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Chapter 44 – Back
“Go to see the glass greenhouse.”
“But your leg hurts, and your knee hurts when you walk.”
If Chi Tang wanted to do something, no one could stop her, and You Yu could understand her pattern. She avoided the words “you can’t walk” in the words. For fear of Chi Tang hearing this, she stubbornly came up to show her an injured walk for three kilometers.
However, the situation was not much better now.
You Yu was unable to persuade her to move.
She had to squat down in front of Chi Tang, turned her head, and said to her: “Then I will carry you.”
Chi Tang raised her eyebrows, “You carry me?”
Hearing the surprise in her words, You Yu comforted: “I can remember you. Don’t worry.”
She has been working since she was very young. When she was a child, her mother was weak and sick in bed, and she had a younger brother who was a few years younger than her. She spent most of her time taking care of them and doing all the work at home.
My mother died of illness, and she didn’t feel more relaxed but had more things to do. As for Dad, he was the head of the family. He has always been responsible for farming the fields and earning a meager income. He didn’t care about the “trivial matters” of the family.
“When I was a kid, I carried water. With such a big bucket, I can pick two buckets at a time.”
You Yu said as she motioned for Chi Tang to lie on her back.
Chi Tang looked at the shoulders in front of her that were about the same width as herself, motionless, and asked her curiously, “Are you… still carrying water? You don’t have running water? “
She hadn’t seen the really poor country with her own eyes, so she couldn’t understand and imagine many things even if she heard them. You Yu told her: “When I was eleven years old, tap water was available in the village. I used to pick water for draught. “
Chi Tang: “Before you were eleven, could you have picked water at such a young age?”
You Yu’s tone was very common, “Yes, you can get used to it. If you often move heavy objects, you will have more strength. “
But little girls under the age of eleven, no matter how powerful they are, how much strength they could have.
“Do you believe me? I must be stronger than you. I will try to carry you?”
Under You Yu’s urging, Chi Tang still hesitated and lay on her back. Shao’s shoulders were neither wide nor thick, thin like a green bamboo. But she steadily carried her up, and it didn’t seem to be strenuous.
Chi Tang put one hand on the shoulder of the same table, and the other hand held the umbrella and propped it over the heads of the two. The other umbrella was just behind Chi Tang by You Yu.
The raindrop smashed onto her transparent umbrella.
“It’s far to go to the glass greenhouse from here,” Chi Tang said.
You Yu looked at the ground in front of him. “It’s okay. If we can’t walk, we will stop and rest. Don’t worry.”
As You Yu said, she felt tired midway, so she put Chi Tang down, and the two of them sat on a small stone bridge to rest. The rain stopped, and the umbrella was put away. There were a few red maple trees in the area where they stopped. They were quite tall and shrouded the road, forming a canopy of red clouds.
Chi Tang was still hanging on her knees, sitting on the railing and raising the phone to pat the red leaves on top of her head. She leaned back slightly, and You Yu sat next to her, silently reaching out to block her back, lest she accidentally fall off.
After getting up after a rest, You Yu was about to carry her on her back again. Chi Tang put away the phone, pressed her knees, and looked at it for a while, saying, “No bleeding, I can walk slowly by myself.”
You Yu said nothing else, so she bent down slightly, smiled, and said, “Come on, carry you.”
Chi Tang:”… If you are tired, let me down.”
One person was carrying another person, and the rolled umbrella and the injured leg were shaking gently. They walked in the middle of the woods. Occasionally there would be water droplets, and the raindrops that condensed on the leaves lightly hit her shoulders. Chi Tang reached out to wipe the droplets of water and heard Wei Xingxing’s voice coming from ahead.
“Chi Tang Youyu! What happened to you two? “
Wei Xingxing and the others hadn’t even gone to the glass greenhouse.
They were standing in a long corridor in front of her. Besides Xia Yuanyuan, there were Hei Pi and two other boys beside her. They were all looking at them in a little surprise now.
Chi Tang’s posture, which seemed to have broken her leg, frightened them. Wei Xingxing ran over quickly, a little panicked and nervous, “What’s the matter, Chi Tang? You broke your leg? Can’t you walk now? “
Chi Tang: “No, it’s just that my knee is a little broken.” She tried her best to act lightly before facing so many eyes.
