To Xia Xia

Spring in Lijiaping came late, and after a harsh winter, the water in the river began to dissolve gradually at the end of February, and the pear trees on both sides of the river did not see a few sporadic white flowers until it was almost May.

Bai Xia's family lived not far from the river, and every time he played by the river, his grandma yelled at his door, and Bai Xia could hear him.

The morning in April was brighter than usual, and just after dawn, Bai Xia got dressed, put on her schoolbag and went out.Ten minutes later, wrapped in a thick sweater, he stopped in front of a yard.

"Aunt Li, where is Brother Jiashu?"

"I'm eating, I can't get up in the morning, no, I'm only eating now, you have to make fun of him later!"

Li Qinsheng was taking care of the flowers and plants in the yard, which had been severely frozen this winter, and she was thinking of going back to the market to buy some seeds.

"Then I'll go in and have a look." Bai Xia pulled her schoolbag and walked into the house.

Li Jiashu had just finished his last sip of porridge, when he saw Bai Xia coming in, he quickly wiped his mouth, "Xia Xia, why are you so early?"

Bai Xia looked up at his watch, where is it early?It's almost seven o'clock, and you might be late for school.

"Brother Jiashu, Auntie said you're staying up again." Bai Xia teased him, it's good that the weather has gotten warmer recently, every time he came to see Brother Jiashu in winter, he still hasn't gotten up yet!

Hearing that he was being teased by Xia Xia, Li Jiashu blushed and quickly changed the subject, "Wait for me, I'll get my schoolbag."

As he said that, he rushed to the back room and came out after 2 minutes. At this time, he was already dressed, with his schoolbag on his back and fully armed.

"Go, brother will take you to school."

Bai Xia nodded in embarrassment, and followed Li Jiashu like a little daughter-in-law without saying a word.

Aunt Li saw the two came out of the house one after the other, and had already pushed the newly bought bicycle for her son out of the shed on the east side, "Where are the gloves, kid?"

"Mom, what's wrong with you, you're still wearing gloves, it's so hot."

Li Jiashu looked at Li Meisheng complainingly, tired of listening to her earnest nagging, but Bai Xia nodded to Aunt Li's instructions.

"Be careful on the road."

Aunt Li saw that her son didn't have a child three years younger than him who was obedient, so she couldn't help sighing, and let him go. Who let Li Jiashu's rebellion be inherited from her!

On the country road in the early morning, a bicycle carried two people through it. Bai Xia was sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, holding the corner of Li Jiashu's flying coat tightly with both hands. There was a faint fragrance when the breeze blew.The white mist in the distance is dissipating, it rained last night, the muddy country road is not easy to walk, and the puddles made Bai Xia's hand holding his clothes tighter.

Bai Xia and Li Jiashu are neighbors, um... used to be neighbors.

Ever since Bai Xia could remember, he had been following Li Jiashu in a desperate manner, wherever Li Jiashu went, he would go there, sometimes grandma called him several times before he was willing to go back.When he was ten years old, he and his grandmother moved to the east of the village, and the days of being neighbors with Li Jiashu were gone forever.

However, although they are no longer neighbors, the relationship between the two families has not deteriorated at all. Bai Xia gets up early every day, regardless of the wind or snow, and goes across half the village to find Li Jiashu, and then the two of them go to school together.

Lijiaping is a small village surrounded by mountains and rivers. There are no more than [-] households in the whole village. There is only one primary school in the village. After primary school, the children have to ride their bicycles to the middle school in the neighboring villages and towns.

The neighboring village is a larger town with better teaching facilities. The son of the village chief came back from the city with a lot of money in the past two years. He not only improved the equipment of the junior high school, but also built a high school. The teachers were all invited from the city. , so children from several nearby villages come to school here, which is much better than the distant counties with high tuition fees.

Bai Xia and Li Jiashu both go to this school, but one is a sophomore in middle school and the other is a sophomore in high school.

As for why Bai Xia didn't ride a bike himself, but Li Jiashu insisted on letting Li Jiashu ride him, it started when he learned to ride a bike when he was seven years old.

I heard from grandma that Bai Xia's reaction is always a bit slower than others, slow in learning to speak, slow in learning to walk, and learning to bike is naturally a year slower than others.At that time, he and Li Jiashu were still neighbors, and he cried when he fell down while learning to bike. His brother Jiashu always came to watch the fun.One day, Bai Xia was practicing his small bicycle in the yard. Li Jiashu, who came back from school, saw him and sneaked around behind Bai Xia playfully and pushed him. Unexpectedly, this push pushed Xiao Baixia and the bike together. Xiao Bai Xia was crushed under the bicycle and cried non-stop. When the adults came and took Bai Xia to the clinic to have a look, it turned out that his left arm was broken, and it took a whole month of plaster to heal.

From then on, let alone riding a bicycle, Bai Xia didn't even want to touch it, but she couldn't let an adult give it to her when she went to school, not to mention that Grandma Bai was too old to stand such a torment. The car took Bai Xia to school, and Li Jiashu knew that it was caused by himself, and felt guilty, so he agreed, and it lasted for several years.

