Bamboo horse and green plum

Lu Zhijie stayed at Xiang Nan's house for three days. It was the first time he saw Xiang Nan's father, Xiang Shaowei, a man about 40 years old. The wind and frost left obvious marks on his face, which was sunburned He is bronze-colored, short and slightly bald, and his seriousness makes Lu Zhijie feel cramped for the first time.

"This is the first time for Xiao Nan to bring a classmate to the house. You two have a good relationship!" Xiang Shaowei looked at Lu Zhijie and smiled.

"Dad, why are you back?" Xiang Nan took the bag in his father's hand with obvious surprise, "This is my classmate Lu Zhijie, who has the best relationship with me at school, and I usually cook and eat with him!" Xiang Nan should have told his father about his life in junior high school.

"Hello, Uncle, isn't this the summer vacation? I thought that staying at home is just staying at home anyway, so I followed Xiang Nan to play, and I'm sorry to bother you." Lu Zhijie was obviously very polite in front of his parents.Xiang Shaowei likes this gentle and elegant child very much. He knows that Xiang Nan is different from other people. He has experienced more things than his peers, and he has endured more. He also loves his son, but he is a only The man who can drive doesn't have much education. He doesn't know how to educate his children, so he can only tell Xiang Nan to go out hard. For so many years, Xiang Nan has no particularly good classmates. A friend, and he felt a little more at ease.

"Dad, how long have you been here this time?" Xiang Nan went to Xiang Shaowei and asked him!

"I won't be here for long. I came back to tell you something. Have you eaten yet? If you haven't eaten, let's cook first and we'll talk after eating!" Xiang Shaowei entered the room after speaking.

Lu Zhijie didn't know whether to follow in, so Xiang Nan pushed him, "My father is not fierce, don't be so serious."

After eating, Xiang Shaowei looked at Xiang Nan, as if he should not speak from somewhere.

"Uncle, I'm pretty full after eating, I'll go for a walk." Lu Zhijie saw that they must have something important to say, so he avoided it with an excuse.

"Then don't go far away, I'll find you later!" Xiang Nan looked at his back and said!

"Dad, what's so mysterious?" Xiang Nan watched Lu Zhijie walk away, and turned to look at Xiang Shaowei who was opposite.

"It is true that I have something important to tell you, but I don't know where to start." Xiang Shaowei took a deep breath, and then said, "I have been busy all these years, and I haven't paid attention to your grades. How did you do in the exam?"

"It's not bad, the fourth place in the school. It's no problem to get into the high school of our school. If you have something to do, just talk about it first. I'm not used to you beating around the bush!" Xiang Nan stared at him seriously.

"I recently bought a house in the county seat. You won't have to rent a house until the next semester. You can live at home. It's not far from your school. I'll buy you an electric car. You can ride to school in 15 minutes. School." Xiang Shaowei said.

"I just bought it? You make a lot of money driving a car, and you can even buy a house in the county!" Xiang Nan smiled, and was not in a hurry to listen to the following.

"There is also an aunt who will live with us. You haven't met her, but she knows you. I told her, but I didn't tell you that we bought a house and planned to get married. There will be a wedding at the end of this year." Xiang Shaowei looked at Xiang Nan, paying close attention to his expression, as if after opening his mouth, the next words were easier to say.

"You came to inform me after you've made up your mind. Is it interesting? If it wasn't because you were getting married, you would never have come back!" Xiang Nan pinched his palm and forced himself to calm down.

"I was going to tell you last year, but didn't you have to take the entrance exam? Your aunt said it wouldn't affect your studies, so let me keep it from you." Xiang Shaowei looked at Xiang Nan with red eyes, and suddenly felt guilty. "Later, when you entered school, I never had a chance to tell you. Now that I bought a house, I wanted to surprise you before I told you about it."

"Oh, how fresh, do you think I'm happy just because I have a house? How materialistic am I to be so easily satisfied? Now that I've said this, you can finish what you want to say next, and then go Talk!" Xiang Nan felt that he had calmed down without forcing it!

