Baby’s Breath

Xue Tianliang arrived in the afternoon, and the house was already full. The old house has been renovated in the past two years, but the old wooden table is matched with a European-style sofa, the white-washed wall is hung with a Kong Ming fan, and the air conditioner is next to an old electric fan that shakes his head. The style of this house is nondescript.

Xue Youka was forced to read a book helplessly in the small living room.

It is the junior high school textbooks and workbooks borrowed by He Xiaoyou asked his cousin Fang Liqing.

He Xiaoyou also assigned him homework and asked Xue Youka to preview the first unit of Chinese and Mathematics in the afternoon, so that he couldn't find any space when he wanted to go out.

The textbook was full of notes representing how serious Fang Liqing was in class, but Xue Youka was irritated, especially when he heard the sound of the cartoon in the next room-it was his cousin who was eating snacks and watching the animation. Xue Youka couldn't get in anymore. Suddenly, he heard someone outside chatting: "It's dawn! It's finally here, it's too late!"

"No way, work, work, I came back by car early in the morning, the road was blocked, and I just arrived now."

Xue Youka immediately put down the textbook and looked through the window.

Dad was offering cigarettes to a group of elder relatives, and asked for a lighter from his trouser pocket (touching Mo).

Several pieces of ten and five bucks of change fell on the ground, and a relative squatted down to pick it up: "Dawn, your money has fallen...oh, you still buy lottery tickets!"

Xue Tianliang took the lottery back in embarrassment: "I bought it on the road."

Relatives laughed: "Did you win the lottery?"

"I said I bought it casually."

Another relative didn't care, and said to everyone: "Lottery tickets are addictive, don't you think? I have also loved buying these years. As a result, there is no luck with Ren Haiming, at most I won a thousand dollars!"

"Hai Ming, tell everyone about your experience, how did you get 700,000?"

Xue Youka looked through the blue (color) window and saw his uncle Fang Haiming fighting against the landlord, holding a handful of playing cards, and piles of big money on the table.

He remembered that his uncle won the lottery when he was very young. Later, the adults always mentioned it, and my uncle just smiled and said, "That is to say, I was lucky at the time."

"That's not good luck for you! How many people can be like you, not only did not spend the money, but turned over and opened a leather bag factory with this 700,000 yuan! How much is the net worth now? I heard that I want to send Qingqing to study in Beijing Isn’t it? The house is ready..."

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"Little handsome guy, are you studying?" Xue Tianliang stood in the light at the door, dressed in dusty clothes, grinning, his brows and eyes stunned by time are deep and handsome.

He is a tour guide and works in Beihai most of the day. He can only go home once or twice a month, and he will have to leave after a short while.

"Dad..." Xue Youka originally wanted to ask him why he bought the lottery again, not that he would not buy it after he had finished, but he couldn't ask.

Xue Tianliang's obsession with lottery tickets is more than just buying it casually. He buys it every day, with ten or twenty bets, and throws it into a black pocket if he doesn't win, and he can accumulate a full bag in less than a month.

For this reason, I don't know how many fights I have had with He Xiaoyou.

Xue Tianliang sat next to him and flipped through the textbook: "This is Qingqing's textbook?"

"Ok…"

"Your mother borrowed it for you?"

"Yes..." He was listless.

Xue Tianliang looked at the notes that were on it, and looked at the way his son was awkward, and he was drawn to his heart: "I had an operation a few days ago, is it still painful now?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

His well-behaved appearance made Xue Tianliang feel distressed, and he said softly: "I'm sorry Mimi, it's my father's fault that my father didn't make it back on your birthday."

Xue Youka celebrated his eleventh birthday last week, when Xue Tianliang brought tourists in Beihai.

"No (guanguan) department." Xue Youka looked up at him and said, "I know, you are busy with work, but my uncle bought me cakes and took me to the playground."

Xue Tianliang felt bitter in his mouth and whispered, "Mimi."

"Ok."

