February had just passed, and the Waking of Insects had not yet arrived. The late spring cold came unexpectedly. A gust of cold wind blew away the treetops, revealing the shadowy teaching building. At six o'clock in the evening, the sky was still bright. The elegant teaching building was hidden in the middle of the mountain, hiding behind the treetops, as quiet as a dense forest. A long bell sounded, and the sparrows hiding in the treetops flew away. Senior high school students and "prospective senior high school students" in winter school uniforms poured out from the middle of the mountain, and the dense forest suddenly became lively.
"Ali! Let's go eat barbecue, barbecue!"
In the crowded crowd of people leaving school, someone suddenly jumped onto Shen Li's shoulders. Shen Li couldn't stand the disturbance and slapped the other person's head: "Jiang Helizi, you pressed my hair!"
"Just press it, who told you to call me by my full name!" Jiang Helizi said angrily, continuing to urge her not to go home for dinner, "Just say it's an extra class, or say the teacher asked you to stay behind to do homework. Ah Li, we haven't gone out to eat for a long time!"
Shen Li was also moved. She touched her phone but before she could dial, a call came in: "Hello, Mom, I..."
"Auntie, hello, I'm Jiang Helizi, A-Li is not going home today..."
Li Zi suddenly yelled into the phone, Shen Li smiled and patted her, telling her to stop making trouble, and quickly walked to the side to talk. Half a minute later, she held the phone that was suddenly hung up, looking grim.
"What's wrong?"
Shen Li was furious: "Why is that? She hung up as soon as she finished what she wanted to say. Was she afraid that I would refuse or didn't want me to refuse?"
Li Zi patted her shoulder and said, "You should have known this long ago. Aren't all mothers like this? So you're going to get him medicine again?"
The two stood at the school gate, watching the newly opened barbecue restaurant crowded with customers. Shen Li sighed, "Yeah, let's go. I can still take you to the station today."
"That sickly guy is such a nuisance..."
Shen Li did not answer, but acquiesced to Li Zi's nagging. If it weren't for that sickly boy, she wouldn't be like this now.
After parting ways with Li Zi, Shen Li went to the big pharmacy next to the station to get some Chinese medicine. The boiled Chinese medicine was sealed and packed, one to two bags a day, and the amount for a month must weigh several kilograms. Shen Li took the medicine, thanked him, and left. Before leaving, she heard the boss and the clerk talking about her, and the content was nothing more than "a filial daughter", "the adults can rest assured", and "good grades".
Shen Li smiled bitterly indignantly. What's the use of that? No matter how well she did, she couldn't compare to that sickly person.
The second year of high school is called "quasi-senior year". Which family doesn't serve and take good care of senior year students? Even her mother treated her like a cleaning lady. Shen Li was very depressed. She took a deep breath, blew her bangs aside, and carried her schoolbag and medicine bag weighing more than ten kilograms and moved home step by step.
"Stop! Don't run!"
A voice was heard not far away, and a dark shadow ran towards Shen Li.
Is it a thief?
Shen Li subconsciously threw away the Chinese medicine bag and grabbed the black shadow. The plastic bag held by the black shadow blocked Shen Li's sight. She didn't even realize what she was holding! The warm body in her arms made Shen Li a little flustered. Just as she was about to throw it away, she heard someone shouting, "Hold it, don't let go!"
The dark shadow was quiet for two seconds, then pushed the plastic bag away, stared at Shen Li with its round, watery eyes, and bowed to her for mercy with both hands.
This is? A little monkey?
The monkey's clever movements were so cute that they made people tremble with fear. Shen Li looked at the fat man who was running slowly from a distance, and for a moment she couldn't tell who was good and who was bad: "Did you steal his things, or did he want to catch you?"
The little monkey whined and kept bowing to Shen Li, looking pitiful. Shen Li's heart softened again and again, and when the middle-aged fat man ran to her, she did not take the initiative to return the little monkey.
The middle-aged man panted and held his knees to breathe: "'Pudding', you...you little beast..."
Shen Li stepped back holding the little monkey. This didn't sound like a good person. She asked, "Uncle, is the little monkey yours? Why do I feel like you're abusing it?"
The middle-aged man was stunned and replied: "It's lucky that it didn't piss me off to death. Don't think it's pretending to be pitiful, it's actually..."
"What is it actually?"
After a few seconds, the middle-aged man rolled his eyes and replied, "Nothing, nothing, it's not mine. Little girl, look how much this monkey likes you, take it home and raise it."
