It rained the other day, and the road was muddy. As soon as I got out of the car and walked a few steps, there was a lot of mud and sand on my boots. I frowned and pulled down the leaves and grass sticking to it one by one, and I always felt that this was not a good beginning.

Qin Chuyi took a pair of rain boots from the back of the detour car.

"Oh, put it on."

I looked at him almost excitedly, what a thoughtful thing this guy was.

"Our mother asked me to bring it, saying that you like to step on the pond on rainy days, and when you step on the mud, you are like a ......chicken in the soup."

“……”

Hebei Village is almost a deserted village in front of the dirt road. I remember that when Chen Xinyi's adoptive mother brought me here, she went directly to the entrance of the village, and I didn't see a few people, let alone a few hundred meters away.

The road is not wide, and no one is overhauling it, Qin Chu and I walked forward one foot at a time, fearing to slip all the way, and when we reached the entrance of the village, we were already tired and sweating.

"The first year of junior high school, which one?"

In front of him, there were rows of low houses, all of which were closed with doors and windows, and black holes like eyes. I glanced over and couldn't see that there were no people in that place.

Qin Chuyi frowned, stretched out his hand and scratched his head a few times, he was very clueless.

"I was contacted by phone on the other end, and I said that I could see it when I entered the village, but I didn't say it...... Eh, look, isn't that one, do you see it on the very edge? ”

I looked along the place where Qin Chuyi pointed, and behind the two black houses, I seemed to be able to see a hint of bright red. It looks a little like ...... Couplets.

Chen Xinyi's adoptive mother said that most of the people living in this village are elderly, and they should all be taken over by their families during the Chinese New Year, and it is impossible to put up lights on the gate.

Qin Chuyi pulled me to turn left and right, and finally walked to the door of the family. It's an old house, with white stunned walls, and the wall paint is mottled. Revealing the half-gray and half-red brick mud inside. The old-fashioned wooden door has accumulated a lot of rain, and the Spring Festival couplets are also soaked in semi-wet, but the words "Yang Yang" on the top are still very eye-catching, this year is the Year of the Goat. You can't go wrong.

Although the house is old, it gives me a good feeling, there is a sense of gentleness in the water town of the south of the Yangtze River, and the people who live here are written on the information?

Qin Chu knocked on the door. Tuk tuk tuk three times. The force is not too big or too small.

After being silent for a while, I almost didn't dare to come out, my ears reduced the momentum in my ears, and finally there was a rustling sound, and the footsteps approached slowly, and I subconsciously hid behind Qin Chuyi.

A crumpled old man's face poked out from behind the door, his gaze upward, fixed on Qin Chuyi's face.

"Mr. Qin?"

Qin Chuyi didn't prepare that the other party would know about it, so he nodded hurriedly. "Yes, yes, good New Year, mother-in-law. I am Qin Chuyi, who I contacted on the phone before. ”

As soon as she heard that someone was right, the mother-in-law did not hide the door and opened it open. "Sit down, go in and sit, it's rare to have a guest, stay and have a meal."

Seeing that there was still a timid person standing behind me, my mother-in-law smiled. "Won't the girl go in and sit? Our old house has a strong smell, why don't I go and bring a stool to sit at the gate? ”

I hurriedly waved my hand. "Don't bother my mother-in-law, I'll go in with the first junior high."

The mother-in-law wore a bib. He looks like he's in his sixties and seventies, and he's short, but he's quite agile.

"Lao He! Take a few stools to Mingtang! ”

There was no silence and gloom in the room as I had imagined, and the front door went in to a cabin. The hut was connected to the bright hall, and the bright light shone directly in, sweeping away the darkness in the room. Lao He is the husband of his mother-in-law, who used to bask in the sun in the Ming Hall, and came in to bring us a stool with a smile. We immediately went up to catch him and accompanied him to the Ming Hall.

"We're from Hebei Village. Usually there are few people, and there are almost five households left, and the other four families have all gone to the city for the holidays, which is quite clean now. ”

Two kind old people, living in such a small village without a quarrel with the world, is indeed quite like Chen Xinyi's adoptive mother gave us a hint.

La Jiachang said something bits and pieces, and there was a burst of aroma from the kitchen, I looked at the time and asked, "Grandpa He, Xiaojun hasn't come down to eat yet?" ”

When Grandpa He heard Xiaojun's name, he pointed to the room above.

