April in the countryside is a bit chilly.

The sun had not yet come out, and the sky and the earth were gray and foggy.

If you walk along the national highway in the mountains behind the hospital, you will have to step onto a dirt road at the fork in the road and continue your way inside.

Seeing Yu Ruyi walking in front without a sound. Chu Yunchuan turned his head and asked Wang Hao in a low voice: "She didn't say a word, is it okay?" ”

"It's fine. She misses her ancestors. Every day during Qingming and the seventh and half months, she had to go back to the grave of her ancestors. ”

"Zuzu?"

"Her mother's grandparents, her names are 'Da Zuzu' and 'Mi Zuzu'. She was brought up by two ancestors. ”

Chu Yunchuan was messy: "Didn't you say that she was fostered in your house when she was very young?" ”

"Six, she only came to my house when she was six."

"Her grandparents are both teachers in the Normal Academy, and the conditions should be very good......

"Her grandmother didn't fight against her ancestors."

"When you were born?"

"That time was fine. When Ruyi was six years old, her grandmother resolutely refused to give in and insisted on taking Ruyi back to the city for education. She was reluctant to go so far as she wanted, and threatened to jump into the river. ”

"And then?"

"Later, my mother came up with this compromise solution: study in the town and take turns going to my grandparents' house and grandparents' house on holidays."

"What does this have to do with your family?"

"Ruyi was delivered by my mother. Since both parents died at birth, everyone in the hospital paid attention to her growth, and she is also the common child of our hospital. ”

"What was the cause of her mother's death?"

"Premature birth, placenta previa, massive bleeding. It was this road that was taken, and it was too late for the villagers to send her mother. Her mother begged my mother to save her baby. My mom had a caesarean section right away, and as soon as she came out, her mom was gone. ”

"What's going on with her dad?"

"Seeing her mother pass away, she was so sad that she went into shock on the spot, and she was gone."

"It's miserable."

"Yes, the conditions in the hospital were even worse, there were fewer doctors, everyone was busy saving the child, if someone had paid attention to her father, and the rescue was timely, his father might not have died. This is a knot in the hearts of the previous generation of doctors, and it is also one of the reasons why Ruyi insists on studying medicine. ”

Everyone was silent.

From time to time, a few birdsongs come from the trees and the air near and far, showing the depth and silence of the mountain. The air was fresh and cold, with a hint of earthy astringency.

Occasionally, a drop of water drops into the neck, cooling the heart and spleen.

Climbing up the mountain beam, the vision suddenly opens up: the distant mountains meet the sky, the peaks are stacked and green, and the yellow rape flowers are one piece here, one piece there, swaggering in the morning light. Smoke lingers around the mountainside, and where the smoke rises, you can always find a corner of the eaves or a red and white flower, a mirror-like paddy field inlaid at the foot of the mountain, and early farmers working in the fields......

"It's beautiful!" Chu Yunchuan stopped and watched.

Wang Hao also stopped, "Natural oxygen!" ”

"Hey! Can't you walk? Ruyi shouted back.

The two of them hurried to catch up. There is another dense forest ahead.

"Pine Tree!" Ruyi suddenly stopped and said excitedly, "Wang Hao, you see those pine trees are so tall!" ”

"You're all that tall, and it should be that tall." Wang Hao turned back to Chu Yunchuan and said, "We were caught stealing those small saplings before. ”

"What are you stealing saplings for?"

"Ruyi wants to plant it in the courtyard of the hospital."

"Tell me more!" Ruyi was a little embarrassed, "Wang Hao is so stupid, he told me to run quickly, but he stopped there and waited for others to catch him." ”

Chu Yunchuan asked with interest, "What happened later?" ”

Wang Hao smiled: "Later, people recognized us as the children of the doctor's family, and let us go with a warning." ”

"You often take this path?"

"Yes, I often have to send her back to the old man to see."

"Every time we go back, we bring a lot of delicious food to Zuzu, and when we go back to the hospital, Zuzu asks us to carry some melons, vegetables, fruits and something." Ruyi smiled and said, "Wang Hao is very powerful, he carries it every time." ”

Wang Hao smiled: "There are still some people who play tricks when they walk, and they also want me to carry them." ”

Yu Ruyi smiled embarrassedly.

Turning a mountain mouth again, Ruyi sat on top of an abandoned stone mill, and looked at a mountain in the distance stupidly: "The tree on the top of the mountain was planted by my great ancestor!" Every time we left, the Great Ancestor would go to that mountain, and stand there looking at it, and he wouldn't go back until we turned the mountain."

