without complaint

Among the green mountains and green waters, I want to hold your hand and walk across this bridge. On the bridge are green leaves and red flowers, and under the bridge are people with flowing water. On the other end of the bridge is blue silk, and on the other end is white hair.

--Shen Congwen

In a lifetime, there is no place for difficulty. No matter how much pain you suffer, you can swallow it. As long as someone promises you a white hair, what a sad life?

Lu Li failed the college entrance examination and chose a culinary technical school.He likes to cook, even if he doesn't do it well, he hopes to cook a home-cooked meal for the people he likes.At that time, he was really young. He was only [-] years old, and he was not deeply involved in the world. He didn't believe many things even if they were in front of him. He only believed what he wanted to believe. It's good to be young.

After entering the technical school, Lu Li moved out of Anju as Mr. Mu said.At that time, all colleges and universities moved out of the urban area to the suburbs one after another. The man thought that if the little six could move to the house, it would be convenient to go to the school and close to him, which would be the best.

This stay has been going on for a long time, from the time when the man came back to accompany Lu Li in the house every day; from the way the man looked at Lu Li as a pet to being sticky;

Being in love with each other is the most irresistible feeling in the world.Wet each other with foam, and wet each other with wetness.Lu Li took that man into his pocket little by little, no matter whether he loved him or not, he would definitely be inseparable from him.

In the first year, Lu Li found that the life in the mansion was no different from the life in Anju. Men, like prostitution clients, came whenever they felt like it, and not many came.Later... people would not think about anything if they had never owned it before, and they would not look forward to anything if they didn't know anything; later, Lu Li followed the old servant and the old housekeeper around and found out about the man's birthday, I also know that it is rare for a man to return to the house on that day, but I am in a bad mood at this time of year, and it is often a man's birthday.

That year, the eighth day of the third lunar month was Qingming, and the ninth day was Mr. Mu's birthday.

In the Qingming Festival, the man will go back to worship his ancestors, and he will definitely go back to the house to rest at night.It was already late when the man returned to the house, and only after entering the door did he find that Lu Li was still waiting in the living room. Lu Li walked towards the man cautiously, and said softly to the man, "Mr. Mu, you are back!" Lu Li walked into the damp man with warmth all over his body. The man stretched out his arms to hug the warmth, and replied softly, "Yes, I'm back."

next day

The college holidays are long, Lu Li's Ching Ming Festival has not yet passed, he can sleep longer after being tossed by men for a long time; but the man gets up early, leaves the bed lightly, after tidying up, he goes to the bedside to see Lu Li .

Lu Li was on the verge of waking up, with a crack in his eye, he vaguely saw the man, and murmured, "Mr. Mu... are you coming back tonight?"

The man lightly patted Lu Li's head, but he didn't speak. After a while, Lu Li fell asleep again.When he fell asleep, the man lowered his head and leaned into his ear: "I'm back..."

After sleeping until noon, Lu Li hurried downstairs to start preparations, hoping to surprise the man.In Lu Li's eyes as an orphan, birthday is a very important day, just as important as family reunion days like New Year's Eve, Spring Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival.No matter who it is, it will be very happy to see someone remember your birthday and prepare a birthday present for yourself, right?

Lu Li worked all afternoon, but the man didn't come back.

Disappointed?How can you not be disappointed?

"when--"

The old clock in the house struck twelve, past midnight, but the man still didn't come back.Lu Li slowly lay down on the sofa, clenching his teeth tightly.That's the way things are, there's never anything fair, never fair.

It was past three o'clock when the man arrived home, and there was only the wall lamp for lighting in the living room. Under the dim light, there was a black shadow lying on the sofa. The man walked in and saw that it was Lu Li.Lu Li raised his right hand to cover his eyes, and was covered with a thin blanket.

"Master Li waited for you all night." The butler came from the kitchen, "Blame me, I shouldn't have told him your birthday, but sir, knowing the cold and warm is always better than the cinnabar mole and white moonlight, you should put it down... ..."

The man lowered his head and didn't know whether he was looking at Lu Li or in a daze. After a long silence, he bent down and picked Lu Li up and walked upstairs step by step. The housekeeper sighed softly from behind: "What a crime!"

After a long time, the man came to the restaurant in his pajamas. The housekeeper and servants were packing up his favorite dishes, as well as longevity noodles and red eggs.He doesn't like western food, and even when he was a child, he never ate cake on his birthday. Unfortunately, only the secretary of the housekeeper knows about it. Well, there is another one——his little six.

"It's a pity, the noodles are still a little bit from the young master..." The butler put away everything on the plate and handed them to the servant. "Wait." The man came out, "Give me that noodle."

The butler held the bowl of longevity noodles and hesitated for a moment: "Sir, let's warm it up first."

"……it is good."

The noodles have been kneaded repeatedly with great effort, and they are firm, and they are only half a millimeter thin. The chewiness is just right. The soup is old black chicken herbal soup. The taste is just right, and it will not be overwhelmed by the overpowering taste of astragalus.

It was noon when Lu Li woke up. Fortunately, he had no class this morning, so he got up in a hurry and saw the man sitting by the French window reading a newspaper. Lu Li paused, walked over slowly, and asked, "Mr. Going to work?"

