Grapevine on grapefruit tree

Shu Wen was awakened by the noise in the living room in the middle of the night. He timidly climbed out of bed, grabbed the flashlight and gently opened the door.

The living room didn't turn on the light, but there were two figures at the door. Shu Wen turned on the light in the living room with a "snap", scaring the two people standing at the door.

It turned out to be Mama Jiang and Mama Shu.

"I'll get up to drink water..." Shu Wen laughed dryly, and went to the kitchen to pour water with a guilty conscience.

The two people at the door discussed something in a low voice, and then Mama Shu closed the door. Shu Wen caught a glimpse of the large bunch of keys in Mama Shu's hand, and asked softly, "Aunt Zhou is going out?"

Shu's mother pondered: "Jiang Heng's grandfather... passed away..."

Shu Wen was shocked: "When did it happen?!"

Mother Shu said in a low voice: "Just now, Jiang Heng was supposed to go back after the exam, but his mother thought he should relax after the exam, and it was his birthday, so she didn't tell him. As a result... she didn't even see him for the last time. arrive."

Shu Wen sat slumped on the sofa and remained silent for a long time before opening his mouth with difficulty: "Are you guys hiding a lot of things from us?"

Mother Shu lowered her head: "You think too much."

Shu Wen looked at her coldly: "You didn't tell us about Grandpa Jiang Heng's illness, my sister... Did something happen at that time?"

Mother Shu turned her head away from him.

Shu Wen felt uncomfortable for a while.

All kinds of deception by parents to their children is just for an exam.

How ironic.

The mother and son, each with their own concerns, just sat silently and stood silently. The light in the living room was blindingly bright. Father Shu came out of the bedroom slowly, yawned and asked, "What happened?"

Mother Shu said: "Grandpa Jiang Heng just passed away, and his family drove back in the middle of the night."

Father Shu sighed a long time: "Then what is Wenwen doing here?"

Shu Wenhong kept her eyes open, not looking at Father Shu, and said after a long time, "Dad, I want to send off Grandpa Jiang tomorrow."

In fact, Shu Wen didn’t quite remember the summer vacation in the third grade of primary school. I only remember that Grandpa Jiang was tough and forthright at that time. He had never seen his grandparents since he was a child. It is his grandfather.

He only vaguely remembered that during the summer vacation of that year, he fell into the water. Grandpa Jiang picked him up from the water when he fell like a mud monkey, held him in one hand, and Jiang Heng in the other, wading Mud came ashore.

The memory seemed to be forever frozen in that moment. He couldn't remember the trivial things in those days in the country. He only remembered that scene. Grandpa Jiang looked tall, like a god in the sky.

The time has been in a trance for ten years. Due to various reasons, Jiang Heng never went back to the countryside, and Shu Wen never saw Grandpa Jiang again. Occasionally, he remembered that the scattered memories were just the lonely pair under the grapefruit tree. The eyes, the sly smile under the grape arbor, or, the strong old man in the mud.

Now, they have grown up, but he is old and dead in the blink of an eye.

I called Jiang Heng in the morning, but the line was busy all the time, and Jiang Xun's phone couldn't be answered.

Shu's mother said: "Xun Xun won't go back, he hasn't had a holiday yet, he's taking an exam, so he can't go back."

Shu Wen had no choice but to broadcast Jiang Heng again, but this time he got connected.

The person on the other end of the phone was extremely tired, and Shu Wen couldn't bear to make him sad, so he carefully considered the tone of his words and carefully inquired about the address.

Going to the station under the sun, after a lot of tossing, I finally got on the bus to the countryside. After a long time of tossing, I finally found the small town at seven o'clock in the evening.

Shu Wen walked slowly according to his memory, and there was a faint sound of sorrow and joy at the intersection in the distance, Shu Wen followed the sound.

Originally he wanted to find it by himself, but he didn't want Jiang Heng to come pick him up again, Jiang Heng was already tired enough, he didn't want him to trouble him anymore.

In the end, I still saw Jiang Heng at the intersection. Jiang Heng was wearing a black T-shirt, his eyes were red and swollen, covered with bloodshot eyes, and his stubble also appeared.

It's just that I haven't taken care of it for a day, so why did it become such a sloppy ghost?

Shu Wen wanted to smile, but he couldn't.My heart is as heavy as my steps, and my legs feel as heavy as lead.

Jiang Heng greeted him, Shu Wen quickened his pace and walked to Jiang Heng's side.

Jiang Heng forced out a haggard smile.

Shu Wen raised his hand to touch his cheek, and said distressedly, "You've lost weight."

Jiang Heng was speechless: "It's only been a day, how can you lose weight so quickly?"

Shu Wen remained silent.

It is similar to the small town in my memory. There are many new two-story houses built on both sides of the road full of yellow mud. After walking a long way, Shu Wen saw the old man with a wooden shed. The house, that place was brightly lit and full of voices, one could tell it was Grandpa Jiang's mourning hall.

