Epilogue (2) It was a dream
This summer, the moisture was particularly abundant. For two whole months, Minzhou has been shrouded in smoke and rain, stopping and stopping, and it is not very hot all summer. Shen Junyi set foot on her homeland again in this hazy drizzle.
The passenger ship slowly moored at the Wharf of Willang, where there was a long pier that stretched out into the sea, and the suspension ladder of the passenger liner landed on the pier. At that time, the sunset happened to shine on the sea, and the entire trestle seemed to be plated with a layer of gold, and the people on the bridge were as vivid and vivid as in an oil painting.
Le Zhengkai, who followed behind her, was holding the child in his arms, the little girl was about five or six years old, two sheep's horns were braided into twisted flowers, while hugging Le Zhengkai's neck tightly, while chasing the crowd without blinking, very curious.
The one who came to pick them up was Uncle Rong, the old housekeeper of the Shen family, and when he saw them, his eyes were filled with tears: "The master knows that you are coming back, and I have been looking forward to it all morning." ”
Uncle Rong has been completely old in the past few years, and there is no black hair on his head, Junyi's heart is inexplicably sour, and he doesn't know what to say for a while, but he just said: "It's all my unfilial piety, my father...... How are these years? ”
Uncle Rong smiled: "Master, he is very good, I knew that you were coming back, and I started preparing two months ago." ”
Junyi has been gone for eight years, but she only corresponded with her father five years ago. At that time, when she first came abroad, she was discouraged, felt that life was boring, and she was bent on death. But Le Zhengkai has always been by her side, at that time, Le Zhengkai almost didn't dare to leave her for half a step, and he even had to guard outside when he went to the toilet.
Later, after a long time, people are not grass and trees, and in the end, I can't bear it, thinking about such a long road, drifting across the ocean, he just left a good future to accompany him. However, if she just left him and let go, how could he be embarrassed? Le Zhengkai never asked for anything in return for doing these things for her, he was humbled to the dust for her, and the only hope was that she could live. If she really died, how could he live alone in a foreign land?
Junyi was penniless when she left home, only Le Zhengkai brought a few gold bars over, and after a long time, he was also sitting on the mountain. When Junyi's mood finally stabilized, and their lives became more and more tight, Le Zhengkai was originally going to learn some foreign languages from Junyi, but then something like that happened, this matter was interrupted, and now he really has no choice, so he went to work in a restaurant opened by a Chinese man on the street.
But he really can't make a lot of money from his part-time job, but Le Zhengkai is quick and diligent, and he likes the boss very much, so he introduced him to a few other odd jobs.
Since then, Le Zhengkai has lived a life of running around and making money to support his family. No one would have thought that this would be carrying a sack on a foreign street, screwing in a factory, washing dishes in a restaurant, and polishing shoes on the street...... 's handsome boy is a powerful gang red stick in a prosperous city in the East in the past.
In the midst of repeated bullying and abuse, this former high-spirited and angry young man finally gradually sharpened his edges and corners, and the hand that used to hold the horsewhip gradually became rough.
But no matter what humiliation he suffered outside, as soon as he returned to the room he rented with Junyi and saw that she was still waiting for him with the lamp, the joy in his heart spread endlessly. Sometimes people's wishes are so humble, so small, as long as a little warmth, as long as she has a look, he will go to the soup and be happy.
Until one time, Le Zhengkai was surrounded in the alley and beaten violently because he robbed the bearded business of his gang. He was originally going to endure it and pass, but these people saw that he was from Huaxia and thought he was a bully and wanted to beat him to death. This aroused Le Zhengkai's bloodiness, the double-flowered red stick of the Flying Eagle Gang in the past can be described as an invincible teenager in Minzhou, how can they be forcibly bullied by these little gangsters who have no strength? Soon these people were beaten by him and lost the strength to fight back, but Le Zhengkai did not kill them all, but spared their lives.
After he went back, he was still silent, but there was no way to hide the dark blue of the boss in the corner of his eye, he was afraid that Jun Yi would see it, and he didn't go home until late.
When Junyi talked to him that night, he didn't dare to look up, so he only served a bowl of rice by himself, ate Junyi's pickles, and silently brushed the bowl.
These days, they don't have much money, and they have been living in a one-bedroom room, which is naturally where Junyi sleeps, and Le Zhengkai has been working on the floor in the small living room. When Junyi entered the house, his tense back finally relaxed, took out the medicine he bought by the way from his pocket, slowly took off his clothes, and rubbed the medicine on his back by himself.
