street people

Lang Song often helped Sun Yanshi unload the goods at the alley. When he got in the car while carrying luggage, he stopped at Aunt Ding's house.

In the afternoon, she went to Sun Yanshi's store to pick up the stored salt, and asked casually, "Why don't you see Xiaoyueyue, still taking a nap?"

Sun Yanzhi smiled faintly: "They moved away."

Aunt Ding's eyes widened, and she said in amazement: "Xiao Song is moving this morning?! Oh, look at me, I'm so stupid, why don't I have the heart to ask?" She tightly squeezed a few packets of fine salt in her hand, "It's almost Chinese New Year, why did you move away now? Did something happen to you?"

"Nothing happened, I moved to their staff dormitory." Sun Yanshi found an excuse to prevaricate.

"Then do you know where they moved?" Aunt Ding asked again, "I made a pair of tiger-toed shoes for Yueyue and Huhu, and then I made one, and she left. If I had known, I would have stayed up all night. They were kicked out. You give me their new address, and I'll send it over when it's ready."

Sun Yanshi was speechless because he didn't know where Lang Song moved to.Two days ago, Lang Song only said that he was going to move out, but he didn't say anything else, and he didn't ask.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Sun Yanshi's dull expression, Aunt Ding was puzzled, "Didn't he tell you?"

Sun Yanshi suddenly came back to his senses: "You can bring it to me when you're done, and I'll send it there for you."

Aunt Ding nodded again and again: "That line, that line, you pass it on for me. The store is busy right now, so I'll go back first."

Sun Yanshi called her to stop: "Wait, I'll write down the bill for you." Since the billboard was settled last time, every time he buys goods, he will help the dumpling shop to order together, and the goods will be placed in his shop. Aunt Ding If you want to use it, come over to get some, and he got a "ledger" to clear the account for Aunt Ding.

Aunt Ding waved her hand: "Don't forget, you can still take advantage of me."

"Then let me remember it for you."

Sun Yanshi opened the innermost drawer, ready to get the "account book", when a note came into view, and the familiar strong handwriting appeared vividly on the paper.He glanced at the contents of the note and remembered that it was written to him by Lang Song.

On the night when Lang Song confessed his love impulsively, he was confused and ran to Zhang Wu's house to stay.When he got home the next day, Lang Song had already gone to work, and there was a note pressed under the thermos cup on the counter, telling him that there was a prepared meal in the refrigerator, and he could eat it by heating it in the microwave.

Sun Yanshi raised his eyes, looked at the thermos cup not far away, reached out to pick it up and weighed it, it was very heavy, and it was full of water.He put the cup back, folded the note and put it in the lower drawer, and took out Aunt Ding's exclusive "book".

Under the action of static electricity, two pieces of paper were sucked under the notebook and then floated above the counter.

Sun Yanshi glanced at it lightly, saw the word "IOU" on the white paper, his eyes froze, and he picked it up immediately.

The IOU was also written by Lang Song. The amount of the loan was written in Chinese characters and Arabic numerals in a neat manner.

Sun Yanshu frowned, when did he lend such a sum of money?Immediately, he had the answer.

Another piece of paper under the IOU listed in detail the rent, food expenses, etc. that Lang Song had not paid in the past two months.

"Ah--"

Sun Yan laughed angrily. Lang Song was leaving, but he didn't ask anything, including of course the 10 yuan for Lang Yue's surgery.Although he didn't want Lang Song to return it at all, he knew that if he said "no need to return it", Lang Song would not agree.Moreover, in the past two months, he has received two transfers from Lang Song, with different amounts, far exceeding the minimum monthly repayment amount on the IOU.

He understood Lang Song's temper and would not act violently, so he simply kept silent and let Lang Song pay back slowly.

But he didn't expect that Lang Song actually calculated all the rent and food expenses that he had confiscated in the past two or three months, and wrote another IOU. He was really so angry that he couldn't laugh or cry.

But holding on to the note and thinking about it again, the anger in his belly suddenly dissipated completely, such an arrogant and stubborn Lang Song was the boy he was familiar with.

Sun Yanshi's gaze moved down and landed on the two lines below the account details.

