journey

Chu Zheng ran out and had nowhere to go, and Zhuang Yi was still injured and it was hard to call him out, so he sat on the edge of the flower bed next to the pool in the courtyard and sulked.After looking for Luo Nianli, he was sweating all over, and now the wind blows, it's still a bit cool, and by the way, his mind is also cooled.He felt that he was a little angry, and the yelling at Luo Nianli just now seemed a little too much.But today, I was already full of anger because of the people on the sports team, and with this incident, I couldn't control it.After blowing the wind for a while, he felt that his heart was getting cold, so Chu Zheng got up and moved his hands and feet and went home.

As soon as he entered the house, he went straight to the bathroom and took a shower. When he came out, his mother told him to eat, but he didn't have much appetite.Luo Nianli had already finished dinner and went back to do his homework, but Chen Shufen insisted on calling Chu Zheng to the dinner table to accompany her.

"Zheng'er, what's the matter, you're so angry today, tell mom, is it because you didn't do well in the sports meeting?"

Chu Zheng mixed the porridge with chopsticks, looked down at the bowl

"No, everything is the first, how can it be bad."

"Well, my son is not ordinary."

Chen Shufen touched her son's head, paused for a while, and said:

"Mom, I heard from Luo Luo that he came back with his classmates before you finished the meeting. Are you worried that you didn't find him? Good boy, mom knows you are a responsible man, but this is not the whole thing Strange Luo Luo, he didn’t wait for you to come home, you just got angry and scared him to tears, and when you go back to the house to coax him, the two brothers said well, okay, mom believes my son is arrogant of."

Chu Zheng didn't speak, just looked up at his mother, then lowered his eyes and got up to go back to the house.Before opening the door, Chu Zheng thought, if the little guy can apologize softly, he will immediately return to the appearance of a gentle and good brother.But Luo Nianli didn't know what was wrong, Chu Zheng entered the room, and stood behind him for a while, Luo Nianli didn't lift his head, and kept lying on the table, as if he had endless homework.The fire that Chu Zheng had just subsided immediately started to ignite again, good guy, you are playing with me.Chu Zheng didn't say a word, he stepped onto his bed in two steps, and deliberately made the bed frame rattle a few times, but Luo Nianli still didn't lift his head, as if there was no one in the room.Chu Zheng lay flat on the bed, full of fire, closed his eyes and let himself sleep.

Luo Nianli was lying on the desk, with red eyes, copying Chinese phrases repeatedly. In fact, he had already copied almost a whole page of this phrase, but he didn't feel it.He felt that he was so depressed today, full of loneliness and sadness.Chu Zheng treats Zhuang Yi so tenderly and seriously, but he is fierce and indifferent to himself, Luo Nianli got into his own calf, very sad, so he didn't want to talk to Chu Zheng, he didn't want to talk to anyone.

The two spent the whole day of Saturday in the cold war, and Chen Shufen sighed as she watched, trying to find a way to thaw the two children.After finishing the meal, he kicked Chu Zheng who was lying on the sofa watching TV,

"Go ask Luo Luo to come out for dinner."

Chu Zheng glanced at his mother with some displeasure, and got up and went to the house because of his eyes.Opening the bedroom door, Luo Nianli was sitting on the bed reading a book,

"Come out to eat."

Luo Nianli ignored him when he heard it, just put the book on the bed, got up and got out of bed, walked past him, went to the dining table and sat down, Chu Zheng watched his series of actions, wishing he could A mouthful of blood spurted out.

At the dinner table, Chen Shufen looked at the two sons who were concentrating on cooking. It was rare for him to feel that his family had such a quiet meal. He kicked Chu Jianguo with his feet. The baby's father was taken aback, glanced at the two sons, and pretended to cough with a sound,

"Cough, that...Zheng'er, there is a party at the Queshan Army in the afternoon, and a lot of programs and delicious food have been prepared. Luo Luo has never been to the army, and you haven't been for a long time. Let me say hello to them." , take Luo Luo for a stroll."

After hearing what his father had said, Chu Zheng felt itchy in his heart, but when he heard that he was going to take Luo Nian away, he stopped giving Luo Luo a look. Luo Nianli didn't speak, but looked up at Chu Jianguo,

"How about Luo Luo, let my brother take you to see where our soldiers stay."

