Thằng Tường lâu nay vẫn phục tôi vô điều kiện. Nghe tôi giải thích tại sao ba con Mận đốt căn gác, nó càng phục lăn.
Nó cứ tò tò đi theo tôi, trầm trồ suốt:
- Anh Hai thông minh ghê!
- Lớn lên chắc anh Hai làm tới bộ trưởng.
Tường không biết làm bộ trưởng là làm gì, nhưng trong tâm trí nó chức bộ trưởng chắc là to lắm.
Tôi phổng mũi:
- Sao hôm nọ mày bảo tao sẽ làm đại tướng?
- Làm đại tướng là khi nào giặc giã kìa. Nếu không đi đánh giặc thì anh Hai làm bộ trưởng.
Nó chìa ngón tay út ra, hếch mặt:
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