Chen Yong didn't speak, and Shen Huaiming was always steady.

Only Huai'an put out a smile that everyone loved: "Hello cousin, my name is Shen Huai'an, what's your name?" ”

Chen Yong was still silent, just bowed slightly, and pinned his head out of the window.

Only then did Huai'an remember that he was a mute, and he regretted his recklessness a little, knowing that people couldn't speak, and he went to ask for their names.

He turned around and asked Huaiming in a low voice, "Brother, what's his name?" ”

Shen Huaiming intended to test him, and wrote the word "甍" with chopsticks dipped in water.

Huai'an only glanced at it, and immediately said, "Cousin Chen Weng......"

Shen Huaiming pulled his younger brother back: "You can take a good look at it again." ”

Only then did Huai'an realize that he had read it wrong, but he didn't know it horizontally and vertically, so he could only guess carefully: "Chen ...... Sense? ”

He has eaten the meat rice, the meat is fat and thin, soft and glutinous, and the bite is full of sauce, delicious!

Chen Yong almost jumped up from the bed and glared angrily at Huai'an: "Yong, embroidery, carved downward, Yong!" ”

"Scared!" Huai'an jumped far away: "You, you, you, you can talk!" ”

Chen Yong was even more angry, and a pair of big eyes that were slightly protruding because of his thinness were round.

Huai Ming hurriedly said: "Blame me, blame me, I just want to teach him to read, cousin don't be angry." ”

Chen Yong looked at Huai'an, a small one, with a hairy head, red lips and white teeth, which made people angry. So he leaned back on the pillow and said slowly: "Cousin, I understand your kindness, but I just want to be alone." ”

"Cousin Xiaoyong, what's the point of being alone?" Huai'an proposed, "Why don't we play flying chess!" There's no bad mood you can't get in one game of flying chess, if you do, play two games! ”

Chen Yong couldn't understand Huai'an's words at all, he only felt that he was a little noisy, and he didn't want to delve into it, so he just said: "It's up to you." ”

And then it doesn't matter if they sit and go into their minds, whatever they do.

Huai'an ordered someone to carry it into the couch table, excitedly opened the chessboard, explained the rules roughly, and then took Chen Yong to play.

The children under the fence couldn't wipe their face and pick people out, so Chen Yong had a perfunctory attitude at first, wanting to leave by himself when they had had enough.

After playing a few games, although I was still sad, I didn't feel that time was so difficult.

Huai Ming took into account that he was still very weak, and was afraid that he would hurt his spirits, so he took the initiative to stop the next game: "Cousin, have a good rest, we have to go to the upper room to say goodbye to our grandmother." ”

Huai'an just wanted to say, didn't he already ask for peace in the morning? was coaxed and dragged out of the wing room by his brother.

"Big brother, what are you doing, little cousin has just been a little interested." Huai'an complained dissatisfied.

Huai Ming smiled: "I think you are still unsatisfied." ”

Huai'an said: "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy, isn't the eldest brother also having a good time?" ”

Huai Ming pulled him to sit in the courtyard and told him what happened in Chen Yong's house.

Huai'an was dumbfounded.

He snorted a little flustered, "I really don't know ......"

He regretted it. In my previous life, I experienced the pain of being abandoned by my family, which can be said to be heart-wrenching, compared to losing all my relatives overnight, how painful should it be? Ten times and a hundred times is not an exaggeration.

But he still jokes with others and teaches them to play chess.

"Father wants us to persuade him to cheer up quickly, he is the only son of the Chen family, and he needs to go back to take care of the family's affairs as soon as possible."

Huai'an was stunned for a moment, persuad? How can you persuade this kind of thing?

"Don't be too upset, everything will pass......" This kind of understatement is only counterproductive.

Or pleading: "You have to be strong, you have to be brave, if you don't cheer up, others will come to fight with you for the family property!" ”

Just kidding, people don't want to live anymore, and they still care about family property?

So at this time, there are no words that can play a role except for companionship.

So from this day on, Huai'an came to the grandmother's house every day.

Sometimes bring a small basket of fresh citrus and persimmons, set up a stove to roast oranges and roast persimmons, in addition to oranges, there are rice cakes, persimmons, peanuts, chestnuts......

"These can be roasted too?" Chen Yong asked.

"Everything can be baked." Huai'an took a large bamboo tong and flipped the food on the stove.

The charcoal fire crackled in the small tandoor, and the light of the fire made Huai'an's face red.

"You're still so young, and your uncle allows you to toss around like this at home?" Chen Yong asked again.

"My dad is very open-minded." Huai'an said: "As long as he doesn't set fire to the house, he usually doesn't care too much." ”

Chen Yong looked at him stunned and burned his ...... Burning the house?

Huai'an talked about burning books and igniting the study again, and Chen Yong's scalp was numb when he heard it, and he moved into the bed with a twisted brow.

He also found something to do for Chen Yong, and showed him several submissions received by the Children's Bookstore, so that he could do a preliminary review, and it was best to propose revisions.

Well, it's not about squeezing labor.

Chen Yong is very fond of books, and he is not very old, and he can't take his eyes off these novel and interesting children's books, there are those who talk about the history of the scriptures, those who talk about allusions, and those who teach people to make poems, most of which are vivid and interesting, and people can't put them down.

In this way, when Chen Yong wanted to speak, Huai'an would talk to him, and when he didn't want to speak, he would play quietly by himself on the side and never disturb him.

Three days later, Chen Yong finally couldn't help asking: "I'm not fun here, why are you always here to accompany me?" ”

I think with peace of mind, because when I see you, it's like seeing myself covered in bruises in my previous life.

