man and boy

Two weeks later, after Chen Shibin's affairs were settled, Chen Yang and Zhao Juan proposed to drop out of school.

Zhao Juan not only wanted Chen Yang to continue to study, but also wanted him to help the family earn money. Under the conflict, seeing Chen Yang's calm face, she didn't know what to say for a while.

"Mom, I've already made up my mind. I'm not going to continue this school. In this village, there are only a few people who can go to high school. I didn't plan to go to college at first, but now it's just a year ahead of schedule. Quit school." Chen Yang said lightly.

Zhao Juan looked at Chen Yang, at his calm expression.In just two weeks, Chen Yang seemed to have grown up ten years suddenly.

The children of the poor headed home early.This sentence has never changed.

Zhao Juan was well aware of the family's financial conditions. Chen Shibin had an accident this time. If Chen Yang hadn't given her the 3000 yuan from Yan Qi's family last time, their family would not have any extra money for Chen Shibin's funeral.

Chen Yang's grades are very good. With his current grades, it is more than enough to be admitted to a key university.Zhao Juan once also thought that Chen Yang would graduate from high school and go to college, and then find a good job with pride.

But God gave them such a heavy blow, before they had time to take the first step towards their dreams, they were beaten back by the bloody reality.

Chen Yang dropped out of school, like most teenagers in this village, he didn't even enter the university, so he went home early to work and earn money.

Yan Qi didn't know that Chen Yang didn't go to school anymore. Seeing that Chen Yang was working at home every day, he was both happy and confused. He pulled Chen Yang and asked, "Brother, is your school on holiday again?"

Chen Yang's eyes darkened, he shook his head, and said, "No, brother doesn't go to school anymore."

Yan Qi didn't understand, so he chased after him and asked, "Why?"

Chen Yang didn't answer him, picked up the hoe and walked to the farmland.

Yan Qi trotted along behind him, he could feel that Chen Yang was in a low mood.Ever since Chen Shibin passed away, Chen Yang didn't like to talk much, and he was sullen and reticent every day.

Yan Qi followed Chen Yang to the farmland, and watched Chen Yang bend over and dig the ground with a hoe.

He couldn't help, so he sat on the ridge and looked at Chen Yang with his hands on his chin.

When the sun came up and saw Chen Yang sweating on his forehead, Yan Qi picked up the water cup and walked to the ground, unscrewed the lid and handed it to Chen Yang with his feet, saying, "Brother, drink water."

Chen Yang raised his head and saw Yan Qi looking at him with big black eyes.

The sun was just right at that time, and Chen Yang could clearly see Yan Qi's reflection in his eyes.

Suddenly, the uncomfortable energy accumulated in Chen Yang's heart dissipated like this, like throwing a stone on the water, causing circles of ripples.

Ripples spread out layer by layer, and disappeared when the wind blew.

Under Yan Qi's expectant eyes, the depression that had been sinking in his heart during this time slowly dissipated like this, and disappeared into the sunlight bit by bit.

His father is gone, but he still has his mother and Yan Qi, and life goes on.

Chen Yang raised his hand to wipe the sweat off Yan Qi's forehead, took a sip of water from the water cup, then handed the water cup to Yan Qi, and said, "Thank you, Xiao Qi."

Holding the water glass in both hands, Yan Qi ran to the ridge of the field, put the water glass away, and then ran over again, saying, "Brother, what can I do for you?"

"No, you can just sit on the ridge of the field. If you feel bored, go to the side and play. Just don't stay too far away."

Yan Qi shook his head and said, "I want to help my brother with something."

Chen Yang shook his head and bent over to dig the ground.

After a while, Chen Yang felt something was wrong, he asked Yan Qi to play aside, but Yan Qi didn't seem to move.

Chen Yang raised his head, and was surprised to find that Yan Qi was still standing where he was just now, with misty eyes, as if in the blink of an eye, that layer of mist could condense into water droplets and fall down.

"Xiao Qi, why are you crying?" Chen Yang was surprised.

Yan Qi raised his hand to wipe his eyes, choked up and said, "Brother, do you want me anymore? Are you and Aunt Zhao sending me away?"

Chen Yang was slightly taken aback.

He remembered the day he came back from school and saw Zhao Juan beating Yan Qi with a wooden stick, cursing him that he was a plague god and telling him to get out of here.

At that time, there were many marks on Yan Qi's body from being beaten with a wooden stick, which were red and red, reflecting on his white and tender skin, which was particularly dazzling.

At that time, the family was in chaos, Chen Yang had to be busy with Chen Shibin's funeral, but also appease Zhao Juan, he was also very sad, so he didn't have time to take care of Yan Qi's mood.

But at this time, he saw Yan Qi asked him with red eyes if he didn't want him anymore, and Chen Yang realized that Yan Qi had been very disturbed during this period of time.

This six-year-old child was abandoned by his mother and finally settled down in his house, but when this happened again, Chen Yang could imagine how panicked Yan Qi was.

When Zhao Juan beat him to the point of burning pain all over his body, he gritted his teeth and didn't cry out. He was afraid that if he cried, he would be hated by Zhao Juan even more.

He was trying hard to get Zhao Juan to accept him, and he was almost ready, but he didn't expect a sudden accident.

Chen Yang looked at this tiny child, and felt unspeakable distress in his heart.

He lost his father since he was a child, and his mother abandoned him. If he were an ordinary child, he would have been crying and struggling to live.

But Yan Qi only shed tears silently in the first few days, and then he didn't even cry very much. He only cried aloud in his dreams when he dreamed of his mother.

