Chapter 17: Childhood
"You're blind, you don't look at the road when you walk. The people along the way were bumped into by Xiaobao and scolded Xiaobao.
Xiaobao ignored it and rampaged through the street like a walking corpse.
was scolded a lot, and everyone saw that Xiaobao was indifferent, and when the vendors in front saw him, they all took their stalls to dodge.
walked out of the county seat and unconsciously walked back to the township. Scenes from his childhood reappeared in Xiaobao's mind, as if he was there.
Approaching the end of the year, red lanterns are hung in every household. On the street, a group of little kids are playing with firecrackers, with satisfied smiles on their faces.
Outside the street, dressed in gorgeous children, walked towards them.
"Can you take me to play?" the child stretched out his head to see what they were doing on the ground, but they blocked them, and could only ask them in a childish voice.
The children turned their heads in unison to look at the richly dressed children. The children got up, and one of them, a little stronger, said to her, "Go away, you see you are rich, we are dirty, we can't afford to make you dirty." ā
The child pouted and said, "No, I won't let you pay!"
The stout boy looked at the decorations on the children's heads, and said, "We don't play with girls either, why are you a girl coming here to make a fuss?
"Iā" The girl stopped talking.
The stout boy pushed the girl away and said to the little friend behind him, "Let's go, go play elsewhere, it's really, it's in the way here." ā
The girl fell to the ground, and the stout boy walked past her with his friends.
The thin boy who followed at the end looked at the girl on the side, and couldn't bear it. He stretched out his hand in front of the girl and said, "Get up! ā
The girl reached out and held it, and the boy pulled her up, and the girl got up and patted the dust off her body, just about to speak.
A strong man's voice came from the front, urging, "Xiaobao, leave her alone, let's go, I found a good place." ā
"It's coming. Xiaobao waved at him, looked deeply at the girl beside him, and ran to his friends.
As he ran, he looked behind him, looking at the lonely figure of the girl, and somehow felt uncomfortable. With a look of determination in his eyes, he turned his head and ran towards the girl.
"Xiaobao, what are you doing?" came a big strong shout from behind him, but Xiaobao didn't pay attention to it, but looked at the figure of the girl in front of him, about to disappear around the corner.
Xiaobao quickened his pace and rushed into the corner. The streets here are crowded with people, and after a while, Xiaobao can no longer see the girl.
Xiaobao looked around and poured into the crowd to look for it, the crowd couldn't help but make Xiaobao a little breathless, Xiaobao ran to the side and leaned against the wall to take a deep breath.
"Are you looking for me?" said the girl's voice behind her.
Xiaobao heard the sound, looked back with a smile on his face, and saw the girl holding the rock sugar gourd in both hands, and her big eyes were looking at him with curiosity.
Xiaobao touched the back of his head and said, "Let's play together!"
"What are you playing?" the girl asked, tilting her head.
Little Paul pulled the girl past and walked into the alley, saying as she went, "You'll know if you come with me." ā
The flow of people was no longer lively, Xiaobao took out a spinning top from her body and handed it to the girl, "Play this!"
The girl curiously took the spinning top in Xiaobao's hand and wondered, "How do you play with this?"
Xiaobao took back the spinning top, took out the rattan whip and rolled up the spinning top, and threw it on the ground. The spinning top does not listen to spinning on the ground, and Xiaobao whips the spinning top with a rattan whip from time to time to prevent it from stopping.
The girl's eyes sparkled with joy and said happily, "I want to play too, I want to play too!"
Xiaobao handed the rattan whip to the girl, and the girl took the rattan whip and hit the spinning top. Instead of spinning again, the top stopped, falling to the ground motionless.
"It's not like that. Xiaobao took back the rattan whip in the girl's hand, rolled up the top, and then threw it out, and the top fell to the ground and kept spinning.
"So, draw it to its side. Xiaobao explained to the girl.
After a long time, the girl still couldn't learn and threw the rattan whip on the ground.
Angry and said, "If you don't play, don't play, it's not fun at all." ā
Xiaobao picked up the rattan whip on the ground in distress, wiped it, and withdrew it with the spinning top.
Walk up to the girl sitting on the steps with her mouth puffed out and sit down beside her.
The two of them did not speak, and sat quietly like this.
Xiaobao seemed to be a little unable to stand such a quiet atmosphere, took out the rattle pinned to his waist and shook it in front of the girl, showing off, "I still have a fun one!"
The girl licked the sugar gourd in her hand, looked at the rattle in Xiaobao's hand curiously and asked, "What is this?"
Xiaobao shook the rattle in his hand and made a sound.
The girl's eyes flashed with surprise, and she snatched the rattle from Xiaobao's hand and shook it from side to side to make it make a sound.
