Think childish

Qiao Lou followed Jiao Da as a crab for three days, and after tasting the sweetness, he no longer wanted to be a human again.

He was originally a timid person, but with the support of Jiao Da's unscrupulous violence, he seemed to have transformed into a villain who was not afraid of anything.Seeing other people nodding and bowing to him, and carefully apologetically smiling, besides enjoying himself, he also felt a little "superior" feeling in his heart.

It was this distorted sense of superiority that completely stimulated the malice in his heart and the inferiority in his bones.

What are you afraid of?As long as your expression is vicious enough, your words are mean enough, and your actions are vicious enough, then others will not see your weakness.In just three days, Qiao Loulou was reborn in Nirvana through bullying. This time, he completely abandoned his human nature, and felt that even if Jiao Da only regarded him as a vicious dog that bit people everywhere, it would be better than him going back to being that pug again. The same people are strong!

This afternoon, Qiao Dalou and Jiao Da finished their bills and were bored. They strolled all the way to the People's Square near the Cultural Palace. From a long distance, they heard the sound of iron wheels scraping the ground one after another.Jiao Da squinted his eyes and looked around, laughed, patted Joe on the back and said loudly: "There is a beautiful girl skating in front, let's go and have a look."

The People's Square is very large, and there is an ice skating rink surrounded by the municipal government. It is open every summer, one month before the summer vacation, and it will be open until autumn.At that time, formal skates were still rare, most of them were tied with straps, and there were four iron wheels under the feet. It was not as fast as skating on the glacier in winter, but it was also very popular with children.

Jiao Da and Qiao loudly walked to the edge of the arena and leaned back to look in. Jiao Da touched his arm and whispered: "How is it? Which one do you like?"

In addition to some children, there are also a few older female students who are also skating. There is a girls' high school near People's Square, so from time to time, some female students can be seen walking through the square together.

Qiao gave a bad laugh twice, raised his chin, pointed at a female student in the field, and said, "That's it, the one with the ponytail." Then he asked, "What about you?"

Jiao Da smacked his lips in contempt, and said, "I don't think so, these are too old."

Joe couldn't help being startled and laughed loudly: "Is this still old? Then I'm going to die of old age?"

"Hey, that's not what you said." Jiao Da hugged him and looked him up and down, "Brother Sheng, I didn't say that, just look like you, tidy up, and after tidying up, you look like a college student."

What Jiao Da said was not a lie.

Although Qiao Dalou is in his thirties this year, he is naturally small in appearance, and has a weak literati air between his brows and eyes. He also has a handsome appearance. How about saying that he attracted the attention of the young lady in Chun'an Lane?

After hearing his words aloud, Joe looked at the "ponytail" again, and his heart itched more and more.

Jiao Dao: "Haven't you picked honey for a long time?"

Having said all this, Qiao Dalou didn't need him to mention something, so he walked over to the ticket office with a smile and bought two admission tickets.

Qiao Dalou was worthy of his title of "Little Bee in Love", and he had a conversation with Ponytail in less than 5 minutes. The sky seemed to be getting darker by inches, and several female students were going home.Joe watched the ponytail leave with a loud voice, and Jiao Da called him over. The two took off their shoes and sat side by side on the chair. Jiao Da lit a cigarette, handed him one, and asked, "Why did you let him go?"

Qiao waved her hands loudly and happily: "You don't understand, this kind of thing has to be done slowly. She is not one of those butchers in the alley. She is too straightforward and easily scares people away."

Jiao Da gave him a thumbs up and said, "Amazing!"

Qiao Dalou became more proud, and whispered to him: "The ponytail is called Zhang Tingting, and the name is really nice. I lied to her that she was a student of Huai University. I made an appointment with her to meet here tomorrow afternoon. I asked her to see it." Go record."

After Jiao Da heard it, he bumped his chest and said with a smile: "You really have a fucking way!"

Qiao waved his hand loudly, and after taking two puffs of cigarettes, there seemed to be some embarrassment on his face.

