Solstice Secrets

Ling Dongzhi was brought into a generous embrace.

This is a feeling that cannot be described in words. He is a stranger, but he is the closest person connected with his blood.The throbbing that echoes each other in blood doesn't even need any evidence to prove it.Ling Dongzhi was foolishly hugged by him, the sudden surprise mixed with heavy grief swept over like a raging tide, easily shattering all his rationality.

The anxiety and expectation that had been suppressed in his heart for many days finally burst out at this moment, even mixed with grievances that he hadn't even noticed.

Ling Dongzhi buried her face on his shoulder, and cried uncontrollably.

Zhuang Zhou looked helplessly at the two people who hugged each other as soon as they met, he was happy for Ling Dongzhi and at the same time slightly depressed.He knew that some things were destined to be beyond his reach.

But he still felt a little uncomfortable.

He took out a cigarette case from the pocket of his trousers and offered a cigarette to each of the watching security guards, explaining vaguely, "a long-lost relative."

The security guards showed a look of sudden realization.

Seeing that they were almost crying, Zhuang Zhou walked over and patted Ling Dongzhi on the shoulder, "I have something to say at home."

Ling Dongzhi let go of the man, sniffled embarrassedly, "What should I call you?"

The man looked at him very gently, "My name is Qingshu. In terms of age... I was just seven years old when you were born."

Ling Dongzhi stared blankly at him, a seven-year-old child could already remember many things.He will remember his parents and family, and he will have memories of his living environment and things that have happened.He even remembered the circumstances of Ling Dongzhi's birth and his parents and family... The urgency in Ling Dongzhi's heart was hard to describe in words, but immediately afterward, a tinge of distress arose in his heart.He spent more than 20 years in ignorance, while the young man in front of him grew up with a heavy memory.The hatred of annihilating the clan, the pain of being separated from each other, weighed on his shoulders day by day.

"The green tree..."

Qingshu gently rubbed his head, like a gentle elder brother.

Zhuang Zhou coughed next to him, resisting the urge to pull Ling Dongzhi away from him and said, "Go home, this is not a place to talk."

Qingshu had noticed him just now, and saw him standing beside Ling Dongzhi in the attitude of a master, with a slightly puzzled look on his face, "This is..."

Ling Dongzhi didn't want to stand on the side of the road and introduce to his clansman whom he met suddenly, "This is my man", so he pulled Qing Shu into the house, "We'll talk when we go back. How long have you been here? Have you had dinner yet?"

Qingshu smiled, "I've eaten."

Zhuang Zhou endured and endured, he couldn't help it anymore, "Go home and tell me something!"

Openly kissing and making love in front of his face, throwing himself into the arms of other men and crying, holding his hand, and letting him touch his head... Do you really think he is a dead person? !

Zhuang Zhou thought darkly in his heart, it would be great if he had laxatives at home, and put some medicine in his tea... The cats and dogs at home did not expect to have guests, so they squatted at the door of the living room and looked around curiously.

Brown Tang sniffed Qingshu's legs and feet, and whispered to the three cats, "This man has been to the vegetable market, and I can smell the vegetable market from him."

Before the three cats answered the conversation, they heard the strange guest say with a smile: "Yes, I have indeed been to the vegetable market. Because I want to buy vegetables for cooking. Have you smelled what vegetables I bought?" ?”

The brown sugar sniffed again, and muttered uncertainly, "Green peppers? And tomatoes? Well, don't all the dishes taste the same..."

Qingshu laughed, turned around and asked Ling Dongzhi, "You raised them all?"

Ling Dongzhi shook his head, "This is brown sugar, he raised it. The three cats are stray cats in front of them. They followed me when I moved here."

Ling Dongzhi saw the doubt in Qingshu's eyes, hesitated for a moment, and explained: "He is my... lover."

Qingshu was stunned.From the very beginning, he felt that there was an inexplicable feeling between Ling Dongzhi and this man, and it turned out that there was such a relationship.Qing Shu frowned slightly, this matter completely exceeded his expectations.Before they met, he guessed that Ling Dongzhi might have already married, but he didn't expect him to be with a man.

Contrary to him, Zhuang Zhou finally felt a little more at ease when he heard the word lover.He stretched out a hand towards Qingshu, introduced himself politely, "My name is Zhuang Zhou."

"Qingshu," Qingshu shook hands with him, with a scrutinizing look in his eyes, "If we haven't mistaken each other's identities, I should be his cousin."

Ling Dongzhi blinked, feeling that the tears that were so easily wiped away were about to flood again.If he is really his cousin, then Qingshu should be his closest relative in this world so far.

Zhuang Zhou also felt moved, and his expression suddenly became serious, "I'm glad you can meet."

"I'm also very happy." Qing Shu pursed the corners of his lips, "And I think Mr. Zhuang is a very lucky person." If Ling Dongzhi grew up in the village, considering their small and pitiful population, Xiao Yu's parents and clan would never agree to let two big men live together.

Naturally, Zhuang Zhou couldn't guess what he was thinking, but this did not prevent him from quickly comprehending the subtle unwillingness in Qing Shu's words.He thinks this may be because there is no such precedent as Ling Dongzhi in their clan, and as a peer, Qingshu is not qualified to dictate Ling Dongzhi's life.

"I always think so." Zhuang Zhou let go of his hand, "Sit down, I'll make tea for you."

Ling Dongzhi anxiously pulled him to sit down, "Is it true that people in our clan are gone?"