"What?"
The middle-aged man chuckled and said, "I don't want this living ancestor anymore. You can take it back to play with it!"
Shen Li was shocked. What a turn of events! Wasn't she acting bravely? How could she be "scammed"?
Shen Li couldn't take it anymore: "Hey, uncle, this is an act of abandonment!"
The middle-aged man started to act like a rogue: "There are only you and me on the street. Who can prove that the monkey belongs to me? I don't want it anymore. You can keep it for fun!" The middle-aged man wanted to leave, but Shen Li just chased him out when she was hugged by the little monkey, blocking her view.
Shen Li was anxious and wanted to pull the little monkey off: "What are you doing? Your owner is leaving! Let go!"
The little monkey turned a deaf ear to Shen Li and even whined and acted coquettishly on her. The middle-aged man was even more delighted: "Girl, this monkey recognized you. It's the fate of the two of you! My fate with it is over, so I'm leaving first. By the way, the plastic bag contains its food. I wish you happiness!" After saying that, the middle-aged man ran away again with his clumsy steps.
"Hey, uncle! You can't do this! I can't afford to keep it, I can't keep it! Uncle——"
What is this!
"Brother Monkey, I really can't support you. I am still living under someone else's roof...ah, my hair! Okay, okay, support you, don't pull my hair! Brother Monkey, Big Brother Monkey, 'King Monkey'!"
Twenty meters away from her home, Shen Li, carrying a school bag, a bag of Chinese medicine, and a monkey on her shoulder, walked home from two kilometers away with difficulty. She finally understood why the uncle called the monkey a "living ancestor". This monkey is really domineering!
Shen Li knew that the little monkey could not enter her house, and her mother would definitely not let her. So she planned to take the little monkey to the police station on the road, put it down and run away. After being discovered by the little monkey, it upgraded from a coquettish and pitiful little monkey to a mischievous "monkey king" who would pull her hair at any time.
Shen Li carried it and passed by a window. She looked at the little monkey through the light reflected from the glass: "Monkey King, my mother will scold me to death if I take you back. But you have nowhere else to go."
"I'll bring you in secretly. Please be smart and don't let my mom find out, okay?"
Shen Li was stared at by the monkey's big, moist eyes. She shook her head and laughed at her own naivety: "How could I really think you could understand? You're just a monkey...ah, you're pulling my hair again! I'm really going to lose my temper." Shen Li dropped the bag, fished the monkey down, and stared at it, "Monkey King, you're really good at making trouble, aren't you?"
Suddenly, Shen Li burst into laughter: "It's good to be able to cause trouble! Very good, really great!" The little monkey frowned and looked at this scary weird girl.
Shen Li came close to it, and put her face close to the little monkey: "Monkey King, I'll take you home. Can you help me to play a trick on that sick kid?"
Speaking of Bing Yangzi, Shen Li's eyes dimmed. Bing Yangzi was the baby of their family, the center of their family, the treasure of her parents. Even the old lady kept saying "grandma's eldest grandson", as if she, Shen Li, just happened to have the last name Shen.
It is said that a name is the first gift given by parents. From the name Shen Li, one can tell who is more important, Shen Li or Bing Yang Zi. The name "Shen Li" sounds so casual, how can it compare to the precious "Tian You"?
Shen Li was a little depressed, and murmured self-deprecatingly: "Why would I expect a monkey to help me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Li's head was gently touched by the little monkey. She looked up in surprise, and saw that the little monkey's eyes became warm again. It raised its hand and continued to touch Shen Li's head, then nodded slightly, as if to say, "Okay, I'll help you."
Bringing the little monkey home was easier than expected. Dad Shen only stared at the TV, and Mom Shen held her iPad in her hand. She didn't even raise her head when she heard the door open: "Did you get the medicine?"
Shen Li replied sullenly, "I got it." She used her body to shield the little monkey from entering her room, and after whispering to comfort him, she closed the door, "Mom, where's my dinner?"
Mother Shen did not answer and continued to give instructions: "Put the medicine in the refrigerator and take out two packets to heat them up. Remember, the microwave timer only needs to be set for two minutes."
Shen Li lowered her head and reluctantly agreed, then asked, "Mom, where's my dinner? Didn't you say you left some food for me?"
"It's on the table."
"There's nothing on the table!"
"It's in the kitchen, go to the kitchen and take a look."
