Rebirth Delay

After the Lantern Festival, elementary school started again soon, and Xu Ze re-entered the life of two points and one line.

Taking advantage of the warm weather, Shi Yan didn't pick up the pot stickers stall, but followed Uncle Gui and the second brother to pick up jobs everywhere, building houses and pigpens for others.He is much stronger now, and he can do things like an adult.

Sometimes the little brother pinches Shi Yan's arm and laughs, "Xiao Yan, you can do it. This arm is so hard, don't be tied with iron plates. Wearing cotton clothes, I thought you were just jumping around, no? Thinking of taking off the thick coat, it's quite predictable."

Shi Yan will also ask, "How is your married life?"

The younger brother smiled smugly.

Shi Yan squinted at him, but thought to himself, wondering if it was as comfortable as he said.Before, Sun Chen boasted to them about how virtuous and obedient his daughter-in-law is, but the younger brother was still telling Shi Yan about his faults behind his back, saying that he was being treated like a grandson by a woman.

The temperature seemed to rise overnight. A heavy snowfall at the beginning of the year still accumulated a little on the side of the road, and the willow trees on the river bank had gradually turned from brown to green, with small buds sprouting.

Before leaving, Shi Yan filled Xu Ze's water glass with boiling water and stuffed it by the side of his schoolbag after eating hot potato porridge and fried yam in the morning.Xu Ze carried his schoolbag on his back and held Shi Yan's hand, while Xiao Hu walked around his feet. The two of them and the dog always showed up at the gate of the elementary school on time.

After a long time, aunts will also ask Xu Ze, "Where are your parents, why is your brother always sending you to school?"

Xu Ze usually just smiled, and turned around and ran away when he asked a question.

If there are silly children, they will interject to tell the truth, "Xu Ze has no parents, only a brother."

In the first semester of primary school students in Sunjiacun Elementary School, the height and measurements were measured, and school uniforms began to be worn in the second semester.Those school uniforms were made of chemical fiber, the quality was poor, and they were so big that they couldn't even hang Xu Ze on his shoulders.When Sun Xiu saw it, she snatched it up and shrunk the size a lot, so that Xu Ze didn't look like an opera singer.

Not long after school started, a ceremony to join the Young Pioneers was held.It's quite formal, and the time delay has gone.Watching Xu Ze fiddle with the newly tied red scarf on his chest with excitement, Shi Yan couldn't help laughing.

On the way back from school, I met Uncle Han and Uncle Li, who were sitting in a place sheltered from the wind behind the straw pile and talking.

When Uncle Han saw Shi Yan, he called out, "Come on, Xiao Yan, sit here, Uncle will talk to you."

When Shi Yan sat down, Uncle Han patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "I didn't expect you to actually save up money to send your brother to school. I didn't believe it when our mother-in-law said it. She said that your Kangkang is still home after school today." Believe it or not, you took candy from others?"

Shi Yan smiled and didn't explain much.

Uncle Han looked at his brows and eyes opened a little more than last year, he looked more down-to-earth and stable, his eyes were clear and energetic, and he couldn't help sighing, "Our Huahua is not as sensible as you, who are all sixteen or seventeen years old. I still have to eat and drink all day long, and my lord will starve to death as soon as I go out."

After chatting for a while, I saw the second brother coming from a distance, and said hello to Uncle Han and Uncle Li.Shi Yan stood up, turned around with his second brother and walked towards the village.

After walking a short distance, the second brother looked sideways at Shi Yan, glanced behind him, and said softly, "What did I tell you?"

Shi Yan replied, "It's about going to Dongzhang to work."

The second brother curled his lips, "I guess so. He was called to Dongzhang to work a few years ago, saying that he paid at least 50 yuan a day, and he showed off to us triumphantly. Only when he arrived in Dongzhang did he know that he was coaxed by others. After sleeping on the main road all night, when he got up early in the morning, all his money was stolen, and the bag of biscuits under his head was taken away. Later, a man who came back from a long-distance car in Anxi Town saw him standing in the middle of the road Beckoning, I brought him back only to see how pitiful he is."

"Yeah." Time delay nodded.Uncle Han didn't say that, he just showed him how tall the building in Dongzhang was, how bright the glass was, and how wide and flat the road was.

"So," the second elder brother said persuasively, "no matter what he says, don't listen to him. Don't be fooled, just go to Dongzhang with him. The place is chaotic, and some are abducting and trafficking children. Last time my elder brother He went to Dongzhang once, and at the gate of the bus station, he saw a person died there, his body was stinking, and no one cared about him. Do you know what people say?"

Time delay shook his head.

"It is said that this person was doing rat extermination work before, and he was killed by rats when he died at the bus station. The rats came to seek revenge! These foxes, rats, and weasels are all spiritual, and they don't even know people. Damn, whoever collects the corpse will be unlucky!" The second brother said while waving his hands, as if chasing flies away, "Don't you say this is fucking nonsense?"

"and after?"

"Later? Later, who knows. Later, my elder brother came back and said that the people there were mentally ill and it was a local product, and he didn't want to bring it back at all." The second brother shook his head, and seemed to agree with Dong Zhang's opinion. Not small.

Shi Yan turned his face away and smiled casually.

People always believe in the gods in their imagination, while the common things around them feel as cheap as dust.Once there is a group of people who mythize common things and worship them, people will think that these people are supernatural and abnormal.

The next job didn't start until the next day. The younger brother seized the time delay and found a place with good light, chatting while basking in the sun.

Speaking of an old couple and a young wife in the next village, the younger brother's face was colorful, with a constipated expression.

There are only two fathers and sons in this family. The son bought a 30-year-old girl from the south to be his wife when he was 19 years old.This daughter-in-law bought it for almost two years before she knew she was barren.The father and son took the girl to the county hospital for an examination. On the way back, the son was hit and killed.

