【Lou Cheng】 How easy is another day

"Minglou! So you are here."

At the entrance of the gymnasium, Minglou was called to a halt.

He had just finished playing and was sweating profusely and just wanted to take a quick shower, so he was a little displeased to be stopped suddenly.Unexpectedly, the other party's next sentence was: "Someone is coming from your house, waiting for you outside the dormitory building."

"Who is it?" Ming Lou was taken aback for not having received any news from the family that someone was coming.

"Half size. Your brother?"

"Yes. My brother. Thank you." Minglou quickened his pace, and then he simply let go and started running.

It was indeed Mingcheng who was waiting outside the dormitory building.

"Ah Cheng?" Seeing that he was the only one, Ming Lou took a breath and stepped forward.

After seeing Minglou, Mingcheng also came out from the shadow of the plane tree. As soon as the two brothers met each other, Minglou grabbed his arm and frowned: "What's going on?"

Minglou saw at a glance that Mingcheng had already cried: No matter how hard he tried to cover it up, he was still a boy under 15 years old, let alone the child who was rescued by himself and taught to read and read.Minglou thought, maybe she just quietly wiped away her tears just now.

His first reaction was whether Aunt Gui was back, but what he didn't expect was that after Mingcheng heard his voice, before he had time to say anything, he hugged him so tightly: "...Brother, Bai Mister is dead."

Minglou was stunned for an unknown amount of time, and finally remembered to reach out and pat the back of the half-grown young man in his arms.

"Don't talk here. Come, follow me to the dormitory."

Mingcheng followed Minglou upstairs.His footsteps have always been very light, unlike Mingtai, when he goes up and down the stairs, he always seems to be carrying a group of people, mighty and mighty, wishing to announce to the world that the young master of the Ming family is coming.Halfway through the walk, Minglou suddenly felt that Mingcheng hadn't followed for some reason, so he stopped and turned around, seeing that he was still a few steps away from him, so he started walking again.

Minglou's roommates are all Nanjing natives, and none of them are at school on weekends.After entering the dormitory, Minglou asked Mingcheng to sit freely, but the young man intuitively recognized Minglou's bed and sat down on the corner of the bed.

Since Mingcheng moved into Ming's house, Minglou taught him a lot of things and changed many of his old habits, but there were always some things he couldn't change—for example, as long as two people were alone, Mingcheng's sitting posture It will become restrained, just like now, he is sitting on the corner of the bed, his shoulders are slightly drooped, his hands are clenched into fists, and they are resting on his knees a little stiffly.

Minglou now knows that this is actually a defensive posture.Mingcheng tried his best to cover up in front of the eldest sister, walking, sitting and standing like him or Mingtai, but in front of him, he always unconsciously returned to the time when he first had the name "Mingcheng".

Ming Lou saw everything in his eyes, but said nothing, went to pour him a glass of water, then pulled a chair and sat down in front of him: "Now we can talk. Ah Cheng, when did this happen?" ? How do you know that Mr. Bai is dead."

Mingcheng glanced at him, lowered his head, and looked a little blank: "The day before yesterday. They came to school and dragged Mr. Bai out of the classroom in front of the whole class. I read the newspaper yesterday, and it turned out that as soon as they dragged him out, they dragged Mr. Bai out of the classroom." kill him."

In Shanghai after April 1927, people died every day.

Not only in Shanghai, but also on this university campus, Minglou also vaguely heard the news that some classmates and teachers had disappeared.No one knows their whereabouts, but the fear in their eyes tells everything.

"Not only Mr. Bai, but also Mr. Su and Mr. Liu. They also said that the janitor Xu is also a red bandit...Mr. Bai is dead, so Mr. Su and the others..."

Mingcheng raised his eyes, two lines of tears rolled down his face unexpectedly.

The chirping of cicadas outside the window suddenly became deafening.

Minglou's brows moved imperceptibly, he couldn't remember the last time he saw Mingcheng crying.He sighed softly, never mentioned life and death, and instead asked him: "Do you think these gentlemen are good people?"

Mingcheng nodded.

"Is it a good teacher?"

Mingcheng nodded again.

"Can you devote yourself to learning? Is it respectable?"

"Ah."

Minglou didn't ask any more questions, but patted Mingcheng's face, wiped away his tears, and said softly, "Don't forget them. If you forget them, they really will never come back."

Mingcheng took a deep breath, fixed his red eyes on Minglou: "Well...'When I become dust, you will see my smile'..."

"What did you say?"

Seeing Minglou's expression suddenly become extremely serious, Mingcheng couldn't sit still, stood up with a pale face, and apologized in a low voice: "Brother...I'm sorry...you said before...you can read all the books in the study .”

Minglou didn't expect Mingcheng to find the copy he had hidden, but seeing his appearance, he couldn't bear to get angry: "You boy, it's thanks to you that you found it."

"I read it one by one." Mingcheng seldom saw Minglou with such a stern look, and he continued to explain, "At first I thought it was your copybook..."

"Stop talking." Ming Lou stopped him, "Ah Cheng, shall we have a gentleman's date?"

"Ok?"

"Don't tell anyone that you have read this book. No matter who it is, if you mention the sentence above in front of you, you will pretend that you have never heard of it or read it. Can you promise me?"

Mingcheng didn't know why, but seeing Minglou's expression, he knew it was not a joke, but it wasn't an order either—Minglou never gave him orders.

He thought for a while, and agreed: "I promise you, brother."

"Good boy." Minglou finally showed a slight smile, "Articles are innocent. But people will be convicted because of articles. Especially now, you must learn to protect yourself. At any time, you must think about protecting yourself. Only when you know How to protect yourself will give you the opportunity to protect others in the future."

"So big brother, this is the Communist Party..." Mingcheng said these three words very vaguely, "...wrote it?"

"No."

"Then why not..." Sensing Minglou's admonishing eyes on him, Mingcheng stopped talking, and said unwillingly, "But, how beautiful it is."

Minglou smiled almost invisibly, and his voice couldn't be softer: "Do you like this article?"

Mingcheng nodded: "When Haoge is crazy, I have a cold; I see the abyss in the sky. I see nothing in the eyes of all; I am saved from hopelessness..."

The unique voice between a teenager and a young man echoed in Minglou's bedroom.For a moment, Minglou could no longer hear the cicadas outside the window.

"... There was a wandering soul that turned into a long snake with poisonous fangs in its mouth. It didn't bite people, it gnawed itself, and eventually perished." Minglou continued to recite it.

"...Brother!" Mingcheng's eyes flashed with surprise.

Minglou looked at the young man who stood up and hadn't reached his shoulders, and after a while, he pressed his shoulder heavily: "That's it. Let's not talk about it."

He said "don't talk about it", and changed the subject resolutely: "By the way, how did you get here? The train?"

Mingcheng suddenly felt embarrassed again: "Yes."

"Then have you talked to the elder sister?"

"..."

"Tell anyone in the family?"

"...No..." The answer was as low as a gnat.

Minglou finally realized what it means to be dark in front of his eyes.He sighed heavily: "You came to Nanjing without even saying hello, you are not afraid that elder sister will go crazy, are you?"

Mingcheng had just sat down, but when he heard Minglou say this, he quickly stood up again: "...I want to see you."

"Then you have to say hello to your family too! It seems that I gave you too much pocket money!" Minglou gave him a gouging look, "Okay, did you eat anything on the way here?"

Mingcheng nodded, and shook again.

"...you...forget it. I'll take a shower and change clothes, then call home, and then go eat."