[Brother, there are dumplings and wontons in the refrigerator freezer, remember to cook them and eat them, and try to eat less takeaway in the future. 】

Two casual and plain advices, as if the person who left the message was just going out for a trip.

Sun Yanshi took a quick breath, and his temples twitched violently.He closed his eyes, randomly folded the black and white paper on the table, and stuffed it back into the drawer, forgetting about Aunt Ding's bill.

He stepped out of the counter, lingered in a daze for a moment and ran to the kitchen.

The three doors of the refrigerator were all opened, and everything inside was unobstructed.Vegetables, fruits, eggs, and milk are placed on the top layer. In addition, there are three fresh-keeping boxes containing rice and fried vegetables.

The freezer on the middle floor contains frozen shrimp, crayfish tails and sea cucumbers.

There are three frozen layers at the bottom, which are filled with wontons, dumplings, and steamed buns. They are not the ones bought in supermarkets. They are wrapped by Lang Song himself. They are packed in fresh-keeping bags for each person. There is also a bag of frozen coriander in the corner. end.

Sun Yanshi stared blankly at the overcrowded refrigerator and didn't come back to his senses for a while.

Lang Song was so busy this week, the two only met in the morning and evening, he didn't know when Lang Song prepared these things, and where he got the time to prepare these things.

After closing the refrigerator door numbly, Sun Yanshi quickly went upstairs and entered the room.

Since Lang Song moved in, his room has changed from being messy and disorderly to being much cleaner and tidy, especially at this moment because the room is much empty.

There is only a folded mattress left on the lower bunk, the quilt was put into the cabinet by Lang Song, and the bedding was washed by Lang Song, and they are now hanging on the verandah.The brothers and sisters don't have many things at all, most of them belong to Lang Yue, and Lang Song only has a few clothes and a few pairs of shoes.

However, why did the small room feel more than half empty after Lang Song left?

Sun Yanshi silently walked to the wardrobe and opened the door. The old-fashioned built-in double-door wardrobe was not big. He and Lang Song didn't have much clothes, so it was enough to hold their clothes.

Lang Song's clothes only occupy the smallest grid in the middle, which is empty at this time, but his clothes are folded neatly according to autumn, winter and spring and summer, and two grids are placed in each.Shirts, suits, and two cashmere coats that hadn't been worn in two years hung on the top shelf, obviously ironed.

He also didn't know when Lang Song helped him iron his clothes.

With a "bang", Sun Yanshi kicked the door of the cupboard in a fit of anger. He didn't know exactly what he was angry with or who he was angry with.

Turning around and walking out the door quickly, he stopped his steps suddenly, and his eyes fell on the closed red-painted door in front of him.Pausing for a moment, he pushed away the room that originally belonged to him and where Lang Yue lived in these past few months.

The room is still the same as it was in high school in the memory - an empty bed, a desk, and the bookshelves against the wall are full of books.The bright yellow, milk green, and pink that originally belonged to the little girl in the room were all gone, as if those beautiful colors were just a gorgeous dream.

Until now, Sun Yanshi had the real feeling that Lang Song and Lang Yue had moved away, as if a piece of his heart had been hollowed out, empty and light.He walked to the edge of the bed, sat down, leaned back again, and lay down on the hard bed, staring blankly at the pale and cold ceiling above his head, and slowly covered his empty chest with his hands.

The day Lang Song moved was Saturday, and Lang Yue didn't go to school.

Two days passed in a daze, and on Monday morning, Sun Yanshi went to the kindergarten.

On the day of leaving, Langyue was crying out of breath in his arms. He comforted Langyue, saying that he must go to see her for morning exercises on Monday, so he coaxed her to sleep.

He would not break his promise, but he didn't want Lang Song to know, so he set off at a pinch, and when he arrived at the kindergarten, the children had just lined up to do exercises.

A semester is coming to an end, and a few old men and women are still like the first day of school, worried about the children who are relatives from the next generation, bowed their waists, and looked in through the fence uneasily.Sun Yanshi also joined in, walked to a hidden place, and saw Langyue in a flower bone at a glance.

She was wearing that light yellow down jacket, stretching her arms and kicking her legs less seriously, turning her head to look around from time to time.The eyebrows were slightly frowned, and the corners of the mouth were curled down, looking a little depressed and sad.