Jiao Dazao noticed it, and said briskly: "Success! Then I won't delay you, little brother, to do big things. You can ask for leave tomorrow afternoon!"

"Hey brother! You are so loyal!" Joe hugged him loudly and happily, urging him to get up and said, "Let's go, brother, I invite you to drink!"

***

There was a heavy rain last night, Qiao Zhi and Zhuang Qiushui just happened to catch up when they packed up and closed the store. It was such a coincidence that the tram stopped that day, so the two had to go back to the store to look for an umbrella, but they couldn't find it. Only one umbrella was found, and one of the ribs of that umbrella was still broken.

With the heavy rain and strong wind, the umbrella was as if it hadn't been supported, and the two of them almost drenched all the way back.

After the rain, Zhuang Qiushui was fine, but Qiao Zhi had a fever.I took the medicine that night, woke up early the next morning and the fever subsided, but I was still groggy and couldn't get up all day.

Qiao Zhi lay listlessly on the counter, her nostrils were stuffed with paper, she could only breathe through her mouth, and she spoke in a nasal voice.As soon as Zhuang Qiushui entered the shop in the morning, she ran to the kitchen to cook a bowl of hot ginger soup for her. Qiao Zhi had a stuffy nose, but she didn't need to pinch her nose anymore. She drank it cleanly, and her mouth smelled of ginger.

"Qiu Shui." Qiao Zhi called lazily.

Hearing the voice, Zhuang Qiushui poked out half of his head from behind the bookshelf to look at her: "What's wrong, sister?"

"My mouth is bitter." Qiao Zhi made a bitter face.

Zhuang Qiushui then put down the stack of books in his hand, touched left and right on his body, found a toffee, went to the counter, peeled it off, and reached out to feed it to her.

With toffee in her mouth, Qiao Zhi said, "I'm so bored!"

Zhuang Qiushui pondered for a moment, ran back to the bookshelf, tiptoed to search for a long time on the top floor, then his eyes lit up, he pulled the book down, and then returned to the counter and handed it to her: "My sister said last time that I want to Look, I just came back this morning."

Qiao Zhi took the book and flipped through two pages, with little interest, and opened her mouth: "I..."

Zhuang Qiushui looked at her with an expression of "just tell me".

"Hey, I don't know what's wrong with me, I just feel uncomfortable everywhere..." Qiao Zhi frowned and muttered.

This is a bit difficult to handle.

Qiu Shui looked at her in embarrassment, put his hands on the side of the counter and rested his chin, tried his best to comfort her and said: "People will be in a bad mood when they are sick, and my sister won't be so sad when she recovers."

Qiao Zhi rested her head on her hands and sighed a long time: "I hope so."

He asked again: "Qiu Shui, do you feel happy just staying in the shop like this every day?"

Zhuang Qiushui nodded and smiled, "I'm happy when I'm with my sister. My sister is my happy fruit."

Qiao Zhi couldn't help laughing, poked her forehead feebly with her fingers, and said, "You are my pistachio, and you will talk sweet words to coax me all day long."

Zhuang Qiushui giggled and said, "Sister just likes to listen to me coaxing you!"

"But school is about to start, we can't stay together like this every day." Qiao Zhi said and sighed again, "We will both go to school by then, so I guess this shop can only be handed over to the teapot and let him find it. Someone will help take care of it, and then we will come over on the weekend.”

From the bottom of her heart, Qiao Zhi didn't want to leave the shop to others to take care of. She was worried and reluctant, but she had to read the books... The thought of school starting soon made her feel bored.

Hearing what she said, Zhuang Qiushui suddenly became depressed.She wants to be with her sister every day, but she is still too young. If only she was in junior high school now, then she can go to and from school with her sister, and stay together from morning till night...

"Forget it, I don't want to. Anyway, there is still one year left. I will stop studying after graduation and concentrate on learning business from my brother." Qiao Zhi said.

Zhuang Qiushui was a little surprised: "Sister isn't going to high school anymore?"

