turn into a breeze

Later, Xiao Huang and I never talked about this topic again. I always had some faint thoughts in my heart, but because I was afraid of letting these unclear thoughts surface, I just pretended that these things never happened at all. , continue to live with Xiaohuang.

It's just that after that, even if I go out, I will never mention Xiaohuang and his family to others again, I just say that I will tidy up the house here alone, and I will leave in a few days.

Not long after, the plants that Xiao Huang mysteriously planted in the yard grew beautiful pink and white flowers. Because I didn’t know much about flowers, I sat in the yard every day and studied them carefully. He seemed to like these pink and white flowers very much. My little flower, always taking good care of it, and occasionally I would be jealous that he treats the flower better than me, then he will helplessly put down the work in hand and come over to hug me.

Not long after, the editor notified me that the magazine has opened a new column for me, which will be serialized monthly. I hope to write some convenient novels about folklore. Because my major in college is folklore, so I was heartbroken when I heard the news. I've already thought of some ideas, but the convenience of names and customs must be checked carefully, so I thought about going to the Internet cafe in the town to check the information one day.

Xiao Huang originally said that he would send me to the town, but because I thought it would be boring for him to wait for me when I went to work, I let him go about his own affairs.

The shuttle bus ran smoothly today. There were not many people on the bus. They were all cooked food and greeted each other. The bus was also tattered and there was a disgusting smell inside.

I took the window seat in the back row and sat down. After the car started, the wind outside the window blew away the smell in my nose, which made me feel much more comfortable.

For some reason, Xiao Huang's eyes suddenly appeared in my mind when I was about to leave, I just felt a pain in my heart, and immediately wanted to put down the work in hand and run to his side.

Open the window a little wider to blow away these messy thoughts in my mind. No matter how comfortable I am by Xiaohuang's side, I still have to continue my work. Maybe it will be much more convenient when I bring him back to the city.

The road in the village is very difficult to walk, and the bumps are severe. It takes an hour to drive to the town. I wanted to sleep, but my whole body was sore from the bumps. I kept changing my posture and didn't feel better.

Not long after, the car pulled aside and stopped, and the people sleeping in the car woke up, stood up and complained.

"There is a convoy ahead, let's give way."

The driver was very apologetic. I looked at it, and it seemed that there was a bunch of construction teams and various large-scale demolition vehicles on the way, and some expensive cars were sandwiched between them. The "big boss" in the village.

Perhaps looking at the neat and expensive cars in the convoy, the people who complained in the car stopped talking, and all gathered by the window to point at the car.

It didn't take long for the convoy to pass by, and then our shuttle bus restarted. I turned my head and watched the convoy fading away from the rear window of the car. For some reason, I felt a sense of uneasiness in my heart.

"It's okay, go to the town to check the information and go back right away."

I comforted myself like this in a low voice, but the uneasiness in my heart did not dissipate for a long time.

The town is in a mess, and the passing vehicles ignore any traffic at all. I carefully searched for Internet cafes all the way, and the Internet cafes were all dark and full of pungent smells. After searching for a long time, I finally found a place that was fairly clean. I quickly started looking for the information I want to use.

There are young people playing games on the left and right, and the pungent smell of smoke wafts into my face.

I remember one time when I was smoking in the yard, Xiao Huang was lying on my lap, and the smoke accidentally blew on his face. I saw him frowning, and then covered his mouth and coughed softly, so I pinched the cigarette , after that, I never took another sip.

Unexpectedly, after smoking for many years, I quit without knowing it. Now I smell the smell of smoke coming from around me, and I feel a discomfort in my mouth and nose.

I coughed softly, and the person next to me gave me a disgusted look, but didn't do anything.

I speeded up the search for information.

I thought it would be over in a while, but I didn’t expect Nong Nong to be at dusk, and I was about to miss the last bus. I quickly packed up all the materials and ran out, and finally caught up with the car when the bus started. Already covered in sweat.

"It seems that the big boss came to demolish the old house today."

There are quite a lot of people on this bus, so I just picked a seat and sat down, and then I heard the people in the car talking.

"Oh, I seem to see some cars entering the village."

"That's right, the boss is rich. He said he would buy other land, and he paid a lot of money. Unfortunately, the location of my land is not good. He doesn't want it for now, but he said he might want it in the future."

"I really didn't expect this to make money. The boss seemed to say that he wanted to build some kind of factory. It would be much better for my son to work in the factory than to be a farmer in the field."

"Yeah yeah."

The conversations of the people reached my ears, and the feeling of uneasiness in my heart became more and more intense.

The car was driving at a normal speed, but for some reason, I always felt that the car was too slow. I looked anxiously at the road in front of the car. The sun turned blood red and gradually sank into the ground, and the sky was getting darker and darker.

"Xiao Huang, are you okay..."

Finally, in the night, I saw the lights of the village appearing in front of my eyes. As soon as I arrived at the station, the people around stood up, talking and laughing while slowly moving outside.

I said sorry anxiously while pushing the crowd, which attracted a lot of complaints from around, but I couldn't care less, got out of the car, and ran home immediately.

In the distance, I recognized my house immediately. It was dinner time, and the surrounding houses were all brightly lit, only my house was dark.

It's been a long time since Xiao Huang didn't come back so late, I pushed the door and entered the house panting.

There is no breath of anyone.

"Xiao Huang?"

I yelled and no one answered.

"Xiao Huang??"

