Chapter 9: Childhood Memories
Suddenly, the luggage slipped from Chen Yadong's fingers, and his eyes were already a little crystalline. Brother" shouted, tears fell, Chen Yadong rushed to the hands with an arrow step, and poured into the arms of the man, like a lost child finally finding a harbor. Yadong's mother smiled on the side and said, "As soon as you came back, you talked about Yadong, and you finally came back."
The man's hands trembled, stroking Chen Yadong's hair, and his face was full of happy smiles. Chen Yanan, Chen Yadong's own brother, calculate the time, he has been away from home for five or six years! I think that when I left, the little brother who cried silently is now almost an adult and has grown into a handsome young man. Standing together, the difference in height is almost unequal.
Parting and meeting again, the thousand words that I once imagined, now we are together, but I don't know where to start, and finally said shallowly: "I thought that you had taken the high school entrance examination, so I went home to take a look."
Chen Yadong hugged Chen Yanan tightly and did not speak, as if as soon as he moved, his brother would disappear. Chen Yanan didn't speak again, and the brothers hugged each other like this. Maybe for the two of them, this is the greatest happiness I don't know how long it took, my hands began to feel numb, Chen Yanan looked down, and Chen Yadong didn't know when he had fallen asleep. He smiled helplessly. When he went home this time, he didn't tell Chen Yadong beforehand, he just wanted to surprise him. Perhaps because the final sprint of the high school entrance examination was too tired, Chen Yadong slept soundly this night. When he woke up, it was the next morning, and he touched the small alarm clock in a daze and saw that it was almost half past seven, and he hadn't cooked yet, and he was suddenly frightened. Rolled over and got out of bed and hurried to the cupboard. A smell of rice came to my nose. That's right, Chen Yadong's heart beat suddenly, my brother is back!
He ran to the courtyard in ecstasy, where his brother was practicing boxing, and only his back could be seen. Chen Yadong opened his mouth and swallowed again, staring at his brother without blinking. You're awake! β
Chen Yanan suddenly spoke, Chen Yadong was shocked, how did he know, could it be that there are eyes behind his back?
Chen Yanan turned his head, looked at Chen Yadong in a daze, and said with a smile: "You haven't washed your face yet, go quickly."
"Oh." Chen Yadong hurriedly went back to fetch a basin of water, quickly washed his face, and returned to the courtyard, but there was no trace of his brother." Where did it go? β
Just as Chen Yadong was secretly guessing, he suddenly heard the sound of breaking wind behind him, instinctively leaned to the left, and a black shadow passed in front of him. It's a fist! Close to this Chen Yadong's cheek, if he is half a second late, this punch is enough to knock out two of his teeth." Isn't the response slow! Chen Yanan praised it, but he didn't pause at his feet, turned back reflexively, stepped in front of Chen Yadong with an arrow step, and slashed out with a palm. Chen Yadong hurriedly half-squatted, holding his head in his hands and said: "I admit defeat, I admit defeat"
When the palm of his hand stopped half an inch away from Chen Yadong, the strong fan driven by it moved Chen Yadong's hair. However, what Chen Yanan didn't expect today was that at the moment he paused, Chen Yadong's hand protecting his head turned into a fist and stretched out, hitting him directly in the lower abdomen. Before he could react, Chen Yadong had already slid a few meters away. Chen Yadong's strength is not great, and it is not painful or itchy. However, Chen Yanan couldn't hold his face a little, and scolded with a smile: "Good boy, you dare to calculate me."
"Hey, hey." Chen Yadong smiled playfully and said: "At this moment, we are opponents, and we must put our brotherly affection aside. All you have to do is take me down. Don't give me a breather! A real master duel, a little trance, can lead to a lethal move...... Shibei three days, when I am impressed, after so many years, do you still think that I am a child? β
When Chen Yanan heard this, he secretly thought that this kid must have read a lot of martial arts novels, and clasped his fists with both hands, "I have been taught below." After speaking, pulling Chen Yadong was a wild beating." Giggles, I was wrong, I knew it was wrong"
Chen Yadong's laughter resounded in the dilapidated courtyard. Although it is broken, it hides his happiest times and his best memories. Especially years later, when he stepped into the pinnacle of his life, this feeling was still strong.
