He gave me a rabbit

When Ruan was a child, Ruan's mother often took him to the flower and bird market not far from home. He raised two little tortoises, but they were taken away by mice. His mother told him that the mice had sharp claws. The tortoise was gone, Ruan Bi listened ignorantly, and there was only one single seedling left in the glass jar.

Later, I went to the flower and bird market to buy chickens. Two chickens fought, and one of them was pecked out of blood. I also raised rabbits and budgerigars, and covered it with a quilt. At that time, Ruan Bi felt that this place was Like the treasure chest, every time you walk to the door, you will be mixed with the astringent smell of wood and the scent of flowers, which are diluted by water. The flower and bird market is cold and wet, and the cages are constantly opening and closing while they are quiet.

I haven't been there since I grew up, and not many people are willing to go to the flower and bird market.

This flower and bird market has been around for a while, Guan Wenjiu told him that it has been in business since he was a child, and it has been in business until now, but--

Guan Wenjiu pointed to the side, "But the scale is not as big as before, and many businesses have moved away."

"Did Mr. Guan grow up here?" Ruan Bi asked.

Guan Wenjiu nodded and said: "Yes, when I was a child, I lived in this area. At that time, there were fewer shops than when you were a child. The only place I like to go to is small shops. There are not so many buildings. They are all alleys, bungalows. The family ran around, and then crossed a road to come here." He looked around with some nostalgia, and when it was a holiday, there were parked bicycles at the door, little girls in floral skirts, and children sitting on their father's neck In summer, there are people selling grasshoppers at the door. There are clusters of small bamboo cages tied to the back seat of the bicycle. I ride all the way, and I hear the cries of grasshoppers all the way- hoarse, crisp, intermittent Yes, some sound nice, some don't sound good.

Grasshoppers don't look good, but they can't hold children's liking, so they pester them to hang them on windows and mosquito nets.Adults feel so noisy when they sleep, they don’t sleep well all night, children sleep well, the grasshopper’s cry is like a lullaby, but sometimes it doesn’t cry, it’s very quiet.

Guan Wenjiu laughed, thinking of the grasshopper that had been barking all night.

"When I was young, I bought a grasshopper every year at this gate."

"Grasshopper?" Ruan Bi's eyes lit up. He has raised many small animals, but he has never raised a grasshopper. Because Ruan's mother is afraid of insects, she refuses to buy them for him, so Ruan Bi can only look at the opposite window. The hanging bamboo cage, when it calls, I like to lie on the window sill and listen.

"Didn't you raise them when you were young?"

"No." Nguyen shook his head.

Guan Wenjiu walked beside him, while Ruan Bi controlled the wheelchair and moved forward slowly. It was not as busy as before, and the only thing that remained the same was the damp cool smell, and it was not the procrastination of rainy days.

About like mints.

The two moved out of the way of the trailer behind, buckets of water with green sponges in them.

"I feed beans to the grasshopper. These are green. I don't know if they are green beans or mung beans. I bought them from the vegetable market and peeled them and stuffed them in the gaps in its small bamboo cage. The beans fell to the ground. Also, the feet of the grasshopper, I liked to press on the grasshopper’s feet when I was a child, it’s too small, it’s like pressing on the silk of corn.”

"Won't the Grasshopper bite you?"

Guan Wenjiu said: "It was when I was a child, I was not afraid of anything, and it was not boring to stare at it every day. I probably just wanted to let the grasshopper pay attention to me? I haven't been bitten before, but now that I think about it, the grasshopper looks so good. It’s not good-looking, and it’s nothing to look at close to it when I was young.”

Ruan Bi nodded: "It's great, I only saw it from the opposite side before, and I opened the window when I slept, and the mosquitoes came in, and my father is also a mosquito-attracting physique. There were two mosquitoes in the mosquito net overnight, blood drumming."

Later, in summer, Father Ruan always prepared several bottles of toilet water and essential oils, sprinkled a few drops around the mosquito net at night, and also liked to sprinkle a few drops when taking a bath.In autumn, the toilet water bought back is still not used up, and then it is mixed with water to wipe the mats, dried and put away.

Guan Wenjiu looked at the map on his mobile phone. The store he went to was opened by a former classmate. He wanted to be a flower shop, but the rent was too high, so he rented it here at the Flower and Bird Market. It was a small glass house with Santa Claus on the glass sliding door. The big head portrait, when it touched the white paint and wrote MerryChristmas, the white paint fell off after smearing. I don’t know who touched it, and a piece fell off, and the "s" disappeared.

Guan Wenjiu said softly that he failed the English test, so don't care about it.Knocking on the glass door, the students inside pulled off their earphones and rubbed their hands to open the door.

"It's so early."

"Well, come here earlier." There was a threshold on the glass door, Guan Wenjiu lifted the wheelchair slightly, and pushed Ruan Bi in. This wheelchair was heavier than the previous one.

"Who is this?"

"my friend."

The classmate handed over his business card, "It's a pleasure to meet you, it's rare. I'm his high school classmate, who of you wants to buy a cactus?"

Ruan Bi glanced at Guan Wenjiu, and the classmate hollered and said, "I thought it was the little brother, you bought it, no, are you sure you won't die?"

Guan Wenjiu glanced at the flower pots on the shelf, clay pots, stainless steel pots, plastic glass pots, and black porcelain pots.

There are also some very small hats and small shovels. The classmate said: "It's Christmas, and plants also need to be dressed up this year, wearing a small hat and small sunglasses." Little flower with a little hat on it.

