Fifteen years ago.

On a snowy winter, Xu Zhimu, who was six years old at the time, was playing Xiaobawang at home.

The opposite room has been tidying up since the afternoon, it was a spare room, and I heard my parents say that they are going to move in with a new neighbor today.

The family home has just been built, and the residents here are all family members of retired workers from nearby offices or factories, and the residents here are more like a village than ordinary communities, and they are closer to each other.

The young Xu Zhimu occasionally poked his head to look at the other side, in fact, this room has been renovated for a long time, but he has not seen anyone who wants to move in once.

Only once or twice did I hear a man's voice in a calm voice, explaining something to the construction team.

Xu Zhimu has always been curious about who will move in, and asked his parents.

The old mother rubbed Xu Zhimu's head with a smile: "It's also a family of three, and they are still a little girl, they are beautiful, and they are coming at night." ”

Pretty?

Xu Zhimu blinked his eyes, although at that time he was still in a state of ignorance about things between men and women.

But human nature has a natural instinct for beautiful things, and even children of three or four years old like to play with beautiful people.

But after all, he is still a child, Xu Zhimu turned around and picked up Xiaobawang's game handle, and muttered: "Girls are annoying, it's not as fun as a game......"

Mother Xu looked at Xu Zhimu, shook her head and smiled, this stupid son.

It's night.

Mother Xu also deliberately made a large table of dishes today, and made a large plate full of sweet and sour pork ribs, and Xu Zhimu was planning to secretly eat a piece.

As a result, he was suddenly patted on the head by his mother.

"Look at your unproductive appearance, the new neighbor on the other side of the door has arrived, let's go and help carry things first."

This time, Father Xu has already gone down.

Later, Xu Zhimu knew that although An Xiaomi's family only moved into the family home later, An Xiaomi's grandparents and Xu Zhimu's grandparents also knew each other when they were young.

It's an old friend.

Xu Zhimu was dragged downstairs by Xu's mother.

A car stopped downstairs, and Xu Zhimu saw a tall man coming out of the driver's seat as soon as he got down the stairs, laughing and talking with his father.

When he saw Xu Zhimu and Xu's mother coming down, they also greeted him with a smile.

"Lao Xu, this is your kid, looking at the body plate is also strong."

Father An was still very young at that time, with a three-seven-point hairstyle, and when he smiled, he looked very stable and handsome, wearing suit pants and a white shirt, bright and straight, and a standard handsome uncle.

"This kid will be playing games at home every day, come over and say hello to your Uncle An."

Father Xu beckoned to Xu Zhimu.

Xu Zhimu looked at An's father, a child's intuition is sometimes quite accurate, and the first time he saw An's father, he always felt a little oppressive.

"Uncle Ann." Xu Zhimu greeted honestly.

Father An smiled and nodded, this time, a figure also came down from the co-pilot of the car.

With long hair and a young and slender figure, he is wearing a white cardigan and jeans, and a little makeup on his face, which makes his beautiful face more and more exquisite.

"Ah, this is the child of Zhimu, it's so cute, come and hug Auntie!"

Before Xu Zhimu could react, he was held in the woman's arms and rubbed the dog's head.

This is the first time Xu Zhimu has met Xiaomi's mother, and many of his childhood memories are already very vague.

But for the first glance of Xiaomi's mother, I remember it very clearly.

Because Xiaomi's mother at that time was not yet thirty years old, whether it was skin, shape or temperament, she was just a mature girl, or ...... It's An Xiaomi when she grows up.

Xu Zhimu subconsciously blushed a little.

"Xiaomi, get out of the car and introduce you to a handsome guy."

Xiaomi turned her head and shouted briskly.

In the back seat of the car, the door was opened, and a small figure slowly stepped out of the car.

Dressed in a white down jacket, with cute pigtails, a pair of big eyes with a little timidity, glowing with a watery luster, she opened the car door, and seemed a little embarrassed to come out.

"Xiaomi, come here, this will be our home from now on, say hello to uncle, aunt and brother."

Xiaomi's mother walked over, gently took her daughter's hand, and led her to Xu Zhimu.

At that time, An Xiaomi was only five and a half years old.

The small one, a white down jacket, with a pair of red fluffy boots under his feet, two small pigtails are particularly delicate, and there are thin air bangs, and a little snowflakes are falling in the sky.

Occasionally, one or two fell on her slender eyelashes, blinking slightly, as if the beauty of nature had fallen on those clear and shining eyes.

She also looked at Xu Zhimu, her fair cheeks actually had a hint of redness, and she hid behind her mother a little timidly, and couldn't help but peek at Xu Zhimu with a pair of big eyes.

I remember that An Xiaomi's face was a little pale at that time, and the whole child looked like a weak porcelain doll.

