River City Story

Song Rui and Feng Bowen didn't stay for long, they left after lunch.The phone calls from Song Rui's studio came one after another, and Feng Bowen also had papers to work on.He Zhengxi was quite envious of their way of getting along. Everyone has their own path, but at important turning points, they can still intertwine naturally. 20 years of getting along has made them a real family.

He Zhengxi hopes that the future of himself and Lin Yan can be like them.

"I have to go to the store." Lin Yan stretched out his hand and waved in front of He Zhengxi's eyes, "Huh? What are you thinking about, come back to your senses."

He Zhengxi blinked and stood up: "I'll go too."

Lin Yan pressed his shoulders: "School starts tomorrow, take care, don't go out, be careful to run into a 'disadvantaged group' again, and can't help being brave."

"Brother, don't make fun of me." He Zhengxi squeezed Lin Yan's hand, "Then I'll read at home, don't eat staff meals at night, I'll use the leftover dumpling stuffing to make fried noodles."

Lin Yan: "Very good, it's worth looking forward to." Then he pointed to Lin Cong not far away, who lowered his head and focused on playing with his mobile phone, and said, "I'll put this brat in the store later, or you two will demolish his house." Lose."

"Okay..." He Zhengxi disagreed.

"Don't make such an expression." Lin Yan leaned into He Zhengxi's ear with a smile, and whispered: "I will take time to chat with him in the afternoon, and try to make this kid put going home as soon as possible."

"Really?" He Zhengxi rubbed his itchy ears.

"Of course! This is not a refugee camp. Why do we leave a minor to eat and do nothing? Compulsory child support!" Although the food expenses still have to be paid.

But when he arrived at the store, Lin Yan didn't have time to be Lin Cong's confidant brother at all. He poured out his heart and soul, and he might not be able to listen to him.In Lin Yan's eyes, a child like Lin Cong's life is simply too smooth, and if he is given a chance to suffer, all problems will be gone, so there is no need to talk nonsense.

"I don't want to stay at the door to welcome guests, as if I were standing on the street..." Lin Cong pulled his uniform uncomfortably.

Lin Yan smiled helplessly after hearing this: "Standing on the street? You offended the greeters of the whole universe."

Lin Cong continued to struggle: "...It would be a bit embarrassing if my classmates saw it."

"Shame?" Lin Yan was a little shocked, "I can't believe it, when I was your age, I didn't need to ask my family for money anymore."

"I'm useless, you're so awesome..." Lin Cong looked down at his toes.

"Then you get out of our house immediately, I'm too happy to be happy."

"I'm not going back."

"Then you can nod and bow for me!"

Lin Cong had no choice but to straighten his neck and try his best to raise his face, dragged his heavy steps, walked to the door of the restaurant, and began to be the door god.From two o'clock in the afternoon to the end of work at night, except for the evening meal, he has been standing at the door.The people in the store could also tell that the deputy manager was beating the children, so don't worry about it, just pretend not to see it.So after standing for most of the day, Lin Cong didn't feel the love and enthusiasm of his temporary colleagues, and couldn't even drink a glass of water.

During the period, Lin Yan said a few words to him because of the empty crotch when going home for dinner.

The first sentence: "Smile more naturally, this is not a mourning hall."

The second sentence: "Do you need a good back? Or a fairy rope?"

Lin Cong was crying and howling in his heart, he didn't need that thing, he just wanted someone to rub his feet!

"It's so pitiful." He Zhengxi came out of the shower, saw Lin Cong lying motionless on the sofa, covered his face and said heartbroken.

"Poor, I am the poorest kid in the world." Lin Cong replied dying.

"Tsk tsk tsk!" He Zhengxi circled around the forest, feeling happy, "How, do you feel the hard work of the working people?"

Lin Cong turned his face to the inside of the sofa, and said angrily, "No matter what, I don't want to go home."

He Zhengxi wrapped the towel around his neck, "You can think whatever you like, but don't cause trouble for my brother, don't make him angry."

Lin Cong: "I didn't mess with you!"

He Zhengxi: "Your mouth is too cheap, maybe one day you will come out with a moth, you are an unstable factor."

Lin Cong lifted the thin quilt, sat up, put two fingers together, and swore: "I will never make trouble, can you let me live for a month?"

