round spring

The strange environment and strange emotions are disappearing and accumulating.

——An Yuan's Diary

An Yuan originally wanted to go to the prison to meet An Guoqing before leaving with Jiang Lan, but because it was not the meeting day, and it was a holiday for the New Year, no one saw him, so he just wrote him a letter, saying that he had left with Jiang Lan, and again A new address was left for An Guoqing.

An Yuan and Jiang Lan arrived in Guangzhou on the evening of the New Year's Eve. There was already someone waiting outside the airport. He was Jiang Lan's driver and followed Jiang Lan all the time. Jiang Lan called him Uncle Zhang.

It was nearly an hour's drive after getting off the plane. An Yuan was sitting in the back row, her body pressed against the car door, her head tilted against the car window, and the tires rubbing against her ear was loud.

The atmosphere of the New Year is in full bloom outside the window, the sound of firecrackers is constant, the sound of crackling is near and far, entering the urban area, the neon lights are constantly receding, tall buildings flash past the window, and the car passes through a building that spans the river. bridge.

There are many children running around with fireworks in their hands on the side of the road.

There are no neon lights in my hometown, only snow there.

Everything here is unfamiliar to An Yuan, the car is still driving forward, he doesn't know where he will stop, but he knows that he has indeed left the place where he lived for so many years, left his grandparents, Left Shen Xingchun.

It was very hot in the car. An Yuan was still wearing the same clothes as when he came out, thick cotton coat and shoes. Although he no longer wore a hat on his head, he still sweated a lot, dripping down his cheeks. An Yuan raised his hand from time to time to wipe one time.

"Xiao Yuaner, is it hot?" Jiang Lan noticed that An Yuan's face was a little red, and handed over a blue square scarf to wipe sweat, "Take off a piece of clothing when it's hot, Guangzhou is hotter than grandparents' house, during the day It's hotter."

An Yuan took the square scarf from Jiang Lan's hand, wiped it on her head, said "thank you", and took off the outermost cotton coat.

Anyuan didn't talk to Jiang Lan much during this journey, Jiang Lan asked him what he answered, his throat was sore, his voice was always hoarse and harsh, and due to lack of sleep, there were already many red bloodshot eyes.

"We're almost there. After we get there, we'll have a good rest after dinner." Jiang Lan said from the side.

An Yuan nodded and said nothing.

Finally, the car drove into a high-end villa area. An Yuan sat up straight and looked outside. All the houses were three-story bungalows, each with their own small courtyard. The car drove for another 5 minutes and stopped at One of the doors.

"It's my first time here too," Jiang Lan said to An Yuan after getting out of the car, "I haven't been back to China for several years, this house was bought by a friend before I came back to pick you up a while ago, does Xiao Yuaner like it here?" .”

An Yuan was carrying his own bag, and in his hand was the bag full of food that his grandmother had given him. He stood at the door and looked up. The black lacquered door of the villa was tall and imposing, with Spring Festival couplets pasted on both sides of the door. There are also two red lanterns hanging on the top. They are very beautiful red lanterns. They are different from the ones made by grandpa with bamboo strips and red paper. They are neat and round with beautiful patterns printed on them. Dense and long.

An Yuan looked at the red lantern and murmured, "It's pretty good."

"As long as you like it, your room is on the second floor. I have someone choose it in advance, the one with the lights in the middle." Jiang Lan couldn't wait to point to An Yuan.

An Yuan just glanced at her, but there was not much change on her face. Jiang Lan noticed that An Yuan was not very interested. She knew that she should not be in a hurry, and she had to cultivate her feelings a little bit. She smiled and took An Yuan's arm and walked in.

"The aunt at home should have prepared the New Year's Eve dinner, let's go in and cook dumplings."

An Yuan felt Jiang Lan's hand holding his arm. Although he was not used to it, he followed Jiang Lan obediently and walked forward.

The trees in the yard are covered with many decorative lanterns, flashing alternately and changingly, the dots of light passing through the bottom of An Yuan's eyes, adding a little color to the bottom of his eyes that have always been dim.

After entering the door, there is a bright and spacious living room. The white dining table is already filled with large and small dishes with a strong aroma, and there are several hot dumplings that have just been ordered. The aunt in the kitchen is still busy. Yuan introduced that it was Aunt Li.

