One month later.
The school bell rang.
As usual, there was a huge crowd of parents at the school gate, all of them craning their necks, waiting for their children to come out.
After the siblings entered third grade, Xu Qing and Jiang He rarely picked them up. The school was between the flower shop and the old house. Whether it was to the flower shop or back to the old house, it was just a matter of walking. If it was Shi 'an alone, he might have to worry about it. The siblings would go to the old neighborhood to find friends when they got bored at the flower shop on the weekends.
As Jiangcheng developed, there were fewer and fewer dogs. Back then, Xiaoyan and the group of naughty kids could run around and get chased by dogs. The siblings didn't even have to worry about this.
"Knowledge is power, right?" Xu Shi 'an held the strap of his school bag on his shoulders and walked to the school gate with his friends. The red scarf on his chest fluttered.
The words on the wall said, "Knowledge is power. Knowledge changes fate."
"Yes."
"Unity is also power. That's what we sing."
"What's wrong?"
"Unity is knowledge!" Xu Shi 'an waved his fist and turned to look at Ah Qing. He said excitedly, "If the two of us unite, won't we have knowledge? Why would we need to attend classes? "
Ah Qing, who was beside him, was stunned and could not help but fall into deep thought.
"Yes!" Ah Qing suddenly realized and clapped. Why was Shi 'an such a genius?
"Let's unite!"
"…"
Xu Jin and Xiaoxiao, who were two steps behind, secretly rolled their eyes. Two idiots.
"How are you going to unite?"
Hearing Xu Jin's voice, Ah Qing's excited expression turned to doubt. He turned to look at Shi 'an. "Yes, how are we going to unite?"
"That's what you need to think about. I'll think about the first half and you think about the second half. Then, we can throw this stupid school bag away." Xu Shi 'an encouraged him. When they reached the school gate, the person who came to pick Xiaoxiao up was Qin Hao and not Qin Maocai.
If Qin Maocai came to pick Xiaoxiao up, they could go over and talk to him. They could call him Grandpa Qin and then say goodbye to Xiaoxiao tomorrow …
"Hello, Uncle Qin!"
Xu Shi 'an greeted them obediently. He didn't want to get close to them even though they were a few steps apart. Uncle Qin wasn't a good person. Every time he said that he liked Xiaoxiao, he would be flicked on the head.
He was the kind of landlord that prevented his daughter from being with a scholar on TV. He was an evil person, extremely detestable.
However, the brave Shi An would not yield.
He waved at Xiaoxiao, and Xiaoxiao secretly waved back. She stood behind Qin Hao with a smile on her face, sticking out her tongue and pointing at her father.
Xiaoxiao, who used to be a little introverted, became more and more lively as she grew up. Qin Hao didn't know if it had anything to do with the siblings. Seeing their little movements, Qin Hao shook the key in his hand without saying anything and took Xiaoxiao to the parking place.
"He will become your father-in-law in the future and beat you up every day." Xu Jin looked back at Qin Hao's chubby back and threatened Shi An.
"Then don't let him be." Xu Shi 'an didn't care.
"You don't want to marry Xiaoxiao?" Xu Jin was very surprised. How could boys be like this? One day, they said that they would always love Xiaoxiao, and the next, they said that they wouldn't marry her.
"Yes, but I won't let him be my father-in-law."
"If you marry Xiaoxiao, he will be your father-in-law. There's no other way."
"Is that so?"
Xu Shi 'an was startled. He had to think of a way. How could he marry Xiaoxiao and not get beaten up?
He pondered all the way to the flower shop. When he saw Jiang He standing at the door, Xu Shi 'an forgot about this problem. Anyway, he couldn't figure it out now.
Last night, he took out a large amount of change from the secret storage cabinet in his room. He counted them one by one and held them tightly in his hands. He raised his head and thought for a long time, then counted with his fingers. He put the huge amount of change in his bag and carried it for the whole day. Finally, this was the time he had been waiting for.
"Mom, I want that!"
Xu Shi 'an took out a large pile of change from his bag and piled it on the table. Seeing this, Xu Jin felt sour – it was supposed to be her money.
Jiang He blinked and looked in the direction his son was pointing. It was a bunch of Platycodon flowers.
