only in this mountain

The feeling of summer is stronger, the sun shines through the branches and leaves, butterflies and dragonflies chase and shuttle between the light and shadow, and when people approach, they fly out of the shade of the trees and gradually go away.

At this time a year ago, Jiang He came to Nanxing Village for the first time with a negative mentality of avoiding the world and anxiety about whether he could stay for a long time. Because he missed the place to get off the bus and got lost in the mountains, he finally met Zhang Huai before arriving smoothly. Now He was walking back from class, knowing that what was waiting for him was no longer just an empty and narrow room, and he was so happy that he could almost ignore the burning sensation on his skin caused by the hot sun.

"I have to take out the fan when I go back..." After all, there is still such a distance. If he is in a good mood, it doesn't mean his body won't sweat. In addition, he has talked too much in class and his mouth is dry. cool off.

As soon as he reached the door of the house, Jiang He saw the second idiot rushing out quickly, thinking it came out to greet him on purpose, and then heard Zhang Huai's voice from inside the wall, and the second idiot rushed in again in a hurry.

A few seconds later, Jiang He heard his own voice calling out to the two idiots from the roof.

Jiang He felt extremely speechless. He didn't need to look to know that Brother Yu must be teasing the second idiot. The bird's imitation ability is super strong. Jiang He and Zhang Huai couldn't tell the difference, let alone the two stupid fools.

The snowball qi hadn't dissipated yet, so it definitely wouldn't come out to help the second idiot. After Jiang He entered the door, he said helplessly, "Brother Yu, don't bully the second idiot."

Brother Yu jumped out from the corner, his eyes flashed with pride, and at that moment Jiang He seemed to see the live emoji: "Slightly slightly slightly slightly."

Jiang He: "..."

The poor second idiot lay on the ground with his limbs stretched out tired, sticking out his tongue and panting, looking even more stupid.

"Where's Xiaogu?" If it was here, it would never let Brother Yu play tricks on Second Idiot like this. Jiang He felt sorry for Second Idiot, and while rubbing its head and fanning it with a book, he asked Brother Yu: "Aren't you and him always inseparable?" ?”

"There's no place to stand, so I'll be back first." It already regards this as its own home, it is there when Xiaogu is around, and it can come and go freely when Xiaogu is not there.

Its answer didn't say where Xiaogu went, but Jiang He could understand.

Xiaogu has no intention of meeting Zhang Yunyuan. From its point of view, there is no more Zhang Liu in the human world. It is just a medium that stores Zhang Liu's memory. After a few years or more, as its body dies and decays , "Zhang Liu" completely disappeared.In fact, Jiang He knew that it didn't want to cause him trouble and distress, so he didn't need to risk being regarded as crazy or abnormal to explain to Zhang Yunyuan.Jiang He did not say anything to Zhang Yunyuan, nor did he explicitly tell Zhang Huai that Xiaogu was his sister, he could only say that Zhang Huai understood him too well and figured it out by himself.Later, Jiang He didn't know if Zhang Huai said anything to Zhang Yunyuan, and he wanted to find a time to ask, and felt that the current state was quite good. Zhang Yunyuan was getting more energetic every day, and occasionally he could not help smiling at Xiaogu, As a bird, Xiaogu also likes to be close to humans, sometimes staying on the shoulders of Zhang Huai and Zhang Yunyuan for a while.

If you can ignore the black bird in front of you, it would be perfect harmony.

Brother Yu came here uninvited. Jiang He can't give it to others to raise it like a flower. Besides, it is self-sufficient. It can't be said that Jiang He is raising it.

Xueqiu has been angry for several days because of this depression, and until now he has ignored Jiang He.In the past, it was just a little bit arrogant, but now it is getting harder and harder to serve it with such a petty temper.

Xiao Moru also felt that it was not easy to bring the child to be rebellious when he grows up. One day later, Jiang He took the two idiots to see Ahua at his place. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuzhu, who was supposed to be in school, was also there. Something should have happened during this time, Xiao Yuzhu squatted on the ground with A'hua in his arms, facing Xiao Moru with his back facing him, but Xiao Moru frowned and looked very headache.

"What's wrong?" The atmosphere was not quite right. I have known Xiao Moru for so long, and he has always been active in front of people. I have almost never seen him so discouraged and depressed.

Xiao Moru really had a headache, many years of old problems, fatigue and mental stress, blurred vision, he didn't even want to talk, but he couldn't do it.Xiao Yuzhu didn't go to school, didn't ask for leave with the teacher, ran back secretly and didn't say a word, stayed alone in the room last night, Xiao Moru saw A Hua running to Xiao Yuzhu's room and found out that he came back, otherwise Xiao Moru would have Not at home but at school.

