In the early summer of 1941, in an abandoned hut outside the walls of a lumber mill on the outskirts of Peizhou, twelve-year-old Shen Erhai lay pale with a dirty bloodstained strip of cloth on his head, and whispered uneasily in his sleep. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Sugar Candy...... Sugar Sugar ...... Sugar Candy! He suddenly opened his eyes with a sudden exclamation, and stared blankly at the dilapidated roof for a long time before he slowly regained his senses.

"Sugar Candy ......" already knew that it was a dream just now, and Erhai still reluctantly read it.

He hadn't seen Sugar Candy for five years, five months, and ten days.

Since that time, she got angry and beat Shen Hehua and never came back.

His health got better quickly, and he waited for her at home for a long time, until he had to accept the reality that Tangtang would not suddenly appear as usual, so he came to Peizhou's carpenter shop with Zhou Dezhong as an apprentice.

He firmly believes that if he brings the blood jade, Tangtang will come back to him sooner or later.

The little guy is playful, and he can't think of him for a while, so he just waits for her.

But he couldn't wait for nothing to do, and he couldn't wait for her to come to him and then let her take care of him.

When she came back this time, he would give her a lot of good food, take her to play, make her happy, and make her enjoy the days with him.

He would never let her forget him again.

So he entered the carpenter's shop at the age of six, and started as a child laborer picking wood and harvesting shavings, and in five years he had become the youngest and most skilled apprentice among the apprentices.

A few days ago, Zhou Dezhong discussed with the owner and planned to let him start making simple furniture for the guests.

He's finally coming out of it.

It's a pity that fate made people, and as soon as he saw the hope of independence, he was seriously injured.

When he came to the timber factory with the guests to pick wood, Zhou Dezhong was greedy, and wanted to pick one more to make two wooden stools for his eldest son's family, so he avoided the foreman to get the wood himself, and accidentally caused the wood pile to collapse.

He didn't shout at everyone when he saw the wood collapse, and ran away first. Erhai, who was picking timber nearby, and a worker were both seriously injured.

The worker died less than a day after he was picked up, and although Erhai did not worry about his life immediately, he was seriously injured on the head.

Only the father and son of the Zhou family and the worker were present at the time of the collapse, the worker died in a coma, Erhai was also dizzy, nauseous and comatose for a few days, the responsibility for the accident could not be determined, and Zhou Dezhong put all the responsibility on the deceased worker.

In order not to lose money, the owner also accepted this fact.

By the time Erhai recovers a little, this matter will already be settled.

The worker's family did not receive a penny in compensation, and was blackmailed by Zhou Dezhong for a piece of ocean, if it weren't for the fact that their family still had a few middle-aged brothers and nephews, Zhou Dezhong even had the idea of selling his daughter for money.

Erhai's injury was very serious, and the boss also gave him a few pieces of ocean and asked Zhou Dezhong to take him to see the doctor.

Zhou Dezhong felt that this was a good opportunity, not only did he not take Erhai to see the doctor, but also deliberately ignored him and let his wound become inflamed, and when he was seriously ill, he carried him to the lumber mill to ask for his life.

The people at the lumber mill refused to compensate, so he left Erhai, who was seriously ill, left here. threatened that if there were three long and two short in the two seas, he would sue the official.

The people in the timber mill are not good at stubble, so they didn't give him a chance to blackmail at all, and threw Erhai, who was five points sick and five points was deliberately tossed and broken by Zhou Dezhong, into this abandoned house.

Outside the walls of the lumber mill, outsiders think it is the property of the lumber mill, but it is actually a temporary warehouse built in the city when building municipal facilities, and the place is remote and forgotten to be demolished.

Erhai died here, and if the police didn't trouble Zhou Dezhong, even if he was lucky!

Erhai, who was seriously ill, was abandoned by everyone in this way.

In the end, a master who worked with him was really blind, and gave him a piece of earth smoke (harvested primitive opium, unrefined black paste) to relieve the pain.

In fact, I just wanted him to die less painfully.

Zhou Dezhong has always been unreasonable, others are too involved for fear of being falsely accused, and there is only so much that can help him.

Erhai didn't touch that piece of dirt and smoke, it was not a good thing, it didn't help his illness at all, and it might be addictive.

He cherishes his body very much, and he doesn't want to die, he hasn't waited for sugar candy yet!

