Fog Township

That night, Amin slept soundly.In the early morning of Chaba, the rare sunshine shines on the mountains and rivers of the town, and the bright sunlight shines through the window on Amin's bedside.He was awakened by the singing of birds in front of the window, stretched his body, and before he opened his eyes, he called casually as usual: "Yusheng, wake up, the sun is drying his butt." Neither responded.A Ming rubbed his sleepy eyes, got up and looked across, and found that the bed was neatly folded, with Yu Sheng's SLR camera, Swiss Army knife and a letter on it.

Amin immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.He hurriedly opened the letter. It was written in Yusheng's handwriting:

Armin:

Please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye.The reason why I left in this way is because if I say goodbye in person, I am afraid that I will lose the courage to leave.Thank you very much for taking care of me and "love" me.I'm sorry that I kept something from you.Actually, from the day you gave me the medicine, I knew you liked me, because I woke up at that time, and I felt you sticking your tongue into my mouth.

In fact, ever since I knew you liked me, I have been confused and conflicted. I don't know whether to accept your feelings, because I am also very troubled.I don't know if I should have feelings for a man, I'm not ready to accept a love, so I choose silence.I try my best to avoid the question of whether I love you, but I can't stop thinking about it.

Remember that Swiss Army Knife?At that time, in order to make you "give up", I deliberately said that it was sent by my senior sister. In fact, he is a senior I admire very much.I only found out later that he had feelings for me.On the day of graduation, we were all drunk and passed out, and everyone else left the venue. The senior took advantage of the alcohol and suddenly kissed me. I felt disgusted at the time and pushed him away immediately.I felt humiliated and ran away.Later, he went to another school to study as a graduate student. Although we were in the same city, we never met again. Two years later, I was about to graduate. One day, I received a package without my name and address.I opened the package. There was a whole box of letters. I opened the first letter. It was not long after I entered the school. When I read the first line, I knew it was a letter from the senior.The letter mentioned the scene when he saw me for the first time. When I first read these letters, I was disgusted in my heart, so I threw them aside for a long time and ignored them, but I couldn't bear to throw them away.Later, I also fell in love, and changed several times. I always lost my feeling when I was talking. My girlfriend thought I was boring, and I thought they were annoying.One day, I suddenly remembered those letters from my seniors, so I spent a whole day reading them.I was really touched, I realized that men can be so affectionate towards men again, and at the same time, I am very grateful that there was such an excellent senior who liked me.Later, I mentioned the senior at a class reunion. A friend said that the senior had been asking him to inquire about my affairs. Presumably the mail package was sent out in the same way. I asked him, what has the senior been doing recently?He replied to me, "I haven't contacted you since I asked for your address. I heard that he went abroad to study for a Ph. D."

Ma'am.When I saw you for the first time, I had a feeling of being struck by the lightning of happiness, and my heart was pounding.But I know that there are still many things between us, and we can't give up just by giving up.

Please forgive me for not being brave enough, I want to go back and deal with those "problems" and return you a pure and clean me.

After reading this letter, Amin's tears rolled down from his eyes.There was half a piece of chocolate wrapped in gold foil under the envelope. Amin carefully peeled off the gold foil, bit off a small piece with his teeth, and then rewrapped the remaining chocolate.He chewed the sweet and bitter chocolate and whimpered.

After a while.A Ming turned on the SLR camera left by Yu Sheng, and clicked on the photo album.All the photos popping out of it are all my own photos.A Ming flipped through his photos one by one. There were those who served medicine by themselves, those who rubbed medicine on A Ming by themselves, those who hung calamus and mugwort leaves, and those who ate long street banquets... Tears fell down again, He cried and cursed into the distance: "Li Yusheng! You liar, didn't you say that you only take pictures of scenery? You big liar..." He cried bitterly while holding the SLR camera.

On the other hand, Ah Bao gradually came out of his grief, and after getting along for a long time, he gradually fell in love with the prostitute.Under Tan's mother's suggestion, the two soon got engaged.

It was a few days before the news reached Granny Zeng's ears.She had mixed feelings in her heart, neither happy nor regretful, in short, very depressed.In this regard, the grandmother has always been brooding over the fact that her son sacrificed his life to save others. Later, losing his daughter-in-law and grandson was even more painful, but thinking that life would continue, she kept this matter in her heart. I don't quite agree with the marriage between Amin and Youniang, but Youniang is really likable, so I reluctantly agree to it for Amin's happiness.This time it was a good time, Amin took the initiative to refuse, although he was happy to see the result, but Grandma was still not very happy when the girl really married someone else.

