Big Fish Begonia

Forget together, the wind comes and rains, the sun and the moon tide.

#01

Chi Songzi found that she always likes to recall things recently, recalling things from a long time ago.How long, when Zhu Rong was just a little kid.The children in the neighbor's house next door seemed to be wearing crotch pants in Chisongzi's vague impression, which was a bit exaggerated, after all, Zhu Rong was already in kindergarten at that time.

Kindergarten, yes.However, Zhu Rong is different from other kindergarten children. He is neither obedient nor bearish. He always has a deep look, thinks in his pocket, and is very self-conscious. Yes, whoever saw it wanted to kiss and hug him, and then giggled at the helpless and embarrassed look of the little boy.

However, this did not affect the life of Chisongzi who was door-to-door—he has always been a standard "other people's child".Zhu Rong's parents wanted their son to be nurtured by good children and change his disinterested appearance, so the child was sent to the neighbor's house every three days.

Zhu Rong has a "boring" attitude towards most things around him and most people, but he is especially concerned about this little brother.If you really want to talk about it, at that time, Chisongzi, who was tall, carrying a small schoolbag and wearing a red scarf, was an object of admiration for Yu Zhurong.

Of course, Zhu Rong would never say these words.He always had a sullen little face, as if he was calm, but he was still betrayed by the eyes that followed Brother Songzi.

Mom pursed her lips and smiled: "Look, Songzi, my brother likes you so much."

The adults of the two families have a good relationship and are busy with work, so the two children are often thrown here and there. Chisongzi naturally has to shoulder the responsibility of being the little brother.He was doing his homework and reading in the room, and Zhu Rong was eating and watching TV in the living room. When he finished his homework, the two of them would nestle on the sofa and watch TV together.

"Is this pretty?"

"nice."

"Change the station."

"it is good."

"How many episodes have you seen last time..."

"32, replay today."

"Do you want to eat an apple?"

Shaking his head.

"Here's this candy for you. It's orange-flavored. It's delicious."

"Thank you brother."

Trivial conversations and the like, the children are not sensitive to time, they don't know that it will take most of the day.Zhu Rong was young and couldn't concentrate for so long. He often fell asleep while looking at him.At first Chisongzi leaned against his body, but he could bear it. After all, he himself was not very old, and half of his body became numb after a long time. With a light push, the child fell on the sofa without waking up at all.

If you sleep without a quilt in this way, you will catch a cold, my mother always said so.Thinking of this incident, Chi Songzi was about to get up and go to the house to find a blanket. Unexpectedly, he was halfway up and couldn't move—the younger brother's little hand was clutching the hem of his clothes, and his fist was clenched tightly, as if he had a premonition that he couldn't move. let him run away.

Chisongzi was very distressed, he didn’t want to go or not, so he could only sit back, the apple was still holding it in his hand and whirling around, the constantly moving light was bright and dark on the ground, and what was playing on the TV became blurred Qing, waited until the sun set and the door opened, and the parents, uncles and aunts came back together, and the children who hadn’t woken up were taken home.From then on, when Zhu Rong came to play at home again, he would prepare a small quilt on the sofa.

This is the beginning.

#02

When Zhu Rong was in elementary school, Chi Songzi was already a middle school student. He got up early and stayed late all day, and didn’t go home at noon. Even on weekends, he would just stay in his room and sleep in the dark.At that time, the relationship between the two families was not as close as before. Slowly, slowly, Chisongzi almost forgot that there was a little follower at the opposite door who was not a younger brother but looked like a younger brother.

Finally one day, Chisongzi's school closed half a day early for an event, and for some reason, he was assigned to pick up Zhu Rong after school.He hasn't been to elementary school for a long time, after all, this is also his alma mater.Chi Songzi walked around the campus and found that the bamboo forests, statues, gardens, and fountains that he once thought were big had become so small—maybe they were not big in the first place, but he himself was smaller back then.

Turning around and thinking about the business, I found Zhu Rong's class but couldn't find anyone. A few boys and girls were cleaning in the classroom with half the lights off.

Chi Songzi asked, "May I ask if Zhu Rong is in your class?"

The little girl with braids put down the broom: "Yes." She nodded her head seriously, "Excuse me, brother, do you have anything to do with him?"

"Yes." Chi Songzi thought for a moment, "I am his elder brother, and I will take him home."

The little girl was very vigilant: "What evidence do you have to prove that you are his brother?"