Luo Nianli didn't want to go with Chu Zheng at first, but when Uncle Chu said it was a place where the soldiers stayed, he really wanted to go. He thought that the place where the soldiers stayed was because his father had stayed there before.After hearing what Chu Jianguo had said, Luo Nianli nodded with a mouthful of food in his mouth, and Chu Zheng naturally had no objection.In fact, Chu Zheng can't bear this kind of cold war the most. What do men say? If they can't, they just fight. However, Luo Nianli and Zhuang Yi are in this way, so he can only suffer passively, so there is this icebreaker. He is absolutely willing to do anything.What's more, he really likes this kid Luo Nianli, so it's really annoying to ignore him like this.

After eating, Luo Nianli went back to the room and tidied up his small schoolbag.Chu Zheng also went back to the room. He didn't know what to say, so he simply changed into clothes that were convenient for exercise and went to the living room to wait for Luo Nianli.After a while, Luo Nianli also came out.

"Let's go, Queshan is a bit far away, we have to take a bus there."

Luo Nianli looked at Chu Zheng and nodded. Chu Zheng was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and went out first, and Luo Nianli obediently followed behind.

"Husband, let's buy a mobile phone for the children next week. If they can be contacted normally, then it will be fine. And they are grown up, so it's safe to say something when they go out."

Watching the two children go out, Chen Shufen discussed with Chief of Staff Chu who was sitting on the sofa watching TV.Chu Jianguo nodded and agreed without thinking.

"Buy it, it's true that it's not safe to go out without contact. Buy one for each person, and buy a better one."

"Well, I'll check it out after get off work tomorrow."

On the bus, although it was not so crowded on weekends, Chu Zheng still hugged Luo Nianli on his chest like an old hen. Luo Nianli grabbed the back of the chair with one hand and looked out the window. The two were relatively speechless.After two stops, there was a vacant seat next to him, Chu Zheng pushed Luo Nianli to sit there, stood beside him, hesitated for a long time, and said:

"I'm not happy yet. It's me who is worried, why are you still so angry?"

Luo Nianli raised his head and glanced at him, Chu Zheng was looking at him seriously, Luo Nianli felt that he was a little hypocritical, and it was indeed too much to be unhappy for so long for no reason.

"Oh... brother is wrong, I shouldn't yell at you so angrily, but I'm really anxious that I can't find you. Don't be unhappy, okay, brother apologizes to you."

Chu Zheng spoke sincerely.Luo Nianli looked at him and suddenly smiled.

"Don't be angry, I shouldn't ignore my brother."

When Chu Zheng heard it, he was immediately happy. It was cloudy outside, and he felt that he could see the sun.So I had nothing to say and told Luo Nianli what the army was like and what the training was like.Luo Nian didn't talk much, but he kept smiling and listening to him, imagining what his father was like in the army.

The so-called get-together is nothing more than a few companies sitting in the compound with Mazha, singing songs, playing games, eating melon seeds and so on.Usually there are more activities of this kind in summer, and the outside is cooler. This time, it was because the companies from other places came to joint training, and it was time to leave, so a farewell party was held to be lively and lively.

Chu Zheng was excited from the moment he entered the gate of the army, and felt where he should be.Taking Luo Nianli away to say hello to several people he knew well, Luo Nianli sat on the saddle and looked at groups of hot-blooded youths shouting, everyone was wearing the same camouflage uniform that his father wore every time he came home, everyone It's such a powerful and secure feeling.Luo Nianli was a little excited, he felt that he was in the same place as his father, but his father was here before, and he was now.In fact, Luo Nianli's father belonged to the navy, and had never been to Queshan, but he was also a soldier, had the same clothes, and felt the same way, which gave Luo Nianli this illusion.

The two played until it was getting dark, worrying about going to school tomorrow, Luo Nianli urged Chu Zheng to go home.Chu Zheng was a little unsatisfied, but still obediently walked to the bus station with Luo Nianli.The two sat side by side in the car, and Chu Zheng's stomach growled.Luo Nianli, who was looking out the window, turned to look at him with a smile, Chu Zheng scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

"Uh, I'm a little hungry. Hey, I haven't taken you out to eat yet. Let's not go home to eat. My brother will take you to eat something delicious."