He learned to wash clothes, learned to pick up rags to sell, learned to help Zhao Juan dry and harvest millet, and learned to drive home the chickens and ducks raised at home in the evening.When she was disgusted by Zhao Juan, she stood silently by the side without saying a word.

He didn't even cry when he was beaten.

Chen Yang put down the hoe, raised his arms to hug him, stroked his hair, and said softly: "No, you are my younger brother, and my elder brother will never want you."

Yan Qi burst into tears.It's like crying out all the fears of these days at once, until I hiccup after crying.

Chen Yang gave him a big sip of water to stop the hiccup, patted his back, and said, "If you want to help brother with something, then help share the beans."

Yan Qi nodded vigorously, holding the bag of beans, and following what Chen Yang taught him, put three beans in a shallow pit and counted them one by one to ensure that there were three beans in each pit.

In one morning, the two planted beans on the land.Chen Yang pulled Yan Qi to sit down on the side ridge, saw that his little face was covered with sweat, wiped him with his clothes, and said, "Are you tired?"

Yan Qi shook his head: "Not tired."

Yan Qi was very happy to be able to help Chen Yang.He felt that if he could help the family, Aunt Zhao would not hate him so much.

He can stay at home with Brother Chen Yang all the time.

While sleeping that night, Chen Yang changed Yan Qi's clothes, and saw that the marks on his body from being beaten with a wooden stick hadn't completely disappeared.

These marks have changed from redness to bruises. Fortunately, these bruises are no longer as red and dazzling as before.

Chen Yang caressed the bruise on Yan Qi's body, and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

Yan Qi shook his head and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Chen Yang put on clean clothes for him, and said guiltily: "Xiao Qi, I'm sorry, it's because my brother is not good these days, and it won't be like this in the future."

Yan Qi shook his head vigorously and said, "Brother, you are fine!"

Chen Yang forced a smile, and pulled him onto the bed. After the two of them lay down, Chen Yang stretched out his hand to hold him in his arms, and gently stroked the top of his head.

Yan Qi closed his eyes reassuringly, he could feel that the familiar brother had returned.

Day by day, after Chen Shibin passed away, Zhao Juan's mental state was not as good as before, and her temper became worse, but fortunately, her body was fine.

Chen Yang took Yan Qi to work. When there was nothing to do in the fields, they went to the mountains to hunt wild game, and then went to the market to sell.

Although life is very difficult, it will not collapse at all.

In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year.

Yan Qi's favorite time of the year was the Chinese New Year. During the Chinese New Year, his mother would cook a lot of delicious food, take him to buy new clothes, and buy him a few small toys.

This year, seeing the children around him put on new clothes, it would be a lie for Yan Qi to say that he was not envious. Didn't say anything at all.

He already understood that he was different from these children.

He has no father and no mother.Brother Chen Yang treated him very well, so he had to learn to be more sensible. He wanted Brother Chen Yang to feel that it was not too outrageous to adopt him in the first place.

For the little Yan Qi, it is enough to have food and clothes every day.

"Xiao Qi, come here."

Yan Qi was sitting at the door with his head down playing with his fingers when he heard Chen Yang calling him.

Yan Qi stood up and trotted over: "Brother, are you going out to work?"

Chen Yang shook his head, saw a layer of mud sitting on his buttocks, bent down to pat off the mud, and said: "Today I will send the glutinous rice to make rice cakes, just in time for tomorrow's market, when the time comes, I will sell the rice cakes , Come back with some shopping for the New Year."

Yan Qi likes eating rice cakes very much, especially the rice cakes just out of the oven. They are white and soft, and smell a strong glutinous rice fragrance, which whets the appetite.

Chen Yang borrowed a tricycle, pulled two large buckets of glutinous rice and one small bucket of rice, then moved a small bench on the tricycle, and sat on it with Yan Qi in his arms.

It was Yan Qi's first time to ride a tricycle, and sitting on a small bench was a novelty.

Chen Yang stepped on the tricycle and told him to sit still, Yan Qi responded loudly, holding the big bucket beside him with both hands.

It took more than half an hour to reach the next village.There is a farmer here who specializes in making rice cakes. In the early years, he spent some money to buy two machines for making rice cakes. Every few days during the Chinese New Year, people from nearby villages would bring rice to his house to make rice cakes.

It was still early when Chen Yang arrived, and there were only a few families here.He carried Yan Qi down, and then dragged Mi Wang inside.

Yan Qi trotted along beside him, watching someone bring out the rolled rice cakes, the white and soft rice cakes were neatly stacked in a vat, greedy Yan Qi licked his mouth and swallowed back the saliva .

"Hey, whose child is this? He looks so cute." The owner of the house is a middle-aged man. He helped Chen Yang move down the bucket containing glutinous rice and rice. Looking at them, seeing that he looks really cute, he couldn't help laughing and joking.

Yan Qi moved to Chen Yang's side and said, "Good morning, uncle. My name is Yan Qi. I am six years old. I came here with my brother to make rice cakes."

The middle-aged man laughed twice, raised his hand to touch Yan Qi's head, took out two pieces of fruit candy from his pocket, and said, "No, eat it."

Yan Qi put his hands behind his back and looked towards Chen Yang.

The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Young man, your brother is really sensible."

Seeing Yan Qi's well-behaved appearance, Chen Yang couldn't help laughing. He touched Yan Qi's face and said, "Thank you, Uncle."

Only then did Yan Qi stretch out his hand, took the candy from the middle-aged man's hand, and said in a childish voice, "Thank you uncle."