Masahiro Akita

"Brother! Brother! Don't sleep! Look outside! It's snowing!"

Fatty got up very early today, he woke me up from my sleep, screaming excitedly.I softened and looked out of the window with his still sleepy eyes, and there was really snowflakes floating outside, and the flying all over the sky covered the whole village with a layer of white, just like the simplicity and beauty of the folks in winter It has come quietly without knowing it, it blows away the autumn leaves, blows away the golden color, and replaces it with a white light.

"Get up, don't lie down, I'll take you to Fatty Li's house, her daughter is coming back today, and she will show you your future sister-in-law, and have breakfast at his house by the way."

Saying that, the fat man has already put on his clothes and lifted my quilt!

For some reason, when I heard him talking about my future sister-in-law, I felt a strong sense of loss in my heart. Why am I lost? I should be happy to have one more sister-in-law!

"Go by yourself, I'll sleep a little longer."

I said a little less excitedly.To be honest, I'm really not interested!

"Go! Go! Let her meet my most handsome brother."

He dragged and withdrew me and got me off the kang, there was no other way, so go ahead!

〖Uncle Li’s name is Li Changmin. He is a middle-aged fat man in his 40s. Everyone in the village likes to call him Fatty Li. Of course, we who are juniors should call him uncle.Uncle Li is a very nice person. The villagers always ask him for help, and Uncle Li is also willing to help.

It is said that good-hearted people will be rewarded, but the warm-hearted and kind-hearted Uncle Li failed to get the rewards he deserved. When he was 32 years old, Uncle Li lost his beloved wife forever because of a medical accident. Uncle had a daughter named Li Xiaolu, who was only eight years old at the time, and she just watched her mother cruelly close her eyes, and never opened them again.Uncle Li is a strong man. He took his daughter out of the grief quickly and did not fall for it. He buried his wife, built a fish pond with the rest of the compensation for medical malpractice, bought some fry, and made Started a fish farming business, because the preparation work in the early stage was very cumbersome, and he didn't have much time to take care of Xiaolu, so Uncle Li had to send his daughter to his grandparents' home.Usually, they all live in the same village. When he misses his daughter, Uncle Li will go to visit him. Most of the time, he still puts his energy on his career. Coincidentally, Xiaolu’s grandparents’ house is I just live near my mother's house.

In the early stage of starting a business, after several painful failures, the courageous and resourceful Uncle Li learned a lot from them. With his unremitting efforts, he finally raised big and delicious fat fish, and his business gradually started. To mature.Uncle Li's great success has created a lot of benefits for him, and he has also made his business bigger and bigger, and built more and more fish ponds. Uncle Li has also become the richest man in the village. The flames of love that were about to move were gradually suppressed in the bottom of my heart, until that student-parent symposium〗

〖The fat man knew Uncle Li’s daughter a long time ago. At that time, Uncle Li had sent Xiaolu to live with his grandfather. There was no school in the village, and they had to walk more than 20 miles to a nearby small town every day. As the same village, same school, same class, same table and neighbors, they naturally go to school together and go home together every day.Fatty is two years older than Xiaolu, he started school a year late, and Xiaolu happened to be one year ahead, they were assigned to the same class by coincidence, because they were one year older than the other students in the class, In addition, he always likes to bully people, so everyone is very afraid of Fatty, and the only person who can tame him, except for the teacher, is Xiaolu.Because of her family, Xiaolu is a headstrong girl with a bad temper. At that time, the fat man met her father several times in the village, and thought that Uncle Li must be very fierce because he was fat and tall! So the fat man did not dare to provoke Xiaolu. She told her father that she was afraid that her father would beat him up!

Every time the fat man leads the male students to bully the girls in the class, some girls will go to Xiaolu for help, and the righteous Xiaolu will be like a charter woman, grab the fat man by the ear and interrogate him, asking if he dares to come again. Bullying a female classmate! The fat man is afraid of pain, so he can only obediently beg for mercy.Afterwards, he would get even worse, and even threatened the girl not to tell her that although Xiaolu is young and Fatty is naughty, they are very good at studying, and they are among the top two in every test. As a matter of course, they became the positive and negative monitors of the class. As the deskmates, they always competed with each other in their studies, but the playful fat man never passed Xiaolu's exams, and was always called a stupid pig by Xiaolu. The fat man refused to accept it. But there was no way, every time he was so angry that he gritted his teeth. 〗

〖Because Uncle Li is usually busy researching fish ponds, every parents’ forum is attended by grandpa, but this time, I don’t know why Xiaolu went crazy, so she insisted on her father, there is no way, who Let Uncle Li be her precious daughter, so he reluctantly agreed.

