Jiangxin Poplar

Jiang Cheng stared at the TV screen, but his mind was far away. He was silent for a while before shaking his head.

"My sister—" Xiao Zijun paused before saying, "I contacted him some time ago."

Jiang Cheng suddenly turned his gaze to him, his throat tightened, and he said dryly, "You...do you have his contact information?"

"I don't have one," Xiao Zijun hesitated for a moment, "But if you want, I can ask my sister for the number."

After hearing this, Jiang Cheng fell into a long silence. He remembered the last words Yang Yulang said to him before he left:

"Don't wait for me."

He thought for a long time before softly saying: "Not yet, you...you can ask your sister...how is he?"

"Okay." Xiao Zijun looked at him with some sadness and distress, "I will ask in detail."

But when he went back to ask Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu only said that Yang Yulang had something to ask her, and didn't reveal half of his recent situation, so she didn't know anything about it.

Xiao Zijun didn't give up, "If you have his number, call him as a caring friend."

"Called," Xiao Yu held the phone, "No one answered."

"Play again."

Xiao Yu looked at his persistent younger brother, and dialed the phone helplessly. After a few "beeps", the call was connected.

Xiao Zijun's expression suddenly became focused and a little nervous, staring at Xiao Yu intently.

"Brother Lang? I'm a fish."

"I'm sorry, I'm Yi Feng." Xiao Zijun heard this sentence from the speakerphone.

Yi Feng continued, "Brother Lang is not convenient to answer the phone now, do you have anything to tell me?"

"Uh, it's nothing." Xiao Yu glanced at his younger brother and said again, "I just want to ask Brother Lang how he is now?"

"He's fine," Yi Feng said in a steady tone, "Thank you for your concern, I'll pass it on."

Xiao Yu knew that Yi Feng was always tight-lipped, and it was impossible to hear any news from him, so he had to say: "Then please convey it on your behalf, we miss him very much, and hope he is all right."

"I will." Yi Feng said, "Goodbye." Then he hung up the phone.

Xiao Zijun looked at his elder sister with some disappointment, but the latter had nothing to do with his mouth.

When he faced Jiang Cheng again, he was in a difficult situation. He didn't get any useful news and worried that he would be disappointed. However, Jiang Cheng didn't take the initiative to mention this matter. It seemed that he forgot about it after that day, but Xiao Zijun understood that he just There is no wave on the face, but in the heart, it is estimated that the river has already been turned upside down by huge waves.

"He's fine." Xiao Zijun could only choke out this sentence at last.

Jiang Cheng looked up at him, his pupils were like bottomless lake water, the surface was slightly rippling, and it was hard to see whether it was calm or not.

"My sister called." Xiao Zijun still decided to tell the truth, "Yi Feng answered, he said he was very nice."

"En." Jiang Cheng responded softly. He didn't dare to have any expectations in the morning, but now it is as expected, and the answer he got is just so perfunctory.

"Let's go play."

Xiao Zijun originally wanted to say something, but Jiang Cheng had no choice but to nod his head, "Okay."

Time flies by like running water, and school will start again after the winter vacation at the end of the semester.

Mencius Di has grown a bit taller, and Yan Ying has already taught and cared for this child as if she was her own. She took good care of Jiangcheng, so she has no worries about the future, and she is more focused and in-depth in her studies. The top candidate for the project would always think of him, so Jiangcheng became more and more busy.

Xiao Zijun is also busy, except for going to and from school on weekends and asking Shangjiangcheng to take his car, most of the rest of the time he is busy with his own business.

It was back to school day, Xiao Zijun told him that Han Yunzhou was getting married in the car.

Jiang Cheng nodded: "I know, he called me."

But Han Yunzhou's wedding was going to Iceland, and it was just a simple wedding for close relatives and friends in China, so he called to invite Jiangcheng to Iceland.

The wedding day was Jiangcheng’s school time, so he was unable to attend, so he politely declined the invitation. Of course, he did not forget to ask Yang Yulang if he would participate. If he went, it would not be a problem to ask for leave to fly to Iceland, but Han Yunzhou told him clearly Yang Yulang was unable to attend.

Unable to attend... These four words concealed too much information, Jiang Cheng couldn't figure it out, and Han Yunzhou kept silent.

What does it mean if you can't even attend your best friend's wedding?

Jiang Cheng didn't dare to think about it, and when he thought about it deeply, he felt a splitting headache and angina in his heart, so he made himself more and more busy, so busy that he had no time to relax and think about other things.

After a while, it will be Ching Ming Festival. Xiao Zijun bought a drink and handed it to him after he competed with him on the basketball court. Looking at his dark circles under his eyes like a panda, he asked him, "I will go back to my hometown with my sister during the Qingming Festival." Sweeping the tomb, the beautiful scenery in my hometown is especially suitable for relaxation, do you want to go for a walk together?"

"I want to visit the grave too." Jiang Cheng drank more than half of his drink, "I also promised to take Didi to the amusement park."

"Didi, your mother is better than anyone else." Xiao Zijun really couldn't see his masochistic look, "You take him to play every weekend, it's not a bad time, let Jiang Chi take it, he Don’t you also like Jiangchi now?”

Jiang Cheng fell silent after listening.