Qiao Zhi shook her head and said, "With my grades, I won't be able to pass the exam. If I pass the exam, I may only be able to go to a school at the end of the crane. If I take the technical secondary school, I might as well learn to do business with my brother. I can get a job early and make money early. , anyway, I don’t want to go to work in the factory.”

"..."

Zhuang Qiushui was speechless.

When she was in school before, she heard from teacher Zhang, the head teacher, that there was a male student in their class who skipped to the sixth grade without finishing the first volume of the fourth grade.She also thought that as long as she worked harder, she could skip a grade. If she skipped two more grades, she might have the opportunity to study with her sister, but now her sister said that she didn't want to continue reading...

The shoulders were suddenly squeezed hard, Qiu Shui came back to his senses, and his gaze was attracted by the two small paper rolls that Qiao Zhi stuffed in his nostrils.

Qiao Zhi hummed and said to her with a serious face: "But you are different from me. You are smart and hardworking. You must study hard and get into a good university."

Zhuang Qiushui asked: "Then why didn't you take the college entrance examination?"

"Because I'm stupid!" Qiao Zhi laughed twice, not feeling embarrassed at all.

"In the past, I didn't know what I was going to do in the future? I just thought that I should have a big career. You may not understand what I said, but how to say it, some people in this world are born with Destined, maybe you don’t feel it now, and you can’t find it, but as the days go by, you will understand. Your character, growth experience, and even your family are determined. In fact, in the end, you only have that A choice."

Qiao Zhi said that Zhuang Qiushui couldn't understand, but she didn't understand what she was talking about.

As a child who just came out of the protection of her family, she was actually very lucky, because she borrowed the big tree Luo Hai to enjoy the shade.

Perhaps it was precisely because of the success of the bookstore business during this period of time that Qiao Zhi had a faint feeling of "I am already an adult", and talking unconsciously was a bit nagging. "Pretentious".

Zhuang Qiushui was more intelligent than she imagined. After hearing what she said, he pondered for a while, and said in a slightly low tone: "Sister is right, I can't do anything now, I can do it." The only thing I can do is to study hard. But our teacher often says 'knowledge changes destiny', I think the things I have learned now will always come in handy in the future, even if they prove useless in the end, then at least I will not be the same person I used to be .Do what I can do, so that I can dream of things beyond my ability."

Qiao Zhiwan didn't expect that his casual nonsense could cause her to think so deeply, she was so shocked that she almost spit out the small paper rolls from her nostrils, and finally had no choice but to pat her like a dog under Qiu Shui's firm gaze. He patted the other person on the shoulder, smiled and encouraged her to cheer.

Qiao Zhi once again imagined that it was Guo Qingshan who was standing across from her and listening to what she said——eh...forget it.

***

The underground gambling house in Chun'an Lane was still as lively as usual. Sanshui squeezed out of the crowd all the way, completely soaked, it wasn't hot, but it was raining outside.

Jiao Da threw a towel to him, Sanshui dried his hair, slammed the towel on the table, and said angrily: "That grandson is quite beautiful, he hugs the girl to drink coffee and eat Western food, I don't even have an umbrella I have to hold on, it's miserable!"

Jiao Da asked, "They didn't find you, did they?"

Sanshui shook his head: "I hid it well! I just came back after watching Qiao loudly send her downstairs."

Jiao Da said again: "That's good, be careful, the eldest sister has never seen me, but Bao Buqi still has a little impression of you."

Sanshui asked: "Brother, when do we have to wait before doing it?"

Jiao Da's eyebrows darkened, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Hurry up, wait a little longer."

The start of school came sooner than expected, Qiao Zhi felt that this was really the fastest summer vacation she had ever spent, and it passed without feeling anything.

It has been a week since the start of school, and she is always distracted in class, always thinking about the business of the bookstore, wondering whether the teapot is reliable or not.

Finally, on Friday, when class was over, Qiao Zhi ran out of the classroom with her schoolbag on her back before she even had time to say hello to Xia Huanhuan and the others. She really wanted to fly to the bookstore.

"Why is Ah Zhi in such a hurry?" Xie Xiaoqing asked.