The kitchen was as clean as if it had just been cleaned up. There was no leftovers or even any residue. Shen Li was upset and shouted towards the living room, "Mom, there's nothing in the kitchen!"
Mother Shen was unhappy: "What are you yelling about? Your brother is not feeling well and is just resting. Don't yell!"
Shen Li stood at the kitchen door depressed: "What about my dinner?"
"Who told you to come back so late?" Mother Shen muttered, and gave Father Shen a crutch, "Where's the food? Your daughter hasn't eaten yet!"
Father Shen looked innocent: "Didn't you ask me to wash the dishes?"
"So you're just going to throw away all the leftovers? Your daughter hasn't eaten yet!"
"How would I know if she ate or not? Stop calling her 'your daughter' all the time, as if she weren't your daughter."
Two people in their 40s quarreled. Shen Li rolled her eyes, put the Chinese medicine into the microwave, and pressed the start switch. Shen Li smelled the unpleasant smell of the medicine, touched her stomach, and turned back to the room helplessly.
The little monkey who came to a strange place was not polite at all and was not at all shy. He occupied the desk and squatted on Shen Li's textbook. When he saw Shen Li coming in, he patted the table, as if to say, "Why don't you honor me with something delicious?"
"You really don't know how to be polite. This is my home after all, okay?" Shen Li pulled away the stool and put the bag of food from the little monkey on the desk. The little monkey immediately came over to look through it, and took out a pudding and handed it to Shen Li.
Shen Li was surprised: "For me?" She pretended to take it away, but the little monkey snatched it back angrily, "Hahaha, you stingy guy, you know it's yours! I'll open it for you, okay?"
Shen Li took it, tore open the lid, and handed it to the little monkey: "Eat! Eat! Is it really okay for monkeys to eat pudding?" The little monkey ignored her and held the pudding and ate it. "It looks delicious?" She touched her stomach. She was not very hungry at first, but she felt hungry after watching the little monkey eat.
Shen Li took one secretly and asked in a negotiating manner: "I have taken you in, can you give me one?"
The little monkey was eating happily, so why bother with her? So the man and the monkey ate the pudding face to face, like a competition, one for you, one for me, and they even competed. At the end, they were still not satisfied, so Shen Li even shared her own snacks that she had kept for a long time with the little monkey.
"This is called potato chips. Isn't it delicious?"
"You can't eat that spicy strip!"
"And this, duck neck! You can't eat it either..."
Shen Li had hidden away junk food, which she was supposed to eat secretly for a month. I don't know if she was too happy or what, but she and the little monkey ate it all. Shen Li burped and leaned back in the chair. The little monkey lay on the table, and Shen Li stroked its fur.
"elder sister……"
A voice came from outside the door, and Shen Li jumped up in shock, frightening the little monkey into a state of alert. Shen Li ran to the door: "Don't come in!" The door was pushed open a fist wide, and was pushed back by Shen Li.
"Sister, what are you doing? Mom, my sister won't let me in!"
Shen Li leaned against the door: "Shen Tianyou, can you just walk into a girl's room? You don't even know how to knock on the door?"
Shen Tianyou ignored all this and looked inside through the crack in the door. Although he couldn't see anything, he kept asking, "Sister, did you secretly eat junk food? Mom said we can't eat junk food!"
Shen Li was furious: "It's you who can't eat, not me!" After saying that, Shen Tianyou's pale face sank. His face, which was originally pale, now looked cold, and his whole body revealed awkwardness, and he looked angry.
Shen Li sighed and raised her hands in surrender: "I didn't eat anything, just instant noodles."
Shen Tianyou, the eldest baby of the Shen family.
Do you know what it feels like to be out of favor? Shen Li experienced it from the first day Shen Tianyou was born. It turns out that what the adults said, "After having a younger brother, mom and dad don't like you anymore," was not a lie. The most straightforward feeling is that you are no longer their only focus. Although they are not ignoring you on purpose, they just can't take your feelings into consideration at the same time .
What's more, Shen Tianyou is weak, with weak respiratory system and cardiopulmonary function... Shen Li doesn't understand those medical terms, she only knows that Shen Tianyou is a porcelain doll and should be the center of the family.
Shen Tianyou stretched his arm into the door and tried hard to squeeze in.
"Shen Tianyou! What are you doing? This is my room! Get out! Get out!"
Shen Li's voice was a little louder and her mother, who went back to the bedroom to watch a video on her iPad, heard her: "Shen Li, how old are you and why are you still fighting with your brother? You are the older sister, don't bully your younger brother!"