"I know you can't accept it in a short time, but your mother has been gone for so many years, and your father is still young, so you can't just live like this for the rest of your life. Don't you want to stay here? We bought a house and can leave here. I'm not coming back, you should understand Dad, there is nothing here now except this house that doesn't look pleasing to the eye, but it's still the ancestral house. Your aunt and I plan to come back here to get married, and then we will call the people in the village to eat Meal is a gift!" Xiang Shaowei kept staring at Xiang Nan, and spoke slowly.

"You still plan to come here to pay homage? My mother passed away here, and you told me that you are going to get married here? Don't you buy a house in the county town? Can't you get married in the city?" Xiang Nan felt that his palms were broken Now, he felt that his and his mother's territory had been violated.

"This is the ancestral house. If you want to get married, you have to tell your ancestors. You should be in school at that time. If you can't get away, you won't use it. We'll just come over for a meal, nothing else!" Xiang Shaowei said in his heart A little bit of guilt still vaguely turned into displeasure.

"I don't agree. I won't stop you from getting married. I also know that you have had a hard time these years, but this is the only place where I remember my mother. I definitely don't agree with you getting married here. You don't care about your mother. I can't help but care about my mood." Xiang Nan finally couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and spoke a lot louder.

"You have to agree if you don't agree. We have decided on this matter. I'm here to inform you. I don't blame you if you don't come at that time, but don't make trouble for me." Xiang Shaowei was also confused by his attitude Gotta be a little angry. "And your younger brother must come back to kowtow to the ancestors, let's take a look at the ancestral house and land in his family."

"Brother? I also have a younger brother who suddenly appeared, so how old is my cheap brother? Can you tell your ancestors what his name is?" Xiang Nan stared at Xiang Shaowei suddenly wanted to laugh, and his eyes changed Be sharp.

"I'm four years old this year. His name is Xiang Bei. He has been in poor health, so he didn't bring him back." Xiang Shaowei was stunned by Xiang Nan's sudden momentum, his heart softened, and his voice became weak.

How ironic, Xiang Nan remembered how loudly he had been slapped when he introduced himself in junior high school, saying that he did not have a brother or sister named Xiang Bei.

"Four years old, my name is Xiangbei, my name was chosen by my mother, why do you choose this name for your new son, what qualifications does he have, mother passed away for five years, your son is four years old, how difficult it is for you You have such a big son, he is not in good health, if you don’t bring him back, are you afraid that I will kill him?” Finally, Xiang Nan couldn’t control himself, he kicked off the stool, stood up and yelled loudly at Xiang Shaowei, Xiang Shaowei slapped him across the face the moment he finished speaking.

"Are you talking in human language? Where have you read all these years?" Xiang Shaowei stared at him, as if he was trying his best to control his hand to slap Xiang Nan for the second time.

Xiang Nan looked at Xiang Shaowei, who had just slapped him, for a long time, neither of them spoke.Xiang Nan pinched his palm hard, feeling moist but not painful.

"I will never promise you to get married here. If you dare to get married here, don't expect me to come back quietly. If you want to live a good life, you should give up this idea. You should understand me, I said I will definitely do it." Xiang Nan forcibly controlled the tears that were about to flow, shouted again, turned around and walked out the door.

He saw Lu Zhijie in the open space at the entrance of the village. Lu Zhijie was sitting on the bridge looking at the flowing water. He was as quiet as a painting in which time had stopped. After looking south for about half a minute, Lu Zhijie found him and ran to him. In front of him, looking at the tears on his face and bloody hands, he didn't say anything, took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped the blood that hadn't dried on him, after wiping, Lu Zhijie said, "You wait here for me, I'll take you away!" After speaking, he turned around and ran to Xiang Nan's house.Xiang Nan didn't know what Lu Zhijie was going back to do, and he didn't want to think about it. He sat down on the stone slab beside him. At that moment, he felt that his mind should be blank, otherwise he didn't think about anything.