Parents who came to the symposium had to sit in their children's seats. Uncle Li, who was late, rushed to the classroom. In his hurry, he saw the only vacant seat, so he quickly sat in the past. Panting, Uncle Li glanced at the side woman

She is gentle and elegant, with a nobleness in her simple, with a trace of sweetness in the tranquility, a temptation hidden in the bland, a layer of mystery under the fragrance, and the wedding in her ears suddenly. Everything in front of his eyes was pink, and there were many birds singing around him, his face was blushing and hot, and he was about to smoke, and his short haircut stood taller! The bird buried in his heart quickly The dead seeds grew into towering trees in an instant! The spring of love gushed out like a waterfall. Could this be the legendary love at first sight! Uncle Li, who has always been eloquent and eloquent, also became stumbling at this time.

Uncle Li was fascinated by the woman in front of him, and in a daze, he learned that this woman was from their village, and had been living a hard life alone with her children. From her deep eyes, Uncle Li saw sadness, I saw strength, I saw melancholy, and I saw loneliness.Since then, Uncle Li has fallen in love and cannot extricate himself.

Up to now, Uncle Li still has a crush on my mother. There were hints several times in the middle, but my mother was still indifferent. Uncle Li was a little lost. He didn't dare to pursue this special woman too much, so he had to stay by his side. Waiting silently in the fish pond, but whenever Uncle Li has a chance, he will still send some fish and food to Mother, and this Coke spoiled Fatty, Mother always refuses what Uncle Li brings, but every time They were all secretly kept by the fat man, and they cooperated very tacitly in this regard.Gradually, Niang let Uncle Li's attention go unchecked. Everyone in the village knew that Uncle Li liked Niang, and they all thought they were a good match.And Mother knew it in her heart, but she still couldn't get out of that painful memory.

From then on, as long as there was a parent seminar, Li Shuzhun volunteered to be the first to attend, and sometimes even asked her daughter why the school didn't find any parents recently, and Xiaolu would feel that the uncharacteristic father was a little baffled. 〗

〖The primary school life of bickering and secret fighting passed quickly. Fatty and Xiaolu entered junior high school smoothly. Fatty always liked to cling to Xiaolu. People in the village joked that they were childhood sweethearts, a natural couple.Later, when the simple fat man saw his classmates, he said that Xiaolu was his wife. The angry Xiaolu took the pencil case and slapped the fat man on the head every time. Before the fat man understood what was going on, he shouted Busy with my wife, please forgive me, my wife please forgive me, Xiaolu felt even more ashamed when she heard this.At this time, she will go berserk, with speed and strength three times higher than usual, and with fire attribute, which can burn the enemy.And every time the state is restored, the fat man will be labeled as Irish Roasted Wings.

Don't look at Xiaolu always bullying Fatty, but at school, on the way to school and on the way home, Fatty still has to protect Xiaolu. Of course, no one in the class feels bullying Xiaolu.

In the second year of middle school, Fatty started studying, and the only thing he was worried about was Xiaolu, who was reluctant to part with campus life. On the day before leaving school, Fatty specially asked his best buddy in junior high school to take care of Xiaolu more. This moved Xiaolu very much. 〗

Time is like the rabbit in the second tortoise and the hare race. In a blink of an eye, Xiaolu is already a sophomore.She is the only college student in our village, which makes Uncle Li very proud.Xiaolu goes home once every semester.After all, they haven't seen each other for more than half a year.

I don't know what went wrong, why every time I hear him talk about Xiaolu, I feel very depressed. The more excited he talks, the more anxious I am.The more impassioned he was, the more heartbroken I was.Although it's a bit exaggerated, I can't even explain this inexplicable phenomenon, and every time he finishes his speech, he takes a sip of water, looks at my cloudy face, and asks me what's wrong with a smile. No matter how you coax him, ignore him.

When we arrived at Uncle Li, it was still early, and the door was locked tightly. It is estimated that Uncle Li drove to the train station in the town to pick up his daughter. The fat man took out a key and tapped the lock twice, and the door opened .

