Childhood sweetheart if2

The young man who was still growing up was tall and thin, with a frail figure, and did not yet have the broad shoulders and back and the stunning abdominal muscles that he later developed.

But when he lowered his body and looked over at her with a bit of impatience, Lin Qiao still smiled and thought he was so adorable.

Who could have imagined that Ji Duo was so serious and self-restrained, and would be like this when he was a child?

She didn't hesitate at all. She took a few steps forward, stood on tiptoe, and hugged the boy's neck with her little arms.

This was Ji Duo's first time carrying a girl on his back, and even his first time carrying a child.

Ji Ze was only six years younger than him, and he was a boy, so he always ran behind him. But Lin Qiao was different. She was small, had short legs, and was the niece of his father's comrade-in-arms. If she fell while running, she would definitely cry and make people feel annoyed.

As I was thinking this, someone grabbed my neck and a small body, light and soft, pressed down on my back.

It was just too light and soft. He couldn't help but help the person to lift it up, "Hold it tight."

"Yeah." Lin Qiao clasped his two short arms hard.

Knowing that the other party was afraid of dropping her, she smiled and gave the boy another kiss on the face.

Ji Duo was just standing up when he felt something wet and soft touch him. His whole body froze and he almost fell.

"What are you doing? Get out of here if you move again!" He turned around and glared at me.

It was a bright morning in early winter. Lin Qiao could clearly see the red spots on the boy's ears that were tanned by the warm sun under his cold face.

So cute, even more naive than the veteran cadres who came later.

Lin Qiao's short legs were shaken by him, and she asked instead of answering, "Brother, aren't you going out to play?"

"Then you are not allowed to move." Ji Duo's tone was still fierce, but he pushed open the gate and walked steadily over the threshold.

The boy was tall and took big steps. He soon arrived at the entrance of the alley. Just as Su Zheng had said, there were already several half-grown children waiting there.

In this day and age, every family has many children, and it is common for older ones to take care of younger ones, but Ji Duo's appearance still attracted a lot of people's attention.

"When did your mother give birth to another sister for you?" someone couldn't help but ask him.

Lin Qiao poked her head out from behind him. Before she could say anything, Su Zheng couldn't hold back his laughter and said, "That's his child bride."

No one expected that despite all the warnings, Lin Qiao didn't say anything nonsense, and Su Zhengzheng was a big mouth.

"She's the niece of my father's comrade-in-arms." Ji Duo flew over and kicked her without even putting her down.

This time Su Zheng had somewhere to run, so he turned around and shouted, "Your young wife is still on your back, aren't you afraid of dropping her?"

Ji Duo became even more annoyed after hearing this, and he subconsciously stopped his movements and tightened his hand holding Lin Qiao.

Lin Qiao noticed it and held his neck with even more force, "I'm not afraid, brother is chasing me!"

So Su Zheng didn't run far before Ji Duo suddenly accelerated and caught up with him, kicking him on the butt.

"Are you really not afraid of dropping her?" Su Zhengren staggered and quickly hid behind someone, looking at the two of them in disbelief.

Then Ji Duo made him dodge and kicked him again.

This guy is probably a bit green and playful. Even though he is at the bottom of the food chain, he still insists on provoking trouble. He becomes quiet when he is suppressed.

Lin Qiao smiled and looked at him with a grin, "You didn't carry anyone on your back, but you didn't run away either."

The childish little voice was simply mocking, making everyone around laugh.

Su Zheng raised his fist and pretended to be fierce, "Be careful, your brother Ji Duo is not here, or I will beat you up."

When it comes to intimidation, who can have a stronger aura than Ji Duo?

Lin Qiao was not afraid at all, and looked down at Ji Duo from his back, "You can't reach it."

Su Zheng did develop later, and even when he grew up, he was still half a head shorter than Ji Duo. He immediately got angry when he heard this, and was about to roll up his sleeves. "Little girl, do you really think I can't hit you?"

