Peaceful journey

Qiutong came to Lu's house again, just in time for lunch, and stayed for lunch.During the weekend, the Lu family members stayed at home. After dinner, He Xiuhua took Xiao Anyuan to sit in the living room and played games. An Ning hadn't seen her mother for a week, so Yang Tingting dragged her to talk and went to her room to pack her things.

The first time she came here, Qiutong discussed with Lu's family about letting An Ning High School live outside with her.When Lu Nan and Yang Tingting first heard about it, they disagreed.However, Qiutong had already thought up his speech on the way here, and after some persuasion of pros and cons, the Lu family was shaken.

Qiu Tong specifically focused on it. For example, An Ning has flaws, which makes her worry about living in school. For example, she happens to have a house in No. [-] Middle School. It will be very convenient for An Ning to live in. For example, the food at school is not as good as at home, and the accommodation The environment is not as good as at home. Besides, An Ning's health is not good, and she is afraid that she will not be able to take care of herself at school alone.

She spoke very skillfully, and said that she warmly welcomes An Ning to move in, and that An Ning's move in did not bother her at all, and she was very happy to do so.In the end, Lu Nan made a final decision and let An Ning live with her.

In the Lu family's mind, the identities of Qiutong and An Ning are too different. Their An Ning is just an ordinary daughter of an ordinary family, and there is nothing special about it.Although they don't know Qiutong's specific identity, they can also see that she has a good family background. A rich lady like Qiutong has a good relationship with her well-behaved daughter. They can't think of any other plans for her, they can only say that Qiutong Tong and An Ning are really destined.

After dinner, Qiu Tong proposed to talk to Lu Nan.

Lu Nan happened to want to talk to her too, the Lu family was too small, An Ning and Yang Tingting were packing up in the room, grandma and grandson were playing in the living room, Lu Nan led Qiutong out and walked to the stairs stopped by the window.There is an elevator in this community. Lu’s house is on the third floor, and people usually climb the stairs. Residents who are taller are used to taking the elevator, so the stairwell is quiet and no one is there.

"What do you want to say?" Lu Nan had a gentle expression on his face. He had a good impression of Qiu Tong. Qiu Tong and An Ning got along very well. He could also see Qiu Tong's doting on An Ning from the details. Lu Nan generally has a good impression of people who are kind to his daughter.

"Uncle, why don't you talk first?" Qiu Tong smiled and politely let the elders go first.

"Well, I have nothing to say, just thank you for taking care of An Ning all the time." Lu Nan glanced at her with serious eyes, "I will pay An Ning the rent at your place at the market price. You, An Ning, are a very good child, I hope you can get along well in the next three years."

Qiu Tong smiled and waved her hands and said: "Uncle, you are out of business, so you don't need to give any money. I really like An Ning very much. This time, I begged her to live with me. I will give you the money." In the end, he still dropped his mouth jokingly.

Hearing this, Lu Nan couldn't help softening his face and said, "Is that so?"

"Can I still lie to you?" Qiutong said with a smile: "You don't know, I have gained five catties after living with An Ning for two months in the summer vacation! That little girl cooks delicious food for me every day, and she suddenly I couldn't bear to leave, so I begged her to stay with me."

"That's good, that's good. An Ning just likes to cook and eat. I'm relieved if you get along well." Lu Nan breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that Qiu Tong really has no intentions. At most, An Ning's cooking is a good combination her taste.If Qiu Tong was really nice to An Ning without any reason, he might still be a little worried. Now that he knew that she was doing it for the sake of her appetite and there was a reason for it, he was really relieved.

"What do you want to ask?" Lu Nan went to ask Qiu Tong, feeling worried.After the meal, Qiu Tong took the initiative to ask him something, and he just came out to talk to her, and he couldn't help being curious at this moment.

Qiu Tong pondered for a while before saying, "Uncle, I want to know why An Ning can't speak."

Lu Nan's eyes became sharp for a moment, and then quickly retracted. He asked in a deep voice, "Why do you want to know this? Is it because of novelty?"

"No, no!" Qiu Tong hurriedly shook her head, not missing his strange moment, knowing that there might be something else hidden in her heart, and said: "I took An Ning to see a doctor a while ago, and that doctor is a famous old man. , I am very experienced in this area, but the old gentleman said that An Ning's problem is not a disease, but her own psychological problem."

"You have a heart." Lu Nan sighed, Qiu Tong is obviously a daughter of everyone, and they are not of the same class as them, but she has never put on airs in front of the Lu family, and has always regarded herself as a junior, keeping her attitude very low , is also sincerely good to An Ning.

Qiu Tong said: "I was also thinking about whether An Ning's illness would be cured, so I wanted to ask. If it's inconvenient to tell, uncle doesn't need to."

Lu Nan took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and lit it up.He doesn't smoke, but he works with many people and most of them smoke. A man's communication often starts with a cigarette, so he always has a cigarette with him. He doesn't smoke at home, and occasionally when he is out with people. Smoke a stick or two.

"It's not impossible to say..." The curling smoke rose up, and Lu Nan's thoughts flew to that long time along with the smoke.

It was a winter, he was still very young, and had just had a delicate and soft daughter, who was only a little older.Because of premature birth, An Ning almost didn't survive when she was born. Later, she was carefully raised until she was five years old. She was still younger than her peers, and she only reached his thigh when standing. She was thin and small, with white skin and big eyes, like a beautiful and delicate doll. baby.

She is also very obedient and sensible. He and her mother have no time to accompany her at work every day. The little girl was taken by her grandmother and never cried. He Xiuhua said that she was the best child she had ever seen.