When Chu Zheng suggested, Luo Nianli nodded in anticipation.I got off the bus two stops earlier, and the so-called delicious food is skewers.Chu Zheng brought Luo Nianli to a small stall, the fireworks from the barbecue were lingering around, and the strong smell of barbecue made Chu Zheng's saliva almost come out.

"Whatever you want to eat, mutton kebabs are a must. There are also roasted biscuits, roasted kidneys..."

Chu Zheng never took his eyes off the grilled skewers on the stove, and Luo Nianli followed him here and there to look around, he had never eaten this kind of grilled skewers, before his father would set up his own stove when he came home, and give him the grilled skewers and grandpa to eat.But it was different from this kind, Luo Nianli looked at the lingering smoke and missed his father and grandpa even more.I couldn't help feeling happy because of anticipation, but a little more sad.

Chu Zheng ordered a lot of food on his own, went to buy two bottles of Coke and came back, dragged Luo Nianli to find a small stall and sat down.

"How do you feel today? Is the army particularly cool and masculine?"

Chu Zheng looked at Luo Nianli expectantly, and Luo Nianli nodded with a smile.Without saying a few words, the meat skewers were on the table.Chu Zheng quickly picked it up and rolled a few skewers. He was really hungry, and Luo Nianli followed suit.Being scratched by a stick, there were two greasy horizontal lines around his mouth, Chu Zheng smiled and reached out to wipe away the marks on Luo Nianli's mouth.

"It's delicious."

Chu Zheng asked, Luo Nianli smiled sweetly and nodded in response.

"That's right, Zhuang Yi and I have been here many times. This skewer is the best."

Chu Zheng unconsciously mentioned Zhuang Yi, Luo Nianli was taken aback for a moment, he was still a little depressed from the day of the sports meeting.He shook his head and said:

"Brother, did my father look like those uncles in the army?"

Chu Zheng listened and thought about it,

"Yes, soldiers are like that. They wear camouflage, they train rigorously, and when they relax, they become active. Soldiers, they are all like this. A real man should make noise and practice."

Luo Nianli listened, and nodded thoughtfully,

"Your father probably never went to the army that he went to just now. Luo Luo's father should be in the navy, so he shouldn't be in an army in an inland city like ours."

Chu Zheng explained, Luo Nianli felt a little bit disappointed when he heard that, and slowly bit the meat on the stick.

"However, the feeling is the same. Brother will be that kind of soldier in the future. He will go to the battlefield with a gun and be a real man."

Chu Zheng spoke excitedly, and waved the stick in his hand.Luo Nianli's disappointment was wiped away by his high spirits.

After talking, laughing and eating, the two decided to walk two stops home to digest.So along the main road, talking and laughing, walked home.A brightly lit KTV in front, with its golden decoration, sits on the side of the road like a palace at night.A few young boys who looked young came out of the KTV and supported each other. It seemed that some of them drank a lot of alcohol.When Chu Zheng and Luo Nianli passed by, they took a look and walked over.

"stop!"

Suddenly an unfriendly voice sounded from behind.Chu Zheng looked back, and it was those boys who just glanced casually and didn't pay attention to it. Now that he saw clearly, he noticed that there were two of them from the sports team.Chu Zheng squinted his eyes, thinking what the hell.The boy who shouted to stop walked towards Chu Zheng a little unsteadily, Chu Zheng silently pushed Luo Nianli behind him,

"Hey, I didn't see clearly just now, who is this, isn't this Chu Zheng!"

The smell of alcohol wafted out of his mouth, and Chu Zheng looked disgusted and impatient.But he didn't say anything, he watched the situation quietly, he didn't want to do anything, because there was Luo Nianli beside him, and besides, the other party would drink after drinking, he was afraid that someone would get drunk and put his life on the line.But the other party was obviously relying on the large number of people, and besides, he had formed a relationship with Chu Zheng long ago, so this is not a good opportunity to teach him a lesson.

"Brother Lu, it's this kid. He's so rampant, he doesn't pay attention to our sports team at all."

