After being seized by the pillow man

Under the shallow orange street lights, the car was driving slowly, and the headlights were on, illuminating the ground nearly five meters in front of us.

Xi Han just heard the little girl sitting in the back of the car say that the dog is yellow, it is two years old, and it won't grow too big, so he drove the car slowly and slowly.

There are train tracks on one side of the surrounding area, and a few scattered figures can be seen on the other side. It is cold in winter, and the white mist that comes out of the lips can be vaguely seen when talking outside. There are not many people, let alone a dog.

Yin Yansheng said: "First look under the electric poles, I heard they were left there."

The electric pole stands on the side of the road, like a tree made of concrete, and the electric wire is connected to it, extending straight to the distance.

Every time they passed under a utility pole, Xi Han would stop, and Yin Yansheng and Yin Duo went down to look for it together, but after passing five or six times in a row, they found nothing.

Yin Duo's originally hopeful eyes were getting darker and darker. She held back her tears, but her eyes were red, probably because the people in the car were too strange to her, so she looked very strong.

People seem to be like this, only showing their vulnerable side in front of those close to them.

The car was pulling over, Xi Han said: "Go down and have a look." He saw a white thing shaking under the electric pole next to him, but it was a little far away, and he didn't know what was inside.

Yin Duo cheered up and almost trotted to the bottom of the telephone pole. The soil on the ground was frozen and hard to step on. The white snakeskin bag was blown up by the wind, and the mouth was tied tightly with a rope. , she has seen such bags at home.

Yin Duo was almost in tears, calling the dog's name to grab the bag, but saw a big hole in the snakeskin bag, as if it had been bitten open with sharp teeth, and the inside was empty.

I thought I could find it, but it turned out to be empty. This kind of gap is really uncomfortable.

Yin Duo clenched the snakeskin bag tightly, the wind made her face red, and because she cried just now, the skin on her face was tight now.

Yin Yansheng took the scene into his eyes. Dogs usually use urine to mark, and they can go home by following the smell, but Yin's father put the dog in a bag, so he couldn't make it mark.

Now the dog has bitten the bag, and does not know whether it will go forward or go back along the road.

Yin Yansheng glanced at the time and said, "Let's go, let's look for it on the road." It's only nine o'clock, so it's not too late.

Xi Han saw the two came back, and there was no animal around him: "Have you found it yet?"

Yin Yansheng leaned against the chair, his voice was exhausted: "I found the bag and threw it here, but I bit the bag and ran away."

This is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

It may be frightened by an approaching car and run into the surrounding open space, or it may find a place to hide.

Yin Duo suddenly said: "Brother, let's go back, I won't look for it anymore."

Xi Han raised his eyes slightly and looked at the little girl reflected in the rearview mirror. The skin around her eyes was all red, her nose was also red, and she spoke in a nasal voice.

A very sensible little girl may have said this because she was afraid of causing trouble.She knows how hard it is to find a dog.

Xi Han looked at Yin Yansheng, mainly to see what the kid meant.

Yin Yansheng said: "Go forward five kilometers, let's forget it."

The five-kilometer road usually takes three to four minutes, but this time it has almost doubled, but still nothing.

The road was empty except for the occasional sound of passing cars and trains.

Yin Duo said: "Go back, thank you brother." She reached out and grabbed the corner of her clothes, her voice was very low, as if she was telling herself: "It may have run away, and after a few days of wandering, it was adopted by others."

Yin Yansheng looked at Xi Han: "Let's go back, I'll drive you for a while." Xi Jiaojiao has been driving since the afternoon to help find, and she may be tired now.

Xi Han said no.

The car returned along the original road, and the road was quiet.

The headlights cast two beams of light, and the light overlapped together, interweaving a shallow picture.

Yin Yansheng leaned back on the chair and tilted his head slightly. He kept staring out of the window. When he glanced at the rearview mirror, he was slightly startled, and suddenly said, "Yin Duo, what's your dog's name?"

"rhubarb."

Xi Han stopped the car, and saw the people around him open the car door, and shouted loudly, "Rhubarb!"

The sound cut through the night, like a cold white and sharp lightning.

The dog, which was lying on the mud with its mouth buried in its tail, got up suddenly. Its body color was very close to the mud, especially under the dim yellow streetlights, it was almost the same color as the land, so it was easy to be ignored.

Such a movement revealed a black nose and a dog's mouth, the ears on the head were half folded, showing a bit of vigilance, the tail was tucked between the legs and got up to run.

Yin Duo also got out of the car, was taken aback when he saw that place, and immediately screamed: "Dahuang, come here quickly, come here quickly."

The dog, who was about to leave, hesitated for a few seconds and hesitated in place.

Yin Duo had already run towards the dog. The dog was stunned for a moment, and then ran towards Yin Duo with its four paws swaying, and whimpered a few times. On the legs, I was also very excited.

Yin Yansheng watched all this quietly. He watched the girl in front of him hugging her dog, laughing and crying for a while. He didn't know what he thought of, and slowly twirled his fingertips.

Some people and things from long ago slipped through his eyes, those misty lights cast on his body, leaving only faint shadows.

It was much faster when I went back, and I arrived at Yinduo Community in less than 10 minutes.

Li Wenjuan was still waiting there, while Father Yin and Grandma Yin had already gone upstairs to go home.