"Has Yu Zhu been bullied at school?" After Xiao Moru finished speaking, the second idiot had already moved up to Xiao Yuzhu and A Hua and sniffed and rubbed his nose. Xiao Yuzhu liked the second idiot very much. He used to rub his face when he saw it, but now Then there is no reaction at all.

Xiao Moru shook his head and sighed, and didn't explain to Jiang He for a moment, someone came to the house, he didn't have to worry about Xiao Yuzhu hiding again, so he asked Jiang He to take a look, and went to take some medicine first.

Jiang He squatted beside Xiao Yuzhu, persuading him: "Yu Zhu, I have something to say that I'm unhappy about. Is it because I'm not happy with my classmates or because I'm under a lot of pressure from studying? If you squat for too long, your legs won't flow well and your legs will go numb. How about sitting down?"

Xiao Yuzhu didn't respond, at this time Xiao Moru came over again and said, "Xiao Yuzhu, don't you listen to anyone now?" His tone was not too strong or contained blame, even a little helpless, just adding a surname made him seem a lot alienated , Xiao Yuzhu raised his hand and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, his immature face swelled up, looking very aggrieved.

Jiang He guessed that this should be the first time that the father and son had an unpleasant relationship. A person with Xiao Moru's personality is gentle and gentle to everyone. He has never seen him speak loudly to anyone, and he has never once blackmailed a student. Face, under his influence, Xiao Yuzhu is polite and sensible, it is hard to imagine what caused the current stalemate.

"Yu Zhu, don't be sad, tell me what happened, can we help you solve it together?" Jiang He is a crybag himself, and he is always comforted by others. He is actually very at a loss, but since he has already run into him , he felt he should do something.The second fool also didn't want to see Xiao Yuzhu sad, so he stretched his head to lick Xiao Yuzhu's face.

Xiao Yuzhu hugged Ahua tightly to avoid the second idiot's tongue, probably because he squatted for too long, not only his legs were numb and his lower body was numb, he sat down on the ground, Xiao Moru refused to let him go, and he didn't know what to do or where to go when he got up Ah, Ah Hua broke free from his arms when he fell, and he turned his back to Jiang He and Xiao Moru alone, wondering if he continued to cry.

Xiao Moru said sadly: "Yu Zhu, are you planning to lose your father?"

Xiao Yuzhu shook his head and said: "No, I don't, it's because you don't want me...I don't want to go to other people's houses, I don't go anywhere..."

Ah Hua and the second idiot sat on one side with their heads tilted and looked at the three people in confusion. Jiang He couldn't help, but seemed a bit redundant.

Xiao Moru walked up to Xiao Yuzhu's side, put his arms around the young man's thin shoulders, and said with apology: "I'm sorry, Yu Zhu, it's my father who lacks consideration and shouldn't make decisions for you. You are my son, and this place will always be your home. "

Xiao Yuzhu asked with tears in his eyes: "Can I take back what I gave to others? Will Mr. Jiang take A'hua back?" Hearing that he was talking about himself, Jiang He subconsciously wanted to answer. When he saw Xiao Yuzhu's expression, he knew that the child was He is questioning Xiao Moru at the corner of his head.

Sure enough, I heard Xiao Moru say: "I will definitely not take back what I gave to others, and Teacher Xiao Jiang will not take A'hua back, but this is different from you. You are not an item. Ziyan is your biological mother. She didn't give you to me, and she doesn't come to me to ask you back now, she just wants to see you, spend some time with you, and make up for the maternal love you lacked back then."

"I don't have a mother, and I don't feel that I am less than others. If she wants to make up for it, she might as well give you the child support. Our Ban Fengjie's father and his mother divorced, that's how it is."

Xiao Moru sighed helplessly: "This is not a situation. Your mother is my student. Back then she couldn't hold on alone so she wrote to me and asked me what to do. I saw her desperation between the lines, and she really wanted to help her. "

Xiao Yuzhu burst into tears, and looked very desperate: "Then you still want me to go to her, right?"

While being so sad and sad, Xiao Moru began to look relaxed, smiled and said: "Why? Your mother doesn't mean that, she is a very ambitious person, and she is determined to live alone with no worries in this life. These three months are the last time she is still in the country, and if you want to see her in the future, you probably have to fly there by yourself."

The father and son reconciled, Xiao Moru asked Xiao Yuzhu to wash his face and eat something, and then told Jiang He the ins and outs of the incident.

