Outside the door, the anxious An Gui could not be dismissed with a sentence of "I don't know". I heard him ask loudly, "When did my mother and them move out?" ”

There was no sound of answering in the house, which made An Gui so anxious that he banged on the door hard, and the sound of "clang" was very loud, and several neighbors next door stuck out their heads to take a look, but immediately retracted.

"Brother, don't knock, it's important to go to your aunt first." Hu Guang's voice sounded behind An Gui, making him hurriedly turn around and ask in surprise, "First ...... Second brother, do you know where my mother is? ”

Hu Guang nodded, and immediately gave An Gui an address. More than a dozen people and horses, under the leadership of An Gui, quickly got out of the alley.

Although it was Hu Guang's address, it was impossible for him to recognize the way. As An Gui led the way, the narrower and dirtier the alley became. No need to ask, I'm afraid this is a slum in Beijing.

It's also a loss that An Gui is an old Beijinger, he walks fast all the way, doesn't ask people, turns east and west, and doesn't stop much along the way.

As we walked along the way, we met many poor people dressed in patches and with thin yellow faces, and when they saw their strong men leading their horses over, they all avoided them in fear. As soon as the people passed, they all gathered together curiously and muttered, probably guessing how these people would come to the poorest place in Jingshi, right?

An Gui led the way for about two quarters of an hour, and then arrived at the mouth of an alley. When he was about to enter the alley, a child in his teens came out, so he stretched out his hand and asked, "Which family in this alley is surnamed An, An Ping'an Yue's family?" ”

The child was suddenly stopped by a group of adults, and when he stopped this person in front of him and looked a little fierce, he was frightened and speechless for a while.

In fact, An Gui is not fierce, but he is in a bad mood and is very anxious. It was misunderstood by the child.

"Dingguo, give him candied fruit, and help the eldest master ask about the situation." Seeing this, Hu Guang immediately commanded.

Li Dingguo immediately agreed, took out a small packet of candied fruit wrapped in oiled paper from the big burden hanging on the horse's back, walked quickly to the child and said, "There are some dates here." It's delicious, you take it. Did you hear what my eldest man said just now? ”

Seeing a child who was not a few years older than himself talking to him, the child immediately had a little more courage, he looked at An Gui, and then at Li Dingguo, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the candied fruit in Li Dingguo's hand, and then turned around and ran into the alley, shouting loudly as he ran: "Sister An." Someone is looking for it, Sister An, someone is looking for ......"

When An Gui heard this, he was overjoyed, and strode close to the alley, following closely behind the child.

Although the child was barefoot, his speed was really fast, and he soon jumped into a house in the alley. Then I heard a crisp, loud but a little nervous voice sound: "What kind of person is it?" ”

"Sister An, don't worry, she is not a bad person. This is what they give, you see! I'll give you a little bit. ”

An Gui stepped onto the threshold, looked inside, and saw a large wooden basin and a pile of clothes in the narrow courtyard.

There was a young woman on the side of the tub. Dressed in patched old clothes, holding a laundry mallet in his hand, he looked at the door from the child in front of him a little nervously.

The young woman was visibly nervous when she saw a strong man appear on her doorstep. He slowly retreated at the first moment, and at the same time asked vigilantly, "Who are you?" ”

An Gui didn't answer, he looked at the girl in front of him carefully, trying to recall the impression buried in the depths of his mind.

Suddenly, he showed a look of overjoy, strode inside, and said loudly as he walked: "Sister, it's me, big brother, I'm big brother!" ”

The girl began to see An Gui walking into the courtyard, and was so frightened that she wanted to turn around and enter the house, but when she heard An Gui's voice, her body did not move, and she raised her head and stared carefully at the person who came in.

An Gui stood in front of her, stretched out his right hand and lifted his left sleeve, revealing a small scar burned by the fire, and while showing it to the girl, he couldn't help but say happily: "Sister, look, I'm really your big brother, I'm back!" ”

As soon as she saw the scar, the girl's eyes that were still vigilant just now suddenly changed the sky, and the tears immediately flowed down, a sad scream, and seemed to have a sense of relief with a backbone and dependence, shouting "Big brother ......", and threw herself into An Gui's arms and cried whining.

An Gui hugged his sister as before, patted her on the back, and tears flowed out, but he smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, big brother is back, big brother is back, big brother is back......"

Hu Guang and the others had already walked to the gate of the courtyard at this time, and they didn't go in after seeing this scene, leaving room for their brothers and sisters to reunite. Besides, such a small yard can't squeeze them out.

An Gui quickly came back to his senses, stretched out his hands and grabbed An Yue's shoulders, pushed it away a little and asked, "What about Mother?" ”

Hearing what the eldest brother said, An Yue also immediately came back to her senses, hurriedly turned around and rushed to the house, and shouted loudly while pushing the door open: "Mother...... Mother, the eldest brother is back, mother ......"

Or it was because he was too excited, but he tripped over the threshold for An Yue, who was very familiar with his own family. But she didn't care about where she had been bumped, and quickly got up and rushed into the house.

An Gui followed closely behind the girl and rushed in as well.

Seeing this, Hu Guang ordered the others to stay at the door, and he also went into the house to see the situation.

When he entered the house, he smelled a smell of medicine. Lightly, not thickly. It may be that it is almost evening, and the light in the room is not good, but I can still see that the Angui brothers and sisters have just arrived at the bedside of the inner room.

As soon as An Gui arrived at the bedside, he knelt in front of the bed, straightened his upper body, faced the bed, and shouted distressedly: "Mother, what's wrong with you?" Mother, what kind of illness are you, mother......"

Hu Guang didn't go into the inner room, just watched outside, and went to the kitchen again. It can be said that the house is surrounded by four walls, and even in the kitchen, except for a medicine jar, there are only some cinders, which are neatly gathered in a corner. Lift the lid of the pot, the inside is empty, well, the iron pot is still missing a corner.

As he watched, he heard a cry coming from the back room. From the choked words, it could be heard that the people in the house saw An Gui's father's ashes.

For this situation, Hu Guang could only sigh. But he immediately felt that something was wrong, didn't An Gui have a younger brother, why didn't there be one in the house?

Maybe Angui's younger brother hasn't come home yet, right? Hu Guang thought. At that time, Mrs. Wang didn't say much, but just told Hu Guang that An Gui and his mother had moved to a new place for almost a month.

At this moment, An Gui's frightened voice suddenly came from the back room: "Mother...... Mother's ......" (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you rabit2011 for your support!