The grandmother came to Amin and said, "Such a nice girl, she thought she was going to be my granddaughter-in-law."

A Ming said: "I didn't like her in the first place, a twisted melon is not sweet, A Bao likes her so much, she will be happy."

The grandmother sighed, "What about your own happiness?"

A Ming was silent for a moment, then said with a sigh of relief: "Me! It is my happiness to be with grandma all the time."

The grandmother smiled and said, "Stupid child, can I still be with you forever? Grandma will leave one day, who will accompany you then?" Thinking that after a hundred years, Amin will be alone from now on, and the grandmother can't help feeling sad , she restrained her smile, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Amin really wanted to tell his grandmother his secret. At this moment, how much he needed someone to listen to his true heart, but just because his grandmother was his only relative, she was also the last person he could not easily tell.In this closed town, who can really understand him?

Grandma suddenly said seriously: "How do you read your medical books?" Because Amin is used to playing around in his daily life, he is not focused on studying medicine, so he naturally has only a half-knowledge of medical books.He lowered his head and said embarrassedly: "I... I will work hard in the future." The grandmother was a little annoyed, and said, "From tomorrow on, you are not allowed to go anywhere, and I will personally supervise your studies! Tonight, you should rest early .” After the grandmother finished speaking, she coughed a few times, and her face looked a little bad.

Amin asked with concern: "Grandma, are you okay?"

Grandma waved her hand and said, "Don't worry about me, go to bed." Grandma went back to her room after finishing speaking.

A Ming was lying on the bed alone, the room seemed empty, without Yu Sheng's joking, without Yu Sheng's snoring, the air was frighteningly quiet, and the dark night outside the window devoured everything.

The next day, grandmother got up early and woke Amin up.This was much earlier than usual. Amin rubbed his sleepy eyes and lazily got up. The grandmother looked serious and said angrily: "Get up! Today we will start from the "Huangdi Neijing". "Amin listened The grandmother's tone was a little harsh, she got up immediately, and followed her to the pharmacy.A Ming followed his grandmother in the pharmacy since he was a child, and he has been fascinated by it. He basically understands the nature and taboos of most medicinal materials, and is very familiar with the processing and processing of medicinal materials.It's just that the grandmother is such a grandson, so she doted on him since childhood, didn't discipline him very much, and was quite relaxed with him in terms of learning.

But today, his grandmother changed her face and began to urge him to do his homework severely. Amin didn't dare to do it carelessly.Unknowingly, he has been studying for half a month, and Amin is forced to study hard day and night, and he has some complaints in his heart.

Grandma watched him read for a while, and wanted to investigate him, so she asked: "What does the water and fire in the "Yin and Yang Yingxiang Dalun" in "Plain Questions" mean the signs of yin and yang?"

Amin scratched his head and scratched his ears: "It means that the two elements of water and fire are the representatives of yin and yang..."

Grandma was very angry, and said: "It seems that you are not caring, and you don't pay attention to it at all." Grandma found a notebook, put it in front of him, and said: "This is the notebook when I was studying medicine when I was young. If you don’t understand, I’ll test you tomorrow.” After speaking, the grandmother coughed again, shook her head and left.A Ming has been reading in the pharmacy, studying until late at night, when he heard coughing from the grandmother's room next door, he was very worried, so he poured a cup of hot water and went in to visit.

"Grandma, don't worry, I'll pour water for you." Amin gently pushed open the door, and saw that grandmother was resting on the bed. Seeing Amin, she said angrily, "Come and see me." What to do! I don't need your concern! Just let me die! I don't have such a lazy grandson like you!"

Amin didn't expect his grandmother's words to be so serious, so he said aggrievedly: "I heard that you have a bad cough, so I want to come and have a look..."

Grandmother said loudly: "I'm fine! Go and read quickly!" Then she drove Amin out of the room.

Grandma took a sip of water, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed vigorously, not wanting to spit out a little blood from her mouth.He hurriedly hid the handkerchief, fearing that Amin would see it, he simply took a dose of medicine and fell asleep.

Amin was still reading at night, and it was the first time he was severely criticized by his grandmother. He was both aggrieved and strange in his heart.

