Life is a Game

When Wu Minqi came up with Jiang Feng's freshly cooked yam, he felt that the atmosphere was a bit delicate.

Although the four of them seemed to be eating, Jiang Zaide and Jiang Shoucheng were eating with gusto and could be ignored, but the two sisters, Ji Yueji and Xia, who were all drinking porridge, looked a little weird.

The two sisters didn't serve vegetables, and they had been drinking porridge in silence.

"Silk-drawn yam, eat it while it's hot." Wu Minqi put the silk-drawn yam on the table, greeted her, and sat next to Ji Xue.

Seeing Wu Minqi coming up, Ji Xue thought it was because she had eaten for too long, so she quickly picked up the bowl and was about to pour eight-treasure porridge into her mouth.

"It's just opened for business and there are no customers. I'll come up to eat first when I have nothing to do. Axue, don't worry, eat slowly. Is it because these dishes are not to your liking? I don't think your sister eats much." Wu Minqi asked.

It's not just that she didn't eat much vegetables, Wu Minqi didn't see any soup or bones on Ji Xia's plate, she even suspected that Ji Xia didn't eat vegetables at all.

"Xia Xia is afraid of life, maybe it's because of embarrassment." Ji Xue glanced at the expressionless Ji Xia, and asked softly, "Xia Xia, don't you like sweets the most? Silk yams are sweets, do you want me to pick a piece for you?" .”

Ji Xia still didn't speak.

Ji Xue took it as her acquiescence, and gave Ji Xia a chopstick of shredded yam, and told her to be careful not to burn her tongue when eating.

When Wu Minqi came up, Ji Xia was already almost full, so she just drank the porridge in the bowl and ate the shredded yam that Ji Xue had given her just now, then put down her chopsticks, and continued to sit silently with her head down. Bit in a daze.

Wu Minqi didn't move her chopsticks much, and only drank half a bowl of eight-treasure porridge. After all, she had to eat another bowl of stretched noodles made by Jiang Feng when she got home at night, so it was enough for dinner.

If Ji Xue didn't come back today, Wu Minqi wouldn't even drink porridge at night.

"Axue, what about your sister? Should I send it back first? Or let her stay here, or should I get a tablet for her to play with?" Wu Minqi asked.

"she……"

"I can help." Ji Xia suddenly raised his head and said loudly, his voice was clear but a little hoarse, probably because he hadn't spoken loudly for a long time.

"What can you help?" Ji Xue asked back.

"I can sweep the floor, wipe the table, and I can also chop vegetables." Ji Xia raised her head so that Wu Minqi could see her appearance clearly.

Danfeng eyes, willow leaf eyebrows.

The first thing Wu Minqi thought of was "a pair of red and phoenix triangular eyes, and two curved willow-leaf hanging eyebrows."

It's just that Wang Xifeng's face is pink and spring is not exposed, and her red lips smell it before she smiles, but Ji Xia has a face like this. Not only is there no expression on her face, even her eyes don't fluctuate, just like a pool of calm stagnant water. A stone can only set off a few insignificant ripples when it goes in.

In terms of Wu Minqi's aesthetics, Ji Xia is the kind of look she likes very much.

His facial features are profound, sharp-edged, and even sharp. He has hair longer than a doll placed in a department store window, and a face of indifference, even indifference, as if he could put on a silver helmet and carry a gun to ride a horse in a second. Going into battle to kill the enemy has a face like that of a female general drawn in comics.

Such a bright and unique face, combined with Ji Xia's disastrous grades, if she fights two more times at school and is a bit more aggressive, it will quite fit her personality as a bad girl.

"Don't be self-willed anymore. This is a restaurant where everyone has their own jobs. There are people who sweep the floor, wipe the tables, and chop vegetables. I'll send you back now." Ji Xue said.

"Then, staying in your room with nothing to do is like staying at school and at home, being a waste who only eats but doesn't do anything?" Ji Xia looked at Ji Xue.

"Then I will find a way to find you a tutor for college students. There is no remedial teacher in the town, so I will help you find it here. You stay at home and study hard. I asked Mr. Fang and he said that he can find a way to let you take the high school entrance examination again. You Just stay at home and study hard, then prepare for next year's senior high school entrance examination, enter a high school, and then go to university to find a good job. You won't be as fortunate as I am, and you can live your life in peace and stability."

