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Brother Chun said let me go outside to have a look, then I will go outside to have a look.

——An Yuan's Diary

"Xiao Yuan'er, Chinese New Year is coming soon. It's your birthday on the [-]th. Do you have to leave now?" Grandma stood at the gate, holding An Yuan's hand. Although she knew that An Yuan would leave, she really At this time, he couldn't bear to let go of his hand.

With red eyes, An Yuan wiped away her grandma's tears, hugged her with open arms, patted grandma on the back like grandma patting him when she was a child, and coaxed softly: "Grandma, I'm still your grandson, I'm not I won't come back, I will come back as soon as I have a holiday in the future, don't cry, I feel bad when you cry."

Grandma let go of Anyuan, smiled and said: "Yes, yes, yes, it's not that I won't come back in the future, don't cry, don't cry, it's a good thing to live with my mother after the Chinese New Year. When you come back, grandma will give you Make it delicious."

Grandpa stood beside him and handed the bag in his hand to Anyuan, "Grandma made this in the morning, and it's eaten on the road. It's filled with your favorite food, shortbread, steamed cake, and a few bean paste buns. Cook them up." A few eggs should be warmed up before eating."

An Yuan took the bag from grandpa's hand, nodded in agreement, and hugged grandpa as well, turned around and put the bag into the car parked at the gate of the courtyard, and walked back.

Grandpa didn't talk much, and touched An Yuan's arm, "Xiao Yuan'er studies hard."

An Yuan said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will definitely study hard, I can get into a good university anywhere."

Shen Rui also imitated his grandparents and hugged Anyuan, "Brother Xiaoyuan, build a snowman with me after you come back."

"Okay, I'll play with you when I get back." An Yuan smiled and touched the top of Shen Rui's head, and said, "Xiao Rui is at home listening to grandparents."

Shen Rui raised his chin, "I am obedient."

Shen Xingchun stood beside his grandfather, half a step back, and kept silent. Above his head was the red lantern that he and An Yuan had hung up that day when they were young. The yellow lantern tassels were dangling above his head, and two pieces of firecrackers fell on his shoulders. confetti.

There was not much expression on his face, his face and neck were blown dark red by the wind, his hands were in his coat pockets, and the corners of his mouth were torn and slightly swollen.

Grandma asked him how he did it when he saw it in the morning, and he said that he got angry.

An Yuan tilted his head and looked at Shen Xingchun for a long time. He hadn't had his hair cut for a long time. The hair on his forehead was blown by the wind and covered his red eye sockets.

In the end, An Yuan walked up to Shen Xingchun, stared at the corner of Shen Xingchun's mouth, took a small step forward, opened her arms and gently hugged his arm, put her chin on his shoulder, closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Brother Chun, you said let me go out and have a look, then I will go out and have a look." An Yuan's voice was very low, only Shen Xingchun heard it, and the end of the sentence was quickly blown away by the wind, "I said before, where are you going, Brother Chun? Just go wherever, from now on Xiao Yuan'er won't chase after Brother Chun..."

After An Yuan finished speaking, she lightly flicked away the firecracker debris that fell on Shen Xingchun's shoulder with her fingers, then quickly let go of him, turned around, opened the car door and got in the car.

Shen Xingchun lowered his eyebrows and looked at An Yuan's opened and quickly closed car door, and An Yuan's side face could be vaguely seen through the glass window.

Shen Xingchun's eyes slowly drifted away. Time went back to that winter. He remembered that when he saw An Yuan for the first time, An Yuan was also sitting in the car and only gave him a profile.

He still remembered his first impression of An Yuan. An Yuan was a very good-looking little boy. The small and good-looking boy who used to be had grown into a good-looking boy now.

Jiang Lan stood at the door of the car, took out a note from her bag and gave it to Grandma Shen, "This is my address and phone number in Guangzhou and Washington, and I can send Xiao Yuaner back anytime he wants to come back. You are also welcome to play anytime."

