rice story

Cheng Yunpeng tossed and turned without falling asleep all night.In the first half of the night, his mind was filled with all kinds of noises - his parents, Liu Miao, Zhang Yang, Zhao Dami, and some vague voices like the Black Faced Beast Lone Ranger or something.

The noise made Cheng Yunpeng's temples throb.

In the second half of the night, those pictures and voices finally subsided gradually, and it became only Zhao Dami’s ramblings——Cheng Yunpeng’s hamburger is so delicious, Cheng Yunpeng, you see, the girl on this shop’s recruitment looks exactly like my classmate, Cheng Yunpeng, let me tell you that Dirty is super smart, next time I will introduce you to each other...Cheng Yunpeng, Cheng Yunpeng, Cheng Yunpeng...

It was getting slightly brighter, and Cheng Yunpeng felt that he couldn't sleep anyway, so he might as well try his luck.

He rode back home first, took out the mooncake box, dumped all the contents on the bed, and flipped through them several times.

Until Cheng Yunpeng discovered that most of these postcards were stamped with a "Yongshun" postmark in the upper right corner.

Cheng Yunpeng thought for a while, then put on his clothes and went downstairs to take a taxi to the train station.

He searched carefully for a long time in front of the train information table at the train station, and finally found the number of the train that he met Zhao Dami at the beginning.

He took out a pen and paper, carefully copied down all the stations that were less than 200 yuan away from the hard seat in Shanghai, and crossed out all the station names after the station where he got off halfway—there were only 6 stations left.

Cheng Yunpeng carefully identified them for a long time, and there was still no one named "Yongshun" among the six.Cheng Yunpeng almost confirmed that Zhao Dami must live in a city without a train station.And the place should be near at least one of those 6 stops.

Cheng Yunpeng held the small piece of paper, feeling full of hope in an instant.

After thinking about it, he immediately got out of the train station and took a taxi to the city library.In the library, I carefully selected a large stack of atlases, followed the 6 addresses marked on the note to turn to the corresponding page number, and stared at the place names appearing on each map to carry out a carpet-like investigation.

Finally, after half an hour, a place name of Yongshun County was found near one of the sites.In order to confirm again, Cheng Yunpeng turned to the directory of administrative divisions in Yongshun County, but he couldn't find a village called "Zhaojia Village" after searching for a long time.

Cheng Yunpeng was a little hesitant, the clues were cut off suddenly, he was suddenly a little unsure whether he could find Zhao Dami in his own way, so he carefully recalled all the intersections between them, and found that he couldn't find it anymore. More details about Zhao Dami's home are coming.

Let's try his luck, Cheng Yunpeng put the book back on the shelf, then went home, took some money, left a note for Aunt Zhang to stick on the refrigerator, and took the key to the train station.

It wasn't until the train started that Cheng Yunpeng began to recall his emotions from last night to the whole day.He couldn't explain why he had to find Zhao Dami.

I just suddenly thought of the unclear content of Zhao Dami's last postcard - now not only I need someone to confide in, maybe Zhao Dami also needs him.

Thinking of the perfect excuse for this seemingly stupid behavior for himself, Cheng Yunpeng finally breathed a sigh of relief.He smiled, leaned against the swaying carriage wall, and leaned against it without hesitation. He relaxed his tense nerves and felt that he could finally take a good rest.

As the Spring Festival travel season approached, there were a large number of migrant workers returning home. Cheng Yunpeng only bought a standing ticket. The smell of cigarettes and sweat at the junction of the carriages was mixed with the smell of toilets, but Cheng Yunpeng did not feel too much discomfort.Thinking that he might be able to see Zhao Dami the next day, Cheng Yunpeng's sore calf suddenly seemed to feel a lot more comfortable.

The train arrived at the station in the early morning, and Cheng Yunpeng found a small hotel to stay in, and planned to find a bus to Yongshun County the next day.After arriving at the small hotel, he quickly washed up and lay down on the bed. Cheng Yunpeng, who had been tense for a whole day and night, soon fell asleep.

It was already noon when we arrived at Yongshun, Cheng Yunpeng got out of the bus station and took a deep breath, thinking that Zhao Dami might have stood on this ground just like him.

I suddenly felt a kind of pleasure that was about to get what I wanted.

But when he asked a few passers-by if there was a village called Zhaojiacun in Yongshun, they all answered in the negative.

His eyes dimmed again.

Maybe I still found the wrong one, Cheng Yunpeng thought.Feeling a little sad for a while.

Suddenly he felt someone tap his shoulder from the back door.

"Boy, I remembered"

Cheng Yunpeng turned around and found that it was a passer-by aunt who had just asked. Cheng Yunpeng smiled at her and waited for her to continue.

"Yongshun doesn't have a village called Zhaojiacun, but there is a street called Zhaojiacun. My distant cousin's aunt's second son lives near there. When you asked me just now, I didn't remember it." Auntie pointed at Cheng Yunpeng He continued to ask with a smile, "I don't know if this is the place you are looking for."

Cheng Yunpeng's gloomy eyes suddenly brightened up again.Busy and carefully asked the aunt for the detailed address.Then I went to the side of the road and stopped a taxi and rushed over quickly.