I don't know how long it took, but both of them were a little tired, gasping for breath from the uneven steps. Chen Yanan stood up suddenly, turned around and walked into the house, and after a while, he carried a black rectangular box and handed it to Chen Yadong. A gift for you." The other hand handed him an apple.
Chen Yadong took the apple first, wiped it on his clothes at will, bit it in his mouth, and then took the black square box, feeling heavy and weighty, and asked curiously: "What is this?" β
"If you open it and see for yourself, you'll find out."
Chen Yadong slowly opened the box, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Nunchuck?!" β
Inside was a pair of nunchucks made of pure steel, and Chen Ya ran to a few equipment stores to buy it, "Do you like it?" "Hmm!" Chen Yadong nodded emphatically. When they were young, the brothers danced with guns and sticks, and there were always self-sharpened "treasure knives" and "artifacts" hidden behind the door of the house. The person Chen Yadong admires the most is Bruce Lee, and he envy him for playing handsome nunchucks. But I don't have it. Now I have a pair of nunchucks of my own, and the excitement is not overflowing. Looking at Chen Yadong's satisfied expression, Chen Yanan felt sincerely relieved, and the happiness of his family was his greatest happiness." I didn't know what you liked, so I bought this one. When you go to the street one day, you can pick it yourself. β
"It's just the best." Chen Yadong carefully took out the nunchucks from the box and danced them simply. But the first time I touched the nunchuck, my hands were tight, whether it was thrown up or swept, I couldn't help but greet myself, and after a while, there were a few more green bags on my head, Chen Yanan looked distressed and couldn't help laughing. He took the nunchucks from Chen Yadong's hands and said, "Don't worry, take your time, and watch me show you a demonstration." Then I saw the nunchucks flying up and down in Chen Yanan's hands, tiger and tiger!
"Wow!" Chen Yadong's eyes widened, and his jaw was about to fall. Deadlifted Chen Yanan's arm and swayed from side to side, "Brother, teach me quickly, teach me quickly." β
"The nunchuck is the best cold weapon for self-defense, and it is also the best weapon in hand-to-hand combat, and its moves are ever-changing, making it impossible to guard against. My brother only knows a little bit of skin, you practice more, practice makes perfect, and when you are handy, you can figure out the moves and changes. β
After breakfast, the brothers carried bamboo baskets on their backs and walked on the field stalks, and thousands of terraced fields formed a turquoise picture. Once, how many happy childhood hours were sprinkled here, groups of children met to catch eels and make other people's rice fields unrecognizable. The master stood in the distance and scolded, a group of friends lifted the muddy trouser legs and disappeared under his eyelids. Or at harvest time, the partners chase and fight in the straw pile. The laughter and laughter are still vaguely in my ears, and the scenes seem like just yesterday. It's a pity that it's summer, and the children of the past no longer exist. They have begun to rush around for life, even if the big brothers and sisters next door occasionally come home for the New Year to get together, they can no longer find the feeling of innocence that life is a ruthless carving knife, and it has changed too much...... Even if you go to the neighbor's melon field to steal something, you don't have any sense of fear.
In their spare time after helping their mother do physical work, the brothers go hiking together to relive the joy of childhood. Sweating and climbing to the top of the mountain, the breeze brushed the hair of the two people, and under the sun, the two looked at each other and smiled. Breathe in the fresh air, overlook your feet, and take in the panoramic view of the growing place. Mountains and ravines. Looking into the distance, the mountains are connected, one after another." So much has changed compared to when I left! Chen Yanan said with emotion. Chen Yadong stretched out his arms and enjoyed the gifts of nature, while saying: "The motherland is good, the policy is open, and everything is rich."
"Hehe," Chen Yanan smiled faintly and didn't speak again, but the expression on his face was complicated. Brother, what is your ideal? Chen Yadong asked suddenly.
