Sycamore Fall Chapter 23. Fanghua is not pre-planned
The river under the stone bridge was still flowing hard, and the riverbed had revealed its strong bones, and the gray and white stone supported the faint trickle. The children, who usually dare not go deeper, are churning happily, burying their expectations in the puddles and mud pits, and the white smoke scatters and suddenly flies broken debris, which is the happiness of their own year, and they can only stop and admire for a moment. The children who played with him are now long gone, and who would have such thoughts, but they are just ethereal memories that are hard to leave behind.
Those young people who are getting carried away are not old guests he knows, fate comes and goes, people gather and disperse, and there is no reason to enter the house he visited. This man's affection lies in the people, but there are stories about them that are happening non-stop, who has to be idle, and who has the interest to endure the cold in this barren and poor place. Along the way, the strangeness he touched made him have more paranoid thoughts. The beauty of this world is always covered up in a moment, that is when people are really lonely, he is lonely at the moment, but there is still hope in his heart that is not far away, the person he thinks of may be waiting for him under the white plum, he reluctantly looks back, until he makes up his mind to walk. His best friend hadn't been in touch for five years, and now all he had left was a fragment, except for the old wooden house with blue bricks and black tiles as a heavy symbol, standing silently.
"Goodbye, old friend!" He turned his head into the deep forest and stopped looking at it.
The road is still the same as it was back then, but the surrounding vegetation is more luxuriant, and the branches are thick, and he no longer needs to turn around, and the road is easier. The road was walked out by people, and this place has not been forgotten, which made him a little more confident, he firmly believed that Gu Fang was still there, and he was still looking at it from afar, she had always been a trustworthy person.
There was no dreamy sky, I saw her standing in the plum forest running down the slope to meet him, "Brother Aning, I've been waiting for you for a long time, why are you here now, if you miss today, you have to wait for another year..."
"Brother Aning, I've been thinking about you for so many days, don't worry too much about me, I'm grown up and can take care of myself..."
"Of course, it doesn't depend on whose sister it is, but you have to pay more attention to your body when you're over there, I know that your physique is easy to get sick, so you usually drink more boiled water and exercise more..."
"Know, I'm not a child, come and sit at my house, it's a new look now!"
"Well, let me see your masterpiece!"
Footprints of different shades were left in the snow, but they were soon covered again by the fluttering, and the traces left in the winter were difficult to keep for a long time, but because of the inconvenience caused by this ban, the interweaving of emotions became more frequent than in the past, and the more time spent sitting around the narrative, it became more mellow.
"Look at my new home, how about it, does it look good?"
"Well, it's clean and tidy, it's good, hey, there's a pictorial, I really don't see that you're still chasing the trend, it's very good, Fangfang, you have a pair of skillful hands!"
"Needless to say, I have secretly practiced by myself, as far as you don't know, I have always been treated as a fool, and I do everything by myself, hum!"
"Okay, don't be angry, I'm not guilty of not knowing, isn't the food I made delicious?"
"It's so-so, barely enough to meet my appetite, and I still need to work hardโ" She tried her best to hide her smile with words, but the flushed face easily betrayed her inner thoughts, which she loved very much, and it was carefully prepared for her after all.
"By the way, how long are you going to stay here this time, are your parents so relieved to let you come, why don't you join them for the New Year?"
"This, in fact, I will come back every year, about two or three days, but I can't control the specific length of time, just wait for them to call me, it just so happens that they can't get out of their work these days, I begged to come and see you first, in previous years, there was no one in your family, I only dared to watch from afar, after all, I only know you and the third uncle..."
"By the way, my bracelet, Shi'an is happy?"
"She, naturally, is so happy that she wants to see you."
"Okay, I'll go see her when I'm free, but I'm about to leave in a while, and my mother will call to urge me."
"Well, I know, then let's go out first, otherwise we won't be able to catch the car for a while, and I'll send you down the mountain."
"Wow, but what about the New Year's gift you gave me, hand it over quickly, don't tell me you didn't prepare!" Gu Fang pouted and shook his arm.
"I, I don't have anything to give you, just send you my newly written long and short sentences, you can open it and take a look."
Gu Fang unfolded the note he pulled out of his cuffs, and wrote: Draw red sleeves, Zhiqing's slender hands, and the ice muscles and jade bones are first recognized. The cold smoke cage is weak and willow supports the wind, the oblique shadow is about to fall and the show is shocking, the light dance is self-conscious, and the love is forgotten. With light, we will follow you
, Qiansuo dreams are worry-free.
"Oh, I didn't expect my brother Aning to have such a ability, but he stole the hearts of many girls!" Gu Fang was a little annoyed, but she quickly became happy, although it was funny, but what she said in this long and short sentence was exactly what she wanted. At a loss for a while, she began to beat Yining again, her fists were soft and could not cause substantial damage, in his impression, such behavior belonged to the category of coquettishness, yes, Gu Fang actually coquetted to him, this is really rare!