Within half a month, the girl followed her father again.The daughter-in-law married her father-in-law, but it became a joke of the whole village.But the strange thing is that within a year, my father was also killed when he went out.

Things got a lot more subtle after that.Many people appeared overnight, saying that they passed by the door of this house, and when they returned home, they had a stomachache, a headache, a fall, and a broken forehead...

Oh, this is really a white tiger evil star!

On the evening of the 30th year of this year, this girl was beaten to death at home.I don't know who did it, I only know that when she was carried out on the first day of the new year, the experienced aunt said she was pregnant.

From that day on, people in their village often reported hearing women and children crying at night.Sometimes the dog would bark wildly, and when they got up to look, a white shadow floated across the courtyard wall...

The little second brother broke out in a cold sweat while talking, and couldn't help rubbing his hands.

Shi Yan felt a chill in his heart, not like fear, but more sympathy.He has also experienced the days when he is unfamiliar with no one and no one wants to see him. It seems that the whole world is telling you, go to death, you scourge!

In April, the earth turns green completely.It's that time of the year again.

In Shi Yan's deliberate neglect, this day inevitably aroused his memories.

In the middle of the night on April 4, he picked up Xu Ze, who had a persistent high fever, by the side of the garbage dump.Regardless of whether it is the previous life or this life, this day is like a turning point in fate.After this day, his life has undergone tremendous changes, which he would never have believed before.

A dim beam of moonlight shone through the window.

Shi Yan opened his eyes, first looked at Xu Ze, and then slowly observed everything in the room.

The trash can at the door was made of wicker by Tang Anmin. The workmanship is rough but practical.Inside was a big combing table with a hot water bottle, a tea mug, a mirror, incense for face rubbing and other messy things.

Further inside is the desk, on which Xu Ze often learns his homework.He doesn't do his homework as honestly as Shi Yan imagined. He always likes to straighten his legs against the wall, and lift three of the four legs of the stool to hang them in the air. The big white wall is smeared with black paint.Shi Yan had no choice but to ask Tang Anmin for a few old newspapers to stick on them. It didn't take long for the newspapers to be scratched for some reason.

The innermost one is their bed about 1.5 meters high.

In the beginning, the bed was covered with yellowed and blackened cotton wool, but later when Shi Yan had some money, he bought some cotton, asked someone to re-buckle the quilt, and changed the quilt cover, sleeping much warmer than before.

Xu Ze never asks for things that cost a lot of money.

His happiness is always on some small things, or sweet candies, or toys that Shi Yan made with his own hands.The bamboo dragonfly that was finally completed, Xu Ze often rubbed it with his hands, and it didn't take long for it to turn black.Xu Ze would use an eraser, or dip it in water to brush it, and then use clips to hang it on the clothesline, looking decent.

One day, Tang Jing sent back a pair of expensive-looking shoes. The shoe box that came with the shoes was very delicate, and it was even pasted with garlands.

Xu Ze stared intently at the side, and Sun Xiu smiled and stretched out her feet in front of him, "Xiao Ze, is your dress nice?"

The little guy nodded vigorously.

Sun Xiu smiled beautifully, and after a while complained that her daughter was too ignorant of life and too good at spending money.The shoes I bought can't be worn a few times, because she always has to go to the field.

Tang Anmin ignored his beautiful wife, touched Xu Ze's head, and asked, "Xiao Ze, do you like that box?"

Xu Ze turned around and asked embarrassedly, "Uncle Tang, can you give me the box?"

Sun Xiu quickly stood up and handed the box to Xu Ze, "Of course it's fine. Madam's shoes are already on her feet, so what's the use of an empty box?"

Xu Ze took it with a smile and ran back to the backyard.

Shi Yan followed to the backyard, where Xu Ze was taking something out of his schoolbag.

Somewhat curious, Shi Yan poked his head over to take a look, and saw that the shoe box was covered with colored paper. On the paper were half a piece of maltose, a fat doll's head made of mud, a tuft of hair tied with red string, red and blue hair. A car, "360 Five Nights Fairy Tale", and blood-stained wood chips and Band-Aids.

As Xu Ze put it down, he muttered, "Put it in a beautiful box, so you won't be afraid of losing it..."

In the ignorant moonlight, Xu Ze's peaceful sleeping face was like those elves in fairy tales.On the contour of the profile face, a thin layer of fluff shines brightly, as if it has been deliberately traced.

"Brother?" Xu Ze suddenly said.

"Huh?" Shi Yan blinked, thinking it was an illusion.

"Brother." Xu Ze opened his eyes, "I still remember that night, I was lying on the back of the car."

Shi Yan suddenly narrowed his eyes, but didn't make a sound.

Xu Ze's expression was a little dazed, his voice was low as if he was talking in sleep, and his eyes slowly closed, "The car was driving so fast, there was a section of it that was bumpy, and I felt dizzy. Someone was arguing ahead, so I couldn't hear clearly. "

Xu Ze was silent, and Shi Yan asked softly, "What's outside? What's outside the window?"

"There are trees, many black branches, flying so fast..."

"Is the person sitting in front a man or a woman?"

"Both men and women."

"Do you know them?"

"..."

"How long have you been driving?"

"..."

"Xu Ze?" Shi Yan lightly touched Xu Ze's face.

Xu Ze opened his eyes with difficulty, sleepy.Rubbing his eyes, Xu Ze was confused, "Brother? Why are you awake?"

Shi Yan's eyes were as dark as the night, and his mouth was tightly pursed.He paused, and after a while, he came back to his senses and hugged Xu Ze into his arms, "Go to sleep."

"Brother..." Xu Ze murmured and fell asleep again.