang followed behind reluctantly.
When there was still some distance from the corn in the field, Shen Yiran ran over with a paper kite, turning around and shouting at Xia Yang as she ran: "Xia Yang, hurry up, but look at it, don't let us be arrested!" "In the sweltering cornfields. Shen Yiran picked the corn unhurriedly. This one is not familiar, that one is too small, where is it stealing, it is clearly choosing goods, completely ignoring the paper kite that is afraid in his heart.
"Why are you picking? Wouldn't it be okay to break a few of them? Someone is coming in a moment! The paper kite urged, and her heart went up and down.
"Little kite, wait a minute, you have to pick a good one, otherwise it won't be delicious, you are waiting, it will be fine in a while."
The paper kite finally understood. Shen Yiran has pursued perfection since she was a child. That perfectionism is engraved in the bones and innate, but Paper Kite doesn't know that her pursuit of beauty is destined for her troubled youth, and it also indirectly affects her turbulent emotions.
"Someone's coming, little kite, Yiran, run!" Xia Yang quickly ran in from outside, grabbed the two girls and ran out, there was nothing wrong, after his shout, he ran again, and people immediately chased after him. The three of them ran desperately, but it is estimated that the man felt that it was boring to chase later, and gradually stopped chasing.
Shen Yiran accidentally tripped over a weed when she ran, her knee hit the stone, and she ran in pain for a while.
"Don't cry, come, I'll carry you to Uncle Wang's house to get some medicine." Xia Yang squatted in front of Shen Yiran and motioned for her to come up. The paper kite, helping the crying Shen Yiran, climbed onto Xia Yang's back. Shen still cried on Xia Yang's back for a while, and gradually the whimpering stopped and fell asleep.
Paper Kite-chan once thought that Xia Yang's back was so warm that Shen Yiran could forget the pain and sleep so soundly. But she later learned that this was not the case.
After graduating from primary school and entering junior high school, Shen Yiran and Xia Yang are very much looking forward to going to a new school to meet new friends. Little did she know, however, that this would be another painful period of her childhood.
September came in anticipation, Paper Kite, Xia Yang, and Shen Yiran stepped into the new campus together. The new school is bright and spacious, the desks and chairs are new, there are many classrooms, and many teachers have come. Shen Yiran and Xia Yang were assigned to the first (first) class of junior high school, but Paper Kite was unfortunately assigned to the second class.
Most of the students in this school are from wealthy families, typical of stubborn children. A child like Paper Kite, who is from a poor family, does not study well, and is not outstanding, soon became the target of public criticism. Whenever you are bullied by others. Paper Kite always swallows all the grievances silently and humbly maintains her pitiful dignity. On this day, the paper kite, was sued by the group of bad boys, without exception, the paper kite, was scolded by the teacher and sent to the corridor to punish the station. Paper Kite stood silently alone in the hallway. On the playground in front. A music teacher is teaching a group of students to dance, supposedly to compete in a dance competition in town.
Paper Kite: At a glance, she saw Shen Yiran and Xia Yang on the playground holding hands and dancing happily in fashionable Latin. The paper kite looked at them blankly, and then looked down at herself. For the first time, the word "dirty" felt so harsh. Low self-esteem and envy tightly entangled her young heart.