The official selection of the varsity soccer team began on a sunny weekend, and teenagers in bright yellow jerseys were running wildly on the green field pouring into the winter sun.

Jiang Jingcheng was in good shape today, probably because he wore a new jersey. He raced around the field with the ball and scored several goals in a row with fancy shooting postures to score good points.

There were cheers from the sidelines, and two girls wrapped in scarves were sitting in the audience, waving to the bright yellow figure running in the field.

"That's the new jersey that Aunt Jiang bought for him, right? Look at his sassy face......"

Xia Chengxi held the hot milk tea in her hand, squinted her eyes and tried to identify it, and said to Qu Shao beside her, "Eh? You see, the sneakers on his feet seem to be new, where did they come from? Could it be that he bought it himself? Has this kid learned to save private money? ”

Qu Shao was still angry, and he didn't want to deal with her with a black face.

The reason is that she finally realized that she had been fooled again. That bullshit bonus has nothing to do with her at all, but the punishment clause seems to be tailor-made for her, and the punishment is called an interlocking.

You will be fined for copying homework, you will be fined for not doing questions, you will be fined for not being able to memorize formulas, and you will be fined for not listening carefully in math class......

In less than a week, her poor little treasury was penalized for nothing, and she owed Xia Chengxi a lot of money. Now I can only memorize mathematical formulas and do a few problems every day, trying to get some money back.

"Third child, I'm talking to you, why don't you ignore me......"

Xia Chengxi forcibly broke Qu Shaosha's face and pinched it, and Qu Shaoyao barely made a sound from his nose as a response.

"Still angry? Sister, this is all for your good, and don't you please drink milk tea to make amends? Xia Chengxi glanced at the milk tea that had not even been inserted in Qu Shao's hand, and added with a smile: "By the way, I bought it with the money you couldn't memorize the formula yesterday and fined you......"

！！！

Qu shook his face in shock.

Dog, you're a real dog......

"Don't you really drink it? If you don't drink it, I'll take it......" Xia Chengxi made a gesture to take it away.

Qu Shao was anxious, and hurriedly inserted the straw and took a sip, "Who said I won't drink it?" She pouted.

It was bought with her own money, and she had to drink it, drink it all, and not a drop could be wasted!

Xia Chengxi laughed, sure enough, no matter how old the third child of her family grew, she still looked exactly as cute when she was angry. No matter how much you are wronged or how angry you are, you will never get along with money and food.

The breeze on the court was gently blowing, and Xia Chengxi raised her head, and the tiny fluff on her cheeks was covered with a layer of pale gold by the sun.

She couldn't help but think about when she started to get along with Qu Shaosha?

When Qu Shaoyao's family moved to Hualing Lane, Xia Chengxi had just celebrated her sixth birthday.

At that time, there were not many residents in Hualing Lane, and there were few children, and Jiang Jingcheng's family only moved in two years later. Therefore, the children of the same age in the entire Hualing Lane are only Xia Chengxi and Qu Shaosha.

Qu's mother opened a fruit shop soon after, because she was busy taking care of the business in the store and had no time to take care of her daughter, so she often left Qu Shaoyao at the landlord's house temporarily.

After coming and going, the two families gradually intersected.

Xia Chengxi still remembers the first time she saw Qu Sha Sha. Dark and thin, he didn't like to talk, he stood timidly behind Aunt Qu with a basket of fruits, poking out half of his little head and winking at her.

Ugly duckling.

This is Xia Chengxi's first impression of Qu Sha Sha. She didn't like to play with this little black face at all, and if it weren't for the fact that she would bring a basket of fruit with her every time she came, she probably wouldn't have said a word to her, let alone be a friend.

She didn't want to be friends with an ugly duckling, and she had to share toys with her.

But the little black face always follows her, everywhere she goes, and she is very clingy! And since she got acquainted with it, she found that the little black face had a lot of words, and she was so annoyed that she was jumping up and down around her all day long!

Not only that, but the little black face also stared at her own snacks and snacks, and every time she finished eating her share, she looked at her on the sidelines, as if she was expecting her to eat a little?!

She was angry and went to complain to her mother, but her mother said that she wanted her to be more generous and take care of her sister more.

She was even angrier.

What sister?

How could the ugly duckling be Snow White's sister?

She doesn't want it! Absolutely not!

Until one time, a little fat man in the neighbor's house bullied her and pushed her to the ground with his own strength. Before she could react, the little black face playing with mud on the side screamed and pounced, chasing and beating the little fat man.

She looked stupid, and the little fat man was also stunned.

The little fat man cried and shouted all the way and ran home, but was bumped into by the mother of the little fat man who heard the movement, and the little fat man's mother was unreasonable, and she didn't ask about it, so she gave the little black face a big mouth with her backhand, and scolded her by pointing at her nose menacingly.

When Xia Chengxi chased after her, she happened to hear the loud slap, and she was so frightened that she cried on the spot.

She cried so much, but the little black face looked at her like no one, blinking her eyes, and stretched out her little clay hand to wipe her tears.

"Why are you crying...... I didn't even cry. ”

"Woo...... You, do you hurt? ”

"It doesn't hurt, my mom beat me up and it hurt a lot more than this. Don't cry, I'll protect you...... Sister. ”

She will always remember that sister, and she will always remember the silly appearance of the little black face holding back her tears to comfort her.

Then since then, she and Qu Shao have been inseparably together, and then in the long time of growing up, she gradually became handy in the role of her sister, although most of the time she was busy fighting fires and cleaning up the mess, but she also gained precious happiness and beauty. This is a treasure more important to Xia Chengxi than the pearl box at her bedside.

……

The hot milk tea in winter has the magical power to make people forget their troubles, and Qu Xiaohei's face unconsciously half a cup of milk tea is in his stomach, and his complexion has returned to normal.

"Not angry?"

"Hmph."

"Huh? That milk tea will give me back ......"

"No, I bought it with my money!"

"To be exact, this is the money you were fined for, who made you break the rules?"

"You, you're embarrassed to say, isn't this the big hole you dug for me???" Qu Shao was very angry.

But Xia Chengxi rolled her eyes, and she was very straightforward: "What's the matter?" Sister is also for your good, don't know what to do, if you don't want to be kicked out of the house by Aunt Qu, you can spend some time on your studies and work hard, after all, you are about to be in the third year of high school......"

This time the song shook and was silent, and she also knew that Xia Chengxi was right.

They are about to enter their third year of high school, although she is very reluctant to admit it, but the college entrance examination seems to be a life problem that they can't avoid at all.

Mr. Xu's theory about the "meaning of reading" resurfaced in her mind, and Qu Shaosha couldn't help but think, does the word hard work make sense to her?

Or—

If she tries to work hard, can she really change her life in the future?

"Shake, I'm in the team!!"

On the court, a bright yellow figure shouted and ran towards them, it was Jiang Jingcheng, who had just obtained the official admission qualification of the team, and couldn't wait to share this joy with them.

Qu Shao and Xia Chengxi jumped up with cheers and ran towards him.

"I'm a regular player, I'm finally a regular member! Yay——!!! ”

The word "finally" encompasses Jiang Jingcheng's efforts over the past two years. So does the word effort have any meaning? Maybe time will tell.