Knowing that she was looking for him, Sun Yanshi struggled and hid behind the two elders.

At the end of the morning activities, after looking back several times to no avail, Langyue lowered her head and walked into the classroom under the instruction of the teacher.

Sun Yanshi was very distressed and guilty, but he still pinched his palms and made up his mind not to show up.

After calming down these two days, he thought a lot, and he knew very well that what Lang Song needed was not to move away, but distance.If you don't keep a restrained distance, it will be meaningless for Lang Song to move out.

Besides, no matter how much he loves Lang Yue, he is not her biological father and cannot replace her father's role.But what Langyue needs is a normal and healthy family environment.Compared with a "father" who suddenly appeared due to a misunderstanding, she should need a gentle sister-in-law more.

The sudden parting made Lang Yue unacceptable for a while, but she could always get used to it after a long time.And he himself also needs time to get used to it.

After standing for a while, Sun Yanshi came out from the corner.He found a teacher and entrusted him to hand over a small "soybean" made of clay to Lang Yue.

Yesterday he found a box of clay in the drawer of the room, and three clay figurines made by Lang Yue.The child's craftsmanship is not very delicate, and the villains' facial features are crooked, but one can tell from the color of the "clothes" that one villain is him, one is Lang Song, and the other is Lang Yue herself.

When Langyue pinched the villain, he was there to guide her. She also pinched her father and mother, muttering: "We are a family."

That day Langyue wanted to knead another soybean, but she was not satisfied after kneading a few times, and finally kneaded the clay into a ball again angrily.

He squeezed Lang Yue's small face and said to her, "Dad will help you handle it", but after that, Lang Song confessed and other things happened, and he ignored it until he found the "A family of three" just remembered.

His handicraft is not much better than that of children, and he managed to get a small soybean out after a whole afternoon of kneading.

The innocent little girl took her parents away, but secretly left her brother and herself to accompany him.So he gave back Soybean, so that the puppy who had once protected her would continue to guard her.By the way, let Langyue know that she has been to kindergarten.

In the next few days, Sun Yanshi went to see Lang Yue twice in the kindergarten and rehabilitation center, but he hid in a hidden place and did not show up.A week later, he went to the kindergarten again, only to realize that the winter vacation had begun when he saw the closed kindergarten gate and the holiday notice posted on the gate.

In the evening, he went to the rehabilitation center again. There was only one cleaner cleaning the empty hall—the rehabilitation center was also on holiday.

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As the Chinese New Year approaches, every day there are out-of-town tenants dragging their suitcases out of Lanying Lane and embarking on their journey back home.The bustling Lanying Village in the past has become deserted at this time when it should be more lively. The only thing that is lively is the north wind passing through the alleys, stirring up the dust all over the place.

At the counter of the grocery store, Sun Yanshi was half lying and half leaning on the boss chair, with his legs resting on the footstool, and his right foot was shaking rhythmically.With a cigarette in his mouth and a mobile phone in his hands, he was playing match [-] games, exactly the same as that afternoon in early August.

The difference is that it is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, and Sun Yanshi's eyes did not stay on the phone screen.He was like a sculpture, holding the phone in his hand, but his eyes didn't settle, and he was staring blankly at a certain place.

Suddenly, the phone vibrated in his hand.

Sun Yanshi came back to his senses in shock, stared at "Uncle Qiang" on the caller ID for a moment, then answered the phone.

"Xiao Sun, what's the matter, did Xiao Song move away from you?" Hua Qiang's sonorous voice sounded.

Sun Yanshi became nervous: "Uncle, how did you know?" There were many and complicated things for the grassroots police, and there were more things at the end of the year. Hua Qiang hadn't been to him for a long time, and he didn't tell Lang Song about moving away. other side.

Hua Qiang replied: "I just came back from the police, and the door guard brought me two boxes of skin care products. They said they were sent by a young man. I guessed that it was Lang Song, so I called them. He told me himself."

"Yes, we moved out." Sun Yanshi heaved a sigh of relief, instead of telling Hua Qiang the truth, he used the excuse of fooling Aunt Ding to get by.

Hua Qiang didn't think much about it, he just said that he would go and see the two children when he was free, and hung up the phone.

