round spring

The shadow covered the snow, and the snow covered the shadow. Brother Chun swayed with his back on my back.

——An Yuan's Diary

The sun in the west has already set behind the mountains, and there is only a little red light left in the corner of the sky. It gets dark quickly in winter, and the sky gets darker and darker after the red light disappears.

"Xiao Yuan'er, Xiao Yuan'er..."

Shen Xingchun, his grandparents, and several adults in the village walked west along the main road out of the village, calling An Yuan's name while walking.

Shen Xingchun remembered that An Yuan was standing behind the door, looking into the distance along the crack of the door, and asked his father the direction to go, he guessed that An Yuan would go in the direction he said, it had just snowed heavily, a child, only ten or twenty Minutes of effort will definitely not go far.

But six or seven of them walked along the main road for two or three kilometers, and they still didn't see An Yuan.

Shen Xingchun stood in the middle of the road and looked back and forth. On one side of the road was a mountain, and on the other side was a vast white wilderness covered tightly by snow. There were no shadows of people or cars on the road, only gray-white snow that was visible to the naked eye and flew randomly in the wind. foam.

"Xiao Yuan'er, where are you, child? I heard a promise to grandma," Grandma Shen regretted calling someone, beating her chest anxiously, "I shouldn't have left my child at home in such a cold day, little Yuan'er is still so young, how can we fix it when it's frozen, how can we explain to the National Day, we promised well when he left, and took care of the child..."

Grandpa Shen said on the side and patted Grandma Shen on the shoulder: "A child can't go very far, and it will be dark soon, so it's important to find the child first, let's not talk about the others, just follow the direction Dachun said to find the child." , look for another half an hour, if there is no one, I will call the police directly and go to the mountain to look for it."

"How big is Daxing'anling? How can I find it in the mountains?" Grandma Shen's voice became smaller and smaller, "If you can't find it, how can you fix it..."

Listening to grandma's words "I can't find it", Shen Xingchun's heartbeat speeded up unconsciously, and he thought of An Yuan's dark and clean eyes, looking at him and asking, "When will Dad come back?"

He said "come back after the snow stops".

Shen Xingchun blinked, and tugged at the collar indiscriminately. He tore off a button of the coat directly, and it disappeared in the snow. He didn't bother to pick up the buttons, so he casually lifted the collar and covered his neck , Standing on the same spot with his mouth open and breathing heavily, a large circle of white air gathered around his mouth, he looked back and forth again, only the sky was getting darker and darker.

He felt that they had made a mistake. It was impossible for a child to go such a long distance in such a short period of time, even if he had to run.

When they were just looking for someone, they were just looking for someone and shouting for someone. The speed of finding someone was not slow. If it was ruled out that An Yuan followed passers-by on the road or got into another car, then he must still be behind them, not far from the village. It's far away.

Shen Xingchun walked to the side of the road and looked at both sides. On the way they came, there were deep snow ditches in many places on the side of the mountain.

Thinking of this, his chest stopped, and he yelled at his grandparents who were still looking for someone in front: "Grandpa and grandma, you are still looking forward, I will turn around and look for another side, and I will look by the side of the road."

The grandparents in front were only looking for someone, and didn't hear Shen Xingchun's words, so he didn't care so much, and turned back to look for someone.

Shen Xingchun was familiar with the roads, he would just glance over places without snow ditches, and stop to look carefully at places with snow ditches.

An Yuan was lying in the snow here, with snow in his neck and shoes. He was so cold that he lost consciousness. Just now he walked in the direction Shen Xingchun pointed out to him. At first he walked in the middle of the road, and then passed by. After getting into a big car, he took two steps to the side, trying to hide from the car, but just as he got to the side of the road, his foot slipped and he rolled down the snow ditch.

The coat on the back was hooked by something. He guessed it was something like a tree branch. He tried to move it a few times. The tree branch must have penetrated his coat and hooked his clothes inside. , He tried to move a few times, but when he moved, the tree branch rubbed against his back, and finally he didn't dare to move any more. He wanted to reach out and unbutton his coat, but his frozen fingers couldn't undo it no matter what. ...

Most of his body is now buried in the snow, and his voice is also hoarse, but no one responds...

