Eight years ago

Xingtai Yongan

"Where are the fireworks tonight?"

Shen Danyu took the microphone and said to the person on the phone.

"Aconitum Bridge. Okay, see you at seven o'clock in the evening. ”

"What are you going to do so late?"

Shen Feiyin commanded his subordinates to carry their luggage. For three days, all the belongings of the family were packed into boxes. The hall was overrun by boxes. And the only set of sofas left in the hall, Shen Feiyin said to the movers, "This set of sofas is not needed, and all the items in the house, you can find someone to dispose of them after we leave." ”

The movers were busy with sweat sticking to their backs and agreeing repeatedly.

Shen Danyu hung up the phone, quickly walked through the large boxes of different sizes, wrapped one of his father's arms, and said flatteringly: "My classmates know that I am leaving, so they ask me to gather tonight and have a meal." And there are fireworks at Wutou Bridge tonight. Daddy, can you?"

Shen Feiyin looked at her delicate daughter coquettishly to herself, and said in a deep voice: "I have to go home before twelve o'clock, and I have to hurry tomorrow morning." ”

"Got it. ”

She happily walked through the cluttered boxes and up the stairs to change clothes. All the things in the room have been packed up, and there are still some things that she has left close to her, ready to put them in her suitcase tomorrow and take them directly.

Juan's mother brought her a white cloak from the hanger. Juan's mother is her wet nurse, and she has been taking care of her since she was six years old, and this time she also went with them.

Juan's mother said: "It's just raining these days, and it's cold at night, so wear more." ”

She put on her cloak and waved out. There were wall lamps on the walls of the two gates, and a black car started immediately when she saw her come out, and the driver, Lao Fu, greeted her, "Where is Miss going so late?"

Lao Fu has been a driver in her house for more than ten years, and when it comes to the day of going home to recuperate, today is also the last time he will be the driver of the Shen family, so he feels very diligent.

Shen Danyu said: "Go to Wutou Bridge." ”

"Okay. ”

The car drove forward, the asphalt road was wet due to the rain for several days, the car turned to the road, today is a special day, many people gathered on the street, all walking in the direction of the market. Along the way, the lights are dim, there are cherry blossoms planted on the side of the road, there is not a family of three, the child is clamoring to break a cherry blossom, the father compromised, so he had to break a small one.

Lao Fu parked the car at the entrance of an alley, and when Shen Danyu got out of the car, Lao Fu said, "Miss, I'll be waiting for you here." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Fu. ”

Shen Danyu closed the car door, the night in March was still a little cold, she took off her gloves, rubbed her hands, and sighed in her palm, suddenly sneezed, and she hurriedly took out the handkerchief in her handbag.

The place to eat is a small noodle restaurant across the Wutou Bridge, and the window on the second floor is just right to see the weeping cherry blossoms in full bloom.

The people sitting in the seat are all her friends over the years, Xu Ruolin is the organizer of this gathering, saw her coming up from the stairs, ran over and said, "I'm waiting for you, come and sit here." ”

Shen Danyu glanced at the dozen or so people in the seat, all of whom had a good relationship with her in the past, and even the seniors of the student union who had graduated for two years smiled at her.

Everyone toasted together, Xu Ruolin said: "Today is for Xiaoyu, let her say a word first." ”

Xu Ruolin had a lot of ghost ideas, Shen Danyu secretly bumped her with her elbow, and said: "Thank you for coming today, but say okay, don't listen to this ghost girl, we don't drink, I have to go home in a while." ”

Drink it all in one go. It's just that a few male classmates in the position couldn't bear it, so they came over with a bottle of beer, opened the bottle cap, and poured a few glasses. The girlfriends who sat down said disgustedly: "If you drink too much, you can sleep here today, we don't care." After saying that, there was a loud laugh.

This small noodle restaurant has an old reputation for more than ten years, and the business is good at night, and the square table downstairs is full of people. They booked a large room, which was partitioned by a screen, but the young people were noisy and laughing, without measure, and the noise was so loud that even the passers-by on the street outside could hear it, and during the process, it was inevitable that the people next door would look at them.