"Xia Xia?" Li Jiashu saw that Bai Xia in the back seat was thinking about something, and he called him several times but didn't respond, so he patted him on the shoulder, "Xia Xia, it's time to go to school."

"Oh...I'm going to the classroom. Goodbye, brother Jiashu." Bai Xia hurriedly got off the back seat, waved to him, and said goodbye.The junior high school building takes 2 minutes longer to walk than the high school building, so Bai Xia quickened his pace.

Li Jiashu watched him walk away inexplicably, locked the car, and went to the classroom.

After school in the evening, Li Jiashu had to go to an evening self-study session, but Bai Xia didn't have to, so he always read in the classroom, and when Li Jiashu was off for evening self-study, the two of them went back together.

Li Jiashu was the first to rush out of the classroom when the last bell of the school ended in the evening. He didn't like studying. Although the college entrance examination was about to take place, he didn't have the slightest interest in it, and he didn't plan to take it.When he arrived at the carport, Li Jiashu sat on the car seat and waited, but he couldn't wait for Bai Xia. He was already here after school, but today he waited almost 10 minutes and no one came.Just when Li Jiashu was going to look for him in the junior high school building, he saw a thin figure approaching from a distance.

He fixed his eyes and saw that it was Bai Xia.

"Xia Xia, why is it so late today?"

"I read so much that I forgot the time."

Li Jiashu saw that he loves learning so much, which is the opposite of himself, so he smiled and said to him, "Xia Xia loves learning so much, she must be promising when she grows up."

Bai Xia bowed her head in embarrassment after being praised by him.

It was good that he didn't bow his head, but when he lowered his head, Li Jiashu saw the scar on his neck covered by his clothes.

"Xia Xia, what's going on here?" Li Jiashu's tone was heavy, he was very angry now and could hardly calm down, "Did you get bullied by your classmates?"

"No... I did it by accident." Bai Xia's voice was very small, like the buzzing of a mosquito reaching Li Jiashu's ears.

You don't need to think about it to know that he is lying. It's not the first time that Bai Xia was bullied by her classmates. The last time she was warned by Li Jiashu, she restrained herself for a while, but she didn't expect to bully Xia Xia again now.

"Tell me who it is, and I'll help you out."

"No, it's just a joke among classmates." Bai Xia quickly explained.

"What a joke, are they the same people from last time?"

He was silent and didn't speak, which was a tacit consent.The one who took the lead in bullying Bai Xia was a little fat guy, who was well-known as a bully in school, a typical bully who bullied his classmates everywhere because his mother was a teacher.Last time Li Jiashu didn't realize the seriousness of the matter and only warned him a few words, but he didn't expect that the other party not only didn't listen, but even worsened.

"Let's go, I'll help you get revenge." Li Jiashu said, making a counterattack.

Bai Xia was terrified. Li Jiashu will graduate in one year, and he must not cause any trouble, otherwise the stain will follow the file for the rest of his life, so he hurriedly stopped him, "No brother Jiashu, let's go back quickly, otherwise Auntie and Grandma should Worried."

Li Jiashu looked at the time, it was indeed getting late, thinking that he would beat up that kid tomorrow, so that he could improve his memory, so as not to bully Xia Xia all the time.

"Okay then, let's go back first."

"kindness."

This time Li Jiashu didn't ask Bai Xia why, but it must be the same as last time, so as not to bring up Xia Xia's sadness.

Last time he asked Xia Xia the reason, Xia Xia faltered and hawed to tell the reason.

Bai Xia has no father or mother, and only lives with her grandma.It has been like this for as long as he can remember. He asked grandma before, but whenever he mentioned it, grandma kept crying and didn't tell him anything. She just sat on the recliner and said over and over again, "God My heart is too cruel...God's heart is too cruel..."

When Bai Xia grows up, he finds out from other people's gossip that he actually has parents, not only that, but he also has an older sister named Bai Dong.At that time, Grandpa Bai hadn't passed away yet, and the three generations lived under the same roof. Although he was not rich, his life was still manageable.

The incident happened when Bai Xia was three years old.

One night, Bai Xia's sister had a high fever, and went to the only two clinics in the village, but the fever did not go away. The doctor said it was pneumonia, and if the fever continued like this, the child would be burnt out, so Bai's father and mother borrowed a car. , took his elder sister Bai Dong to see a doctor in the county town.Unexpectedly, he was hit and smashed by an oncoming truck on the way. The family of three survived, and the driver who caused the accident escaped and has not been caught yet.

Grandpa Bai already had a heart attack, he couldn't hold back when he heard the news, and followed them.From now on, only Bai Xia and grandma are left in the family.

Ever since Bai Xia found out about this, he has been studying hard, because grandma said that knowledge can change one's destiny, and only by studying hard can one live a good life, so he can't let grandma suffer anymore.

Li Jiashu looked back at Xia Xia. He grabbed his clothes and frowned, wondering what he was thinking, which made him feel distressed.

The two have their own thoughts, and the evening wind passes through their hair.

Who said teenagers don't know how to feel sad?

The author has something to say:

The previous "If It's Not You" was renamed "Zhi Xia Xia", and the character set has changed a lot, so I reopened the pit, and I will stick to it this time!