The man called Brother Lu didn't look very old at first glance, but he was just a bit more social, and his body-fitting black clothes showed off his muscular figure.After hearing this, he also walked over and took a look at Chu Zheng. With this look, Chu Zheng immediately became alert. Brother Lu probably won't give up.Chu Zheng retreated two steps slowly, and Luo Nianli behind him also retreated. Luo Nianli was a little nervous, but looked at the person in front without fear.Chu Zheng backed away slowly, then turned sideways and lowered his head and whispered to Luo Nianli:

"If I say run, then run quickly."

Luo Nianli looked up at him worriedly.

"Boy, I heard that you are a listener. Today, my brother will cut down your madness and let you know what society is."

After the guy named Lu finished speaking, he turned his head and winked at the people behind him, and two or three people immediately ran towards Chu Zheng.At the same time, Chu Zheng immediately pushed Luo Nianli back and shouted:

"Run!"

After finishing speaking, he kicked the first boy who ran towards him, dodged to avoid the oncoming fist, and then jumped in front of the third person and punched him hard.

Luo Nianli turned around and ran outside when he heard the quick run, ran a few steps and saw an old man sweeping the floor at the door, he immediately ran to ask the old man for help.After hearing this, the uncle immediately felt a sense of heroism, picked up the broom,

"Where is it, go there quickly."

Luo Nianli led the uncle back to the door of the KTV. There were five people besieging Chu Zheng. Although Chu Zheng was not too passive, it was very difficult for him to catch up.Seeing this situation, the old man immediately let out a ouch

"I forgot to boil the water when I went out. No way, I have to go back and have a look."

After finishing speaking, no matter how Luo Nianli pulled him, he took the broom and ran away.

Luo Nianli couldn't hold him back, and looked at Chu Zheng worriedly and anxiously, his mind was in a mess, he had never seen such a thing, and he didn't know what to do.At this moment, someone secretly took a long wooden stick from behind Chu Zheng, and swung it towards Chu Zheng's back. Luo Nianli shouted in shock:

"Brother be careful!"

After finishing speaking, he ran towards Chu Zheng desperately.Chu Zheng didn't notice his back, and the stick hit him hard, and Chu Zheng fell to his knees on the ground after being beaten.Luo Nianli felt his heart was about to burst, he threw himself on Chu Zheng regardless, and hugged him tightly, when they saw Luo Nianli approaching, they stopped for a while.The leading sports team said:

"Beat together."

When Luo Nianli hugged him, Chu Zheng stretched out his hand to grab him into his arms and fell to the ground, protecting him tightly on his body.Several people surrounded them, their fists and feet kept beckoning to Chu Zheng who was protecting Luo Nianli who was helpless.Luo Nianli heard Chu Zheng's forbearance moaning from below him, tears fell down his eyes in anxiety,

"stop!"

Three more people came out of the KTV, and the leader stopped them.Several people stopped their hands, Chu Zheng gritted his teeth to prevent himself from tilting, instead of holding Luo Nianli's hand, he supported the ground, and raised his head reluctantly.

"Zilin, it has nothing to do with you, this kid needs to be cleaned up."

"Brother, I know this person. I have a good relationship with Ding Hao, let them stop quickly."

Lu Zilin said to the person called Brother Lu just now, Lu Ziqi glanced at his younger brother, then at Chu Zheng, and said:

"You're lucky kid, be careful in the future! Go!"

After speaking, he greeted everyone and walked to the parking lot.Lu Zilin came over, didn't touch Chu Zheng, just looked at him condescendingly,

"Are you okay? Do you need to call a taxi for you?"

Luo Nianli supported Chu Zheng to stand up slowly. Chu Zheng looked at Lu Zilin and realized that he was Ding Hao's friend who competed with him for 1500 that day.Chu Zheng stared at him for a while, then slowly moved his body,

"no need."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and led Luo Nianli to walk back.Lu Zilin stared at his back for a while, then turned and left.

Luo Nianli didn't cry, but the tears didn't stop,

"Brother, are you okay? Does it hurt? Do you want to see a doctor?"

Chu Zheng listened to the crying, looked down at Luo Nianli, patted his head,

"It's okay, you can see that there is nothing wrong"

He tried his best not to let Luo Nianli feel his pain, he stretched out his hand like a normal person to let Luo Nianli see, but in fact his back was burning and numb.Luo Nianli definitely didn't believe it, and looked at Chu Zheng with a distressed face, holding his sleeves tightly.The two walked slowly to the gate of the courtyard, and Chu Zheng stopped

"Luo Luo, check to see if there are any scars on brother's face."