Shen Danyu shook his head helplessly, and could only let these male classmates drink freely. Xu Ruolin poured half a glass of wine, and was about to pour it for her, but she refused, "I really don't drink it." ”

The amount of alcohol among them can be compared with that of the boys is Xiao Ying, Xiao Ying's cheeks are like red eggs, she slapped the table and pointed to the person in the seat, "Who? Who else?!" There are really male classmates who said loudly: "I!" This person is Wu Huaiyu, holding a cup in his right hand, and there is still half of the wine left in his left hand.

A few drunken ones were already lying on the table and talking loudly. A few of them who had not drunk alcohol naturally stepped forward to persuade them. Xiao Ying and Wu Huaiyu began to fight wine, Xiao Ying said, "Don't come here, I won't get drunk with this kid today!"

Xiao Ying was talking about wine, her body shook unnaturally, Shen Danyu looked at it and sneered, when she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, her eyes happened to meet the senior of the student union sitting in the corner. The senior's name is Feng Shen, two years older than her, and in her impression, Feng Shen is humble and gentle, and treats people politely. At this time, Shen Danyu saw Feng Shen staring at herself in the corner, she smiled rudely, Feng Shen also returned a smile, and then picked up a little beer on the table and drank it in one sip.

She had several contacts with Feng Shen, especially when the freshmen entered the school, he came to help the younger students as a senior, and his voice was strong, and he had the tone of a cadre when he opened his mouth. He wears a pair of glasses and has met him a few times when he goes to the library, so there is a nerdy feel in his eyes. It's just that I haven't seen this senior for two years, and the moment my eyes collided unintentionally just now, Feng Shen's eyes were sharp and there was some kind of mysterious light. - I wonder if it's a reflection of the spectacle lens.

She was stunned, panicked for some reason, and hurriedly lowered her head to drink water.

Looking downstairs from the small window, there were more and more people on the street. The water on the aconitum bridge is impassable.

Shen Danyu and Qi Shan walked outside, fireworks were being prepared on the other side of the bridge, and there were a few people who set off fireworks waiting for ten o'clock to ignite the fire.

The two of them finally squeezed onto the bridge, and Qi Shan took her hand and went up step by step. The mossy steps made her slip and her handbag fell to the ground. She let go of Qi Shan's hand, and squeezed through the crowd with great effort, many people were squeezing up, her handbag was mixed between people, and she didn't know who stepped on it.

She stood up with a frown, her wrist red. When the crowd was surging, and she didn't know what to do, a man handed her her handbag, and she just wanted to thank her, but the man dragged her in the direction of the flow of people without saying anything.

The crowd is crowded, and there are two large weeping cherry trees planted on the riverbank, not to mention the small shops on the street with lanterns hanging in front of the doors, which are very beautiful.

"Thank you, senior. When he got below, Shen Danyu hurriedly thanked him.

Feng Shen put his hand in his trouser pocket and smiled at her: "No need to say thank you." After they all graduated, what are you called seniors, just call me by my name. ”

Shen Danyu lowered his head and nodded with a smile.

Suddenly, there were a few sounds nearby, and everyone was startled, but then the air lit up, and the crowd stopped, and they all looked up into the air.

Beautiful flowers bloom in the air. The night sky is as bright as the stars.

But the moment the fireworks went out, the sky became so dark again.

said that he would watch the fireworks, but he didn't expect that the time was so short, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. After waiting for a long time, the aconitum bridge was noisy again, and the crowd flowed.

She and Feng Shen walked on the road of the bluestone slab. Shen Danyu remembered Qi Shan, looked around, and Feng Shen said, "She will go back herself." ”

Walking along the riverbank, Shen Danyu noticed that Feng Shen seemed to have something to say to her, and she was thinking nonsense, as if there was only one thing that would make Feng Shen intersect with her. She walked silently and did not speak for a long time. Walking to the mouth of the alley, Feng Shen suddenly called her, she turned around, and suddenly heard several rapid horns, and there were two cars on the opposite street for pedestrians to avoid.