He Zhengxi sat across from him, crossed his legs, and shook his head.

Lin Cong was discouraged, "Hey...I'm pitiful...I'm more pitiful than Huang Shiren..."

This kind of comparison is not right?

"It does not make sense."

He Zhengxi felt that there might be a generation gap between himself and Lin Cong. Is this person really one year younger than him?

"I won't talk nonsense with you, I have to go to school tomorrow." He rubbed his hair and stood up, "Aren't you going to school tomorrow?"

"Go." Lin Cong said.

"Your parents won't go to school to block people?"

"I have a way."

"What about your school uniform?"

"I'll go home at noon and steal it out."

This is definitely a fool. He used the word "steal" when he went back to his home to get clothes.

He Zhengxi squeezed the space between his eyebrows, took out a bottle of spray from his pants pocket, threw it to Lin Cong, and said, "Just now, my brother ordered you to take a bath and spray it on your legs to relieve muscle fatigue."

Lin Cong's eyes lit up instantly, he swung the spray and said happily, "It's really my brother."

"Hehe." He Zhengxi sneered and closed the door to sleep.

Early the next morning, the three of them had dinner and went out to class.The distance between Lin Cong and He Zhengxi's school was quite far, and they had to transfer buses in between, but at the beginning, there were a few stops on the same bus line.

"Brother Lin is too amazing..." Lin Cong said in the car, "He is only a sophomore! Although his face is very young, he looks very experienced in society."

Every morning, He Zhengxi plugged in his earphones and listened to English. Lin Cong's words caught his ears vaguely, but he didn't bother to pay attention.

Lin Cong didn't get a response, and he wasn't angry, he kept on talking to himself, and when he got off the bus with one stop left, he suddenly said to He Zhengxi, "Actually, you're pretty good, your dumplings are really good."

He Zhengxi took off the earphones, looked at Lin Cong seriously, and said in a low voice, "I don't have any desire to know the reason why you ran away from home. If you hadn't reported your family name, I wouldn't even be interested in who you are. But, If you really want to stay in our house, please take the initiative to learn at least one housework. My brother, he is really tired these years. He has to go to class, work, and he still needs to serve you when he gets home? He sent you home yesterday What is the purpose of going to the restaurant, you are not stupid, don't you understand?"

Lin Cong was stunned for a while, nodded and said: "I understand, I will go back as soon as possible, but it's really not working recently, I haven't gotten over it yet..."

He Zhengxi closed his eyes: "You handle it yourself, it has nothing to do with us."

Lin Cong put on a playful expression again, bumped He Zhengxi with his shoulder, and said, "Hey? You care about Big Brother Lin too."

He Zhengxi: "Because my brother is worth it. Unlike you, you don't know the difference between grains and grains, and you don't understand bullshit."

Lin Cong: "Is he really your brother?"

He Zhengxi opened his eyes, his eyes darkened, "Of course, we are brothers."

"I did not think.Lin Cong was halfway through speaking, seeing the look in He Zhengxi's eyes, he immediately didn't dare to continue.

"By the way, you seem to be afraid that Big Brother Lin will be angry? After getting along with him these two days, I think he is quite nice. He has a typical sharp mouth and a bean curd heart. He is not scary at all, and he has never been really angry."

He Zhengxi was silent for a few seconds, and said: "I'd rather he keep his mouth full of sharp words and not be ashamed... If something happens to you, don't go to him. If you really can't solve it by yourself, just tell me."

"...Oh!" Lin Cong nodded in confusion.

"Go away, you've arrived."

"See you tonight!"

"It's best not to see you." He Zhengxi closed his eyes again, no longer sleepy.In the past, he was very keen to make Lin Yan go crazy, but now that he thinks about it, this childish and twisted hobby has brought Lin Yan all harm and made him regret it.

There were only a few people in the large classroom, and Lin Yan came early.He chose a good spot, held his schoolbag in both hands, and began to empty it. At 7:55, Cui Chen, Chen Li, and Su Lihang arrived on time.Hearing the sound of books being put down, Lin Yan rubbed his face, turned around and greeted them one by one.

"Here, I brought it from home." Chen Li threw a small environmental protection bag on the table.

