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The dart board became the third decision-making method when Brother Chun and I walked into a dead end and couldn't make a choice. Later, I loved and hated it.

——An Yuan's Diary

The next day, Sun Hongwei and Lu Deming both came back. Sun Hongwei was the third child. He went out to work not long after Shen Xingchun was born. Until Shen Xingchun was sent away, he only met a few times. Shen Xingchun had no impression of him as the third brother. .

Sun Hongwei was honest and honest, he didn't talk much, he had already heard Sun Xue mention it on the phone, so he wasn't surprised when he saw Shen Xingchun, he just asked about Shen Xingchun's situation these years, and then he kept his head down and guarded Zhang Mei's bedside, Fan the water.

The fifth brother-in-law, Lu Deming, talks a lot and knows a lot of people. He prepares all the funeral supplies and runs around. He is also very kind to Sun Xue and the children. It can be seen that he is a down-to-earth person.

On the third day after Zhang Mei came back from the hospital, her body began to deteriorate completely. Her limbs were swollen so bad that she could only lie in bed every day. At first, she could eat something, but later she couldn't even drink water. Maybe she was really confused. , maybe because of the pain, sometimes he is not sober, and talks nonsense, and when he is sober, he has to say a few words to everyone.

He told Sun Hongwei to pay attention to his health when he was working outside, and he held onto Xiaoya's little hand, and when he recognized Shen Xingchun, he just pursed his lips and kept crying, calling Xiaoqi all the time.

Shen Xingchun stood by the side all the time, when Zhang Mei called him, he responded, and when the topic got to other places, he continued to follow the topic, not sure if Zhang Mei would listen or not.

In the end Zhang Mei kept her eyes closed, and after a while she raised her hand to touch Shen Xingchun's arm, and after putting down her arm, she mumbled something to herself, some of which Shen Xingchun could hear clearly, some of which he couldn't.

An Yuan was too familiar with Shen Xingchun, even though his face was always calm, he could still clearly distinguish Shen Xingchun's helplessness that was different from the past.

Zhang Mei left at night two days later. When Sun Hongwei found out, her body was already stiff, followed by Sun Xue's crying...

Many people came one after another on the day of the funeral, but except for the third sister-in-law and a few children, the other brothers and sisters never showed up.

The funeral process was simplified, what other people did, what Shen Xingchun did beside him, wearing black clothes, wearing white mourning, burning paper, kowtow, vigil...

Shen Xingchun was very quiet in those few days, he didn't cry, but there was a sense of hopelessness in his eyes.

An Yuan has always been by Shen Xingchun's side, never leaving. He knows that although the people in the house are Shen Xingchun's closest blood relatives, his brother and sister, An Yuan also knows that he is Shen Xingchun's true meaning The closest person in the world, and the only person he can rely on now.

Shen Xingchun really relies on An Yuan now, his eyes are always paying attention to An Yuan's movements, sometimes An Yuan just takes a small step, his body will suddenly stiffen involuntarily, and his lips are tightly pressed until he feels that An Yuan is still there. By his side, he will slowly relax and breathe.

As long as An Yuan felt that Shen Xingchun was looking for him from the corner of his eye, he would come closer, leaning against Shen Xingchun's arm, reaching out to hook his little finger, and silently telling him that he was there.

With An Yuan around, Shen Xingchun felt very at ease.

An Yuan knew something about Zhang Mei from her grandma. Apart from sympathizing with her, it was Shen Xingchun who felt the most distressed. For Shen Xingchun, the woman who gave birth to him suddenly appeared after so many years of blankness. Let him face death directly, such a thing is too cruel.

An Yuan was glad that he came, otherwise there would be no one around his brother.

His brother needs him now.

……

Everything was peaceful, after the first seven days, Shen Xingchun took An Yuan home, Sun Xue carried the children to send them off, and still brought Shen Xingchun the bag of peanuts and candy, Sun Xue gave Shen Xingchun the money in the envelope, Shen Xingchun left It was also secretly stuffed back before.

The two of them didn't sleep much for a few days. As soon as Shen Xingchun got into the car, he closed his eyes and leaned against An Yuan's shoulder, his voice was hoarse and exhausted: "Xiao Yuan'er, let brother sleep on it for a while."

An Yuan also closed her eyes, and leaned on the back of the chair, "Brother, sleep on my shoulder."

