Think childish

Qiao Zhi is a person who is afraid of cold and heat. She doesn't want to talk when it's hot. It seems that every part of her body is full of anger, and she can ignite herself by twisting her neck.

The little friends all jumped into the narrow stream to play. She sat far away, soaking her feet in the stream, looking at her pair of ginger-colored plastic sandals beside her, in a daze.

For some reason, she felt a little flustered.

The successive departure of her parents made her feel very scared. She always felt that the matter was far from being so simple and came to an end, and that something more tragic would definitely happen to hit her.

Qiao Zhi looked at the three people who were having fun next to her, and felt a deep sense of melancholy in her heart—it seemed that she was no longer their peers, and the things that made her happy and interesting in the past were all gone now. It's no fun.

The three "little kids" in front of me can't understand the sorrow and worry in her heart, who can?Qiao Zhi thought of Luo Hai.

It's almost noon, it's time to go home for lunch.

If it had been the past, Qiao Zhi could have justifiably left the two friends to eat at his home.His mother's cooking skills are very good. Qiao Zhi likes her braised fish the most. Xia Huanhuan likes to eat meat buns made by his mother. As for Xie Xiaoqing, he likes to eat everything.

However, today is different from the past, Qiao Zhi herself is still living under the roof of others, and she really doesn't have the confidence to invite her friends to eat at home. If her aunt loses her temper or says something weird, she will probably hit the wall and die on the spot in embarrassment. die.

Although Xia Huanhuan was small, she had a clear mind, how could she not know her difficult situation, hugged Qiao Zhi with sad eyes, made an appointment with her to meet in the afternoon, and took Xie Xiaoqing away.

Guo Qingshan played like crazy, and his clothes were all soaked. Qiao Zhi worried that his aunt and grandmother would tell him if he led him back like this, so he let him stand in the sun to dry.

"Sister, can you take a look? I'm so hot, I'm getting dizzy from the sun." Guo Qingshan impatiently fanned the wind with his hands, his throat was smoky, and his speech was dry, as if mixed with sand. .

Qiao Zhi came out from under the shade of the tree and touched the clothes on his body. They were moist and not completely dry.

"Do you know what to say when your mother and grandma ask you back later?" Qiao Zhi asked.

Guo Qingshan nodded hurriedly: "I know! It's too hot, I sweat a lot, and my clothes are soaked."

Qiao Zhi said "En", and waved to him like an amnesty: "Let's go."

"Sister wait for me!"

The Guo family lived on the third floor of Building 4 in the dormitory compound. Qiao Zhi and the others were blocked when they reached the second floor—the people in front were moving furniture, blocking the road.

Qiao Zhi tilted her head and tiptoed to look up twice, and saw the man riding the tricycle again.

"Uncle, which floor are you moving to?" Qiao Zhi asked.

"The third floor."

The man replied in a choked voice, and turned the corner of the stairs with the heavy wooden cabinet on his hands, gritting his teeth every time he took a step.

Qiao Zhi saw several blue veins burst out on his neck in an instant, and those veins were winding and terrifyingly rooted in the man's flesh and blood, as if they were alive, Qiao Zhi saw the veins on the side of his temple twitch violently for a moment.

"Wait, one, get off, horse, get on, just, okay—"

The man jumped out one word at a time, his two arms like iron rods bound the sides of the cabinet like steel bars to prevent it from sliding down, the purple and swollen skin almost burst into blood due to excessive force, as if being hit by someone It was as if the flesh and blood inside were squeezed inch by inch, and all the anger was gathered on the top of the forehead.

Qiao Zhi hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, take your time!"

The stairs were finally vacant, Qiao Zhi and Guo Qingshan hurried up a few steps, turned left and entered the house.Before entering the door, Qiao Zhi turned her head and saw the man moving the furniture into the room on the right hand side as soon as he came up from the stairs.

After lunch, Guo Yuanjiang asked Qiao Zhi to take Guo Qingshan to do homework at home, while he changed clothes with his wife Mao Zhijuan and went out.

Qiao Zhi used to wait until Sunday night to do her homework, but now, in order to keep an eye on Guo Qingshan, she had no choice but to sit down steadily.

