When I was a child, every year during the Spring Festival, everyone would go back to the old house for reunion.

Children are just going crazy on the side, setting off firecrackers, playing with wooden figures, hiding and seeking.

As a result, once when playing a game, He Yuan ran too fast, tripped over a mud puddle on the ground, and fell directly into the stinky ditch on the side.

I'm soaking wet.

There was an indescribable sour smell on his body.

Every time he thought about it, He Yuan couldn't help but shudder.

Out of the alley, walk a few steps to the right, and it is Tang's hometown.

The house in Tang's house has been built for a long time, and it is a very old-fashioned brick house.

The house is relatively low, and the wood supporting it outside is worn out.

The walls had already begun to fade, and even peeled off a layer of skin, revealing the gray cement underneath.

"Donald, are you at home?"

He Yuan stepped forward and knocked on the wooden door.

The wooden door is already very broken, and there are scratches everywhere on it, and there are graffiti drawn in chalk, which looks very old.

He Yuan was even a little worried that he accidentally knocked on the wooden door.

After a few minutes, there was no sound inside, and He Yuan became a little strange.

Could it be that Donald is not at home?

He Yuan glanced at the window next to him, and there was a light in the room.

It's not bright, it's dark, it's the old-fashioned, orange light.

When I was a child, every household used this kind of light bulb, and later after the state advocated saving electricity, everyone replaced it with a white energy-saving lamp.

"No, I should be at home. He Yuan scratched his face.

If there is no light in the house, He Yuan is a little uncertain.

Usually, when Donald himself is at home, he rarely turns on the lights.

The old man is always habitually thrifty.

They have lived a hard life, and they have always had a natural sensitivity to disasters.

Like He Yuan's grandmother, she always told He Yuan that when she was affected by disasters in the past, she couldn't afford to eat, and even the bark had to be peeled off and cooked. If the bark is gone, then eat Guanyin soil, eat too much flatulence, be strangled to death, when you die, your stomach is round, and your eyes are bulging, which is scary.

Although He Yuan didn't know what the inevitable relationship between not being able to eat and not turning on the light was, he could understand what the old man meant when he said he wanted to save.

Although he didn't really care.

After all, when there is really a famine, the little money you save is not enough to buy two or two rice.

Since there was a light in the house, Donald must be at home, so He Yuan knocked on the door again, and then waited outside the house.

After a while, the door creaked and opened.

A thin figure appeared in front of He Yuan's eyes.

"Duoduo?" He Yuan was a little surprised.

The figure standing in front of He Yuan was Tang Duoduo, who had not been seen for a while.

Since the last time Tang Duoduo stayed at home for one night, He Yuan had never seen this girl again.

Last time, I heard Donald say that Duoduo had decided to come to live with him. When he talked about this, he looked very happy.

"It's Duoduo, where is your grandfather?" He Yuan twisted the milk and was about to go to the house.

Duoduo glanced at him, and was about to close the door with a blank face.

He Yuan was stunned.

I'm going to enter here, what do you mean by shutting it on me?

Before he could react, the wooden door was about to "snap" on his face, and He Yuan subconsciously stretched out his hand to block the door.

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" He Yuan was puzzled.

I don't think I've done anything.

Why did this Tang Duoduo drive him out directly as soon as he saw him?

Tang Duoduo didn't speak, leaned against the door, and pressed the wooden door hard.

The old-fashioned wooden door was pressed with a "creaking" sound, and sawdust and dust fell down, scattering He Yuan's face.

"Wait, I'm coming to your grandfather. Ahh

When He Yuan spoke, something got into his mouth and quickly spit it out.

Tang Duoduo still didn't speak.

She was like a stubborn donkey, driving He Yuan out one by one.

He Yuan was originally a person with no temper, but now he is a little annoyed in his heart.

If there is something you tell us, if there is something wrong, let's apologize and change.

What does it mean that you don't make a sound and drive people out directly?

"I said, I'm coming to your grandfather. If your grandpa isn't there, I'll leave it here. He Yuan took a breath and calmed down.

He's not the kind of person who doesn't look back unless he hits the south wall.

You really don't like me, let's turn around and leave, not to be angry with you.

Don't be angry.

"You go. Tang Duoduo finally spoke.

She lowered her head, and her voice was like rags, very dry.

"What are you talking about?" He Yuan asked.

Tang Duoduo's voice was too hoarse, and the words were all crowded together, and He Yuan didn't hear it clearly.

"I said, you go!" Tang Duoduo raised his head.

He Yuan found out that she was still wearing a school uniform.

The thin body, trembling under the wide school uniform.

On the delicate little face, the two eye circles have turned red at some point.

She looked up.

Tears flowed down her cheeks and slowly fell.

She raised her head and looked at He Yuan.

Both eyes are full of stubbornness.

He Yuan had never seen Tang Duoduo like this.

In the body, it was as if something suddenly blocked the chest.

Tang Duoduo glanced at He Yuan and slammed the door shut with his backhand.

