The situation was a bit different from Xia Yuanzhou's imagination. The houses in the country were not dilapidated.The house has been refurbished, and the big yard has been reorganized, which feels like a small home.

Xia Yuanzhou has not been back to the countryside for several years. In the past, the whole family would come back to live for a few days in a year. Since his brother passed away, he has never been back.When the car was parked outside the house, Xia Yuanzhou was a little bit taken aback. He poked his head out of the car window to look for several minutes before confirming that he had gone the right way.

He dialed the fucking number.

"Mom, I'm here."

The door was opened from the inside, and it was his nephew Xia Tian who opened the door. The young man was jumping up, and he hadn't seen him for a few months, and he was almost as tall as him.

Xia Yuanzhou got out of the car and touched the top of Xia Tian's head: "Hey, it's so tall."

Xia Tian patted his hand away, a little impatient: "Don't keep touching the top of my head, it's up to you if I don't grow taller."

Xia Yuanzhou smiled: "You're not tall, you should find your grandfather."

Xia took a look in the car, put his hand on Xia Yuanzhou's shoulder, pouted and said, "Who is in the car?"

Xia Yuanzhou turned around and said to Chen Yang: "Come down, why are you still in the car?"

Chen Yang got out of the car and twitched the corner of his mouth towards Xia Tian as a greeting.

"Chen Yang." Xia Yuanzhou said to Xia Tian, ​​"I'm older than you, call me brother."

Xia Tian gave his uncle a look of hehe, turned around and entered the house.

Xia Yuanzhou looked at his nephew's back, then at Chen Yang, a little depressed: "Aren't you the same age? Why..."

Chen Yang looked at him: "Who is the same age as the brat."

Xia Yuanzhou: "..."

So I'm the same age as me?

"Go in." Xia Yuanzhou said, and yelled into the room, "Mom and Dad."

The old couple poked their heads out of a low room next to them at the same time, and the mother said, "I'm making dumplings, you take that... child in first."

Chen Yang bowed slightly to Xia Yuanzhou's parents, and followed Xia Yuanzhou into the house.

Chen Yang glanced at the furnishings in the room. The furniture was old, the walls were old, and the whole room felt a little old. He raised his head and looked at the light bulbs hanging on the ceiling, covered with a layer of cobwebs.

That depressed mood surged up again without warning, and he stood still and told Xia Yuanzhou that he wanted to go for a walk in the courtyard.

"Okay." Xia Yuanzhou answered with a glance at him.

Sitting in the main room doing homework in summer, Xia Yuanzhou put down his luggage and came out to look at it: "This word is like a chicken pecking at rice. If you do the exam correctly, you won't be given full marks."

Xia Tian gave him a dissatisfied look, that look meant that you can do what you want.

Xia Yuanzhou laughed lowly and walked out, but he didn't see Chen Yang who said he was going to stay in the courtyard.

He frowned slightly, turned around and went back to the main room: "Xia, have you seen Chen Yang?"

Xia Tian didn't raise his head: "I don't know, just now I was walking back and forth in the house, as if I was sick."

Xia Yuanzhou patted the back of his head: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

When he first entered the room to put his luggage, he didn't notice Chen Yang's emotions.

Chen Yang communicated well with him along the way, and his mood should be stable.

He yelled into the yard, and Xia's mother came out of the kitchen with a vegetable basket: "In the kitchen, you are really, I don't need help, why do you ask a child to come over and help me light the fire?"

Xia Yuanzhou opened his mouth, but didn't answer. He wanted to go to the kitchen to call him, but his mother dragged him into the main room.

"Is that child really your colleague's?" Mother Xia asked seriously.

"No." Xia Yuanzhou put his arms around Xia's mother's shoulders. He never lied to his parents. He didn't dare before, but he won't now.

"Then this child..." Mother Xia looked at him and said.

Xia Yuanzhou glanced at Xia Tian, ​​pulled his mother to the corner and whispered, "I picked it up at the construction site."

"What?" Xia's mother was shocked, "I picked it up? Is it here..." Xia's mother pointed to her head.

Xia Yuanzhou laughed: "No, it's just that there is something wrong with my mind."

"What's wrong?" Mother Xia asked.

"depression…"

Xia's mother seemed relieved: "Oh, depression. I heard that this problem is serious..."

Xia's mother didn't continue, and her expression suddenly became sad.Xia Yuanzhou put his arms around Xia's mother halfway, and touched her arm, which was a wordless comfort.

He knew that his mother was thinking about his brother again.

"Zhouzi, you brought this child back because you couldn't..." Xia's mother's voice was a little choked up, "Your life is still very long, and mother wants you to be happy and happy. These years have also suffered for you. Every time I see you come back, My hands are full of calluses, my heart is like a knife, we are the ones who harmed you...all..."

"Mom..." Xia Yuanzhou yelled, his parents always felt indebted to him about his brother these years, he had resented his brother but never felt that his parents had done anything to him.

Now that I think about it, if he resents his brother, isn't he actually resenting his parents?

"Mom, it's all over." Xia Yuanzhou reached out to remove the grass clippings from his mother's hair. His mother's black hair used to be her capital to show off, but it has mixed a lot of white hair in recent years.

His mother got old before he knew it.

Xia Yuanzhou was a little sad, he had neglected his parents, all these years his heart was filled with the debts owed by his brother.Life is like water in the palm of your hand, you can only watch it drain from your fingers, but there is nothing you can do about it.

Mom, I'm going to visit my brother's grave tomorrow. "Xia Yuanzhou took the initiative to mention grave sweeping for the first time in four years. After he said this, he suddenly found something in his heart suddenly cleared up.

Xia's mother broke through her tears like a child and said with a smile: "Okay."

"Yeah." Xia Yuanzhou said, "Then make a table of dishes tonight. I haven't eaten your meals for a long time."

Xia's mother laughed: "Okay, okay. Every time I yell that I want to eat until I vomit, and every time a little bit comes out, oh yes, did you bring the child with his parents' consent?"

Xia Yuanzhou sighed: "I talked to his mother on the phone, but I don't know if I have reacted now."

Xia's mother patted him on the back: "You, you have always been prudent in doing things since you were a child. Why is this so abrupt? What if his parents call the police?"

"In a hurry, he was in a very bad state at the time, so I brought him out." Xia Yuanzhou walked to the kitchen with his mother in his arms.

"Hey, he has depression at such a young age, and his parents are probably unreliable. I think the child looks and behaves pretty well, it's a pity."

Xia Yuanzhou laughed: "Hey, mom, depression is not a terminal illness, it will be fine. By the way, mom, he may be more sensitive, don't..."

"I know, I know." Mother Xia said, "If he is not good all the time, why don't you let him follow you all the time?"

Xia Yuanzhou glanced at the kitchen: "I don't know, let's take a look first."

"Mom knows that you have a sense of proportion." Mother Xia said, "I still need to remind you about some things. It's always right to be kind, but sometimes it hurts yourself."

Xia Yuanzhou nodded, but did not speak.

Chen Yang sat in front of the stove, staring at the burning eyes in the stove without blinking.There is a ceiling fan in the kitchen, but there is no cooling at all, and the sweat is like rain.

Xia Yuanzhou stood at the door and called softly: "Chen Yang..."

After several seconds, Chen Yang slowly turned his head to look at him: "I..."

Xia Yuanzhou walked over and pulled him out: "Tell me next time, don't hide alone, I will be worried."

Chen Yang looked at him: "Okay. Brother, I want to take medicine."

"Yeah. I'll get it." Xia Yuanzhou pulled him into the bedroom, turned on the fan in the corner, and poured water into the main room.

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