"Daddy will go to Weizhou Island in two days. Will you go with me? Take you to the beach by boat."

"I...not going anymore, thank you dad, but I have to go to the hospital for the stitches in a few days. When my mother is on vacation, we will go to the beach together, okay?

"Okay, Dad promises you." Xue Tianliang (touching Mo) (touching Mo) his hair: "The hair is a bit long, do you want to cut it?"

Xue Youka shook his head, hesitated, and said, "Dad, can you give me a dollar?"

Xue Tianliang paused, and found a few change pieces: "Give you a hundred, spend it slowly."

"I can't have that much, you keep the flowers... just give me one, um, one and five change." He also wanted to go to the canteen to buy a pack of sour and sour candies.

Looking down into his son's clear eyes, Xue Tianliang's heart was dripping with pain.

Mimi is too sensible.

Xue Youka found the opportunity to go out after having dinner. As a result, he was wearing trousers and couldn't stand it before he walked far. He was also caught by the grandfather who went to the field to pick tomatoes: "Little guy! You are still injured. What door, where do you go?"

"I... I'll go find tiger skins to play."

Tiger skin is the hair of a neighbor's house.

"The tiger skin is not at home, come back, cut the bag-what's going on with the skin?" Grandpa took him back, and Xue Youka never found a suitable opportunity to go out and pay the money again.

In the evening, the adults continued to play cards, and after the game ended, they left Xue Youka, who was already familiar on the bed (chuang) (sleeping Shui).

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The next morning, Xue Youka swallowed the tea eggs and was about to go out to pay the money, but Xue Tianliang drove over and brought life (in yong) products to his son, and packed two schoolbags: "It's your mother who gave it to you. Clean it up, here are your toothbrush and toothpaste, face wash kerchief, and clothes..." Xue Tianliang was stunned for a few seconds when he took out the clothes.

Xue Youka also saw it, and then wailed: "Why did my mother pack a bunch of skirts for me!"

"Uh... these are your cousin's, the quality is pretty good, you have only had the operation for a few days, and it is not convenient to move, so you will wear it? Or dad will run again and get you other clothes.

"No need, Dad, don't go, anyway...Anyway, there is no one else here." Xue Youka looked at the pile of skirts sadly, and then opened another bulging schoolbag. He thought it would be snacks, but as soon as he opened it, there were overwhelming seventh-grade textbooks, even textbooks such as thought and morality, and even a CD-ROM for learning phonetic symbols.

"Your mother didn't know that you wanted to stay at (奶Nai)(奶Nai) for a few days, so she brought them all. She said that she would check your homework for a while. You can't slack off, you know-but, Dad thinks, you don’t have to. It’s tight, learning and playing at the same time, a combination of work and rest. You can’t always study, and you can’t always play, okay?"

"Yeah!" He nodded heavily, and Xue Tianliang asked if he needed anything else. Xue Youka shook his head, and Xue Tianliang said, "Daddy will play with you in the afternoon and leave at night."

"Are you going to Beihai again?"

"Leave at six tomorrow morning."

When Xue Tianliang left, Xue Youka chased him out and hugged him, almost crying again. In fact, he doesn't like to cry, but since the operation, he has become particularly sentimental in the two days. Xue Youka has realized this, and thinks that he had cut the one and wore a skirt, so he became a mother, and he became more melancholy.

After Xue Tianliang left, it was already 7 o'clock in the afternoon. Grandpa (奶Nai) (奶Nai) was soaking his feet to watch TV. He didn't notice that his grandson had changed clothes and sneaked out.

He used to send tiger skins to the next door, and he liked to ride a bicycle around when he was fine. Xue Youka knew the way in these ten miles and eight townships. Besides, the family he owed money lived on the river bank. The house is said to be There are a lot of rumors on the land bought by the rich, and there have been no people living there. Xue Youka had gone there a few times before to play outside.

