Masahiro Akita

"Who are you? Where are you going?"

He didn't speak, ignored me, just walked forward silently, as if I no longer existed.

Maybe it's curiosity, maybe some kind of awareness, there is a mysterious force in my mind urging me forward, forcing me to eagerly want to get some facts from him, it seems that as long as I follow him all the time, everything I seek in my heart will come true. The answer will be revealed.

I have always kept a certain distance from him, looking at his back, I always feel familiar, a little familiar and a little strange.

He seemed to be taller than me, with a thick back, broad arms, and a fat figure that made him even stronger.For some reason, I felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy, and really wanted to rush over and hug him.

This strange idea even surprised me!

The sky was a little dark, and the path was covered with all sorts of strange plants, which looked even weirder against the fog.Occasionally, three or two crows flew by, making bleak cries, making the silence in the night even more gloomy.

I shudder a little.

"Hey! Where is this?"

I spoke again, trying to break the suffocating atmosphere.

He remained silent and continued walking forward.

After a long time, beside a boulder, he finally stopped. He turned around and faced me.Due to the distance between us, the sky was already dark, and with the thick fog, I couldn't see his face clearly at all!

strangeness!Why does this place feel familiar to me, as if I have been here before! And why do I want to shed tears when I look at his blurred face?

His body began to twitch, and he waved his arms desperately, as if trying to drive me away.

I don't understand, why did he guide me here but drive me away?Although I can't see his face clearly, I can feel it!His eyes were on me, he was begging me.

Why am I sad right now?The heartache makes me unable to breathe!

I clutched my chest and walked towards him step by step.I want to see his face clearly, I want to know who he is!Why did it appear here!Why make me so uncomfortable!

This damn fog is getting thicker and thicker!It completely blocked my sight, making this illusory place even more ethereal.I looked desperately at his gradually disappearing figure, and shouted desperately.

"Don't...don't go...don't go...who are you...answer me..."

……

The excitement woke me up from my sleep.

"What's the matter kid? Had a nightmare?"

She helped me wipe the sweat off my forehead and looked at me pitifully.

It turned out to be a dream!What a strange dream!Such a familiar dream!What a depressing dream!

I was a little dull, and it took me a while to recover.Only then did I take a closer look at the woman in front of me. Her eyes were full of kindness, and she looked about 40 years old.Although the clothes are a bit rustic, and the years of time have already left a pattern on her face, but she still can't hide her simplicity and beauty.It is estimated that this mother is the mother of the fat man last night.

"You are?"

I know the consultant is here.

"Oh, I'm Dapeng's mother. He went to work in the field early in the morning. How is it? Are you feeling better?"

She came over with a bowl of porridge and was about to put it in my mouth.

Maybe it was because I was tired from lying down for too long, I tried my best to get up, but found that the severe pain from the friction between the bones made me unable to move.

"It's okay, but it hurts a little when I move."

I forced a smile and gave up the desire to get up.

……

"Auntie, thank you."

She carefully put the porridge into my mouth, the taste is so sweet and warm to the stomach, I feel the incomparable warmth, as if an injured bird has finally arrived at the home where it can return early after several twists and turns.I don't know why, this love is very touching, and the tears that have been suppressed for a long time finally flow down.

"Don't be sad, kid, you'll be fine."

She gently wiped the tears from my cheeks, her eyes were full of concern, as if she really regarded me as her own son.Perhaps, this is the legendary maternal love.

The sky outside the house was full of sunshine, and the afternoon sun mischievously drilled into the house, hit my face, hit my heart, it was hot and warm.

"Auntie, is it already noon?"

Swallowing the last bite of warmth, I broke the peaceful atmosphere.

"Well, it's almost 12 o'clock. Look at this day, how wonderful it is!"

Putting down the bowls and chopsticks in her hand, the aunt came back to me and pointed to the window with one finger.Her kindness made me no longer restrained, we chatted openly, and heard the past that she had buried for a long time.

〖It turned out that the aunt was already a gentle and virtuous woman when she was young. She fell in love with a tall and handsome boy from the neighboring village. Although the families of both parties were not rich, they were of matching age, handsome and beautiful The combination of the two can be regarded as the appearance of a man and a woman. They fell in love at first sight, fell in love with each other, and swam and played in the ocean of love intoxicated every day.But the good times didn't last long, and the sudden change shattered their love like a bolt from the blue.