"Why do you have the key to Uncle Li's house!"

I asked in surprise.

"As the future son-in-law of Fatty Li's family, of course I have to bring a key to my father-in-law's house."

Although the fat man looked like he was joking, I didn't want to laugh at all, instead I wanted to favor him!

"It's not good to just go in like this!"

While talking, why do I feel like a thief!

"It's okay, come in."

The fat man grabbed my hand and pulled me into the house.

Uncle Li’s house is very big, it’s a small two-story villa, and it’s probably the most magnificent house in the village. Although it’s not luxurious, it’s also very spacious and comfortable. I don’t know if Uncle Li lives alone in this house, so it’s not free! But I really admire Uncle Li. In such a big house, he dares to share the keys with the fat man, and he is not afraid of losing things!It can be seen how much Uncle Li has fallen in love with my mother!

I was sitting on the sofa in the living room on the first floor, waiting for the legendary Xiaolu. The fat man was looking through the refrigerator at Uncle Li's house. His expression was natural and his movements were as calm as his own!

"Here, from Fatty Li's house, if you don't eat it for nothing."

He brought a box of canned meat, a bag of biscuits, a bag of peanuts, two bottles of drinks, two big sausages, and he also freed up one hand and handed me a sausage.

Well, it seems that Uncle Li is also a master who doesn't like to cook, a lazy person.

"Don't eat, don't be hungry."

To put it simply, it has no taste at all.

"Oh, then I'll eat it myself."

The fat man didn't say anything when he saw that I had no appetite.

"Open your mouth!"

A biscuit was stuffed into my mouth, and while I don't like biscuits, this one was surprisingly tasty!

Not long after, we heard the sound of the door opening outside the house, probably uncle and Xiaolu came back, we stood up from the sofa, waiting for them to enter the house.To be honest, I'm a little overwhelmed.

"Fatty man, you rummaged through things to eat as soon as you came to my house, who allowed you to take them! Look at your lazy appearance, you don't know how to change it, your mouth is full of biscuit crumbs and you don't know how to wipe it, every time you come back you do this. Look at how you look like a pig, and eat and drink."

As soon as Xiaolu entered the door and saw the messy tea table eaten by the fat man, she didn't get angry at all, and just scolded the fat man.This is exactly the same as the Xiaolu described by my brother. Seeing a real person today, she really deserves her reputation!If I'm not mistaken, this person must have rainbow-colored arrogance!

The fat man didn't dare to utter a sound when Xiaolu scolded him, his mouth was half open, his small eyes stared blankly at Xiaolu, blinking at a frequency of two times per second, and he didn't forget to bite into half a sausage in his hand. Take a sip.

"Hungry, eat something, so stingy!"

"Hey, you're right!"

Xiaolu looked more and more angry, put down her schoolbag, and walked towards the fat man angrily, seeing that she was about to make a move.

Is it true? Is this true? Is Xiaolu really going to show off her unique skill, Thunderbolt pig's ear hand? Am I really lucky?

As I thought about it, Xiaolu accidentally glanced at me who was standing aside, then turned her head to the fat man thoughtfully.

"what!"

She reflected for three seconds, and suddenly there was a ghost cry.

After being called out like this, she was fine and I was taken aback!

"Brother Dapeng, who is this?"——

I'm dizzy, so she just saw me! Alas, fat people are easy to be noticed!

She looked at me shyly, her eyes were full of innocence, she was completely different from Xiaolu who was furious just now.

Fatty was a little disconcerted by Xiaolu's sudden change, and looked at Xiaolu and me in surprise.

"Why are you in a daze!"

The voice sounded again, but the tone was slightly different, and it was slightly heard that Xiaolu was holding back her anger.

"Oh, this is my brother, Akita, how are you? He's handsome!"

Fatty came back to his senses and was busy introducing.

"Tian'er, this is the beautiful girl I mentioned to you, Xiaolu."

He pointed to Xiaolu in front of me and said proudly.

"Hello, Xiaolu."

I raised the corner of my mouth slightly, and stretched out my right hand politely.

"Hello."

Xiaolu shook my hand shyly, her voice was so low that she couldn't hear her, she looked at me cautiously, like a child who had done something wrong, our eyes met, and her eyes quickly wandered away .

