plunderer

After getting off the train, squeezed out of the crowded and noisy station, and transferred to a long-distance bus. After wandering around in southern cities for a few hours, it was near dusk and when the sun was setting, they came to that humid and hot town.

Standing on the street paved with bluestone slabs, Lin Han looked curiously at this remote, dilapidated and backward town. At this time, Luo Mu was beside her, looked at her and said, "Here we are, let's go!"

Walking on the street, her mind quickly portrayed the impression of this southern town: the narrow but narrow street is lined with low but compact houses, and there are not many pedestrians in twos and threes, but it depicts life. This place does not have the bustling and eccentricity of the city, but the local simple building facilities and customs make people feel very friendly.

"Luo Mu is back!" On the way, an old man greeted Luo Mu.

"Yes, come back and have a look." Luo Mu responded softly.

In front of a small house at the end of the street, she stopped in her tracks, paused for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "Here, this is my home, let's go in."

After finishing speaking, Lin Han walked into the low house with Luo Mu. There was no one in the house, only the sound of cooking came from the small house on the side.The two stood blankly for a while, Luo Mu took the gift from Lin Han and put it on the corner of the table, then walked towards the small kitchen where the voice came from, and shouted: "Mom, we are here. "

After a while, a woman with a kind and friendly face came out. She wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand and said, "I calculated the time correctly and you should arrive at this time. It's just right, and you are right."

"Yes, your timing is really accurate. You rushed to cook before we all arrived." Luo Mu took her mother's hand, brought her to Lin Han, and introduced her: "Mom, this is Lin Han. Han, my classmate."

"Auntie, hello." Lin Han smiled quietly and greeted Luo Mu's mother.

Luo's mother looked at this quiet and beautiful girl with a kind smile in her eyes, and asked her in a low voice: "It's been such a long journey here, are you tired?"

"Not tired."

"Are you hungry? The meal is almost ready, please sit down for a while, we can eat soon, come, sit down first." Luo's mother murmured with a smile, she took Lin Han's hand and sent her to the dining table He sat down before, then turned around and went back to the kitchen to continue working.

"Drink some water first." Passing the poured water in front of her, Lin Han picked up the cup of tea and took a sip.This is tea, Pu'er tea unique to the southern region, with a slight fragrance in the bitterness.

"Mom, do you need help?"

"No, it's the last soup."

The mother and daughter answered each other with a distance. The situation was harmonious and warm. In the low houses in the southern town, Lin Han and Luo Mu looked at each other and smiled.

"Lin Han, I'm very glad to meet you. My family's Luo Mu has been withdrawn since she was a child, and I was worried that she wouldn't be able to make friends in college." Luo's mother said to Lin Han during dinner.

After hearing this, Lin Han looked at Luo's mother and said, "Luo Mu is very good and good at taking care of others."

"Just her? As a mother, I know her character well. I don't like to talk to people since I was a child. It's only because of your good temper that I can be friends with her."

"Mom, why do you remember the past so clearly?" Luo Mu interjected.

"Can you not remember clearly, me, I just will never forget the way you were snubbed by your classmates when you were in elementary school and came back to me crying."

"It's all about my childhood. I was not sensible when I was young."

"I was ignorant when I was young, but you became sensible when you were in junior high school or high school? Aren't you always alone? You are alone, you ignore people, and you like to cause trouble for me."

Luo Mu looked at her mother and stopped talking.It turned out that it wasn't just her who couldn't forget the past, but also her mother. Those painful memories not only tormented her, but also worried her mother all the time.

After finishing speaking, Luo's mother turned her eyes to look at Lin Han, and said with a smile: "Now that she has you as a friend, I am relieved. Then, Luo Mu is no longer alone. I was worried that she would stay here in Beijing." Don't go on, now it seems that there is no need to worry about her crying secretly alone because of loneliness."

Lin Han glanced at Luo Mu, saw that she was eating in silence with her head bowed, her sad and stubborn eyes concealed her thoughts, and then said to Luo's mother, "Don't worry, Auntie, Luo Mu is really good, and I will take good care of her. "

"Good... good..." Luo's mother happily responded.

As dusk faded, the small town in the south was lit up with dots of lights.In the green brick and tile house, the three of them ate around a small table, under the dim light, they looked extremely warm.

After a day's journey, she was tired and tired, but Luo's mother was in a good mood, and she kept pulling Lin Han to talk. She couldn't bear to disappoint, and had to force herself to accompany her until late at night.Before going to bed, Luo Mu took Lin Han to his room. The decoration in the small space was simple and neat, with many green plants placed in it.She looked at Lin Han and whispered, "You can sleep in my room."

"how about you?"

"I slept with my mother."

Luo Mu avoided Lin Han's gaze, and quickly fled the room. Looking at her quickly fleeing back, Lin Han's eyes dimmed.

