Chapter 168: Reunion
What about other orphanages, Chen Mu didn't know, but in their orphanages, there was a special way to give surnames.
If there is no mark on the child's body when he is abandoned, then the child's birthday is regarded as the time of discovery on the same day, and then the dean puts the surname on the family name in front of the child's eyes, and gives the surname according to the child's performance.
The surname Chen, this surname has only two people in their orphanage, one is Chen Mu, and the other is a girl five years younger than him, named Chen Xi.
Maybe it's because of the same surname, Chen Mu and Chen Xi are particularly cordial, when Chen Xi was very young, the two were almost inseparable, Chen Xi cried as soon as Chen Mu left, and as a last resort, Chen Mu always took her, took her to collect firewood every day, and helped ......!
In this way, Chen Mu and Chen Xi get along like a biological brother and sister.
Until, after that inevitable accident, the brother and sister never met again.
Many years ago, Chen Mu had wanted to look for it, and secretly returned to the orphanage in hiding, and watched from afar, but found that the old land was renovated and the old people were replaced by new people, only the Buddha statue with a broken arm was still standing there, and the stone eyes that were as immobile as a mountain were hanging down!
In the gloom, Chen Mu turned around and walked by like a passerby, Chen Mu, who once thought that he would never see Chen Xi again, did not expect to be able to meet again at this time.
"Chen Mu?"
When Chen Mu's words fell, Chen Xi instantly lost the ability to think alone, looking at Chen Mu who was incontinent with tears in front of her, she stood stiffly in place and muttered.
The contrast between the appearance of the handsome face in front of me and the familiar appearance in my mind, slowly, I can vaguely see the once familiar outlines emerge, but those lines have become mature!
"Brother?"
She exclaimed softly in disbelief, and then shook her head, still unable to believe that the encounter that she had been searching for for many years in today's unprepared situation was really a reality?
Chen Xi pinched his face hard, immediately grinned in pain, looked up at Chen Mu, and didn't know how to react for a while.
"Silly girl!"
Tears of reunion after a long absence flowed down the handsome face, Chen Mu looked at Chen Xi's stupid movements, laughed out loud, forgetting that he was still weak, he didn't know where the strength came from to stand up, stretched out his slender palm and rubbed Chen Xi's long dry hair, looked at her dazed eyes, smiled gently, and said with sour eyes: "Sister, don't you remember my brother?"
"Really?" Chen Xi looked up at Chen Mu, her thoughts were very chaotic at this time, looking forward to a reunion after a long absence, she didn't know why this was happening, maybe she still didn't believe it!
"Can't even recognize my brother?"
Chen Mu's gaze shifted, falling on the scar on Chen Xi's left face that affected his beauty, and said guiltily: "Sister, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let you work at that time, I'm sorry!"
"Brother!" Hearing this, Chen Xi finally believed that this was his brother, and he couldn't control his emotions anymore, so he threw himself into Chen Mu's arms, and couldn't help but shed tears of joy with excitement, and shouted.
"Hey!" Chen Mu shed tears, agreed with a smile, hugged Chen Xi who was clinging to him with his backhand, smiled warmly, and said, "Silly girl!"
For many years, time has not erased the family affection in the hearts of the two, nor has it erased those happy or painful memories.
The scar on Chen Xi's face is the most memorable thing in Chen Mu and Chen Xi's hearts.
At that time, the twelve-year-old Chen Mu undertook the heating of the entire orphanage in the winter that year, got up early every day to light the fire to keep warm, after breakfast, went to the back mountain to pick up the branches buried in the thick snow for heating, at noon, he filled his stomach with cold dry food, and then continued his rummaging, and at night, he tied the branches gathered in piles and piles with ropes and connected them, put one end of the rope on his shoulder, leaned forward, gritted his teeth, and moved his body forward vigorously。
Chen Mu, who was tired and had sore little arms and legs, also had the idea of giving up, but once he gave up, not only would he have to be frozen, but also other children would be frozen, so he was trying to persevere, and under the worried eyes of other children, he forced him to pretend that nothing happened, got up early and greedy for darkness, and did heavy work that was unbearable for a twelve-year-old child.
In the early years, the winter in the Northeast was extremely cold, with biting cold winds and harsh winters, and the temperature remained below minus 30 degrees Celsius every day on this snow-white land.