Qing Shu's face was a little stiff, he was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "You know what happened on the night of the winter solstice, right?"

Ling Dongzhi nodded, "I've heard about Langya."

Zhuang Zhou sat quietly and made tea for them.He actually didn't like such occasions very much, Ling Dongzhi's emotional ups and downs were too violent, this was not a situation he liked.

Qingshu said lightly: "Actually, what he told you should be an incomplete version. Do you want to hear the full version?"

Ling Dongzhi and Zhuang Zhou looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.When they first heard Langya tell a story, they both felt that the old man had something to hide, but they didn't expect that he only told an abridged version of the story.

"He told you he went up the mountain with poachers?"

Ling Dongzhi nodded, "Twice."

Qingshu smiled, and there was a little bit of complicated meaning in his eyes, "Actually, it's more than that. After he escaped with two or three little guys who slipped through the net, he sneaked up again by himself. Guess what he's doing?" gone?"

Zhuang Zhou smiled, but remained silent.

Ling Dongzhi thought for a while, and said angrily: "Have you gone to pick up the leak?"

Qing Shu also laughed, "This is probably one of the reasons. The main reason is that he is uneasy, and wants to go back and see if there is anything to make him feel at ease. In essence, this person is just a fool. Scoundrel, but not a bad heart."

"At that time, the aftershocks had passed, and he didn't meet anyone when he walked all the way into the village. More than half of the village was buried under the rocks, and he didn't even see a few of his bandits. Spike dug outside the village. He buried all the corpses he found one by one. He felt that doing so was accumulating merit. Then he began to dig the buried houses, found some things, and then rolled them all down the mountain. This process lasted for about During this period, he dug out several villagers who were crushed to death, and buried them separately. The next night, he dug up my house and dug out me and a girl named Qingdou in the village. , At that time, almost twenty hours had passed since the earthquake."

Ling Dongzhi gasped.

"Langya took us down the mountain and invited a doctor to see us. Later, he sold some things from the village and set up a small stall in Qingshi Town." Qingshu took the teacup from Zhuangzhou and moistened it Runkou continued: "When Aomame and I were in middle school, there was a mine in the nearby mountains, and there were many people coming and going in the town, so he started a hotel business with someone he knew. The money for me and Aomame to go to college That's how I earned it. You also know that the water plants and rocks brought out of our village are worthless, and they can't be sold for a price at all."

Ling Dongzhi muttered: "Water grass and stone?"

Qingshu smiled slightly, "It was found out of the pool outside the village, that's what everyone in the village calls it."

Ling Dongzhi really wanted to ask about the efficacy of the water plant stone, but now there are obviously more important questions to ask, "Qingshu, is there anyone else alive in the village?"

Qingshu was silent for a while, "I only know that when the chaos started, the village head took the younger children out with someone. But where they were sent, and whether they were all sent out safely, I have no memory The situation that night...was too confusing. Even you, I only remembered it after I heard Langya talk about it. Langya said that you look very similar to me. In my memory, you fit You are the only one who has these conditions. I remember my mother told me that Xiaoyu from Aunt Ahui’s family looks like a brother to me.”

Ling Dongzhi's eyes suddenly turned hot, "My mother's name is...A Hui?"

Qing Shu scratched his hair a little embarrassedly, "I can't remember the names of the elders. I just remember that the children at that time called them Aunt Hui and Uncle Chang Shan. Xiao Yu, the little one on your left foot Is there a little red mole on the toe?"

Ling Dongzhi's toes shrunk involuntarily, he lifted his foot, pulled off the sock, and there was indeed a red mole the size of a grain of rice on the toe of his left foot.

Qingshu watched carefully, as if recalling what he had seen in his memory through the picture he saw in front of him.After a long time, he nodded, "That's right, it's the little red mole. Back then you were lying on the kang kicking your legs and kicking me. I'm here," he stretched out his hand and nodded lightly Ling Dongzhi The little red mole on the foot, "I still took a bite here."

Ling Dongzhi wanted to laugh, but his eyes were slightly moist.

Zhuang Zhou sat on the side, looking at that thin finger, as if scratching his heart with claws.He really wanted to swing that paw aside.But if he really did that, Ling Dongzhi would definitely be angry.

Zhuang Zhou sighed in grief, and stretched out his hands to rub the dog's son's head desperately.

"After I graduated, I started looking for children from our family near Dayan Mountain," Qingshu said, "Later, Langya reminded me that I could try the water grass stone. If it is someone who went out from our village, I don't even remember anything about the village. , I should also carry this thing with me. So I took two things and sent them to Langya’s friend’s shop as consignment.”

Ling Dongzhi suddenly realized, "The two cups that Aunt Annie bought and that..." He didn't know the name of that thing, so he stretched out his hand to draw the shape.

Qing Shu nodded, "The medicine pestle. I put it there."

"You came to Binhai with Aunt Annie?"

Qingshu shook his head, with a slightly embarrassed expression, "No. I just found out about your fund based on the business card she left behind. The name of the fund makes me very puzzled. I really want to ask this lady for details, and A little undecided, because she doesn't look like a mountain god."

Ling Dongzhi nodded, "She really isn't."

"Later, I checked the situation of the fund and found your name. There are some introductions about your works on the Internet. Did you know that I recognized at a glance that the painting of "Hometown" is our village..." Qingshu breathed a sigh of relief, with a faint smile on his face, "I found Nanshan Middle School by following the clues based on these information. It just so happens that the unit has some business and is going to Binhai for a business trip, so I will drop by to see you."