He was inconvenient to move, even if he was wearing a skirt. He walked slowly for forty minutes, from sunset to dusk until the sky was almost dark, and finally found this house.

Standing in front of the door, he gently knocked on the door with a knocker: "Is anyone home?"

no respond.

"Is anyone there?" Xue Youka shouted a few times outside, but still didn't hear a response.

Just as I was about to leave, I suddenly heard a voice from inside: "Ahee!"

Huh? Isn't this someone?

Why don't you open the door...

Xue Youka knocked on the door again, and heard the sound of sneezing from time to time, but no one opened the door. He sat down on the doorstep wonderingly, watching the sun go down the mountain completely, the moon rose, and he was about to get up to leave. From a distance, Xue Youka saw two dazzling lights in front of him, raising his arms to block it (强qiang) Light, ears are the sound of cars running over the concrete road.

(强qiang) The light faded, Xue Youka heard the unique "bang" of closing the car door. The sound was loud, and it sounded like the person closing the car door was very angry.

Then there was the sound of the car starting again, and the car drove away again.

Xue Youka was a little dazed, and was about to stand up, only to find that his legs were a little weak.

Cheng Yu gave the money to the taxi driver and went into the outer courtyard. Under the light of the floor lamp, he suddenly saw a person sitting on the doorstep.

It's a child.

Girl.

Cheng Yu walked over.

"Why are you here?" he asked condescendingly.

"Return your money." Xue Youka wore a skirt with pockets. He took out the coin he asked his father for yesterday. He raised his head. The whole face of the boy was in the shadows. The deep outline looked special. Yin Xie, Xue Youka didn't even dare to speak too loudly, and yelled, "You said yesterday afternoon that I would pay back the money. I will pay you back if you want to. I'm creditable. Thank you for lending me the money to ride the car. ."

Cheng Yu was in a terrible mood. Hearing that he was holding the coin and holding the key to open the lock on the door, his voice was very cold: "The debt is cleared, you can go."

"Oh……"

Cheng Yu opened the door and found that he was still sitting still. He lowered his head and looked at him coldly: "Aren't you leaving?"

"I can't get up, it hurts a bit. Don't rush me, I know to go." Xue Youka held the stone lantern in front of the door and slowly stood up, his expression aggrieved, "I didn't eat your rice. ."

Cheng Yu frowned slightly, remembering that the first time she saw this little girl that day, she was crying on the bridge, as if she was about to jump into the river, as if she was hurt.

"Which hurts?"

"Chicken...legs and legs hurt."

chapter04.

"Where do you live, ask your family to pick you up." Even if the girl stood up, she was much shorter than Cheng Yu, and she could see the soft top of her hair as soon as she lowered her head.

"I can walk back, it won't be long." Xue Youka underestimated the various complications after the operation. It took 40 minutes to walk from home, and the doctor's order was that he should try not to walk before the stitches were removed.

I had known that it hurt so much that I wouldn't borrow this money!

Cheng Yu saw the girl limping and walking slowly, like a tortoise crawling, and looked very pitiful. He frowned and closed the door directly.

Cheng Yu went upstairs, the wind was a bit strong, he closed the curtains, stood in front of the window and glanced down.

It was dark outside, and the moonlight tonight was surprisingly faint, and in the dark woods, the child he had driven away was no longer visible.

Xue You was stuck after dark and didn't dare to walk the small road. There were tomb bags everywhere in the countryside. He didn't even bring a flashlight, so how dare he walk the small road alone.

The sky (color) was completely dark, Xue Youka walked with her skirt, and suddenly, a dazzling light appeared in front of her eyes.

A car is coming. He stood by the side of the road, waiting for the car to pass.

Weibo hurried home, driving fast. Seeing a little girl walking in front of him from a distance, he let go of the accelerator and his speed dropped to 10 miles. As he approached the child, Weibo glanced sideways.

what.

He stopped the car and backed up a few steps.

"My kid, why are you?" Weibo opened the automatic window, "Why are you walking outside alone at so late?"