Shen Li bit her lip and pressed against the door, not wanting Shen Tianyou to discover the little monkey!
Before, Shen Li picked up a kitten and named it "Kiwi". When it was three months old, Shen Tianyou took a fancy to it. Shen Li was unwilling to give it to him, so he made a fuss. Finally, his mother said, "Shen Li, you are the elder sister, you should give in to your younger brother." In this way, the cat changed its owner. However, because Shen Tianyou did not take good care of "Kiwi", it was hungry and full, and it got sick, so it was sent to the grandmother's house.
The two wrestled, but Shen Li was too cautious and the door was pushed open by Shen Tianyou.
Shen Tianyou's eyes first focused on the junk food packaging: "Ha, I knew you were secretly eating junk food... a monkey?"
Shen Li rushed over and covered Shen Tianyou's mouth: "Don't be so loud!"
The little monkey squatted on the desk and looked at Shen Tianyou. An inexplicable emotion stimulated the vitality in Shen Tianyou's eyes: "Monkey? So cute!" After saying that, he walked towards the little monkey and reached out to touch the little monkey's head.
How could the "Monkey King" tolerate a young boy touching him? He suddenly jumped towards Shen Tianyou, stepped on Shen Tianyou's shoulders and jumped onto the bed, turned around, and looked down at Shen Tianyou with his nose in disdain.
Seeing Shen Tianyou's frightened burst out laughing: "The Monkey King won't let strangers touch him!"
"It's just a monkey, what's so untouchable about it?" Shen Tianyou didn't believe it and turned around to catch the little monkey. The little monkey raised its red buttocks and farted at him twice, and before Shen Tianyou got angry, it climbed up the door in a few seconds.
Shen Tianyou was furious. No one in this family dared to provoke him like this! He rushed over to shake the door, trying to shake the monkey down. The little monkey was alert. Seeing that something was wrong, he jumped into the restaurant and jumped onto the dining table in a few seconds.
Shen Li was able to gloat over the monkey just now and see how angry Shen Tianyou was, but now she couldn't do that. After all, if the monkey left her room, it would be more likely to be discovered and driven away. She wanted to take the monkey back when Shen's father was concentrating on watching TV and not paying attention to what was happening in the living room. But Shen Tianyou didn't agree, he was competing with the monkey!
Shen Tianyou rushed out to catch the little monkey, but how could the "Monkey King" just sit there and wait for him to be captured? He picked up the fruits in the fruit bowl one by one and threw them at Shen Tianyou.
There was a buzzing noise in the living room, and Shen's mother's concerned voice came from the bedroom again: "What are you two doing?"
Shen Tianyou shouted: "It's nothing! Mom, I just dropped something!"
Shen Li looked at Shen Tianyou in surprise, who was covering for the "Monkey King". Sure enough, when Shen's mother heard Shen Tianyou's voice, she stopped asking questions. And Shen's father, who was immersed in "Qu Yuan Za Tan", had no time to distract them. For a while, the two people and the monkey were in a stalemate in the restaurant.
"Shen Tianyou, it's just a monkey. Its IQ is the same as that of a three or four-year-old child. Do you understand? You don't have to get angry with it. What if you feel uncomfortable again? Forget it..."
Shen Li tried her best to persuade Shen Tianyou from the perspective of Shen Tianyou. She wanted to resolve the current situation. Otherwise, if this continued, the little monkey would be exposed in front of his parents in advance.
Shen Tianyou didn't listen. No one could persuade him since he was a child. If what he wanted was not delivered to him honestly, then just wait and see. He would definitely make a big fuss!
The man and the monkey were fighting fiercely. Shen Li gradually became annoyed when she saw that he didn't listen to her advice. When the "Monkey King" climbed up the decorative vase in the corner, she blocked Shen Tianyou and scolded him in a low voice: "Stop it! Look at what the restaurant has become now!"
a mess.
Shen Tianyou's eyes were filled with anger: "I won't!"
Shen Li stopped him from going to look for the little monkey: "That's enough, the Monkey King didn't do anything to you. And look, it's squatting on the vase now. If you provoke it again, what if it knocks over the vase?"
Shen Tianyou pretended to be thinking. However, at this moment, there was a sound coming from the bedroom, and the door handle seemed to move. Shen Li looked at the door nervously, and at this moment, Shen Tianyou bypassed her and ran towards the little monkey...
