brotherly innocence

"Think about your loved ones. Yaonan has been adopted by his adoptive parents since he was born. The adoptive parents have no children for twelve years. They have been looking forward to a son all their lives, and regard Yaonan as their own. Who would have thought that they would have a pair of sons this year, and Yaonan would be at home. The situation is very embarrassing." Chu Yaonan shook his head and said, "Just when I heard the news about my biological parents, I wanted to take a look, even if it was just a glimpse."

Seeing his stubborn appearance, the old lady smiled, looked down at him, and said, "He looks gentle, but why is he still so delicate in his heart? Then I have raised her for 20 years, not to mention such a big and promising son. Even cats and dogs have feelings. You are overthinking, go home quickly."

Chu Yaonan shook his head and said, "Since I have those two brothers, I can't control many things. I didn't want to think about it, but my father listened to my younger brother's unfounded false accusations, so he beat me up. Beatings have been common since I was a child. I shouldn't have There is resentment, just for the younger brother's words, breaking Yaonan's leg. The truth came out, but he couldn't bear to scold the younger brother for causing trouble. I didn't want to argue about that family, I just wanted to know who my biological parents were and what they looked like. "

"The two brothers you just got, babies in their swaddling arms, how can they make things difficult for you?" Zhuo Mingtao asked.

"It's a father and son who have been separated from their adoptive father for 18 years, a pair of twin brothers." Chu Yaonan squeezed out his teeth, "I'm jealous and envious."

With cold hands clasped nervously, he lowered his head secretly sad.

The old lady kept looking at him, and asked for a long time, "Are you sure he grew up in Dingzhou?"

Chu Yaonan nodded in agreement.

The old lady was thoughtful, and said in a daze: "Dingzhou, no one in our area has relatives in Dingjiang."

When Chu Yaonan was leaving, the little daughter-in-law who came out early in the morning and asked him something came in, with a blue and white cloth jacket, smiling, brought him a bowl of custard and said, "Big brother, eat something, you are hungry." It's been a day."

Chu Yaonan picked up the bowl, looked at Zhuo Mingtao's encouraging eyes and nodded at him with a smile. The bowl was a little hot, but it was warm. The warmth warmed the heart through the palm of his hand and drove away the cold air.

He lowered his head to eat the egg custard, and looked at the door and window from time to time, someone poked his head in and looked in, and occasionally said in a low voice: "Like, it really looks like it, it's really strange."

His heart moved, but he remained calm, only praised with a shallow smile: "This custard is really delicious."

"Hey, it's not something valuable. It's an egg laid by a chicken at home." The little daughter-in-law said, and a big-eyed doll with a tuft of hair poked her head out of the door and licked her tongue and said, "Mom, my custard..."

Immediately, Zhuo Mingtao glanced at him and was speechless.

"Yaonan, stay in my study for the night." Zhuo Mingtao led Chu Yaonan to a small room with a heated kang against the wall, neat desks, and peeling walls. Chu Yaonan's eyes flashed The few lines of poems inscribed on the wall bricks between the peeling large piece of irregular wall skin attract the attention.

"Swinging a knife to kill a thief man, pointing to the sun to watch the soldiers in Baidi City."

Chu Yaonan's heart trembled, and he remembered that this was the poem Shen Zhuo sang when he sent troops to the capital of Shu, and it was passed on to future generations.

Only in this ancient gray and cold wall, everything is shocking, and my heart trembles.

"Oh, it's just a joke." Zhuo Mingtao said, and the little daughter-in-law came in with the quilt in her arms.

"Thank you ma'am." Chu Yaonan said politely. Seeing Mrs. Zhuo Mingtao laying the mattress for him, he turned his head and smiled hospitablely, "You don't have to be polite. If you don't want to be respected, just call me sister-in-law."

"Sister-in-law." Chu Yaonan called out sweetly before she finished speaking, and Mingtao's daughter-in-law hurriedly responded, looking a little surprised, and stopped there bewildered.

"This home is so warm." Chu Yaonan sighed, trying his best to conceal the agitation in his heart.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zhuo Mingtao left with his wife, and asked Chu Yaonan to rest earlier.

In the early morning, Chu Yaonan fell ill. It was originally a cough at night. He ran all the way until he occasionally felt a cold. At night, the cough gradually became more severe.

When the doctor came, Zhuo Mingtao saw that the mother who was directing and taking care of him was dumbfounded, staring at Chu Yaonan bewilderedly, and untied a stone pendant tied around his neck. Fake jewelry for sale.

Zhuo Mingtao leaned forward and said: "Mother, the doctor said that there is no danger, you don't have to worry about it, go and rest."

The old lady shook her head, and called Zhuo Mingtao to her room.

"He finally found it." The old lady murmured.

"Who?" Zhuo Mingtao asked puzzled.

"He, your father's son, your younger brother." The old lady looked uncertain, a little surprised and panicked.