Her eyes are big and clear, and her short dark hair completely exposes her ears. Although I can't tell what color that hair is, it sets off her clean face even more. Her ears are very interesting. ,It is very big and round, like a monkey, but overall it is very cute and cute, and it is completely impossible to tell that she is a girl who grew up in the countryside.

The first impression Xiaolu gave me was that she was a strange girl. Just now she rushed into the house and scolded my brother, but now she has become tender and coquettish again. This is not a fat person at all The image of a charter woman in my mouth, I really don't understand why these girls are so shy when they meet strangers!

"Xiao Lu, Xiao Lu, Xiao Lu!"

I don't know what's going on in her head, my brother has been calling her for a long time but there is no response.

"Xiaolu, my brother is calling you!"

I still kept smiling and said softly.

"Ah! What's the matter?"

Xiaolu was awakened by me from the fugue, and looked at me nervously with a questioning expression on her face.

"My brother is calling you!"

I repeated again, my voice was extraordinarily polite.

"Oh, what is it?"

Xiaolu looked at Fatty, with a bit of annoyance in her tone.

"this is for you."

The fat man shyly took out a small puppet carved with wood from his pocket, shyly shoved it into Xiaolu's hand, his chubby face gradually flushed, the puppet had big piercing eyes, slightly swaying. Arms, delicate face, slim figure, looking at it, it really smells like Xiaolu.Unexpectedly, the fat man, who has always been clumsy and simple-minded, can have such ingenuity and skill! This surprised me, but I was also very disappointed, because I really hope that the fat man will take out another one as a gift. Me! Sadly, he didn't.

"The engraving is not bad! Fatty, you are too talented!"

Obviously, Xiaolu liked the gift carefully prepared by the fat man very much, and said with some excitement.

"Hey, I've been engraving for several days!"

The fat man scratched his head and smiled naively, that expression was extremely cute, but unfortunately this smile did not belong to me.

What happened to me? Seeing them chatting happily, I feel depressed and uncomfortable. The closer they are, the more uncomfortable I feel. I am standing beside them, but I seem to be far away from them.

I didn't interrupt, just watched them chatting happily, talking about primary school, university, the past, and the present, every time they laughed, my heart felt a tugging inexplicably.

And what does this have to do with me, they are childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts, a natural pair, made a pair, why am I here for fun, why are I depressed!

Uncle Li, who was still in the living room just now, has long since disappeared, probably because he got up too early today to pick up his daughter, and he was a little tired, so he went to the bedroom to sleep and return to the cage.

There are only three of us young people left in the room, watching them both immersed in their own memories and unable to extricate themselves, completely forgetting that there is a light bulb around them, staying in this state, even I feel very breathless It's embarrassing, it's more tormenting than lying on the kang for three months!

"I'm sorry, let's talk slowly, I still have something to do, so I'll go back first."

I finally couldn't stand it anymore, it was mental abuse, auditory insult, visual torture and psychological devastation.

I got up to leave, although there was an unknown anger in my heart, but I was still very sorry on the outside.

"Ah! If you want to, why worry? There's nothing wrong at home."

The fat man frowned, only then did he notice that his brother was still there.

"Yes, brother Akita, sit down for a while, it's rare for us to meet for the first time."

Xiaolu looked at me with regretful eyes, with a hint of plea and regret in her tone.

"No, I'm feeling a little sick, and I want to go home and lie down for a while."

I really didn't want to stay in this boring environment for one more minute, so I simply made up an excuse, but it was really uncomfortable! It should be because my heart is uncomfortable!

"Where is it uncomfortable? Let me help you look!"

Damn, you're a fat man with a conscience, remember to take care of this little brother!

"It's nothing, just go home and lie down for a while and you'll be fine."

I continue to write.

"OK then."

"Xiaolu, I'll take my brother back first, my brother is injured, I don't worry about him going back alone."

Speaking of getting up to leave, he didn't forget to take the half-eaten bag of biscuits.

"Oh, well then, be careful on the road!"

Xiaolu looked at me with regret, distress, and concern and said to us.

It seems that Xiaolu is still a kind and considerate girl.

"By the way, come to my house for dinner tonight. My mother will make the best stewed fish in the world for you. Don't forget to bring uncle with you!"

Eat! Why don’t I know! This must be another conspiracy conceived by the fat man! You can eat delicious big fish and see the beautiful Xiaolu, kill two birds with one stone, kill two birds with one stone, high! It’s really high! ! Mom must still be kept in the dark!