Just now he heard Grandpa Shen, Grandma Shen and Shen Xingchun calling him, he responded a few times, but the hoarse voice after speaking was quickly blown away by the strong wind.

"dad……"

"grandparents……"

"elder brother……"

An Yuan tried to move his body again, but he kicked the tree trunk at the bottom of his feet. He saw the thick layer of snow on the dead branches above his head falling on his body, so he quickly closed his eyes and raised his hand to cover it. own face.

The snow poured in along his cuffs, and there was another burst of biting coolness.

An Yuan regretted that he ran out secretly. He heard the conversation between Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen. Dad came back three days ago, but he hasn't come back yet. He just wants to find Dad.

He originally thought that following the direction Brother Chun pointed out to him, he would always meet his father, and his father would not leave him alone.

The more An Yuan thought about it, the more wronged she became, and said in a hoarse voice that An Guoqing was a liar.

"Brother..." An Yuan tried to call Shen Xingchun a few more times. He thought that Shen Xingchun was also a liar, and he clearly told him that his father would come back when the snow stopped.

But the only answer to him was the cold wind mixed with his own whimpering.

Shen Xingchun searched along the side of the road, the dead branches were shaking vigorously in the wind, he lowered his breath as much as possible, and listened to the sound while searching.

"Anyuan, Xiaoyuan..."

Shen Xingchun yelled a few more times. The more he searched, the more anxious he became. It was already dark, and the temperature at night would only get lower and lower. , to take photos in the snow ditch beside the road.

"Xiao Yuan'er...Xiao Yuan'er, can you hear me?"

An Yuan's eyes were getting darker and darker. When he heard Shen Xingchun's voice, he thought it was his own illusion. He raised his stiff arm, wiped his eyes fiercely, moved his lips, and opened his mouth with all his strength. Called a few times.

"elder brother……"

"elder brother……"

"elder brother……"

When Shen Xingchun heard that thin voice, he stopped his feet, held his breath, and listened carefully against the wind. When he heard the second time, he quickly identified the direction of the voice. Not far ahead on his right, he took a flashlight to the side of the road, and sure enough, he saw a long skid mark in the snow ditch under the roadside.

Shen Xingchun's heart skipped a beat, he quickly ran two steps forward, jumped down the snow ditch, rolled a few times in the snow, got up in a hurry after landing, and shouted: "Little Yuaner..."

He had already seen An Yuan's shoes. An Yuan was lying in the snow, covered in snow.

"Xiao Yuan'er, I finally found you, Brother Chun, you're going to scare me to death..." Shen Xingchun knelt in the snow, pushing aside the snow around An Yuan with both hands, the flashlight fell somewhere, and the light was buried in the snow.

An Yuan looked at Shen Xingchun's fuzzy face and rapid breathing, his nose sore, and tears flowed out, he didn't cry just now when it was so cold, but now looking at Shen Xingchun, he couldn't control himself.

"Xiao Yuan'er don't cry, Brother Chun is here..."

Shen Xingchun pulled An Yuan's arm and tried to hug him, but when he exerted strength, he felt a burst of resistance. He took out the buried flashlight from the snow and took a photo of An Yuan's body, only to see the underside of An Yuan's back. tree branch, he asked, "Are you hurt?"

An Yuan had lost all consciousness, not knowing if he was injured or not, so he just shook his head.

Shen Xingchun unbuttoned An Yuan's body, and took off his coat directly, only to find that the tree branch was still hooking his sweater inside. He turned An Yuan over carefully, luckily An Yuan was still wearing clothes, and he Removed the tree branch that was hooking his clothes, and carried him out of the snow ditch horizontally, first patted the snow on his body, and checked that his back was not scratched by the tree branch before he was relieved.

Shen Xingchun took off his overcoat and wrapped it around An Yuan's body, carried An Yuan on his back in a few moments, and carried him along the snow ditch to the main road, then walked home.

An Yuan lay on Shen Xingchun's back, breathing heavily for a long time, her eyelids were heavy and astringent, and finally closed her eyes, her whole face was buried in Shen Xingchun's warm neck, breathing the heat from his body, her arms tightened tightly. He hugged his neck tightly, sobbing and clapping from time to time.

