I've been listening to Lin's "Old Things in the South of the City" in the Himalayas these days. After listening to several episodes, I was deeply moved by the pure inner world of the child named Eiko written by the author.

The friendship between Eiko and Niuniu is so pure. When I heard the picture of two little girls whispering together to feed chickens and raise silkworms in the book, my thoughts drifted to my distant childhood and I remembered those things and people when I was a child.

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My family lived at the end of the old street, so it was called the old street, because there was a much bigger new street not far from our village at that time. There are many shops selling things in it, and the things they sell are much better.

When I was in primary school, the old street was quite lively. Every morning, there are many vegetable sellers on both sides of the narrow street, and there are several breakfast shops on both sides.

And chickens and ducks. People's hawking is mixed with the cries of chickens and ducks, and the fried dough sticks hiss from time to time in front of the breakfast shop, which is a lively scene.

Juan's house was selling breakfast. I used to envy her. There is so much breakfast every day that I just eat casually. This is a happy thing for me in my childhood, when I had almost no snacks.

Juan is probably my first friend, because our two families are the closest. If we hurry, we will arrive in less than a minute.

We probably started playing together when we weren't studying, but at that time, we were still young and I don't remember much. Later, we went to school. We were in the same class. It is natural to get to know each other.

Juan is a small man with a small face and thin skin. At that time, I always thought that she was powdered and thick, but she didn't.

Although Juan is very young, she has a strong personality. She cries loudly and likes to stamp her feet when she loses her temper. Her mother is afraid to take care of her.

Later in school, Juan was still relatively strong, and few students dared to provoke her.

I envy again.

When I was a child, I was weak and liked to cry. In my mother's words, I am too stupid to grow up like this. At that time, I was often bullied by my classmates and ran home to cry.

This makes my mother a little embarrassed. Many times when I cried, my mother said in my ear, Look at Juan, who is so much younger than you, how come no one dares to bully her?

But anyway, I still dare not tear up the books of my classmates who bullied her like Juan, and then wait for the teacher to come and cry that the other party hit her first, so that the other party can apologize to her first.

I said, I don't like Juan's personality. Everything has its winners and losers. I feel bored. Actually, it's because I dare not. I felt very inferior at that time. If I quarrel with others, if I lose, it will be a shame. I never thought I could win the quarrel.

I keep telling my neighbors, and my clever mother says, you girl, you are nothing like me. What's the use of crying when you are bullied?

My mother is very strong, but when I was a child, my personality was completely opposite to her, and I often felt confused.

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At first, I didn't have a good relationship with Juan, and then I slowly approached. The reason for this is because of Ting.

Ting lives in the center of the old street, which is a little farther from Huang's house than mine.

Juan and Ting have a good relationship.

Ting belongs to that kind of person with a particularly good personality. It is rare to see her angry or crying.

I think it has something to do with her mother's experience of dying during childbirth.

Generally speaking, people who have experienced major setbacks in life have a strong personality that others don't have, and they won't get angry easily or be sad easily.

When I was a child, those big grievances in my eyes were really nothing compared with the pain of losing my mother.

Ting looks like her mother. I've seen pictures of her mother. I vaguely know from adults that Ting's mother has been in poor health and has a good relationship with Ting's father, but nothing else.

I dare not ask ting.

Ting herself mentioned her mother once or twice, but they all avoided talking about it, passing by without showing too much emotion. Before the usual smile on his face disappeared, he immediately switched to the next topic.

I think Juan likes playing with Ting so much, which may be related to Ting's good temper and her tolerance to the greatest extent. It is said that husband and wife should complement each other in order to live in harmony. In fact, sometimes friends will follow this rule.

Ding's father is a small contractor. At that time, most people in the village would look for him when building a house at home. My house was contracted to him.

Ting's father is always busy. He is hardly at home during the day and often goes out at night.

Ting was brought up by her grandmother.

Ting's grandmother is a terrible old lady. At that time, she was not too old. She walked on two feet and got wind. When she swore, she cut the gordian knot and didn't repeat what she said.

Christine was scolded by her grandmother, so no wonder she has such a good temper. If everyone is as strong as Juan, how can she live without quarreling with her?

There is a big gardenia tree in the yard behind Ting's house. I like it very much. Every season in bloom, I would go to her house and run home while her grandmother accidentally picked one and hid it in her clothes.

Because there is no mother, dad is busy outside every day, and Ting is more free. As long as you help grandma do some housework every day, such as peeling beans, washing clothes and sweeping the floor, you can control the rest of the time by yourself.

At that time, our family didn't have a color TV, but Ding Jia did, which was a great thing at that time. Moreover, color TV can receive movie channels that black and white TV can't, so Juan and I often go to Ting's house to watch movies with envy and envy.

On weekends, I go during the day and sometimes at night. If I have a holiday, I will be reluctant to go back to Ting's house.

In fact, we can't see why. Sometimes we don't even understand the plot after reading it, but we just feel good and enjoy it.

Sometimes at ten o'clock in the evening, adults are already asleep, but they still can't bear to go home.

If Ting's father is not at home, we won't go home. After watching the movie, we will whisper to each other and fall asleep.

Ting's house is relatively new, with tight doors and windows. Summer is not like my old house, where mosquitoes are flying everywhere, and winter is not very cold. So sleeping in Ting's home is always sweet.

