go beside the loyal dog

In the early morning of summer, the dew is crystal clear, and the morning air is filled with the smell of cooking smoke and rice.

Jiang Likun came by coincidence, the porridge on the table was still warm, a plate of fried peanuts, cold lettuce, and a dish of cauliflower, light and refreshing and appetizing.

Brother Feng hadn't been with his elder brother so happily for a long time. Early in the morning, he slipped to the back mountain fruit forest to dig out a few nests of bird eggs, and came back with a breast full of mulberries and a basket of loquats.

Eating the egg custard steamed by his brother himself, little brother Feng happily turned his head and grabbed the purple-red ripe mulberries for Jiang Likun, not bothering to care about his brother's time being taken up by him recently.

"Brother, you can help me pickle this basket of loquats later." Brother Feng happily took a spoon to dig the egg custard and ate it. He shook his legs and stuffed two green onion pancakes into his stomach. He touched his stomach after a while. He belched loudly with satisfaction.

It is rare to come back once a week, and Feng's father and Feng's mother may not be free to stay at home every day. Feng Zhen is busy making the bed for Grandpa Feng when he comes back. Without him watching at home, the quilt will rustle Crushed sweet cakes that fell all over the floor.

Grandpa Feng held his own small cup and drank the soup happily. He was babbling on without making a sound. He just stared intently at the celadon pattern on the small cup. Seeing the graceful green branches and the crispy sprouts, that was called a energetic and cute.

After breakfast, Jiang Likun moved a small stool to make a loquat. Beside Feng Zhen, he took a large porcelain bowl to peel the loquat. To pickle the loquat fruit, first peel and remove the seeds, then put some honey and some medicinal materials. This kind of pickling method is popular in the countryside. It is relatively common. After a long time, the loquat fruit will have a different sweetness and natural nourishment to the lungs. It is a kind of lung-nourishing fruit that ordinary people always have.

Feng Zhen lowered his head to clean up those loquats in the basket. He didn't know what to think of. He suddenly looked up at Feng Xiaodi, "Why did you get so many loquats? Don't we still have two cans at home?"

With this sudden question, the egg custard in Feng Xiaodi's mouth was so frightened that it choked out of his nostrils before he could swallow it.

Coughing violently for a while, Brother Feng's entire face turned red like a pig's liver, he just waved his hands and couldn't say anything.

Grandpa Feng was in a good mood. Seeing that his eldest grandson was not paying attention to him, he hurriedly approached him flatteringly, winking, "You don't know, Zongzong got into trouble a while ago, haha."

This matter is really a misunderstanding, but Feng Mingzong is more unlucky.

It's hot in summer, and children the same age as Feng Xiaodi like to take a bath in Changhe Bay when they don't have classes at noon. They know how to swim at a young age, and it's okay to jump into the water every day. Country children Raw and rough, all of them are full of vitality.

But these older children are not the only ones who love to go down to the river to play in the water. Even a few courageous girls also like to play in the water. Children of this age do not have a very specific concept of the difference between men and women. Boys and girls are different.

Girls usually find their own companions and go to play in groups at the end of the Long River Bay. Although the boys love to boo when they see it, they will be fine if they don’t meet each other, but in this vaguely balanced situation, there will always be one party going first. break in.

When some boys proposed to play tricks on those girls, Brother Feng still hesitated, but he couldn't overcome the curiosity in his heart, so he sneaked past with the boys.

At first, it was just watching secretly, but when the girls found out, it was unknown who threw the first ball of mud, and then they really rolled together and made a fuss.

You can make trouble if you want, so many people collided together, it was hot like dumpling, but a girl suddenly had leg cramps, you pushed me around and almost drowned, in the end it was Xiaodi Feng with sharp eyes Fished back.

The man was rescued and he was fine, but it also gave those adults a wake-up call. Don’t even think about going down the river. What’s more unfortunate is that the girl kept coughing badly after choking on the water. She is a weak girl, but she has a domineering temper, and thanks to Feng Xiaodi's strong temper, when she was accused of taking advantage of that girl, she had to run back and forth bitterly to serve her.