Feng Shen originally stopped her and had something to say, but now he watched the two black cars pass by slowly and looked at them for a long time.

Shen Danyu said, "What's wrong? What are you looking at?"

As soon as he asked this, Feng Shen came back to his senses and muttered casually, "It's nothing...... It's the people of Xiying. ”

Shen Danyu looked back, the cars had passed, and she said, "So what?"

Feng Shen and her continued to walk forward. Feng Shen pushed his glasses and said to her, "Maybe I'm on duty in the military and I'm more sensitive to these." ”

Shen Danyu had to stop this time and asked him, "What, you ...... too?"

Feng Shen smiled, Shen Danyu unconsciously used the word "also", and stopped his mouth in time abruptly.

But these can't escape Feng Shen's keen capture.

Feng Shen said: "I went to the North District after graduation, and I was transferred back to the Overseer last year, but I was only a recorder. ”

However, Shen Danyu didn't answer at all, just nodded and said, "Very good." This reaction seemed to be expected by Feng Shen, and he continued, "There were eighty people in our school that year, and only ten of them were admitted, and I was one of them with good grades, but it's a pity that I ...... Two years ago, I chose to go to study abroad, but that person was a world, and I actually lost to that kid. It's really hard to settle. ”

Shen Danyu's footsteps slowed down, and he said: "Why do you all like to go abroad? Is it really so good abroad? Are you willing to give up your relatives and friends in your hometown?"

Feng Shen crossed his hands and thought for a while, "That's not it." Ordinary people like us, we can learn a lot of things that we can't learn here when we go abroad, and when we return to China, they will naturally become fragrant and sweet - the most important thing is to get a promotion and a salary increase, isn't it tempting?"

With that, they both laughed. knows that Feng Shen is not the kind of person who covets officialdom and fame - he was a person with his own independent thoughts when he was in school, and he also organized student marches.

But Shen Danyu still laughed, she didn't know why she couldn't stop laughing, and when the laughter stopped, tears actually appeared in the corners of her eyes, and she rubbed it with a handkerchief.

I don't know when Feng Shen walked behind her, and when Shen Danyu turned around, Feng Shen's glasses seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, and he was far away. Feng Shen said: "Did Shi Yan and you pass the letter?"

She was in a trance for a moment, hung her head and said, "No." ”

Feng Shen stepped forward to stand side by side with her at this time. Neither of them spoke. In the end, it was Feng Shen who opened his mouth to break the dull atmosphere, "I remember that when you first entered the school, you always held a book of Song Ci in your hand, and occasionally listened to you recite it while walking. But I like the song you read Yue Fei the most. ”

It was as if a golden door had opened before her eyes, dappled with sunlight, benches under green locust trees, and pavilions by the fountain pool.

Shen Danyu Nuonuo asked, "Which one?"

Feng Shen said: "That song "Little Heavy Mountain". ”

"Last night, I couldn't stop singing. Shocked back to the dream of a thousand miles, it has been three watches. Get up and walk around the stairs alone. People are quiet, and the moon is bright outside the curtain.

The white head is famous. The old mountain pine and bamboo are old, blocking the return journey. I want to put my heart into Yaoqin. There are few bosom friends, and who listens to broken strings. “

Shen Danyu recited it casually, and Feng Shen clapped his hands and said, "Yes, this is the song!"

They walk by the river, and on weekdays, the shop will set up a stall in front of the door, and set up a square table and a few benches for customers to eat outside.

As they walked, there was a sudden fragrance in the air, the smell of sweet wine that she was most familiar with. There is a restaurant on the left, and there is a large wooden barrel filled with sake, and the natural fermentation flavor is full of fragrance.

