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That was my earliest fear, that men like men, are perverts, will turn crazy.

——An Yuan's Diary

After An Yuan changed her clothes, grandma said something during the meal: "Dachun Xiaoyuan, I won't be eating at home tomorrow at noon. The second kid from the Liu family in Qianjie got married and set up a water table. I will help cook. At noon, you two Go directly, join in the fun, and see the marriage."

Shen Xingchun asked grandma: "Is Liu Shanming married?"

"Yes, it was his second child who got married."

"With whom?"

"It's still the third girl from Old Li's house in the back street."

"Didn't the old Li family disagree all the time because of Brother Shan Bao?"

Liu Shanbao is the elder brother of Liu Shanming, he was a normal person before, but many people in the village dislike him because he is now a lunatic,

Grandma said: "Shanming's parents said that after the year, Shanbao will be sent to other places."

Shen Xingchun's eyes trembled, staring at the rice in the bowl, "Brother Shanbao is going to another place, where is the other place?"

"It seems to be sending him to grandma's house."

Shen Xingchun couldn't eat anymore, so he put his chopsticks on the table, "His grandma is almost seventy, her legs are not good, how can a madman live with an old lady with bad legs?"

Grandma quickly picked up the conversation: "Dachun, don't talk about it, I know that Shanbao often gave you extra lessons before, and you have a good relationship with him, but it's not good to say this, it's not good for people to hear, and it's not always Shanbao stayed at his grandma's house, and his parents will take Shanbao back when Shanming's new house is built."

"If I knew it earlier, why did I care about whether he liked a man or a woman? He turned out to be such a crazy person."

Grandma put a piece of meat in Shen Xingchun's bowl, and gagged him: "Eat and eat, no matter what you say, it's a happy event tomorrow, don't talk about that, it's useless, people are already like this."

After the meal, grandma was called away to discuss the recipe for tomorrow's wedding banquet. Grandpa was still out to see a doctor, and only the two young ones were at home.

The lights in the cabin were dimly lit, and the quiet gray shadows of the two were reflected on both sides of the table, one was writing a diary with a pen, and the other was looking at something with his head tilted in a daze.

After An Yuan finished writing the diary, she bit the tip of the pen, "Brother, are you hungry?"

Hearing An Yuan ask him this, Shen Xingchun thought that An Yuan was hungry, so he stood up and said, "Let me go and heat up the afternoon meal for you?"

"I'm not hungry," An Yuan called to stop him, "I'm talking about you, you haven't had a few bites of food this afternoon, brother, are you hungry?"

Shen Xingchun felt that his stomach was a little empty after An Yuan said this, but he didn't really want to eat, so he asked An Yuan, "Do you want to eat roasted sweet potatoes?"

An Yuan put down the pen in his hand, bared his teeth at Shen Xingchun, "I think, how should we roast it?"

"Put it on the stove to bake." Shen Xingchun waved at An Yuan, "Come on, go to the cellar with Brother Chun to get some sweet potatoes."

"Can I go down with you this time?" Grandma didn't let An Yuan go down, fearing that he would fall, An Yuan was always curious.

"Okay, I'll take you down, didn't you want to go down a long time ago?"

"I've thought about it a long time ago." An Yuan jumped and followed beside Shen Xingchun.

The cellar was on the side of the yard, Shen Xingchun held a flashlight in his hand, and brought a ladder from the corner.

The cellar cover is covered with thick layers of felt mats to insulate the temperature. Although the outside is more than 20 degrees below zero, the inside of the cellar is not cold, and it is used for storing winter vegetables.

Shen Xingchun lifted the cellar cover. The cellar was more than two meters deep. He asked An Yuan to hold the flashlight, and first stretched the wooden ladder in through the cellar door. After he was stable, he asked An Yuan: "I'll go down first, and I'll follow you later. Have you ever climbed a ladder before?"

"I haven't climbed it before," An Yuan said truthfully, "Brother, you get off first, don't worry, I haven't climbed it before, but I'm sure I won't fall."

After going down, Shen Xingchun held the flashlight in one hand and supported the ladder with the other, and shouted at An Yuan, "Xiao Yuan, come down, the ladder is very stable, don't be afraid."

"I'm not afraid, I'll come down now." An Yuan climbed very slowly at first. Although she was curious at first, she still felt a little weak when she stepped on it. After she got used to it, she climbed very quickly, and there were still a few knots left. At that time, he jumped directly onto Shen Xingchun who was on the side.