Of course, he couldn't say that.

"Because my father said that you are a family," Huai'an patted his chest and said, "I am a very righteous person, I can't watch others take advantage of others to bully my family, I hope you can get better, and we will deal with the bad guys together."

Chen Yong didn't know what he thought, he glanced at Huai'an several times, didn't speak, and continued to turn his head to look out the window.

The canaries under the porch were still very excited, not as noisy as they had been a few days ago.

A child of this young age knows that they can't watch their own family being bullied – even though they're no longer there.

……

Shen Yu was reading the newspaper in the front yard, and Li Huan said that when the young master came, he was still a little surprised.

I saw Chen Yong standing in front of him in plain clothes, a little young man, thin and tough, like a little green bamboo that was pulling joints.

He waved his sleeves and said in a firm tone: "Uncle is kind, my nephew will remember it, Uncle Lao will send a carriage to send my nephew home." ”

Chapter 32

Outside the window, the sun hung high in the sky, and it was bright on all sides.

The diffuse sunlight shone Chen Yong's shadow shallowly and thinly, as if between heaven and earth, within the Liuhe, there was only one left, a single shadow, standing blankly.

After only a few words, fine sweat was oozing from the corners of his forehead.

Shen Yu looked at him with a worried gaze, and he couldn't say a word of comfort for a long time, so he had to walk to his side and stroke his shoulder, which was so sick that there was only a handful of bones left: "Go and rest first, don't think about anything, everything will be arranged for you by your uncle." ”

Chen Yong gave the salute again and returned to the main courtyard.

At this time, I found that the plum blossoms in the yard were blooming, and the two cousins were breaking plum branches in the yard, chasing and laughing.

When they saw him come back, they came forward to greet him. Then the main courtyard returned to its former tranquility, and the two little girls deliberately did not joke in front of him.

When I returned to the wing room where I lived, I found that on the windowsill and on the small table, there were two plain white-glazed official kiln bottles, and there were a few fresh plums in the bottles, which filled the room with a dark fragrance. His heart warmed, and he turned around to look into the courtyard, and the older Huaiying bowed his head to him, and he waved his hand at his cousin, and Huaiying also said a blessing to him.

In the wing, Lamei is proud, and the tender yellow petals bloom without hesitation.

……

Shen Yu called Huaiming to inquire carefully.

Huai Ming didn't know: "I've been studying in the front yard for the past few days. The younger brother said let me not interfere and wrap it around him. ”

Shen Yu: ......

called Huai'an again, Huai'an brushed his sideburns, made a handsome move, and said very poorly: "It's all trivial." ”

Seeing that my father's face was getting darker and darker, I made a smile and pretended to be a little adult: "My little cousin is a strong and sensible child, and my father has sent enough people to accompany him, no problem." ”

When it comes to other people's funerals, it is said that Shen Yu should not laugh, unless he can't help it.

He pulled his son to his side and scratched his nose: "How old are you, just say that others are children." ”

"I've grown up," Huai'an clenched his fists and patted his biceps: "I have been practicing swords every day for the past few days, and you have touched my powerful arms." ”

Shen Yu felt quite funny, and pinched his little arm: "Well, it's grown up, let's move to the front yard and live with your eldest brother, and let him supervise your studies." ”

thought that the eldest brother would be verbose with him like Tang Seng reciting the mantra...... Huai'an's smile froze, and he changed his words instantly: "Oh, I'm just kidding, I'm still young, of course I have to live with my father." ”

Shen Yu laughed and laughed.

Huai'an's expression became a little serious: "Dad, when will my cousin go back to his house?" ”

Shen Yu said: "Just these two days. ”

"Can I go back with him?" Huai'an asked.

Shen Yu looked at his son hesitantly, the little one, although he usually has a little skin, he can already solve problems for the family at a critical time!

Huai'an and Huaiming are different. Huaiming self-denial, calm and introverted, in fact, it is clear and thorough; Huai'an is born with a kind temperament and can empathize with the joys and sorrows of others. This kind of temperament is very easy to be used, and only when they suffer a lot in the future will they understand the truth of self-preservation, but this process is extremely painful and requires them to be carefully protected by their parents.

In addition, children of this age, except for keeping vigils for their close relatives, mostly avoid appearing at funerals. According to local customs, when Master Shen went out of the funeral, the three younger children of Huai'an, Huaiying, and Huaiwei were all tied to the room with red ropes by their families, which meant to tie the children's souls to prevent them from being taken away by the deceased.

"Stay at home, I'll send your cousin." Shen Yu said.

"Will my cousin come to our house in the future?" Huai'an asked again.

"The adults still have to agree, and I'll tell you when the time comes." Shen Yu said.

Huai'an didn't bother much this time, and accompanied his little cousin for two more days, until his father arranged everything properly, and then sent him to the mouth of the alley.

The neighboring county has just been tragically plagued by the Japanese invaders, and there have been a lot of funerals recently, and even the mourning clothes have been rushed overnight.

Shen Yu and his eldest son Huaiming had not yet served, so they had to send Huaiyuan to accompany Chen Yong, and asked Li Huan to lead seven or eight young and strong maids, and a dozen clever and steady mothers-in-law and maids, and hired dozens of husbands, and returned to the Chen family in the neighboring county to cook the funeral.

At dusk the day before the funeral, the Chen Mansion was in full swing to arrange the funeral matters, and it was not ready to stop until dawn, when the door of the house was wide open, and in a dim sky, the guests attending the funeral were welcomed.

It was not suitable for those who wore filial piety to attend the funeral, so the Shen family only sent people to send paper instruments and silk gold.