Summer is very short, and the hottest time has passed. There was a rain in the middle, and the temperature dropped a little bit. The hottest time at noon was only 27 octaves, and a few cool breezes blow in through the half-open window , sliding over the shoulders of the two.

The car wobbled forward, and the two people in the back row were head to head, sleeping deeply, and slept until the end of the station, missing the stop they were supposed to get off a long time ago.

The terminal was the bus station in the town. Everyone got off the bus, and they were still asleep. The driver yelled "We've arrived at the terminal" a few times but failed to wake them up. In the end, they were woken up by the driver's patting.

The sky outside the window was already completely dark, Shen Xingchun and An Yuan slowly opened their heavy eyelids, Shen Xingchun saw that they made up the tickets for the two of them after they made up the station.

An Yuan was still dazed when he got off the bus, and he didn't confirm that he had really stopped until he got out of the gate of the bus station.

He was still a little sleepy, leaning on Shen Xingchun's arm, he yawned big, and said inarticulately while yawning: "Brother, we've sat and stood, what should we do now?"

Shen Xingchun put the peanut bag in his hand on the ground, patted the bag on An Yuan's back, and asked, "Did you bring the keys to the house in the town?"

An Yuan yawned again, tears streaming down his face, Shen Xingchun raised his hand to wipe him, "Haven't you slept well yet?"

"I'm just not awake, I should sleep well," An Yuan took off her bag, and took out a bunch of keys from inside. There were many keys hanging on it, some from the village and some from the town, and the keys collided with each other. ring.

He handed the key to Shen Xingchun, "I keep it with me all the time, don't we have to tell grandma?"

Shen Xingchun watched An Yuan yawn, and he yawned too, saying, "Find a public phone booth and call Lin Hao first."

Now that An Yuan heard Lin Hao's name, he became sensitive, and the drowsy sleepiness he had just lost all of a sudden, swallowed and asked, "Should I call Brother Lin Hao?"

Shen Xingchun nodded, "It's more convenient to call his house."

An Yuan is sensitive, and there are people who are more sensitive than him. This time, Shen Xingchun just finished talking about what was going on on the phone, and before he said he wanted to hang up, Lin Hao couldn't wait to hang up the phone.

Shen Xingchun heard a loud "pop", followed by a few short beeps, he said "hey" to the microphone, and said, "What's the matter with Lin Hao recently, every time he hangs up the phone so quickly. "

Feeling guilty, An Yuan glanced away, "Maybe Brother Lin Hao is busy."

"Maybe, I'll ask him when I go back." Shen Xingchun muttered.

An Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly remembered Lin Hao's talk about his relationship, so he quickly used this topic to block him: "Maybe there is something wrong, brother Lin Hao went back to our house to find you."

"He looked for me? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I just wanted to play with you, and I didn't tell you anything important." An Yuan quickly changed the subject, "He said he was in a relationship, so he was probably waiting for a call from his partner."

"With whom? Li Ru?"

"Well, it's her."

Shen Xingchun laughed, "No wonder, I was so anxious to hang up the phone. It turned out that I was in love. Li Ru's grades are pretty good, and Lin Hao studied hard together. It's no problem to get into a good university."

"He said that his grades have improved by half now, and he will take the same city test as Li Ru."

"That's very good."

Seeing that he had been fooled, An Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I'm going to test a city with my brother, and I'm going to Beijing."

Shen Xingchun picked up the peanut bag again, "Okay, wherever I go, I will lead you wherever I go."

An Yuan tilted his head and smiled, picked up the other corner of the peanut bag, and carried the peanuts forward with Shen Xingchun.

An Yuan packed up the luggage before returning home from the summer vacation. When Shen Xingchun opened the door with the key, he was startled by the mess of the room. The wardrobe door was wide open, and the clothes inside were scattered. There were also unused notebooks and books on the kang. Spread out a few completed test papers.

An Yuan usually loves cleanliness very much, he always tidy up the room very tidy, so Shen Xingchun's first reaction was that a thief had entered, and he pulled An Yuan back to the door.

An Yuan let go of Shen Xingchun's hand, walked in silently and began to tidy up the kang and wardrobe, and explained in a low voice: "I was too anxious when I left last time, I didn't have time to tidy up when I packed up, it was a bit messy."

Shen Xingchun did not doubt that he was there, so he opened the window to breathe.

