Ye Cheng

Luo Yueling rented a house in the county town, and heard that she sold cotton candy there and made a lot of money. Everyone asked Qian Shouwan to give in and quickly coaxed his wife back, but Qian Shouwan didn't seem to hear.He didn't come to Ye Cheng's yard anymore, and when he saw Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan, he didn't show any good looks, but he didn't stop Cai Jinzhi from sending food here from time to time.

Big Fatty and Erpang would often go to the county town to look for Luo Yueling. Every time they went there, Luo Yueling would buy them delicious food and then come back wearing nice new clothes.Qian Shouwan just couldn't see his two sons like this, and when he got angry, he would often curse at his throat. Gradually, he became even more distant from the two sons who were not close before.

Cai Jinzhi often shed tears in Ye Cheng's yard, saying that her daughter's life is suffering, her son's life is also suffering, and her grandson's life is also suffering...

Except for Cai Jinzhi, Qian Shouwan's family didn't come here anymore, and Ye Cheng's yard became much deserted, but no one could take care of this, because everyone became very busy all of a sudden.Every morning, a few children had to feed the ducks before going out, because since Luo Yueling left, Cai Jinzhi's work has increased, and he has to take care of the money and Ye Cheng's side. too busy.

At noon, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan took turns to make up lessons for Lan Xiaofeng. They had to take turns to rest for a while, because they had to rush to the primary school gate in the afternoon to set up a stall. When the bell rang, the two of them were always the first to rush out of the school gate, pushing The cotton candy truck rushed to the gate of the primary school. The primary school was over at that time, and the children came out of the school gate and flowed to every corner of the town. Some of them were standing on the side of the road waiting for Ye Cheng and his stalls to be set up.

When it is sold until [-]:[-], the stall must be closed on time, regardless of whether there are some children who have not bought marshmallows, because they have to rush back to study at night.After nine o'clock in the evening, the self-study ended, and the two returned to the village by bicycle. Usually at this time, Ye Ping had already done all the housework at home, and sometimes prepared a little supper for them.

In this way, time and sweat flowed together, and everyone was very busy. One night, when Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan returned home, they heard that Cai Jinzhi had fainted in the village today.

After all, Cai Jinzhi is old, and her character is not as strong and tough as most of the peasant women in the village. On the contrary, she is a little cowardly. After a long time, she is easy to accumulate depression in her heart.These days, the life of Qian Shouwan's family is getting worse day by day. It seems that the son and daughter-in-law really don't plan to live together anymore. The two grandchildren are growing up, and there is no mother to take care of them.Ye Cheng and the others couldn't ignore it, so the old man kept busy running around every day, and finally he couldn't take it anymore, and passed out on the side of the road in the village.

I heard that I was sent to the hospital for examination, but there was nothing wrong with it. The doctor said that the old man was relatively weak, so he had to pay attention to rest and proper tonic.Even if Qian Shouwan didn't give them a good look, Ye Cheng still went to his house, and Cai Jinzhi was lying on the bed. She said that she was fine, and told Ye Cheng and the others to go back to sleep and have class tomorrow.

Luo Yueling didn't come back, but she sent someone to bring back two boxes of oral liquid and a few sticks of ginseng. Some people in the village began to spread rumors, saying that Luo Yueling found a concubine in the county town. She was a man who opened a food stall. Earn a lot of money, but your stomach is too big, and you don't have the money to look good.

Because of this matter, Qian Shouwan blushed with a man in the village. The two men were not young, and they almost got into a fight. After that, the people in the village did not dare to talk about Luo Yueling. Also carefully avoid Qian Shouwan.

Luo Yueling left, Cai Jinzhi fell ill, Ye Cheng, Lu Mingyuan, and Ye Ping all had to study, and there was no one to look after the ducks at home, so they sold the ducks to another duck farmer in the village at a low price .As soon as the usually noisy ducks left, their yard suddenly became silent. In the empty yard, only Huizi slept in its nest every day, and Huizi was getting older.

Ye Ping is very sad. She has been raising ducks since she was seven years old, and now she returns to the quiet yard after school every day, and she can no longer hear the quacking of the ducks, and she is always very disappointed.Although raising ducks didn't make much money, the group of ducks in the family has always been the last protection of their family. Now suddenly, this protection is gone, which makes them feel very uneasy.

So Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan worked harder to sell cotton candy, and sometimes they would rather be late for evening self-study in order to do more business.The teachers at the school all know the situation of their family, and occasionally criticize a few words, but they are not too harsh.

As the temperature is getting higher and higher, Ye Cheng and the others also know that when summer comes, cotton candy will be particularly easy to melt, and business will be difficult.Maybe after May Day, they have to think about other businesses, otherwise their family will have no income during the two months of May and Six.

Ye Cheng put all his energy into it. Every day he either went to class or set up a stall. Even the time spent on the road was shortened and shortened by him. Time is very precious. High school courses are not easy. It also takes a lot of work to organize, digest and remember the things on the Internet.

Just like that, Ye Cheng stared straight ahead, and his steps became faster and faster, as if he was racing against time, not daring to stop for a moment.Then one Saturday morning, he hurriedly brushed his teeth and ate breakfast as usual, ready to start a new day of fighting, but Ye Ping suddenly told him, Brother, Huizi is dead.

Ye Cheng stood in front of the door, looking at the old dog in the yard, lying on the old stilted building, motionless.He walked over lightly, stretched out his hand to touch Huizi's neck, but Huizi would no longer raise his head to lick his palm like before, making whining noises.

How long has it been since I looked at Huizi, stroked its fur and scratched its neck like this?Ye Cheng couldn't remember.In recent memory, apart from being busy, he kept his head buried in the front, and he hasn't stopped to look at the things around him for a long time.

Yes, Cai Jinzhi is already so old, but he still makes her work hard every day. If he can take a little time to take a closer look at the white hair on grandma's head, and see her increasingly slow and difficult movements, Maybe she won't be cruel enough to ask her to help their family raise ducks.

Is Huizi 11 or 12 years old this year?He clearly knew that a dog's lifespan was not as long as a human's, Huizi had already lived for so long, and would be leaving soon.But he is unwilling to stop his pace every morning before going out, stroke its head well, and say a word or two to it. Busy, even if he saw Huizi spinning around his feet occasionally, he still refused to stop his steps, lowered his head, and took a good look at it.

Ye Cheng remembered that when he was very young, he was the only one in this yard, and only Huizi was with him.When growing vegetables, cooking, washing clothes clumsily, and squatting in a daze in the yard, no matter what he is doing, Huizi is always by his side and stays with him in this yard , eating the burnt raw rice that I made together, when some hooligans broke into their yard, they were almost broken because of the only two old hens in the yard.

Huizi's body had no temperature at all, it was no longer as warm as it used to be, and the hair on his body was covered with dew, lifeless clinging to it, looking lifeless at all.Ye Cheng picked it up and wrapped it in clothes. Lu Mingyuan took the small hoe at home and followed behind him. Ye Ping wiped her tears and closed the courtyard door, and went together.

They buried the ashes on the back mountain, where there were too many stones to cultivate, and the whole mountain was deserted, covered with all kinds of trees and weeds.Ye Cheng dug a hole on a hill with a good view, put the ashes wrapped in his clothes into it, and then filled it with soil.

Today is not Saturday, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan still have to go to class, although they are already late, but neither of them wants to skip class.May is approaching, and the sun is getting brighter and brighter. Ye Cheng is riding a bicycle, and Lu Mingyuan is sitting in the back. From the village to the town, the downhill road for a long section is not very strenuous, but if the speed is not controlled well, it is also very easy A car accident.

Lu Mingyuan, who was sitting in the back, suddenly felt that the car was jolted, and then slanted to the left, as if it was about to overturn. He hurriedly pulled Ye Cheng who was sitting in the front to pick up the bike. The two of them were unstable. Ye Cheng Sitting down on the ground, Lu Mingyuan supported the ground with his hands, but he didn't fall down. Their bicycles rushed into the small ditch beside the road.

"How are you? Are you okay?" Lu Mingyuan bent over and stood in front of Ye Cheng, trying to pull him up.

"It's okay." Ye Cheng didn't shake his hand, but lowered his head with red eyes.

