Chapter 47:
I'll give you sugar, it won't hurt so much if you eat it.
This matter troubled Ji Ning for a day, he didn't know how to communicate with Pei Jing, how to reconcile.
Now that I said it in front of Si Tian, I realized that my heart was a lot more relaxed.
At this moment, Ji Ning felt the power of confession dimly, and he whispered: "Mom, Pei Jing must be angry with me."
So even if they met outside the house, they will be neighbors in the future, and Pei Jing still doesn't want to talk to him.
Ji Ningyi said: "Pei Jing told me that he was going to move. It turned out that he moved next to our house. Mom, I am very happy."
Si Tian looked at Ji Ningyi's disappointed expression, and rubbed his head: "Ningyi, do you want to hear your mother's opinion?"
Ji Ning nodded.
"Mom thinks that Pei Jing might not be angry with you." Si Tian said.
Ji Ning frowned slightly: "But he doesn't want to be at the same table with me today."
Si Tian said softly: "Perhaps Pei Jing didn't want to trouble you. You used to spend a lot of time teaching him to read English, so you have less time for yourself."
Ji Ning shook his head, and explained in a hurry: "It didn't implicate me, and it didn't waste my time. I really like teaching Pei Jing."
He also likes to teach students to read dialogues like an English teacher.
Si Tian said: "But this is just mother's guess, Ning Yi should find out what Pei Jing really thinks."
"But Pei Jing doesn't want to talk to me..." This is what Ji Ningyi feels most sad about.
Si Tian said: "Then you can try to find Pei Jing now, maybe Pei Jing won't want to tell you what he really thinks at school."
Ji Ningyi still hesitated, looking at her with wet pupils.
Si Tian led Ji Ningyi outside the door and said, "Go."
Only then did Ji Ning summon up his courage, and smiled at her: "Thank you, Mom."
He walked towards Pei Jing's house step by step, Si Tian saw him knock on the door, and the door opened after a while.
Ji Ning smiled at Pei Jing and said, "Pei Jing, can I come to your house to play?"
Pei Jing hesitated for a moment and let him in.
But Pei Jing lowered his voice: "I can't go in, my mother is sleeping."
It's not yet eight o'clock, Ji Ningyi said: "Your mother went to bed really early."
Pei Jing hummed, lowered his eyelashes, covering up other emotions in his eyes.
Pei Jing took Ji Ning to the back garden, where there were rattan chairs for sitting.
One of the lights in the garden was broken, it was around the rattan chair, but tonight the moonlight was bright, so Ji Ning could still see Pei Jing's appearance clearly when he turned his head to one side.
The finger marks on Pei Jing's face still persisted, they were blue in color, thicker under the moonlight, and looked scary, but Ji Ningyi didn't find it scary, he thought Pei Jing must be in pain.
Pei Jing seemed to be aware of his gaze, and he silently took out the mask from his pocket, ready to put it on.
"Don't wear it," Ji Ning said, "I'm not afraid."
Pei Jing hesitated for a moment, and put the mask back into his trouser pocket. When he went to change his dressing today, the doctor also told him not to wear a mask all the time, as it would be bad for recovery.
"Pei Jing, do you all live here from now on? We will be neighbors." Ji Ningyi's voice was full of surprise. Who wouldn't want to be neighbors with good friends?
Pei Jing said, "I don't know either."
He doesn't know how long he can live here, because this is the third time he has moved since he came to his mother.
The first time they lived in an older community, mother often didn't go home, but she would give him money, but the money was not enough for Pei Jing to eat when there were no adults, and the second time was to live in a beautiful In the community, there is an additional aunt who cooks at home, so Pei Jing doesn't have to be hungry.
This is the third time. My mother was very happy and said, we are going to move to a new house, and you will see other uncles in the new house, so you have to be obedient and sensible.
But he didn't do it, and the parents were invited to come yesterday, so my mother was angry.
Hearing Pei Jing's uncertain answer, Ji Ning was not discouraged: "Then at least we are neighbors now."
Pei Jing didn't speak, and in the quiet atmosphere, Ji Ning said softly: "Pei Jing, are you angry with me? That's why you don't want to be at the same table with me today."