At this time, Sun Yanshi didn't think about it, until he received a call from Zheng Ye in the afternoon, and he felt something was wrong.

Zheng Ye said that Lang Song quietly put a box of milk powder and other gifts at the door of his house, and put a letter in the gift bag, writing some words thanking the couple for their care.He called and was told to turn off the phone.

Feeling apprehensive, Sun Yanshi immediately went to the small courtyard to drag out the small electric donkey and rushed to the restaurant.On the way, Zhang Wu also called, but he didn't answer, but he already guessed why the other party called.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Sun Yanshi casually put the small eDonkey at the door and walked quickly into the store.

Xiao He was cleaning the table, turned his head to look, and hurried up to meet him: "Brother Sun, I'm going to look for you at night!"

Feeling even more uneasy, Sun Yanshi couldn't help frowning: "Is Lang Song here?"

Xiao He was puzzled: "He resigned a week ago."

Sun Yanzhi was stunned: "Resign?" A week ago?After Lang Song moved out, he never came to the restaurant again, and he didn't know about it at all.

"That's right." Xiaohe pulled him to the door of the store, speaking quickly, "Brother Sun, you came just in time, I can't get through to Brother Song, please return this to him for me." Come in a brown paper envelope.

Sun Yanshi took it, squeezed it, and there was a wad of money inside.

Before he could ask, Xiaohe explained: "In our line of work, according to the rules, we have to help the master for a year or two after leaving the teacher, to repay the master's teaching. Brother Song was in a hurry to leave, probably because he felt sorry for my uncle, so he took this All the wages for a period of time have been refunded. My uncle didn’t stay in the store very much recently. When I came here today, I found a wad of money in the drawer in the office. My uncle said that he didn’t teach any unique skills, it’s all up to Brother Song High understanding and willing to endure hardships, ordered me to return the money..."

Xiaohe was chattering, but Sun Yanshi grasped the point of the words and interrupted him: "Is he in a hurry to leave? Do you know where he went?"

Xiaohe was stunned: "Go back to my hometown, didn't he tell you? Brother Song has a distant cousin who runs a food stall in his hometown. He recently injured his waist and couldn't work anymore. He said he would transfer the stall to him."

With a buzzing in his mind, Sun Yanshi thought of the quick-frozen dumplings and wontons in the refrigerator, the neat clothes in the closet, the newly replaced gas tank, the newly replaced door latch, and the reinforced kennel...

At this moment, he suddenly realized that Lang Song had already quietly said goodbye.

He planned everything, silently prepared a refrigerator full of food for him, and then moved out of Lanying Lane. After Langyue's holiday, he sent gifts to everyone who helped him to express his gratitude, and said goodbye to them one by one.

He didn't want to move at all, but he wanted to leave Jiangcheng...

Sun Yan felt angry from his heart, kicked on the steps, gritted his teeth and said, "Damn boy, what are you playing so deeply!"

Xiao He immediately took a step back, and asked nervously, "Brother Sun, what's the matter, did I say something wrong..."

Sun Yanshi took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, waved his hands and said, "No, it's none of your business." He handed the money in his hand to Xiaohe, "You know his temper, and you won't take back what you give out. Turn around, you can keep the money."

"All right……"

Xiaohe left, and Sun Yanshi stood alone at the door of the hotel, looking blankly at the sycamore leaves not far away that were swirled away by the north wind, feeling as if he was also swept away by the biting cold wind I got up, fluttering, not knowing what to do.

He clutched his phone, and swipe aimlessly through the address book, pausing several times on the name of "Lang Song", but then swipe past it quickly.

The reason why he didn't ask where Lang Song moved was because he subconsciously knew that he and Lang Song were inextricably linked.They have mutual friends, elders, and the "little bridge" Langyue, so even if they don't ask, it is impossible to completely cut off contact. As long as he wants to, he can know the current situation of the brothers and sisters in other ways, so he is not afraid. , not in a hurry.

But what he didn't expect was that Lang Song unilaterally cut off all contact in such a decisive way.

Sun Yanshi brushed his wind-torn hair and picked up his cell phone.He knew that even if the call was made, all he would hear would be a cold notification tone.

He should have been relieved and happy for Lang Song's decisive decision, but he didn't want to deceive himself, he was actually a little sad.