Another half month passed.A Ming has basically finished reading the medical books that his grandmother gave him, and with his grandmother's notes, he is also familiar with medical theory.He excitedly ran to his grandmother's room, wanting to share his recent learning experience with him.As soon as she walked into the room, there was a gloomy and cold atmosphere. The grandmother sat on the bed with a pale face. When she saw A Ming, she forced a smile on her face and said, "A Ming, you are here. I think you have worked hard these few days. Very soon, I didn't bother you, it seems that you have read all my notes."

A Ming nodded and said: "Grandma's notes are really useful, I learned a lot." Grandma coughed again and again, and A Ming took the handkerchief and handed it to her.

Grandma said, "Cough...cough...that's good."

Amin wanted to take the handkerchief back, but his grandmother hurriedly stuffed it into his pocket. He vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he quickly snatched it over to look.I saw blood foam all over it.A Ming was taken aback and asked, "Grandma! What's going on?"

The grandmother smiled and said, "Hehe. I knew I couldn't hide it." She took a sip of water and continued, "I contracted tuberculosis a month ago. I didn't want you to worry, so I didn't tell you."

Amin's mind was buzzing, and he couldn't say a word, tears had already wet his eyes.

The grandmother wiped away his tears with her mother-in-law's hand, and said: "Amin, don't be too sad. When you get old, you must die. You are the smartest child I have ever seen. I have thought about it for a long time, and I don't want to waste your money." Wisdom." Then, the grandmother took out a letter from under the pillow and handed it to him. "Yusheng gave it to me before he left. I asked me to give it to you. I actually hesitated for a long time whether to give it to you. It's just that since I got sick, I thought about it and thought he was right. You shouldn't be buried in tea. Dam this small place." Grandma's tone was a little sad and weak.

Amin opened the letter.It says:

Armin:

Knowledge can save more lives. If Chaba had a tetanus shot at that time, Tan Bo would probably still be alive.If you want more people, you need to know more yourself.If you want to come to Chongqing, I will help you and wait for you.If you want to come, please turn over the back of the letter; if you want to stay in Chaba, tear up the letter now.

A Ming turned over the back of the letter, and it was written: To the north of Chaba, thirty miles away, there is a crooked-necked kudzu tree, and the things I gave you are buried under the tree.

After reading the letter, Amin was sobbing. He rushed to his grandmother: "Grandma! I don't want you to go! What should I do alone?"

With tears in her eyes, grandma stroked his hair and said, "Amin, you have to be well. Don't come back after leaving the tea dam..."

The two hugged each other and cried together.

That night, the grandmother passed away coughing up blood in pain.Amin dried up her tears and sat slumped aside.

The next day, it was the funeral of the grandmother. Almost all the people in the village came. These were the patients who had been favored by the grandmother on weekdays. At the same time, he respected the only relative he once had in his heart even more.Yaniang and Abao also came together, and the relationship between the three of them was finally resolved.

Grandma's coffin was sent along Yizi Street to the hills on the other side of the river. Every household came out to send each other, and white paper flowers were scattered in the streets and alleys of Chaba.

That night, Amin tidied up the yard, carried the Swiss Army Knife, SLR camera and chocolates given to him by Yusheng on his back, and the medical books and notes left by his grandmother, and set foot on the mountain road to the north.

This night, the moonlight was exceptionally bright, illuminating the dark mountain road. After walking for four hours, A Ming finally found the lone yellow kudzu tree with a crooked neck on the mountainside in front of him. He rushed over excitedly, regardless of the exhausted Body.He removed the stone under the tree, and there was a delicate iron box hidden under it. He opened the box, and inside it were some hundred-dollar bills, a hand-painted map, and a letter that read:

Armin:

When you read this letter, I know that you have taken the bravest step.The above map is the route to Tanjia Town that I drew from memory. The money is the travel expenses I will give you to Chongqing. Remember to go to Tanjia Town and take the bus to Jiangjin, then transfer to Chongqing Caiyuanba, get off Get in the car, find a phone booth, call me, and I'll come pick you up.If you know how to take a taxi, you can also go directly to my studio. The phone number and address are on the business card, please keep it safe.

Amin took the money and put it in the bag, and stuffed the business card into his close-fitting pocket.At this time, dawn had fallen, the morning fog in the mountains gradually dissipated, and the sky in the east gradually turned red, and then became brighter and brighter.A Ming stood up, looked at the white sky, and looked back at the cloud-shrouded mountains behind him, but there was no trace of the tea dam.