Shangqiaotou Village, Qiaotou Town

The next day, the Fourth Master suggested that he should raise more money. Anyway, the more he brought, the better. Hong Sheng spent three days selling the grain and cashing out the only deposit he had. He originally planned to sell the mule. , but thinking about what Le Sheng often said, "We are a family of four", so the mule was not sold.Hei Bei could only lead the way, but he couldn't tell where he was, so Hong Sheng planned to follow Hei Bei on his bicycle. He had it in his hand, and at this time the fourth master said,

"You can take the money if it is given to you, and use it if you need it. Anyway, you are still young, so you don't have to worry about paying it back. If you don't need it, you can just take it back; if you find someone, it is in their own home, then you two will see it." Do it, talk to the family, don't be annoyed; if you are still locked up in a mental hospital, you will give all these things to the leader, and say that Lesheng is a fool when he came to Qiaotou Village, and he doesn't know anything except eating. If someone asks again, tell them the truth, because Lesheng doesn’t remember anything about the past, and now he only knows his name is Wang Lesheng, a villager in Qiaotou Village. He has been here for more than a year. I found someone else..."

The fourth master explained it very carefully, and Hong Sheng also remembered it very carefully. Although he couldn't understand why the fourth master had to explain so much for a while, he believed that this wise old man always had his reasons.

On the day Hong Sheng left, many people gathered at the entrance of the village. Although everyone was still sitting on the stone pier, the needles and threads in the hands of the daughters-in-law were flying, and the men chatted with a cigarette between their eyes, but when they saw Hong Sheng coming out , They still greeted each other, advised him to pay attention to safety, and wished him a smooth journey. This seemingly intentional or unintentional care made Hong Sheng feel nostalgic for this place for the first time.

One person and one dog, stop and go, stop and go, I finished the dry food I brought two days ago, and then bought it and prepared it; although Heibei looked tired, his spirit was much better than when he just came back. He didn't feel it when he was running, but he still limped when he walked. Hong Sheng checked for him, and it should be that his leg bone was broken by something.This time, Hong Sheng counted the days. The two walked for a full 20 days. On the 21st day, they came to the gate of a compound with a vertical sign hanging beside it, which read, "XXX Nursing Home".

Explained the purpose of coming to others, and others said that "Wang Lesheng" was not found, so Hong Sheng took out the single-person photo he took at the beginning, explained the situation carefully, compared it there, looked at Hong Sheng a few times, and asked The relationship between the two, he said in a cold voice,

"There is such a person, not named Wang Lesheng, registered as Gao Xu, but the patients here are a bit special, and you are not a direct relative. If you want to visit, you have to apply first. You fill in a form and contact information. Wait for the notification!"

Hong Sheng didn't have any contact information, so he could only ask questions every morning and noon. After asking like this for the third day, they finally said that they could take him to meet people.For five months, when the two hadn't seen each other, Hong Sheng followed behind the nurse, rubbed his face, brushed his hair, and wiped his hands on his trousers until the nurse suddenly stopped in front of a room. He almost bumped into someone; the door was locked, and Hong Sheng heard a "click", and everything in front of him became a slow motion, and the gap in the door became wider bit by bit. During the period, the nurse seemed to say something, Hong Sheng Sheng didn't hear it, his eyes were already attracted by the people inside:

I have lost a lot of weight, thinner than when I first came to Qiaotou Village, but cleaner than that time, my face is fairer, but it is almost transparent, sitting on the bed with my knees hugged, my face is facing out of the window. The densely packed iron guardrails, the man's eyes were not on the iron guardrails, nor did he seem to be on the windows; Hong Sheng gave a soft cry,

"Lesheng~"

The man trembled violently, and when he turned his head to look at him, he had a dazed expression on his face. He looked at him for a long time, and finally turned away again; He approached him, gently took his hand, he was so thin, it seemed that there was only a skeleton left; Hong Sheng put him in the palm of his hand, rubbed him lightly, couldn't hold back, and kissed him on his lips relative;

"Le Sheng, I'm Hong Sheng, I'm here to pick you up~"

At this time, Le Sheng seemed to be listening, turned his face away, but his eyes didn't know where to look, and his voice was a little weak, with some weak breath, and said,

"Hong Sheng is definitely coming to pick me up. Am I his wife? Is Hong Sheng the only wife~"

Hong Sheng grabbed his thigh fiercely, and managed not to cry out. The nurse next to him was always there, and then he said,

"He has been in this state for four months. No matter who talks to him, he just says that!"

The visiting time was not too long, and Le Sheng didn't recognize him from the beginning to the end. The nurse told him about the situation: When he first came, Le Sheng thought of ways to escape every day, anyway, he wanted to do everything he could think of. Yes, there was another time when he dug a small hole in the wall with a spoon for food; after half a month of relying on nutrition needles, a doctor said that as long as he ate, Hong Sheng would come to pick him up before he started eating. The doctors and nurses here are not unfamiliar with the name Hong Sheng, and sometimes he will mention the other two names, "Heibei" and "Dali". Hong Sheng took a few glances.Hong Sheng asked the nurse whether Le Sheng's parents had been here, and the nurse said that he was not sure.