The man put down the newspaper, grabbed Lu Li's waist, let him sit on his lap, and then leaned on Lu Li's shoulder, saying, "Little Six, the Longevity Noodles are delicious. I'm very happy and like it too." Lu Li gently The corners of her lips curled up, and she reached out to hug the man, "Well, as long as you like it, I will make it for you every year from now on, and I will never break my promise."

"it is good."

It's easy to make promises, but it's not difficult to keep them. The difficulty lies in your hard work, but others give you such bumps. What can you do?I can only blame the impermanence of the world.Many years later, when Lu Li thought of himself at the age of 20, he would feel like an old general on a stage with flags stuck in his back.

——You're nothing but a foster bitch!Your mother is a bitch!The same to you!

——Forget it, if he knows the pain, he will never dare again.

—Do you know why you came to him?you want to know...

"what--"

Lu Li woke up suddenly from the bed, sweating profusely, his broken leg hurt like someone was cutting it with an ice knife, and the pain in the cold was burrowing through the cracks in the bones; his eyes were still pitch black, and Lu Li slowly Slowly touched the bamboo stick beside the bed, hugged it into his arms, and kept his eyes open until dawn.

After listening to Lu Li's words that day, Fu Jin didn't try to persuade Lu Li any more. He just said, "Lu Li, I know you can't accept it for a while. I'll come back to see you in two days." Small things that can be rejected, such as eye drops, medical patches, hand warmers, etc.

However, in the days since Fu Jin appeared, Lu Li has been having some strange dreams. To be honest, he doesn't know what he dreamed, but every time he wakes up with fright, he always feels sad for a long time after waking up. , Feeling panicked, he seems to have really forgotten something very important... and... a very important person...

Soon it was the winter solstice again, Mu En came to look for Lu Li, but he didn't think about it, and Lu Li didn't open the door, so he knocked and shouted Lu Li to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, it was Lu Li's paler face with deep dark circles under his eyes. Mu En frowned, blocked the door, and said to Lu Li, "It's windy outside, let's go in first." Lu Li nodded and moved away. Let Moon in.As soon as Mu En closed the door, he pulled Lu Li upstairs, put him on the bed and wrapped him in a quilt, and said in a deep voice, "Are you staying up late again? Or are your legs so painful that you can't sleep?"

Lu Li was so frightened by his actions that he didn't realize it. He took a moment to say: "I'm fine, I'll be fine after winter..." Mu En still didn't speak, so Lu Li added: "I'm really It's okay... don't worry..." The voice became smaller and smaller.

Mu En hugged Lu Li for a long time before getting up and saying to Lu Li, "Lie down peacefully, I'll go down and boil hot water for you, don't move! If I come back and see that you are not like this, I...be more obedient, Don't worry me..."

Lu Li: "...Okay..."

"There are four jars of wine in total, one jar for the scar, one jar for you, one jar for me to give away, and one jar for myself. It's just right." Lu Li was lying on the recliner behind the counter with a hot water bottle wrapped like a rice dumpling, and gave verbal instructions. Work with Moon.

Mu En heard Lu Li say that he brought out two jars of Dongyang wine, and he remembered it after a while: "I remember that I only poured three jars of wine for you. How come it has become four jars now? Huh?" Lu Li's rare Drowsy, he was awakened by Mu En's words, and smiled flatteringly: "Uh... that..." Lu Li felt someone sitting down beside him, and began to shrink into the quilt bit by bit, until only one person was left. With his head on the outside, he said in a muffled voice: "Well... last month...someone came to me and said...he is my brother..."

"Okay, don't shrink back." Mu En dug him out and told him to lie down, "Since... since it's my brother, let's forget it..." Lu Li's heart skipped a beat when he heard Mu En say the word "brother".

— my dear brother...

—he's your brother...he can't...

"Land from--"

When Lu Li heard Mu En calling him in a panic, he suddenly came to his senses: "Ah? What's the matter?" Mu En wrapped the quilt tightly around him dotingly, "Why are you so stupid when it's winter? I'll deliver wine to Scar, Wait for me to come back, I'll make dumplings for you..." Mu En suddenly paused, "I'll be back soon, if you're sleepy, go to sleep first."

"Okay." Lu Li was wrapped up with a cute face.

Scar sect's flower shop is far from Lu Li's grocery store, but not far from home, three alleys away, Mu En came back very quickly, just in time for Fu Jin's car to stop in front of Lu Li's small shop.Mu En frowned, stepped forward quickly, stopped Fu Jin, and said in a deep voice, "What are you doing here?"

Fu Jin sneered: "Heh - what's the matter with me coming to see my brother, Mr. Guan Mu? Or, Mr. Mu has taken a fancy to my poor brother again? What are you going to do with him this time?"

Hearing Fu Jin's sarcasm ridiculed himself, Mu En was not annoyed, and grinned: "Did you get less than me?"

The backs of their hands were pinched with blood, and Lu Li was standing on the shelf next to the door. It was like two worlds were separated by a door.

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Ah~~~~~~ I am lazy~~~~~~~ I want to open the skylight again. . . . . .