"Mother, what are you talking about?" Zhuo Mingtao was even more surprised, but his calm nature kept him calm.

"Tao'er, I remember you once asked mother, what the world talked about, about your father's romance in Beiping when he was alive?"

Zhuo Mingtao was startled: "Xiao Dangui?"

Mrs. Zhuo nodded in pain, then shook her head slowly and said: "Your father, before he died, gave another stone pendant to mother, and told mother to find her. Mother only thought she was gone, but unexpectedly, did not expect."

"You mean, Chu Yaonan is, the son of Xiao Dangui?"

It was like thunder on a sunny day, and Zhuo Mingtao was so shocked that he was moved.

"In the second year of the founding of the country, Marshal Yuan summoned your father and the governor of Longcheng Yang Yunzong to Beijing. When they arrived in Beiping, they found out that Marshal Yuan intended to restore the emperor. At that time, your father and the others came to Beijing alone. When they heard about this matter and argued for it, they were furious. Your father, Commander Yuan, was kind enough to know you. Because of this matter, he was placed under house arrest and not allowed to leave Beijing. Your father is in the capital, and the army is in Dingnan, but Marshal Yuan is afraid. Like this, mother and In a daze, your grandma was taken to the capital by Yuan Dashuai in the name of your father to "enjoy blessings". She was really a hostage. In those days, your father would stay up all night at home, groaning in silence, writing poems or sighing at the moon The original second son always came to look for him, and went with him to Liulichang to look at antiques, search for ancient books, and pass the time, but he didn't want to also find Liuxiang in Huajie and met Xiaodangui. At that time, my mother was still young and didn't understand anything. When the capital city was full of uproar, when your grandma got angry and punished your father with family law, mother didn't know that he fell in love with Xiao Dangui, a famous prostitute in the capital. The style of the family is serious, how can such a thing be tolerated? Your grandma can't stop your father and Xiao Dangui from being glued to each other. At that time, there were pictures of them in the newspaper every day, and he drew her eyebrows under the window , hold her hand to draw pictures together, drink a cup of wine under the moon... He, he is even more extreme. When your grandma scolded and stopped him, he beat you two brothers to vent his anger. This day can't go on anymore, your grandma is angry Then go to find Marshal Yuan and the second son of the Yuan to argue and ask to leave Beijing. In this way, our mother-in-law, grandson and grandson left the capital. Finally, Marshal Yuan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and named your father the Grand Marshal of Protecting the Country. Only we left Beijing, It was only then that the cronies sent by General Qin Ruilin chased us and sent us on a different route. Instead of returning to our hometown, we quietly went to the Northeast. Soon, we heard that your father was swearing in Dingnan to destroy the plains and marched north to seek rebellion. The people of the country also responded. To rebuild the republic, we need peace and democracy, not monarchy. At that time, my mother and your grandma both wondered, how did you go to Dingnan when you were in the capital?"

The miserable smile, as bleak as this history, the vicissitudes of the crow's feet in the corners of the old lady's eyes, Zhuo Mingtao felt a chill in his heart.

"Yes, my son has more or less heard about that legend. It is said that Xiao Dangui acted as a cover for his father and deceived the original commander. Every day, the spring and the night are short and indulging in Huaxiang. The three meals were sent to the bedroom to drink and eat with Xiao Dangui. It was only after four days that I found out that my father had left Beijing."

"Yes, this woman is a strange woman in the world. She is bold and careful, and even dealt with the former party's eyeliner, and planned to send your father away from Beijing under the watchful eyes of everyone, but she was imprisoned. The former commander wants to kill In the end, she was reluctant to give up. There were many comments in the market, saying that she survived by pleasing the Marshal Yuan and the second young master with her body. Brought her to the house and insisted on taking her as a concubine. The first time my mother saw her, the legendary king of vixen made women feel ashamed when they saw her. She is covered in fox fur, like a ball of snow. Those eyebrows are born, lovely and charming. Looking at your father's eyes, she is terrified, shrinking beside your father, delicate and soft. Your grandmother didn't know the truth, so she was not allowed to enter the door. She was I knelt with your father outside the door for three days and three nights, saying that I had your father's flesh and blood in my stomach. Your grandma asked her, how could she be the only one who could escape from the prison? She said that Marshal Yuan wanted to take her as a hostage. Thought about suicide, but failed. At that time, mother was full of hatred for her, and she did not speak for her. It caused many neighbors to watch and discuss. The woman took him away, and when mother sees your father again, she will return it to mother It was your father's body that was plotted against. When he was dying, he carried this stone pendant on his body. Afterwards, someone, Marshal Qin's subordinates, brought a child to find us, and said it was your father and Xiao Dangui No matter what, your grandma refused to take him in. It’s not clear why, and your father never left a message to prove the child’s life experience when he died, so he took the child and left. Maybe it’s this child who came back. Like , too similar, even this chronic cough and shortness of breath looks just like your father, I'm afraid it's the root cause of the disease passed down in his bones."