Lin Yan untied the bag, "Chestnut? So many!"

Cui Chen said with half worry and half joy: "We ate chestnuts in the dormitory all night yesterday, and we definitely dare not eat at noon."

"Chestnuts are delicious. I can use them for steaming rice and cooking vegetables when I go back. Thank you, old Chen." Lin Yan stuffed the things into his schoolbag, "It happens to be dinner at my place on Saturday."

Cui Chen snapped his fingers and immediately said, "What I'm waiting for is your words!"

"Hush... the teacher is here." Su Lihang whispered beside him.

Everyone returned to their seats immediately.

Lin Yan returned to his busy schedule, but he had never done such a thing as truancy and asking for leave, and he even found time to help the professional teacher with small projects.Most of these projects have no income, but Lin Yan is also willing to participate if he can get data and experience.

After class, during a break, Cui Chen mysteriously stuffed a small folded envelope into Lin Yan's hand, and said, "Given it to me by a senior from the law department, open it and have a look."

Lin Yan frowned: "What?"

Cui Chen spread his hands: "Need to say? The girls cornered me and said that if I didn't deliver it, they would take off my pants. Why don't you just send a message and write a letter if you have the time? retro."

"Then I have to look at this thing myself, and you all stay away." Lin Yanmao said while tearing it apart. Halfway through, he found that it doesn't look good here, so he planned to fold it up.

Su Lihang snatched the letter paper in his hand: "Let me take a look——Lin Yan, my sister is waiting for you at table 2 in the restaurant opposite the school on Friday evening. Tsk, it's so neat and neat. This sister from the law department probably Not as easy as the social worker before."

"Why?" Lin Yan planned to reply by text message, he didn't have time to do this kind of blind date.

"Law major, senior sister, and even form a team to fight." Su Lihang counted the key words for him one by one, "Can our bunch of rookies beat them?"

Lin Yan: "Hey, you are too rude."

Chen Li nodded: "It's too rude."

Su Lihang pushed Chen Li aside, "Don't talk like Lin Yan, he is not as innocent and harmless as he looks."

Lin Yan was taken aback for a moment, and then burst into laughter: "...Hahaha! It's so funny to say it from your mouth!"

Not long after, the remaining three didn't hold back, and all laughed along.

"Why are you laughing?" Lin Yan asked, rubbing the corners of his eyes.

"Didn't you laugh first?!" Cui Chen said, clutching his stomach.

Su Lihang: "Don't even open your mouth, I can't do it anymore."

"The four young masters over there! Your gums are rolling out from laughter!" the teacher yelled while patting the materials in the classroom, "Pause, let's start class first!"

"Good teacher!" Lin Yan shouted.

He didn't have any deeper communication with these classmates and teachers, and it was simple and casual. Because of this, Lin Yan felt extraordinarily relaxed and at ease.This is a social mode that tends to be normal. At least, no one will keep saying that he likes him.He does need all kinds of emotions, including love, but not right now.

Until Friday, Lin Yan was in a good mood, and even when he went to the hospital for an examination, the doctor made fun of him.

"What good thing happened?" The older female doctor asked with a smile.She used to be Su Wen's teacher, her surname was Yang, and her name was Yang Yue. She was almost 50 years old, and she was more energetic than Lin Yan in her speech and deeds.

Lin Yan sat on the sofa, thought for a while with unusual concentration, and replied: "It's nothing good, but there are some troublesome things, but I'm really happy recently. I'm going to have dinner with my roommate in the rented house on weekends. Looking forward to it."

"I'm so envious of a few young people getting together to talk lively and lively!" Yang Yue beat her chest and stamped her feet.

Lin Yan got up to help her make tea: "Your schedule is too tight, can you join us if you have time?"

Yang Yue patted the information on the table and said, "No, no, I can't finish my work, and I can't even fall asleep."

"That's enough." Lin Yan said with a smile, "However, I also need to rest."

Yang Yue held the teacup and said, "You too."

Lin Yan nodded.

Yang Yue: "Don't think too much, I read the report just now, and your values ​​have been very good recently. It is not easy to go to the hospital for examination in time. This habit is good, and we must persist. If you don't want to It's been hard for me to take medication."

