I remember that year was 1984, and it seemed that winter was approaching.

At that time, Qin Heyuan was eleven years old and went to elementary school.

He is not short but thin, and they all say that he has a god in his eyes, and he is a piece of reading material, but in fact it is average, he is not focused on studying, so he always likes to think about things.

In the past few years, the state gradually loosened its control over the coal mines in the northwest of Shanxi, and Qin's father was bold and thoughtful, and he also pooled money to build a mountain of bread to do, along with two small coal kilns that had been developed for many years.

At this time, the coal kilns on the surface are generally not profitable, and sometimes they lose money.

Wealth is in the mountains, in the small coal kilns dug privately. At the same time, the owners of small coal kilns at this stage and coal miners are not too much different, they have to work in the same mine, and they earn all the money they earn.

But that's it, in an era when seeing money is rare, the Qin family's situation is already much better than most of the surrounding families, and it is gradually getting better and better.

So in the mouths of the neighbors, Qin Heyuan is a young owner, and occasionally calls him a small rich man when he jokes.

He came home late from school that day, climbed the post and fought with someone before coming back, and when he ran home and put down his schoolbag, he saw that there were two people standing in the house.

One of them was a bit tall, with a large skeleton, and was an expressionless man, with tattered clothes and bare feet. The other one was held by him, a little girl, with braids, wearing a much larger cotton coat, with shoes, and a dirty face.

The two of them sat there, it was rare for them to scold him because Qin Heyuan came home late.

"This is a vertical, half a month older than you, and I will have to call my brother in the future. Father Qin smiled and said, "This is my sister, eight years old, three years younger than you." In the future, you have to be protected by your sister like Youzhu. ”

Qin Heyuan was in a mood that day, he didn't call his brother or sister, and he didn't shout when he was beaten.

Later, he figured out what was going on - Chen Youzhu and his sister's family also worked in a coal mine, and later there was an accident, the people were gone, and all the belongings were lost.

The eleven-year-old brother works in the mines to support himself and his sister.

Father Qin didn't give any help to take care of him, and after observing from the side for three months, he decided to accept the brother and sister as righteous sons and daughters.

For this reason, he explained to his old father and wife, and his words were a bit big, he said: "I think Heyuan can make a living, and it will be a little bigger than me in the future, but if there is a vertical around him, his income, I can't catch up with the dust......

A word like "complementary" was naturally unthinkable and uttered by Lao Qin at that time, but the meaning was actually this meaning.

As for his sister, he said: "It's a pond, which can shine on the righteousness of people and can also nurture people's affection." Youzhu is a child who is affectionate and responsible, and Heyuan will also be. ”

Chen Youzhu and his sister lived in the Qin family, went to school, and worked. Grandpa and parents are very good to them and regard them as the Qin family's own children.

As for Qin Heyuan, after all, it is a child's heart, and his parents have taken half of it away, so he is always a little uncomfortable, so he is reluctant to get close. Of course, there is no way to say how to make it difficult to make it bad. He didn't bother to do that.

I have the impression that Chen Youzhu never talked much when he came, and he didn't talk much later.

After all, my sister is young, and the changes are greater, and the little girl who was timid at the beginning gradually became much more cheerful after she had a home again and someone was hurting.

A few times, she mustered up the courage to shout "Brother Heyuan", and the tone was so good. Qin Heyuan didn't respond with a calm face several times, but in fact, he wanted to respond.

Later, I remember that there was a time when I steamed big meat buns at home in winter.

When my eight-year-old sister sat on the stove to help her mother light the fire, she began to smoke her nose and smell the smell, and when she came to the table, her eyes were straight, wait, wait, and finally saw that her grandparents had taken it, so she was in a hurry to reach for it.

But the hand stretched out halfway, froze, and finally aggrieved, and took it back.

Qin Heyuan noticed that it was Chen Youzhi who glanced at his sister and shook his head at her.