"Read, if you don't tell him, he won't come down. I don't know what's going on lately, but I'm fascinated by reading books. A few days ago, he asked me to go to the old bookstall to pick up some old books for him, so that he could read them all day. ”

Qin Chu and I looked at each other, feeling a little uneasy.

"Can we go up and see him?" I couldn't hold my breath, for fear that something would go wrong.

"Okay," Grandpa He agreed, but his eyes dimmed, and finally stopped what he was doing and looked up at us, "Is there something wrong with Xiaojun's biological parents who want to take him back?" ”

His eyes were full of reluctance, and it could even be said that he was uncomfortable. When Qin Chuyi and I contacted them before, we made it clear that we knew that Xiaojun was an adopted son, and now that we are visiting, it is reasonable for us to lead people back.

"Alas, at that time in the hospital, Xiaojun was only a little bigger, like a catboy, I couldn't bear to bring it back. The old woman said that there must be procedures for these things, and if they don't do it, it will be considered a crime. But I don't think any welfare home is reliable, Xiaojun is still so young, even if he wants to send it, he has to be raised a little bit before he is sent. Who knew that more than ten years had passed since this adoption, maybe He Beicun was too biased, maybe Xiaojun's biological parents didn't want him, and no one had come to look for him. Now ......"

"Don't worry," I said, "we didn't come to take him away, we just want to see how he is doing, just talk to his biological parents, and we can rest assured that you will take care of him." ”

While speaking, Qin Chu glanced at me, and his eyes were a little complicated. When I thought about it later, I was too full. If something really happens, He Jun will definitely be taken away by us. But Grandpa He is like this, I really can't say it.

As soon as I heard that we were not here to take He Jun away, the brilliance on Grandpa He's face came up again, and he said excitedly and quietly in our ears: "Thank you so much, I didn't tell my wife about this, I just said that I came to see Xiaojun, and I really want to take it away, I don't know how to tell her!" ”

The wooden stairs creaked up and sent them to the door of the room, but Grandpa He didn't go in. "Tell him, I told him beforehand, you speak. You speak. ”

Pushing the door, there was a squeak, there was a smell of rain in the room, and I turned my head to look to the side. Sure enough, the window was not closed, and the smell of rain and sunlight in the air outside filled the room, which was indescribably pleasant.

I took a deep breath, only to get nervous at the end. What about He Jun?

My heart, which had been relaxed, suddenly became nervous, and I subconsciously grabbed the bag in my hand, and the long brocade box looked a thousand pounds in my hand.

"He Jun?" I shouted.

"He Jun?"

"Here." The child's response was immature but confident. I followed the sound and turned around, and He Jun was sitting behind the door flipping through the pages of the book in his hand, without even raising his head.

No wonder he was not found, it turned out to be hiding behind the door. It can't be said to be hiding, the careful appearance of turning the pages of the book, living like an adult.

I can't help but be nervous, and the more he looks like an adult. The more nervous I became, I just wanted to walk over, but the door was opened by Qin Chuyi.

"What's the matter, can't you find anyone?"

This time the force was extremely great, He Jun was directly clamped, and he was busy screaming "ouch".

"Yo, hide here." Qin Chuyi smiled embarrassedly, squatted down and wanted to get close to him, "Xiaojun? ”

He Jun closed the heavy page and lifted a nose of ash. Pushing the slippery glasses, he said in a decent manner: "My name is He Jun." He lowered his head and whispered, "Walk without looking at the road." ”

"Yo. It's quite a temper. Qin Chuyi sat down cross-legged and asked unhurriedly, "Have you felt unwell lately?" ”

He Jun's little hand flipped through the pages again, but did not answer him.

"Hey boy, I'm asking you."

After saying it several times in a row, He Jun didn't react. I looked at Qin Chuyi and snickered. Wanted to see what he could do.

His head lowered slightly, and the title of the book on the book cover was impressive, and he suddenly had a little more confidence in his eyes.

"You can see it and you can't catch it, what's the point."

A headless sentence, I was a little dazed when I heard it. But under He Jun's eyes, something seemed to move.

"Isn't it just a cat, just don't care if it's not."

After that, Qin Chuyi waved his hand at me, "Let's go, let's go back." ”

He Jun stopped doing it, and suddenly looked up at Qin Chuyi. "You can see it too?"

Qin Chu snorted, "What's so strange about that?" "Turn around and open the door.

"Hey, you, tell me, what should I do?"

Qin Chuyi's hand was on the door, and his head tilted, as if he was waiting for something.

"Uncle...... Tell me, uncle. ”

"Call brother."