Yin Duo walked to her mother with the dog in her arms, and Li Wenjuan squatted down and touched her daughter's face.

She looked at Yin Yansheng, with some pleading on her face: "Thank you so much today. I just cooked dinner, you go up and eat something to warm up before leaving."

It was freezing cold in the twelfth lunar month of winter. Li Wenjuan was grateful for the kindness of finding her daughter. She looked at the car parked on the side of the road, and said a little helplessly: "I know you are not short of money now. , I don’t know how to thank you, you guys will go up and have a meal, the dishes are ready, just delay for a while.”

Li Wenjuan said: "There are still photos of you and your mother at home, and I have kept them for you. I forgot to bring them last time when I was in a hurry. This time, you can go up and sit for a while, and put away those photos yourself." .”

Yin Yan paused, and said to wait a moment.

Xi Han saw the kid walking towards the car, he lowered the car window and said softly, "Kid, what's wrong?"

Yin Yansheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Xi Han, can you come with me to get some photos and have a meal?"

Xi Han smiled and said, "There's nothing wrong with that."

Li Wenjuan looked at the man who got out of the car. He was dressed in black and looked a little extravagant. At first glance, he knew that he was not an ordinary person. After calling her 'Auntie', she responded with some restraint.

A group of people walked upstairs. There was no elevator in the family building built more than 20 years ago, and the lights were voice-activated. Fortunately, it was not too high, and they only lived on the fifth floor.

It was Grandma Yin who opened the door, she might have been greeted, but she wasn't too surprised when she saw Xi Han, she was also a little reserved.

After Xi Han said hello, he didn't speak anymore. The family in front of him was not close to this child, so to speak, they were nodding acquaintances, so it was good to be polite.

He took a look at the house in front of him. It was more than 100 square meters, with three bedrooms and one living room. The house was 25 or six years old, and the outer walls were a little peeled off, but the house was cleaned very clean and looked in order.

There was a picture of eight steeds hanging on the wall of the living room, and there were some fruits in the fruit plate on the coffee table. Li Wenjuan took out the photo album from the bedroom cabinet and handed it to Yin Yansheng. She went to the kitchen by herself, and Grandma Yin also went to help.

Yin Duo hid in the house holding the lost and recovered dog. Father Yin didn't know which room he was in, but he didn't come out now, and there were only the two of them in the living room.

Xi Han took a look at the photo album he took out from the cabinet just now, it was about as thick as an adult's index finger knuckle, the cover was on a green background, and a woman in a red dress was printed on it, which was the kind that was popular in photo studios 30 years ago shape.

He turned one side, and inside was a photo of a woman, wearing a skirt and long hair fluttering, and Yin Yansheng's eyebrows and eyes looked a bit like her, Xi Han said, "Is this the child's mother?"

Yin Yansheng brushed it with his fingers and nodded: "This was when she was just married."

A few pages later, the protagonist becomes another person, first the baby in his arms, and then the full moon photo.

A photo wrapped in a small quilt, showing a white and tender face, with large eyes, many black pupils and less white eyes, it has a very pure feeling, probably like that of children.

Xi Han looked at the photo and then at the person in front of him, and said with a smile: "My kid was round back then." His face was fleshy, unlike now, when he turned his face sideways, he could see the traces of his cheekbones.

The bones are very good, and the face is also very good, but it looks thin, coupled with the always expressionless face, it has a cold and hard temperament.

Yin Yansheng also looked at the photo: "I was born weighing nearly seven catties."

Xi Han said, "That kid has been beautiful since he was a child."

The person in front of him was very good at talking, with a smile in his eyes, no matter how casual he said, he sounded affectionate and sincere, he was the kind of person who made people happy even if he knew it was a lie.

Yin Yansheng said: "Can it be so heavy to be beautiful?" It is not only round and round, it is almost a small tire person.

Xi Han raised his brows lightly, he looked at the person in front of him a few times, pondered for a while this time, and said with a low smile: "I think you look good and beautiful when I see you, it's always like this."

Yin Yansheng couldn't hold back the corners of his lips curling up slightly, Xi Jiaojiao, you are really good at coaxing people.

If you turn it back, it gets bigger. The ones sitting on a toy car, carrying a schoolbag, and a few photos in front of a drum set, they become thinner as they go backwards, and in the end they are thinner than their peers.

Looking at the photos is quite interesting, as if stepping into another time and space, especially now that the child is sitting next to him, looking down at the photos and then at the person in front of him, there is a very magical and warm feeling.

It turned out that this kid was like this when he was a child.

A photo came into my eyes, sitting on the floor, the person inside looked about six or seven years old, wearing a gray sweater, holding a white kitten with mandarin duck eyes in his arms, one person and one cat cuddled together, very kind pose.

Xi Han touched it with his finger: "Did you ever raise a cat when you were young?"

Yin Yansheng: "If you pick it up outside, you will keep it."

Xi Han paused, there were no more photos in the back, and the time this kid stayed in this family was only a few years.

He once went to Grandma Yin's house, and there were not many photos of Yin Yansheng in it, but the white cat was no longer in those photos.

In connection with today's situation, he vaguely guessed something, closed the album and said casually: "We also have time to take care of it now, and we can also keep pets."

Yin Yan said: "No need." His brows were a little cold, and he just said: "I won't raise any more in the future."