CHAPTER XVII

At that time, with the osmanthus in full bloom, some people's yards are planted with an osmanthus flower, don't you know that an autumn rain falls, and the wet air is filled with fragrance. The fragrance of the flowers was very heavy, as if fixed somewhere in the sky, and when I looked up, I could smell a moisture mixed with a rich aroma.

Baoqing's family went to Huaiping, Shen Danyu and Xu Ruolin went to the train station to send them, and when they came back, it was afternoon, the stone road was covered with moss because of the old cracks, and there was still a sultry summer breath in the air after the rain. The four of them didn't talk much all the way, Xiao Ying opened her mouth, she smelled that the osmanthus flowers had bloomed, so she was a little hungry for osmanthus balls, she said, "Let's go eat a bowl and then go home?"

In fact, everyone was not very happy, because there were five people before, and Shen Danyu and Baoqing had the closest relationship, but this was not bad, so they went to eat together.

A bowl of thick glutinous rice balls with a little sweet wine stuffed with almost no soup, sprinkled with fresh osmanthus flowers on the surface, stirred with a soup spoon and white thick balls, eat a mouthful of sweet fragrance into the taste, only to feel a hot warm current in the stomach.

They chatted, because tomorrow was the day of school, Xu Ruolin hadn't prepared her homework yet, after eating a bowl of small balls, Shen Danyu asked for two more bowls, Xu Ruolin got up and said goodbye to everyone first.

After the two bowls of packaged wine-stuffed dumplings came up, the remaining three of them walked along the road to the corner of the street and said goodbye one after another.

When she got home, it was still early, and Juan's mother was cooking and cutting vegetables, she put things on the table and said, "Juan's mother, I'll help you, right?" Juan's mother didn't expect the young lady to be so sensible today, Zhang Luo helped her chop vegetables, Juan's mother said: "You go up and stay, and call you after dinner." ”

But Shen Danyu uncharacteristically insisted on taking the knife for cutting vegetables from Juan's mother, and said, "You are so tired every day, I have grown up now, and I can help you." ”

Juan's mother was stunned, and her eyes immediately turned red when she heard this, Shen Danyu can be said to be brought up by her, she has been in the Shen family for more than 20 years, and she never thought that the young lady would say such intimate words, and she was so moved that she wiped her eyes with a bib. Shen Danyu found that Juan's mother's eyes were red, and asked strangely, "What's wrong with Juan's mother?"

Juan's mother shook her head, came up to get the kitchen knife, and only said: "I've been cooking in this family for more than 20 years, what else will I do if you do it for me?" Shen Danyu didn't give it, and continued to cut the vegetables. Juan's mother watched from the sidelines and said happily: "It's good for you to learn a little, if you get married in two years, you can't cook when you get to someone else's house." ”

Juan's mother said this, Shen Danyu was stunned for a moment, her ears were red, she puffed up her stomach knife and put down the kitchen knife, twisted it and said, "What, I'm kind enough to help you." I won't help you, you can cut it yourself. She ran upstairs in a puff of smoke. Mother Juan smiled and shook her head there, and continued to cut vegetables.

Shen Feiyin returned home as usual, saw that there was an extra bowl of osmanthus wine stuffed dumplings on the table, and was watching, Mother Juan was hanging clothes for the master, and said, "This is what Miss bought." She's already eaten. ”

Shen Feiyin took a spoon and took a bite, and said in his mouth: "It's rare that this girl still thinks about us." Mother Juan came over and said with a smile: "What's more, Miss has really grown up, and she went to the kitchen to help me chop vegetables today." ”

Shen Feiyin finished eating the bowl, suddenly looked back at the photo hanging in the hall, sighed and said with relief: "It's been so many years." The daughter is also sensible. ”

In fact, Shen Danyu said goodbye to her friend Baoqing today, and she was in a depressed mood, and received a letter from Fang Shiyan from Liujiang in the morning. The letter said that he gradually became familiar with unfamiliar places, and that it was not difficult for them to become new recruits. The last date of the payment was July 13, and a drop of royal blue ink fell next to it, seeping into the paper.

The content of the letter is not much and very brief, piecemeal, it has been raining in Liujiang these days, I got up at five o'clock in the morning, I looked at a river in the distance from outside the dormitory, the misty fog filled the top of the river, and the rain fell into Chengjiang, I don't know when it will be clear.

Shen Danyu was going to wear the clothes for school, and it was already more than ten o'clock before he got to bed. In the night wrapped in darkness, Fang heard the rustling outside, and the raindrops slipped on the balcony and slanted in, and for some reason his heart sank, regardless of the cold outside, he opened the curtains, and the cold wind mixed with the fragrance of osmanthus rushed in. There was no moon, and the sky seemed to be covered with a layer of gray mist.

Soon after, I unexpectedly learned that Xiansheng stayed in school to become a teacher, and he was taking a new student. He didn't live in the dormitory anymore, and that day Shen Danyu saw him take a big bag and a small bag home, so he helped him carry a bag, and the two chatted while walking, and later talked about Fang Shiyan.

Xiansheng only said: "I didn't expect that kid to have this ambition, at that time when he came back from home, he felt like he had changed as a person." ”

Shen Danyu knew that Xiansheng was talking about Fang Shiyan's mother when she died, and he didn't tell anyone else later, she said: "At that time, his mother died. ”

Xiansheng paused, and the luggage in his hand seemed to loosen for a moment, obviously feeling that he was very surprised, and finally heard him say, "That's it...... I haven't heard him say ......" and then added: "No wonder he is not in a hurry to find a job." ”

The days passed quickly, Shen Danyu went to school and left class as usual, she could have received letters from Fang Shiyan every month, almost all of them were written about recent events, about half a year later, from one letter a month to one every two months, sometimes two and a half months. Shen Danyu didn't know why, but Fang Shiyan said in the letter that the instructors had been strictly guarding recently, and the training tasks were getting more and more, and they had completely entered the closed stage.