"Brother Qin, I beg you......"

He Jun, who was still arrogant just now, suddenly knelt down under Qin Chuyi's trouser leg, and called his brother again and again, for fear that he would not serve him well.

"This is called Jinhua cat, it feeds on the essence of the sun and the moon, and it is generally not harmful, when did you see it?"

"Yesterday, last night, I saw something on the roof, but it rained and the moon didn't come out, so I didn't see it all."

I immediately understood that Chen Xinyi's physique is different from ordinary people, she can see things that others can't see, and this physique may have been inherited from He Jun.

The two chatted for a while, until Grandpa He downstairs called us to eat. He Jun said wait a while, and then began to continue chatting with Qin Chuyi.

"With all that said, are you going to answer my question?"

He Jun pushed his glasses and thought about it seriously, this look was in line with his current age.

"I was really not feeling well in those days, and I had nightmares every night, and I always felt like someone was watching me from across the bed. But it usually happens occasionally, but I don't care. ”

"Nothing else than that?"

He Jun lowered his head, and then raised his head, his head shaking like a rattle.

Qin Chu nodded and glanced at me again, meaning that there was no problem, or rather, no problem for the time being.

I was finally relieved in my breath, and the hand holding the fan bone was finally released.

Qin Chu was intimate with He Jun all of a sudden, and he had to keep chatting through his ears during the meal, Grandpa He and his mother-in-law were happy and a little uneasy.

"The two of them can talk, you can come to play when you have time in the future, and Xiaojun is also happy."

I looked at the two of them who were elated, turned around and asked, "Is Xiaojun usually unhappy?" ”

"No, I just don't have any friends."

"Miss Wu, shouldn't a child of his age be noisy everywhere to play, but Xiaojun is different, he likes to read, so children don't like to play with him, not to mention that there are few people in our village, and there are even fewer children, so he looks like a little adult."

I sighed slightly in my heart, this child is still sensitive after all.

"It's good to grow up, it's a good thing to love reading, and I can be a writer in the future."

The old couple laughed, their eyes full of warmth.

Before leaving, Xiaojun seemed a little reluctant and followed us to the door of the car. Grandpa He followed behind, shouting at him several times and not going back.

"Brother Qin, will you come to see me in the future?"

Qin Chu thought for a moment and replied, "That's not necessarily, it depends on your appearance." ”

He Jun immediately came to the momentum. "No problem! I'll take the exam well next time, and I'll go to the city to study in junior high school! ”

"And there's more."

He Jun turned his head and looked at Lao He who was smiling on the side.

"Listen to mom and dad, be a good boy, and don't make them angry."

"That's right." Qin Chuyi lowered his head and touched his head, then turned around and opened the car door.

He Jun hurriedly pulled it and didn't let Qin Chuyi close it.

"After that, will you take me as an apprentice in the future?"

"What for?"

"Slay the demons!"

I snorted and almost fainted with laughter. He Jun's eyes were full of contempt, as if what he said was justified and a major matter for the sake of heaven.

"If you look good, it's no problem."

This matter is strict, I grabbed Qin Chu and asked, is it really good for you to lie to the child like this?

He Jun was full of indifference, he was very happy in his heart, and when he saw me glaring at his brother Qin, he asked angrily: "What is she capable of?" ”

Qin Chuyi was mysterious, and whispered in his ear: "She eats monsters." ”

Just one sentence, He Jun looked at me differently, full of reverence.

On the way back, I couldn't help but accuse Qin Chuyi, who is still a primary school student, how can he lead a bad person like that.

"He's watching "Jian Gu Ji", this kind of thing is acceptable."

"The Solid Gourd Collection?" I thought about the previous scene, "Is that the thick book?" ”

"Yes, Qin Chu turned the head of the car and drove onto the main road, "He Lao bought it for his old book stall, he can gnaw classical Chinese, and he will definitely not be an ordinary person in the future." ”

I think so, I stopped talking and looked into the distance. After the rain, the sun is unusually bright, and the impurities in the air are washed away, which is extraordinarily charming.

"Don't worry."

"Relieved." I touched my bag, "The fan bone doesn't respond, it should be fine, but ......"

"But what?"

"If I ...... later"

"Are you still afraid?" Qin Chu smiled.

I straightened my chest and took a deep breath: "Don't be afraid, Master Qin is here, what are you afraid of!" ”

"That's right." He shook my hand, "Let's go on a trip." ”

"Where are you going?"

"I'll go wherever you go." (To be continued.) )