brotherly innocence

On the fourth day, he went to knock on Chu Yaonan's door early in the morning, but Chu Yaonan had already left.

If you look for A Biao again, you don't know where he is.

Qin Rong was a little startled, as if everyone had already left, and he was the only one left in the hotel, and Chu Yaonan seemed to have taken away a lot of his belongings, what the hell was going on?

Qin Rong suddenly became suspicious. He was new to the Blue Gang and didn't know the business of the Blue Gang. Why did his father send him all the way to the Northeast Gold Mine with Chu Yaonan, and told him to study hard? It really is so simple?

On the fifth day, A Biao came back with a sad face and said, "Second Young Master, Nan Shao, he is gone."

A ray of morning light shines on Chu Yaonan's fair cheeks through the dense shade of the old pagoda tree.

He sat on a stone table under the big locust tree, quietly watching the mottled paint-leather door open opposite, and the servant in jacket was cleaning and splashing water with a big bamboo broom.

The cock crowed one after another, and several children ran out with their schoolbags in their arms, and a quiet woman chased them out, shouting, "Er Chou, Chun Bao, don't run around, and listen carefully to the class."

The old servant who cleaned the courtyard whispered something to the woman, looked at him, stared at him carefully, and went into the courtyard.

He looked at the open courtyard door with a smile, squatted on the stone table, put his hands on his knees, and waited quietly.

A few little girls in flowered jackets danced rubber bands at the gate of the courtyard, their shofar braids fluttering up and down, sweating profusely from dancing, and laughing happily.He looked sideways, with a sweet smile on his face.

People passing by couldn't help but cast their curious eyes on him. Occasionally, an aunt who had something good to do came over and asked, "Sir, where are you from, and why are you sitting here?"

He simply replied: "Wait for someone."

When the sun was about to set, the sky turned cooler, and a gust of autumn wind hit, wrapping a few fallen leaves.

He tightened his windbreaker and still sat there waiting.

The woman who had been paying attention to him in the early morning came over and asked, "Sir, you have been sitting at the gate of our courtyard all day, but are you looking for someone?"

Chu Yaonan looked at her, and said jerky: "I, wait for a friend. If you agree to wait here, he will come."

As night fell, Chu Yaonan raised the collar of his windbreaker to cover half of his face, and saw a gentleman in long gown bowing slightly and returning with a few books in his lapel.Standing at the gate of the courtyard, he turned his head to look at him under the tree, recognized him by the moonlight, and approached him slowly.

"I, I'll wait for someone." Without waiting for the person to ask, Chu Yaonan said in a trembling voice, without looking at him, and there was some grievance in his eyes.

"I heard from my wife that you have been sitting here all day."

Chu Yaonan nodded and said, "He won't lie to me, he will come."

"Perhaps, your friend has something to do and can't come. You might as well go back and come back tomorrow morning. It's getting late." The man's voice was thick and steady.

Chu Yaonan slowly raised his head to look at him, sizing up the well-defined face with timid eyes. He was about 30 years old, and he was about the same age as Uncle Hu, but his eyes were calm, gentle, and full of bookishness. Some are different from the heroism of literati.

Chu Yaonan shook his head capriciously and said, "I'm afraid I'm leaving. If he comes, I'll miss him. I waited for 20 years, and he promised me that he would come to this place when I was 20 years old. Wait for him at the stone table under the old locust tree, he will come, he will." Chu Yaonan pursed his lips and said, "He said he would tell me where my real parents are."

The long gown of the person in front of him is of ordinary linen, the rough texture of the weaving reveals a bit of clumsiness, and the long gown is neatly worn on the person in front of him, showing a bit of dignity.The elder-like voice advised: "It's autumn, the night is cool, you can't sit here all night."

Chu Yaonan's bright eyes made people feel pity, he shook his head and said stubbornly, "I've been looking forward to this day for 20 years, I'll wait for him."

The man had no choice but to sigh and asked, "So, today is your birthday?"

Chu Yaonan nodded and said: "Well, it's my birthday, 20 years old, the year of the weak crown. If Dad is still alive, he should give me a coming-of-age ceremony."

The man smiled, very shallowly, looked at him with gentle eyes and said, "Listen to you, you haven't grown up yet."

"Is this your home?" Chu Yaonan asked.

"Yes."

"Can I ask for some water?" Chu Yaonan asked.

"Okay!" The man replied, turned around and went home, brought out a bowl of water after a while, and followed a few people.

Chu Yaonan took the water and poured it with his head up, licked his dry lips, gave the water bowl to the man with both hands, and said: "Thank you, brother."

"People who do not keep their promises are the most hateful." Someone said.

"It's dark, there's no place to live in this area, why don't you just go to my house and spend the night." The speaker was very enthusiastic.

Chu Yaonan shook his head and insisted: "I will wait for him."