Chen Mu has to wear a thick hat every time he goes out, put on two thick clothes, wear thick pants, and wear thick cotton shoes, only revealing his aura eyes are turning, but even so, Chen Mu is still cold hands and feet every day, and there have been one or two times secretly crying on the back mountain...
The dean did not allow the other children to help Chen Mu, and the other three children who had passed the age of ten also had other work to do, not necessarily much lighter than Chen Mu, and they couldn't help Chen Mu.
But soon, after Chen Mu got up one morning, a tightly covered little kid stood at his door, opened his small mouth and spit out into his palm, and when he saw Chen Mu come out, a bright smile appeared on his clean little face, that was Chen Xi.
Chen Mu had thought about not letting Chen Xi follow him, and drove her back to the house several times, but as he walked, he found that Chen Xi was hanging far behind him with his calves, and when he saw Chen Mu turn around, he showed a bright smile again.
In desperation, Chen Mu could only let her follow, but she was not allowed to help herself, because Chen Xi was only seven years old at the time, and she was still a girl, so she didn't have much ability to work at all, and she was easily injured.
Chen Xi is also very obedient, when Chen Mu is working, she sits on the branches that Chen Mu has piled up, and her little hands with thick gloves support her chin and watch Chen Mu work quietly, maybe she is just afraid that her brother is too boring, so she came to accompany her.
But for a long time, Chen Xi has not been frozen compared to Chen Mu, and her little arms, calves and chin are always shivering from the cold, Chen Mu had to pretend that she was hot when she saw it, and draped clothes that were bigger than Chen Xi's body on her body to make her sister warmer.
Although this is the case, the body is colder, but Chen Mu's cold heart is warm, and he has the strength to work every day!
This kind of companionship lasted for a long time, and only the two brothers and sisters were together every day.
But the excessive exhaustion and cold finally made Chen Muwei's body unbearable!
The position of his left and right shoulders was stretched out by the rope with a red trace, and a layer of broken skin was rubbed on it, and the surrounding area was slightly red and swollen, and when he touched it lightly, it brought a hot pain, and because of the long-term cold, coupled with the lack of nutrition in his body, Chen Mu also had a fever and a cold!
The injuries inside and outside the body did not arouse the dean's pity, and Chen Mu was stubborn at that time without saying anything, and still continued to work.
It's just that Chen Mu's body doesn't support him to be so tired, just after doing it for a while, Chen Mu feels dizzy in front of his eyes and his body is weak.
Chen Xi couldn't stand it anymore, and after helping Chen Mu to sit down on the pile of branches, he ignored Chen Mu's obstruction, followed Chen Mu's example, and rummaged through the branches buried under the snow.
The seven-year-old girl whose nutrition can't keep up with her strength is too weak, coupled with her lack of experience, just after contact, something happened that made Chen Mu's heart tremble.
The snow on the mountain is very thick, almost all of them are more than ten centimeters deep, everything under the snow is unknown, no one knows which one is deep and which is shallow, where there is something and where there is not, so Chen Xi was tripped by a big stone under the snow, and the left side of his face was stuck in his arms, and the sharp branch tip of the branch was drowned, and there were not deep scratches.
Seeing this, Chen Mu, who had just sat down, changed his face, stood up suddenly, and ran to Chen Xi's side.
Seeing the bleeding, Chen Mu had no choice but to support his tired body, take out a few dollars that he had secretly hidden, and run to a far, far away town, and bought a small bottle of disinfectant and band-aids for Chen Xi.
It's a pity that Chen Mu went back late, and Chen Xi's left face was not treated in time in winter, coupled with frostbite, even if Chen Mu tried his best to remedy it, he still left a scar.
The originally delicate and cute little girl fell from heaven to hell and turned into an ugly duckling.
In contrast, Chen Xi looked indifferent, and in turn comforted Chen Mu with a smile, and at the same time kept the bow given by Chen Mu on his head.
After that, that is, Chen Mu was fostered by the rural couple, and the brother and sister were separated for eleven years after Chen Xi's injury was not fully recovered.
.......
Chen Mu controlled his emotions, patted Chen Xi's shoulder, and said, "Okay, our brother and sister will reunite after a long absence, don't cry!"
"Hmm!"
Chen Xi wiped his eyes and let go of the arm that was holding Chen Mu tightly.
"Don't go to your job of handing out flyers, brother will find you a good job, choose what you want to do!"
Chen Mu rubbed Chen Xi's head and said.
"Mmmm, I can do it!" Chen Xi nodded excitedly, after running for all these years of running has come true, she has nothing else to ask for!