As soon as he was smart, he understood what was going on.

"Sister, you take it, you can eat it if you want, how can you have a sister to eat, you have to let your brother come first, take it. Qin Heyuan couldn't look at it, and after finishing speaking, he complained to Chen Youzhu: "Where are you so big rules, you, I'm different from you, I'm my sister's brother, why do you have to let me, it's like I'm so bad......"

As he spoke, he felt aggrieved.

That day, my sister wore a red floral cotton jacket, and Qin Heyuan still remembers that she was holding a big meat bun and laughing while eating, saying "Brother Heyuan is so good".

After the fight, Qin Heyuan opened his mouth to call his sister sister, he protected her in everything, and he thought about his sister in all kinds of snacks. He himself seems to have changed his senses.

Mom and grandpa both said that Qin Heyuan's father was right at the beginning, this little girl is really able to support people's affection and responsibility.

It's just that Qin Heyuan still didn't call Chen Youzhu his brother.

For several years, they went to school together, worked together, fought together, climbed trees together to pick fruits for their sister, and hitchhiked to make a sedan chair to carry a sedan chair for their sister, Qin Heyuan never opened his mouth to call brother.

Why, it's only been half a month, I don't recognize this little one, he thought. Gradually, there are vertical and vertical ones, and they are also called used to it, and even grandpa and parents no longer remind Qin Heyuan to change his words.

Speaking of fighting together, Qin Heyuan remembered again, it seemed that in the spring of 85, he got out of school and had a fight with a few children from a neighboring village, and two classmates of his accomplices ran timidly, he beat five of them one by one, and was beaten very badly, and his face was bloody.

Chen Youzhu walked out from behind the slope, stood in front of him, turned around and asked him, "This, is it okay if it is broken?" ”

He rarely said such long sentences.

"Hit, it's fine. Qin Heyuan wiped a handful of nosebleeds, got up and stood with him, and said, "Our dad can cover it." ”

Chen Youzhu said, "You stand behind me." ”

It was the first time the brothers had fought side by side. Qin Heyuan found that Chen Youzhu was really fierce, and when he fought with him, even he seemed to have become stronger. That day, Qin Heyuan thought that in the future, the two brothers and four fists could fight all over the world.

Twelve, thirteen...... XVII, XVIII.

The business of Qinjia Coal Mine has had its ups and downs, but on the whole, it is getting higher and higher.

The three children also grew up, even the younger sister, who was fifteen years old, gradually became tall and handsome, with a good voice and a mouthful of big white teeth, and every time they laughed, they were like pear blossoms full of trees.

Gradually, Qin Heyuan hid a secret in his heart, carefully concealed it, and did not dare to mention it to anyone.

He was afraid that if he mentioned it, his sister would not be close, and then Chen Youzhu might beat him, but he estimated that he couldn't beat him.

Wait for my sister to be eighteen, I'll say it when my sister is eighteen years old, and then I want to kill or chop whatever I want, anyway, I can't say nothing, and watch my sister get married. He thought, it's still early, don't rush.

He didn't make it to his sister eighteen.

Qin Heyuan and Chen Youzhu were nineteen years old. The Qin family bought a new mine from others, dug a private kiln, dug and dug out, and dug out a rich mine with very scary reserves.

The news was not hidden......

At that time, the mining area had long been divided into gangs, from a family at the beginning, to a family, and then gradually divided by region.

The Qin family is weak in this area, and there is no unity inside.

After that, Qin Heyuan didn't want to, and he didn't dare to recall it anymore. He just can't forget the lively scene of his parents and grandfather's family drinking and talking in the house, and he can't forget his sister's face when she is about to turn sixteen.

"The source of the river. Chen Youzhu shouted, calling the god of Qin Heyuan back.

Then he smiled and said, "Yes." ”

In the dark small box, Chen Youzhi ran wildly after speaking, and when he saw someone coming to block, he pulled up and hit the road with his knees......