Growth pain

The first time Lu Shining formally saw his brother upstairs was Yuan Sen who forgot to take the keys, and there was no one in his house, so the two children were sitting on the stairs with big schoolbags on their backs, waiting for the adults to come back first.

Someone came up downstairs, Yuan Sen stood up to make way, Lu Shining also remembered, and was pushed back by him.

Yuan Sen lowered his head and said to him, "It's not in the way, just sit down."

"What are you doing here?" The person who came up asked aloud.

Lu Shining passed Yuan Sen and saw a fair face, the boy was thin and thin, the corners of his mouth were naturally turned up, and he looked very kind.

"I forgot to bring the key." Yuan Sen said.

Lu Shining glanced between the two of them, and then replied, "I forgot to bring the key."

The person who asked the question nodded, "Then why don't you go to my house first?"

Yuan Sen said: "Thank you brother, no need, my mother will be back soon."

It was the first time Lu Shining heard Yuan Sen call someone else's brother, so he couldn't help but stop and stare at that person.

The man smiled, "I live above you, and I am your Aunt Lu's son."

Only then did Lu Shining show a dazed expression, Yuan Sen nodded and continued to speak politely: "We just sit here for a while."

He didn't force any more, passed them and walked upstairs.

Lu Shining turned his head to watch his shoes disappear on the upper steps, Yuan Sen suddenly knocked on his head and looked down at him, "Xiaolu, do you still want to go to someone else's house?"

"No." Lu Shining turned around, "You call him brother."

"He's older than both of us." Yuan Sen looked over with a strange expression, "What's your brother's name? Name? I don't know what his name is."

The child was right after thinking about it, so he concentrated on turning over Chinese documents and reciting ancient poems on the stairs.

After a while Lu Shining said: "Then when..."

Yuan Sen said "Huh?"

The child looked over with bright eyes, "When can you call me brother?"

Yuan Sen: "..."

Yuan Sen: "You're going to turn the tables on Lu Shining."

Just as Yuan Sen was about to reach out and pinch Lu Shining's neck, a voice came from behind, "You two..."

Lu Shining was taken aback, the Chinese documents fell on the steps and Yuan Sen picked them up, and looked back at the boy with a smile on his face, "Do you two eat candy?" He stretched out his hand in front of the two of them, a few small pieces were packaged delicately The sweets are spread out in the hand.

Lu Shining had never seen such candy before, subconsciously turned his head to look at Yuan Sen.

Yuan Sen said: "What are you looking at me for? If you want to pick you up, then go ahead."

Lu Shining hesitated again, not daring to take things from others without the permission of his parents.

The boy said softly: "Take it, it's specially for you, no one in the family eats candy."

Lu Shining looked at Yuan Sen again.

Yuan Sen took the candy, "Thank you brother." After finishing speaking, he patted the child on the back, "Thank you."

Lu Shining then said "thank you".

"It's okay, if you wait too long, go upstairs and find me, your Aunt Lu is here too."

After he left, Yuan Sen gave all the candy to Lu Shining, and kept only one piece in his mouth, "What's the difference between giving you candy and me, isn't it just changing the candy wrapper?"

Lu Shining tasted it seriously, "The taste is different..."

Yuan Sen glanced at him, and the child quickly changed his words: "The candy you give is more delicious."

The second meeting was in the afternoon of the next day, when Yuan Sen went to the next neighborhood to find a classmate to play video games.Lu Shining was watching TV alone at home. Seeing that he had nothing to do, Lu's mother asked him to run errands and buy something for her.

Lu Shining came out of the small shop and saw that brother by the flower bed in the community.He was just like Lu's mother said, white and clean, with slender wrists, and he was smiling and holding up his mobile phone to call someone.

Mobile phone.

Lu Shining couldn't help but take a second look, he also has one, it's an old PHS used by his father, it can only be used for making calls and sending text messages, and there is also a small game called Snake Snake.Lu Shining didn't play much, but Yuan Sen played many levels with his PHS.It's just that every time you exit, you have to start again.

Lu Shining returned home and put the bottle of vinegar he bought on the table.Mother Lu squinted her eyes to read the words carefully, "Little Lu, I bought the wrong one, it's not from this brand, you can go back and get another one."

Lu Shining had no choice but to go downstairs again. When he came back, the elder brother had just finished making a phone call and entered the corridor, and the two of them went one in front of the other.

"Ning...Ning Ning? Is your name Ning Ning, right?" The elder brother asked from behind.

Lu Shining stopped and nodded.

He is not good at talking to strangers, his peers are okay, even those of Yuan Sen's age, but not any older ones.People in the community always say that he is too introverted, which is not what boys should be like, and he will not be able to be called a wife when he grows up.

"Did you eat the candy I gave you yesterday?" My brother asked him.