Yu Ruyi's eyes were wet.

Wang Hao stretched out his hand and pulled her up: "The ground is wet." Don't sit. Ruyi obediently stood up and continued to walk in front.

Chu Yunchuan asked, "It's almost there, right?" ”

"It's early. It looks close, and it will take nearly an hour to walk out along this ravine. ”

"Didn't you say that every village is now connected to a road?"

"It's about building roads, maybe the funds aren't in place, right?"

When I finally climbed up the mountain, I heard the sound of "whooshing" water in my ears, as if it was far away and as if it was very close.

Further on, a valley surrounded by mountains suddenly appeared in front of you.

The mountain spring Bailian generally flows down from the mountain cliff, the mountains are full of white flowers, the head is swirling with flower rain, and the feet are covered with a thick layer of flowers, and the air is clean and fragrant.

Ruyi looked back and smiled: "It's here." ”

Chu Yunchuan stretched out his hand to catch a flower: the white trumpet-shaped corolla was delicate and fat, and the orange-red stamens were like a cluster of burning flames: "What kind of flower is this?" ”

"Paulownia." Wang Hao said.

"This is Paulownia?" Chu Yunchuan said excitedly: "Is it the tung flower of 'slender female hand mulberry leaf green, indifferent guest house tung flower spring'?" ”

Wang Hao and Yu Ruyi looked at each other and smiled: "It is also the tung flower of 'the tung shade shakes the breeze, and the tung flowers are full of fragrance and fragrance'." ”

In a cemetery at the foot of the mountain, Ruyi caressed a grave: "This is my great ancestor." It was he who taught me to write the first word, it was the first time he told me, and he wanted me to be a good person...... He couldn't wait for me to grow up. ”

Yu Ruyi carefully hung the Qingming paper on the grave and walked to the second tomb.

"That's him." Wang Hao turned sideways to Chu Yunchuan and said, "Her name was taken by Mizuzu." ”

Next came Dad, Mom, and Grandma.

Yu Ruyi patted the soil on his body: "Let's go, go to the big yard." ”

Chu Yunchuan reminded: "It's not enough for my grandfather to sacrifice!" ”

Wang Hao pressed his index finger to his lips and made a silent motion.

The two of them followed towards the village.

With a few barking sounds, a thin old man wearing a thin cotton jacket, holding a pipe in his mouth, and holding his sleeves walked out.

Yu Ruyi shouted loudly: "Grandpa Zhong! ”

The old man took a closer look and said in surprise: "Is it Ruyi?" I thought you should come back! Wang Hao is also here! Whose family is that lad? ”

"It's my classmate, Chu Yunchuan." Wang Hao turned to Chu Yunchuan, "Grandpa Zhong is the old village chief, and he takes great care of the Ruyi family. ”

Grandpa Zhong said happily: "You play for a while, I'll cook bacon for you." ”

Yu Ruyi looked around: "What about my mother-in-law?" ”

Grandpa Zhong's face darkened: "As soon as Maowa died, she would go crazy." I don't know where I went. When I didn't come back for dinner, I went to look for her. ”

"What's going on with Uncle Maowa?"

"Kidney disease, saying that I want to replace my kidney, how can I get so much money when I am still anxious, and the people are gone."

Yu Ruyi's expression was gloomy: "He is only in his forties. ”

Wang Hao sighed and said to Chu Yunchuan: "It is very inconvenient for the countrymen to see a doctor, and they are dragged on with a little illness, and when they really can't insist on going to see them again, most of them can't be cured." Fortunately, now we have three hospitals, and now we can solve all the general diseases, and there is no need to go to a farther hospital. Let's go, go and see the Chen family compound! ”

It is an ancient courtyard house, high in the north and low in the south.

There is a stage in the middle of the north side, there are stone stairs on both sides of the stage, the east and west wings are two rows of houses with arcades, the south side is a row of bungalows, and the southeast corner has a gate.

"That gate is called Chaomen." Wang Hao introduced to Chu Yunchuan, "It is the only way to get out of the village. ”

Now, the west and east wings of the village chief's house have each been demolished, leaving mottled broken walls, the grass on the wall is swaying in the wind, and the remaining rooms are either locked or piled with firewood and grass on the side of the street, and the whole courtyard is like an old man in his last years, decaying and withering.