The back was torn in many places, and the blood stains stuck to the clothes, and the wound was torn open when he pulled it. Le Zhengkai dipped the medicine with a cotton swab to the above picture, he didn't feel pain just now, but as soon as the medicine was rubbed, the pain made the green tendons on his forehead jump straight.
At this moment, there was a squeak, and the bedroom door suddenly opened. Le Zhengkai panicked and wanted to hide his clothes, but Junyi had already walked out quickly. He snatched the cotton swab from his hand, dipped it in the medicine and applied it to his back.
Le Zhengkai hissed in pain: "You ...... lightly"
Jun Yi said angrily: "You know that it hurts now, where is the courage just now?" As she spoke, her voice trembling almost palpably, her gaze fell on his back, his broad shoulders were now thinner, and his back was full of deep and shallow scars, new wounds stacked on top of each other, and pierced her eyes and heart like sharp thorns.
Junyi's tears fell on his back one by one. Le Zhengkai's back stiffened suddenly, slowly turned around, and clumsily wiped her tears: "Don't cry, don't cry, I don't hurt, it's really ......"
When Junyi heard this, she just cried more and more: "I don't deserve you like this, I don't deserve ......"
"Fool, in my heart, you are the most beautiful and best treasure in the world, I only hate myself for not being able to make you live a better life and make you suffer in this room......" He didn't know how to say love words, at this time he only said two words and felt speechless, just slowly pulled her in front of him, gently touched her hair, and whispered, "I'm only afraid, you don't need me to take care of ......"
Junyi suddenly let out a cry of pain and hugged him: "What I need, Kaizi, what I need, you are my only relative here, without you I would have died a long time ago." You are my only courage and hope to live......" She cried for a long time before she picked up the bottle again to give him the medicine, but this time it was much softer.
Unexpectedly, the bearded men who were beaten by him came to the door the next morning with a lot of gifts, wanting to learn Chinese kung fu from Le Zhengkai, and the local Huaxia gang here didn't know how to know Le Zhengkai and wanted to absorb him into the gang.
Le Zhengkai's Flying Eagle Gang also has some roots with this gang, and when he recounts the old days, Le Zhengkai said that it is impossible to join this gang in addition, but it is still okay to help them town, after all, overseas, everyone is Chinese, and it is not easy.
So the two sides agreed that they would give Le Zhengkai dividends every year and let Le Zhengkai be their guest.
Le Zhengkai agreed, but did not accept their dividends, and the condition he proposed was that he could open a martial arts gym and teach some children Chinese kung fu.
The gang didn't think it was a big deal and agreed. Naturally, Le Zhengkai will not teach his housekeeping skills to those foreign children, what he teaches is just some basic skills to strengthen the body and some ordinary fist and foot kung fu.
After that night, Junyi also began to apply for jobs at a nearby school, and she did well in all her studies, so she found a Chinese language course at a school. The living conditions of the two slowly improved.
A year later, Le Zhengkai and Shen Junyi held a simple wedding in a nearby church, but they didn't have a daughter until two years later, because Junyi's body was severely injured at that time, and after the living conditions improved, Le Zhengkai has been helping her to recuperate.
A few years ago, Huaxia had been fighting, and the country had no peace, so Shen Muhua asked them to stay abroad first, and now they finally don't have to fight anymore, and they should come back to serve the motherland.
However, what Shen Junyi and Le Zhengkai didn't expect was that in addition to Shen Muhua in their family, Yun Ziqian was also there.
Over the years, Yun Ziqian has always treated Shen Muhua with the filial piety of the son of man, and he greets the cold and asks for warmth all year round, which is better than his biological father.
Although Shen Muhua looks a lot older, he is still in good spirits, and he is very happy to see his daughter, son-in-law and little granddaughter come back today.
Yun Ziqian just sat down for a moment and then stood up: "I have something to do tonight, so I won't stay long, I'm also very happy to see you all." He patted Le Zhengkai on the shoulder, "Thanks to you for taking care of Junyi in the past few years, we will drink together another day." ”
Le Zhengkai naturally knew the relationship between Yun Ziqian and Junyi, he smiled and hugged Yun Ziqian: "Thanks to you for taking care of my father-in-law all these years, I will be the east another day, we will not get drunk and not return!" ”
"Then it's decided!"
Yun Ziqian didn't stop, and walked out. Jun Yi looked at his lonely back and couldn't say a word for a while. Le Zhengkai walked over, shook her hand, and whispered, "If you want to say anything, go and tell him." ”
Junyi took a deep breath: "No, I don't have anything to say to him. ”
Yun Ziqian walked out into the yard and saw a little girl with pigtails and a little red dress playing on the swing in the yard. He didn't want to stay, but he heard the little girl call him, "Uncle, uncle, are you going to leave without eating?" ”
Yun Ziqian stood still: "Yes, I'm not hungry!" ”
The little girl said again: "Uncle, I know you, your surname is Yun, right?" ”
Yun Ziqian stiffened and blurted out, "Your mother told you about me?" ”
The little girl shook her head: "No, it's my dad, my dad said that you built the big pier when we came back?" Isn't it an uncle? ”
"Yes!"