Shen Danyu likes to eat wine-stuffed dumplings the most, so she ran over and asked for two bowls, and Feng Shen sat down with her. There was a light bulb hanging from the tent that had been erected, and the table was clean. When Shen Danyu sat down, he asked, "Do you like eggs?"

Feng Shen shook his head.

Shen Danyu turned to the boss and said, "Uncle, add an egg to me." ”

"Okay. The boss's voice was loud.

This restaurant is newly opened, and the shop and furnishings are all new, except for the barrels that make wine for a long time.

The boss brought them two bowls of wine. The warm sweet wine is drunk and sweet, and the weather in March warms the stomach when you eat this.

Feng Shen said: "Boss, your store is newly opened, where did you move from?"

The boss was warm and familiar, hung a rag on his shoulder, and said, "My wife and I moved here from Liujiang last month. ”

Shen Danyu pinched the hand of the porcelain spoon and paused, and said calmly: "Liujiang is a good place, the land is vast, why did the uncle abandon that good place and come to this poor country?"

"It's a good place -- but in the past two years, the Russians have come in, and we civilians have paid taxes, the rent of the shop has risen again, and the Russians walking on the street are still checking you, how are you spending these days? Seeing that the situation is becoming more and more tense, Tian Zhaonian is still swaying from side to side...... We still have two children, no, we found an acquaintance to get a pass to go back to our hometown. ”

The boss actually had gray temples, and when he said this, he shook his head helplessly.

Feng Shen lowered his head and ate without saying anything. After the two finished eating the wine in the bowl, Shen Danyu left and said, "Boss, make me two more bowls." Feng Shen said: "Haven't you eaten yet?" Shen Danyu smiled: "I'll take it to my father and Juan's mother to eat." ”

The car at the mouth of the alley is still parked there. Shen Danyu knocked on the car door, and Lao Fu came to open the door.

Feng Shen sent it here and said goodbye, Shen Danyu squeezed his handbag in both hands at this time, turned around and smiled, "Brother Feng, goodbye." ”

"Goodbye, remember to write to everyone. ”

This goodbye is true, she is moving out of Anzhen tomorrow, and she doesn't know when these good friends will be able to meet.

Lao Fu turned his head forward, saw Feng Shen still standing in place from the car mirror, and saw Shen Danyu smiling at him, Feng Shen waved his hand and turned around. The back faded into the lights of the long street.

There was a smell of wine in the car, and Lao Fu Zao saw the young lady carrying a packaged sweet wine in her hand, and smacked her lips salivating and said, "It's so fragrant, my lord loves to eat this." ”

It takes more than ten minutes to go home from Wutou Bridge, after all, today is a special day, and there are many people on the road at half past eleven. The shop, which was supposed to be closed at this time, was lit up all night, and a stall was set up outside the store, with a stove, full of human fireworks.

Late at night, the car gradually drove into the depths, and there was no one living in this area, but there was a street lamp shining on the sand road at a distance, and the moonlight was as thin as water, and this road was silent and dim. Shen Danyu couldn't help but feel a sense of loneliness.

She moved to Anzhen when she was six years old, and her father started a new business here, and it was not bad to buy and sell on a small budget. Later, I bought such an ancient house in the suburbs, and a few cypress trees outside the big wall have grown tall. Recently, the family sorted out the things that were moved, and in order to save, my father only asked to bring some clothes and important things, mainly light. ——This time, my father proposed to move out of Anzhen, and just last month, she was not allowed to ask in detail, and Juan's mother began to be busy with the moving house.

Seeing that he was going home at the corner, Lao Fu suddenly braked, and Shen Danyu began to fall asleep a little, and woke up after hitting the glass.

The car stopped at the corner of the gate, and she wanted to urge Lao Fu why not drive in, when she opened her eyes wide and saw a few people in black police uniforms standing at the door of the house.

It's just this strangeness, but the outside and inside of the house are as quiet as ever.

