The baby lay on Xiao Xiao's shoulder, looking at the gradually fading bag.

He could no longer see it, only the lonely hand could see it very clearly.

His five fingers bent slightly, as if he wanted to catch something, and reached towards the passers-by.

But no one stopped for this.

The baby felt a little uncomfortable inexplicably.

"Hey, Brother Xiao Xiao, can I come to play with it again when his parents are at home next time?"

"Of course." As if feeling the little guy's depressed expression, Xiao Xiao touched his little head comfortably.

"If you want to."

To him, the sack was just a boring monster.

He didn't want to define loneliness as monsters casually, because monsters don't understand the so-called seven emotions and six desires of human beings, don't understand sadness or joy, so he shouldn't understand loneliness. As long as he doesn't think he is lonely, then he probably isn't lonely.

Xiao Xiao was willing to believe that the baby was just enjoying it.

Always reach out to grab something, although it is always futile.

But if you really grasp something, it may be the end of its life.

Then, it’s better to keep reaching out.

Whether in spring, summer, autumn and winter, the body becomes like a rocky bag. It always stretches out its hands regardless of wind and rain, looking forward to it and even looking at everyone passing by it with a little begging.

Because this is the bag.

...

When I returned to the community where Xiao Xiao and his friends lived, it was almost five o'clock.

Traffic jams are always helpless.

"Brother Xiao Xiao~"

The baby leaned on Xiao Xiao like a koala and refused to let go.

"Baby, Brother Xiao Xiao is going home too."

"Be good, baby let go of Brother Xiao Xiao."

The two elders of the Zhou family advised softly, and the grandmother of the Zhou family reached out and wanted to carry the baby down.

The baby's two fleshy little hands grabbed Xiao Xiao's clothes.

He looked like "I will never follow you" on his face.

"Haha, baby, do you like Brother Xiao Xiao so much?"

The old laughed loudly and looked interesting.

Xiao Xiao was also a little helpless.

"Be good to your baby, will Brother Xiao Xiao come to see you next time?"

Xiao Xiao touched the baby's head.

The baby rubbed it a few times, and a few hairs stood up on his head.

"Brother Xiao Xiao, I will take me to play with today's friends next time."

"OK."

It seems that the little guy likes the bag very much.

I had forgotten about Chi Mei before.

...

After comforting for a few words, the baby finally let go of his tightly clenched hand and was obediently carried over by the Zhou grandmother.

"Brother Xiao Xiao, goodbye."

"Goodbye baby."

...

"Xiao Xiao really thanks you today."

Xiao Xiao shook his head with a smile.

"Grandpa Zhou, Grandma Zhou, Grandpa Gu, be careful on the road, goodbye."

"Xiao Xiao, goodbye."

...

After saying goodbye to several old men and babies, Xiao Xiao turned around and showed a thoughtful look on his face.

On the way back just now, Xiao Xiao accidentally caught a familiar figure through the car window.

Even though it has disappeared for several years, the other person's facial features can still see traces of familiarity when he was young.

cousin?

The car rushed past, and the figures reflected on the glass were quickly swallowed up by the surging crowd.

...

When my aunt and cousin remarried, he was only eight years old, and his cousin was three years older than him and eleven years old.

They are just two children.

Now ten years have passed. As the saying goes, a woman changes eighteen years of age. Xiao Xiao is not sure whether she saw her cousin before, or just a person with a similar appearance?

...

Since my aunt's remarriage, under the default of both parties, the two families have gradually lost contact.

But after so many years, Xiao Xiao knew that his grandmother and mother still missed her cousin until now. After all, her cousin was my uncle's only bloodline and only child.

The uncle who died early has always been a scar in their hearts.

...

Although my grandmother smiled when she was dying, Xiao Xiao once encountered her grandmother holding a photo of her uncle's family and rubbing her mouth: "...I don't know how this child is now? Will the stepdad treat her with her?..."

He knew that his grandmother had regrets, and regretted not seeing her granddaughter whom she had hugged and hurt, and she never forgot until the end.

He once thought about looking for it, but for the vast crowd, where should he find it when he was young at that time?

...

The familiar figure I saw today evoked the memories and regrets that Xiao Xiao buried deep in his heart.

Xiao Xiao didn’t know if it was just a chance for the other party to appear there, nor did he know if the previous sense of familiarity was just an illusion under the light and shadow?

Xiao Xiao wants to find her.

...

Xiao Xiao only hopes to take his cousin to bring incense sticks to his grandmother and his uncle.

...

The next day, Xiao Xiao arrived at the place where he saw his suspected cousin yesterday very early.

My cousin should have just started working now, or it is very likely that she will take the postgraduate entrance examination?

He remembered that his cousin had good grades when he was a child and liked reading.

However, when I was a child, it was just my childhood. Now ten years have passed, and I don’t know how my cousin is doing?

Xiao Xiao was a quiet child when he was a child, and his cousin also liked reading.

They didn't communicate too much.

Apart from blood ties, they are not so close.

If it weren't for the longing and regret that had happened to my grandmother, maybe Xiao Xiao would have only regarded the other person as a familiar stranger yesterday, and he wouldn't have appeared here today.

Mom finally was able to let go of his uncle's departure, but he didn't really want his cousin's sudden appearance to bring back his mother's obscure and sad memories.

And recalling the death of grandma afterwards.

...

This is a crossroads.

The crowds are crowded and the traffic is full of traffic.

There are all kinds of shops on both sides.

Xiao Xiao remembered that when she met her cousin yesterday, she was standing at the intersection waiting for the green light.

Is it on the way off work? Or is there something to go out?

...

Xiao Xiao stood next to the indicator light at the intersection, with pedestrians coming and going around him, and the indicator lights on the opposite side were red and green, and green and red.
To be continued...