"Are there a lot of us?" An Yuan walked to the dining table and asked Jiang Lan as he looked at the large table of dishes.

"Not many, plus Uncle Zhang and Aunt Li, just the four of us." Jiang Lan took An Yuan's bag, put his schoolbag on the chair next to him, and picked up another bag with food in it. out of the refrigerator.

"Will that be a waste?" An Yuan asked.

"Today is Chinese New Year, it's okay," Jiang Lan turned around and came back, pulling An Yuan to wash her hands, "I'll take you to wash your hands, you must be hungry on the way."

"It's okay, I don't feel hungry." An Yuan said.

Although he wasn't hungry, An Yuan still ate a few dumplings and half a bowl of noodles. Seeing that he couldn't eat any more, Jiang Lan didn't force her. Yuan'er's birthday red envelope."

An Yuan just glanced at it, and knew that there was a lot of money in it, stacked two thick stacks, he hesitated for a moment and didn't take it.

Jiang Lan directly stuffed the red envelope into his hand, "Here, there are red envelopes for Chinese New Year. Uncle Zhang and Aunt Li also wrapped red envelopes. Happy birthday, Xiaoyuan."

An Yuan took the red envelope and said "thank you".

"You don't need to say thank you to mom in the future. You must be tired after sitting on the plane for so long. Go upstairs and rest first. If you can't sleep, watch the Spring Festival Gala. There is a TV in your room," Jiang Lan touched the top of Anyuan's head with a smile, "By the way, when I saw you in Beijing a few days ago, I asked someone to buy some clothes for you according to your body shape. They have been washed and hung in the closet. If you don't wear them properly, you Tell mom again."

An Yuan nodded, said "Okay", stood up, picked up her schoolbag from the chair, and walked to the stairs. Just after going up two steps, she turned around and asked Jiang Lan, "Is there a phone in my room?" ? I want to call grandma to say she's safe."

"There's a phone," Jiang Lan said, "It's on your desk."

The light in the room was already on. After An Yuan entered, he took a general look. The room was very big, about the size of four or five huts in his hometown, and the decoration was warm light blue.

An Yuan walked to the window and looked out from the open window. The back was facing the garden, and the garden was also covered with colorful lights, which were as bright as daytime, and the flowers in full bloom could be seen clearly. The fence is also covered with the same rose vines as grandma's house, but now it's not in flowering period, only green vines.

An Yuan thought to himself that if it was the rose flowering period, the faint fragrance of the rose should be able to float into his room, but he didn't know if the smell would be the same as that of his hometown.

An Yuan didn't look much, put her bag on the desk, sat on the sofa, picked up the phone and called grandma.

The phone was picked up quickly, it was grandma who answered, before An Yuan could speak, the grandma over there had already said, "Is it Xiao Yuan, have you been to Guangzhou yet?"

"When I arrived at grandma, I just had dinner, and I ate dumplings and noodles." Hearing grandma's voice, An Yuan suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. The tiredness in his body disappeared, and he naturally talked more , "Grandma, have you eaten yet?"

"Eat, I'm watching the Spring Festival Gala." Grandma responded with a smile.

"Where's grandpa?"

"Grandpa is out to see a doctor."

An Yuan listened to the sound of the Spring Festival Gala on the TV from the phone. It should be a song and dance show, and the sound of the drums is very clear.

Grandma asked him several times on the phone, asking him if he was tired on the road, what he had eaten, and whether he was used to eating. After asking, he felt a little naughty. Now that An Yuan is at his mother's place, he will definitely be taken care of very good.

An Yuan was not idle at all, she was long-winded, the two of them laughed and chattered for a long time.

Grandma complained to An Yuan again that grandpa made her angry today, how naughty Shen Rui was, and finally said that Shen Xingchun always went to the back mountain recently.

At first, An Yuan put his elbows on the table and talked to grandma with his chin on the phone. Then he slowly sat up straight and leaned back on the chair, holding the phone in his hand and didn't answer.

Grandma already knew about Shen Xingchun's leg injury. She thought that An Yuan would ask anxiously when she heard that Shen Xingchun was going to the back mountain, but there was only light breathing and a little noise on the phone, and nothing else up.