The streets of Zhaojia Village are not long, and there are not many houses marked with street names along the street.

The first household that Cheng Yunpeng knocked on the door casually said he knew Zhao Dami, and led him directly to a house.

But after knocking for a long time, no one answered the door.

The aunt told Cheng Yunpeng that Zhao Dami usually lives alone, and occasionally his aunt would come over to bring him something, but now because of the winter vacation, I don't know if he has gone to a relative's house.When asked again, the aunt said that she did not know the addresses of his relatives.

Cheng Yunpeng was suddenly tired.Thinking that there is nothing to do, let's go shopping again. Some of the five flavors coexisted slowly in Cheng Yunpeng's heart.

Anyway, if you can run, the monk can't run away from the temple.

Cheng Yunpeng thought to himself.He decided to find a place to live nearby, eat something, and then inquire about Zhao Dami's situation.

As a result, for three days in a row, Cheng Yunpeng did not wait for Zhao Dami to appear, and the other neighbors who had inquired couldn't tell. They all knew that something happened to his family some time ago, but they couldn't tell what it was.

There was an old man walking around nearby with nothing to do, so he caught Cheng Yunpeng and sighed at him.

It is said that Zhao Dami is a child who usually looks obedient, but he doesn't like to play with the neighbor's children, and often walks alone.Except that the third aunt who saw him occasionally would come to see him, I didn't see him interacting with anyone.His parents divorced a long time ago, and the two formed their own families, and they are no longer in the county.

Alas, the uncle sighed: "This child is also pitiful."

After hearing the uncle's narration, Cheng Yunpeng felt a little sad for Zhao Dami.

No wonder his best friend is a dog. Zhao Dami's experience of growing up alone is really a bit of a sympathy for him.

Cheng Yunpeng has walked around this small county several times in the past few days, and he also went to search around several high schools in the county. Because of the winter vacation, there were no people in the school, and there was no progress after several visits. .

It was already the fourth day, and Cheng Yunpeng came out from the school guard and found a snack bar to eat something.After ordering, he found a seat near the door and sat down. Feeling a little tired, he began to stare blankly at the bottle of soy sauce on the table while waiting for the food to be served.

Cheng Yunpeng couldn't tell what mood he was in now, the feeling of being determined to win on the first day was very weak now.

He seems to have suddenly realized how big this world really is - no matter how close the space distance seems, when a person's information is hidden, the probability of him being found is very small.

Cheng Yunpeng even thought desperately, maybe this is the fate of him and Zhao Dami - a wrong encounter and a wrong separation.

Thinking about it, Cheng Yunpeng couldn't help sighing, smiled wryly, and then came back to his senses a little.Just as he was about to turn his head to ask the boss how long his meal would be ready, he heard a familiar voice next to him.

"Cheng Yunpeng?"

He turned his head reflexively, just in time to meet the eyes of Zhao Dami who was standing outside the store looking at him.

Zhao Dami's face immediately changed from doubt to surprise, smiling like a blooming flower.He quickly strode towards Cheng Yunpeng's seat.

"Is it really you? Why are you here?"

Cheng Yunpeng was still sitting there in a daze, and he didn't realize it until Zhao Dami walked up to him.

Finally found him!

Cheng Yunpeng secretly rejoiced in his heart.Looking at Zhao Dami's smiling eyes, a burst of grievance suddenly surged.I really want to rush up and pinch his neck to question him.

Why didn't you leave me the address when you wrote the postcard?

Do you know how long I've been looking for you?

I have been here for several days, where have you been, Zhao Dami?

Zhao Dami, do you know that I am worried about you?

Zhao Dami, you idiot...

Cheng Yunpeng had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know which sentence to choose when he saw a girl walking towards them from behind and asked Zhao Dami, "Who is this?"

Cheng Yunpeng looked at her, and Zhao Dami patted Cheng Yunpeng's shoulder with a busy smile and explained to the girl, these are my buddies.The girl nodded and smiled politely at Cheng Yunpeng, then said to Zhao Dami, then I'll go back first, and you guys play first.Zhao Dami said, let's go, I'm going back to my home today.

Then he turned around abruptly and hugged Cheng Yunpeng's neck, and said with a smile while shaking, "Hey, why did you come, Cheng Yunpeng? How long have you been here? Are you on vacation too..."

Cheng Yunpeng's head was dizzy from being strangled by Zhao Dami, and he hurriedly held his back with his backhand to worry that he would fall, while panting and whispering.

"Hey, let go first, Zhao Dami, let go first."

Zhao Dami laughed and let him go, sat down on the stool next to Cheng Yunpeng, and yelled at the owner of the kitchen inside, who also brought me a bowl of noodles!Then he turned his face and stared at Cheng Yunpeng with such a happy mood without blinking and smiling.

Cheng Yunpeng met his eyes, not knowing if it was because he was shaken too hard by Zhao Dami just now, or for some other reason, his heart was beating wildly.

After looking at each other peacefully for a long time, Cheng Yunpeng calmed down a little, and smiled at Zhao Dami.

"Zhao Dami, you seem to have grown taller."