Below the note is a very thick envelope. Before Jiang Lan gave Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen 20, they would not accept anything. This time she only put [-] in the envelope, "Here is [-], not much, you guys You must take it, otherwise I will feel really sorry."

Grandma Shen still didn't accept it, she just took the note, looked carefully at it, folded it and put it in her pocket.

Jiang Lan held the envelope and talked for a long time, and then pushed and refused for a long time. Jiang Lan asked Grandma Shen to keep the money for everything Jiang Lan said. In the end, Grandma Shen was stubborn and took the envelope. Although she accepted it, she He didn't plan to touch the money, but he was still thinking about giving it to An Yuan when he grew up and got married.

Jiang Lan said a few more words to Grandpa Shen, and grandma walked to the car door with a note containing the address and phone number in her pocket.

An Yuan wiped his eyes, lowered the car window, leaned on the window edge and asked, "What's wrong, grandma?"

"Xiao Yuan'er, have you memorized the phone number at home? Don't forget it." Grandma asked.

"Unforgettable grandma." An Yuan recited the phone number at home, and even recited the phone numbers of Shen Jianjun, Lin Hao's family, and the village committee.

Grandma Shen was relieved now, she smiled and stroked An Yuan's hair covering her eyes, took off his coat after seeing him get in the car, and urged him to close the car windows quickly to be careful of the wind.

It was still cloudy at noon, and the car An Yuan was sitting in drove along the village road. At the beginning, standing at the gate of the courtyard, he could hear the sound of the engine and the sound of the wheels rubbing against the ground. Then the sound was inaudible at first, and then the car body. It got smaller and smaller, and after turning on the road, a little shadow of a car shuttled through a small poplar forest on the side of the road, and finally disappeared completely.

Grandma Shen wiped her tears and turned around, muttering how long Anyuan's journey had been, wondering if she could eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, and if she could have a safe New Year.

She took out the note written by Jiang Lan from her pocket. She knew where Guangzhou was, but she didn't know where Washington was. She muttered a few more words to her grandfather, turned around and rushed away to Shen Xingchun, who was behind, asking for the world map he used in high school , she said that after going back to the house, she looked up where Washington was on the map.

Shen Xingchun walked at the end with his head down. He walked very slowly. After hearing what grandma said, it took him a while to react, and he responded with a muffled voice.

Grandpa told grandma next to him that Washington is in the United States, separated by the Pacific Ocean.

Grandma asked grandpa how big Pacific Ocean was, and grandpa gestured for her with his hand and said it was very big.

Shen Xingchun didn't look for the map, so he went back to the small side room where he and An Yuan slept last night. The curtains hanging on the glass windows hadn't been drawn yet, and the curtains were thin cloth with big flowers printed on them. Even pulling can't block much light, but now it's cloudy outside, and the house is a little dark.

When An Yuan left, he didn't bring much. The bag only contained a few books and two sets of clothes, and some clothes were neatly folded and placed on the edge of the kang. Shen Xingchun still remembered the white sweater, it was his I bought it for An Yuan, and there were a few books and notebooks neatly stacked on top of the clothes.

The dart board was still hanging on the wall, Shen Xingchun walked to the wall, from his angle, as long as he raised his head slightly, he could see the dart needle that An Yuan pierced last night.

Shen Xingchun looked at it for a while, then pulled out the dart needle, pinched the dart needle with his fingertips and turned it around a few times, walked to the edge of the kang, stood where Anyuan stood last night, raised his hand to aim, waved his hand, and the dart needle was precisely stuck in the on the red heart in the middle.

Shen Xingchun stared at the dart needle on the red heart for a long time, then turned around and began to pack the things left by An Yuan in the hut. He put some of An Yuan's clothes into the cabinet next to him, and put the books and notebooks in his bag. inside.

When Shen Rui came to knock on the door, he found that the door of the hut was locked from the inside. He didn't push it open, knocked on the door panel again, and leaned on the crack of the door to look in, but couldn't see anything clearly. A cry came from inside, "Brother Chun, are you in there? Take me to the back mountain to ski. Grandpa made me a new ski bike a few days ago, it's good."