Looking back now, I forgot all the whispers I said at that time, but the scene of three people sitting together watching a movie and sleeping under the same quilt seems to have happened last night.

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Cui's home is at the other end of the street. Turn right at Ting's house and walk for a few minutes.

The home of the four of us is like four points, which divide the old street into several sections with almost the same distance.

Cui is like a tomboy.

They are not only similar in character, voice and appearance. Plus her short hair, I really didn't know she was a girl without looking carefully.

I remember when I was in junior high school, once, my cousin who was not in a school came to our school for an exam and saw me walking side by side with Cui. Later, she came to my house to play and asked me quietly, sister, why did you hug a man at school?

At that time, not to mention puppy love, boys and girls rarely played together, so when my cousin asked this, her face was very picky, like I did something to hide a scandal.

Then I finally figured it out. She saw that the "man" I was holding was Cui, and we both laughed for a long time.

Cui's hobby is no different from that of boys. She can roll a hoop, play marbles, play a slingshot, and play all the games that boys like very much. Cui plays table tennis very well. She represented the school in the county competition and won the prize.

At first, only Ting and Cui played better.

Ting also has short hair. She likes to play boys' games, but she doesn't play well, but sometimes she can play together.

In the second day of junior high school, because the school moved, it was a little far from the old street where we lived, and it took more than ten minutes by bike. If you can't ride a bike in rainy days, you have to walk a long way.

Cui's father drives a tricycle, which is the kind of tricycle that his family uses for traveling. Every time it rains, Ting takes Juan and me to school by Cui's tricycle, and after several times, it starts to get better.

The world of children is so simple, because a ride becomes a best friend, and sometimes it is fun and lovely to think about it.

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After four people, we played more than just watching movies together and whispering together.

Cui learns to play cards with the boys and teaches us. Every Sunday, everyone gets together at Ting's house to play "80 points", and four people just get together.

I was particularly "addicted" when I first learned. A dozen people lasted for a whole afternoon, until grandma Ting called Ting to pick vegetables for her outside, and we were reluctant to go.

Cui is always the best, so we all have to compete with her, or we will lose miserably.

Cui is particularly "stylish" when playing cards. Holding dozens of playing cards in his hand, he didn't mess like us and slipped away like a beautiful little fan.

When it comes to playing cards, Cui is not as hesitant as we are. He is always very straightforward. He can often guess what cards the opponent has and what cards he is playing, and he looks confident.

I admire her very much.

Later, my brother and sister grew up and liked to play with the four of us.

My sister is two years younger than me, so she quickly integrated into our small group. My brother is different. First, he is four years younger than us. Second, he is a boy. I don't want to take him, just like I am a big sister who gets along well. I don't want to take a kid who can't fight.

My brother doesn't seem to want to give up, but he often sneaks up behind me and my sister.

I figured out a way to get him to promise me one condition, so I took him to play once. For example, peel all the beans I don't want to peel, such as cleaning the floor of the room, or give him twenty cents to buy me "spicy strips" in a small shop. He always runs like a fart.

Later, my brother actually surpassed me in playing cards, and he could guess what cards Cui was going to play, and he could talk to Cui about the secret of counting cards, which made me depressed for a long time.

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Ting was the first of the four of us to get married, which surprised us later.

Ting married in the village next door, not far away. Her husband is a distant relative of her cousin's family, and her cousin is a matchmaker.

I learned the news of Ting's marriage from my mother. At that time, no one had QQ or a mobile phone. After graduation, they went their separate ways and haven't contacted each other for a long time. It was not until I learned that Ting was married that I realized that several years had passed.

When Ding got married, her grandmother had died. The old lady who walks with the wind will finally stop cursing Ting at the top of her lungs.

My family moved out of the old street, and the chances of meeting each other gradually decreased.

Juan has seen it several times. She is still so thin and short. She still looks like a child. Apart from her real age, I thought she was only a teenager.

On the contrary, Cui walked the nearest. At first, we stayed in the same factory for a while, and then we entered the catering industry, which Cui took me into.

Cui's personality is still the same as that of boys, but she doesn't only have short hair as a child, and sometimes she has long hair. But every time I see Cui with long hair, I always feel a little uncomfortable.

Cui's marriage was short, but she agreed under the pressure of her family. In less than a year, she separated because of personality problems. I have only met that man once, and I don't like him very much. I think Cui's decision is correct.

Cui and I discussed our views on love and marriage, and many of our views coincide. For example, neither of us thinks that marriage is the most important thing in life. For example, we don't like the idea of getting married and having children in order to carry on the family line. For another example, we don't think that girls have to rely on their husbands and marriages to gain a foothold in this society, and so on.

I find it hard to believe that Juan has never been in love.

Once, I told Cui that I had the opportunity to inquire about Juan's privacy together. Maybe she has a romantic story hidden in her heart.

After that, I realized that such an opportunity would never happen again.

Not to mention Ting, who is married and has children, even the three of us, although not married, are in different cities all the year round, and we can only meet once or twice every year when we go home for the New Year. Every time we meet, we simply recall the past, even say some vague pleasantries like adults, and then we part.

How can I get into bed, face to face, and whisper like a child?

Those young people who don't know the taste of sadness have long passed away in the long river of time and will never return.

If life is just like first sight, it can only be if.