Platycodon flowers were mostly used as a decoration, mixed with other flowers and made into flower baskets. If taken alone, it would not be as gorgeous as a rose, nor would it have the elegance of a lily.
Even if Xu Shi 'an found it pleasing to the eye, Xiaoxiao would definitely find it nice too. Because Xiaoxiao was just like the flower, even more so when she wore a blue dress.
"You saved up for so long just to buy a flower?" A few days ago, Jiang He and Xu Qing were still guessing what his son would buy when he saved up enough money. They didn't expect it to still be flowers.
"You have to think carefully. You can't return the money you bought. You'll thank me in a few days. It's useless even if you call mom."
"I have thought it through!"
Xu Shi 'an was very proud. He would get beaten up for secretly taking flowers. Now he had money.
"Are you silly? Isn't it good to buy something delicious? "Xu Jin looked at his silly younger brother taking money to buy flowers. He had money but didn't know how to use it.
"No, I want to buy flowers."
When they got home, Jiang He pulled Xu Qing aside and secretly discussed whether it was normal for Shi 'an to like someone at such a young age.
"It's very normal. You didn't go to school. At that time, we also secretly pulled the hair of the girls sitting in front of us, passed notes, and wrote love letters … Hazy feelings of affection are formed very early. We even played house and became wives before we went to school. It's very normal."
Xu Qing didn't mind. He also went through that time. Although he couldn't remember many things clearly, even the names of the girls sitting in front of him, he still remembered the long hair that was tied up. When he was bored in class, he could fiddle with it with a ballpoint pen and tell the teacher about it.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiao Jin if she passed notes to others or something," he said casually.
Thinking about how Shi 'an saved up money to send flowers to Xiaoxiao, he scratched his head. "But Shi' an is indeed a little bold. At that time, we were all sneaky, afraid of being discovered by others. He was too thick-skinned. He … doesn't this brat know shame?"
"Do you know what shame is?" Jiang He looked at him.
"Why don't I know?"
"Have you ever blushed?"
"I …" Xu Qing thought about it and decided to skip this topic. "It's all your fault. You made him feel that liking someone is not a shameful thing."
"Who did it? Tell me clearly, who did it? "
Jiang He rolled up his sleeves and was about to pull him to the balcony for some exercise. This guy was a little fat recently and needed to exercise more.
Xu Qing refused to let go of the computer. Jiang He let him go for the time being. He tidied up the living room and looked at the siblings' half-closed door. He walked over and snuck into Xu Jin's room. Xu Jin was lying on the small desk doing his homework for the day.
Seeing Jiang He come in and sit on the bed, Xu Jin looked at him vigilantly. He didn't know what his mother was doing here.
"Xiao Jin, is there anything fun in school?" Jiang He asked casually.
"No."
"Oh, is there a particularly smart boy in class?"
"Uh … there is one. He snatched first place from me several times." Xu Jin licked his lips. "I really want to beat him up, but he didn't do anything to me. I can't find a reason to beat him up."
"…"
Jiang He came out of Xu Jin's room and went to her son's room. She felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when Shi 'an was counting his fingers and racking his brains to calculate.
"Why didn't you buy a doll or something after saving up money? You can play with it for a long time. Is it because Xiaoxiao likes flowers?" She asked Shi 'an casually.
"Yeah."
"She told you that?"
"I guessed it myself."
"… What if she doesn't like it? Wouldn't you have wasted your money? The flowers will wither in three or four days. "Jiang He looked at Shi 'an and said. This child was a little stubborn and didn't seem to be as smart as Xu Jin.
"She won't dislike it." Xu Shi 'an shook his head and lowered his head to write down the numbers he calculated.
"You're so sure?"
"Yeah."
"Alright … Anyway, don't cry and ask your mother for a refund."
"A man never regrets!" This was what Xu Qing often taught him.
Hearing his son say that he was a man, Jiang He smiled and patted him lightly. Bullsh * t, how could a child be a man …
Jiang He didn't interfere with his homework and quietly went out to close the door.
Hearing the door open, Xu Shi 'an looked sideways and continued to wrestle with his textbook.
None of them knew that Xiaoxiao liked flowers the most.
Ever since he exchanged flowers with Xiaoxiao in kindergarten, Xiaoxiao liked to secretly hold his hand. Xu Shi 'an was very sure that Xiaoxiao liked flowers.
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