He said in a hoarse voice: "Brother, I just heard you call me, but my voice is too hoarse, you didn't hear..."

Shen Xingchun felt the strength on his neck, heard his twitching a few more times, and said, "Stop crying, Brother Chun will carry you home..."

Shen Xingchun's flashlight was slanted up in the back hood. The light beam was not too strong, but it was enough to illuminate the shadows of the two people.

An Yuan opened his eyes, and saw overlapping shadows on the road, walking forward together, carrying Shen Xingchun's body temperature and breathing, and the flying snowflakes floated under the light, covering their swaying shadows, It was covered by the shaking shadow again.

Shen Xingchun carried An Yuan on his back and didn't take a few steps when he heard someone calling him behind him.

"Dachun, Dachun, who are you carrying? Did you find the child?"

Shen Xingchun looked back and saw that it was Uncle Li from the neighbor next door. He yelled at the people: "Uncle Li, I found it. You go and call your grandparents back."

Uncle Li also yelled at him: "Just find it. I'm going to go back and drive to the police station to call the police. I'll go back and call them back."

An Yuan felt a little sorry, and lay on Shen Xingchun's neck, sobbing again and said, "Brother, I didn't run away on purpose, I just wanted to find Dad... Dad hasn't come back yet."

Shen Xingchun knew that An Yuan only wanted to find his father now, so he asked him, "Xiao Yuan'er just froze."

An Yuanqiang opened his eyes and said, "I'm not frozen, I want to find my father."

After thinking for a while, Shen Xingchun said: "I'll take you home later to pack up, drink some hot water to keep you warm, and then we'll change your clothes. My brother will take you to the police station in the town to call the police. We're too slow to find it by ourselves. Let the police uncle Can you help me find it together? I will definitely find my father."

An Yuan regained his spirits and said, "Brother, let's go now."

"Go home and change clothes first." Shen Xingchun said.

When grandparents came back, An Yuan had already changed into Shen Xingchun's coat, and was sitting by the stove drinking hot water, her face and nose were still purple, her legs were bent, her heels were raised, On tiptoe, still shaking.

Shen Xingchun sat beside him, also shrinking his neck, holding a cup of hot water to drink.

Grandma Shen's eyes were red when she saw An Yuan, she walked to his side and checked carefully from head to toe, "Where did Xiao Yuan go? Is it frozen?"

"Grandpa and grandma, I'm sorry for worrying you," An Yuan stood up and apologized, then forced a reassuring smile, "Xiao Yuan'er is fine..."

"It'll be fine when you come back." Grandma Shen said that she would cook a bowl of ginger syrup for him to drink, pulled An Yuan and said a few more words, then turned to prepare things.

Shen Xingchun told Grandpa Shen that he wanted to take An Yuan to the police station.

Grandpa Shen nodded. He had already called several villages along the way in the afternoon, and they all said that they hadn't met anyone to collect the skins. It had been three days and there was no further delay.

Grandpa Shen turned his head and went out again. Before going out, he told Shen Xingchun, "Add some more clothes to Xiaoyuan later, and I'll call you Uncle Li, and use his family's truck to pull us to the town police station."

Uncle Li still had relatives in the town. After sending them to the police station, he went to his relatives' house and said he would pick them up in an hour.

After Grandpa Shen and Shen Xingchun brought An Yuan into the police station, they went to the duty desk to report missing persons.

The policeman on duty took out a form and a pen and asked them, "First, please report the name, gender and age of the missing person."

An Yuan took a step forward, and said impatiently: "My dad's name is An Guoqing, male, 39 years old, 38 years old..."

The policeman on duty was just about to raise his pen to record, when he heard the name of An Yuanbao, he raised his head to look at him, and asked again: "Report the name of the missing person again."

An Yuan's voice was a bit hoarse and soft, Shen Xingchun thought the police hadn't heard clearly, put his hand on An Yuan's shoulder and squeezed it, and repeated: "It's called An National Day, safe An, National Day is what we usually say That National Day."

The policeman on duty put down his pen, put the form in his hand aside, and said, "Then you don't need to look for it. An Guoqing is here with us. We arrested him three days ago..."