At this glance, Xu Zhimu looked a little dumbfounded.

In his naïve worldview at that time, he suddenly discovered that there are really girls in this world who are better looking than games.

"Xiaomi can't be polite, hurry up and say hello."

Seeing her daughter's appearance, Xiaomi's mother smiled and gently rubbed her daughter's cheeks.

"Ah, Auntie, Uncle......"

An Xiaomicai finally shouted with a little stumble, and shook her white little hands at Xu's father and Xu's mother.

"Okay, the more Xiaomi children look at it, the more beautiful they become, like porcelain dolls."

Mother Xu also liked it very much, because of well-known reasons, she also wanted a child of Xu Zhimu in this life, in fact, they still wanted a daughter in their hearts.

Mother Xu couldn't help but laugh when she looked at her son's stupid appearance. patted Xu Zhimu's head: "Look at what you look like, you can't walk when you see a beautiful little girl, go and say hello." ”

The adults couldn't help but smile, ridiculing children of this age is also their daily entertainment.

Xu Zhimu scratched his head, in fact, Xu Zhimu couldn't say how handsome he was when he was a child, but his appearance was also delicate and aura, and there were some little girls in the kindergarten who were pestering him to be his girlfriend or something like that.

I've seen a lot of good-looking little girls, but it's the first time he's seen someone as good-looking as An Xiaomi.

He took a slight step forward and looked at the timid girl hiding behind her mother.

At this moment, An Xiaomi's pretty face seemed to have some whiteness after recovering from a serious illness, and that cautious appearance made Xu Zhimu's six-year-old heart suddenly rise with a precocious and immature thought.

It's like a fairy tale to watch.

Like a brave knight, he wants to protect this princess who has come suddenly.

He slowly took a step closer, An Mi hugged her mother's thigh, and was still a little raw but looking at Xu Zhimu's blushing face and cautiously approaching her appearance, she suddenly felt so nervous, and looked at him with good-looking eyes.

"Hello, Xiao, sister Xiaomi, my name is Xu Zhimu, which one am I, I ......"

Xu Zhimu suddenly didn't know how to speak, and this unpromising appearance made the adults around him laugh.

Xu Zhimu felt even more embarrassed.

"Poof......

An Xiaomi, who was hiding behind her mother, couldn't help but smile at this moment, her pretty white face showed a hint of red at the moment, and her white teeth were even more dazzling in the snowy night.

An Xiaomi looked at him, blinked her eyes, and she whispered, "Hello, Zhimu...... Brother. ”

Speaking of the last title, the little girl still blushed slightly, but the sweet and greasy voice still made Xu Zhimu feel an unprecedented feeling.

Brother......

"Our millet's body is a little weak, and Zhimu will have to take good care of millet in the future."

Xiaomi's mother smiled and came to the middle of the two people, so that the two people could look at each other completely.

"Uh-huh, I will." Xu Zhimu faced them and nodded quickly.

"Then pull the hook, you can't regret it after pulling the hook."

Xiaomi's mother proposed with a smile again.

Xu Zhimu looked at An Xiaomi, whose cheeks were also slightly red, and the brother who said just now also made him feel a little more responsible in his young heart.

yes, my brother was going to protect my sister.

He took the initiative to stretch out his hand, looking at the really beautiful girl in front of him, his voice was immature and firm: "Sister Xiaomi, I will definitely take good care of you in the future, let's pull the hook!" ”

An Xiaomi's hands were still curled up in front of her chest, she looked at the little boy in front of her who had pure eyes and was a little embarrassed, and she slowly stretched out her white little hands.

The two hands are gently hooked together.

It was cool and warm.

This is the thought in the hearts of the two people, looking at each other, both of them are a little hot, until Kacha sounded the sound of the photo, the two finally let go of their hands as if they were electrocuted.

Xiaomi's mother held the camera in her hand and laughed.

When I was young, this kind of pure and kind feeling in my heart was the most enviable.

And the hook of two people also hooked two people for a lifetime.

That night, the two families had dinner together for the first time.

During the meal, Xu Zhimu also gave his favorite sweet and sour pork ribs to An Xiaomi for the first time, and he was afraid that she would not be able to bite it, so he intimately used a knife to help her remove the pork ribs.

"Yo, don't you kid usually like to eat pork ribs? Why are you willing to give it to others today? ”

Mother Xu ridiculed her for not having this treatment as a mother.

provoked Xu Zhimu with a big red face, and he smiled.

An Xiaomi also blushed a little, she didn't eat it first, and sensibly distributed the pork ribs and meat to Xu's father and Xu's mother, and her parents, and in the end, there were only two pieces left in the bowl, one big and one small.

An Xiaomi gave the largest piece to Xu Zhimu.