The crowd had no choice but to disperse, the night fell, in the middle of the night, Chu Yaonan was coughing, the courtyard door opened, and the lantern came out, the shadow of the lantern danced, and the quiet gentleman in long gown walked out, and put a jacket on him.

"You are really stubborn. Now the war is in turmoil and the Northeast is not flat. If your friend is delayed by the train or arrives late due to an accident, he didn't mean to break the appointment. Seeing you like this, how should you blame yourself? Aren't you a trap? In injustice?"

Chu Yaonan looked up at him, eyes full of grievances: "But, I waited for 15 years, since I can remember."

"Okay, put a note on the big tree, follow me to the humble house to make do for the night, and wait until tomorrow morning." The man picked out a white paper lantern with a huge character 'Zhuo' written on it, and the wind made the candlelight dance with.Chu Yaonan got up, but his legs were sore and he almost knelt down. He was lifted up by the man's tall body and said: "Be careful."

"My name is Zhuo Mingtao, and this is my home." The man in the long coat led Chu Yaonan through the path that had been in disrepair, with a solitary lantern, and he stumbled from time to time on the cracked blue bricks.

Chu Yaonan lowered his head to pay attention to the light and shadow in the ground, and saw a pair of well-polished old leather shoes looming under the gown, which complemented the plain shirt.Chu Yaonan moved his eyes up along the edge of the clothes little by little to look at the appearance of the person beside him.

Just as he also turned his head to look at him, Chu Yaonan was inexplicably shy, his eyes dodged, and he said in a vague way: "Little brother, Chu Yaonan. Although Chu can be destroyed by three families, Chu, who shines in Kyushu, and Nan who sits in the southeast." .”

The long words are scattered in the dark mist of the night, only a pair of curious eyes look around at the shadow of the moon sprinkled on the gray courtyard wall, the flying fireflies, the wind blowing, and a few broken cassia branches fluttering around The plain white paper tape rattled, and the faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus in the night also exuded some chill.

"Why, this is..." Chu Yaonan asked, looking warily at the white gauze lantern in Zhuo Mingtao's hand. It was clearly a crimson oil paper lantern covered with a thick layer of white gauze, but it couldn't hide the light pink color. of light.

"Today is the anniversary of my father's death." Zhuo Mingtao said.

Chu Yaonan was stunned, and asked in a hoarse voice apologetically: "Then, can you not bother me?"

"My mother is extremely hospitable, and besides, it's late at night, so I can't see you freezing outside all night." Zhuo Mingtao said, his voice was thick, and it faded away into the night.

Going around the front courtyard, a few unrecognizable big trees in the twilight, pass through the narrow path, and come to the wide yard behind.

Chu Yaonan clasped his cold hands and asked, "My lord, when he passed away, were you still young?"

Zhuo Mingtao walked slowly and steadily, shook his head and said: "I don't really remember, my father was also a member of the army. He traveled across the ocean for several years and lived in no fixed place. My mother and I lived in Chuzhou, our hometown, and later moved to the Northeast. The family People gather less and leave more.”

"Do you still remember his appearance?" Chu Yaonan asked immediately, feeling abrupt again, and laughed at himself: "I have never seen my father's face since I was born, and I have no way of knowing what he looks like."

The words were lonely and sad, and a long sigh under the cold moonlight was quite sad.The shadows of the branches sifting through the moon sprinkled on his tightly wrapped windbreaker, making him even thinner.

Zhuo Mingtao said: "If a man wants to achieve a great career, he will not care about the love of his children."

I don't know who to listen to.

"Mother, that little brother is here." Zhuo Mingtao stopped in front of the lit window, bowed slightly respectfully.

The sound of wooden fish in the house stopped, and an old and kind voice said: "Please come in and have a cup of tea to warm up your body."

"Follow me, it's my mother." Zhuo Mingtao led Chu Yaonan in. Chu Yaonan seemed to have insufficient eyesight, looking around every inch of the room.

In the middle of the main room is a case with a memorial tablet and a portrait in the middle of a handsome young general with boots on his feet and a saber at his waist, holding a whip immediately, majestic and majestic.

Only then did Chu Yaonan's gaze rest on the portrait greedily, and the old lady had already calmly and naturally pulled the curtain, and the portrait was covered.

"The humble house is simple, Mr. laughed, this way please." The old lady kindly invited him to sit in the inner room, but also looked at his curious eyes and astonished expression.

"I heard from my daughter-in-law that my husband has been sitting outside for a day." The old lady asked with concern, "But who is looking for, I wonder if my wife can help you. We have lived in this area for 15 years, so we are very familiar with it. "

Chu Yaonan laughed and said, "Ma'am, call me Yaonan. My surname is Chu, and I come from Dingjiang. Just because I got an anonymous letter, saying that I knew my life experience, Yaonan came all the way. Who would want to see me?" , I don’t know if my brothers are playing tricks on me.”

Having said that, he was a little dejected and lowered his head.

"Since it's an anonymous letter, how can you trust him? He even traveled all the way to the northeast." The old lady sighed.