Vol 1 Chapter 22 (1/2)
2 Grandpa Passed Away
Time is brief, instant, therefore love and warmth are always in a hurry, there is no time to cherish it, with a blink of the eye, it has already passed
Ti,therefore those love and warotten, for life
I don’t knohen the popularity started, but by the tiirls were rollerskating Roller skates during that era were very simple and crude They were just four wheels with a few pieces of metal on top with a soft leather strap attached The metal sheets could be adjusted for size so there was no need to take off your shoes as the roller skates were attached to them
There weren’t many students in our year with roller skates so everyone would crowd around those few people who did have a pair and line up to take turns playing on thes, when other boys were tottering around, walking on their skates, he was already able to skate backwards All of a sudden, he turned into the irls wanted to borrow his roller skates and needed him to teach them how to skate
I watched them trip around on the concrete froed to join thehtest bit interested I didn’t want to curry up to someone just for the sake of a pair of roller skates, even if that person was Zhang Jun, especially if that person was Zhang Jun
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After rao back to her hometown and told little sister and I to listen to our dad I asked her if she could bringtoo , but she replied that I had to study and couldn’t skip school
At night I stayed up writing a very long letter, telling grandpa that everything was great, there was a Teacher Gao who treated me very well, and praised that I was smart, the students all like me, I have lots of friends, I have already read lots of books, I will grow up very quickly and when I grew up, I will go visit hi…
The next day, ined what ive me Perhaps it will be a pair of roller skates I’ll skate really, really well and let Zhang Jun be surprised
A week or so later, ardly returned, thinner than before I pestered her, asking, “did grandpa see ive me any presents? What did he say…”
Dad pulled eal cancer He’s already passed away and randpa anyo out to play, when you’re hungry, you can go and buy so to eat”
I held onto the money and left the house In the eo Grandpa passed away? Passing away means that the person has disappeared frorow up because after I grow up, I can go back to his side, but what should I do now?What should I do when I grow up? Where can I go?
Xiao Bo eeping outside the ga? What’s wrong with your expression?”
“I’ll treat you to lamb skewers,” I replied
He was dumbfounded for a moment We were both cheapskates and didn’t spend ht snacks For me, it was because I wanted use the money to rent books whereas he see up enerous He stood the brooainst the wall and cheered, “Sure!”
We walked to the lamb skewer stand in the corner of the street I handed the five dollars to person skewering and said, “twenty lamb skewers, ten with little chili, ten with lots of chili”
“Put some more chili, put some more chili…” Under my directions, my lamb skewers pretty much turned into chili skewers
We ate the lamb skewers as alked When it entered my mouth, my mouth was on fire from the spiciness, yet I continued to eat it one bite at a time Xiao Bo held his lamb skewers and silently looked at me
After finishi+ng all my lamb skewers, I wiped my tears as I said, “it’s really spicy!”
No matter how much I wiped, I couldn’t wipe away the tears It was like a dam had burst; the water all flowed out Further more and more I felt very erabbed my arm and took me back to the yard
I stood underneath the grapevine and facing the wall, the tears ca down He sat on the billiard table, silently watching me
I don’t kno long I cried for, but it was probably a long time because in the middle, Wu Zei tried to come in and was driven out by Xiao Bo There were also a few people anted to come and place bets but were also rejected by Xiao Bo
After my tears stopped, I wiped my face with ry? I’ll treat you to beef noodles”
I nodded and the two of us went to eat beef noodles In the beef noodle shop, I covered randpa passed away”
He was silent I continued, “ and don’t rerandpa, I re inthe noodles
After we finished eating, Xiao Bo took my to a small shop and said, “I want to buy soood?”
[A sarettes]
Without any hesitation, I pointed at the the chocolates and said, “the ones with alcohol fillings are tastier”
“Chocolates with alcohol fillings? Give me half a jin”
[Jin is the standard unit of weight in China, 1 Jin= 500 grarams]
Xiao Bo got half a jin of chocolate with alcohol fillings He ate one and also invited me to eat theony yet my mouth was filled with sweetness
At night when I got home, moht Saber’, “your grandpa transcribed this book Originally your grandpa left you tens of thousands of dollars…” Moood care of it”
Moardness and exhaustion made her seem darker and skinnier She didn’t know my sorrows yet I could understand her sorrows I softly said, ” you should sleep early”
Mom touched my head and went out the room
I opened ‘The Heaven Sword and Light Saber’ and started to read Although I’ve already read the book, ‘The Book and The Sword’, and I’ve watched the television series, ‘The Legend of the Condor Heroes’, Jin Yong’s name was still unfamiliar to me I haven’t read ‘The Return of the Condor Heroes’ either, so when I saw Guo Xiang roah I felt sad, I was still muddleheaded When I read to chapter 3, the first sentence: “Flowers bloo irls have begun to show their age with hair turning white……”