Xiao Zijun saw the fun, and continued: "When I was a child, I used to climb trees and dig out bird nests with Fa Xiao, go into the water to catch fish, pick up snails in the fields, there is a line of sky in the nearby mountains, and there are stone caves carved on the walls. Buddha statues, oh yes, there is also a Jiufeng Temple on the mountain, many people go there to ask gods and divination, it is said that it is very spiritual.”

The corner of Jiang Cheng's mouth twitched, "Do you still believe this?"

"Believe in this kind of thing or not." Xiao Zijun also smiled, "How about it, let's go play together?"

Jiang Cheng took his coat and stood up, "Let me think about it, and I'll give you the answer later."

"What's there to think about," Xiao Zijun said from behind, "It's only three days, you have to give yourself a vacation."

"Understood." Jiang Cheng waved his hand away, "Let's talk about it."

In the cafeteria, Xiao Zijun sat down in front of him with a plate, "If you want to bring Didi with you, let's take him to experience life in the country together."

Jiang Cheng picked up a chopstick of tiger-skin green pepper, chewed it slowly and looked at Xiao Zijun, and after a long time said with a little playfulness and helplessness: "Dajun, I'm really fine."

"Did you say go or not?"

Jiang Cheng couldn't understand Xiao Zijun's expression, he threw out such a sentence that meant that if you don't go, you will break up the relationship.

"Go." Jiang Cheng finally made his decision after finishing a bowl of kelp soup.

"With Diddy?"

"No," Jiang Cheng said, "You're right, just let Jiang Chi take it, and how can you take him there to relax?"

"Okay." Xiao Zijun raised the corner of his mouth, and even a bite of potato shreds tasted much better than usual.

The Xiao brothers and sisters drove their own cars when they went back to their hometown to worship their ancestors. Jiang Cheng saw Xiao Yu holding the child and getting into her husband's car, and turned to Xiao Zijun, "It's not that you can't sit, why are you driving two cars?"

"They have to come back the same day after sweeping the grave." Xiao Zijun put the few clothes Jiang Cheng brought into the trunk. "The children may not be used to spending the night in the country."

It turned out to be the case.

Get out of the urban area and get on the expressway. After driving for an hour or two, get off the expressway, take the national highway, and then drive to the detour in the mountains. Jiangcheng has been watching the rapidly reversing scenery outside the car window. At this moment, all the greenery flashed before his eyes. The mountain road has nine bends and eighteen bends. If you are not familiar with the road conditions, it is quite difficult to drive.

"Which corner of the mountain is your home in?"

"Soon." Xiao Zijun said this several times along the way.

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes at him, "If I were a girl, everyone would wonder if you took me to some mountain pit and sold me."

Xiao Zijun couldn't help laughing, "I really sold you out."

"The road ahead is quite easy to drive," Xiao Zijun pointed forward with his eyes, "Do you want to drive for a while?"

Jiang Cheng's heart was touched when he heard such a sentence, he bit his lower lip and shook his head, "Go on your own, I can't come this way."

"Take some time to get a license." Xiao Zijun could see that he likes to drive, so he said that because he didn't have a license. pleasure."

Jiang Cheng forced a smile, "Let's talk when we have time."

"Oh, that's right," Xiao Zijun remembered an important thing, "This time we don't live in my own old house, which was abandoned for many years and collapsed two years ago. Little there."

"Yeah." As long as the other party doesn't mind, Jiang Cheng naturally won't mind this kind of thing.

Xiao Zijun went on to introduce, "My childhood friend is also my best buddy. His parents are very nice, they are the kind who are simple and honest. He is in a neighboring province, and he came back specially during the Qingming Festival."

"Ah."

While talking, I saw a corner of the house hidden in the greenery after a while. When I got closer, I saw that the village was full of brick houses, some new and some old. It is the owner who has gone to other places where no one lives.

"Here we are." Xiao Zijun drove the car under a big camphor tree, opened the trunk, took out the gifts he had prepared in advance, and led Jiangcheng towards a house.

"Uncle, aunt, I'm here." Xiao Zijun greeted loudly as soon as he stepped through the door.

The aunt in the kitchen poked her head out, "Oh, Dajun, you are back," she came out with a smile on her face, and shouted, "Old Li, Lao Li, Dajun brought friends, come and make tea .”

Xiao Zijun put the gift on the hall and looked around, "Auntie, where is Photon?"

"Hey, that's right," the aunt called again, "Photon, photon, Dajun is here!"

"Stop barking." Uncle Li came down from upstairs. "He's off to plow the fields."

"Then tell him to come back quickly." The aunt enthusiastically pulled Jiang Cheng to sit down, "This young man looks really good, what's his name?"

Jiang Cheng stood up politely, "My name is Jiang Cheng."

"Hey, don't be so pretentious," the aunt pushed him back to the chair, "Come on, you must be thirsty along the way, let's have some tea first, I'm making soup in the kitchen, and I'll cook delicious food for you, yes Alright, where's your sister, Dajun?"

"It's in the back." Xiao Zijun glanced out, "The child is probably making trouble, so the drive is slower."

"You guys go ahead," Xiao Zijun drank his tea and got up, "I'll take my friends out for a walk first, and find Guangzi by the way."

"Okay," the aunt said heartily, "come back early for dinner!"

"okay!"