The old locust tree outside the cabin was leafy, and there were birds singing briskly on the tree, Erhai endured a severe headache and nausea, clutching the blood jade on his chest, and his heart was full of regret.

It's time for Sugar Candy to grow up a little bit now, right? Did she completely forget about him and never come back? If one day she comes back and he is already dead, and the blood jade falls into the hands of others, will she treat others as she did to him?

Would you smile sweetly at someone else? Will you put your little head in someone else's arms and fall asleep? Will you raise your little eyebrows and fight like you defend him?

The strong unwillingness made his head dizzy for a while, and before he fell unconscious again, he clutched the blood jade and shouted "sugar candy" hoarsely with all his might.

He dreamed of sugar candy again, very real, and even smelled the peculiar sweet smell of her.

In the dream, Sugar Candy came to this small broken house, circled around his broken wooden bed, and approached him to take a closer look.

He could even feel her sweet, gentle breathing, still the same as before, with the smell of her favorite orange fudge.

As before, as soon as he came, he went straight to the blood jade, took his hand and rubbed the blood jade for a long time before he reluctantly put it down.

Erhai let herself lie quietly, afraid of moving to scare her away, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Sugar Candy looks willful, but she is actually a very well-bred little doll, she likes blood jade so much, and he spoils her in everything, but she never thought of taking the blood jade for herself.

She must be favored at home, but she has never been domineering with him, she will try to bribe him in whatever she wants him to do, and she also knows that she exchanges toys to play with him, in fact, Sugar Candy is a very generous little girl.

Just like now, he closed his eyes and didn't move, she didn't think about taking it away after she reluctantly touched the blood jade, and she didn't even forget to cover him with a quilt when she left.

Feeling that Tangtang was leaving, Erhai hurriedly opened his eyes, he hadn't eaten water and rice for a few days and was really sick, so he didn't have time to open his eyes in time, and when he looked over, Tangtang had already turned around.

Erhai was stunned for a moment, that wasn't sugar candy!

It was a slender girl with long black and smooth hair, looking at the back should be fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a set of loose and soft striped cotton pants, looking slowly around the room, and suddenly disappeared!

"Sugar Candy!" Erhai screamed in surprise, she is not Sugar Candy, but she has the same breath as Sugar Candy, she must know about Sugar Candy!

This call made Erhai completely sober up, looking at the empty room, his hot mind was in a mess, and he couldn't tell whether it was a dream or a reality just now.

Seriously ill and has no concept of time, Erhai doesn't know how long it has been, he saw the girl when he couldn't distinguish between dream and reality, still wearing that striped clothes, or touching his blood jade, he tried to open his eyes a little, and his eyes slowly became clear, and finally saw her appearance.

Sugar Candy!

Seeing the girl's face clearly, Erhai decided at first glance that this was sugar candy!

There is no meaty little face like a small bun, no little dark brown curly hair, but this is sugar candy!

Her eyes are still as clear and beautiful as when she was a child, her round and playful little nose, the sweet curve of the upturned corners of her mouth, and the sweet taste between her breaths, this is Sugar Candy!

The most important thing is the feeling, his feeling is 100% certain, this is sugar candy!

He didn't know why Tangtang had grown into a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl all of a sudden, but no matter how old she grew, he would never admit her mistake.

Erhai looked at her greedily, Sugar Candy is so good-looking when she grows up!

There are a lot of words in the drama that say that women are good-looking, but seeing the sugar candy that grew up, Erhai suddenly felt that those words were not worthy of describing her, she is sugar candy, and the words sugar candy are the best words to describe good-looking!

Erhai wanted to call her, wanted to ask her a lot of questions, wanted to tell her how much he missed her, wanted her to stay a little longer, but like a nightmare, he couldn't move, he could only watch Sugar Candy touch his blood jade like he did when he was a child, and then get the news from his eyes.

The next few times, Erhai watched Sugar Candy come and go like a dream, and he was so sick that he couldn't keep her.

And what makes Erhai sad is that Tangtang obviously didn't recognize him, and looked at him with a strange and wary look, exactly the same as when she first came to him when she was four or five years old.

Until one day, Sugar Candy frowned and looked at the wound on his head that had begun to fester, which had already attracted flies, and the smell was so big that it affected her mood when she looked at the blood jade.