Back then, Xiao Yuzhu's mother's first love boyfriend got cancer. In order to leave a memory for herself and a testimony of their love, she insisted on giving birth to Xiao Yuzhu despite the opposition of the two parents.But the reality is always crueler than imagined, no one supports her, she soon becomes difficult to choose between studies and raising children, and gradually begins to feel that children are a burden, which will definitely drag her down in the future, she does not want her life to be ruined In a moment of resignation, Xiao Moru took Xiao Yuzhu home and decided to raise him himself.

In the past few years, they still exchanged letters. Xiao Yuzhu grew up carefree under the care of Xiao Moru. Stir up her inner turmoil.

It's just that she is Xiao Yuzhu's biological mother after all, and no one can stop a mother from getting close to her son.In fact, Xiao Moru understands that she is eager to make up for Xiao Yuzhu just so that she will not have any regrets, completely abandon the past, and completely live her life alone.

Xiao Yuzhu has no feelings for her, and her frequent appearance at school will only make him feel bored or even feared. For the first time in his life, he became a misbehaving child, skipped classes, contradicted his father, and was too shy to go out to meet people after washing his face.

"I won't be going to school for the next two days. Ziyan and I will have a talk first. But you have to cut off your hair to cover your eyes." It was supposed to be cut last weekend, and Xiao Yuzhu was already having a fight with him at that time .

Jiang He felt that there was nothing wrong with him, so he decided to leave, but Xiao Moru stopped him: "Mr. Jiang, are you okay now?"

Taking Xiao Yuzhu to have his hair cut, Jiang He felt hot, so he also had an incomparably refreshing hairstyle.After the two had their hair cut, Jiang He invited Xiao Yuzhu to eat ice cream.

It was much rarer to have a few days of vacation without homework, Xiao Yuzhu quickly forgot the unpleasantness that happened before while playing.

One morning two days later, Xiao Yuzhu came early to play with A Hua in his arms, and he locked the door as soon as he entered.At noon Xiao Moru called him back to eat, and he looked eagerly at Jiang He, and Jiang He vaguely realized that the little boy came to hide from him.

"Go home, don't disturb Teacher Xiaojiang, Ziyan has already left."

Xiao Yuzhu was skeptical, and opened the door a crack, as if someone would suddenly rush over to take him away, but when he realized that Xiao Moru hadn't lied to him intentionally, he happily responded, and then turned to look for A'hua.

Jiang He felt very embarrassed, and Xiao Moru smiled wryly and said, "Yu Zhu may still be complacent, but he doesn't know, when Ziyan left, she also seemed to be freed from some kind of bondage."

"At least Yu Zhu is happy from the bottom of his heart now." No matter how impermanent the world is, everyone's life trajectory may have been set long ago. There is no best choice, only the one that is suitable for everyone now.

After sending Xiao Moru and Xiao Yuzhu away, the house became quite deserted in an instant. Jiang He went to the kitchen and found out that Zhang Huai hadn't been there all morning, and no one even made lunch.

He also became a lot lazy. Zhang Huai took care of everything in an orderly manner. There were vegetables in the yard but he didn't want to pick them by himself. He just cooked a bowl of noodles with clear soup and little water by himself.He didn't want to take a nap when Zhang Huai wasn't there, so he simply went out to Zhang Huai's house to see if he was there.

The courtyard door was open, not knowing where everyone had gone, Jiang He looked in every room, came out of the last room, was startled by a person suddenly appearing in the courtyard, saw clearly and felt shocked At first glance, isn't that Zhang Huai?

Zhang Huai's reaction was a little slower than usual, and he still smelled of alcohol. Jiang He originally wanted to get closer to him, but took a few steps back in disgust.

"Where did you go? Why are you still drinking?" It seemed that he had drunk a lot, and his eyes were straightened. As far as he knew, Zhang Huai's alcohol capacity was very good, and at least a dozen people could drink him in turn to get him drunk. .

"Go to a meeting with Secretary Yang, he doesn't know how to drink."

"So he asked you to stop him from drinking? No, what kind of wine do you drink at a meeting? If you don't know how to drink, don't go to the table with others. Next time he pulls you, you tell me and see if I don't beat him!"

Zhang Huai smiled slightly, raised his arm and handed Jiang He a bag, which contained several peaches and bunches of grapes.

The grapes are green and oily, a little hard, and they taste very sour.

Zhang Huai asked, "Is it delicious?"