Quickly removed the skin and core of the loquat, poured honey and other things to pickle it together, Feng Zhen didn't say anything, just rubbed Feng's head with a chuckle, "Give this can of loquat fruit to me in two days." Aunt Fang sent it over."

"Hey, I see." Brother Feng rubbed his nose and nodded slowly.

The weekend was leisurely, and after a while, there was a voice outside the yard, "Mingzong, Feng Mingzong, are you at home?"

Brother Feng slapped his forehead with a headache, and hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes."

A head came in from outside the door. The tall big braids on both sides were black and shiny, and the almond eyes were shining. She was obviously very happy to see someone, her red cheeks were beaming, and she jumped up and down on the pair of white sandals on her feet. came in.

Standing still in front of Feng Zhen, she pursed her lips and smiled a little embarrassedly, "Brother Zhen, you are back."

"Long time no see, Qingzi, are you here to play with Zongzong?" Feng Zhen had a good impression of this eccentric little girl, with curved lips and soft eyes.

"Well, we agreed before...cough cough...," Fang Qing spoke a little fast, coughing with a tickle in her throat.

Brother Feng is obviously used to tossing these days. Seeing the little girl cover her mouth with her hands, he immediately poured warm water for her to drink, and then turned around to find the only half can of loquat fruit left at home. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and calm down.

Jiang Likun looked at the little interaction between the two of them inexplicably, shook his eyebrows, and then took Feng Zhen's hand to go out, "Let's go, we should go too." But that teasing smile couldn't be concealed no matter what.

Before going out, Feng Zhen looked back into the yard. The little girl who was shy just now put her hands on her hips, grabbed Brother Feng and yelled, "Didn't we agree to go shopping with me? I think you want to sneak out again, don't you? Feng Mingzong, you are a dishonest guy."

"Hey, hey, no, no, I didn't say I won't go with you, let go, it hurts me to death..." Xiaodi Feng hurriedly begged for mercy with a depressed face, and explained with a flattering face, "It's not rare for my brother to come back. Let's go home, don't be angry, Aunt Fang must be anxious when you cough later."

"Then you are not in a hurry?" The little girl was not happy, she pouted and hummed.

"No, no, I'm also in a hurry..."

Turning his face away suddenly, Feng Zhen suddenly gave Jiang Likun a hard look. Where did little brother Feng get his stupid face? How could he have a sense of seeing the second Jiang Likun come back to life?I can't bear to look directly at it, stroke my forehead.

The house in the suburbs that Jiang Likun mentioned before is actually not too far from the urban area, it is only separated by three streets and a bridge, and because the route is not long or short, it is isolated from the bustling area. , is still a bland old residential area.

When passing by the industrial zone in the middle of the road, Feng Zhen looked there thoughtfully for a while.

Feng Zhen took a closer look at the two houses one by one. The house in the middle is not bad. Although the storefront is not spacious, it is very good for doing business and opening a shop. It's just that the owner of this house is not flattering. It's obviously the kind that doesn't make people settle down after asking a high price. Feng Zhen really doesn't want to provoke such a dog-skin plaster-type master.

But the second house is really good, the price is about the same as the previous house, and even the ground is two or three times that of the previous house, a three-story rough-earth building, not painted with white mud, and an additional one is placed behind it. Small fruit forest.

"What do you think?" Feng Zhen turned around and asked Jiang Likun for his opinion.

"The second one is better." Jiang Likun inspected the site and resolutely chose the second house with forests.

In the small house in the middle, it’s okay that the owner is a top-notch man. The neighbors are all so enthusiastic about him looking at the house for a while in the afternoon. He can fully imagine that when he lives there with Feng Zhen If you go there, you will have to be chewed twice in three days. The power of gossip is great.