Hearing Ji Xue's words, Ji Xia felt more irritable than ever.

She heard this word many times every year, from Ji Xue, from her mother, from her grandmother, and even from her aunt. Listen to them over and over again, and put their hopes, their thoughts, and their loves all on yourself.

"Xia Xia, your sister has been dragged down by me and your father in this life. Your parents are useless and useless. Your sister can only do this in this life because of our two burdens. You are the only one in our family , your sister is so tired and so hard outside because of you, you must study hard, get into a good university, find a good job, and you must be worthy of your sister's hard work for so many years."

"Xia Xia, is Xiaoxue not coming back this Mid-Autumn Festival? Alas, this child Xiaoxue is really suffering. Xia Xia, you must study hard and make grandma happy when you come back from a good university. As long as you are well, grandma will be happy." Happy."

"Xia Xia, I heard from your mother that you were punished for fighting with others at school? Why are you so uneasy about your child? Your sister is so miserable outside and you should let her worry less. You Uncle went to school to find a teacher, you can’t do this again in the future, aunt knows you are not a bad boy, but you should be sensible when you are so old, we all expect you to get into a good university in the future, don’t let your parents still have you My sister is disappointed."

"Xia Xia..."

"Xia Xia."

Ji Xia clenched his fists.

It's been like this every time, and it's always been like this.

Their family is no longer a normal family, and it is impossible for their family to be a normal family. But it seemed that as long as she could live the way they wanted and the route they had planned, their family would be happy.

How can it be.

How can there be a normal family with high debts, how can there be a normal father who can only lie in bed all day waiting to die, how can there be a normal mother with gray hair and tears all day long, how can there be a normal sister with a junior high school Going out to work before finishing school, how could there be a sister from a normal family who would be pointed at by her grandma and scolded her father and mother for her family, a broom star that should have been thrown away when she was born.

Their family has long been abnormal, why does everyone want her to live a normal life.

"Do you think it's possible?" Ji Xia looked at Ji Xue, wanting to shake her awake and tell her to stop dreaming.

"Is our family rich? The high school in our town can't produce a few college students a year, let alone my grades. Do you really think I can get into college?"

Ji Xue was stunned.

"Xiaxia, you just..." Ji Xue wanted to tell Ji Xia, as long as you work hard, you will definitely be able to.

But she couldn't say it.

It was as if, the frothy fantasy she had been trying to weave for so many years was finally punctured by Ji Xia.

Ji Xia has grown up.

I started to have my own ideas.

It's time for her to face reality.

Their family has never been an ordinary family, it used to be, but it hasn't been since ten years ago. It is impossible for her and Ji Xia to live an ordinary life, at least not now.

The shredded yam in Jiang Zaide and Jiang Shoucheng's mouths had been in their mouths for at least half a minute.

They thought they were just picking up people, having a meal, and improving the food, but they didn't expect that they would be full before they were full.

Their expressions now were almost exactly the same as those of Jiang Feng and the old man when they ate the old melons from Jiang Weiming's house during the Chinese New Year.

Unaware and afraid to speak.

"Sister, stop dreaming, it's impossible." Ji Xia looked at Ji Xue, "I can't live a normal life."

Wu Minqi, who was also full of melons: ...

Although she has indeed eaten a lot of melons behind her back these years, it is indeed a bit embarrassing to eat the melon that was suddenly forced into her mouth today.

"Axue, why don't you go home to accompany your sister and have a good chat with her." Wu Minqi suggested.

"But I..."

"It's okay, you can go back first, we are busy in the back kitchen." Wu Minqi smiled, "Fengfeng and I will go find you after get off work at night."

Wu Minqi glanced at Ji Xia, and gave her a gentle smile: "Studying may be the most normal and safest way, but it's never the only way. I also dropped out of university this year, because for me, I have Better choice."

"But first you have to know what you want to do. Go back and have a good talk with your sister. Axue just won't say it, but she really cares about you. Those of us who are colleagues can see it."

"I'll go down and get busy first." Wu Minqi waved to the two sisters.