"Ideal" Chen Yanan's eyes flashed with a hint of expectation. My ideal, in the future, to earn a lot of money, take you to the height of Mount Tai, to feel the vastness of the sea. Soar like a bird in the endless sky and live unrestrained! β
Chen Yadong looked at his brother, his words were heavy and full of vicissitudes. He has matured, and he is no longer a teenager who once grew up with him under the wings of his parents. Now, he has a pair of wings and knows how to shelter others from the elements." What are you doing looking at me, yours? β
"Well, me," Lin Ling's figure suddenly came to mind, and she said with a little shyness: "I just want to be by the side of the girl I like, and I will work at sunrise and rest at sunset. Take care of your parents so that they can live a stable life."
Even the most humble creatures have their own little dreams, and now the Chen Yadong brothers have a beautiful vision for the future. But what about fate and reality? No one knows, only to go down step by step. Seeing a flush on Chen Yadong's face, Chen Yanan asked, "Do you have a girlfriend?" β
Chen Yadong shook his head and said, "No."
Chen Yanan looked at Chen Yadong and asked, "Really not?" β
Looking at his brother's shining eyes, Chen Yadong said helplessly: "Really no, but I like a girl, it's just"
Chen Yadong flashed a trace of loneliness, the distance between him and Lin Ling was too far. Chen Yadong's expression of wanting to speak deeply pierced Chen Yanan's nerves, even if his younger brother didn't finish speaking, he could guess something. I only blamed myself for not being able to give my younger brother a better environment, so that he lost to inferiority in front of the girl he loved. Chen Yanan took a breath, clenched and released his fists, and said slowly: "If you have someone you like, you should let go and chase it, even if you fail, don't leave regrets in your life."
Chen Yadong smiled and didn't speak, there is no point in talking about this topic, if this life is destined to be fateful, he looks forward to seeing each other next time.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of "plop, pounce" not far away. "Hey, brother, pheasant!"
Chen Yanan turned his head and looked, okay, a pheasant three or four catties big landed in the grass not far from the two. He hurriedly booed and gestured to Chen Yadong, and the two outflanked him from left and right. Quietly touch it.
When they were still five meters away from the pheasant, it seemed to be aware and flapped its wings and flew up.
How can a chicken that sees a hand fly away? The brothers were unwilling, not hiding, and let go of their steps to chase.
But on this hill, there are weeds half a man high. No matter how hard you try, you can't run fast, and in the end, you didn't get a single pheasant feather, so you got two big flower faces.
Tired of playing on the top of the mountain, the two of them took a short rest, ran wildly from the top of the mountain, jumped off the ridges, and every time they started, they would have a feeling of heartbeat accelerating, shuttling through other people's crops. Always beware of sky-breaking shouts and scolding from behind.
After climbing to the top of the mountain in two hours, it took only half an hour for the two to reach the edge of the small river at the bottom of the mountain.
A small river flows slowly, and the river is full of smooth stones washed by the river. Cattle and sheep grazing on the shore. In deep water, a group of young people are bathing, while some half-grown children catch shrimp in shallow water.
In the past, when the weather was hot, Chen Yadong would come to swim with his brother and friends in the same village, but now his brother's generation goes to work to earn money, and Chen Yadong himself has no more time and rarely comes here to play. Looking at the innocent smiles on the faces of the group of shrimp catching children, Chen Yadong seemed to see himself when he was a child, but now, he feels a little naΓ―ve.
"Want to play in the water?" Chen Yanan remembers that Chen Yadong likes to have water fights in the summer and build snowmen in the winter. picked up a stone casually, threw it into the water, and the splash fell on Chen Yadong's body.
"I'm afraid you won't make it?" Chen Yadong picked up a big stone from the river, threw it into the water with all his might, made a dull sound of "boom", splashed a large circle of water waves, and sprinkled Chen Yanan's body, and most of his clothes were immediately wet. The latter didn't think about it, and raised a stone to fight back.
The two seem to have returned to their childhood, where they can laugh carefree, cry loudly, and laugh heartily