He felt very sad because Pei Jing was his friend, and he thought it was his fault for making Pei Jing angry. He wanted to make up for it, but Pei Jing didn't give him a chance, and he was very depressed.
Maybe it was at home, Pei Jing let go of some guards, he said: "No, I'm not angry."
"Why is that?"
Pei Jing didn't dare to look into Ji Ningyi's eyes, his voice was very low: "Ningyi, I don't want you to be friends with me because you pity me."
Even so, Pei Jing feels that he is very pitiful in the eyes of others. Others have parents, but he does not. Before coming to his mother, he has been living with his grandmother. Many people will say how pitiful he is Oh.
He doesn't care about other people's opinions, but if Ji Ning can't do it, they are friends and friends are equal. Ji Ning will teach him to read English and play with him, and he will help Ji Ning fight and play with Ji Ning.
But yesterday, my mother said, you really treat people as friends, people just pity you, what do you have in you that is worth dating? You still lick it like a dog.
Pei Jing didn't want to listen to his mother, but it was true at school. Many people wanted to be friends with Ji Ningyi, but no one wanted to play with him. Teacher Luo arranged him as Ji Ningyi's deskmate. I hope Ji Ningyi can bring him into the class.
In English class, he couldn’t read the words above. He was transferred halfway. He didn’t know what English is, and he couldn’t even recognize the letters. He worked hard to learn but it still didn’t work.
Ji Ningyi is different. The English teacher likes him very much. He often asks Ji Ningyi to answer questions in class.
Pei Jing remembered what grandma said, you are a drag.
He didn't want to drag Ji Ningyi down, and he didn't like to be friends with Ji Ningyi because he was pitiful. He also wanted to keep a little self-esteem, and he also felt that he was ridiculous.
Ji Ning opened his eyes wide: "No, Pei Jing, I didn't become friends with you because you are pitiful."
Although he did feel that Pei Jing was very pitiful.
"The stray kittens and puppies on the street are also very pitiful, but I will not be friends with them." Ji Ningyi was very clear about his thoughts.
Pei Jing didn't take it seriously: "Of course you won't, they're not human."
Ji Ning wanted to tell Pei Jing that animals can also be friends, but he thought about it and said, "It's not because you are pitiful, I want to be friends with you just because I want to."
Pei Jing felt that Ji Ningyi was coaxing people: "Don't lie to me, what good is it for you to be friends with me?"
"Why are there benefits to being friends?" Ji Ningyi said, "There are no benefits to being friends."
"If you have to talk about benefits," Ji Ning thought hard, "I will have a lot of fun playing with you."
"Pei Jing, are you happy when you play with me?"
Pei Jing nodded hesitantly. He had no friends. It turned out that when he lived with his grandmother, the children of the same age around him were annoying and would often **** the paper shells and bottles he picked up. However, Pei Jing beat people very badly. He was beaten once. The child will not dare to steal his things.
But Pei Jing also paid the price. When the children's family members came, he was beaten by his grandmother once, but the grandmother looked fierce, but the beating didn't hurt at all. Unlike his mother, the mother didn't look fierce, but beat It hurts.
"So Pei Jing, we are good friends." Ji Ning said affirmatively.
He thought that what his mother said was right, Pei Jing was angry with him, and Pei Jing didn't want to drag him down, but how could a friend become a drag?
"Ning Yi, I don't know why you want to be friends with me. There are so many classmates who like you in class." Pei Jing's voice came faintly.
"You have good grades, and you are the representative of the Chinese class. You are willing to help others, gentle and can't swear..." Pei Jing listed many advantages of Ji Ningyi, but Pei Jing didn't feel it alone.
It was during the thinking class, the teacher asked them to say which classmate they like the most, and why?
Many people are talking about Ji Ningyi, and these advantages are summed up by the students, but no one mentions Pei Jing's name, because too many people raised their hands, and the teacher didn't draw Ji Ningyi.
Ji Ning's cheeks slowly turned red. He felt that he was not so outstanding. When Pei Jing said the word "brave", Ji Ning interrupted him: "No, Pei Jing, I'm not brave... I didn't even help you in Teacher Luo's office."
If you are really brave, you should help your friends, like Pei Jing, although the final result is not very good.
Pei Jing didn't care about this: "Because our mothers are all there."