Grandma was sleeping in the cubicle. Qiao Zhi was about to sneak out after finishing his homework with drawings and doodlings. Guo Qingshan dawdled while biting the barrel of his pen. A few simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems almost gave him a hard time, but he couldn't figure out the answer.

"Sister, my stomach hurts, I want to have diarrhea." Guo Qingshan called out with a bitter face.

Qiao Zhi almost spit out his lunch when he heard that, so he hurriedly let him go to the bathroom.

If you don't slip away at this time, when will you wait?

Qiao Zhi took a pencil and left a note for Guo Qingshan, which said - I can't solve some problems, so I can ask my classmates.

What a fair excuse!

Qiao Zhi randomly stuffed two books into the bag, and then slipped out of the door with quiet footsteps.

As soon as Qiao Zhi slipped out of the compound gate, she caught sight of Xia Huanhuan and Xie Xiaoqing who were hiding under the shade of trees across the street. She ran over quickly: "How long have you been waiting?"

"Not long." Xia Huanhuan said, "I thought you couldn't get out! Aren't your uncles at home?"

"No, they went out to run errands." Qiao Zhiweng said in a low voice.

Xie Xiaoqing leaned over again at this time, and asked eagerly, "Azhi, do your uncles treat you well? If you make a mistake, will they beat you and scold you?"

"I don't know." Qiao Zhi said, "But if they dare to beat me, I will run away, and I won't live in their house."

Xia Huanhuan asked: "If you don't live in their house, where do you live?"

"I'll follow Luo Hai!" Qiao Zhi laughed heartlessly.

Xie Xiaoqing quite agrees with her idea: "Follow Brother Hai! Anyway, Brother Hai treats you like his own sister. My mother said that if you move into the Guo family, you will not have the good life you used to. If he is not as good as the Guo family's own son, he may have to suffer a lot and suffer a lot of grievances in the future!"

"..." Qiao Zhi patted Xie Xiaoqing's shoulder with an unspeakable expression, and choked out a sentence after a long while: "Your mother really has a clear understanding of the world, she has real insights!"

Xie Xiaoqing: "Where is it, I have won the prize, I have won the prize."

Qiao Zhi: "..."

At this time, the sun was scorching hot, and few people could be seen on the street, but fortunately, Luo Hai's shop was on the East Street not far from the hemp spinning factory. There is no need to take the tram.

Qiao Zhi walked with her head close to the shady crack on the side of the street, her whole body was almost glued to the wall.

Sudden--

"Luo Hai!" Qiao Zhi yelled, "You're eating alone again!"

Luo Hai: "..."

Luo Hai's bookstore is opening at the crossroads, and to the left is the winding alley on East Street.With sharp eyes, Qiao Zhi saw him buying popsicles half a street away.

Before Luo Hai paid the money, he was caught by the little aunt before he could feed the popsicle into his mouth. Ordered three cream popsicles.

Xie Xiaoqing took the popsicle and smiled happily: "Thank you Brother Hai!"

Xia Huanhuan also said, "Thank you Brother Hai!"

Only Qiao Zhi took the popsicle and looked at it with disgust, and said dissatisfiedly: "I want to eat a big ice cream!"

If it is normal, Luo Hai is not used to her problem, but he has also heard about the Qiao family, thinking that the little girl must have been suffocated in the past few days, so it is rare that she didn't care about her, and rushed up The popsicle seller bought Qiao Zhi a big ice cream, which was still wrapped in chocolate.

Xie Xiaoqing leaned over and asked, "Azhi, do you still eat this butter?"

"Why don't you eat it! It's all mine!" Qiao Zhi gave him an annoyed look, then turned around and smiled at Luo Hai with winks, "Thank you, Brother Hai!"

Luo Hai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay! Don't get cheap and act like a good boy!"

Luo Hai opened a total of two stores, a "Xuehai Bookstore" and a "Wuya Video Hall". Both stores were named by Qiao Zhi.

A few years ago, Qiao Zhi was still in elementary school, and Luo Hai was still poor at that time, setting up a bookstall near the "Daxian Bridge".There are several bookstalls in Daxianqiao, but Luo Hai is the only one who is allowed to flip through them. Qiao Zhi always goes to his place to read for nothing. Occasionally, if he has a few cents left in his hand, he will take care of them. For Luo Hai's business, buy a copy or two.