If it were the past two years when Shen Xingchun went to Beijing to go to school, whenever An Yuan called back, no matter where An Yuan sat, his ears would stand up. If he could see the invisible ears, he would find An Yuan's ears The roof of the house has been smashed, and it can go all the way to Beijing.

Although the old lady was getting old, she knew clearly in her heart that when An Yuan left that day, she found that An Yuan and Shen Xingchun were not quite right, and now she felt that the problem was not small.

She knew Shen Xingchun's temper, and she would definitely not be able to find anything if she asked him, so she could only ask from An Yuan's side.

"Don't Xiaoyuan ask what your brother did when he went to the back mountain?"

An Yuan followed her grandmother's words and asked, "What did Brother Chun do in the back mountain?"

"Xiao Rui took him to the back mountain to go skiing."

An Yuan moved his leg and asked again: "His leg is injured, can he slide?"

"Xiao Rui said he didn't slip, so he just sat at the foot of the mountain and waited."

"Sitting in a snowdrift?"

"There's nowhere else to sit, but not in a snowdrift."

After grandma finished speaking, An Yuan didn't answer again. Grandma waited for a while, then asked again: "Did Xiao Yuan'er get into a fight with Brother Chun?"

An Yuan quickly denied, "There's nothing wrong with it."

The old lady didn't believe it, "Then do you want to talk to Brother Chun? He's packing up the New Year's goods in the hut, and he doesn't know you're here. I'll ask him to come over and answer the phone?"

"Don't call me Brother Chun, grandma," An Yuan continued, "Grandma, I'll call you tomorrow, I'm too tired today."

Since An Yuan didn't want to open her mouth, grandma didn't keep asking, she just said, "We've grown up and each has our own thoughts, but no matter what, we're still two brothers."

An Yuan smiled again and said, "Grandma, it's really all right, we brothers are fine."

Whether the two brothers are good or not, only they know.

When Lin Hao came to find Shen Xingchun, grandma had just hung up on Anyuan's phone, and he was holding a whole box of fireworks in his hand, and when he entered the door, he shouted: "Dachun, Xiaoyuan, go out to set off fireworks, I took a whole box, The three of us can spend the night."

"Xiaoyuan'er is not here, but Xiaorui is here. Xiaorui will go out with you to put flowers." Shen Rui ran towards Lin Hao.

"Xiaorui is back for the New Year this year." Lin Hao looked around the room, put the box containing the fireworks on the ground, only saw grandma, said "Happy New Year" to grandma, and asked, "Grandma, Xiaoyuan What about Er and Dachun?"

"Xiao Yuan'er left with his mother, Da Chun is in the hut."

Hearing this, Lin Hao turned around and went out the door. Shen Xingchun was packing up when he entered the hut. He walked over and patted Shen Xingchun on the shoulder and asked, "Dachun, what's the situation? Xiaoyuan is gone?"

Shen Xingchun didn't stop moving his hands, and asked instead: "When did you come back?"

"I just came back yesterday afternoon. I went to Hangzhou with Li Ru after the holiday." Lin Hao pressed the box in Shen Xingchun's hand, "I asked Xiao Yuan'er why she left."

"When his mother came, I picked him up." Shen Xingchun said calmly.

"Where did the mother take him?" Lin Hao asked.

"It's time to go to Guangzhou now, and I'll go to Washington later." After Shen Xingchun finished speaking, he took Lin Hao's hand away and continued to clean up.

Lin Hao was puzzled, he had heard that An Yuan had no mother before, and was about to ask in detail, when he suddenly saw a corner of the red leather notebook protruding from the side of the zippered schoolbag on the edge of the Kang, Lin Hao stretched out his hand to hold the notebook, Pulled out.

Shen Xingchun caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye, slapped Lin Hao's hand away, and stuffed the notebook into his schoolbag, "Don't move around."

Lin Hao was sure that he was not mistaken, raised his finger, pointed at Shen Xingchun for a long time, and asked falteringly: "Dachun, did Xiao Yuaner tell you? You know?"

Shen Xingchun zipped up the schoolbag, moved the schoolbag inside, and asked casually, "What do I know?"

"Don't play dumb like me," Lin Hao bumped Shen Xingchun's arm with his shoulder, "Isn't it just Xiaoyuan'er's diary in your schoolbag? The red one, I'm sure I read it right, it's definitely Xiaoyuan'er Journal."