Lu Shining nodded again.

"Is it tasty?"

He spoke very softly, even the expression on his face was gentle.

Lu Shining stood at the door of his house, "It's delicious, thank you."

"You're welcome." The boy said and took out candy from his pocket and handed it to him.

Lu Shining quickly shook his head and waved his hands.

"Do you only pick it up when he's around?" My brother asked jokingly, "Well, I'll give it to you next time you two are together."

Yuan Sen came back late at night and was yelled at by Yang Qiongfang again, and came to Lu Shining's house with a stinky face.

"Sleep with you today."

"it is good."

Lu Shining actively carried a quilt from his parents' room.He had just slept in a separate room with his parents, and he would still think too much at night when he was alone in a room.Of course it would be best if Yuan Sen could come to accompany him.

Lu Shining had a smiling face until he went to bed, and Yuan Sen asked him when he lay down under the blanket, "Xiao Lu, are you scared?"

"What?" Lu Shining walked over.

"If you are afraid, tell Uncle Lu and the others to live in their house."

Lu Shining shrank back under the quilt, "I'm already eight years old."

Yuan Sen leaned on his arm and looked at his brother who was two years younger than him in the darkness.Lu Shining developed late, and he is still a small one. Although the food is not bad, it has grown horizontally. His face is naturally small, and he doesn't look too fat.

"It's fine if you don't want to go to sleep." Yuan Sen said, "If you are afraid, just call me, and I will sleep with you."

The child said, "Then you come here every day."

Yuan Sen got stuck, "Probably not... occasionally."

Lu Shining was not too picky, nodded and said: "Okay." He fell asleep soon.

The elder brother upstairs stayed at home for nearly a month.Lu Shining remembered that night like every other night.

After eight o'clock, Yuan Sen accompanied him to sleep in his room, and suddenly heard the sound of arguing in his sleep, and it became farther and farther away from the corridor.

Lu Shining shrank habitually, but he didn't grab anything with both hands. When he opened his eyes, he found that the seat next to him was empty.

He put on his slippers and walked outside. The light in the living room made him close his eyes again, and walked to the door in a daze. The door was open, and Yuan Sen was standing on the steps.

"Brother?" Lu Shining called out.

Yuan Sen turned around, "Woke up?"

Lu Shining rubbed against Yuan Sen and grabbed his pajamas, "Aunt Fang and Uncle Yuan quarreled again?"

"No." Yuan Sen replied.

Lu Shining got used to the light, and slowly opened his eyes, "What's wrong?"

"It's upstairs." Yuan Sen frowned, "Uncle Lu and the others went to persuade them."

Lu Shining didn't know what happened that night, they felt cold after standing in the corridor for a while.The first person to go upstairs was Yang Qiongfang. When she saw the two children, she pulled Yuansen past her, her face was very ugly, "Why are you standing here? This is a fun you can join in? Hurry up and go home with me! "

She seemed to want to get angry, but since there was Lu Shining next to her, she held back and pulled out an ugly smile, "Ningning, go back to sleep quickly, your parents will be back soon, be good, don't let me They worry."

Lu Shining subconsciously looked at Yuan Sen.

Yuan Sen couldn't break his fucking hand, so he had to tell Lu Shining: "There is class tomorrow, go back to sleep first, don't stay in bed."

Lu Shining wanted to ask if you weren't with me, but Yuan Sen was dragged home by Yang Qiongfang before he could say a word, and the door closed in front of his eyes.

Everything went on as usual that day.Lu's father and Lu's mother kept silent about what happened that night, but Lu Shining didn't see his brother upstairs for several weeks.

See you again, the summer vacation is over.

Lu Shining went to the neighborhood next door to look for Yuan Sen to go home for dinner.When the two of them walked to the door, the boy was standing outside the community, pacing back and forth, sweat dripping down his fair face.

Yuan Sen slowed down his walking pace, held Lu Shining by the hand and continued to walk forward.

Lu Shining's gaze was still on that elder brother, so he naturally saw the two children as well.

"Ning Ning." My brother called him that, maybe he didn't know his full name yet, "Where did you two come from?"

Lu Shining pointed in the direction and was about to speak when Yuan Sen pulled his hands away, so he stopped talking.

The boy squatted down and handed candies to the two of them again.

This time, Yuan Sen directly refused, with a stiff voice, "Thank you, we don't want it."

Lu Shining turned to look at Yuan Sen's face, nodded and said, "Thank you, no need."

The boy withdrew his hand, "Well, you know that Aunt Lu recently..."

"I don't know." Yuan Sen suddenly interrupted him, and pulled Lu Shining away.

Lu Shining looked back, but couldn't see the expression on his brother's face clearly, only felt that he was too thin, and his thin body was crumbling in the scorching sun at the end of August.

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