After the rain, the sky cleared and the sun was just right. The sky in the southern town was clean and clear. There were no impurities in the air, and a trace of light could be seen.On this day, Luo Mu took Lin Han around his hometown on a bicycle. They walked through the streets and alleys, took the road, and walked through the neat wheat fields. Then they parked the car on the side of the road and watched the ups and downs. Stretching mountains, watching the golden wheat waves undulating with the wind, let the wind blow your hair and lift your skirt.Crossing the only bridge in her hometown, Luo Mu stopped suddenly. She looked at the mighty bridge body and the rushing river under the bridge. , Now that she is back, she is still the same, as if nothing has changed, but the youthful enthusiasm is no longer what it used to be.Lin Han stood on the bridge with her. They looked into the distance with the same posture and eyes, forming a beautiful picture in the wind.

She took Lin Han to the school she had attended. The elementary school had been demolished, and the middle school had been converted into an elementary school. There were amazing changes, but Luo Mu could still find it based on his memory.Holding the camera in hand, Lin Han looked around at the place where she had studied, secretly exploring her past life trajectory, then picked up the camera, and pressed the shutter on the simple school.

At dusk, the two of them took advantage of the setting sun to reach the top of the hill behind the town. There was a monument on the top of the hill with some pictures printed on it, and the engraved words became blurred after the baptism of wind and rain.However, this place is a good viewing platform. Looking down from the platform of the monument, you can see the scenery of the whole town without any shelter. The narrow streets and the highways leading from north to south are scattered The orderly green brick and tile houses and the neat wheat fields outside the town are all presented in front of you, and you can see them at a glance, which makes people feel broadened and relaxed.

Luo Mu opened a can of beer and handed it to Lin Han, then opened another can and drank it alone.

"I like to come to this place very much. Sometimes I often come here alone, sitting here alone and looking at the whole town. Usually, I just sit here for an afternoon." She wiped the wine juice from the corner of her mouth with her hand, a little crazy Maybe Luo Mu dared to express his inner thoughts in this familiar place without restraint.

Looking at the town, Lin Han had a wide view, and it was indeed easy for people to open their hearts, so he said with emotion: "This place is really good."

"At first I liked to come and sit alone because it was quieter here. Even when I was wronged, I often ran to the top of the mountain. At that time, I had no friends, and my mother was very busy every day. I would come here when I was worried, facing the small town. , and told Feng Ting what was on his mind, and the more people came here, the more he felt a sense of security and kindness here.”

Lin Han listened quietly, silent.

She took a sip of wine and continued: "I remember one time, when I hurt someone in a bar, my mother scolded me severely, so I hid on the top of the mountain, and later fell asleep here because of the pain, and when I woke up It was already dark when I was there. I had nothing on my body at that time, so I was very nervous. I went down the mountain by my intuition in the dark, but I broke my leg. At that time, I was sitting on the ground and couldn’t walk. While staying overnight, the flashlight suddenly flashed in the forest, and then I heard that familiar call, it was my mother, she came to find me." Luo Mu said lightly, as if saying something that had nothing to do with him. "I still remember the touch and guilt at that moment clearly. I don't know how my mother came here, let alone how long she has been looking for me anxiously. Lin Han, you understand that Is it a feeling of being together?"

"I understand, you have a good mother, she loves you very much." Lin Han approached her and whispered.

"You understand, but you don't feel the same way." Luo Mu shook his head, and gradually squatted down and sat on the ground.

Lin Han looked at her indifferently, then squatted down with her, and sat on the ground with her.The wind was blowing the hair of the two of them, and the setting sun was gradually sinking, leaving a golden halo on the other side of the mountain. The surroundings were silent for a long time, and Lin Han suddenly asked quietly, "Luo Mu, where is your father?"

Hearing this question, Luo Mu turned to look at her, without speaking, with a sad look on his face.

The next day, Luo Mu still drove Lin Han around the town on a bicycle. She took her to drink tea in the bar where she used to work, and then drove her on the road. The two gradually moved away from the town. , walked to the distant wheat field, the surroundings became quieter and the field of vision became wider and wider, and Luo Mu stopped the bicycle.

"Get out of the car and I'll take you to a place."

Lock the car on the side of the road, and then lead Lin Han into the wheat field.A scent of wheat wafted in front of him, and Lin Han, who was born in the city, looked at the waves of wheat that fluctuated with the wind, and immediately felt refreshed.

They finally stopped. Luo Mu pointed to a large wheat field and said, "Here, this wheat field belongs to my family."

In the quiet countryside, Lin Han sat in the middle of the wheat field, holding a stalk of wheat in his hand and carefully observing it.Luo Mu stood behind and looked at her quietly: "Lin Han, didn't you ask about my father's situation yesterday? Now, I can tell you."

After finishing speaking, she squatted down and sat in the wheat field: "My father abandoned me and my mother when I was one month old. The reason is very simple, because I am not a boy."

Lin Han looked at her and listened to her quietly, but Luo Mu avoided her gaze: "He never came back after that, and my mother and I haven't seen him for 20 years."

"After he left, my mother raised me alone. She worked very hard. When I was a child, I was studying. Because I didn't have a father, I was often bullied by my classmates. My character also became withdrawn because I grew up in a disabled family. It's weird, coupled with the distance from the classmates, it has become more and more silent, and the most miserable thing is my mother. She has to take care of me and take care of the shop. She has been working on this wheat field for so many years. I am not gregarious, and I am easy to get into trouble, which also brought her a lot of trouble."