Relatives are her support and hope for survival.
"Brother, are you short of money, I have saved 100,000 yuan here, do you either?"
Chen Xi took out a bank card from his arms and handed it to Chen Mu, asking with a pure gaze.
"No, keep the flowers for yourself!"
Chen Mu was moved in his heart, and stuffed the bank card back in Chen Xi's hand, it can be seen from Chen Xi's current appearance that the 100,000 yuan was saved by her little by little for several years, and now she can take it all out and give it to Chen Mu, which is enough to show that Chen Mu, the brother, is important in her heart.
"Little sister, your brother is now a big family, let's go, eat delicious food with my eldest brother. ”
Chen Mu reached out and grabbed Chen Xi's hand, wanting to pick up the heavy duffel bag.
But the weakness that Chen Mu had forgotten finally exerted his strength at this time, and suddenly a feeling of dizziness hit, making Chen Mu almost fall.
"I'll go...."
Chen Mu staggered, covered his head, and leaned towards Chen Xi.
"Brother!"
Chen Xi hurriedly hugged Chen Mu, looked at his pale face, and asked worriedly, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
The tingling sensation came from Chen Mu's center, and countless streams of heat flowed through the meridians of his body, as if there were countless ants crawling in Chen Mu's body, causing his handsome face to twist violently and painfully.
Thankfully, it's just a momentary feeling.
Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head, pursed his pale lips and smiled at Chen Xi with relief, and said weakly: "It's okay, I just haven't rested for a few days!"
"Brother, let's go to the hospital to have a look, I'm rich, don't hold on!"
Chen Xi held Chen Mu's hand, her eyes were worried, she thought that Chen Mu was reluctant to pay for treatment!
"It's really fine!"
Chen Mu shook his head and smiled at Chen Xi, for some reason, Chen Mu's eyes suddenly became hot, and everything in his field of vision became clearer!
"Ah, brother, your eyes!"
Chen Xi, who was being watched by Chen Mu, suddenly let out a scream, looked at Chen Mu's eyes, and said in shock.
"What's wrong?" Chen Mu asked suspiciously.
"Brother, why did your eyes suddenly turn red?" Chen Xi looked carefully at Chen Mu's eyes that suddenly turned scarlet. Asked.
Turning red?
Chen Mu was slightly stunned, isn't this his state last night?
"System, what's going on?"
Chen Mu asked in his mind.
"The host doesn't have to worry, it's normal for the system to protect the semi-active state of the system. ”
The weak voice of the system's magnetism sounded, explaining for Chen Mu.
"Ah, can I change back to normal?" Chen Mu asked, if he can't go back, then he will meet people like this, and he won't scare people to death.
"No, the system is not advanced enough to control the activation of the protection system. ”
The system explained.
"Okay!" Chen Mu sighed, it seemed that for a long time, he would have to use this eye to meet people!
After withdrawing from his mind, Chen Mu said to the worried Chen Xi: "It's okay, it's just that I haven't rested well, and I'm slowly recovering!"
"Really?"
Chen Xi still looked a little uneasy, after all, there were no red-eyed people on the earth, and they were still such a frightening scarlet.
"Hmm!"
Chen Mu rubbed Chen Xi's head and said with a smile.
"By the way, little sister, wait a minute!"
Chen Mu looked at the scar on Chen Xi's face, and suddenly remembered that there was another thing on his body, and he didn't know if it would work.
"System, help me take out the healing fruit!" Chen Mu said in his mind.
Chen Mu almost forgot about this thing left behind, he remembered that the treatment fruit had been introduced, treating skin injuries, and he didn't know if it would work for Chen Xi's injuries.
Chen Mu's palm behind his back suddenly bloomed with a ghostly light, and a cyan fruit appeared in his palm out of nothing.
The shape of the healing fruit resembles a green apple, except that its surface shines with a cyan glow and a faint pleasant aroma.
"No, eat it!" Chen Mu put the healing fruit in Chen Xi's hand and said.
"What is this?" Chen Xi asked curiously, looking at the fruit over and over again.
I've never seen it before!
"This is something that my brother and friend found abroad, and it can treat skin injuries, maybe it will be useful for the injuries on your face!" Chen Mu looked at Chen Xi and said.
The scar on Chen Xi's face has almost always been a thorn in Chen Mu's heart.