As night fell, Shu Wen walked in and saw the old house clearly. It was a big mud brick and old tile house many years ago. In front of the house was a tall pomelo tree full of green pomelo. Dim lights hung on the branches of the pomelo tree. The trellis had fallen down, but the vines were not dead and crawled all over the ground.

Shu Wen followed Jiang Heng into the inner hall, Jiang's mother was sitting on a rocking chair to rest, Shu Wen lightened her steps, Jiang Heng poured him a glass of water, and told him to sit down.

Mother Jiang opened her eyes abruptly.

Shu Wen was staring at Mother Jiang, so he couldn't help being startled, the water in his throat swirled in his throat, and he choked.

Jiang Heng joked while helping Shu Wen, "Mom, are you trying to scare Wen Wen?"

Shu Wen asked intermittently while coughing: "Aunt Zhou...you...cough cough, what's wrong?"

Mother Jiang rubbed her forehead, her face was full of exhaustion: "I just had a nightmare."

Shu Wen took off the bodhi seed in his hand, put it on for Mother Jiang, and said softly, "Jiang Heng gave it to me on his birthday, but he was too coquettish and refused to take it. The classmate said that the one who specially went to the temple to consecrate it is more or less spiritual." , you won’t have nightmares when you wear it.”

Mother Jiang took off the letter and looked at it dubiously, then put it back on without saying anything.

A girl's delicate voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "Auntie, little auntie wants me to..."

The three people in the room looked out the door together, Jiang Ran blushed, and stammered: "My aunt wants me to call you over..."

Mother Jiang got up slowly and said, "Which room?"

Jiang Ran said: "In my uncle's room."

As soon as Mother Jiang left, Jiang Ran came in slowly with her hands behind her back. Shu Wen smiled at her. Jiang Heng pointed to Jiang Ran and asked Shu Wen: "Do you remember her? That little girl ten years ago always stood up The one watching us over the threshold."

Shu Wen was taken aback, and thought for a moment: "Of course?"

Jiang Ran blushed: "Brother Shu Wen."

Jiang Heng hugged his chest and sneered: "You little girl, why don't you call me brother in movies, but call me brother when you see Shu Wen?"

Jiang Ran blushed for a while.

Shu Wen gave Jiang Heng a blank look, and defended: "If you look like a brother, of course you won't refuse to call you brother."

Jiang Heng feigned anger: "Fuck you."

The beating of gongs and drums continued until midnight, and Jiang Heng came back with a sleepy body at midnight.Jiang Xun did not come back, and Jiang Heng acted as Jiang Xun's eldest grandson.

Shu Wen was falling asleep in a daze, when the door was gently pushed open, Shu Wen woke up vigilantly, rubbed his loose eyes and asked Jiang Heng: "Can I sleep now?"

Jiang Heng turned around and locked the door, took off his pants and said, "I have to get up at four o'clock in the morning. Tonight is my uncle's family vigil. I will change Jiang Ran at five o'clock."

Shu Wen turned away from looking at him, and just said "oh".

Jiang Heng took off his pants and undressed: "Why don't you sleep with me, there is still a guest room in my uncle's house, you can sleep there, lest I wake you up every time."

Shu Wen lay down in a daze: "It's okay, take a shower quickly, it's almost here."

Jiang Heng turned on the phone and took a look, muttering, "It's only five minutes past midnight, why is it faster, nonsense."

Shu Wen turned over.

Jiang Heng took a simple cold shower for 10 minutes. When he returned to the bedroom, Shu Wen was sitting cross-legged on the bed in a daze. Jiang Heng asked Shu Wen while wiping his hair, "Why aren't you asleep?"

Shu Wen fell asleep.

Jiang Heng lay sideways beside him.

When they were young, they often slept together, and the older they got, the more distant they became. The last time Jiang Heng hugged the quilt and went to Shu Wen's place to rub the bed because of Shu Xin's matter.

Now the person has not changed, but the comforter has become the comforted.

Jiang Heng reached out and turned off the bedside lamp.

As soon as he put his hand back, he touched Shu Wen's hand. Jiang Heng held his breath and didn't dare to move, for fear of waking Shu Wen up.It turned out not to be, and the people around him were still lying upright, breathing steadily.

Jiang Heng moved out of the bed, and put his hand next to Shu Wen's.

Someone gently held his hand.

Fingers interlocked, just like not so long ago.

Jiang Heng breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly closed his eyes.

Someone whispered in the ear: "Good night and sweet dreams."

The alarm clock was set at 03:30 in the morning, it didn't wake up Jiang Heng, but it did wake up Shu Wen.Shu Wen pinched the alarm clock and fell back to sleep.

Not long after, Jiang Heng woke up with a start, grabbed his phone in a panic, and looked at it, it was three forty.

Jiang Heng climbed out of bed softly, put on his clothes in a daze, and hurried to the mourning hall.

Shu Wen opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Heng with difficulty, then fell asleep again.

After sleeping until nine o'clock in the morning, there was another commotion outside, and the sound of mourning and music came from the roof, which was a bit harsh.