"Brother Aning, I'm leaving, in fact, you don't have to give it to me, I'm a flying fairy, I'll meet again!"
I saw Gu Fang jump and fall to the edge of the cliff, and after a while, I saw the colorful light dragging the clouds, and a colorful phoenix rushed out from under the pool, it looked back at him, and flew away.
He was terrified and shouted mercilessly, thinking that he would be able to carry wings and catch up with her far away, but he was a mortal after all, and the feeling of loss came suddenly, unstoppable, and the tearing pain stripped him from the beautiful world.
His eyes were shining through the beating tiles, and he fell from the hotbed, and collapsed in the mud for a long time.
In winter, things are sluggish, and even animals with physical fitness twice as good as humans will hide in warm nests or migrate to other places when the weather is cold, which is enough to prove the horror of winter. Although the flame is rising, but after all, it cannot change the general state of heaven and earth, and the work of biological enzymes is limited, which is a good explanation of why people's working state is obviously not as good as other seasons, but these are only objective, and the will that people have to fight the heavens and the earth is enough to overcome difficulties and obstacles, and he finally stands up.
Looking around, this is reality, and it is the same as a dream, he did come yesterday, but he didn't see the person he was thinking about, Gu Fang didn't talk to him, and only wrote a few short messages on the table, which was the latest situation and blessings with a description.
There are traces of her life in the house, and he can even deduce and restore the scene at that time in his thoughts, he is not a detective, but he is too familiar with Gu Fang's living habits, just to comfort his frustration due to not keeping his promise. Although Gu Fang didn't blame, he never wanted to go, but he couldn't communicate, so he made a phone call to explain his feelings, so he could only look forward to the next meeting.
The front of the tomb has been carefully cleaned, thorns and weeds are piled on the side, the incense and candles of the worship platform are not finished, the paper ash is black and white, and the traces of the stele are blurred, this is the place behind her, and now it is also desolate!
Grandma Wu did not enjoy the grace she deserved, her descendants were very snobbish, and now she has been forgotten in this small corner. After the changes of the four seasons in the world, this mountain forest is also prosperous, probably because of the verdant nature of people, so that she is quiet here and not too lonely.
The funeral of the beautiful Haofan was what she wanted, fame and fortune were up to them, she was tired and just wanted to have a good rest. What about those children who are far away, only her favorite child Gu Fang still misses her well, and sets aside time to talk to her every year.
"Goodbye, Grandma Wu, next year, I will accompany Fangfang back to see you, this time I came in a hurry and didn't bring anything, next time I will make up for it..."
Eyes disappeared in the middle of the mountain shaded by pines and cypresses, he turned away, sparrows fluttering happily on the path, the frozen soil was solid, he walked steadily, it was the direction of home.
Will the World Security Council be waiting for him at the lookout? He was in a complicated mood with the bag left by Gu Fang, he couldn't take out too many materials in the bag, but the things she gave were almost filled with small cabinets, this clear love and pity for Shi'an made him ashamed of being an elder brother.
"Second brother, go home quickly, there are guests at home..."Shi Anguo looked at him from afar and called out to him from afar, as expected.
"Got it, go back to the house, it's cold outside..."
Shi'an did not listen to him, ran down the slope to meet him, and jumped into his arms like an antelope. He was not knocked down, but retreated slightly, and Shi'an also knew the proportions and did not get tired for too long.
"Second brother, where did you bring these things from, I remember that there are no such things in the town, let's say, is it spending more money, you don't have to be like this, I'm already happy to take me out to play, save some money for my mother's illness..."
"I didn't buy this, it's something that your sister Fangfang brought you, look at it, do you like it?"
"Ahh Sister Fangfang, well, I like it very much, as long as she sends it, I like it, oh, yes! Sister Yuhua is back, let's get food at our house, let's go, go back, it's time to eat, second brother, you must be hungrier than me, haha..."
There are new changes in the home that he hasn't seen for a day, and things in the dam are much more organized, as if his mother has come back, but he knows that this is Yuhua's doing, so he doesn't have to hold the hope of coming back for no reason.
When I was thinking about it, I only heard the creak of the window pushing from a high place, and there was a pretty girl standing in the window, it was Shu Yuhua, the daughter of her father's friend, the little cutie who used to visit often. I saw her wearing a simple long braid, a red rope knotted with a broken white cloth, and she was looking at him downstairs.
"Brother Aning, you're back, come into the house for dinner, I'm done." Her voice was soft, sweet and clear, and when she finished speaking, she removed the window wood and walked, and there was a ding-dong footstep at the entrance of the building.
"Long time no see, Sister Yuhua!"
"Long time no see, Brother Aning!"
The two hugged each other for a long time...
He really didn't expect that there would be such a surprise in the here and now to relieve his dusty heart