She couldn't write to him, because the military discipline in the North District was strict, especially the new freshmen were only allowed to contact their families, and she was helpless.

It's just a two-year training period, and two years is not long.

In the last semester of her graduation, a major event happened, which had nothing to do with them as people, but it also caused a lot of uproar, and everyone in the big and small newspapers talked about it.

Tian Zhaonian in the northern district and Qi Jianyun in the western district officially separated the two factions, the reason is unknown, and it is said that there was an internal conflict. At the beginning of the month, in Fulin, the jurisdiction of the Western District, Tian Zhaonian's team and Qi Jianyun's soldiers met each other outside the city.

In the 20 years since Tian Zhaonian took office, he has raised a pair of people who don't take others seriously, and there are a lot of people who slap him, and the North District is a city of outstanding people and prosperous commerce, and only two-thirds of Fulin is naturally difficult to enter his eyes. The team he sent out was wearing the uniform of the North District and the military vehicles with the tags, as if he was afraid that others would not know.

In the early morning of early May, just after dawn, some people heard the sound of gunshots, and did not know where the fire started, and the sound was far and near, and soon there was a chaotic sound of footsteps on the street, and some curious people wanted to go out to have a look, but as soon as they opened the door, they were pushed in by uniformed officers and soldiers, and they shouted not to go out. That was naturally Qi Jianyun's soldier.

It was such a thing, the big newspapers and tabloids did not let it go, and there were also reporters from the outer harbor who reported on it, which provoked people in all counties in the Western District to know about it.

Shen Danyu's Anzhen is so small that the wind and thunder will not hit here. It's just that the front page of the newspaper has been on the front page for the past two days. The newspaper ordered at home, Shen Danyu took a rare look at it when he was eating breakfast, and after a week's effort, this matter has not subsided, and gradually many inside stories were exposed in the newspaper, most of which were unfavorable to Qi Jianyun.

Sources said that he continued the corrupt habits of the previous governor, made illicit transactions with local banks, laundered an unknown amount of banknotes, and said that Tian Zhaonian obtained evidence of his corruption and will hand it over to the general affairs of the cabinet in the near future.

Shen Danyu put down the newspaper, his thoughts gradually drifted away, thinking of the march organized by a group of students two years ago, just to let Qi Jianyun, who had just taken office, severely punish the people involved in the counterfeit drug incident. If he was really suspected of corruption, as the newspapers said, then their march that year was really unjust.

Juan's mother put the empty dishes she had eaten into the kitchen, but Shen Danyu didn't want to go upstairs at all, she didn't want to stay alone in the empty room, because she had been irritable recently, on one side she was about to graduate, and on the other hand, Fang Shiyan hadn't written from her for half a year. In fact, she doesn't have to be sad, because he said that he would come back in two years, and according to the day, it will be the year she graduates. It's just that she hasn't heard from her for a long time, and she doesn't know how the other party is doing, so she will inevitably be unable to lift her energy.

It is another day of stroke and sunshine in the four seasons.

Xiansheng got married, the woman was from the town next door, one year older than Shen Danyu, and after graduation, Anzhen became a teacher, and the two decided to get married after knowing Xiansheng for half a year. Xiansheng invited many friends, including Shen Danyu.

Hyunsheng's home is an old-fashioned family, and it is also an old-style wedding. The banquet was placed in the courtyard, and nearly 20 tables were placed in the courtyard of the three-story wooden building. The bride wore a bright red cheongsam, and her smooth and neat hair ornament was adorned with a big red flower. Xiansheng has a red flower pinned to his chest.

The night was full of guests, Shen Danyu picked out a light red Yin Shi Danlin cheongsam because they were holding an old-style wedding, and Xiansheng was busy greeting the guests, and they didn't say a few words. It's just that when the wine came to her table, Xiansheng wine was a little upset, his whole face turned red, and he couldn't help but miss the old days, and said to her: "Feng Shen is here, but I can't inform Fang Shiyan's kid, we used to live in the same dormitory as good friends, it's a pity that I have such a good day - Xiaoyu, when you do a happy event, I have to punish him well when I see him!"

Shen Danyu reluctantly smiled in return to him, and after drinking a glass of wine, Feng Shen on the other side smiled at her. Feng Shen came back ten days ago, he was less nerdy than before, his body was stronger, and he became more calm and atmospheric, but he still wore that pair of glasses.

When the banquet was almost finished, she said goodbye to the two newlyweds. The night breeze was very warm, which made the white cardigan she had prepared put on her arm. The bustle inside gradually became inaudible, she wore high-heeled leather shoes, walked unsteadily, and randomly stopped a rickshaw to go home.

The coachman ran fast, lighting lanterns in front of several houses along the way, and she melted into the darkness. But he cried without even knowing it. He left a few tears and buried his face in the palm of his hand.

Her mind came to Feng Shen's gaze when she looked at her just now, and that admittedly smile seemed to have pity in it, which made her heart move.

When Feng Shen came back, she brought a letter written to her by Fang Shiyan, and for some reason, she felt bad when she took the letter, because he didn't come back with Feng Shen.

Of course, Feng Shen already knew the reason, Feng Shen stood in front of her, noticed that her face changed, and comforted: "It's a good thing to stay abroad, all of us have broken our heads, but Shi Yan was selected with excellent grades." Don't worry, two years soon. ”

The chaotic memories only kept coming back to her mind, and she suddenly raised her face to stop crying, and wiped the tears from her face. Because it's home.