Lin Qiao's head shrank, and she hid behind Ji Duo, "Brother Ji Duo, save me!"

As for Ji Duo, he turned around and covered the person.

"If you're a buddy, put her down!" Su Zheng wanted to rush forward, but was pulled back from behind. "You've never defeated him, yet you always provoke him."

When Lin Qiao leaned over, he saw a face with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a gentle and hearty smile.

A face that she was very familiar with, but had never actually seen before.

Su Zheng was just pretending. When someone pulled him, he immediately turned around and asked, "Shao Ping, why are you here just now?"

Gu Shaoping, who is only 13 years old this year, held a basketball in his arms and looked back. "Shaozhen couldn't find her spinning top, so I helped her find it."

The vivid eyebrows and eyes, unlike the black and white photo, are forever frozen in that moment.

Lin Qiao followed his line of sight and saw a little girl of about six or seven years old behind him. She looked shorter than her actual age, holding a small whip and a spinning top, with a pair of heroic eyebrows but a timid look.

Seeing Lin Qiao looking at her, she subconsciously stood behind her brother. Gu Shaoping knew that his sister was timid, so he also raised his hand to protect her.

After protecting her, he smiled at Lin Qiao a little embarrassedly, "She is a little shy."

Maybe it’s because my body has become smaller and my emotions are more easily affected, but Lin Qiao’s eyes felt a little warm as he looked at the brother and sister.

She felt so good that Shao Ping was still alive and Shao Zhen was not lost.

At this time, everyone was still young and full of energy. No one left, and no one carried any knots or sorrows on their shoulders for fourteen years.

She winked vigorously and smiled broadly at him, "It's okay, hello, brother."

The big, bright eyes were crooked, and there was a playful little mole at the end of the eye. Su Zheng was stunned for a moment and asked Ji Duo: "Why doesn't your adopted daughter-in-law call me brother?"

Ji Duo said nothing, took the basketball from Gu Shaoping's hand and threw it directly at him.

In 1966, basketball and football were rare in the country. People in my hometown still played with a ball made of newspapers. The group walked a distance before they found an outdoor basketball court.

It is called a basketball court, but in fact it only has two basketball hoops without even a net on the frames. There is only a simple line drawn on the ground with white lime.

However, because there were few balls, no one was vying for the court. Ji Duo put Lin Qiao on the sidelines, then thought about it and picked him up under the arms and moved him further out.

Actually, the two of them are only nine years apart in age. When Lin Qiao had been with him before, she had never felt that there was a big difference between them.

But the only difference between the 18-year-old Lin Qiao and the 27-year-old Ji Duo is maturity. The three-and-a-half-year-old Lin Qiao is just a little kid in front of the twelve-year-old Ji Duo.

Ji Duo didn't even have to put in any effort to lift her up, "Just play here and don't run around."

Then I remembered, "I should have brought you some marbles."

Lin Qiao is not really three and a half years old, how can he run around? He nodded and said, "I'm here."

But the boy was still worried, "You can't go to the stadium either. If someone bumps into you or you get hit, you'll cry."

Lin Qiao continued to nod, and even found a big rock nearby, indicating that he would sit on it and not move.

"How about letting her play with me?" someone suggested in a low voice.

Lin Qiao looked over and found that it was Gu Shaozhen holding a small whip and a spinning top.

Seeing her looking at her, the little girl was still a little timid, but she repeated again, "Let her play with me."

"Okay." Ji Duo was quite familiar with his good friend's sister, and his frown relaxed upon hearing that.

Just at this moment Su Zheng called him: "Do you want to play or not?" The young man responded with a cold face and hurriedly strode back to the field.

Now there were only two girls left. Gu Shaozhen looked at Lin Qiao and didn't dare to say anything. Lin Qiao was very open-minded, her big eyes fell on the things in her arms, "Are you going to play with a spinning top?"

"Yeah." She nodded, thought about it and handed the things to Lin Qiao, "Here you go."