Because the boy's parents passed away one after another shortly after he was born, it was the meagerness of his uncle and aunt that brought him up.When the boy promised his aunt's parents that he would take care of her for the rest of his life and confessed his family status, his uncle and aunt ruthlessly rejected him and turned him away. They could not agree to the marriage.No matter how hard the persistent boy and the infatuated aunt tried, they failed to convince them of their persistence.Until one day, my aunt found out that she was pregnant.Finally, her parents had no choice but to betroth her to a boy.

They can finally be together forever and return to the original happiness.After marriage, the aunt gave birth to a lively and lovely big fat boy (that is, the dead fat boy last night), and gave birth to another one in the third year of love.They love each other deeply. Every day, the woman weaves at home and the man plows the fields outside, just like the taste of "The Husband and Wife Return Home".Their sweetness and the cuteness of their two big fat sons made the villagers envious, and the young couple also lived happily.But the good times didn't last long, and my aunt's parents died accidentally in a car accident. Although the perpetrators had given enough money, they couldn't restore the heartbroken aunt.In order to make the family live a better life, the husband discussed with his wife and decided to leave the village with the money and go to work hard in the city.

In the first year, the husband would occasionally go home and bring some gifts to his wife and children.Gradually, the number of times I went home became less and less, and I even came back to reunite with my family only on New Year's Eve.Once, when the husband returned home from the city, he bought two jade pendants for his son, which were engraved with their zodiac signs, one was a tiger and the other was a dragon. The patterns were exquisitely crafted and the expressions were lifelike. This gift must have cost him a lot of money. .The brothers were happy and excited, and the father was happy and satisfied, but he completely ignored his wife's gift.Auntie smiled on her lips, but she was sad in her heart.In the next few years, my husband never came home again, without any news, as if he had disappeared from the world.In this way, the man earns money in the city, and the woman misses at home.

The husband's career grew bigger and bigger, and he fell in love with his secretary, a beautiful and virtuous woman with a graceful figure. The husband betrayed the promise he made to her at the beginning, "to take care of her for the rest of his life"!He moved on.But the aunt is still so stupid, looking forward to it every day, waiting sadly while raising the two children hard. Two years later, the aunt finally looked forward to seeing her husband, but her husband's heart had already flown far, far away.

They were divorced, and the aunt couldn't accept this fact, despite her hysterical efforts to keep her, even though countless corners of her clothes were wet with tears.But he couldn't keep his cruel heart, his indifferent smile.Finally, the husband left, taking their young son with him.Auntie's heart is broken, she is desperate, she loves him so much, trusts him so much.But in the end, all he got in exchange was a bright divorce certificate.

Withered vines, old trees and dark crows, small bridges and flowing water, people on the ancient road, westerly wind and thin horses, the sun sets, and heartbroken people are at the end of the world.

Finally, the aunt made an astonishing decision. He burned the money left by the heartbreaker. She didn't want to touch the filth anymore, and she didn't want to recall that heartbroken period.She sold the land, the house and all the things in the family, and took her son and left her hometown, the place that once brought her happiness and sweetness, the paradise that once brought her happy dreams.

The mother and son worked so hard to come to the place where they live now and start a new life.That year, Fatty was only 6 years old.Auntie has nothing but her son. 〗

I finally understood why that fat man wanted me to be his younger brother so much.It turned out that he really had a younger brother before, and he was as old as me!It seems that he is going to use me to make up for the shadow of losing his brother in his childhood.Am I really going to be his brother?God!How long am I going to be unlucky!

〖That year, my aunt brought her children to a new village. Fortunately, the villagers here are very kind.The weak aunt and the immature son received a lot of help from the villagers, and they soon became like a family again.After learning about the situation, the government gave them a piece of land and helped them grow some corn.During the day, my aunt works in the field, and at night, she embroiders some handicrafts and saves them to sell in the town market on weekends. Although the days are hard, the aunt gradually forgets the pain she once suffered.