The little girl clapped her hands and jumped off the swing: "Wow, uncle, you are awesome!" Qianqian wants to be so good to her uncle when she grows up! ”
Yun Ziqian subconsciously asked, "What did you say was your name?" ”
"My name is Qianqian! Uncle, uncle, is my name good? The little girl's voice was delicate and crisp, and the end was as beautiful as the tone in which she usually spoke.
When Yun Ziqian returned home, her sister-in-law had already prepared a meal, and Qin Chuyin was next to help with the dishes and chopsticks.
Yun Ziqian hung up his coat and asked casually, "What?" Big brother hasn't come back yet? "Now Yunfei and Yunni are older, they study outside, and they rarely go home, so there are only three of them in the family, and the Yun family's big house was first requisitioned by the Donglai Army during the war, and then it was simply donated to the government, and the above subsidized a house for them, which is now this, not big, but very comfortable to live in.
Mrs. Yun also passed away two years ago, and Yun Ziqian is often away from home, Yun Zirong works in the newspaper and has achieved the position of editor-in-chief. Usually, only the sister-in-law Xu is at home alone. Qin Chuyin's residence is not far from here, she married a sister to the Xu family a few years ago, and often comes to the house for dinner, which can be regarded as accompanying the Xu family to relieve boredom.
Xu Shi heard him ask and said, "You can be regarded as back, I don't know what you have been busy with all day!" ”
Yun Ziqian knew that she was going to start counting him down again when he heard her tone, usually he had a headache when he heard these words, but now he only felt sour in his heart, how many years he had waited for Shen Junyi, how many years had Qin Chuyin waited for him, and now the two of them were already the eldest and the eldest was not small, Qin Chuyin's intentions were not unknown to him, and he sometimes watched a movie with Qin Chuyin on weekdays. It's just that he has always had an obsession in his heart.
This Qin Chuyin also knew, and she said at that time: "I will always wait for you, if one day you are tired and want to turn back, I am still here." ”
Seeing Junyi's family happy today, he suddenly felt extremely tired, over the years, he had consumed himself, Qin Chuyin, and even more so the purity and beauty between him and Junyi. He felt that this scene had come to an end, to the point where everyone was dispersed at the end of the song, and he should leave after the curtain call, it was not his stage.
Sure enough, the sister-in-law began to nag: "You said you, other people's children are running all over the ground, originally I was most worried about your second brother, but now he is the father of two children, what about you?" Not only did you delay yourself, but you also ......"
When she said this, she couldn't help but glance at Qin Chuyin, and didn't continue.
But as smart as Qin Chuyin, how can she not understand that she has a sneer on her face, and she also knows how stupid she has been all these years, and she heard that Shen Junyi is back. Although she has never seen that woman, she must be a very outstanding girl who can make Yun Ziqian wait for so many years.
She also inquired with Zi Yu, but Zi Yu only told her some basic information about Junyi, and refused to say anything more.
The atmosphere in the room was suddenly very delicate, and suddenly the sound of the key opening the door came from outside the door. Yun Ziqian was finally relieved: "It's the eldest brother who is back." ”
The family had dinner happily, and it was still early. Xu Shi said: "Rui Yuan, you can send Chu Yin back." ”
Yun Zirong said: "Don't you say that I still don't want to come, someone gave me two movie tickets today, and you also know that your sister-in-law doesn't like to watch movies, it's a pity to waste it, why don't you two go to see it." As he spoke, he took out the movie ticket from his pocket and handed it to Yun Ziqian.
Yun Ziqian smiled and went out with Qin Chuyin.
Qin Chuyin smiled: "If you are busy, go back first, and I'll just go and see it by myself." ”
"No, I want to watch it with you."
Qin Chuyin thought she had misheard, but she heard him say again: "Junyi's family is back, I want to invite them to dinner tomorrow......"
Qin Chuyin's back stiffened, and he continued: "Can you come along?" ”
The evening breeze blew through the treetops, and the afterglow of the setting sun had not yet dissipated, although it was early autumn and the temperature was not low, Qin Chuyin's fingers were a little cold. Suddenly, I only felt a warmth in my palm, but my fingers were held into my palm. The temperature passed little by little, along her skin and veins, and seeped into her heart little by little.
(To be continued.) )