The classmate put down the little flower, pointed to the cactus on the other side of the shelf and said, "Okay, the cactus should be fed. If you die, there really won't be anything for you."

He took the ones off the shelf and put them in a row on the table.

This is not the same as what Ruan Bi searched on the Internet. The cacti here are very small, not as big as the pills when they first came here, and the thorns seem to have just peeled off their skin, and they are fluffy. It still hurts to touch, but the thorn is like a baby.

Some of them are like hills, stacked together, looking like half of the smiling face is blocked by the corner of the wall, some are like pillars, a finger biscuit, or a clump of finger biscuits, some are like vines, angular grass, or large face plate.

Ruan Bi pointed to one of the pots. The cement flower pots were thick and heavy, but the cactus in the pot was very simple. Occasionally, there were a few thick leaves on the body, which were also small, thinner than finger biscuits. , like a solitary forest, with only a few grasses.

Guan Wenjiu followed his hand and looked at it. It was not as cute as the others. It didn't even have a hat, and the basin was made of rough mud, which was rough to the touch. But Guan Wenjiu had been grinding it for a long time, and Ruan Bi thought he didn't like it.

"No, just this pot."

Ruan Bi was slightly surprised: "I thought you didn't like it after watching it for so long."

"No, I like it."

The classmate said: "Really? Don't look anymore? Are there cuter ones?"

Guan Wenjiu shook his head, looked up and asked him, "Transfer money?"

The classmate called out his QR code for him to scan, and installed a small iron pot for watering, a small hat, a small shovel, a card with precautions, and his mobile phone number , there is a problem with the bag to find.

Ruan Bi would take the time to move his eyes around to look at the flowers. When the classmate noticed it, he greeted him: "You also buy a pot and go back to raise it?"

He was a little moved, but he still shook his head when he thought of the two children in the family. Don't talk about pills, big teeth are skinny enough. What if I accidentally killed myself and got stabbed?

Blame the cactus?

"No, there are animals in the house, and they will get them accidentally. They are so beautiful, but what should I do if they are bullied by my family. Let them wait here for their masters to come to your door. Don't come to me and suffer."

"Okay." The classmate nodded, thought for a while and gave away a pot for free. The gift was a small clay plate with a big face, about the size of the face of a pill, but it was not as lofty as the solitary forest in terms of momentum.

"For you, old classmate, I haven't seen you for a long time, I believe you!" Patted Guan Wenjiu on the shoulder, "Come and see when you have free time, if someone you know likes to raise, please recommend here. The little brother is also, if you want to raise come to me."

"Oh, that's right." The classmate bent down and took out a pink envelope from the drawer, and handed it to Guan Wenjiu, "I'm getting married, I thought I'd pass by you in a few days, but today just so happens, I don't need to make an extra trip." gone."

Guan Wenjiu took it and said, "You and your family have been together for almost seven years? Have you finally decided to get married?"

"That's right." The classmate smiled, and couldn't help being a little proud, "Next spring. Everyone has stabilized, and we can't delay any longer. I have to explain to my wife no matter what."

"See you are ready."

"Of course, you must come when the time comes. It's been a while since I've seen you. I'm so busy with work, I'll give myself a holiday to catch up on the old days."

Guan Wenjiu nodded, and replied with a smile: "Understood, I'll wrap you a big red envelope."

The classmates smiled and clapped their hands, and sent them all the way to the door.

When parting, the old classmates hugged each other and patted each other on the shoulder, saying hello to everyone.

When the person walked away, Guan Wenjiu suddenly said that he was my high school classmate, and he was dragged to play basketball after class before.

When it comes to playing basketball, Guan Wenjiu misses it a little bit. In winter, he was crazy on the basketball court against the wind. In summer, he climbed over the wall and went in, sweating on his forehead. At that time, the only mineral water was Nongfu Spring. Inside the bag, the plastic bag was very thin. After being found by the guard, he carried it and ran wildly. It went through the bottom with a bang, and Gulu rolled into the grass. Once, when I saw them, my forehead hurt, not only my forehead hurt, but I could recognize them from a long distance.

Ruan Bi covered her mouth and smiled, wondering if Guan Wenjiu would climb over the wall in a suit now.

"Go there now, will the guard recognize you?"

Guan Wenjiu raised the corners of his mouth and joked, "I'm retired. I've changed people the last time I passed by. It's best not to remember us. It's time for the old man to take care of himself. What if he thinks of a headache?"

"You climbed over the wall, didn't you get called a parent by the teacher?"

Guan Wenjiu closed his eyes and said helplessly: "Why didn't you call? I swept the playground for a month and read a thousand-word inspection in front of the whole class. After returning home, I paid for mopping the floor for half a year."

Ruan Bi couldn't help laughing and narrowed his eyes, and asked him if he changed it later. Guan Wenjiu was wearing a gentle skin, and he talked about making trouble and climbing over the wall, "After the gymnasium was built, we didn't take advantage of it anymore. I went over the wall during the summer vacation, and every week I took a turn to go to the basketball court to occupy a seat, and I ate breakfast when it was not my turn, and bought a few popsicles to take with me before the sun was still hot."

"Then Mr. Guan doesn't play basketball now?"

"I won't fight anymore, but I will go for a run now, exercise my body, play sandbags, and sweat is almost the same. I will take you to see it when I have time."

(ε=(′ο*))) Alas——Is it too boring to write...)