"It's fun. The girl held a rattle in front of Xiaobao, bouncing and shaking.
When the girl was sweating from playing, she had to sit down to rest and eat the sugar gourd in her hand. Seeing Xiaobao beside her staring at the sugar gourd in her hand, she said, "Do you want to eat it too?"
Seeing the girl asking him, Xiaobao quickly shook his head and said, "Don't." ā
"Eat it, it's sweet. The girl took a sugar gourd into her mouth, exhausted all the sugar on the surface, spit out the hawthorn and handed it to Xiaobao.
Xiaobao picked up the hawthorn curiously, and couldn't help but wonder, "Is it really that delicious?"
"It's delicious, you eat it!" the girl laughed happily.
Xiao Bao was skeptical, put the hawthorn in his mouth, well! It's quite sweet, Xiao Bao closed his eyes. Enjoying the sweetness in his mouth, taking a bite, Xiaobao's expression changed instantly, "Bah, bah!!"
Xiaobao spit out all the hawthorn in his mouth and complained, "It's so sour!
The girl clutched her stomach and laughed, and it was then that Xiaobao realized that she had been tricked.
Reaching out to scratch the girl, the girl giggled and shrunk and begged for mercy, "Don't dare, don't dare, I'm afraid of itching." ā
The sun hung high in the sky at some point and set to the west, and the clouds in the sky were dyed red like fire.
"I'm going home, and I'll have to tell my mother when I'm late. Xiaobao stood up and said to the girl.
The girl raised her head and looked at Xiaobao in front of her.
Xiaobao stretched out his hand and said, "We are all friends, I don't know your name yet, my name is Huang Zhijun, everyone calls me Xiaobao." ā
The girl muttered, "Little Treasure?"
"What about you?" asked Xiaobao, looking at the girl.
The girl opened her mouth and responded, "Mother." ā
The mother got up and bit her fingers, tilted her head to look at Xiao Baodao, "I seem to have forgotten how to go home?"
"No, can you forget this?" Xiaobao looked at his mother in surprise.
The mother didn't say anything, looked at Xiaobao and nodded.
Xiaobao pondered for a moment, he had never seen his mother before, and when he thought of it, he asked towards the opening, "Did you just move here?"
"Hmm!" the girl nodded.
"Then I know!" Xiaobao said, pulling his mother and running deeper into the alley.
No matter how big the township is, who has moved in, Xiaobao knows the first time about the little ghosts who run around every day, and it is still the largest house in the township. The girl's dress is not cheap at a glance, and she has never seen a raw face before.
Running and running. There was a sudden roar in front, and a three-tailed vicious dog jumped out of the side, with its teeth exposed, dripping on the ground, standing coldly in front and staring at Xiaobao and Mi Niang.
Xiao Bao pulled her and wanted to run back, but her feet were already weak. Sitting on the ground, not daring to move.
The three-tailed vicious dog slowly moved forward, and Xiaobao was scared and entangled in his heart at the moment.
Looking at the frightened, sitting on the ground and trembling, I wanted to run, but I couldn't. Leaving a friend alone in danger, this little treasure can't do it.
The three-tailed vicious dog exerted its strength on all fours and pounced towards the mother, who looked at the dog in front of her and closed her eyes as if she was fated.
The young lady who closed her eyes heard a scream in front of her, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Xiaobao standing in front of her.
Xiaobao endured the huge pain behind him, and when he saw his mother open his eyes, he opened his mouth and comforted, "It's okay, I'm here!"
When the girl heard this, tears flowed from her eyes.
Po turned around and kicked the three-tailed vicious dog away. glaring at it, the hot pain in his back continued to stimulate Xiaobao's nerves.
At the same time, it also aroused Xiaobao's ferocity, and took the wooden stick on the side and roared at the three-tailed vicious dog, "Come on." Here you go!"
The young lady behind Xiaobao cried even more when she looked at the scarred red blood on Xiaobao's back and the bright red blood that kept gushing out.
The three-tailed vicious dog gasped and looked at the child in front of him, and lunged at him. Seeing the three-tailed vicious dog rushing towards him, Xiaobao clenched the wooden stick in his hand and swung it at the three-tailed vicious dog.
Bang! The three-tailed vicious dog was knocked out, fell to the ground, and immediately got up and ran away with a low howl.
Seeing that the three-tailed vicious dog had left, Xiaobao turned around and stretched out his hand and said, "Don't cry, I've already beaten you away!"
Saying that, she raised her head handsomely, and when she saw Xiaobao so narcissistic, her face was teased by Xiaobao, and her face was full of tears.
Send my mother home, take the rattle back from her, and say, "Give me back this first, and then I will press it when I come to play with you, and you will come out when you hear the sound." ā
The girl nodded lightly and walked inside the door to wave goodbye to Xiaobao.