Jiang Ran came in with a bowl of noodles and said, "It was just cooked in the kitchen, Jiang Heng asked me to bring it over."

Shu Wen smiled at her and said thank you.

On the day of Grandpa Jiang’s funeral, it suddenly rained, and the dirt road up the mountain was wet and slippery, making it difficult for the coffin bearers to walk steadily.

The funeral attendants are saying that the old man has worked hard all his life, and he will not be at peace when he leaves.

Shu Wen held an umbrella for Jiang Heng, and knocked twice in three steps, his whole body was drenched.

Later, Shu Wen didn't open an umbrella at all, he was soaked anyway, so he didn't care about it.

After finally carrying it up the mountain, the rain stopped and the sky cleared up again.

Attending a funeral is actually a very sad thing. I watched my relatives and friends being carried into the dug earthen pit. Once buried in the loess, I really can only meet again in a dream.

Shu Wen suddenly felt a little cold on his face, and reached out to touch it, it turned out that it was raining again.

It rained intermittently for another half a day, Shu Wen helped Jiang Heng down the mountain, and almost slipped on the road.

After being washed by the summer rain, the pomelo trees were green, and the sky cleared again at noon, and the sky was blue.

Really ruthless.

Jiang Heng took a hasty bath and lay down on the bed to rest.

That's right, during the three days of the wake, Jiang Heng hardly closed his eyes.

Shu Wen touched Jiang Heng in his sleep, his face was slightly pale, his long eyelashes were slightly curled up, and his thick eyebrows were tightly wrinkled.Shu Wen stroked Jiang Heng's eyebrows, his eyes were full of love.

When Jiang Ran came to find Shu Wen, she happened to see this scene. Seeing the unusual love and love in his eyes, she suddenly woke up.

She didn't have any hope for Shu Wen, but after ten years, when she saw Shu Wen again, it was inevitable that the girl's heart would be stirred.

It was just sprouting, she didn't think Shu Wen would like her, and she didn't think she would really like Shu Wen.

But that person, he is handsome, gentle, gentle and gentleman. It is undeniable that she has a crush on Shu Wen.

So she came to Shu Wen to reminisce about the past, talk about the past ten years ago, and cultivate her relationship.

However, Shu Wen always looked at her with clean and clear eyes, without any distracting thoughts, but now, she saw him caressing Jiang Heng's face, tender and charming.

It turned out that he liked him.

Jiang Ran gently knocked on the half-open wooden door, Shu Wen quickly withdrew his hand and looked back at her.

Jiang Ran said, "Let's chat?"

Shu Wen put his index finger on his mouth and made a quiet gesture: "Go outside."

Jiang Ran smiled, turned and left.

Shu Wen helped Jiang Heng tuck the quilt, and gently closed the door.

Jiang Ran stood under the grapefruit tree and waited for him.

It was cool after the rain, Shu Wen asked softly, "Is it cold?"

Jiang Ran shook his head and said, "It's not cold."

Shu Wen stood side by side with her, and Shu Wen could see the green ears of rice in the rice field not far away.

Jiang Ran tentatively asked, "Do you...have a girlfriend?"

Shu Wen chuckled: "No."

Jiang Ran said: "You...do you like Brother Heng?"

Shu Wen was startled, and said: "No, you..."

Jiang Ran interrupted Shu Wen: "You like Jiang Heng, and men like men?"

Shu Wen was silent.

Jiang Ran continued: "You like him, does he know?"

Shu Wen continued to remain silent.

Jiang Ran sneered: "Hahahaha, he won't like you. You can tell by the look in his eyes that he only regards you as a buddy, that's all."

Shu Wen looked at her sideways and said, "So what?"

Jiang Ran didn't expect him to be so unequivocal, but he was a little surprised.

Disgusting, really disgusting.

Jiang Ran raised his head, looked directly into Shu Wen's eyes, and said word by word: "You, truth, evil, heart."

Shu Wen bowed his head in silence, Jiang Ran left with a sneer.

Yeah, it's disgusting.

Jiang Heng's voice suddenly sounded behind him: "What's wrong? I just saw Ranran walk in from here, and she didn't answer me when I called her."

Shu Wen frowned and said, "Did you hear that?"

Jiang Heng put his hand on Shu Wen's shoulder: "You didn't agree to the girl's confession to you?"

Shu Wen rolled his eyes: "Crazy."

Jiang Heng stared at the vine beside the pomelo tree, and said, "Wenwen, let's go to the grape trellis."

"it is good."

The two of them were busy until it was dark, and finally put the grape trellis up again. The grape trellis was erected on the pomelo tree, and the vines were gently lifted up and wrapped around the wooden frame.

"Maybe next year, the vines will climb up the grapefruit tree." Jiang Heng said with satisfaction looking at his masterpiece all afternoon.

"Well, next summer, there will be another grapefruit tree."

"Pfft." Jiang Heng chuckled, "Fool."

"You are stupid."

"Stupid without you."

"If I say you're stupid, you're stupid."

"Are you naive to say this question?"

"..."

"..."

The sound of Jiang Ran slamming the door came from upstairs.