The second time Hong Sheng watched Le Sheng, he handed over all the materials he brought when he left, as well as his household registration book, ID card, and proof of payment of agricultural tax, etc., and only the materials, household registration book, and ID card were handed over. Stay here, nothing else is necessary; this time the stay was not long, Hong Sheng just chatted with him, about Qiaotou Village, about Heibei, about Dali, and about the roast pork strips he prepared for him, Le Sheng still looked somewhere, and told him,

"Hong Sheng is definitely coming to pick me up!"

The third time, the fourth time... When I come again, I can stay longer, and sometimes I can eat with him. Le Sheng doesn't eat much, and he doesn't open his mouth after two mouthfuls, so Hong Sheng said,

"Le Sheng, take two more bites, and we can go home!"

Le Sheng took two more bites. September 9th, the 11th day of the eighth lunar month, the Mid-Autumn Festival, I begged the nurse for a long time, and the other party finally agreed to let Heibei go in together. I didn't have time to enjoy the moon, but during the day, the two of them shared a mooncake with a dog. On this day Lesheng said another word,

"Hong Sheng said that on August [-]th next year, our family of four will still eat mooncakes!"

Seeing Le Sheng, Hei Bei hummed happily for a long time, but Le Sheng just patted its head blankly. Hei Bei didn't know what happened to his master. After he calmed down, he crawled aside, like a shadow, quietly guarding.

The materials submitted were not returned, and there was no response. Hong Sheng was not in a hurry. At that time, he was thinking that as long as he saw Le Sheng, he would wait for a long time.

October 10st, the National Day, the sixth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and the cold dew in a week later, the millet in the village has almost been harvested. Hong Sheng calculated that this year he has not planted an acre of land, and the family has sold out of grain. It's almost used up, and I still owe the fourth master 1 yuan. After Lesheng returns, I will ask a few uncles to borrow some more, first to make up for Lesheng, and to rent another five acres of land in the spring of next year. After working for a year, I made up for Le Sheng and paid off the debt.Hong Sheng didn't dare to let his mind rest, thinking that it was Le Sheng's plan to come back, the older generation said, "The good and bad things are all calculated (thought) out, if you think good, it will be If you can make a good one, if you think it’s a bad one, it’s really bad!" So Hong Sheng didn’t dare to think about the possibility that Le Sheng wouldn’t come back.Le Sheng still doesn't recognize him recently, but he obviously said a few more words, and his spirit is much better than when he first met. With the nurse's consent, he took Le Sheng around the yard. He is relatively well-behaved, so the time to come out can be a little longer.

On October 10, the seventh day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, there was an autumn rain at night. When I woke up in the morning, the weather seemed to be cold all of a sudden. After lunch, I took Le Sheng for a walk in the yard as usual. Same, unexpectedly, Hong Sheng lowered his head and tied his shoelaces, and Le Sheng ran away; in the end, he didn't run far, and was stopped by the nurse. This was the first time Hong Sheng saw such a Le Sheng Being treated; like a poor and helpless little animal, struggling for the last time before being slaughtered, trying its best, screaming in despair... Seeing a nurse come out with a syringe, she is about to stab Le Sheng's thin body Only the blue blood vessels covered by a thin layer of skin remained, and Hong Sheng rushed over like crazy; he remembered that the fourth master had repeatedly told him not to make trouble with others, but to talk to them well, so the moment he hugged Le Sheng, He put away his violent aura, and put away his evil thoughts of wanting to crush these people one by one. He heard his pleading, begging these people to hand over Le Sheng to him, and his pleading was accompanied by Lesheng's cries sounded desperate and desolate in this quiet place; he also heard Heibei roaring outside, but it couldn't get in... Lesheng, who was let go of his hands by the nurses, beat him desperately Hong Sheng, who was holding him, kicked and bit him. Hong Sheng hugged him, hugged him hard, and then freed up his hand to pat his back, and kept saying,

"Don't be afraid, Le Sheng. I'm Hong Sheng. Hong Sheng is here. Don't be afraid, Le Sheng..."

Le Sheng was tired from struggling and couldn't move any more. Blood oozed from the place where he bit Hong Sheng's shoulder, so he suddenly cried again, crying and saying,

"Why didn't you let me find Hong Sheng?"

"Hong Sheng, why haven't you come to pick me up?"

"Hong Sheng, you don't want me to be your wife again?"

"Hong Sheng...Hong Sheng...where have you been..."

On October 10, the eighth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the weather was already a bit cold and cloudy.After yesterday's quarrel, Le Sheng didn't say a word today, just sat there with his knees hugged... In the afternoon, a nurse came and said,

"Wang Hongsheng, come here and handle the discharge procedures for Gao Xu!"

Hong Sheng was stunned for a long time, but before he could react, the nurse said impatiently,

"Why are you stunned? Hurry up and go through the discharge procedures!"

Hong Sheng said "Hey!", and hurried out with the nurse: the procedures are very simple, he returned his household registration book, ID card, signed a few words, and he can be taken away today and tomorrow.Thinking about Le Sheng's situation, he couldn't take the train, and he was carrying Hei Bei with him, so Hong Sheng became cruel, hired a car, and took him away early the next morning.The car drove for a whole day and arrived at Qiaotou Town at dusk. Lesheng was very quiet along the way. Heibei put his head on his lap, and he touched it one after another. He fell asleep in the middle and went to bed twice. In the toilet, I ate an egg, a cake, and drank half a bottle of water; Hong Sheng remembered all these things, even many years later, when he looked back, he remembered every movement and expression of Le Sheng that day. !