"Look, let's renovate here. We can do whatever you want. After we graduate, we can invite Axu and Shanshan to have a small party together. Let's have the forest in the back tidy up. If you like it, it’s not bad to have a small fishpond to raise fish.” Jiang Likun stroked his chin thinking beautifully, he hasn’t bought it yet, so he planned it for [-].

Feng Zhen's ears were warmed by Jiang Likun's mouthful of each other, but seeing Jiang Likun's burning eyes, he had no choice but to let Jiang Likun take his hand and wander around excitedly.

Houses in the old housing estates are not more expensive than real estate in the city center, but tens of thousands of dollars in those days was a huge sum. Feng Zhen stood watching Jiang Likun sign it, and then went to the certificate office to apply for a real estate certificate, sipping Mouth silent for a long time.

When he left to take out the old house, Jiang Likun keenly sensed Feng Zhen's absent-mindedness, and took his hand slightly and asked him, "What's the matter? What's on your mind?"

Feng Zhen lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head, "No," he paused, and then said, "I'll talk to you when I'm done thinking about it."

Jiang Likun's eyes narrowed slightly, he turned his head and changed the topic, "It's almost noon, you can have a meal with my friends later."

Before going to Feng's house today, Zhao Xu had discussed with Jiang Likun about meeting the bandit leaders today. He thought that Feng Zhen should not be brought there. It's troublesome, but Jiang Likun retorted with a smile - I'll just bring people and friends to dinner, it's okay.

So today's dinner with friends seems unusual.

The place where I got off the bus was a private club. There are many clubs all over the world, but when talking about one of the benefits of this place, the key lies in the word 'miscellaneous'.

Well, we muttered for a long time, talking about the same reason, although there are many people, but for those desperate people, this kind of place is really a place where they can spend with peace of mind.

Jiang Likun has a little friendship with the boss here. Before coming here, he specially asked for a quiet wing, at least not to let those messy people run around on their site, so Feng Zhen didn't feel that this place was as good as it was when he followed him in. What is the difference from other small hotels.

The reason for asking someone to come out is in the name of being a landlord, so there are only two men sitting in the wing room, one is tall and strong, with muscles under the clothes, the other looks gentle and delicate, tall and slender, and looks gentle of.

Seeing Jiang Likun leading Feng Zhen in, the black-faced and strong man on the left was surprised. The noon sun was scorching, and Feng Zhen followed Jiang Likun to run back and forth. The thin white cotton The back of the shirt was soaked with sweat, and the wind was blowing all the way on the road, and the whole body was refreshed, showing the increasingly handsome and handsome young man.

"Brother Di came early today," Jiang Likun smiled before he said anything, with a gentle face and a familiar tone, for a while it would be hard to see that they had only known each other for more than half a month.

Di Lie looks a bit dark, and exudes a strong aura from top to bottom. His appearance is not bad, but people's first impression will always ignore him.

"Sit," said the gentle man next to Di Lie before him, with a handsome and kind face, it was hard to imagine that this was a person who lived in the fire of guns all year round.

"This is my friend, Feng Zhen," Jiang Likun took the initiative to introduce the people on both sides, "Di Lie and Yan Wen."

Feng Zhen nodded politely, pulled a chair and sat down, just looked at the two people across from him, glanced keenly, shrugged his nose, and frowned indistinctly.

Yan Wen is thoughtful and has a soft face, but he is not a talker, but he is obviously very interested in Feng Zhen at the moment, and he is quite excited when he is glanced at by Feng Zhen. Picking up, even the tone of his voice is demonic, "Let's serve the food when you come."

The wing room was a bit quiet, murmuring back and forth were Jiang Likun and Di Lie's voices, the black-faced man looked fierce, but he was a serious person when it came to business, the two had similar smells, and they were scheming One is more wretched than the other.

Feng Zhen didn't interrupt when they talked about them, but it was Yan Wen who looked Feng Zhen up and down with great interest, so straight that he almost didn't give him a thorn in his ass.

