Chapter 16: Rotten Grass Without Fireflies (I)
Ever since looking in the mirror, E Shifang has become a little withdrawn, keeping his head buried in his body and refusing to come out.
Xiao Xing was so anxious that she was running around in circles, trying every possible way to make E Shifang happy:
"Goose, don't be sad. Even if you don't have any feathers on your wings, you are still the most handsome goose in the world!"
"Goose, do you want to hear the story of the ugly duckling?"
"Goose, can I sing a song for you? In the summer night sky, many elves are flying; fly slowly and listen quietly, the frogs are croaking in the distance..."
The tender voice of a child danced into the air along with the twinkling lights of fireflies. Xie Mian was lying on the railing on the second floor, chewing mango candy.
He was flipping through the photos of him and Lin Heng on his phone, and imagining the locations of nearby hospitals and pharmacies in his mind.
"Fuck, there's so much gold hidden here!"
"I'm rich, I'm rich!"
"Brother Feng, Big Head Orange, come here quickly!"
On the first floor, people, having eaten and drunk their fill, emerged from the basement level one after another, milling around. All of them carried bulging bags, some even pulling suitcases.
The person who spoke was called Pai Gu, the thin man who was the first to speak and leave after beating up the big-bellied man.
"I was wondering why all the things on the counter were gone. Turns out someone got there first."
Brother Feng kicked the big bag filled with gold, silver and jewelry at his feet, and rubbed out the cigarette in his mouth by pressing it against his foreskin.
"Brother Feng, there's another pack here!"
Pai Gu found a big bag from under another counter not far away.
"This...this couldn't be hidden by that guy, right?"
Big Head Orange looked upstairs with some fear.
Hearing what Big Head Orange said, Brother Feng and Pai Gu's faces turned pale at the same time.
"Brother Feng, how about we..."
Pai Gu swallowed his saliva, looked at the gold, silver and jewelry in the bag, and tightened and loosened his grip on the bag strap.
That guy looks like a tough guy, and the three of them combined may not be his match.
Feng was also a little hesitant. The guy's eyes were so cold that they were frightening. It was totally not what a normal person should have. Although the money was good, life was also important.
Just as Brother Feng started to yell at Pai Gu and Da Tou Ju to leave, a woman suddenly rushed over and lay on the bag:
"You two are going to die! This is mine! Who dares to steal it?"
"Husband, come here quickly, someone is stealing our things!"
The woman kept hiding the bag under herself and cursing.
The moment they saw the woman rushing over, Brother Feng and the other two all showed joy in their eyes.
"Fuck it, get out!"
Brother Feng pushed the woman aside and picked up the bag on the ground. Big Orange excitedly picked up another bag.
"You bunch of robbers, this is my stuff, don't steal it, don't steal it!"
The woman frantically tried to stop the three men who were about to leave, but was kicked to the ground by Pai Gu again.
"What are you doing? How can you just rob people? Are you being unreasonable?"
Xiao Xing's father rushed over, put Taotao in his arms on the ground, and waved his fist at Brother Feng and the other two.
Brother Feng snorted coldly, rolled up his sleeves, and punched Xiao Xing's father all over the face.
"Ahhh, this is my gold, this is my gold..."
Upstairs, Xiao Xing, who was singing "Firefly", suddenly shut her mouth.
"Big brother, I seem to hear Dad's voice."
Xiao Xing stood up, walked to the guardrail, and wanted to look down.
"You heard wrong."
Xie Mian turned around, blocking Xiao Xing's sight:
"Let's go to the amusement park. The song you just sang was very nice. In exchange, I'll treat you to a visit!"
"Really? Thank you, big brother!"
Hearing the word "amusement park", Xiao Xing jumped up excitedly and ran upstairs first.
Xie Mian looked back downstairs, picked up the still autistic E Shifang, and followed slowly behind.
Downstairs, the one-sided beating had reached a fever pitch.
Brother Feng was still punching fiercely. Pai Gu looked around the crowd and saw the fat boy crying for his parents. He walked over, pressed the boy's head hard, and pulled off the gold necklaces on his neck one by one.
"You bad guy, this is my gold necklace!"
"Wow wow wow, mom and dad..."
Taotao, whose gold necklace was taken away, rolled on the ground crying, while Xiaoxing happily slid down the slide of the inflatable castle and fell into the colorful ocean balls.
“Quack, quack, quack?”
Do you want to take Xiao Xing away?
In the children's playground, Xie Mian sat on a stool outside the inflatable castle, and E Shifang sat next to Xie Mian.
Hearing E Shifang's question, Xie Mian didn't say anything, but he had already made a decision in his heart.
In addition to the inflatable castle, there are many other fun things to do here: fishing, miniature trains, claw machines, handmade DIY, parent-child reading...
After playing with the inflatable castle for a while, Xiao Xing ran to the fish pond sweating profusely to fish. After fishing for a while, she excitedly started driving the train.
The little train was turning around and around, and when it passed by a row of claw machines, Xiao Xing was stunned.
She got off the little train and stood in front of a claw machine, biting her finger. The machine was filled with pink strawberry bears.
"Want to catch a doll?"
Xie Mian walked behind Xiao Xing.
"But there's no electricity..."
Xiao Xing held a coin tightly in her hand and looked at the strawberry bear in the machine with some disappointment.
"Well... I have an idea," Xie Mian ruffled Xiao Xing's hair and said, "Brother will open the claw machine, mark the doll you want, then blindfold you and shuffle the dolls."
"You throw a coin and you can catch one doll. If you catch the doll with the label, you win. If you catch any other doll, you lose!"
Xiao Xing looked at the Strawberry Bear in the claw machine, hesitated for a few seconds, and then nodded heavily.
Xie Mian opened the door of the claw machine, untied one of the shoelaces wrapped around his wrist, and handed it to Xiao Xing.
Xiao Xing wrapped it around a strawberry bear with crooked eyes in a corner and tied a bow.
Then put the one-yuan coin in your hand into the coin slot.
The coin enters through the upper hole and comes out through the lower hole a few seconds later.
But Xiao Xing didn't see it because Xie Mian had covered her eyes with his hands.
"Little Bear, don't be afraid, I will take you away!"
At the same time, Goose Shifang picked up the bandage bear, and the tips of its wings moved silently with Xiaoxing's hands.
Only after Xiao Xing grabbed the straps and made sure the bear stopped changing did it quietly loosen its wingtips.
“3, 2, 1, time’s up!”
Xie Mian spoke and released his hands that were covering Xiao Xing's eyes.
Looking at Strawberry Bear with shoelaces tied in his hand, Xiao Xing jumped up happily:
"Big brother, thank you!"
Xiao Xing held the Strawberry Bear in her arms and couldn't let it go: "Huh?" She suddenly realized that the coin she had just put in did not fall into the machine.
"Why didn't the coin go in?" Xiao Xing was a little surprised.
"It's probably because there's no electricity." Xie Mian said.
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