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The bedroom door was still opened, and Shen's mother was furious: "Shen Li, I told you to stop making trouble! Your brother is in poor health, can't you be more considerate of him..."
The vase was smashed, and the pieces were scattered all over the floor. Shen Tianyou fell into a corner, holding the little monkey in his arms. Shen Li stood in the living room with fruits and vegetables all over the floor, looking at Shen's mother in annoyance, knowing that a disaster was about to happen.
"What are you doing?" Father Shen also came back to his senses and stood at the junction of the living room and the dining room, asking with a serious face.
Suddenly, a monkey head popped out from Shen Tianyou's arms.
"Ah - a monkey? Why is there a monkey in the house?"
Shen Li sighed and confessed, "I brought it back."
In the living room.
Father and Mother Shen sat on the long sofa, examining their two children on their left and right. Shen Tianyou was holding the little monkey, and Shen Li was feeling uneasy.
"Shen Li, we can't have another pet in our house!"
Shen Li was anxious: "But the little monkey has nowhere to go!"
"It can go to an animal shelter or a zoo, but it shouldn't be in our house!"
Both Shen's father and mother had the same attitude, but Shen Tianyou was not happy: "I want to raise it."
"Tianyou!" Shen's mother tried to persuade her, "You are not in good health and your immunity is low. What if this monkey has some germs and infects you? Mom doesn't want you to be hospitalized for the third time this year!"
Shen Tianyou picked up the little monkey and stood up: "I want to raise it!"
"But……"
Mother Shen hesitated to speak, but Shen Tianyou was more talkative than her: "I can't even go to school, can't I let the little monkey stay at home with me?"
Shen's mother's fragile heart was pierced by her beloved son. Shen Tianyou was weak and sickly, with a weak respiratory system and low immunity. When he got sick, it was a serious illness, and every time he got sick, he had to suffer for a long time. So, when the weather forecast said the air quality was bad, Shen's father and mother would not let him go to school. But the adults had to go to work, and his sister had to go to school. Shen Tianyou was alone at home, and you didn't need to think about how lonely he was.
Mother Shen turned to look at Father Shen: "How about..."
Five minutes later, Shen Li collapsed on the sofa, watching Shen Tianyou passing by her with the little monkey in his arms. Before returning to their room, Shen's father and mother left a message: "Shen Li, you brought the monkey back, you have to clean up the restaurant."
In this way, the little monkey settled down in the Shen family, but it was Shen Tianyou who took advantage of him. And she, Shen Li, had nothing to do with the mess in the restaurant, but she had to bear a huge black pot and clean up Shen Tianyou's mess.
It was already one o'clock in the morning when Shen Li finished cleaning the restaurant. She washed up quickly and lay down on her bed with her tired body.
At this time, everyone fell asleep. Shen Li tilted her head and looked at the light coming from the small balcony. The moonlight was like a wash, but it couldn't wash away her bad thoughts.
She should have realized how low her status was in this family.
Why do we need such creatures as sisters?
Why can't she have a brother, but she has a younger brother who can't be hit or touched? Even if it's a younger brother, other people's younger brothers are cuter than hers.
In fact, she understood that it was not other people's brothers who were different, but her parents. The heart was on the left side, so it was tilted no matter how you looked at it.
While Shen Li was daydreaming, the door suddenly rang.
Shen Li immediately closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, but she was laughing in her heart. She thought her mother was going to give her another lecture. The content was nothing more than: My brother is not in good health, don't make trouble with him, take care of him more...
But this time, my mother didn't come over.
Shen Li sensed something was wrong and propped herself up to look at the door, only to see the little monkey twisting the door handle with one hand and climbing the wall with the other, looking inside cautiously.
"'Monkey King'!" Shen Li shouted in surprise, then immediately covered her mouth and called out, "Come here!"
The little monkey jumped onto Shen Li's bed, squatted beside her, and looked at her with sparkling eyes.
"Why did you come here?"
Shen Li guessed that Shen Tianyou must have fallen asleep, otherwise he would have held the little monkey captive. He probably locked the door, but the clever little monkey had learned to open the door, so the little monkey was able to open the door of her room.
Shen Li patted her bed: "Want to sleep with me?"
The little monkey hummed twice, moved its arms, and rested its head on Shen Li's quilt.
Shen Li smiled: "Then let's sleep together!"
The little monkey was lying next to her. Shen Li suddenly had an idea and took a photo with the little monkey's paw in her hand. She then posted it on Weibo:
King Pear and King Cat: New partners who will help my "Monkey King".