Tangtang looked at it twice and disappeared, Erhai's face was flushed, he was too dirty, and he was disgusted by Tangtang.

But Sugar Candy came back in a moment, with disinfectant potions, powders, and bandages in her hands.

Throwing away the dirty strip of cloth from his head, Sugar Candy began to disinfect him.

She has been dexterous since she was a child, and her movements are more gentle and dexterous when she grows up, although the disinfection process is very painful, but Erhai is still so happy that she almost cries.

Sugar Candy cares about him! Maybe I've already remembered him!

Tangtang was a little rusty but successfully disinfected and dressed his wounds, and then did something that made Erhai stunned, she actually pulled out the hanging needle in her hand, poked it in his hand a few times, and finally found the blood vessels and beat him!

Only then did Erhai notice that Tangtang had been carrying a shelf with wheels hanging from it.

She's sick!

Erhai hurriedly looked at her carefully, and then remembered that the striped clothes on her body were very similar to the hospital gowns in the church hospital, and her beautiful face was also a little pale.

But he couldn't find the wound on her body, and he didn't know where she was sick.

He wanted her to give the injection obediently, and wanted to ask her what was uncomfortable, but his head was chaotic, and his body couldn't move, so he could only watch her give him an injection and take a handful of pills for him to eat.

He was even fed a glass of fresh orange juice with a straw.

After taking the medicine, he fell asleep quickly, and when he woke up again, the drip in his hand was finished, and his body was a little more comfortable, and Sugar Candy sat quietly on the edge of the bed, holding a small flat box that would glow in his hand and dotted around.

Feeling his gaze, Tangtang looked up, smiled at him a little embarrassed but very brightly, revealing a beautiful little white tooth, and there was a sweet little pear vortex on her cheek like when she was a child.

Erhai also tried to give her a smile back, but his heart was sour, and Tangtang didn't remember him.

The smile was beautiful, but strange and guarded.

But the setback is only temporary, and Sugar Candy is back, which is more important than anything!

Erhai cheered up, his mind quickly turned, and he tried to raise his hand to take the blood jade out of his clothes.

Sugar Candy was immediately attracted to it, staring at the blood jade all the time, and smiled at him from time to time with some embarrassment.

She wanted to get close to the blood jade, but she didn't know how to express it to the sober Erhai.

Erhai waited quietly, he wanted Tangtang to speak to him.

But Sugar Candy didn't talk to him in the end, but gave him a handful of medicine and a glass of juice, and looked at him with a beautiful smile, exactly like when she bribed him to help her eat vegetables when she was a child.

Erhai's heart softened suddenly: "Tangtang, you can touch it, do you want to touch it?" ”

At first glance, she knew that she didn't like to be close to others like when she was a child, but the attraction of blood jade to her was too great, so she hesitated for a moment, but still walked over and stretched out her hand.

Erhai knew that he should slowly get acquainted with her and ask again, but when he saw the girl close by, he still couldn't help it: "Tangtang, how are you doing all these years?" What disease do you have? You...... How did it grow so fast? "Have you ever thought about me? Can you stay with me a little longer? Can you not disappear anymore......

Sugar Candy tilted her head to look at him, didn't say anything, and only gave him a sweet and shy smile.

In the next few days, Tangtang would come several times a day, pull the needle out of his hand and prick him, give him medicine, give him food, and once show him the small box in his hand, but unfortunately he didn't know what it was, and he couldn't fiddle with it at all.

Erhai still couldn't get Tangtang to speak, but he knew her too well, and quickly removed her guard against himself, and by the time his injuries improved a little and he could sit up and talk to her a lot, she could already sit on the edge of his bed at will and listen to him talk about Shan Chun'er with big eyes.

Erhai usually talks very little, and at a young age, he has a kind of maturity and introversion that is difficult for ordinary adults to achieve, and it is difficult for those who are familiar with him to imagine that he can still speak Shan Chun'er, and it is very vivid and exciting.

In front of Tangtang, he can not only talk about Shan Chun'er, but also talk nonsense for hours alone without feeling tired, as long as Tangtang loves to listen and looks at him with her bright big eyes, he has endless words.

In fact, it is not his performance alone, although Tangtang doesn't speak, her big eyes are too smart and beautiful, and all her emotions are so vivid and vivid from her eyes, which is the best encouragement and response for him.