Running up and down, the house still retains the appearance when I left.

I searched house by house.

"Xiao Huang? Don't play hide and seek with me? Xiao Huang?"

No one, and I couldn't hear anything but my own voice echoing around the house.

"Xiao Huang? Xiao Huang——!!!"

Running to the yard, I yelled to the outside, regardless of the strange looks my neighbors gave me.

Nothing, the lanterns that Xiaohuang and I hung together in the yard gave a soft glow to the yard under the night, and the plants that were originally flowery bones of the elders had nothing at this time, and there were some pink and white scattered on the ground. petals.

Suddenly, my eyes were drawn to the lights.

On the top of the mountain, the originally dark old house was now brightly lit.

——Today the big boss came to demolish the old house.

The words I heard on the road echoed in my mind, as if I realized something, I ran up the mountain like crazy.

The road seemed to have been refurbished, and there were still many vehicles parked at the foot of the mountain, but no one was inside. It seemed that everyone had already gone to the house on the mountain.

I ran up the mountain and fell to the ground several times. The surrounding tree branches in the night blocked my way like monsters with claws and claws.

My heart became more and more mixed, and I didn't have any scruples about what I had become.

The mountain road stretched infinitely like there was no end at all. I was drenched in sweat, and my clothes and pants were sticky to my body.

Finally, a light appeared in front of me, followed by a shaking figure.

The figure greeted me as if to say something to me.

I couldn't hear the other person's words at all, I just rushed into the house.

More people came out to stop me. There was a chunky middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes talking in front of me with a bad expression. I watched his mouth open and close, and just shook off the people around me who were holding my arms. Qian Qian pushed the short, fat middle-aged man aside, and several staff gathered around to watch something.

There was a cloth package on the ground, and their eyes stayed on it. When they saw me rushing into the house, they all looked at me.

Then, I stopped.

"Hey, who are you? What are you doing here? Is this man crazy? Is there anyone in your village?"

The pudgy middle-aged man yelled at the side again, or my image was too terrifying, no one dared to come up to stop me.

I walked towards the thing on the ground step by step, completely ignoring the strange gazes of the people around me.

"Huh? Isn't this the small hall of the Ye Family? Why did you come here? Did you get lost in the mountains?"

The person I was talking to seemed to know me. He was a little surprised and was about to grab me when he came over. I only saw an arm shaking in front of my eyes. I pushed him away and ran to the pile of things on the ground.

What came into view was a corpse of something. It seemed that a very long time had passed, and it was rotten, but a little bit of black and white hair could still be seen.

Seeing me approaching the corpse, the people next to me seemed to want to stop me, but I pushed them away.

"Xiaotang, this thing is dirty, you'd better stay away from it."

Someone next to him was talking, but he didn't come close to stop him.

Beside the corpse, quite out of proportion, were a few white-pink flowers.

Although the flowers are a little wilted, they still look fresh.

"Xiao Huang?"

I screamed softly, something gushed out of my eyes, I ran to the corpse and picked up the flowers next to it, it was indeed the flowers in my yard.

"Xiao Huang?" I held the flowers and continued to call, "Xiao Huang? Are you there? Come out soon? Xiao Huang? Are you here?"

In the old house under the night sky, my voice echoed back and forth.

"Xiaotang, is this your dog?"

"Ok?"

Looking up, with blurred eyes, I looked at the man standing next to me.

"Isn't that big black and white dog of yours called Xiao Huang? Why was it buried here?"

The words of the person in front of me hit me like a thunderbolt from the blue sky. I knelt on the ground, holding flowers in my hands, and memories flooded into my mind like a tide.

"Dad, look at him walking around dangling, shall we call him Xiao Huang?"

"You have to take good care of him in the future, just like your younger brother."

"Well, Xiaoye, I like Xiaohuang the most."

"Dad, can't we take Xiao Huang with us?"

"Grandpa and grandma are very lonely here, Xiaohuang will stay here to take care of them."

"Then why don't we take our grandparents along?"

"Xiaoye, the house that mom and dad bought now can't accommodate grandparents. When we buy a big house, we will bring grandparents and Xiaohuang together."

"Dad, I want Xiao Huang..."

"Father, when will Xiao Huang come..."

"Xiaoye, do you want to go back with us to see Xiaohuang?"

"Next time, I made an appointment with my friends to hang out during the holiday."

"Xiaoye, Xiaohuang is very old, do you want to go back with us to watch?"

"It's really annoying, isn't it just a broken dog? I won't go back."

……

At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the leaves of the plants in the yard are gradually turning yellow, and the mountains in front of them are showing beautiful colors. The ancient house is located in it as if it is as beautiful as a fairyland.

A village is still a village, the factory's fortifications are half done and they don't continue, and the abandoned construction sites have been covered by weeds.

"Xiaotang, our family killed chickens today, and you will come to dinner later."

"Thank you, auntie, then I'll cook a few dishes."

"Xiaotang, are you really not going back to the city?"

"Well, it's not interesting to live in the city, I'm still comfortable here."

After hearing what I said, the aunt next door didn't ask any more questions. She just told me to remember to go to dinner later and entered the room. A gust of wind blew the yellow leaves flying all over the sky.

"Xiao Huang, in this life, I will never abandon you again."

"Little Leaf..."

Vaguely, there seemed to be some sound coming from the wind. Looking at the falling leaves, I smiled, felt the wind caressing my skin gently, turned and entered the room.