Children's bravery is directed towards their peers, so they are naturally timid towards adults.
"I'm not that good." As soon as Ji Ning thought of the bad things he did, he was not good at all, and he was not sensible, but since his mother said that he should not be sensible, Ji Ning also slowly changed, don't use this word ask yourself.
Pei Jing was in a low mood.
Ji Ning asked: "Pei Jing, if I didn't have these advantages, would you still be friends with me?"
Pei Jing thought for a while: "I will."
Ji Ning smiled: "So Pei Jing, we are friends, even if we don't have those advantages, we are still friends."
He said: "I think you also have many advantages. If the teacher picks me up in class, I will say that I want to be friends with Pei Jing the most, because Pei Jing is very kind and never climbs the small trees in the school. Very serious, never talk to me, Pei Jing is very brave, sometimes when I want to go to the bathroom in class and dare not raise my hand, Pei Jing will raise my hand for me, Pei Jing has many advantages, I want to do it with Pei Jing most Friends, but now I don't want to, because Pei Jing and I are friends."
After finishing speaking, Ji Ning looked at Pei Jing with bright eyes: "This is what I wanted to tell everyone by raising my hand in the thinking class."
Pei Jing wrung his fingers, with some disbelief in his eyes, he asked softly, "Really?"
Ji Ning nodded vigorously: "Really!"
Pei Jing said, "I don't know..."
Didn't know he had these advantages.
"Then Pei Jing, shall we stay at the same table and be friends? I didn't tell Mr. Luo to change the table."
Pei Jingjing nodded: "Okay."
In fact, when he said to change the same table, he felt very sad, as if he left grandma and came to his mother. Grandma said, go with your mother, don't come back, and enjoy yourself.
But he doesn't want to, and he doesn't want to enjoy life, he wants to stay with grandma.
But my grandma said, I am so old, and you are still young, which is a drag.
He left, he didn't want to drag grandma down. It's just sad.
"Pei Jing, does your face hurt?" Ji Ningyi's voice pulled him out of his memory.
Pei Jing said, "It's only a little."
At that time, he felt his face was numb for a long time, but now it doesn't hurt very much, but it looks scary, Pei Jing slightly turned his face to the side, trying to cover it.
With wet eyes, Ji Ning stretched out his hand and handed him something, and said softly, "I'll give you candy, it won't hurt so much after eating it."
It turned out that when his mother was sick, Ji Ning would eat this kind of candy as soon as he ate it, and he would feel less uncomfortable after eating it. At this time, he wanted to give the candy to Pei Jing so that Pei Jing would not feel so hurt.
Under the moonlight, Ji Ningyi's hands were clean and fair, with two beautifully packaged candies lying in his palms, Pei Jing suddenly felt a little timid, because he cleaned up the house and his hands were a little dirty.
But he still stretched out his hand and took the candy in Ji Ning's palm.
Ji Ningyi didn't feel disgusted at all, he said: "This is my favorite fruity candy."
The candy that was rejected at school today was still delivered to Pei Jing after going around in the evening.
Pei Jing looked at his somewhat dirty hands, his face was a little hot: "I'm going to wash my hands."
Ji Ningyi went with him, and after washing his hands, Pei Jingcai solemnly ate a candy, and he said, "It's delicious, thank you, Ning Yi."
Ji Ningyi was very happy: "You're welcome."
He thought what his mother said was true. Being at school was different from being at home. He knew Pei Jing's true thoughts and resolved the misunderstanding. They would still be good friends in the future.
He suddenly thought of what his mother told him when he was at grandma's house on the weekend, Ning Yi, you have to tell your mother what you think, otherwise she will never know, which will cause a lot of unnecessary misunderstandings.
Is that so? In fact, he also has a lot of small thoughts, but he thinks that is not good, so he covers it up quietly without telling anyone, so that he is still a well-behaved and sensible child in the eyes of his parents.
Would it have been much better if he had told his mother directly? Later, his mother explained everything to him, and he realized that what he thought was different from what his mother saw, but it was true that his mother liked him.
Just like the conflict between him and Pei Jing today, if Pei Jing didn't tell him, they might not be friends.
"Pei Jing, let's not do this again in the future." Ji Ningyi said seriously, "You can tell me anything, and so do I."