Everything is as beautiful as a dream, Tangtang is back, and his injuries are getting better at a very fast speed: "I'll take you to Changchun Tower to see the excitement in a few days!" The double reed Li performed there on the eighth day of the first month of the month, and their family played the double reed for generations, and I heard that it was also played for Lafayette. ”

Erhai looked at Tangtang's bright eyes and added: "Eat Qingtuan in May, we eat while watching the performance, the small dim sum in Changchun Lou is the best in Peizhou City, especially the sweet dim sum." ”

Sugar Candy's eyes lit up and she nodded heavily.

Then she frowned a little embarrassed, and Erhai immediately understood what she was thinking: "I have money!" I left part of the money from the host and the guests and didn't let Zhou Dezhong know, enough to buy you a lot of delicious food! ”

If he wasn't so sick that he couldn't move, and there were few people here, he would never have fallen into a situation of waiting for death.

After the age of six, he completely understood that all his relatives except Brother Dahai were unreliable.

In the past two years, Brother Dahai has been transferred to the most remote mining area of the Peizhou Mine, nearly 100 miles away from the city, and he has not seen him twice in a year, and he may not know about his injury now.

Hearing him say that he was rich, Sugar Candy didn't worry, but still put a gold dragonfly brooch with two rubies inlaid with two rubies that he had been playing with in his hand.

This is what she took a few pieces of red and green paper to him, and found that those papers could not be used as money, and she wanted to use this to bribe him and let her touch his blood jade casually.

But now that they were friends, she was not bribing him, she was helping him.

Erhai resolutely refused to accept it as every time: "I can make money, I don't want you!" "Very stubborn, even a little vaguely unhappy.

Sugar Candy is back, everything is fine, but she suddenly looks bigger than him, and he is a little annoyed.

He didn't like her to look at him like a sister, although she was gentle and beautiful, which made his heart warm, but he was a child who needed to be taken care of, and the frustration was really uncomfortable.

He likes Sugar Candy trusts him and relies on him, accepts his care and love as before, it doesn't matter how old she gets, he just doesn't like this feeling of powerlessness.

Well, he actually has some mind that Candy Candy grows faster than him, and she's as tall as him now!

It may be that the work of the carpenter shop is too heavy and the food is not good, or it may be that he has not yet grown tall, and his height advantage over his peers is becoming less and less obvious, and now he is only a little taller than an ordinary twelve-year-old child, and he was caught up by Tangtang!

The little doll he had always wanted to hold in his arms and love and pet suddenly grew as tall as him, and looked at him with the gentle gaze of a big sister, anyone would be very awkward!

The key is that she is sugar candy, although she has grown up, she is still that cute and cute girl, even if she doesn't say a word, he can understand all her thoughts, and can coax her to smile in a few words.

So he was more mindful of his height!

"Sugar Candy, how old are you now?"

Sugar Candy smiled and stretched out her hand to make a gesture of "sixteen".

Erhai was frustrated and a little lucky, Tangtang was sixteen years old! Four years older than him! But it's okay, when he reaches the age of sixteen, he will definitely be much higher than Tangtang!

Surely she won't look at him with the eyes of a child!

Erhai is sure that if it weren't for the fact that she doesn't like physical contact with people, she would definitely pat him on the head like a big sister!

One day, when Tangtang came, he wore a beautiful colorful rope on his hand, and he didn't forget to tie one for him, and he also brought more than a dozen zongzi with different flavors for him to eat.

Erhai calculated the time, "Tangtang, is it Dragon Boat Festival today?" ”

Seeing Tangtang nodded, he lowered his eyes a little lonely: "I'm all alone for the holidays, can you come over and accompany me for a while during the holidays in the future?" ”

He didn't say the Dragon Boat Festival, but said the festival in general, so that she would have to come over all the festivals.

These days, he tries his best to find some reason for her to remember him at any time, and use every opportunity to deepen her impression so that she will never forget him again.

He couldn't touch her, and he couldn't control her whether she went or stayed, so he had to let her come to him in this way.

He'd never shown weakness in front of anyone, but if he could make Sugar Candy remember that he came to him, he wouldn't mind making her feel pitiful for him.

As long as she can not forget him, he will use any means.

Erhai's injury was so good that he could get out of bed and walk, and he immediately wanted to take Tangtang out to play, because he was afraid that she would be lonely and wanted to make her happy, and he also wanted her to have more nostalgia for being with her.