Chi Songzi didn't think he looked like a bad guy, he couldn't produce evidence, but he could produce a cell phone.Looking through the photo album, there are many group photos from a long time ago. The two families went out for an outing together, had dinner together, and some at each other's homes.He showed the photos to the children, and finally stopped at a face of only him and Zhu Rong, and he pinched the face of Zhu Rong, who was still in kindergarten, and the latter looked at the camera with a serious expression.

Chisongzi asked, "Do you believe it now?"

Twisted Braid nodded.

He suddenly wanted to tease the child: "Don't we two look alike?"

A boy with an inch-length hair next to him replied, "Brother, you look better."

"You can talk so much at such a young age, you won't have to worry about finding a girlfriend in the future." Chi Songzi smiled and put away his phone, "Can you tell me where he is now?"

Ultimately it was finding people on the field.

Standing on the plastic runway, Chisongzi lamented once again that the playground, which he thought he could never run to the end, was actually only so small.But he is really envious of these children who have no homework and can play on the playground without going home after school.

He saw Zhu Rong at a glance.Chi Songzi is not very interested in sports, and he can't tell whether Zhu Rong's position is called a forward or a defender. However, he watched from a distance and felt that his younger brother (he had already acquiesced in the proof process just now) was really brave , running on the green grass with a football like a cub that can't get enough energy.

I don't know if it was a kind of induction, but in the middle of running, Zhu Rong turned his head and looked at him, and saw Chisongzi at a glance.The child hesitated for a moment, as if he didn't quite believe his eyes, he was immediately urged by the people next to him, and continued to run around the ball towards the goal.After scoring another goal, he didn't care about the cheers of his teammates, and ran to Chisongzi in a hurry.

"Brother Songzi?" The boy frowned, "Why are you here?"

"Here, wipe off your sweat." Chi Songzi took out a paper from his pocket and handed it to him, "Didn't your mother tell you that I will pick you up from school today?"

"No, I thought I was going to take the bus home by myself today."

Chisongzi pinched his cheek, just like in that photo, the victim looked back seriously.He wanted to laugh a little: "Then let's treat it as a surprise. Do you want to sleep at my house tonight? Come on, I'll treat you to an ice cream."

At night he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, the two boys were really squeezed on the same bed - Zhu Rong was no longer the little brother who still had a milk voice.Chi Songzi thought, in a few years, Zhu Rong will also have a voice change period, and he will grow up like crazy—will he be taller than himself?He was much taller than the last time he saw it.

As soon as the phone screen lit up in the dark night, he turned over carefully and touched it. It was Zhu Rong's mother who had just left the night shift and sent a text message to ask if Zhu Rong was asleep and if she was obedient.

Chi Songzi replied politely, distractedly remembering that Zhu Rong slept at his house for the first time when he was a child, and the two of them turned on a small light in the middle of the night to play Lianliankan on the iPad, but accidentally made a sound, I was taught a lesson by my father.

When his sleepiness was getting stronger and his eyelids were heavy, Zhu Rong's mother sent another text message:

Pine nuts, I know you are nervous about studying in middle school now, but can you come to my house to play more when you have time?Zhu Rong misses you very much.Although he didn't say it, he could see it.You will be going to college soon, and you will spend less and less time seeing each other. You are both only children, and you are like an older brother to him.

In his drowsiness, Chisongzi vaguely thought of Zhu Rong who he saw on the playground in the afternoon. There was green grass under his feet, blue sky behind him, and the boy who was running with the wind grew much taller.He turned his head, the light was dim, and the little boy's breathing was steady and even.

Zhu Rong is indeed like a younger brother.The younger brother is jointing, but he is absent from his growth.

#03

On the day the college entrance examination ended, my parents didn't pick up the Chisongzi back home, and it was Zhu Rong who was waiting at the entrance of the examination room.The young man's face was still immature among a group of anxious adults, and Chi Songzi saw him at a glance.His mind is in a mess now, the two-day exam is like a dream, a few papers determine the future path, he clenches his fists and then loosens them, as if he is sure about the future, but it seems that it is just nothingness.

Zhu Rong took his stationery bag, didn't ask him how he did in the exam, didn't ask him if he was tired, thirsty, thirsty or hungry, he didn't say anything, and silently led him onto the bus.Chi Songzi shook her head, thinking that it would be better to forget these things as soon as possible—it has been memorized for so many years, so as to take up space.

Just in time for the end of the exam, there were so many people on this bus, even with the air conditioner turned on, I didn't feel the slightest chill.They were squeezed into the car and then squeezed into the middle of the car with few seats. The red pine nuts were squeezed so hard that they could only stick to the car window, and there were several girls chattering and discussing the answers beside them. Not even a handrail to grab.

Zhu Rong confronted him face to face.