Now, if you ignore the scars, you can still see that Chen Xi's face is very good-looking, even if it is not a beautiful posture, it can be regarded as a beautiful woman with good facial features and clean and delicate appearance.
"Then I'll try!" Chen Xi smiled indifferently, maybe she once cared, but she forgot the impact of this scar a long time ago, but sometimes she still smiled when she looked at this scar, and this scar also contained the story of her and her brother.
Wanting to open his mouth and take a bite gently, Chen Xi's eyes widened, and he said, "It's so sweet!"
"Brother, you can eat it too, it's really sweet!" Chen Xi handed the healing fruit with a tooth mark to Chen Mu and said.
"No, you eat!"
Chen Mu looked at the scar on Chen Xi's face carefully, it seemed to be a little shallower, Chen Mu hurriedly urged: "Eat it all!"
"Oh!"
Chen Xi nodded, ate all the fruits, and asked with some confusion, "Why don't you have a kernel?"
Chen Mu didn't answer her, looked at the scar on Chen Xi's face, his face was full of excitement, and said, "It's gone!"
"Gone?" Chen Xi subconsciously reached out and touched the left side of his face, and immediately stiffened, and his originally uneven cheeks became extremely smooth at this time.
"Is this my hand?" Chen Xi noticed that his hands that were originally covered with calluses had also become white and tender at this time, and the traces of hard work disappeared like a dream, and he couldn't help but say blankly.
"Hmm!" Chen Mu smiled and nodded. I secretly praised the system in my heart, and the system produced it was really good.
"Let's sit down for a while, chat, and then go pick up your eldest niece!"
After standing like this for a while, Chen Mu's weak body became even weaker, so he had no choice but to sit on the chair again and greet Chen Xi and said.
Chen Xi rubbed his face, then looked at Bai Nen's hand, and finally looked at Chen Mu, didn't ask anything, just obediently agreed, sat beside Chen Mu, and helped Chen Mu's weak body.
"Tell my brother, what have you been doing all these years?"
Chen Mu patted Chen Xi's hand, smiled slightly, and asked.
When he ran back to the orphanage from the rural couple's house, he didn't seem to see Chen Xi, maybe he was in a hurry and didn't see him, but the time he secretly went back, he dared to promise that Chen Xi would not be there.
"Brother, after you and Brother Qiang left, it didn't take long for the government to come and send a lot of toys, a lot of food, and a lot of money to our orphanage......." Chen Xi leaned her head on Chen Mu's shoulder, and slowly told her little things that were happy or sad over the years, sharing everything with Chen Mu.
After Chen Xi's words, Chen Mu also understood!
After they left, the orphanage met the state's support standards, and the state spent money on renovation, and there was a monthly material subsidy.
But the dean seemed to have changed since then, and he was particularly greedy.
Chen Xi couldn't help but miss Chen Mu, before Chen Mu ran out of the couple's house, when he was nearly nine years old, he secretly ran out of the orphanage, looking for news of Chen Mu aimlessly.
It's just that she walked through the cities. Her only photo of Chen Mu had faded due to repeated use, and she didn't get any news of Chen Mu until she met here again.
Chen Mu sighed, rubbed Chen Xi's long hair lovingly, and was moved to speak.
A child so young has come all the way to the present, and Chen Mu is afraid that there are many hardships in it.
As he spoke, Chen Xi leaned on Chen Mu's shoulder, closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep, the tiredness of many years finally broke out at this time, on this warm shoulder that she relied on, let go of all her worries, and fell asleep with an innocent smile on the corner of her mouth.
Chen Mu originally wanted to talk to his sister who he hadn't seen for many years, but after turning his head sideways, Chen Mu took back the words in his mouth, and endured his tired body motionless in front of Chen Xi's pillow.
He was Chen Xi's reliance many years ago, and he will be and will always be!
The breeze blew away the white clouds in the sky, revealing a blue sky, and the bright sunlight purified the mist and spread the earth.
The wind came slowly, driving the branches to sway, and the withered yellow leaves fell down and fluttered with the wind.
The breeze carried the yellow leaves fluttering through the two figures sitting in the pavilion, and their hair was lifted in the wind.
Although the handsome man was pale, his stiff neck told everyone that he could hold up a piece of the world.
The woman is delicate and lovely, leaning on the man's shoulder with her eyes closed, with a little bird attached to people!
The wind drove the fallen leaves around them, as if to celebrate their reunion after a long absence, and their reunion after eleven years!