Xia Huanhuan teased, "I must have gone to her bookstore. You haven't heard her talk about it for a week!"

The two walked out of the classroom and looked on the balcony, just in time to see the back of Qiao Zhi running out of the school gate.

Xie Xiaoqing gave a "tsk" and praised sincerely: "As expected of the sprint champion, you run really fast!"

When Zhuang Qiushui and Guo Qingshan finished their duty and walked out of the classroom, there was basically no one in the school.In the past few days, the weather has gradually become cooler, and the days have become much shorter, and because the sky is overcast, it is only before six o'clock, and the sky is already a little dark.

Guo Qingshan stomped and ran ahead with his schoolbag on his back, shouting "Hurry up" to Qiushui loudly, Zhuang Qiushui was thinking about something, and slowly walked behind, not wanting to run at all.

Guo Qingshan had no choice but to run back again, looked left and right at her, and asked, "Qiu Shui, what's wrong with you? It seems that you are not in a good mood?"

Zhuang Qiushui shook his head, hesitantly said: "It's not that I'm in a bad mood, it's just...today is Friday."

"Yeah, today is Friday, we have a holiday." Guo Qingshan was suddenly blessed, he laughed twice and said, "I see, you miss our sister, right?"

Zhuang Qiushui didn't pretend, nodded frankly, and suddenly said: "My sister must have gone to the bookstore after school, why don't we go to the bookstore to find her, and then go home together?"

Guo Qingshan immediately agreed happily: "Okay! I just borrowed two novels and hid them under the covers at night to read."

The two reached an agreement, and immediately ran to the bookstore in high spirits.

Zhuang Qiushui was anxious to see Qiao Zhi, wishing he could fly along the way.She ran so fast that Guo Qingshan couldn't even catch up with her, and she was out of breath: "I...you...you just now, I told you...to run, and you...don't run, right now ...running so, so fast again..."

Zhuang Qiushui just ran across an alley when suddenly she stopped.

Guo Qingshan couldn't hold back, and bumped into her immediately, and was about to speak, but Zhuang Qiushui covered his mouth, and at the same time put a finger on his lips, and said silently: "Don't talk."

Guo Qingshan nodded in astonishment.

Zhuang Qiushui let go of his hands, held his breath, and carefully retreated against the wall to the entrance of the alley, then looked into the alley with extreme caution, and then his pupils suddenly shrank——

Guo Qingshan was blocked by her and didn't see anything. Seeing her turn back with a terrified face, he was curious and wanted to see what was inside, but was dragged back by Zhuang Qiushui.

Zhuang Qiushui's heart beat so fast that it almost jumped out of his throat.She pulled Guo Qingshan and walked a few steps to the side, and asked with a serious face: "I remember that the alley next to it can lead to Chengbei Middle School?"

Guo Qingshan nodded strangely and said: "Yes! My sister often walks this alley, and it's closer here."

Almost instantly, cold sweat came down his back.

Zhuang Qiushui quickly said to Guo Qingshan: "I just saw a few men in the alley, they were putting a girl in a sack, I took a look when I ran over, not sure, but the girl The sandals on my feet are exactly the same as my sister's..."

Guo Qingshan's reaction was slow and his eyes widened.

Zhuang Qiushui calmed down for a while, and quickly said: "Go to the bookstore now and see if my sister is there, I will go after them."

Guo Qingshan subconsciously grabbed her and said: "You go to the bookstore, I'll chase after you." He was about to run away, but was dragged back by Zhuang Qiushui.

"I'll go!" she sternly said, "Don't worry, I'm just going to take a look to make sure, if it's not my sister, I'll turn around right away."

After finishing speaking, he took a quick glance at the place, picked up a stone and shook hands: "Go to the bookstore quickly, I will leave a mark for you along the way, if something really happens, you can come to us according to the mark!"

After Zhuang Qiushui finished speaking, he rushed into the alley, and when he turned a corner, he took a stone and slashed hard on the wall.

Seeing that she had disappeared, Guo Qingshan had no choice but to turn around and run to the bookstore in a panic.