Lin Yan nestled on the sofa, flipping through the pages of inspection data back and forth, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief, "In August, to be honest, I was really a little scared. I was really tired in those few days. Probably The body really needs to rest, so it will remind me in that way.”

Yang Yue said frankly helplessly: "You are a self-disciplined madman and smart. I often feel that there is no need to talk about those proper nouns in front of you. I might as well chat with you more than being your doctor. " She took a sip of hot tea and continued: "No matter how transparent your head is, you can't push yourself too hard. There are too many things in this world, and you and I can't solve them. I live fast 50 years old, recently I feel that there is no need to be serious. If you can’t grasp it, let it go as soon as possible. As a baby, if you can’t drink milk, then the sky will fall; Home is sad; elementary and middle school, homework, grades, adolescent thoughts, people are entangled; when it comes to university, entering the society, forming a family, there are more things to worry about. After a while, look at the previous paragraph, hey, that’s not the case thing, don't you think?"

"Yes." Lin Yan poured her tea with great insight.

Yang Yue: "Don't be stupid, let's talk about it, if there is a problem, you should come here in time, you know?" She hesitated and squeezed the teacup, and said: "To be honest, as your attending doctor, I can't Let you go, but I have confidence in you, even myself, want to make a try..."

"I understand what you mean." Lin Yan said, "This is my own choice, and I am ready to accept any result."

"You child, I don't know what to say."

Lin Yan put his hands on his knees and smiled obediently.

After more than half a month of fighting wits with his parents, Lin Cong finally decided to go back.

"This is the last big meal before I leave!" Lin Cong hugged a broccoli in his arms, with a miserable expression, "The legendary farewell meal."

"Don't you have another meal in the morning?" He Zhengxi said, "Can you stop living like you're performing an opera? It's so embarrassing, and that's not what a parting meal is for."

"How about a big breakfast? Besides, I just like to exaggerate, can you control it?"

"I'm so stupid. I'll only care about you if I'm forced." He Zhengxi sneered, "Get out tomorrow."

Lin Cong put down the broccoli, squatted in front of the garbage basket to peel the garlic, "I'll come here again, every week."

He Zhengxi: "You are really enough! Our home is not a nursery school!"

Lin Cong raised his hands to cover his ears: "You are so irritable, I can't even repay you? I came to see Brother Lin, not to see you."

"I'm sorry, I can't afford it, so I refuse it for him."

Lin Yan inserted the key to open the door, and when he stepped into the entrance, he could hear the clanging of the kitchen. In less than a week, he was already used to it.

When He Zhengxi saw him approaching, he immediately hid the spoon he was going to wave, and showed his big white teeth: "I bought shrimp today, and I made it hot and sour!"

Lin Yan picked up the small pot of freshwater shrimps and inspected them one by one, "Hey, they are so big, they are very good at picking."

Lin Cong stood up holding the bulb of garlic: "I paid the bill!"

He Zhengxi pushed him back with his elbow, gritted his teeth and said, "This is what you should do."

Lin Yan watched at the kitchen door for a while, then went to take a shower with a smile.

Lin Cong had a lively personality, and he and He Zhengxi were somewhat at odds, but the two of them were noisy, and the atmosphere at home was not bad.He once considered going to chat with his family members for Lin Cong, but he also felt that most teenage boys have their own solutions, so why ask more?What's more, Lin Cong was an outsider, and it was enough for him to educate He Zhengxi, so he didn't have the extra energy to take care of Lin Cong's family affairs.

As long as a person does not do anything illegal, Lin Yan doesn't want to know who he is, where he comes from, and what his parents do.Xu Jialin said this sentence to Lin Yan more than ten years ago.At that time, Lin Yan was still young, and the school held June [-] activities. On the stage, several parents and children performed. Lin Yan sat on a bench in the corner, his eyes full of envy.After watching the show and stepping out of school, Xu Jialin picked him up and rubbed his earlobe with his stubble, which was rare and gentle.

The hot water washes over the skin, and the bathroom is full of mist.Lin Yan leaned against the cold tiles, immersed in memories, tossing and turning, false and real, every scene has Xu Jialin's figure.

"Brother? Have you finished washing? Dinner is ready." He Zhengxi knocked on the door.

