nostalgic

"If Yuntou is alive, he should be 47 years old this year." Jiang Nan grabbed the lighter on the corner of the table and lit a cigarette.

"How did my mother die?" Tang Yun stared at the ruined courtyard outside the window, her eyes misty.

"Kidney disease." The short answer drifted out of Jiangnan's mouth accompanied by tobacco smoke.

"Is it true that you two met each other when you were young? But why can't I find your name in the directory of Lucheng Medical University?" Tang Yun asked with flickering eyes.

"Yunyun, you are right in your suspicion. In fact, Yuntou and I are not college classmates, but sick friends. I was afraid that you would be sad if you knew the truth, so I kept hiding it on purpose. Now that you want to know, you might as well tell me directly. you.

In real life, Yuntou and I first met in the No.30 No. 31 Hospital in Hengshi. At that time, Yuntou was only [-] years old, but his condition was getting worse and worse.Because we were fighting the disease alone in a foreign land, we gradually became close friends who talked about everything. During that time, Yun Tou told me the sad past of the Lu family without reservation. Hardship and forbearance are deeply touched.

Half a month later, Yun Tou's condition worsened again, and the doctor declared that there was no way to return to heaven. Yun Tou signed an agreement to donate all available organs while he was awake. I was one of the designated beneficiaries, because of this selfless gift to Yun Tou. Tou became the person who gave me a second life. This is the reason why I insisted on spending several years of my youth to realize her unfulfilled wish in Lucheng. "Jiangnan Yubi opened the photo box in his hand, staring intently at Lu Yuntou's young and ignorant face in the photo.

Seeing this, Tang Yun didn't ask any more questions. She touched the cigarette case next to Jiang Nan's hand and took out one between her fingers. The smell of tobacco quietly filled the passing time.

On Tuesday, the trial of Lin Ling's mother murder case started. Tang Yun stared blankly at her best friend whom she hadn't seen for a long time. Picking up Tang Yun's unconsciously trembling fingers.

The hour hand slowly climbed up the dial on the wrist, and Tang Yun vaguely recognized the name of Wei Jiaman, the young man suspected of being a thief who sneaked into Linling's room three days before the crime, amidst a sudden tinnitus.

When Tang Yun heard Wei Jiaman's name, she immediately pieced together the images related to it that remained in her memory from the past.

In Tang Yun's memory, Wei Jiaman went to Linling Bar to apply for a part-time waiter after he entered the freshman year. He has worked for Linling for four consecutive years. He wears a black flat cap, speaks less, works harder, and has a rather maverick taste.

That is a person who works in the world like a machine, as if he never knows what fatigue is. Wei Jiaman can clean the glasses of the entire bar by himself, and can also unload dozens of boxes of foreign wine by himself. That is a typical dedication. He is an activist, and within half a month of coming to the bar, he volunteered to share a lot of extra work for Lin Ling without asking for anything in return. His colleagues gave him the nickname Wei Tuoluo for his morbid diligence.

How could such a persistent young man be the young woman in front of me with red lips, white teeth and long hair?

"Defendant Lin Ling, do you have any objection to the criminal facts charged in the indictment?"

"no disagreement."

"The defendant may sit down."

"The public prosecutor is invited to interrogate the defendant."

"Defendant, please truthfully report your criminal history to the court."

Tang Yun saw Lin Ling turn her head to look at Wei Jiaman with nostalgia, her dry lips opened and closed, and Tang Yun was surrounded by Lin Ling's weak voice instantly.

When Lin Ling was 17 years old, his love overflowed and he had the idea of ​​subsidizing children to go to school. At that time, he chose Wei Jiaman only based on a two-inch photo provided by the educational institution. The child in the photo was wearing a black flat cap with a fringe , with an extremely fair complexion, and although the school uniform is large and worn out, there is not a single stain to be seen. There is a half-old metal key hanging around his long, white neck, revealing a rare cleanliness all over his body.

Lin Ling clearly remembered that the amount to subsidize a primary school student for one school year was [-] yuan. After making up his mind, Lin Ling took out seven banknotes from his pocket, counted them and took out six banknotes, which were hurriedly stuffed into his hand by his mother before going out in the morning. The other day, my mother saw Lin Ling glanced at the pair of eye-catching new sneakers on the feet of the young lady next door, so she wanted to let Lin Ling choose a pair of favorite shoes before school started.

On the way to the shopping mall, Lin Ling passed the non-profit educational institution on the right side of the road, and stopped curiously. In fact, he just planned to take a look at it at first, but he didn't expect to be caught by the nine-year-old child in the photo unexpectedly. Those eyes, once staring at each other, can't let go.

"How could you do such a stupid thing?" When she came home in the afternoon, her mother was so angry that she slapped the desk when she saw Tang Yun holding a pair of pull-back rubber shoes.

"I don't want you to be compared to other children, but what about you? Use my hard-earned money to help others! Do you think this is an act worthy of praise? Why can't your kindness be used to pity your mother? ?Look at the shoes in your hand, can girls wear them? You are not afraid of being laughed at by outsiders when you wear these cheap shoes? How rich do you think we are? Do you think we are so rich that we can give alms? Listen! I'm just pampering you and spending all my money on you!" Mom grabbed the shoe box from Lin Ling's hand and threw it behind the anti-theft door contemptuously.

"It's a bit plain, but it's obviously very comfortable." In the new semester, Lin Ling was wandering around the playground wearing pull-back shoes.

In late November, there was a letter from a remote area lying quietly in the mailroom of the school. Lin Ling happily opened the thick kraft paper envelope, and took out a few test papers with Wei Jiaman's name on it. 97 points, [-] points in Chinese, and two points deducted for composition.In the first question, I made a mistake in the pinyin, and wrote "check" as "jianyao", so another point is deducted here, and the bright red cross is a bit dazzling in the red check mark.

A rough exercise book was attached to the bottom of the test paper. Lin Ling opened the exercise book, and found that the word "check" was densely packed all over the page, and he found no other words at the end of the page.

The next day in the self-study class, Lin Ling drew a stick figure of Wei Jiaman sitting in class and listening to the class. He bit his pencil and meditated for a few seconds, then Lin Ling drew a picture of himself next to Wei Jiaman. Lin Ling smiled and rubbed Wei Jiaman's head, Wei Jiaman raised his chin slightly, looking obedient.

During the summer vacation, Lin Ling started to work in a bookstore not far from home. In the second half of November of that year, Lin Ling received the test papers from Wei Jiaman as scheduled, and all the homework was full marks. Lin Ling raised the envelope above his head. After shaking down, I still couldn't find any other redundant words.

Lin Ling folded Fang Fang Zheng, the test paper, and locked it in a drawer. He took out the salary he earned during the summer vacation and bought a new black flat cap and a plaid shirt for Wei Jiaman, and sent them together. I also went to "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "Captain Grant's Sons and Daughters", which I bought with employee discounts when I was part-time.

Lin Ling was already a sophomore at Lucheng University when Wei Jiaman was in his first year of junior high school, and Lin Ling had been in society for four years when Wei Jiaman was admitted to Lucheng University.

On the day when the freshmen of Lucheng University registered, Lin Ling came to the train station early to wait for Wei Jiaman. He should grow up to be a young man. With a smile on his lips, Lin Ling secretly guessed that the passengers got off the train one after another, and the sound of the suitcase rollers rubbing against the ground could be heard endlessly. , Lin Ling stretched his neck to search in the door of the carriage, and finally a handsome boy wearing a black flat cap appeared at the door of the carriage.