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During the summer vacation in the first half of the third year of junior high school, Xu Wenyuan’s hometown called and said that some homesteads in the village might be expropriated, and Xu Wenyuan needed to go home to go through some procedures.Xu Zhiyuan suddenly wanted to take advantage of this vacation to go back and have a look with his brother. Xu Wenyuan was afraid that his brother would be bored, so he didn't want to take him with him, but seeing Xu Zhiyuan's high spirits, he couldn't say anything if he refused.

Xu Yongshan first arranged for a driver to take them to their hometown, but Xu Zhiyuan flatly refused, so the burden fell on Xu Wenyuan - to ensure that his brother was brought back unharmed.

There are buses from the town to the entrance of the village, which are very crowded every day.Most of the people in the car were people from the villages in this area. There were more than a dozen villages, and dozens of households in each village. There was a large area where the families were so poor that they clanged and all were tanned and rough. How could I have seen such a young man like Xu Zhiyuan? The "little fairy" is white, tender and good-looking, not to mention that he has a ball head tied, and he is wearing a pink and tender T-shirt. His hands and feet are slender, and he looks like a girl.

As soon as he got in the car, he was surrounded by people as a rare species.Those bachelors who have never eaten meat in their life, or even seen pigs running, looked at him, wishing they could strip him clean inside and out.

Xu Zhiyuan was not afraid, he was used to being stared at, as long as he didn't move his hands, he could just look at it.

It's a pity that his brother doesn't seem to think so.

Xu Wenyuan held his younger brother in his arms, tightly strangled his waist, and tried his best to block other people's sight with his back, so that everyone who leaned to the left and right was separated by him, as if he was holding some kind of treasure.

Xu Zhiyuan only felt the heat on his back, and through the thin fabric, he could feel the muscles in his brother's chest were firm and stiff, as if he was facing an enemy.

Xu Zhiyuan laughed: "Brother."

His brother didn't hear it.

Xu Zhiyuan yelled again: "Hey, brother, you hurt me from scratching."

Xu Wenyuan was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly apologized, his hands relaxed a bit, but he was still protective.

He said, "Be patient, it's almost here."

Xu Zhiyuan patted his hand to comfort him: "It's okay, let them see it, and there won't be a piece of meat missing."

"No!" Xu Wenyuan was very stubborn, "I can't watch it, they are not good."

At that time, Xu Zhiyuan didn't quite understand the meaning of his brother's "not good". He just thought that the farmer might just be curious, so he didn't answer the call, and was busy admiring the large sorghum fields outside the window, and those things that he never saw in the city. scenery.

The car stopped at the entrance of the village, and there was still a few miles to go to Xu Wenyuan's house. Although it wasn't too far, the summer sun would still be fatal.Xu Wenyuan was thinking about finding an ox cart to take them in, when he happened to see an acquaintance at the head of the village——Chen Mazi, who was next door, just came back from delivering goods, and was driving the ox cart.

"Hey, isn't this Er Niu, come back to see your father?"

Everyone in the village knows his fate is good, he was taken back by the rich, and now he is half of the city, so those who used to laugh at him behind his back don't dare to be too blatant now, the words are full of envy and sarcasm .

Xu Wenyuan held his brother's hand tightly: "Well, come back and have a look."

After staying in the city for more than half a year, Erniu is no longer the Erniu he was in the past.It's a pity that Chen Mazi didn't know, and his eyes were still looking back and forth at Xu Zhiyuan: "Which family is this baby? So Shuiling won't let you go to the city and let you pick up a little daughter-in-law and come back?"

"My brother!" Xu Wenyuan stood in front of Xu Zhiyuan.

Chen Mazi was a little surprised, partly because in his impression Xu Wenyuan was a kid who didn't make a sound when he suffered a disadvantage, but now it seems a little different.

"Is it still a boy? Can't tell, is this rich family different?"

Xu Wenyuan didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he pulled his younger brother around and left.Chen Mazi didn't give up, and stuck to his back like a dog's skin plaster: "It's such a long way to your house, isn't it possible for a baby in the city? Take my car and I'll take it back for you?"

"Need not."

"Oh, why are you being so polite with me? I think back in the village..."

"I said, no need!"

Xu Wenyuan raised his voice and dragged his brother to take two quick steps.He dragged Xu Zhiyuan away a bit faster, Xu Zhiyuan couldn't keep up, so he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Xu Wenyuan was startled, stopped to help him: "Tired?"

He didn't want to take that man's car, but seeing his younger brother hesitated again, he regretted bringing Xu Zhiyuan out this trip.He was afraid that his younger brother would not be able to stand this place, so he followed him to endure hardships.

Xu Zhiyuan's face was flushed as he walked away, and he neatly rolled up his broken hair again, revealing his slender and tender neck: "I'm not tired, I can keep up with you when you walk."

The two of them kept Chen Mazi aside one after the other, which made him very embarrassed. He felt bored and had no choice but to swear and walk away.

Xu Zhiyuan narrowed his eyes: "Brother, did you guys bully you like this before?"

"It's okay, just a few words, isn't this the same as you? Just get used to it. But this village is not all like this, there must be good people, and if I am pitiful, someone will help me."

"Does that help you more, or harm you more?"

"It can't be said that it hurt me, but it's not too much..."

Xu Zhiyuan was so angry that he called him "stupid", but Xu Wenyuan acquiesced.The two walked all the way, passed the farmland ditches and turned [-] turns along the yellow land. Along the way, Xu Wenyuan kept introducing to his younger brother, which piece of corn was planted in the crop field, which family had fruit, and which river could catch it every year before it dried up. Get on the big fish and more.