Luo Hai was many years older than her, and just by looking at his face, one would think that he must be in his twenties, but Qiao Zhi later heard from him that when they first met, he was just an adult, just watching Obviously old.

Luo Hai has a strong physique and is also tall. Like those fashionable young men on the street, he also has a traitorous head parted in the middle, wears flared pants, and is tight-fitting.

The only thing that didn't look good was his disfigured face.

Luo Hai's eyes are big and bright, his eyebrows are bushy, and his nose bridge is straight. He was a good-looking man, but the bad thing is that he got a big gash at the left corner of his mouth. After healing, he left a hard scar Turned him into a villain, like a hell king with his mouth torn apart.

Once, Qiao Zhi was squatting in front of Luo Hai's bookstall and reading "Biography of the Glacier Goddess". When he saw an important point, a group of people rushed up behind him. Luo Hai cursed and pulled a steel pipe from under the stool. just ran away.

Qiao Zhi was only surprised for a moment, seeing those people running past her and chasing Luo Hai, she simply sat down on Luo Hai's stool guarding the stall with peace of mind, and continued to read the book.

Qiao Zhi kept seeing "Bingchuan Tiannv" became the elder of Wudang and reconciled with "Tang Jingtian" before closing the book, squinting her eyes and stretching.As a result, she had just stretched her waist halfway, when she suddenly saw two "blood radishes" squatting in front of her, she was so frightened that she somersaulted and stood up, almost spraining her feet.

These two "blood radishes" are Luo Hai and his iron "teapot".

The name of "teapot" is Wang Peng. The reason why he got such a nickname is said to be because in a street melee, he took an iron teapot and broke the heads of more than a dozen people. He was very brave and good at fighting. Big Brother Teapot".

Seeing Qiao Zhi bouncing three feet high with the book in his arms, the teapot turned his head and spit out bloody gums, grinning and said, "I thought you weren't afraid!"

Qiao Zhi was really a little frightened by the tragic appearance of the two of them, and couldn't speak for a long time.

Luo Hai threw away the cigarette butt in his mouth, stood up and wiped the blood from his face, and smiled at her, because of the horrible scar at the corner of his mouth, he forced a fierce smile on his face.

"Don't be afraid, it's not our blood." Luo Hai said.

Qiao Zhi said "Oh" ignorantly, then bent down and touched a few things from under the stool legs and handed them to him: "Here, the money for selling books."

Luo Hai looked at the money, but didn't pick it up, and looked at her with a strange expression.

The teapot was really startled. It slapped its thighs and stood up. It snorted evilly in front of Qiao Zhi's face, and said, "Young girl can do it! She's quite fearless in times of danger!" Then she turned her face and patted Luo Hai. , Mie squinted at him and smiled, "Look, someone even guarded the stall and sold two books for you! This must be your own sister?"

Just because of the teapot's words, Luo Hai recognized Qiao Zhi as his younger sister, but Qiao Zhi never called him "Brother" in a serious manner, and occasionally calling him "Brother Hai" was also yin and yang. It's like scolding him.

Although Teapot hangs out with Luo Hai on the streets, he is actually a serious "second-generation official" with a bit of power in his family.

In a few years, Luo Hai learned from others and became a "second-rate dealer" and a "bad man". The teapot in the middle helped him a lot by virtue of his family relationship.

Luo Hai has a wide range of people, he is straightforward and ruthless in his work, and the teapot has a network of connections. The two brothers hit it off and made a lot of money together.It's just that in the past year Luo Hai heard from his friends in the south that there was something wrong with the rumors above, so the two brothers temporarily hid their heads and opened two joint venture stores. I'll make do with it so I won't lose money.

It was Qiao Zhi's birthday in April, and Luo Hai was out of town at that time, so he called the factory and told her that he would give her an "absolutely unexpected" birthday present when he came back.

Qiao Zhi waited for more than a month. Luo Hai just came back from out of town two days ago, and sent someone to the school to send her a message, telling her to remember to "pick up the goods".

A few people entered the shop, Luo Hai pulled Qiao Zhi into the counter, stretched out his hand and found a colorful rectangular box from behind the Sharp Sanqi on the desk.

