Indissoluble bond

A few days after the art exhibition ended, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother suddenly became busy. Even though it was summer vacation, Zhou's mother was nowhere to be seen all day.

Until one day, Zhou's mother returned home with a tired face, and when she looked up and saw Zhou Yuan, she said, "Xiao Yuan, pack up your things and go live with your grandfather for a while."

Zhou Yuan looked at her in astonishment: "Huh?"

Zhou's mother pinched the center of her eyebrows, closed her eyes and said, "You and Liangliang go together."

"Why?" After being stunned for a long time, Zhou Yuan finally asked.

Mother Zhou sighed, and it took a while to tell the whole story: "Two days ago your uncle came to Ning City to replenish the goods, but unexpectedly there was a car accident, several bones were broken, and it would take a few months to raise them. The medical conditions in Ning City It's better, I can also take care of him nearby, so I let him stay, but in this way, no one will visit his shop, and your grandfather is alone, so I just want to let you go."

Zhou Yuan struggled to digest the information in this sentence.

Seeing that he was speechless, Zhou's mother frowned and said, "It's not for you to do business, but to let you go to the store more when you have time, so as to prevent the shop assistants from having second thoughts. Live with your grandfather."

Zhou Yuan's blank mind finally started to turn again: "Okay." Anyway, this summer vacation is boring.

Zhou's mother nodded in satisfaction, went back to the house to pack a few things, and then went out again. Before leaving, she told him: "When Liang Liang comes back, remember to tell him that your father will send you there tomorrow, so pack your things tonight .”

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and replied, "Got it, I will remember it."

Zhou's mother didn't have time to care about his perfunctory attitude, she gave him a look and left.

Zhou Yuan lay back on the sofa and couldn't calm down after tossing and turning for a long time.I can't play on my mobile phone, and I can't even read books.Scratching his head irritably, he told Lu Liang about it by text message.

Lu Liang went to the bookstore and won't be back for a while, and he has no one to talk to.

His uncle's name was Shen Qingnian, and Zhou's mother's name was Shen Biliu, both of which were taken by his grandparents.His grandparents had these two children all their lives. Grandma left early, and uncle has been accompanying grandpa to live in Shencun all these years.

His uncle is 42 years old, has never been married, and has no children.Every time Zhou's mother talked about this, the expression on her face was very complicated. Even so, she didn't say the reason.He used to imagine all kinds of possibilities, but they were quietly annihilated among other things.

He opened a department store in Shencun, and he has been living a good life, and he never had the idea of ​​developing in Ningshi.

Zhou Yuan seldom saw him and grandpa, because grandpa didn't like to leave Shencun, and he didn't like to come to Ningshi, and he didn't like to go to Shencun even more, sometimes he didn't see him once for several years.The longest time, I haven't seen her for five years, but it was Zhou's mother who often visited Shencun.

Because he didn't see much, he had a vague impression of his uncle and grandfather.The cognition of my uncle has always stayed in the two impressions of being dull, honest and taciturn, but I have even less memory of my grandfather, only knowing that he is an old man with a weird temper.

At any rate, my uncle would sometimes meet at the transportation meeting in Ning City, but my grandfather really stayed at his hometown in Shencun all the time.

This made him a little bit overwhelmed when he suddenly heard these two names.Speaking of which, he hadn't seen them for two years.

Unlike the Zhou family, who would pick time to get together during major holidays, several of them were also in Ning City, so it was very convenient to come and go, and they walked around more frequently.

He seemed to be thinking a lot, and he didn't seem to think about anything at all. He was just in a daze for a long time, until the door was opened again.

Lu Liang went in and changed his slippers, and saw Zhou Yuan lying on the sofa looking at the ceiling out of focus.

"I am back."

He interrupted his trance with a sound.

Zhou Yuan was indeed awakened by him, he looked over with still a dull expression, and when he saw Lu Liang, he was completely awake: "You are finally back!"

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Zhou Yuan rubbed his nose and said uncertainly, "No...how."

After finishing speaking, he was surprised again: "Didn't you receive it?"

Lu Liang looked puzzled: "What?"

"I texted you."

Lu Liang suddenly said: "Oh, sorry, my phone has been turned off."

As soon as the voice fell, he took out his mobile phone and turned it on, then read the text message.After quickly reading the text message, the corner of his mouth twitched: "Just for this?"

Zhou Yuan nodded: "Of course, you don't think..."

