There had been, in all, nine children; but the eldest son, a missionary, died before his father; the second had already gone to Kentucky, to seek his fortunes as a physician; he had married young, and, with children of his own to support, it seemed but little he could do for his step-mother; he sent for a younger brother, however, engaging to provide for him entirely. Another son was educated by his rich Longbridge relative, kind Uncle Josie; another uncle, a poor old bachelor, known to the neighbourhood as Uncle Dozie, from a constant habit of napping, did his utmost, in paying the school-bills of his niece Catherine. In the course of a few years, Uncle Josie's protege became an assistant in the school where he had been educated;Kate Hubbard, Uncle Dozie's favourite, married a quick-witted, but poor, young lawyer, already introduced to the reader, by the name of Clapp.
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宋轻晚在五岁时被父母带去G市老家过暑假的时候认识了范如笙——一个因为是捡垃圾妇人儿子从小便被人排斥的小孩。轻晚不知道自己是为何盯上范如笙的，是因为他被别的小孩欺负时倔强的眼神，还是在她好心想要扶起他时，他盯着她的小手时冷漠的眼神，或者是他对自己妹妹撒娇时露出温柔的眼神?反正那个时候她就喜欢追着他跑，即便是他一句话都没跟她说过。暑假过后，轻晚便被父母带回城，离开的时候范如笙连她的名字都没有问过。回到G市，轻晚依旧是父母手心宠爱的宝，却在五岁那年的暑假，心上刻了一个那个小小的不在意她的他。 再相见心心相依，为他，她甘之如饴。原来，每个人都在变，只有她还在抱着回忆入眠，忘记了收回别人不要的心。