"Dapeng, Xiaotian, why are you leaving! Let's sit a little longer!"

As soon as Uncle Li heard that he was coming to my house for dinner, he jumped off the bed like an electric shock and hurried out of the bedroom.

"No uncle, my brother is not feeling well and wants to go back to lie down for a while. Don't forget to come to my house for dinner at night."

As I said that, I did not forget to wink at Uncle Li. I accidentally saw this detail. Could it be that they conspired together?

"Well then, be careful on the road!"

Uncle Li and Xiaolu enthusiastically sent us out of the house, and they did not forget to carry two big fish when we left.

On the way back, none of us spoke, and we all walked with our own thoughts in mind.

Am I jealous? Am I jealous of a girl? Just because the fat man had a good time chatting with her? So what is the fat man thinking at the moment?

Dinner came as scheduled, and they came home on time.

Uncle Li saw that his mother was not in the living room, he greeted us for a while, then hurried to the kitchen, saying that he was helping the cooking mother, who would believe it!

"Are you feeling better?"

As soon as Xiaolu entered the room, she became concerned about my body and said something weakly to me.This kind greeting really made me feel good about her.

"Much better, thanks."

I returned him a smile that I thought was kind.

"Stop standing at the door, and come in."

The fat man took Xiaolu's hand and pulled her into the house.

Standing behind, looking at their backs, I feel that they are such a good match, and I can't help feeling a sense of loss in my heart.

"Xiaolu, sit down, I'll go back to the room and lie down for a while."

I am too lazy to see their sweetness, so I might as well not think about anything, go back to the house and sleep for a while, and it will be clean.

Lying on the kang tossing and turning, I couldn't fall asleep because of the loud laughter of the fat man.

I simply picked up the jade pendant hanging on my chest and was in a daze, feeling that it was strange and familiar at the same time. Suddenly, a fragment flashed across my mind. It was a little chubby man with tears all over his face. He looked at me sadly, his eyes were so So lonely, so desperate, he stood in the same place, but he was getting farther and farther away from me, getting smaller and smaller.And my heart felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Who could he be? Why did he cry? Why did he appear in my fragmentary memory? Does he have anything to do with me? Is it related to the familiar face in my dream?

"Tian'er, come out to eat!"

The fat man's thick voice disrupted my thoughts.Forget it, don't think about those headaches, I didn't eat in the morning, and I didn't eat much at noon. First of all, I'm really hungry. It's all because of the fat man.

"Oh, I see."

I responded and walked out of the house lazily.

My eyes lit up, the table was full of my mother's specialty dishes, of course there was the must-have dish 'big stewed fish', plus a pool of fat man's saliva.

Probably because of Xiaolu's face, my mother used nine levels of skill today, and there is no adjective to describe the taste of the fish more appropriately. I guess God would cry if he ate it.

Every time we were disobedient, Mother would threaten and control us with must-kill vegetables, and then we thought, if we could eat the big fish stewed by Mother, we would all be willing to go to the sky to pick stars.

"Eat vegetables, eat vegetables."

The fat man was busy adding vegetables to Xiaolu's bowl, filling the bowl to the brim. If it was before, the vegetables would all be in my bowl.

Although the food was very thirsty, I didn't taste it at all. I didn't say a word, and I ate silently.

"This is nutritious, eat more!"

Uncle Li would pick fish into my mother's bowl from time to time, and his light beard couldn't hide the slight blush on his face.

"Here, you can eat some fish too, you can't just eat."

Careful Xiaolu seemed to notice my slight change of mood, and gave me a large piece of fish.

I can't help but sigh that the fat man is really lucky, and he is such a kind mother, and such a gentle and considerate future wife, maybe this is called happiness, and I, the unlucky ghost whose memory has been taken away by the sky, maybe I can only squat in the corner , collect some love from others.

"Why can't you get me some food?"

Fatty is unbalanced, he said aggrievedly.

"You don't have long hands yourself!"

"It doesn't grow, and the vegetables I pick up don't taste good!"

"If you don't feel good, I won't bother you."

A very pleasant dinner, like a big family together, talking and laughing, happy, very warm, very happy, but I seem a little out of touch.

Because I know there's a smell in the air, it's called sour...