"What do you think?" Lu Liang raised his eyebrows and asked back.

After thinking hard for a long time, he couldn't think of any suitable words to describe it. In the end, he could only say in another way: "I haven't seen you for so long, and I always feel weird and strange. When I hear it, I feel like I'm in dream."

"Unfamiliar..." Lu Liang lowered his head and murmured, then raised his head and smiled, "Go and see, after all, we are relatives. I have never met your uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc."

Zhou Yuan felt better in his heart: "It's true."

Lu Liang felt a little strange: "Why do you reject going to Shencun so much?"

Zhou Yuan squinted his eyes when he heard that, "...I don't know either."

"Oh, I don't remember many things from before." He changed the topic abruptly, hoping to divert Lu Liang's attention.

But Lu Liang is not so easy to fool: "Did something bad happen before..."

His expression froze, and his face froze: "Ahaha, what are you talking about? I can't even understand it!"

His clumsy cover-up made Lu Liang more sure of his guess.

Zhou Yuan was helpless, his eyeballs were scratching his head, and he just didn't look at Lu Liang.He was too embarrassed to say it, because he would definitely be laughed at if he said it.It was obviously not a big deal, but it left a deep shadow in his heart, and he can't forget it until now.

Lu Hao shook his head with a smile and didn't ask any more questions.He was afraid that if he continued to ask, Zhou Yuan would hit the wall in shame and anger.

No one likes to let others know their embarrassment.

That night, the two began to pack their luggage.After Lu Liang calmed down, he found that Zhou Yuan's room was in a mess. He walked over and saw that there were not many packed things.

"We're going to live in Shen Village for about two months, so bring a few more sets of clothes." He suggested.

Zhou Yuan squatted on the ground and looked at the bed full of clothes in distress: "But I don't know what to bring... I always feel like I want to wear every outfit..."

Lu Liang laughed uncontrollably, and then said: "I'll come."

Zhou Yuan immediately got up and stepped aside, Lu Liang inspected it, picked out a few sets and packed them in the suitcase.After that, he helped him pack other daily necessities, and he didn't leave until he packed it up.

Early the next morning, Dad Zhou woke them up.Mother Zhou didn't come back at all yesterday, so she had to let Lu Liang make breakfast.

After the three of them finished their breakfast, they prepared to leave with their luggage.

Zhou's father went downstairs and drove out of the garage first. The two dragged their suitcases to the gate of the community and waited.

After a while, Dad Zhou drove over.

They watched the car drive south all the way, pass the congested road, and gradually reach a secluded road.As the location became more and more remote, pedestrians on the road could not be seen, and there were mountains on both sides of the road.

Walking along this road, the car drove forward and drove for a long time before seeing a few sporadic pedestrians again.

Either carrying firewood or driving cattle.

It's almost here, Zhou Yuan thought.

"Is it almost there?" Lu Liang who was sitting beside him suddenly asked.

Father Zhou nodded: "It's coming soon."

Sure enough, not long after, the car drove into a village.The buildings in the village are all modern, but there is inevitably a lot of garbage and muddy water on the roads.

Father Zhou didn't stop. He passed through these houses and drove to a small road. He didn't stop until the car couldn't go any further.

He looked at the road ahead and said, "Get out of the car. Your grandfather's place is not far from here. You can walk the rest of the way, and the car can't pass."

Zhou Yuan and Lu Liang got out of the car after hearing the words, and Zhou's father opened the trunk again and took out the suitcase.

Afterwards, the three of them carried their suitcases to Grandpa Zhou Yuan's house.Because this road has not been repaired, the road surface is full of potholes and unevenness, and the suitcase will shake crookedly when dragged on it, so they simply carried it away.

"How far is it?" Zhou Yuan looked at the seemingly invisible road and wailed, "Why can't I see anything?"

He may have been here when he was a child, but he never came when he grew up, because he has no memory of this place at all.

Father Zhou glared at him: "This is the way to go, soon."

Zhou Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at the silent Lu Liang, "Why haven't you sweated at all?" It's summer now, the sun is so strong, why doesn't he sweat a drop?

Lu Liang was taken aback for a moment, then touched his forehead: "I'm not prone to sweating."

Zhou Yuan said "Oh" and looked at him enviously.

Because he didn't look forward to the road, he stepped on a mud puddle without paying attention. In an instant, his shoes were covered with muddy water and he couldn't see.