The dust sprinkled He Yuan's face.

He Yuan stood at the door for a while, then wrung the milk and went back alone.

Back in the courtyard, Peng Peng and the others were still barbecuing, and after seeing He Yuan, they beckoned him to come over and eat together.

He Yuan waved his hand and went straight back to the living room.

Putting the milk in the corner, He Yuan lit a cigarette and looked out of the house.

Outside, the night was dark, pitch black, and there was no sound at all.

When he was a child, He Yuan actually didn't like the countryside, it was too lonely.

Especially at night, there was no sound at all, and my heart was full of panic.

It's just that I don't know when it started, He Yuan gradually lost his feelings.

It doesn't matter if it's black or not.

Gu is not alone, it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter if you're scared or not.

It's like a lot of things that I used to like are not liked anymore, and things that I used to hate are no longer hated.

All joy, anger, joy, sadness, sadness, can be replaced by a "it doesn't matter".

Sometimes, He Yuan felt as if he had lost his emotions, became cold-blooded, indifferent, indifferent to everyone, and indifferent to everything.

Including yourself.

He Yuan attributed this to growth.

But today, seeing Tang Duoduo's appearance, He Yuan didn't know why, and his heart softened suddenly.

"What's wrong with you?"

The delicate body was attached to He Yuan's back, and Tian Rui hugged He Yuan's neck from behind.

He Yuan didn't look back, and said casually: "The game is over?"

"It's over, it's over, my teammates are too pitiful, and I'm hurting me to drop the star again. ”

Tian Rui let go of her arm, stretched her waist, and said listlessly.

"What's there to be angry about, this game is like that. If you really want to score points, go back and find someone to take you. He Yuandao.

"It's not interesting, it's not your own strength to find someone else to fight together, and it's not like you're going to fall off when you turn around. Let's just play like this, anyway, I don't pursue rank, just play a few times a day. Tian Rui said.

She glanced at He Yuan and frowned: "What's the matter, I don't feel like you're very happy." ”

"Nope. The corners of He Yuan's mouth twitched, and he barely showed a smile, "It's just that I suddenly feel a little stuffy." ”

"It's been cold lately, and the temperature has dropped a lot, so be careful not to catch a cold. Tian Rui held He Yuan's hand.

"If you still say me, your hands are cold. He Yuan squeezed her palm and said.

"Didn't I just play a game? Tian Rui stuck out her tongue.

"I'm going to fill your hot water bottle. He Yuan said and stood up.

"Good. Tian Rui crossed her legs on the sofa and looked at He Yuan expectantly.

He Yuan found the hot water bottle, plugged in the line, and then stood there waiting for the hot water bottle to boil.

After smoking one cigarette, he lit another one, and just halfway through it, the hot water bottle was boiling.

Carrying the hot water bottle back to the room, he put the bag in Tian Rui's hand.

"Your hands and feet are too cold, when you turn back in the room, turn on the air conditioner." ”

"No, the air conditioner is turned on too much, and the house is dry and uncomfortable. ”

"Then turn on the humidifier again. ”

"What a toss. ”

"Don't freeze yourself. ”

"It's been like this for so many years, where is it so delicate. Tian Rui didn't care.

"I didn't have a choice before, but now I have the conditions, I have to be kind to myself. ”

"What's wrong with you, I don't think you're very happy. Tian Rui hugged the hot water bottle, tilted his head, and looked at He Yuan.

"No ......"

As soon as He Yuan exited, he hesitated for a moment, sighed and said, "An old man in my neighbor seems to have something wrong." ”

"What's the matter?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen you in days. ”

"Maybe his family picked him up. ”

"His children rarely come back, he's always been alone. ”

"That's right. Tian Rui thought for a while and said, "Are you worried about him?" ”

"When I first came back, he took good care of me and would call me over every day when I had dinner. He Yuandao.

"Then go and have a look, and ask the neighbors, the village is small, and everyone knows what is going on. ”

He Yuan didn't speak, just smoked a stuffy cigarette.

"What are you worried about?" Tian Rui asked.

He Yuan shook his head.

He finally couldn't let it go, took a breath, and stood up.

"I'll go and see, you rest in the house. He changed into his coat and pushed the door open.

He Yuan found a neighbor he knew and asked about Donald's situation.

"You said he, he seemed to have fallen at home a while ago and went to the hospital. ”

"Got into the hospital, is there no problem?"

Then I don't know, when his granddaughter ran to the village, in the middle of the night, knocking on doors to borrow cars. Many people fell asleep and were woken up by her. Fortunately, Lao Li next door was at home, and when he heard that something was wrong, he got up from the bed without saying a word, put on his pants and climbed to drive, and sent people to the hospital. ”

"And then?"

"Later, I didn't know, I heard Lao Li say, it seems that the fall is quite serious, and I haven't seen anyone in the past few days. You say, this man is also quite pitiful, and his children are not around. He's so old, he lives at home alone, and if he suddenly disappears one day, no one will know......"