Shen Xingchun held An Yuan's thighs with both hands and hugged him, the flashlight in his hand fell to the ground, and the light went out in an instant.

As soon as the flashlight went out, An Yuan's eyes were completely dark, only the sound of Shen Xingchun's breathing.

He hugged Shen Xingchun and remained motionless, the moonlight above his head shone in through the cellar door, after he got used to the darkness, he looked into Shen Xingchun's eyes and said, "Brother, it's dark."

Shen Xingchun put An Yuan down, and under the moonlight, he squatted down and groped in the dark to find a flashlight. The cellar was very spacious, more than two meters wide.

It took him a long time to find the flashlight on a Chinese cabbage, "I found it."

An Yuan moved closer to Shen Xingchun's side, clinging to his arm, "Open it, we'll get sweet potatoes."

Shen Xingchun turned on the flashlight again, but found that the flashlight was not on. He tapped the flashlight in his palm, took out the battery and reinstalled it again, but it still didn't light up after turning it on.

He hissed irritably, "The flashlight seems to be broken."

"What's the matter?" An Yuan asked.

"Touch two sweet potatoes at will." Shen Xingchun let out a heavy breath when he turned around.

An Yuan stood there a little at a loss, and waited until Shen Xingchun found the sweet potato before saying, "I'm sorry, brother."

Shen Xingchun was taken aback by his sudden apology, "What's wrong? What are you apologizing for?"

An Yuan whispered, "I knocked the flashlight off just now, if only I didn't jump on you."

Shen Xingchun touched him with his elbow, "What are you thinking? There's nothing to apologize for about this."

An Yuan looked up at Shen Xingchun, the pale and cold moonlight was on the bridge of Shen Xingchun's nose, Shen Xingchun's face was as cold as the moonlight.

An Yuan slowly said again: "I feel that you are in a bad mood."

"Don't think about it," Shen Xingchun held a sweet potato in his hand and touched An Yuan's face with his wrist, "It has nothing to do with you."

"Then why is brother in a bad mood?" An Yuan asked.

Shen Xingchun remained silent, An Yuan continued to ask, "Is it because of that brother named Shan Bao?"

"That's it."

"Because of what?"

"It's nothing. Children don't ask about these things. It's the business of adults. In fact, I can't figure it out."

The next morning, Shen Xingchun took An Yuan to Liu Shanming's house according to the time grandma said. The whole journey was filled with the sound of firecrackers and red firecracker confetti. There was always blue-gray smoke floating in the air, which irritated the nostrils of the two of them.

When they arrived, the groom was just carrying the bride into the yard, and a group of people surrounded them, laughing and shouting constantly.

The big red lanterns at the gate and the happy characters on the door set off too much joy, and all the people in the village came.

When Lin Hao saw them, he greeted them from afar, "Dachun Xiaoyuan, why did you come here? The excitement is over."

"There's nothing to see." Shen Xingchun didn't stop at the door, and dragged An Yuan into the yard. After thinking of something, he brought An Yuan out again and sent him to Lin Hao's side, "Lin Hao, take Xiao Yuan with you." Let's play for a while, I'll go look elsewhere."

An Yuan frowned: "Brother, where are you going?"

"I'll take a look inside, and I'll come out to find you in a while."

Lin Hao knew that Shen Xingchun wanted to see Liu Shanbao, so he pulled An Yuan and squeezed directly into the crowd, "Xiao Yuan, play with me, your brother will be back in a while."

An Yuan kept turning her head to look for Shen Xingchun, Shen Xingchun disappeared after walking two steps, behind him was a group of adults who were much taller than him, blocking the last point of Shen Xingchun's back.

The bridegroom ate apples at the door with the bride on his back, stepped into the house with the brazier, and all the people in the yard crowded in front of the door.

An Yuan heard someone in the crowd ask: "Shanming is married, why didn't you see Shanbao today?"

"His parents are afraid that he will fall ill at Shanming's wedding, so they should lock him up again." Another person in the crowd sighed, "It's a pity that Shanbao was the only student from a prestigious university in the village. College Students."

"I heard that the man Shan Bao was with is dead?"

"It's dead. It seems that I heard the rumors that Shanbao was beaten to death by his parents, and then the man jumped into the river. Shanbao searched for him in the river for several days. After he was caught, he died. crazy."

"Tsk tsk, don't go on the right path, a man, why do you like men?"

"What else can you do, pervert."

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