"Here you go... One for each person..."

An Xiaomi's small face at that time had a ruddy color, and Xu Zhimu suddenly felt that today's pork ribs were particularly delicious.

And, there are better things than ribs......

At night, Xiaomi's parents were tidying up things at home, and An Xiaomi's little ones couldn't help at that time, so they were kept by Xu's mother to rest at their own home first.

Xu Zhimu This is the first time he is at home with a girl.

He didn't know how to entertain him, so he took out Xiaobawang and An Xiaomi to play together.

But girls are less interested in games.

Just looking at An Xiaomi's gaze, he always looks out through the window of the living room. The snowflakes falling outside the window are particularly beautiful.

Four seasons a year, 365 days, the days that can really snow in the Central Plains will not exceed a dozen days.

This is God's blessing of beauty.

"Sister Xiaomi, shall we go outside and build a snowman together?"

Xu Zhimu looked at her gaze and also opened his mouth to propose.

"Heap... Snowman? ”

An Xiaomi tilted her head slightly, as if she had never piled it up, but when she mentioned this word, there was still some expectation in her eyes, but she soon had a look of disappointment.

"But I can't touch the snow..."

"Why?"

Xu Zhimu was a little puzzled.

An Xiaomi's eyes flickered slightly, and then gently squeezed her white little hand: "I'm not in good health... If you touch the snow, you'll catch a cold. ”

Xu Zhimu remembered that when he pulled the hook just now, An Xiaomi's hands were indeed very cold.

Xu Zhimu thought for a while, put down the little overlord in his hand, and moved closer to An Xiaomi: "Then you, do you want to build a snowman?" ”

An Mi opened her big sparkling eyes, and finally nodded.

"Then come down with me!"

"But ......"

"It's okay, as long as I come to pile it in a while, I'll help you build whatever you like, and I won't let you touch the snow."

Xu Zhimu smiled and spoke, got up and stretched out his hand.

An Xiaomi looked at him, then at the snowflakes flying outside the window, and she couldn't help but nod in the end.

Just looking at Xu Zhimu's outstretched hand, she hesitated slightly, and finally gently grabbed one of his fingers.

It was really cool, but Xu Zhimu smiled and shushed at her.

At this time, Xu's father and mother were also helping on the other side, and the two five or six-year-old children, as if fighting a guerrilla war, quietly ran through the door and downstairs.

The temperature outside was really a lot colder, and the snow of the past two days had also accumulated a thick layer of snow on the ground.

After An Xiaomi went downstairs, she gasped slightly, and the cold wind outside made her cough.

"Xiaomi, are you alright?"

Xu Zhimu originally thought that An Xiaomi's girls were just cold in winter, but seeing her cough, Xu Zhimu also became nervous.

An Xiaomi shook her head slightly, looking at the snowflakes flying outside, her eyes showed a luster that shone brighter than the starry sky at night.

Like a bird that has been freed, she looked at the nervous Xu Zhimu and showed a sweet smile: "I'm fine, let's go build a snowman." ”

Xu Zhimu took her to a vacant lot at the corner of the house, which was his little secret base.

An Xiaomi wore a hat, wrapped like a little penguin, and stood aside looking at Xu Zhimu, who was working hard to roll a snowball on the ground.

Building a snowman is also not an easy job.

Xu Zhimu, who was just six years old, was also pushing a snowball, and his whole face was steaming after a while, and after more than ten minutes, there were finally two small prototypes of snowmen.

Xu Zhimu rubbed the snow again and began to carve some details, and slowly, two small snowman prototypes gradually appeared.

"Xiaomi! Look, do you like this snowman? ”

Xu Zhimu was already covered in heat, and some sweat was dripping from his cheeks, he wiped it with his hands, not noticing that his hands were dirty because he grabbed the snow on the ground.

When I touched my face, my whole cheek was a little dirty.

smiled at An Xiaomi, the whole thing was like crawling through the dirt, very funny.

fell in An Xiaomi's eyes, but there was a feeling that could not be spoken.

The snowmen are close together, although they are a little crooked, but they look warm and round, just like two people at this moment.

The snowflakes falling from the sky don't seem to be so cold anymore.

She touched her arms, and there was a pair of white cotton gloves, and she wanted to take them out to wipe Xu Zhimu's face.

But Xu Zhimu suddenly remembered something, and then clapped his hands: "By the way, Xiaomi, you wait for me here for a while!" ”

After speaking, Xu Zhimu ran upstairs like a gust of wind.

An Xiaomi clutched the cotton gloves that had been taken out of her hand, and looked at the two little snowmen side by side in the clearing.

Although it was just a simple carving of the facial features, it already looked very cute.

Snowman......

Her body spends almost every winter in the hospital.

