Obligations of the elderly

"Big head, big head, don't worry about the rain..." Squatting by the pond with an umbrella, Gong Si said to the big head who was eating fish in the pond.

Aji was placed between his legs and sat on the straps. When he saw the big head for the first time, Aji's eyes widened and he made "oh" and "oh" from time to time.

No one ate the stewed fish that was supposed to be given to Xiliu, so Gongsi gave all of it to Datou.

Big head is a strange fish. He doesn't know if other big fish will eat human food, anyway, Big head loves it very much.

After eating, he rinsed his mouth in the water again, and then the big head reappeared and jumped out with two fins on the edge of the pond. He also looked at Aji seriously.

"Ah!" Seeing the big head coming out of the water suddenly, Aji leaned back as if facing a formidable enemy.

Of course, his feet are off the ground now, and there is no place to use his strength, so he just kicked his legs hard, and then arched his small body into Gongsi's arms.

"This is Datou, the fish I raised." There was absolutely no intention of using baby language just because my younger brother was a baby. Three younger brothers."

The big head tilted.

Probably because the big head was so scary, Aji barely looked at it for a while, then turned his head suddenly, and leaned into his brother's arms. His small fists were tightly clutching his brother's skirt, and he couldn't come out alive.

The big head raised his head very lonely, and opened his mouth silently towards Gongsi.

"It's okay, you two don't see each other very often, it would be nice to see each other a few more times." Gong Si comforted him.

"Okay, it's getting late, I'll take him back to sleep." Gong Si stood up and waved to Datou: "Go to bed early, too."

After saying that, he left.

Leaving the big head pawing by the pool, staring at the backs of the two brothers leaving, pawing for a long, long time...

It took two days for Gongsi to get the information about Xiliu from the teacher.

"Student Xiliu is going to rest for the time being. His health has suddenly become unwell and he needs to rest. He may not be able to go to class for a short time. However, if he recovers, he will return to the team as soon as possible." ← The teacher is like this Said.

On that day, Gong Si remembered that the girls in the class and even the whole school were very sad. They checked with the teacher for a long time and found the place where he said that the stream was not allowed to be moved. up.

In the end, Gong Si had no choice but to "centralize power". Although he is now the deputy squad leader, he does all the work of the squad leader.

Well, anyway, Xiliu often left him to do what the monitor should do.

But the human heart is forgetful after all. As time passed, Xiliu's name was gradually no longer mentioned. After all, a boy with poor eyesight was replaced in his place, and the other girls also went back to their original seats.

And Gongsi also began to be called "Squad Leader", and the word "Deputy" was omitted at some point.

He still thinks of the stream often, but just thinking about it.

Afterwards, he went to Xiliu's house several times, but the gate was always closed, and a layer of moss grew on the iron gate after a long time.

Gradually, Gongsi even had less time to go to Xiliu's house, his schoolwork began to increase, Aji was getting bigger and bigger, and in autumn and summer... there were always many things that required him to be busy.

When the first heavy snow fell, the winter in Lengshui Town finally arrived——

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"It's really snowing outside!" Walking in from the outside, Qiu Xia seriously brushed off the snowflakes on Gongsi's body at the door.

The two of them came in together. Yesterday was the day when autumn and summer could go home once every two weeks. It was rare to go home. The first thing in autumn and summer was to accompany elder brother to purchase.

Growing up in Coldwater, he knew this snow would last a long time.

In Lengshui Town, it is said that there are only three snowfalls in winter. The first snow falls for a month, the second snow falls for a month and a half, and the third snow falls in early spring.

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It snows almost every day.

At this time, the most important thing for the residents of Lengshui Town is to go out to buy vegetables.

It's not the kind of buying by bag by bag, but by car by car.

It doesn't matter if you don't have a car. At this time, the supermarket in the sun-grain field will launch a special service to transport the things you buy to each town in a large truck. Walk along the main driveway of the town, and every household People only stop once, and that family goes out to unload their goods.

However, this kind of service is only provided once a year in winter. There is no way. When the snow just started, the roads are still smooth. When it snows every day, the roads in the whole town are covered with snow and frozen, making it difficult for large trucks to drive in. .

For small town residents, winter shopping is the top priority in winter~

The two brothers Gong Si and Gong Qiuxia just unloaded their own goods from the car, they just unloaded, they haven't moved in yet, they are going to open the door to prepare for the goods outside.