Before going to bed, the two played with the dart board for a while. After the game, An Yuan put the dart board into his bag, saying that he would take it home to play, and bring it back after school.

Shen Xingchun spent this summer vacation much busier than before. In the past, he rarely did homework during winter and summer vacations. Most of the homework was meaningless to him. He only picked some questions that he was prone to make mistakes, but he was about to enter his third year of high school. Just brush the questions.

In addition to the endless test papers, he would still follow Grandpa when he was free to go to the mountains to collect herbs. If he went to a closer mountain, he would take An Yuan with him, and leave An Yuan at home if he was farther away, even though An Yuan protested It has been many times, but as long as Shen Xingchun mentions that there are snakes in the mountains, An Yuan will obediently stay at home.

An Yuan is afraid of snakes, there are many snakes on the mountain here, and there are many poisonous snakes, Shen Xingchun is bold, and since he went up the mountain with his grandfather since he was a child, he is used to seeing snakes, insects, rats and ants, so naturally he is not afraid.

It was the first time he took Anyuan up the mountain to collect herbs last year. During the lunch break, he happened to encounter a big flower snake with a thick wrist like a child. The branch of the tree opened its cold snake eyes and spit out a bright red tongue.

Coincidentally, An Yuan was standing under the crooked-necked tree branch, with the big flower snake above his head, and there was a "hissing" sound in his ears all the time. He thought it was the sound of the wind blowing through the grass, but he felt The sound came from the top of his head, and he searched for it for a long time, and when he finally raised his head, he saw that it was a snake.

An Yuan was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he slumped on the grass. He closed his eyes and opened his throat to scream, and then cried out loudly, which startled the snake. When the snake moved its head, it raised its neck and opened its mouth to bite An Yuan. Fortunately, Grandpa grabbed An Yuan and escaped in time.

Although grandpa said that the flower snake was not poisonous, it would be terrible to be bitten, and An Yuan was quite frightened.

After that, An Yuan often dreamed that he was bitten by a snake, chased by a snake, and had a long nightmare. When it was serious, his grandfather gave him a few days of calming Chinese medicine, and then went to the mountains. Shen Xingchun never took it with him. Ann round.

But An Yuan saw that Shen Xingchun didn't take him with him several times in a row, and his heart started to itch again. Seeing that Shen Xingchun was about to leave, instead of staying obediently as usual, he also put on a pair of short boots and held a long A stick, just in case you hit a snake.

"Brother, I am no longer afraid of snakes, you take me there."

"No, be careful that the snake bites you."

"I really want to go."

"Without you."

"I can help you carry the medicinal materials, and I will follow behind you."

"I don't take that either. You stay at home obediently. When you're bored, watch a movie, or go to the vegetable garden to pull weeds. The melons are ripe. Go pick some for my brother, and I'll bring some to eat on the way with grandpa."

An Yuan turned her head, "I won't pick it, I just saw you stuffing several melons in your bag, you just want to distract me."

Shen Xingchun was laughed at by him, "You saw it, I thought you didn't see it."

An Yuan knew that Shen Xingchun didn't want to take him with him, so he dragged Shen Xingchun for a while, and said, "The day after tomorrow is your birthday, and you are an adult, what do you want to do?"

Shen Xingchun found a pair of non-slip shoes and put them on, stood up and stomped his feet, and found that the shoes were a bit small, so he changed another pair, and said casually: "You don't have to go out of your way, just eat a bowl of noodles."

An Yuan frowned and raised her voice: "No, birthday is very important. After your birthday, you will be a complete adult."

Shen Xingchun said again: "Okay, I'll listen to you, Xiao Yuaner, have you passed me?"

An Yuan leaned on his arm, "I'll celebrate your birthday, so take me up the mountain."

Shen Xingchun scratched the tip of Anyuan's nose, "I really don't want to take you, stay at home."

No matter what An Yuan said, Shen Xingchun never changed his intention to take him with him.

An Yuan glanced at the dartboard on the wall, rolled his eyes, and said, "Brother, let's shoot darts. If I can hit the heart, you will take me there. If I miss it, I won't go."

Following An Yuan's words, Shen Xingchun raised his eyelids and looked at the dart board, thinking of An Yuan's record, he smiled and said, "Okay, as you said, if you can't hit a shot, you will stay at home."