Shen Xingchun was about to change clothes, when he heard Shen Rui's voice, he shouted towards the door: "Xiao Rui wait a moment, I'll change clothes first."

"Then hurry up and change," Shen Rui patted on the door again, "I'll go to grandpa to get my new ice cart."

The stove in the hut had been extinguished a long time ago, and the bottom of the stove was covered with burnt soot. It was a bit cold in the room. Shen Xingchun took off his sweater and trousers, turned around, and looked at the whole body from the base of his neck to a brighter place. From the beginning to the bottom, the front chest, lower abdomen, thighs. Roots, all over the large and small deep and shallow tooth marks.

An Yuan cried and bit at the same time last night, each mouthful was ruthless, some teeth marks were oozing red blood, and some teeth marks had opened.

Shen Xingchun bent down, looked at the red tooth marks on the inside of his left thigh where the skin had been bitten through, stretched out his index finger and pressed lightly on the tooth marks, just once, the pain made his scalp tight.

The tooth marks seemed to still carry the wet and salty tears that slid down An Yuan's face last night, as well as the touch of the tip of his teeth.

Shen Xingchun's feet were so painful that he could hardly stand still, he hissed, stepped back, and leaned against the edge of the kang with his back.

Xin said, the brat ran to kill me yesterday, he really didn't hold back at all.

Shen Rui had already dressed, and came out with a new ice cart in his arms. Shen Xingchun's door was still closed, so he knocked again, "Brother Chun, have you changed your clothes yet?"

"OK OK."

Shen Xingchun responded, picked up the clothes next to him and quickly put them on his body. The cloth rubbed against An Yuan's teeth marks, and the pain made his scalp tighten again. He gritted his teeth and put them on. Rui went to the back mountain.

Shen Xingchun didn't skate, so he sat at the bottom of the mountain and waited for Shen Rui. Shen Rui sat on the ice cart and slid down from the top of the mountain, and then walked up the mountain with the ice cart in his arms. Sometimes he really didn't want to climb to the top of the mountain. The car slides off.

Shen Rui went up and down a few times, was so tired that he didn't want to climb anymore, he found Shen Xingchun with the ice cart, and sat next to him in the snow panting.

Shen Xingchun propped one arm on his side, one leg stretched out, one leg curled up, the other arm resting on his bent knee, holding a small square iron box in his hand, unscrewing the spout from time to time and putting it by his mouth Drink a sip.

Shen Rui moved to Shen Xingchun's side, took off his gloves and reached out to Shen Xingchun, "Brother Chun, give me a sip of the milk tea in your iron pot."

Shen Xingchun twisted the spout, but didn't give it to Shen Rui, "This is wine, not milk tea."

"You're lying, you said before that it was filled with wine, but it was all filled with milk tea." After Shen Rui finished speaking, she stood up and was about to grab the iron pot in Shen Xingchun's hand.

Shen Xingchun was sitting, and without thinking, Shen Rui snatched the small iron pot from his hand in two strokes, unscrewed the spout and took a sip.

Shen Rui moved very quickly, even though he could already smell the pungent smell when he opened the spout, he had already drank it into his mouth with his head raised, the pungent and bitter alcohol made Shen Rui's face quickly twisted into a bun, He turned his head and bent down, spit out all the wine in his mouth, and spit it on the snow beside him.

"Bah, bah, bah," Shen Rui spit again, "It's too spicy, it's too bad to drink, Brother Chun, why is there wine in this iron pot?"

Shen Xingchun stood up, walked over and took back the small iron pot from Shen Rui's hand, twisted the spout and put it in his pocket, "Didn't I just tell you that it was wine? You didn't believe it, so you insisted on drinking it."

"Didn't you just pack milk tea?" Shen Rui spat again.

"On such a cold day, drinking alcohol will keep you warm." Shen Xingchun turned around in a circle, patted the snow on his buttocks, and said, "Brother Chun is an adult now, and adults don't drink milk tea. Drinking..."