"Why don't you look at the road while riding?" Even knowing that Ye Cheng was sad today because of Huizi's death, Lu Mingyuan still couldn't help but get angry. Huizi will die when he gets older, and there is nothing he can do about it, Ye Cheng Like this, what if something happened just now?

"How could the car overturn if you didn't pull me?" Ye Cheng was not to be outdone.

"Fuck, why blame me? Isn't it because you were absent-minded? Even if Huizi is dead, you should still pay attention to safety when riding a bicycle!"

"What's the matter with Huizi? If you're afraid of falling, don't ride in my car in the future." Ye Cheng was already in a bad mood, and when Lu Mingyuan brought the topic up to Huizi, he didn't like to hear it even more. Get up on the ground, and push the bike out of the ditch.

"What do you mean?" Lu Mingyuan asked in a deep voice, what do you mean don't take his car in the future?

"It means verbally." Ye Cheng stood on the side of the road holding his bicycle, looking at Lu Mingyuan calmly.

"You fucking! Just because of a dog!" Lu Mingyuan was furious, and threw Ye Cheng a punch. He couldn't bear Ye Cheng looking at him like that, that kind of calmness and hardness that he couldn't tolerate.

Ye Cheng was punched in the face by Lu Mingyuan, stumbled, sat on the road again, his bicycle fell to the side, he reached out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said, "Huizi is not just a dog. .” It was also his only companion, an important member of their family over the years.

"What about me?" Lu Mingyuan gasped and stood in front of Ye Cheng, looking at him with his head down. Under the backlight, he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.

What is the relationship between him and Lu Mingyuan?Ye Cheng never thought about this question carefully. How should their relationship be defined? Are they friends, cousins, or lovers?

"I don't know." Ye Cheng frowned in confusion, and answered honestly.

Lu Mingyuan was startled for a while, then squatted down, pulled Ye Cheng by the collar and pulled him to him, and then his lips were printed on it. "Now do you know?"

"Yeah." Ye Cheng's ears were a little red, and he looked around. Fortunately, there was no one on the road.

"Then let me sit in your car?" Lu Mingyuan continued to ask, tugging at Ye Cheng's collar.

"Let you sit, let go quickly." Ye Cheng waved Lu Mingyuan's hand away in a panic, got up from the ground, and helped the bicycle back up again. He sat on the seat first, with one foot on the ground, and Lu Mingyuan finally got his wish , sitting behind Ye Cheng with satisfaction.

The two of them sat like this for quite a while, but Ye Cheng started riding his bicycle, and Lu Mingyuan finally became a little anxious again. "Are you going or not?" This person was punched by himself just now, isn't he still angry?

"Get off first." Ye Cheng seemed to have made up his mind, got off the bicycle, and solemnly said to Lu Mingyuan.

"No, I won't go down." Lu Mingyuan sternly sat on the back seat of the car, refusing to go down anyway, anyway, if he didn't go down, what could Ye Cheng do to him?

"You really won't come down?" Ye Cheng raised his eyebrows.

"Don't go down!" Lu Mingyuan stiffened his neck, his buttocks were firmly stuck to the car seat, and he stepped on the ground with his legs spread apart.

"Okay then." Ye Cheng looked at Lu Mingyuan, then lifted his foot and gave him a kick, because Lu Mingyuan was sitting on the bicycle, and his center of gravity was unstable, and when he stepped off, even the person and the car turned over on the road. "This kick was for Huizi." Ye Cheng raised his chin, as if asking, do you have any objections?

Lu Mingyuan opened his mouth with a blank expression on his face, and his brain kept running at high speed. After a while, he finally figured out why he had to be kicked.He still vaguely remembered the first time he went back to the village with Ye Cheng, the guy kissed Huizi so badly as soon as he saw Huizi, he didn't take himself seriously at all, he felt upset, so he kicked Huizi.

"Fuck! It happened 800 years ago, and you still have to settle the old score with me!"

"Hui Zi is dead, and the old accounts must be settled." Ye Cheng picked up the bicycle again, sat on it, and turned his head to shout. "Are you still sitting up or not?"

"Sit!" Lu Mingyuan gritted his teeth and got on the bicycle again.

This time they finally set off again, the sun rose higher and higher, and the sunlight became more and more dazzling. There were tears in Ye Cheng's eyes, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.