In fact, the business between the two sides has already been divided into sevens and eighties. However, because Yan Wen’s ancestral home is from this side, he later fought in Vietnam and fled to various parts of Myanmar, and because of the country’s political situation, he had to stay there to survive, so he finally came back. It was also rare for him to wander around so leisurely.

As for Jiang Likun's intentions in bringing Feng Zhen here today, it's easy to guess. First, he wanted to show his sincerity for the mutual prosperity and profit of both parties. You see, you two are a couple, and we won't hide it from you.To put it bluntly, everyone is working with bare buttocks, who is more noble than the other?For the second time, Jiang Likun's careful thinking has always been unable to hide Feng Zhen. He likes Feng Zhen so much that he can't wait to crush people into pieces and swallow them. Pull it into your own camp? !He has to let him know what he is doing, even if he dies, he has to be tied together.

Of course, Feng Zhen naturally didn't know about Jiang Likun's frightening thoughts, but in the dark, he could also vaguely feel that it was no longer possible to be ready to leave at any time like before.

The men became more desperate than each other when they drank, and Feng Zhen went to the toilet after drinking two glasses with him.

Di Lie, who was drinking in the back, had already dropped his ferocious fake appearance, and teased in a rough voice, "Ouch, the kid ran away with his tail between his legs, hahaha... I said Kunzi, so You have to look after a beautiful person."

The corridor was dimly lit, not too dazzling, but Feng Zhen felt dizzy when he thought of Yan Wen's half-smiling eyes just now.

Accidentally ran into someone in front of him, Feng Zhen hurriedly lowered his head to apologize, helped the fat drunk man in front of him, and hurriedly walked to the toilet a few steps away before he was making a fuss.

Because he walked in a hurry, he didn't notice that someone behind him stared at him with dark eyes for a long while.

After the water came out, the face of the person in the mirror was red, and even the ears were burning. Feng Zhen lowered his head and poured some cold water on his face, and hurriedly put the thumping thing in his chest back into place.

He stretched out his hand to wipe his face, and when he straightened up and took a deep breath, a heavy body rushed up from behind suddenly, and the bubbling alcohol smell made people dizzy, Feng Zhen was stunned for half a second, and then hurriedly pushed back, Flee to the side.

"Oh dear, don't run away, haha, I'll take good care of you, sir," the middle-aged fat man, half full of fat, rushed at him with a grin, his eyes wide open. I was so confused that I couldn't see the way.

Feng Zhen didn't dodge for a while, and was grabbed by a hand. The fat and oily hand squeezed, and Feng Zhen's stomach was sour in nausea. With a pinch, there was an 'ow' sound, and there was a tragic howl in the toilet.

Feng Zhen put on a cold face and made up a few feet, and then turned the doorknob in a little embarrassment. The inside was not locked, but a thick iron chain was tied to the outside doorknob. Feng Zhen sternly frowned, Immediately thought of something.

"Damn it, it's up to me." He didn't believe that someone could lock the outside door with a sudden sneak attack, Feng Zhen cursed secretly with a sullen face.

The man on the ground was crying and howling in pain, clutching the place and rolling back and forth, Feng Zhen was so angry that he kicked again to relieve his anger. After thinking for a moment, he took out a keychain from his pocket, and the round circle was broken into a piece by force. At this time, he was only thankful that when he was training in the army with Jiang Likun years ago, a big man in the same dormitory taught him how to pick a lock with his hands.

After tinkering for a long time, there was a 'click', and the iron chain opened in response. Feng Zhen pushed open the wooden door vigorously, and strode out.

The moment Feng Zhen came out, Yan Wen was hurrying over from the other side, and the surprise in his eyes could be seen from a long distance away.

But at this moment, Feng Zhen didn't pay attention to him. The young man looked at a slightly open door with a sinister face. Even though the person standing there just now had fled in fright, the familiar white face He would never admit a weak face.