"Let you not look at the road!"

Father Zhou was also speechless.

Zhou Yuan quickly collected his thoughts, and obediently followed behind Zhou's father.

Father Zhou looked ahead, and when he saw a forest and a mountain peak, he walked more leisurely: "I'll be there later, I'll take you to see your uncle's supermarket after you settle down, don't forget to remember how Walk."

Zhou Yuan nodded his head like a pounding garlic, and Lu Liang hurriedly responded, "Okay."

"Yeah." Zhou's father nodded in satisfaction, pointed to the woods at the foot of the mountain ahead and said, "The front is where your grandfather and uncle live."

They looked in the direction they pointed, and saw only a patch of lush green trees.

"Where is it?" Zhou Yuan was the first to ask the doubts in his heart.

He had an expression of 'I'm just setting up a tent in the woods', which immediately made Dad Zhou angry and laughing at the same time.

"What are you thinking!" Dad Zhou patted his head.

Then, he pointed to a place: "Look carefully, isn't there a room?"

They stared hard at that piece, Zhou Yuan squinted his eyes for a long time, and finally saw something: "Hey, it seems that there is an eaves."

Lu Liang's eyesight was worse than theirs, so he didn't see any eaves, but he didn't say that he didn't see it.

When you get closer, the house shows its shape.Baiqiang Wuwa is an ancient building, the white wall is covered with vines, and those vines cover the wall densely, and only a small part of the building is exposed in the house inside the wall.

The houses inside have eaves that tilt outwards, and wooden beams and columns can be vaguely seen under the tiles.Some parts of the wall under the eaves have become old, with gray and yellow stains, and there is a piece of moss at the corner.

And in front of the house, there is a tall old tree, which is much higher than the house, with branches extending around, and a place above Wuwa is also covered by the tree canopy.

In short, Zhou Yuan and Lu Liang were greatly shocked by this ancient scene.

Father Zhou is very familiar with this place and his father-in-law's character. When the two of them came back to their senses, he knocked on the red lacquered door in front of him. There were two animal heads on the door, and there was a copper ring in the nose of the animal head. Now the copper ring There is only one left, and the other is missing at some point.

After knocking on the door, after waiting for a long time, the door slowly opened.

An old man came out of it, with a thin body and many wrinkles on his face, but his eyes were clear and he was full of energy. He was wearing an old-fashioned robe and was carrying a long sword behind his back.

I don't know, I thought it was an expert who escaped from some martial arts novel.

Zhou Yuan thought differently from others, he stared at the long sword behind the old man and swallowed.

Is that fake?Well, it must be fake!

He comforted himself like this, otherwise he was really afraid that he would stab him with a sword whenever he did something wrong.

Zhou's father greeted him enthusiastically and with a smile, "Dad."

The old man only nodded slightly.

Father Zhou didn't care, he called Zhou Yuan and Lu Liang over, and introduced, "This is Zhou Yuan, and this is Lu Liang. I will entrust you to take care of them for the next two months."

After finishing speaking, he whispered to Zhou Yuan and Lu Liang to call someone: "Call Grandpa."

Zhou Yuan: "Grandpa."

Lu Liang: "...Grandpa."

The old man looked at Zhou Yuan with lightning-like eyes, and Zhou Yuan seemed to feel the substantial spikes on his body, and his tiger's body trembled.Cold sweat dripped down his sticky back, and he shivered unconsciously.

He stared at Zhou Yuan for a long time before he looked away. He only glanced at Lu Liang lightly.

He nodded concisely: "Okay."

I don't know whether it means that they will take care of them, or that they are good.

After Zhou's father got this sentence, he led the two of them in.Shen You walked at the end, looking at Zhou Yuan and Lu Liang from time to time, his thoughts fluctuated.

Zhou Yuan's staring at him felt like a thorn in his back, and he couldn't be happy at all.

Lu Liang ignored it directly. For him, just do what he should do.

After entering the door, I found that the inside was full of traces of the old times, and time seemed to have frozen in this ancient building.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see the tall and strong old tree in front of you, and the whole yard is shaded against it.

Under the tree, there is a well next to the tree.

In fact, there is a main hall facing the door inside. The doors of the main hall are all open. There are some chairs and tables in the wide hall.

On both sides of the main hall are two rows of relatively low houses. Before the rest had time to take a closer look, Dad Zhou dragged them to the room arranged for them.