Although he was a little unconvinced, Erhai knew very well that this little guy who loves food may forget him, but he will never forget the good things he has eaten.

"We can also go to the theater, I heard that the famous Peking Opera actors in Beijing are coming to Peizhou to perform, and men look better than women in women, I'll take you to see it!"

After Erhai finished speaking, he was a little embarrassed, and his face was slightly red: "But no matter how good-looking that famous character is, it won't be as good-looking as you." ”

He didn't know why he blushed when he said this, it was the truth.

Sugar Candy tilted her head to look at him and laughed slyly.

Needless to say, Erhai also knew what she was thinking, his face turned red again, and he moved his horse with some chagrin: "General! ”

Candy's little mouth, which was prettier than when she was a child, pouted unhappily and put a note on her face.

She used to win chess all the time!

Erhai led Tangtang to concentrate on playing chess, but he was a little annoyed in his heart.

At his current age, he is already a little androgynous, and he has been good since he was a child, plus he is thin and slender, he can't help but praise Sugar Candy for being beautiful, and she always looks at him with "you are also beautiful" eyes!

Erhai touched his bare cheeks, when will he grow a beard? When the time comes, he will definitely not shave it clean, and leave a little for Sugar Candy to see!

Of course, it would be better if she was willing to be silent!

The two planned to go to the theater together and eat delicious food, but they didn't make the trip.

Zhou Dezhong suddenly came over with the owner and two policemen, and before he could come in, he shouted that the timber mill had killed his son and wanted them to pay for their lives!

The guards and bosses of the lumber mill also chased after them violently and rudely quarreled with Zhou Dezhong and his party.

Sugar Candy stood up a little uncomfortably when she heard the movement outside, Erhai knew that she wasn't afraid, she just didn't like to be in contact with people, and she didn't like to stay in crowded places.

Part of the reason she would be so willing to come to him was that he was very quiet with just the two of them.

The movement outside is getting louder and louder, and the voices are getting closer and closer, Erhai is in a panic, not afraid of those people, but afraid that he will scare Tangtang: "Tangtang, you go home, come to me tomorrow." You...... Gotta come, tomorrow they'll all be gone! Definitely gone, you trust me! ”

In the end, I already brought a prayer that I couldn't control.

Sugar Candy didn't disappear as he thought, but bit her lip and walked over to him and stood with him.

Erhai's eyes suddenly became hot, sour and stinging, choked unspeakably, Tangtang is a little girl who hates contact with people, but she would rather endure it for him.

There was no time to talk, and the people outside kicked the door open and walked in.

Erhai protected Tangtang behind him and looked at Zhou Dezhong calmly.

He's still alive! The thought was clearly written on the faces of everyone outside the door.

What followed was another quarrel and bargaining, and in the end, Zhou Dezhong did not get compensation from the timber mill, and the timber mill was also troublesome and did not accuse him of blackmail.

It's over, and since Erhai is well, let's go back to work tomorrow!

His apprenticeship had not yet ended, and according to the original contract, he had to work in a carpenter's shop until he was thirteen.

Zhou Dezhong snorted angrily and reprimanded Erhai, Erhai looked at Tangtang and signaled her with his eyes not to beat Zhou Dezhong.

This person doesn't deserve Sugar Candy's anger, let alone her dirty hands.

An apprentice in the carpenter's shop told him that Zhou Dezhong once said after drinking that he would get a sum of compensation if he died, which would be more profitable than if he had lived in the carpenter's shop for 20 years!

So Zhou Dezhong was looking forward to his death.

He will save this account for later, and he doesn't want Tangtang to be involved.

And the last time Sugar Candy got angry and disappeared, he must not allow this to happen again. Compared with seeking justice for yourself, sugar candy is the most important thing!

Zhou Dezhong reprimanded Erhai for a long time, so long that Tangtang was impatient to listen, she saw that this old man couldn't fight Erhai, so she waved his hand and left.

Erhai didn't go back to the carpenter shop with them immediately that day, but said that he would let them go to work tomorrow.

He's going to wait for Sugar Candy here, and he has a lot to say to her.

But Sugar Candy didn't come that night.

For many, many days to come, he stubbornly waited in this small cabin, but Tangtang never returned.