Drunk, he looked a little dazed, and knowing that Jiang He thought he smelled of alcohol and never approached him, Jiang He laughed angrily at him, and deliberately said irony: "It's delicious, very sweet."

Zhang Huai hummed, and then laughed to himself.

This person likes to laugh when he's drunk, and if he knew it, he would have given him a few more drinks. Maybe he would laugh too much when he's not drunk.

Jiang He thought about something unrealistic, and picked another grape. This one was softer, sour and sweet, very delicious.He beckoned Zhang Huai to come over, and raised his head towards his mouth. Zhang Huai didn't react at first, but after the grapes were fed into his mouth, he hugged Jiang He, not letting him push him away.

"Xiaohe, sweet." After saying that, she lowered her head and kissed him.

Not soft, a little rough, hotter than ever.It may also have something to do with the weather, it is summer after all.

After the kiss was over, Zhang Huai picked up Jiang He and walked towards the bedroom. Jiang He's face was red and hot, and he struggled to jump off.

"It's broad daylight, what will you do when your father comes back?"

He was really a crow's mouth. As soon as Zhang Huai put him on the bed, there were footsteps outside the house, and Zhang Yunyuan's voice: "Zhang Huai?"

Jiang He laughed out loud, and pushed Zhang Huai to tell him to go out, but Zhang Huai continued to kiss and dawdle on his neck as if he didn't hear it.

Zhang Yunyuan called out again, before the words finished, Jiang He in the room responded for Zhang Huai: "Yes, he is at home."

"Get up!" whispered to Zhang Huai several times, Zhang Huai did not move at all, and was about to kick him in a hurry, thinking about whether it is too wrong to use violence against a drunk person, and it is obviously him I picked it up first.

Zhang Yunyuan had already reached the door, intending to open the door and come in to see what Zhang Huai was up to, when suddenly he heard Jiang He say, "He's drunk and sleeping."

The moment the door opened, Zhang Huai turned over and got off Jiang He. Jiang He pulled off the quilt and covered him up. Zhang Yunyuan just opened the door and didn't pay attention. Seeing that the two of them were really taking a nap, he lowered his voice and said to Jiang He, "It's nothing serious." matter, you rest first."

After Zhang Yunyuan left, he helped them close the door by the way. Jiang He let out a long sigh of relief. In a blink of an eye, he saw Zhang Huai staring at him intently. His eyes were so clear, how could he look drunk?

"I heard that time, you called me dad..."

"Don't talk, sleep with you." Before Zhang Huai finished speaking, Jiang He covered Zhang Huai's mouth and called Zhang Yunyuan or something. He hadn't done this since the first time he saw Zhang Yunyuan. There was a estrangement at the beginning. , Then I was embarrassed, Zhang Huai heard it when he heard it, and didn't mention it before, why did he suddenly mention it now, anyway, no matter whether Zhang Yunyuan was present, he was not allowed to speak out.

Zhang Huai started laughing again, a bit unpredictable, not sure if he was really drunk or not.

"Xiaohe, I want to kiss you, is that okay?"

"We kissed you just now, why didn't you ask?"

"is it okay?"

"...It's okay, it's okay! I really can't do anything about you..."

……

Two minutes passed, and the person next to him was silent, his breathing gradually became steady, and he actually fell asleep.Jiang He didn't feel sleepy, and after lying with him for a while, he got up and planned to go back to draw.

The sun at noon was extremely dazzling, and he tried to find a path under the shade of the trees. When he was about to cross the bridge, a little girl in a red dress appeared by the side of the road. She looked helplessly at the river that was gradually approaching him.

It's close to the school, so it's normal for children to appear here, but Jiang He didn't remember seeing her at school, it happened to be a weekend, and maybe she came to play in a nearby village.

The girl kept staring at Jiang He, obviously wanting to ask him for help.A trace of suspicion flashed in Jiang He's heart. He felt that such a small village in the countryside could not have the deception of using children to abduct people as he heard on the Internet. Besides, he should not be the target of abduction, so he went over and asked her: " Little sister, what's the matter with you?"

The girl never moved away from staring at Jiang He. From being helpless at the beginning, she gradually became sad, saying word by word: "I have a hole in my body, it hurts so much."

Jiang He looked up and down and found nothing unusual, so he could only continue to ask, "Where is it broken?"

The girl's red dress was blowing without any wind, and she said quietly: "Did you forget?"

The mutation happened in an instant, and I saw a group of dark marks on the little girl's stomach, and red liquid began to drip from the bottom of her skirt.

"You poked a hole in my body, did you forget?"