Lu Zhijie returned to Xiang Nan's house, packed his backpack, and planned to leave with it on his back. He saw Xiang Shaowei who was still sitting at the dining table blankly, and after thinking about it, he walked up to him, "Uncle, I don't know you What happened in between, I don’t want to express any opinions or suggestions, but Xiang Nan is a smart person, he can figure out everything and deal with it by himself, I hope you don’t force him, I’ll take him to my house for two days " After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, before he left, he heard Xiang Shaowei say thank you behind his back.

Lu Zhijie came to the entrance of the village and looked at Xiang Nan, who was in a state of despair. For the first time, he deeply felt his helplessness. After thinking for a few seconds, he reached out and pulled Xiang Nan, "Let's go, let's go to my house first."

"Can I not go to your house?" Xiang Nan was supported by him and walked for a while before recovering a little consciousness.

"Then let's go to the rental house. I just still have the key." Lu Zhijie touched his backpack.

It was already late when they arrived at the rental house. Lu Zhijie looked at Xiangnan who hadn't recovered his spirit, and the five finger marks on his face were much more obvious than at the beginning, "Would you like something to eat? I'll go down and buy it." Lu Zhijie cautiously said Fear of saying the wrong thing.

"I don't want to eat. If you want to eat, you can eat it. I want to sleep." Xiang Nan didn't look at him, took off his shoes and got ready to go to bed, "Can you come back soon after eating? I don't want to be alone .”

"I don't want to eat. Go to sleep. I'll read next to you." Lu Zhijie picked up the books on the shelf and flipped through them aimlessly.

"Brother Jie, why don't you come up and sleep with me, or I won't even know you're gone." Xiang Nan said, looking at Lu Zhijie who seemed to be reading a book.

"I said if I don't leave, I won't leave." Lu Zhijie said, but he also took off his shoes and coat and lay down beside Xiang Nan, "How about I read a poem to you and treat it as hypnosis .”

"Okay" Xiangnan leaned a little towards Lu Zhijie's shoulder.

"if life has cheated you,

Don't be sad, don't be impatient!

Calmness is needed on gloomy days:

Believe it, happy days will come!

Xin'er always yearns for the future;

Now it is often melancholy.

Everything is fleeting, everything will pass;

And that which is past will become a loving nostalgia. "

"It's okay to be a top student. You can recite a modern poem casually. Why are you so careful tonight?" Xiang Nan looked into his eyes, "Actually, you don't have to do this. I'm fine. I'm used to it. It won't be long before I heal on my own."

"I don't know what happened to you and your dad, and I don't want to ask. I'm actually quite boring. I grew up with Xiaoyu, and I haven't learned her exquisiteness at all. I don't know how to comfort others. Only Xiaoyu is the one I can rest assured of. To comfort her, because I know her well, I know what he needs, and I know how far she can accept it, so I can be unscrupulous because I have nothing to worry about, do you understand what I mean?" Lu Zhijie took a deep look at Xiang Nan next to him , cautiously afraid that he might say something wrong, at this moment he wished Song Yutong could be beside him, at least give him an encouraging look, he hated this feeling of powerlessness, hated this state of being out of control, then, he tried He opened his mouth and said, "If you want to talk at any time, you can tell me. It doesn't matter if you don't want to. I am always here. As long as you need, I will always be with you. You don't have to be afraid, and you don't need to force yourself to solve it. Aside from the predicament in front of us, there are many things that we can't change, if we can't change and can't accept it, we should avoid it ourselves."

"Then try to get to know me too. I understand it very well, and I can easily make you confident." Xiang Nan suddenly envied Song Yutong. He hoped that someone like Lu Zhijie could grow up with him. Can there be such a person who understands his anger, his forbearance, and his powerlessness, who can accompany him to watch the stars quietly on the grass in countless endless nights, and who can take him through the rugged mountain road, Being able to let him see some dawn of the future, he thought about it and shed two lines of physiological tears.

"Okay" Lu Zhijie agreed without hesitation, suddenly felt the tears on his shoulders, his heart twitched for no reason, then he hugged Xiang Nan sideways, and patted his back lightly, "It's okay, Go to sleep, everything will pass."

After coming here for a long time, Lu Zhijie heard Xiang Nan talking to himself, and also seemed to say to him: "I also had expectations, but every time I was so disappointed."