The son grew up gradually, and the aunt gradually became haggard.Although there were several outstanding men in the village who fell in love with my aunt at first sight and bravely showed their love, they were all politely rejected by my aunt.She doesn't want to believe in love anymore, and she doesn't want to believe in any man anymore.Perhaps, Auntie's beating heart really died, dead at the moment of that person's betrayal. 〗

〖The fat man’s name is Jia Junpeng. As a single parent, he doesn’t seem to be influenced by his family. He grows up healthily and happily every day. It’s just that occasionally he sees children from other families being loved by their fathers and playing with younger brothers, but he doesn’t have one. That makes him feel special. When he was wronged, the fat man would cry and run home to ask his mother, when his father and younger brother would come back, and he would clamor for his father and his younger brother.The aunt would drag the fat man over and spank him, not allowing him to have a father, not allowing him to mess around.The aunt was hit on the hand, but it hurt in her heart, and she hugged her son and cried bitterly.Fatty was very sensible, and never cried with his aunt again.

When I was in the second year of junior high school, my aunt got seriously ill and couldn't afford to sleep on the kang.Fatty is very good at studying, and his grades in the class have never been ranked among the top three, which makes my aunt very proud.But he didn't want his mother to work hard alone anymore, he began to hate his father, why he was so irresponsible, why he took his younger brother and left so ruthlessly, leaving himself and his mother to live alone, and let his mother take care of her frail body independently For so many years, I have independently supported this family.He felt that he was a man now, and he should help his mother share the burden.Under the angry crying and scolding of his aunt, and under the pity and persuasion of the teacher, he resolutely chose to drop out of school and go home, chose to take care of his mother, and chose the life of a farmer. 〗

The afternoon in early autumn is like an ignorant child, you never know whether he will laugh or cry in the next second.It was still a clear sky just now, and it began to rain unknowingly.Just like the moisture in the aunt's eye sockets, it has inadvertently formed two tear lines.From those deep eyes, I saw the aunt's love for her son and her hatred for her husband.I don't know why, but in that deep hatred, I can feel a trace of concern and reluctance for my husband.What a kind woman.

The rain outside the window hit the ground, exuding the fragrance of the soil, and my aunt's tears dripped into my heart, flowing out a touch of sadness.What a bleak love story, what a character with a tragic fate.Perhaps, such an experience can only be seen in TV dramas.

My heart is in turmoil, and I still admire this strong woman in front of me.

"Auntie, do you miss your little boy?"

I blinked my eyes quickly, trying to stop the tears from streaming down again.

"Hey~ After being taken away by him, I haven't seen him again. How can I not think about it! Now do the math, I should be as old as you."

Auntie wiped away the tears from her face, her reddish eyes were full of regret.

"Auntie, let me be your son."

Maybe I was moved by the story just now, maybe I really want to integrate into this small family, I said emotionally, my eyes were full of determination.

"Son, this house is broken and there is no money at home, don't you want to abandon it?"

Auntie looked a little surprised and a little excited.

"Of course not. As long as you don't abandon me, when I recover from my injury, you can help my brother to work in the field."

I looked at her with sincere eyes, waiting for her answer.

The aunt did not speak, and the tears that had just stopped moistened her face again.

"Auntie, what's the matter?"

I asked single-mindedly.

"It's still auntie, it's time to call me mother!"

The light rain turned sunny, and a happy smile finally appeared on the aunt's face full of tears.

"mother"

I smiled and shouted hastily.

"Eh"

Mother, she replied with satisfaction.

The room at this moment is full of warmth, and this joyful atmosphere will disperse the dark clouds of grief just now.

"By the way, mother, I also have a jade pendant engraved with a dragon pattern, which is very similar to my brother's. Maybe I really belong to you!"

I picked up the jade pendant hanging around my neck and showed it to my mother.

"Who gave you this jade pendant?"

Niang picked up the jade pendant and looked at it, and said in surprise.

"Can't remember, I woke up with this thing on my neck."

I quickly searched all the memories about this jade pendant in my brain.

"It can't be such a coincidence, both of them have single eyelids and small eyes. How is it possible that your eyes are so watery!"

The mother shook her head with a wry smile, feeling a little nervous.

Although the youngest son was only four or five years old when he left her, the mother still remembered his basic face.

"Hehe, I said it can't be such a coincidence!"

I said lightly, but I still felt a little regretful in my heart.

"Whether it's my own son or the son I picked up in vain, you are all my good sons!"