"Give."

Qiao Zhi was still staring at the "Sharp Big 2", and couldn't help but reached out to touch it: "I saw this machine in the Yangyang Department Store on Zhongxing Road! The price is so expensive, almost two thousand! What about your previous Sanyo [-] speaker? Is it broken?"

Hearing "almost two thousand", Xie Xiaoqing was so startled that his heart trembled. A 2-speaker Sanyo tape recorder costs more than 300, and his mother's monthly salary is only more than 30. It costs two thousand to buy a tape recorder... Brother Hai is really not Generally rich...

Luo Hai stuffed the box into her hand, turned around and opened Da Sanqi, and a familiar prelude immediately floated out——

"Worry to see the remnant red dancing, recalling the first time we met at the bottom of the flower..."

"It's "How Precious Tonight"!" Xia Huanhuan immediately snatched up, and then hummed softly along with the music.

A few students who were flipping through books in the store gathered together, lying on the counter together, looking at the "Big [-]" mesmerized, listening to the melodious music from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Qiao Zhi listened quietly for a while, then lowered her head to look carefully at the colorful box, and found that the box was covered in English. She only knew those letters, but she didn't know how to read them or what they meant.

"What is this?" Qiao Zhi asked.

"Hair dye cream." Luo Hai said.

Qiao Zhi's eyes widened suddenly, her heart beat violently, and her chest swelled slightly.

"Hair dye..." she repeated in a low voice.He asked again, "What color is it?"

"I don't know, I just took it with me." Luo Hai said.

Qiao Zhi strained the corners of her mouth, looked at the box carefully over and over again, and suddenly pointed to one of them and said, "I know this word. The teacher taught it. Blue means blue." After finishing speaking, she squinted at the box. Glancing at Luo Hai, he muttered "Thank you" in a low voice.

Luo Hai intentionally teased her, and leaned in front of her with his ears together: "What did you say? I didn't hear it?"

Qiao Zhi finally couldn't help laughing, took the box and patted Luo Hai on the shoulder, and said, "Thank you, big brother!"

Xia Huanhuan and Xie Xiaoqing all rushed over to see it, Qiao Zhi handed them the hair dye cream, and turned to concentrate on studying the big Sanqi.

Qiao Zhi said, "What about you, where's your 2-speaker set?"

Luo Hai pointed to the back room: "It's replaced, just throw it there, you have to take it away."

Qiao Zhi "tsk tsk" twice, she would definitely let him take it away before it was changed, but thinking about the following situation... Sigh, forget it.

"Forget it, I don't have a place to put it when I take it back. I'm still in the same room as my brother, and there's nowhere to hang my clothes." Qiao Zhi complained grumblingly.

Luo Hai leaned against the counter next to her, glanced at her, cleared his throat for a while, and pretended to say, "Do you want to cry? Or cry in my brother's arms?"

"Come on, you!" Qiao Zhi turned her face away and suppressed her sore nose, thinking of her mother's phrase "Who are you crying for?", she felt chills.

Hanging around in Luo Hai's store until nearly seven o'clock, the three of them hurried home.

Qiao Zhi walked out of the bookstore and suddenly remembered that Zhang Xiaofeng hadn't done what she had told her, so she hurried back and told Luo Hai: "...that's how things are, but isn't it easy for you to show up in the south of the city? "

"I'm a bit unfamiliar with the area in the south of the city, but I can still deal with the people your classmates provoke." Luo Hai thought for a while, "Let the 'kidnapper' handle this matter, and he is familiar with the area in the south of the city. Talking works too."

Kidnap is Luo Hai's veritable number one brother, and he is in charge of the Wuya Video Hall.Unlike Luo Hai, he was born with a fierce look, and he was tall and thick. I heard that he had learned martial arts in Shaolin Temple before, and every time Qiao Zhi saw his protruding tendons, he felt frightened.

After everything was done, Qiao Zhi looked at the sky and hurried home.

Before entering the room, Qiao Zhi took the time to look to the right of the stairs, but the door of the room at the top was closed tightly, so she couldn't see anything.

Zhuang?

Didn't it mean that the hemp spinning mill was going to lay off workers?How come there are newcomers moving in?

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Miss Zhuang will show her face in the next chapter