Lao Fu didn't know when he opened the car door and walked down to negotiate, but the man in the police uniform only asked him one word, and he was held by the two policemen around him and couldn't move.

Shen Danyu ran out in a hurry and shouted, "What are you doing?!"

She didn't know where the courage was, these people were wearing police uniforms, and they had heard that the security team in Anzhen was corrupt and perverted the law, but at that moment, she was born subconsciously with the guts. But as soon as the questioning words came out, she felt creepy from the soles of her feet upwards - these people are not easy to mess with.

Lao Fu was held by them, unable to break free, and shouted in his mouth: "Miss, go quickly!"

Shen Danyu's eyes widened, she felt that it was dark in front of her, she was at a loss, and subconsciously ran to the house - the yard was just dark and quiet. The door to the hall was ajar and dimly lit.

The moment she pushed the door open with all her might, she stood there with her hands on the door frame - the living room was a mess, the boxes that had been sorted out and moved were rummaged through, everything was scattered on the floor, and there were antique small pieces and porcelain vases that my father really loved

Tumbling to the ground, there were still cracks.

Shen Danyu was stunned, and the bag in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang". Suddenly he ran upstairs like crazy, shouting as he ran, "Juan's mother, Daddy's mother...... Daddy......"

The sound of footsteps on the wooden floor only made a few "thump" sounds, and the heavy muffled sound seemed to beat her heart like a drum, and thousands of thoughts flowed and turned in a short period of time—all kinds of bad thoughts slipped through her mind, like lightning that came and went quickly.

She ran into every room—there was nothing but furniture and small unwanted objects, but they fell on their backs as if they had been smashed......

"Father!

The wind blew in the night and the long curtains flew up, and the balcony doors clicked and collided. The room was empty, and the sound echoed with a kind of emptiness.

Juan's mother escaped out of nowhere, ran towards her, and kept pushing her.

"Juan's mother...... What's wrong with you?"

Shen Danyu anxiously saw that Juan's mother's hands were bloody, and her arms were pushed into the room by Juan's mother's hard and cold hands. Shen Danyu pressed the door, her eyes were bloodshot, and at that time, Juan's mother's face was miserable, but one thing was that her eyes were full of terrible red bloodshots, and the corners of her eyes didn't know if it was blood......

Juan's mother kept saying in her mouth: "Hurry up...... Let's go......"

That kind of desperate begging, Juan's mother pushed her, and with all her strength, pushed her down to the balcony. From time to time, Juan's mother looked back with panic - as if there was a wolf behind her, hidden behind the door, and would appear at any moment, a pair of cold eyes, salivating with her tongue open.

Just when they were stubborn, Shen Danyu only said, "What happened?!"

At this moment, the sound of chaotic footsteps outside the hallway, and the sound of pulling the barrel of a gun, they walked quickly.

Shen Danyu was a little stunned.

"Run!"

Juan's mother shouted heartbreakingly, and at the same time pushed her back to the balcony railing again, closing the glass window.

"Mother Juan!" she saw a few people with spears in their hands, facing here, those bullets pierced through Mother Juan's body, and the blood stained blurred the glass window, and a whole piece of glass was like powder, and there was no enchantment at once.

Her hair fluttered in the air, and she fell, feeling that her limbs were light, like a kite flying on the green lawn in spring, and the speed of the wind was just right for the temperature of the sun.

The kite flew higher and higher, and gradually broke away from the guidance of the line.

No sooner had she changed into a neat white dress than there was a knock on the door of her room.

She went to open the door.

"Staff Officer Chen. ”

He was already standing at the door in a formal suit, not squinting, seeing that she had not yet been combed, frowning as if displeased, and said lightly: "It's eight o'clock, what are you still doing in a daze? ”

"I'll be waiting for you downstairs. ”

With that, he turned and left. The black poles dotted the thick blanket without a sound.

The dark green silk satin curtain blows slightly, and the golden beam of light penetrating through the oblique piercing shines on the European-style metal wall clock, reflecting on the white lacquered cabinet.