Pei Jing nodded.
Suddenly there was a cooing sound, evident in the quiet atmosphere in the back garden.
Ji Ning looked around, noticed Pei Jing's blushing face, suddenly understood, and asked, "Pei Jing, are you hungry?"
Pei Jing was a little shy: "I forgot to eat dinner."
Now eight hours have passed since the lunch time at school, Ji Ning felt that it must be something uncomfortable to be hungry, and urged him: "Then you go to eat now."
Pei Jing hesitated and said, "But there are no restaurants outside."
Ji Ningyi was very surprised: "Is no one cooking for you?"
Pei Jing said, "Auntie Cook didn't come today."
"Mom is sleeping, she's drunk."
Ji Ningyi said: "I'll take you to my house. We also ate fried skewers tonight. Unfortunately, we finished eating, but Auntie also made other dishes."
Pei Jing hesitated, "Will your parents agree?"
"Yes." Ji Ning said.
He took Pei Jing's hand and walked to the door of his house, but Pei Jing stopped, and he said: "Ning Yi, you go ask your parents first, if they are willing, I will come again."
"It doesn't matter if you don't eat a meal, you can eat more tomorrow morning."
Pei Jing is already very experienced.
Seeing that Pei Jing was stubborn, Ji Ning said, "Then wait for me here."
He opened the door and ran in quickly, but he didn't see Si Tian in the living room.
"Mom, where are you?"
A room door opened, and Si Tian came out of Ji Zhile's room. She looked at Ji Ningyi who was all lively, and guessed that he should have solved the problem with Pei Jing.
"Mom, can I bring Pei Jing to our house for dinner? Pei Jing didn't have dinner." Ji Ning asked.
Si Tian said, "Yes."
Ji Ning ran out happily and pulled Pei Jing in: "I told you my mother would agree."
Pei Jing also showed a slight smile. He knew that Ji Ningyi's mother was very good, but he still had to be polite when going to other people's homes.
"Hello, sister." Seeing Si Tian, Pei Jing remembered what Si Tian said last time, don't call her aunt or sister.
This made Si Tian feel a little embarrassed, Pei Jing was of the same generation as Ji Ning, and she also called her sister, isn't this why Ji Ning was downgraded for no reason?
As a reasonable mother, Si Tian said, "Let's call her Auntie from now on."
Pei Jing didn't ask why, but called "Auntie" again.
Ji Ningyi seemed to understand something, he said: "Even if Pei Jing is called mom and aunt, mom is also very beautiful."
Pei Jing also nodded: "Yes."
Being praised by two children one after another, Si Tian felt a little embarrassed, she said: "The dish is ready, let's eat it quickly."
Pei Jing was really hungry, so he picked up the bowl and started to eat, but he was still a little restrained, and only ate in small bites.
Of course Si Tian noticed the bruise on Pei Jing's face, but Pei Jing is a child with strong self-esteem, he probably doesn't want everyone to ask him about it, sometimes caring can also hurt.
Si Tian stood up, brought out the heated fried skewers from the kitchen, put them on the table, and said to the two children, "Eat some fried skewers, it's very fragrant."
She remembered seeing Pei Jingye standing in front of the fried skewers stand outside the school when school was over today. These foods are very attractive to children, so she kept them for herself as a midnight snack.
When Ji Ning saw it, he asked suspiciously, "Mom, haven't you finished eating?"
He remembers it very clearly, Zhile still wanted to eat today, but his mother said that he had finished eating.
Si Tian stroked Ji Ningyi's hair and said, "There's still a little left."
How could this be said to be the real purpose of her stay?
Pei Jing didn't dare to do anything, Si Tian said: "Ning Yi and Pei Jing eat together."
In this way, Pei Jing will not be too restrained, and she feels sour when she looks at it.
Ji Ningyi said, "Mom, let's eat with us."
Today, my mother also likes to eat fried skewers, and he has discovered it.
"I'll call Zhile." Ji Ning said, there is something delicious to share.
But it seems that there is no need for Ji Ning to call.
Ji Zhile came out of the room smelling the smell, and saw this scene within two steps.
"What are you doing?!" Ji Zhile's voice came.
He stood on the second floor, his eyes widened, and he looked at them in disbelief.