But everything was ruined in that winter.Even though more than ten years have passed, Lu Nan's memory is still as clear as yesterday.

Lu Nan is a child from the countryside. He goes back to his hometown every winter to worship his ancestors. He Xiuhua took care of An Ning until he was four years old. After he was able to go to kindergarten, he returned to his hometown in the countryside.My hometown is in a remote village below Haishi. The whole village is full of people with the surname Lu. There are about 40 households in the whole village. The population is not large. Only some old people and children stay behind all year round, and young people move outside. up.

That year he brought An Ning back to his hometown. The little girl had also been here a few years ago, and she had no memory of it when she was young. When she returned home at the age of five, the look in her eyes that looked at the old houses in the village was still novelty and excitement like seeing them for the first time. .

It snowed that year, Haishi is located by the sea, it never snowed in previous years, but it snowed lightly that year, the snowflakes were so small that they melted in the palm of a person.There are many vehicles and pedestrians in the city, and there is no snow on the road, but in the countryside, thin white snow can be seen hanging on the eaves and branches.

Lu Nan put An Ning, who was rarely emotional, in the yard of his hometown, telling her not to run around, but to play in the yard.An Ning was very obedient, she didn't run around, she just squatted in the small yard and played with the small pieces of snow on the ground.Although there are gates in the small courtyards in the countryside, most of them are open. No one would have thought that someone would stand at the gate and quietly look at the little girl carved in pink and jade for a long time.

When he found that An Ning was gone, Lu Nan panicked instantly.He knew how obedient An Ning was, and told her not to leave the courtyard, she would never take a step out.What's more, he was still on the thin snow in the courtyard, and saw the messy stranger's shoe prints next to An Ning's small footprints.

At that moment, the sky was dark, he was afraid that he was a kidnapper, so he abducted his daughter, Yang Tingting passed out on the spot, He Xiuhua also cried, the excitement and joy of the new year was far away from the Lu family, and darkness fell on this family.

But he couldn't fall down. He ran all over the village, asked from house to house, and everyone, but no one said he saw An Ning. Just when he was almost desperate, an old woman said, isn't there another one in the back mountain? Old lunatic, go and see if your baby has been taken away by him.

The old lunatic was over 70 years old, and he was a bit crazy. He was thrown out of the back mountain since he was a child, and lived alone in a broken house behind the mountain. He didn't know who his family was or how he grew up. They all steal food and crops from other people's fields to make a living. When Lu Nan was a child, he and his friends played tricks on him. After he walked out of the mountain village, he forgot about that old lunatic.

He thought that the old lunatic was already dead, but he didn't expect him to live to be more than 70 years old.

The old lunatic didn't have the sanity of an ordinary person, but Lu Nan didn't give up his last hope. He ran to the tile-roofed house in the back mountain, and when he stood at the door, he saw a scene that made his eyes tear.The daughter he held in his palm for fear of falling, was pressed on the tattered straw by the old lunatic. In the cold winter months, most of the little girl's clothes were taken off, and the white-haired lunatic had a strange light in his eyes. He wanted to do something. He couldn't find a way to do anything, he just kept groping and pinching her body. The little girl's snow-white skin was covered with bruises.

Lu Nan is a man who bleeds but doesn't shed tears, but at that moment, he burst into tears. He roared and charged forward, punching the lunatic's head, and the old lunatic fell to the ground in an instant.With trembling hands, he hugged the little girl on the ground, and brushed the hair off An Ning's face, only to find that she was full of tears, her eyes were staring blankly at the void, and she opened her small mouth silently calling for Mom and Dad.

He gathered up her clothes, held her tightly in his arms, and wiped her tears vigorously, crying uncontrollably: "Dad is here, An Ning, Dad is here."

The little girl didn't respond, she couldn't hear him, she couldn't see him coming, she closed her heart, immersed in fear, no one could wake her up.

Lu Nan and Yang Tingting guarded her all night, and then she finally couldn't bear to fall asleep. She slept all day and woke up the next night. After waking up, An Ning seemed to have no memory of that incident at all. She Her eyes are still so clean and clear, her smile is still so soft and cute, there is no haze on her face, she is still as cute as a little angel.

But she couldn't speak.At first she didn't speak, Lu Nan only thought she was frightened, although he forgot the process, but it must have left a psychological shadow, so he kept silent a lot.But Yang Tingting, as a nurse, quickly realized something was wrong. She talked to An Ning and asked An Ning to call her mother. The little girl opened her mouth and called her mother, but no sound came out.

They lived in the hospital that year, and Lu Nan took An Ning to all the hospitals in Haishi. The examination results showed that she had no injuries other than slight injuries on her body, let alone her throat.Later, a doctor asked them to see a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist said that the child must have been too scared, and it took so long to be found. She had been in despair for too long, and her heart was traumatized.

There is no good way for her in this situation, either to recover slowly in the long-term warmth, or to stimulate her again, which may possibly stimulate her hidden memory and make her speak again.

The Lu family chose the former option after discussion.Because the latter is too risky, the chance of recovery is not high, and it will cause more serious damage to An Ning.

The author has something to say:

An Ning's diary: Before, I was worried that my parents would not agree, but I saw Qiu Tong's sister quickly persuaded them... I feel that she will succeed in whatever she does.

Qiu Tong: There are no words to describe Sister Tong's feelings at this moment. To describe it roughly, it should be that the heartache is so painful that you can't breathe?

Stupid author: Am I a stepmother^_^ means hitting me, this is a good setting! ! !

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