Luo Nianli sobbed and stared at Chu Zheng's face earnestly for a while,

"No."

"Well, don't tell my parents what happened tonight, okay?"

Chu Zheng comforted Luo Nianli with a smile, Luo Luo hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Well, it's okay. They're all minor injuries, so don't worry them."

Chu Zheng squeezed Luo Nianli's small face,

"Don't cry anymore, or how can you tell them."

Luo Nianli took two deep breaths, wiped his face, and looked at Chu Zheng.Chu Zheng touched his head with a smile, and led him home.

After entering the door, Chen Shufen greeted her,

"Why did you come back so late, have you eaten yet?"

After finishing speaking, he looked at the two children, but Luo Nianli's red eyes immediately betrayed him

"What's wrong with Luo Luo, Chu Zheng, are you talking about him again?"

Chu Zheng looked aggrieved and spread his hands

"No! I am wronged, mom. This..."

Chu Zheng glanced at Luo Nianli, thought for a while,

"I took him to the army, and he missed his father a little bit, so he cried all the way."

Chu Zheng made up the reason.Chen Shufen looked at Luo Nianli suspiciously, reached out to touch his small face,

"Is that so? Does Luo Luo miss his father?"

Luo Nianli looked up at Chu Zheng, then nodded in a daze.

"Hey... you guys go take a shower, you have to go to school tomorrow, go to bed early."

Chen Shufen sighed and told them to go back to the house.

Chu Zheng sat on the bed, just about to lie down,

"hiss..."

The burning pain in his back made him dare not lie flat, so he turned over and lay on the bed.Luo Nianli lay on the lower bunk, staring straight at the upper bunk,

"Brother, does it hurt?"

Luo Nianli asked aloud.

"It's okay, just take a nap, go to sleep, you have to go to school tomorrow."

The pain will last for a while and Chu Zheng will definitely not be able to sleep.After laying quietly on the bed for a while, he heard sobbing from the lower berth, Chu Zheng wriggled and poked his head down,

"Luo Luo?"

Chu Zheng tried to shout,

"Ok?"

Luo Nianli responded to the crying, as if he didn't want to cry, but couldn't control his tears.

"Brother is fine, don't worry. Don't cry."

"..."

"Brother, I'm sorry..."

Luo Nianli said in a low voice.Chu Zheng was stunned,

"Why apologize? It's not your fault."

"I shouldn't have ignored you yesterday."

Luo Nianli said in a tearful voice.Luo Nianli felt that he was wrong, Chu Zheng cared about him, he tried so hard to protect himself, how could he be so self-willed.

Chu Zheng laughed out loud after hearing this,

"Hey, it's alright little guy, brother doesn't care anymore, not to mention I have something wrong. In the future, if there is anything wrong, tell brother, don't hold it back, okay?"

Luo Nianli nodded under the blanket.Chu Zheng was naturally invisible, and he squirmed back to his position a little bit, so that it would not hurt so much when he fell asleep.

When he opened his eyes the next day, Chu Zheng felt that he was the meadow where thousands of horses galloped down. He was trampled so hard that his whole body was no longer his own. He grinned and crawled out of bed. Luo Nianli stuck his head out of the quilt and looked at him. .

"Hey, you're awake."

"Brother, does it still hurt, show me."

Chu Zheng waved his hand,

"It's okay, I'm going to the bathroom first, you can get up with your clothes on too."

Luo Nianli sat on the bed and watched Chu Zheng staggering towards the bathroom.When Chu Zheng left the bedroom, he gritted his teeth and acted as if nothing happened, for fear that his parents would find out.Luo Nianli's eyes never left him, they were full of worry and distress.

Getting on the bicycle as usual, Luo Nianli hugged him behind his back,

"hiss!"

Chu Zheng twitched, and Luo Nianli quickly let go.

"It's okay baby, you should still drag your clothes today."

Chu Zheng turned around and said, Luo Nianli obediently pulled up the clothes on both sides of Chu Zheng's waist.When he rode to the gate and found no one, Chu Zheng remembered that Zhuang Yi should be recuperating at home today, so he rode out and went straight to the school.