"There are two small courtyards behind this courtyard, and there are ear rooms next to them." Wang Hao said, "It is said that it was repaired by an ancestor surnamed Chen. When Ruyi was a child, there were still many people living here. ”

"What about those people?"

"Those who have passed away have passed away, and those who have worked part-time have gone."

"Where did Ruyi live before?"

"The one next to the door is the house of Ruyi Zuzu."

Pushing open the door, Yu Ruyi used a small fork to prop open the carved wooden window, and the sunlight outside the courtyard immediately poured in.

Although the room is old and simple, the walls are still very strong, and the floor is still flat and dry.

Yu Ruyi leaned on the window and looked out: "Wang Hao, Wang Hao!" The peach tree is still there! ”

Wang Hao looked at the peach tree that was still full of flowers, and said to Chu Yunchuan with a smile: "That tree was planted by her ancestors, and when the peaches were ripe in the past, we would climb to the tree and eat while picking them. ”

"Let's go! Get out and play! Yu Ruyi dragged Wang Hao out.

Stepping past the high threshold of the gate, beneath the stone staircase are large flat vegetable fields and paddy fields.

Yu Ruyi took Wang Hao's hand and jumped down the stone ladder one by one: "When I was a child, I thought that this stone ladder was very high, and it was not enough for more than 20 steps." ”

There is a small river on the edge of the field, and the water flows slowly and is crystal clear.

After a few minutes of walking along the river, you will see a small stone bridge.

The river flows down through the bridge holes, forming three small waterfalls.

"This is the three-hole nine-step bridge." Yu Ruyi said excitedly to Chu Yunchuan, "The big mountain across the river is Xiaoyao Mountain, I heard that there were immortals living on the mountain before." ”

Yu Ruyi happily walked down the stone steps under the bridge to the water's edge, squatted down to play in the water, and looked back and smiled in surprise while playing: "It's so cool!" ”

Wang Hao leaned on the bridge pier and looked at Yu Ruyi dotingly and smiled.

Chu Yunchuan said: "I gave up. ”

"Oh?" Wang Hao looked at Chu Yunchuan puzzled.

"I was going to persuade you to go to work in the city again today."

"I really don't want to go." Wang Hao said contentedly, "The life like this now is the life of my dreams." ”

"With Ruyi?"

"That's a must!"

"Look at you! Can't wait for her to grow up?"

Wang Hao smiled and punched Chu Yunchuan.

"Ahh Yu Ruyi's feet slipped and she screamed.

Wang Hao's face changed, and he ran over quickly: "Stop playing, it's too dangerous!"

Chu Yunchuan disagreed: "This little bit of water, it's fine." ”

Wang Hao held Ruyi's hand tightly, still a little frightened: "The water under the bridge is very deep, and the current is also very fast. It was here that her grandmother had an accident. ”

Chu Yunchuan looked at Wang Hao suspiciously.

"When her mother was a few years old, she slipped on the bridge when she crossed the bridge to go to school on the other side of the mountain, and her grandmother saved her mother, but she was washed under the bridge by the flood." Wang Hao pointed to the place where the red flag was floating not far away, "So when her mother came back from graduating from the Normal School, she built a primary school on this side of the river - Tonghua Primary School." ”

"Her dad used to teach here?"

"Of course."

After eating at Grandpa Zhong's house, Grandpa Zhong took out a bamboo pipe and loaded it with cigarette rolls: "Ruyi, tell you something." ”

"Hmm."

"Your grandfather, don't hate him."

Yu Ruyi lowered her eyes.

"He's getting old, too. After the Dragon Boat Festival, it will be sixty-six. ”

Grandpa Zhong took a few puffs of his cigarette, "He really wants to meet you." ”

Yu Ruyi lowered her head.

Grandpa Zhong took a few more puffs of cigarettes: "Your ancestor, stubborn! Both are stubborn! Anyway, it's his only son. If you don't admit it, you won't admit it, and you won't let go of your mouth when you die. ”

Bounced off the ashes, Grandpa Zhong sighed: "He's not a bad guy either. We grew up together, we were soldiers together, and I know him. ”

Yu Ruyi stared at him: "Have you seen him recently?" ”

"Where can I walk! It's a fellow worker who has seen him. With tears in his eyes, he held the hands of his hometown people and didn't let go for a long time. Iniquity. ”

"They also came back with a phone number." Grandpa Zhong got up and went to the drawer to find a piece of paper, and looked at the light, "Chen Duanwu, this is it." ”

Yu Ruyi took it, hesitated for a moment, and carefully put it in her bag.