He is quite generous and is willing to share his toys even with little sisters he meets for the first time.

Lin Qiao took it over and found that the spinning top was carved from wood, with a steel ball underneath, and it was a bit heavy. The whip was made of nylon rope, with a thick head and a thin tip. The length was just right for Gu Shaozhen's height, but it was a bit long in her hand.

She had a lot of toys in her previous life, but had never played with this one. She tried putting the spinning top on the ground and whipping it with a small whip.

He tried twice but failed to pull it out. Then he finally pulled it out on the third try, but the wooden top just kept spinning and didn't turn at all.

"You have to wind up the top first before it can start to spin," Gu Shaozhen gestured as he reminded.

Seeing that she only dared to gesture but didn't dare to approach, Lin Qiao handed the whip back to her, "Sister, whip me, I'll watch."

Gu Shaozhen blushed immediately, "I, I'm not..."

Lin Qiao simply stuffed it into her hand, her big eyes twisted, "Sister, pull it out for me to see."

Gu Shaozhen has been taken care of by her elder brother since she was born and has always followed him around. It is rare for such a soft and lovely little sister to call her sister.

Being looked at with trust by those big eyes, although she was nervous, she still tightened the whip, picked up the spinning top from the ground, and started to spin it carefully.

She was later admitted to university, and she was still very focused on her work, and soon put other thoughts behind her.

With a swipe of the whip, the top fell to the ground, jumped once on the ground, and then started to spin again.

Gu Shaozhen was obviously very experienced in this. He kept his eyes on the spinning top and always gave it a whip at the right time to make the top continue spinning. He no longer looked as timid as before.

After pumping several times, she finally remembered that Lin Qiao was beside her and stopped awkwardly, "That's how we play."

Lin Qiao was not impatient at all, she clapped her hands and said, "Sister is so awesome!"

The clapping was so loud and the look in the eyes was so sincere that Gu Shaozhen's face turned completely red, but her eyes were bright.

What an introverted child needs most is encouragement. After taking the photo, Lin Qiao motioned for her to continue, "Sister, take another shot."

Gu Shaozhen's ears turned red. "I, I'll teach you."

"Sure." Lin Qiao tilted his head.

Not long after, the playground whip sounded again with the children's admiring voices, "Amazing! Is it possible to do this?"

Ji Duo took a glance and saw that the little girl's eyes were wide open and her hands were about to turn red from clapping.

"What are you looking at?" Su Zheng came out from the side and intercepted his ball. While dribbling the ball, he turned back and smiled at him.

Ji Duo said nothing, and just when the opponent was about to shoot, he jumped up and dunked the basketball. Then he dribbled past the opponent and threw the ball into the basket in one go.

"Good shot!" Gu Shaoping praised as he ran back to defense.

Ji Duo immediately remembered the very similar sentence "how awesome" and walked back while glancing at the sidelines out of the corner of his eye.

Little Dumpling didn't even look at him, "Sister is the most amazing sister I've ever met!"

When the game was over, the two girls were already holding hands, and there was no sign of the timidity that Gu Shaozhen had shown when they first met.

Seeing Ji Duo coming down from the field, Lin Qiao let go of her and walked towards the boy. Before leaving, she waved at her, "Sister, teach me next time."

Gu Shaozhen blushed and was obviously embarrassed, but he still replied "OK" in a low voice.

As they walked back, she tugged at her brother's coat from behind and asked, "Can you still find my old shorter whip?"

"What are you looking for?" Gu Shaoping wiped his sweat and didn't react at first.

"Give it to Qiao Qiao," Gu Shaozhen said softly while grabbing the whip, "Qiao Qiao is small, she doesn't need such a long one."

"You mean the little child bride that Ji Duo brought here?" Gu Shaoping finally responded.

"Her name is Qiao Qiao." Gu Shaozhen corrected in a low voice.