This is the first winter when she was officially discharged from the hospital, and her parents are afraid that she will catch a cold and get sick again, so naturally she will not allow herself to come down to play in the snow.

Therefore, this snowman is the first snowman in her life.

She stretched out her fingers, and although it was cold, she still wanted to trim the corners of the snowman's eyes and mouth to look better.

But it always felt empty, like something was missing.

At this moment, there was another sound of footsteps behind him, Xu Zhimu was panting, his face was still dirty, and his arms were bulging as if he was hiding something.

"Xiaomi, I brought you this."

Xu Zhimu came to An Xiaomi and took out the hidden things from his arms.

It's two carrots, and four keychains, and some trinkets and stuff.

An Xiaomi was a little in a daze, looking at Xu Zhimu with a big face at the moment.

"These ......"

"It's not that you can't touch the snow, but you have to get started with the snowman yourself to feel it, and the rest of the nose and eyes will be handed over to you, I'll cover them hot, not cold."

Xu Zhimu smiled and handed everything in his hand to An Xiaomi.

That dirty little face, but when he smiled, his teeth were so white, and his eyes were so clear.

An Xiaomi's small heart seemed to be beating faster.

At this age, I don't know what liking is and what is liking.

But pure kindness and gentleness are of all ages.

From the time she can remember, he was the first to be able to build a snowman for her.

Looking at the carrots and buttons in her hands, the corners of her mouth slowly curved into a beautiful arc.

"Okay..."

This is the first time An Xiaomi has completed his snowman, he uses carrots as snowmen's noses, buttons as eyes, and Xu Zhimu also prepares some decorations that only little girls use.

"How can you have these things?" An Xiaomi saw these hairpins and mini skirts and other things, and looked at Xu Zhimu curiously.

Xu Zhimu scratched his head and hesitated for a while before saying, "This is the ...... left by one of my cousins."

Actually, Xu Zhimu later told the truth, in fact, it was given to Xu Zhimu by some little girls in the kindergarten.

An Xiaomi looked at him and smiled lightly, although her instinct as a girl told her that it was absolutely impossible for a girl to drop these things easily, unless...... It was deliberately left.

Maybe An Xiaomi didn't feel it at that time, she was a little possessive at such a young age.

Two snowmen, dressed up beautifully.

Especially the snowman left for An Xiaomi, Xu Zhimu was very careful when he piled up, and he used the whitest snow on the surface, and the entire snowman was round, plus An Xiaomi's dress, it was really similar to An Xiaomi's own at first glance.

The snowman next to him was the second one piled up by Xu Zhimu, the snow was close to the ground, and it would be stained with some black mud if he couldn't sleep, this snowman was like Xu Zhimu now, his face was dirty.

But the eyes made of buttons are shining.

"It's so pretty."

Xu Zhimu looked at the snowman, and couldn't help but look at An Xiaomi.

I don't know if it's a snowman or a Xiaomi.

But An Mi looked back at him, and her bright eyes shone with endless brilliance.

"Thank you, this is the best gift I have ever received."

Xu Zhimu's face was a little hot when he was thanked, and the child's mind was always simple and would not be restrained.

"As long as Sister Xiaomi likes it, I'll help you build a snowman every winter in the future, okay?"

Xu Zhimu smiled innocently.

An Xiaomi couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth: "It's us together." ”

"Yes, yes, together, hehe......"

An Xiaomi looked at her innocent appearance, took out her white cotton gloves from her arms, and helped Xu Zhimu wipe the mud stains on her face.

The white gloves also turned black, but An Xiaomi smiled happily.

The two of them stood quietly together, looking at the two snowmen leaning together in the clearing, the snowflakes in the sky kept falling, but An Xiaomi's heart felt unprecedented warmth.

She also quietly turned her head and looked at the little boy who was a little taller than her, and some light rose in her eyes.

Chiki... Brother.

"What about these two children......

Suddenly, a voice came from upstairs.

An Xiaomi and Xu Zhimu glanced at each other, children, they are still afraid of their parents.

"Let's go back quickly, or we'll be spanked by our mother again."

Xu Zhimu spoke.

"Uh-huh." An Mi nodded.

Xu Zhimu ran two steps forward, but An Xiaomi's body was still very weak and couldn't keep up with Xu Zhimu's pace.

"I'll take you with me."

Xu Zhimu stopped and stretched out his hand in front of An Xiaomi again.

This time, An Mi looked at him, and the hand he stretched out.

She also stretched out her hand and gently placed it in Xu Zhimu's palm.

Xu Zhimu held her little hand, and the two of them ran upstairs quickly, laughing happily in this family courtyard.

In a child's mind, holding hands may just feel like a good friend.

However, neither of them knew that this winter hand in hand.

One pull is a lifetime.