It was autumn again. Qiuhua was promoted to fifth grade, and Zhao Meiying and Zhou Hehua were promoted to first grade. Junior high school and elementary school were not in the same place, so Wu Xin became her new dining partner.
"Qiuhua, eat this."
Wu Xin picked out a piece of meat from the lunch box and gave it to Qiuhua. It should be a piece of meat. It was golden in color and a little soft when bitten. The real meat was inside.
Qiuhua blinked her big eyes and asked, "What kind of meat is this?"
"It's just pork, coated in flour and fried."
Seeing Qiuhua chewing with satisfaction, Wu Xin was very happy. He wanted to pick out food from his lunch box again. Qiuhua hurriedly hugged her lunch box in her arms to cover it.
"No, no, it's rare for you to have a good meal."
Wu Xin's lunch box always contains white rice and pickles, while Qiuhua's lunch box is getting better and better.
At first we had steamed sweet potatoes, then we had white rice, and now we even have meat.
"Did Dad come to see you again?"
It was only when Wu Xin's father came that things would be different. He had told Qiuhua that every time his father came, he would bring food and money.
The things in the city were really something I had never seen before. Just like that new thing coated in flour and fried, although it was soft on the outside after being steamed, its fragrance was still better than any meat Qiuhua had ever eaten.
"He didn't come."
Wu Xin placed his chopsticks on the lunch box and pushed it towards Qiu Hua, saying, "I'm done. You can eat this piece of meat."
Qiuhua took a glance and saw that half of the white rice was neatly left on the right side of the lunch box, with no rice hanging anywhere else. The last piece of fried meat was lying on the lid of the lunch box.
Even though he is such a grown-up, his appetite is almost the same as Xiaohua's.
"He seldom comes here." Wu Xin pretended to be relaxed and calm. Qiuhua lowered her head and didn't look at him.
He didn't realize that when he said this, he felt as if someone was strangling his throat.
"That man came yesterday and gave us all this meat and food, and also gave us money."
The person Wu Xin was talking about was the young man who always followed his old father and called him "teacher".
"You eat it, you eat less than Xiaohua." Qiuhua also learned from him to eat from one side of the lunch box, but the remaining rice could never be so neatly arranged.
"Wow, what a good thing this is." The black dog jumped out from somewhere, picked up the fried meat without any hesitation, stuffed it into his mouth, and finally put his thumb and index finger into his mouth and sucked them.
"What are you doing! Do you have any shame?"
Qiuhua was so angry that she stood up and argued with him. She hadn't even finished her meal when she felt sick.
"Why? You guys didn't want to eat it, so I ate it for you because I didn't want it to be wasted. Don't thank me."
He smiled smugly, his eyes rolling around, "You two eat together every day, what's going on? Are you engaged?
I thought you, Wu Xin, were some promising person, but you're just showing off in front of a little bitch!"
Wu Xin pulled Qiuhua down to sit down and said coldly, "It's just a piece of meat. There's no need to bother with a dog."
"What did you say!"
The black dog's eyes were wide open, and his fur was standing on end, as he entered a fighting state. He waved his hand and lifted the table in front of Wu Xin. Qiuhua was sitting opposite Wu Xin and was hit hard by the corner of the table that suddenly came over.
Wu Xin stood up with anger. In just a few months, his body had grown taller than the black dog, but he was still very thin.
"Apologize immediately!" He lowered his voice, but it couldn't hide the oppressive feeling emanating from his body.
Black Dog clenched his fists tightly and carefully considered the timing of his punch. If he were to fight, both sides would probably suffer losses and no one would gain an advantage.
"Wu Xin!" A man's voice broke the tense atmosphere, "Go home quickly!"
"I'm not going back." Wu Xin ignored him.
"You!" The man outside walked straight in. He was tall and strong, with dark skin and prominent facial features, especially his thick lips.
"Hurry back! Dad hasn't come back for two days. Why don't you come with me to find him?"
Judging from the tone of his voice, this person should be Wu Xin's elder brother. Hei Gou thought that it was a one-on-two situation and he was obviously at a disadvantage, so he disappeared in shame while the two were talking.
Everyone in the classroom looked at the strange man and Wu Xin. He had no choice but to pack up and leave. Before leaving, he reminded Qiuhua to be careful when going home in the afternoon.
"Is that man Wu Xin's elder brother?" Qiuhua couldn't help but ask the person sitting in front of Wu Xin. They were from the same village.
The guy sitting at the table in front of me also had meat at noon, but he probably had bad teeth, so he would suck meat from between his teeth with a slurping sound every day.
Today was not as smooth as before. After trying for a long time, he still failed. He simply put his index finger into his mouth to pick it, sucked his saliva, and put his finger under his nose to smell it before giving up.
"Yes, it's his elder brother." He smiled mysteriously and leaned closer to Qiuhua and said, "They don't look alike at all, do they?"
A heavy breath came over, Qiuhua nodded, and quietly moved to the back.
The two brothers have only one thing in common, that is, they are tall.
Wu Xin was pale and thin, while his brother was dark and stocky. Of course, this might also be because Wu Xin hadn't fully grown up yet. Besides, their facial features were completely different.
One has a high nose bridge, thin lips, and a style that strangers should stay away from; the other has a flat nose bridge, thick lips, and a strong rustic flavor.
"Hehe, you don't know this. They all say Wu Xin is from Shanghai and isn't his father's biological son at all."
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Seeing Qiuhua's stunned look, the person at the table in front of him became even more excited and asked again, "Do you know why his mother jumped into the river?"
Qiuhua was shocked. She had always thought that Wu Xin's mother had gone crazy and jumped into the river. Could there be some hidden secret?
She had no idea about such a big thing. Wu Xin was avoiding it, so was she?
"Let me tell you, Wu Xin's mother is really a beautiful woman. She's fairer, even fairer than Wu Xin. I've even seen her handwriting!" He lowered his voice, "It's a hundred times more beautiful than Old Eggplant's!
But, his father beat her every other day. And his brother was also full of nonsense. In short, it was very complicated. His mother was so angry with them that she jumped into the river.
Qiuhua saw the gossipy look on the face of the person in front of her, and could even see the corners of his mouth slightly turned up, which is an expression common to people who like to gossip.
At this moment, it seemed as if a hole had opened in her heart, and the wind outside was blowing in through the hole. She felt that she knew nothing about Wu Xin.
She knew that he always endured it, but he smiled at her, so she didn't ask the reason anymore.
She didn't know when in the future she would be able to understand the boy's unconcealed heart.
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