"Yes, Qiao Qiao." Gu Shaoping followed suit and looked at his sister's face which was rarely filled with expectation. "Does Shaozhen like Qiao Qiao very much?"

"Do you like Shaozhen very much?" Ji Duo also asked Lin Qiao on the way back.

Lin Qiao nodded her head, not sparing her praise, "Sister is so amazing, she is really good at spinning tops."

It's as if no one would smoke...

Ji Duo said nothing and carried the person back all the way, just in time to meet Ye Minshu coming out.

She came to ask for help from Master Ji, but unfortunately, she didn't know if it was because of the child marriage, the progress was not very smooth. Now seeing Ji Duo and Lin Qiao, Ji Duo even carried Lin Qiao on his back, she couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable, "You guys had a good time."

Ji Duo didn't know what she meant, so he nodded and called out, "Sister-in-law."

Just as he was about to go in, Lin Qiao turned around and called out, imitating him: "Sister-in-law."

Upon hearing that childish voice, Ye Minshu froze.

In fact, Lin Qiao's way of addressing the Ji family members was quite confusing. He called Ji's grandpa Xu Li "grandma", Ji Duo "older brother", and Ji Ze "eldest nephew".

Ji Ze didn't understand at all. He was obviously older than Lin Qiao, so how could he be the nephew?

In order to correct the name, he brought over all the cards he had collected in his cigarette box, and also stuffed two pieces of shrimp candy into Lin Qiao's mouth, "Call me brother."

Lin Qiao accepted the gift from his eldest nephew first, and then said seriously, "No."

"Why not?" Little Jize was obviously shocked by this operation.

Lin Qiao frowned and said, "I call you brother, and I call your uncle brother too. What do you call him?"

Ji Ze thought about it and realized that his little head, which was only six or seven years old, was indeed confused.

It's good that he is confused, otherwise if he chases her and asks her to call him brother now, he might get beaten by his uncle in the future and have to call him grandma.

Ji Duo doesn't like sweets, and has not liked them since he was in his teens. In the end, Lin Qiao shared the two pieces of shrimp candies with Gu Shaozhen who came to play with her.

The little girl was at a loss and embarrassed, and wanted to give the candy back to her.

Lin Qiao insisted, "Sister taught me how to play the top. Give it to me, sister."

She finally put it in her pocket and gave Lin Qiao the things she brought with her, "Here, this is for you to play with."

It was a set of smaller whips and spinning tops. Lin Qiao took them and tried them out. She found that the length and weight were just right. Her eyes immediately narrowed. “Thank you, sister.”

Gu Shaozhen heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, and a shy smile appeared on his face, "You're welcome."

Ji Duo went to school, and Lin Qiao had nothing to do at home, so she simply went out hand in hand with Gu Shaozhen and found a smooth place nearby to play spinning tops.

After all, she was small and weak, so she changed to a smaller set. This time she was finally able to turn it around, and the whip was much more accurate.

The two little girls played together until noon when school was over.

Lin Qiao glanced at the sky and asked, "Shall we go back?"

Gu Shaozhen nodded and was about to collect the spinning top on the ground when a boy about eight or nine years old rushed over and kicked the spinning top away.

Something hit the courtyard wall not far away with a "bang" sound, and a burst of laughter immediately rang out nearby.

She was stunned for a moment, then her eyes turned red, but she bit her lip and dared not say a word.

When a few boys who had just returned from school saw it, they laughed even louder, kicking the spinning top farther and farther. Someone even called out to Lin Qiao, "Her parents are dead, and you still dare to play with her. Aren't you afraid that she will kill you too..."

Before he could finish his words, he felt a hard hit on his front teeth. It was the small spinning top that Lin Qiao had thrown out.

The boy was at the age of officially changing his teeth, and his front teeth were a little loose. The pain made him cry, "You!"

He rushed forward and just stretched out his hand, but before he touched anyone, the little girl had already fallen to the ground, followed by a crying sound that could have shaken the roof.

"Brother Jiduo, someone hit me!"