Wei Xingxing had already seen the blur of the blood on her knee, took a deep breath, and said, “This is serious. It must be painful.”
Chi Tang didn’t want to face this scene of collective condolences and quickly expressed the idea of going to the glass greenhouse for nothing.
Wei Xingxing agreed: “Yes, Teacher Ke must be there, and there is a service center over there.”
She said, beckoning to the three boys behind her, “Black skin, hurry and help carry someone!”
You Yu immediately said, “No, I can remember it.”
Hei Pi ran over. He was also an enthusiastic person who could talk and talk, but he was very unhappy every time he faced Chi Tang. He was also taken aback by Chi Tang’s looks. After coming over, he understood what the squad leader meant, and he was right. You Yu said: “Let me recite: this kind of rough work should be handed over to the boys, you rest.”
Seeing the inconspicuous red on the black skin’s face, the two boys from outside squeezed their eyebrows and screamed, “Yes, yeah, hurry, let the black skin replace it.”
“Hei Pi must be happy to help classmates and help others.”
This kind of meaningful ridicule made the scene thrilled for a while, and then it should have been You Yu who retired and rested, letting the eager black-skinned classmate perform, but both You Yu and Chi Tang did not speak, You Yu Without the intention of putting down Chi Tang, the scene slowly became awkward.
The two heartless boys couldn’t laugh anymore, a little dumbfounded:”… Why, what’s wrong? Chi Tang was not happy to let Hei Pi go back? “
Wei Xingxing was also surprised, looking at them both with questioning eyes. Chi Tang slowly clasped You Yu’s neck with her hands again, “It’s OK for You Yu to carry me.”
After hearing this, You Yu turned the person on her back upside down and continued to move forward. The other people had to follow them. Hei Pi watched her walk with her head buried. Chi Tang’s expression on her back was cold, and he couldn’t help but stop talking several times.
After walking for a long time, You Yu was obviously a little tired, and Hei Pi said again, “Change with me to carry Chi Tang. Are you tired?”
You Yu shook her head. There were many, many moments before. She felt exhausted, but no one had ever come to share the heavy burden with her. Even if she was tired, she didn’t need or want others to share it with her.
Wei Xingxing didn’t understand what they were doing, and asked them in a low voice, “People are also kind to help. Don’t deny him like this. Chi Tang, please bear with him, or who will carry you? It’s a long way to go. Girls are not as strong as boys.”
“No.”
You Yu said, “I can do it.”
Hei Pi was a distance from them and muttered something to his two friends, looking annoyed and a little sad.
He thought that maybe Chi Tang was upset by what they said just now. She hated the ambiguous attitude of boys the most. He still remembered that Chi Tang especially hated Wang Jiaoyang, a boy in their class when they were in their first year.
Because a bunch of friends around Wang Jiaoyang always said something to match in front of Chi Tang, it made her unhappy.
He couldn’t move forward anymore, but just walked ahead and looked back from time to time.
That’s it; it made You Yu carry Chi Tang back to the glass greenhouse.
Several people were inexplicably relieved.
Wei Xingxing wanted to take them to the service center to treat their wounds. Once she left the sight of the three boys, Wei Xingxing couldn’t pretend anymore and squeezed Chi Tang’s hand, “Ah, you fool, you can’t see that Hei Pi has a crush on you. He would be happy to let him carry you. Go back, now it’s okay, you missed a great single chance!”
Chi Tang didn’t respond. You Yu was stunned, “Hei Pi likes Chi Tang?”
Wei Xingxing: “Anyone with eyes can see it. Okay, you didn’t see it.”
You Yu shook her head. She hadn’t noticed these things and couldn’t help but go to see Chi Tang.
Chi Tang still had that expression, a little bored, staring at her knees without looking at anyone, “I just know, I don’t want him to carry me.”
Young people of this age were full of sprouts, especially in love and the emotional gossip around them. Xia Yuanyuan also asked: “Ah? Are you boring to him? “
Chi Tang: “There is no reason, but I don’t like him.”