"Here we come!" Lin Yan turned off the water heater and opened his eyes.

The dinner was prepared by He Zhengxi and Lin Cong. Needless to say, He Zhengxi has rich experience and is very good at cooking home-cooked dishes.Although Lin Cong was a bit disorganized, he was still putting his heart into it, even if it was just a simple plate of stir-fried broccoli.

"It's delicious, not bad." Lin Yan picked up a piece and tasted it, and praised.

"Hey, I will come here often to cook for you."

He Zhengxi: "No, you'd better harm your parents more, we don't welcome you."

Lin Yan explained to Lin Cong: "Your Brother He means that you should be more filial to your parents when you go back."

Lin Cong bit his chopsticks and said seriously: "This topic is very serious."

Lin Yan laughed dryly: "That's right. However, if you make a mistake one day, you can cook a dish for them sincerely, and it will definitely work."

"I remember..." Lin Cong replied with his head bowed.

At noon on Saturday, Lin Yan finished his duty in the restaurant and went to meet Lin Cong's parents with He Zhengxi who was waiting at the door.

"Where are the others? Run away?" Lin Yan looked around.

"It is said to observe the enemy's situation first, and if it doesn't suit you, then come back." He Zhengxi said.

"Hey, it's really..." Lin Yan smiled and sighed, not knowing what to say.

The meeting place was chosen at a private kitchen restaurant. When the two arrived by taxi, it was already past meal time, and Lin Cong was waiting for them at the door.

"The road is blocked, it's late, are your parents inside?" Lin Yan got out of the car and asked.

Lin Cong nodded and said, "They have prepared a gift for you."

"It's not rare." He Zhengxi followed up with his pockets out: "I don't even need to see this side today, what kind of ostentation is there?"

"I didn't give it to you again!" Lin Cong shouted angrily.

He Zhengxi still said: "It's not rare." After speaking, he walked into this well-decorated private restaurant swaggeringly.

"I'm convinced, it's like going back to my own home." Lin Yan followed with a smile.

After entering the front hall, within a few steps, the door of the private room reserved by Lin Cong's family was opened, and a woman came out talking.

Lin Yan didn't notice the woman's face at first, when his cell phone rang, it was a message from Lu Chi, saying that he was coming to Yancheng, Lin Yan immediately lowered his head very happily and replied seriously.When he sent the message with a smile and raised his head again, he saw a face hidden deep in his memory and almost completely forgotten.

He shook his body, his smile faded instantly, and his pupils narrowed suddenly.

"Xiao Linyan is really like your mother, he must be a handsome boy when he grows up!"

"I am also like my father. My eyes and nose are like my mother's, and my mouth and ears are like my father's."

"You're so good, so smart, let dad give you a kiss!"

"It's itchy, don't have a beard, but a mother!"

……

Lin Yan clutched his collar and took a deep breath, his eyes were red.Suffocating sadness, filling the chest.

I still don't look smart enough, he thought wryly.

He should have thought about it a long time ago, that child looks a bit like himself, 16 years old, surnamed Lin, that's right.I shouldn't have even agreed to come, how stupid to expect a thank you?

There is really no need to ask what his parents' names are, because his parents have nothing to do with me...

what is it call?right!What is my real father's name?What's your mother's name?Can not remember.But no matter how time blurred his memory, as long as he met those eyes, Lin Yan was still forced to get an extremely clear perception.

I actually take care of their young son for these scumbags?What a joke!How can you be so stupid!They are happy, rich and carefree, and I am still a good person here? !

Lin Yan, you are the most ridiculous idiot in the world!

He Zhengxi's arm hurt from Lin Yan's grasp, and he knew that Lin Yan's heart must be full of pain at this moment.He stared at the woman in front of him, and that inexplicably familiar face also shocked him extremely.

"My brother is not feeling well today. I'm sorry, let's go first." He Zhengxi supported the crumbling Lin Yan, turned around and planned to leave.

"What's going on? What are you all crowding at the door?" A middle-aged man came out with a smile on his face.

He pressed Lin Cong's head first, and then turned his gaze to He Zhengxi and Lin Yan, with a kind expression, like a gentle and generous elder next door.