The mother said happily.

"Mother, fat man last night... ah... no... my brother named me Akita last night, does it sound nice to you?"

Mother put the necklace back on my neck again.

"It sounds good, it sounds good, whatever my son's name sounds good."

It seems that she is really in a happy mood today.

Chatting with my mother made me feel much happier, and we chatted until the sun went down.

"Wang~wangwang~wang~"

"Dahei, how dare you call me! I don't want to kill you!"

The voice of the dead fat man came from outside the house!My heart tightens!It's over!There is a feeling of bad luck!

"Mom, I'm back, what a disaster! It suddenly rained while I was walking, making me want to run back!"

The fat man was panting a little, probably because he was tired from running.

"I met Fatty Li again on the road. I have to give me two fish and tell me to take them home for you to eat."

As he spoke, he carried a bag of things into the house.

I don't even look at how fat I am, and I'm ashamed to say that others are fat, and laugh at fifty steps.

"Go, send it back to your Uncle Li, how many times have I told you, you don't want what he gave you, why are you so disobedient!!"

Said, the mother got up and walked to the outer room.

"Mother, look at how fat this fish is. It looks delicious. Don't give it to my younger brother. He's injured so badly now!"

Fatty, ghosts will believe it!It must be what you want to eat! ! !

"I think you are hungry and want to eat!"

Haha, my mother was right!

"Mom! Seeing what you said, my heart is broken. You just keep it, and I will return it to him next time I catch a fish."

"Oh, let's not be an example!"

Mother handed over the fish in her hand and went to the kitchen helplessly.

"Oh, I see."

"By the way, mother, is my brother awake?"

"Wake up, go and chat with him for a while, and eat later. Now he is my son and our family. You can't bully your brother in the future!"

"Zhenda! Hehe, don't worry, mother, I will take good care of my brother"

With that said, he hurried into the back room.

This is over, I will definitely be killed by this pig!Guanyin!help me!

"Brother, you're awake! Are you peeing?"

I'm crazy!The first sentence irritated me!

I shook my head, too lazy to talk to him.

"I got you two big fish! My mother's cooking is delicious."

After speaking, he swallowed twice!Sure enough, he still wanted to eat it!

"Thank you~"

I said angrily.

"See what good things I brought you?"

As he spoke, he took something out of his pocket and put it next to my pillow.

"Ah! What!"

That thing can actually move!It even jumped on Du's face!I took a closer look, my God, it was a frog! ! !

"Little thing! Be honest! Don't bully my brother!"

I'm really going to collapse, obviously he is bullying me!He must have done it on purpose!Must be getting revenge on me for peeing on his hand last night.

"Take it away, I don't like that thing!"

I said nervously.

"Oh"

That thing kicked relentlessly on my face, it really drove me crazy!It seems to be in line with the old saying, a toad crawls on its feet, and if it doesn't bite, it responds to others!

……

"What are you looking at me for?"

He looked at me for 2 minutes without blinking!At this time, I also calmed down and took a serious look at the fat man.His round head and chubby face may be the reason why he always works in the fields. His skin is a little dark, but it is not obvious, but he looks healthy.The mouth is small, because he is too fat, the lips are gathered together and slightly upturned, the eyes are also small, and he can't see it when he smiles. His eyebrows are very beautiful, thick, and have a bit of a character, very cute, simple and honest. The look is perfectly combined with his inexplicable silly words.That's how this foolish idiot who can be irritating is formed.

"Why is my elder brother so good-looking!"

He chuckled and scratched his head from time to time.

I am speechless, I really wonder if he was really stimulated when he was a child!The words, the expressions, and the actions are so silly!

I just endured it for 30 minutes, and finally waited for the meal.But I still couldn't escape the bad luck, there is no way, who told me that I am inconvenient, and I have to use him to feed me, this idiot is so stupid that I have nothing to say, I can't even pick out a thorn It's because of vinegar, I almost got fishbone stuck in my throat and couldn't get out!The taste of this fish is really amazing though.I was so greedy that I took a few more mouthfuls at the risk of getting my throat stuck again.

Although the house is simple, the atmosphere is very warm.Although life is poor, but very happy.In this way, the first dinner of our family ended in the noise of my brother and I...