"Big brother! Second brother! Do you want me to help?" Dongchun ran out of the warm room wearing a padded jacket with Aji on his back.

As soon as he spoke, a puddle of snot drooped from his nostrils.

"If you have a cold recently, don't run out, just stay indoors and help us boil some hot water with Aji." Seeing his brother's dirty nose, he didn't care, Qiuxia walked over, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, Press on his brother's nose and blow his nose.

"It's a new handkerchief again! Second brother, is it a girl who gave it to you again?!" While blowing his nose forcefully, Dongchun didn't forget to gossip. He looked at the handkerchief in the second brother's hand so hard that his eyes They're almost matching eyes.

"You..." Qiuxia smiled kindly, then put the used handkerchief into Dongchun's palm: "You handle it yourself."

Dongchun blinked and looked left and right at his second brother: "Second brother, you don't seem to be cold at all~ Big brother's nose is red, you look the same as usual~"

"Because my ability is due to the ice element?" Qiu Xia said to him.

"Oh~ second brother and second brother! I have a question, are you cold every day? Last time you told me that having abilities feels like something is added to your body, if your ability is ice , There is a ball of ice next to you every day, are you cold every day?"

"Hmm...it seems a little bit, but I'm used to it now, I don't notice it..."

Watching Qiuxia take care of Dongchun, Gong Si opened the cellar where the vegetables were prepared, and took the time to glance at Aji behind Dongchun.

Like Dongchun, Aji also looked at Qiuxia, as if listening carefully to the conversation between the two brothers.

Obviously can't understand anything...

Gong Si felt a little funny.

Since Qiu Xia became a user and went to a specialized school, the Miyaya family often talked about users and utensils.Dongchun is very curious and always has endless questions. Qiuxia usually goes home once every two weeks, so he saves it up and asks when Qiuxia comes back.

Probably not only the questions that he thought of, but also the thoughts of his little friends - Gong Si thought.

And Qiuxia is always gentle and gentle, answering all the questions of the younger brother seriously.

It looks no different from the original.

But knowing him like a palace, she still keenly felt the changes in her younger brother.

He is as gentle and gentle as Qiu Xia, and there is an undiscovered domineering air on his body.

About a month after Qiu Xia entered school, there were always people from the family coming to watch, and some people came to ask if they could become Qiu Xia's weapon. The palace received at least five groups of people!

Fortunately, this situation lasted for more than a month, not even two months, and the family returned to calm again.

I don't know what Qiuxia did, but no one from the family came here to break into it.

After that, Gong Si faintly felt that his younger brother had become "dignified".

"Okay, let's talk when I have something to say, your second brother is not afraid of the cold, but your elder brother is still afraid of the cold!" Thinking about something in his heart, he looked at the sky, Gong Si had to be a villain and interrupted the conversation of the two younger brothers.

"Let's move our things in quickly, or it will freeze." He said to Qiuxia.

"Hurry up and go into the house." He waved to Dongchun again.

The two big ones worked as coolies, and the two young ones heated hot water for them in the house, and ran out from time to time to hand them some food and drink. In the severe winter, everyone in the Gong family was sweating!

After two hours of busy work, the purchased things are finally sorted out. The sorting here includes not only placement, but also preprocessing.

When they finished their work and it was just dark and too lazy to cook, the palace simply cooked a pot of hot pot with freshly bought vegetables. There were meat, shrimp and vegetables. The brothers ate a hot pot warmly and watched it together again. While on TV, seeing Dongchun's eyelids start to fight up and down, Gong Si simply carried him to sleep.

Then the two brothers also went back to bed.

In cold places, people go to bed earlier.

Before going to bed, Gong Si glanced out the window: It snowed so much on the first day of this year, so I have to get up early to shovel the snow tomorrow morning.

Not only did I have to shovel my own house, but I also had to go to Grandma Lin and a few neighbors to help. There were only two old people and children in those families. They were both neighbors and old customers. , Later it was winter and spring, and now he is still taking care of Aji. Since the age of 13, Gong Si has taken Qiu Xia to several families to help after shoveling his own snow every year.

This year is no exception.

After finishing the calculation in his mind, he drew the curtains, and Gongsi fell asleep.