Xu Zhiyuan only felt fresh, and he didn't feel tired after walking for an hour.At the innermost row of brick houses, Xu Wenyuan shouted at the top of his voice, "Third Aunt! Third Aunt, here I come!"

It can be seen that the row of houses has not been built for a long time. Fresh corn strings are hung under the eaves. There are children playing eagles catching chickens in the open space outside, and there are a few real chickens walking on the window sills.

Xu Zhiyuan took out a handful of candy from his pocket and gave it to the children. The children were restrained at first, but then came up to grab it with laughter.

Probably because the noise disturbed the room, a tall and strong woman came out wiping her hands, saw Xu Wenyuan and shouted, "Hey—— Er Niu, why are you here?"

This family is considered to be the distant house of Xu Wenyuan's family. After Xu Wenyuan's grandparents passed away, only this kind-hearted family would come to visit and help him occasionally.When Xu Yongshan took Xu Wenyuan away back then, he gave them a sum of money and asked them to deliver food to that idiot father every day to see how he was doing, that is, the money allowed this family to send their son to school in the city So they are still grateful to Xu Wenyuan.

"Just on vacation, come to see my dad."

"Your father is sleeping! Should I call him?"

"No, you're busy, I'll go and have a look inside by myself."

The woman nodded repeatedly, pulled Xu Zhiyuan and asked, "This is...?"

"Auntie, hello, I'm his younger brother."

Xu Zhiyuan is fair and good-looking, with a sweet mouth, and his obedient appearance is most popular among middle-aged women.

"Hey, hello, ah, the kids in the city are different. You see, I don't have much to give. You can bring some apples and corn, and come to my house for dinner with Erniu later?"

Xu Wenyuan agreed, took the apple and took his younger brother to go home.

Turn two rows to the back, it is the hut.The kitchen is next to the hut, and there is another firewood stove, which is very simple. The stove has been blackened due to years of use, and there is a pot on it.There are a few bricks under the stove, which were used by Xu Wenyuan when he couldn't reach the stove.

The room was also crude, with yellowed newspapers and calendars covering the walls.The wooden table in the outhouse had a broken leg and was covered with straw.

Xu Wenyuan poured Xu Zhiyuan a glass of water, and he didn't dislike it, so he took it and drank it.

The idiot father was still sleeping, so Xu Wenyuan took his younger brother to the back mountain.

"My family used to farm land, mostly rice fields, and a little corn and tomato." Xu Wenyuan pointed to a large piece of land that had been abandoned for a long time, feeling a little melancholy. They are big and sweet, and they are all wild persimmon trees now, but they don’t bear fruit in summer, and in autumn, there is a river a little further ahead, where there are fish, shrimps and crabs.”

It's a pity that after his grandparents passed away, the place can only be abandoned, and he still has a shoe that was thrown at the bottom of the river.When Xu Wenyuan talked about these things, he was always eloquent, with light in his eyes, and Xu Zhiyuan didn't interrupt him, just followed along quietly.

"Will you plant too?"

"Yes, I would help with the farm work when I was young. The food I grow myself is delicious, and the overnight food in the city can't compare."

"Really?"

"real."

Xu Wenyuan washed the apple brought by the third aunt's house in the river and handed it over. Xu Zhiyuan hesitated for two seconds, and took a bite. It was sweet and crisp, and chilled to the core.Xu Zhiyuan sat down on the edge of the river bank, gnawed on an apple and shook his feet.

"Can you grow these things at home?"

"Yes, as long as there is a greenhouse!"

"Then can you make it for me to eat later?"

Xu Wenyuan nodded: "Yes! You can eat whatever you want!"

Xu Wenyuan remembered this promise for many years, until they got their own house, he really built a big greenhouse in the attic, planted some vegetables and fruits such as tomatoes and cucumbers, and could entertain friends when they came. I usually cook and fry my own dishes, but that's another story.

The two brothers were lying on the back hillside to kill time leisurely, Xu Zhiyuan quickly weaved a frog out of the grass on the side and gave it to Xu Wenyuan.

Same as really.

"Is it fun?"

Xu Wenyuan nodded honestly: "It looks good!"

"It's boring to pass the time and learn from TV. You should like me to do something else for you next time."

Xu Wenyuan held the frog in his hand and studied it over and over again. He always thought that his younger brother was a very smart person who knew many things he didn't know, such as painting.

"Have you peeked at my book?" Xu Zhiyuan shook the grass in his mouth.

When he was bored in class, he scribbled on the books, changed the pictures in the textbooks into various comic strips, and secretly drew a portrait of his teacher in the blank space. Xu Wenyuan saw it twice and it was so lifelike.

Xu Wenyuan thought he was angry, so he quickly defended: "I didn't mean to peek!"

"Fool, I didn't say anything, just read it."

Xu Wenyuan sat up and looked at his younger brother seriously: "I just think you draw very well, and you can be like those artists on TV in the future."

Xu Zhiyuan saw his brother's stern look, and laughed: "It's not that easy, my parents don't like me doing art."

"Then you talk to them?"

"If I could make sense, I would have said it a long time ago. They just want me to study serious books and go to a serious university. Everything else is a waste of time."

Xu Wenyuan didn't give up, and picked up the grass next to him: "I still think that uncles and aunts are good people, you can definitely talk to them again, how about I help you?"

Xu Zhiyuan stared at Xu Wenyuan with his chin in his hands, until he felt embarrassed to turn his eyes away, and said, "You are such a strange person, but I like it."

The word "like", like the wind blowing across the field, gently passed through Xu Wenyuan's heart, and stayed there for a long time.