Jiangxin Poplar

Xiao Zijun led Jiang Cheng along the walk and introduced him. He greeted fellow villagers enthusiastically when he met them, and whispered after they passed by: "These people didn't give me any good looks when I was young. Their children always love me. Bullying me, a poor child who has no father or mother, now sees my sister posting it and treats us politely, whoa~"

"It's all like this." Jiang Cheng has experienced this kind of situation countless times in the short 20 years, and he understands the truth of people's fickleness better than Xiao Zijun.

"Go to Yixiantian and go there. Let's go tomorrow morning, go fishing in the river in the afternoon, and take you to Jiufeng Temple the day after tomorrow, how about it?"

"It will be all right."

"The photon should be right up ahead."

Walking to a field, the two saw a young man in the field with his trouser legs rolled up and a black T-shirt on his upper body, competing with the old scalper.

The transportation in this place is inconvenient, so the standard of living has not improved much, and the plowing still depends on cattle and manpower.

The two of them approached and heard the young man chattering to the cow, "You said you, didn't you agree that you will be my cow and horse for the rest of your life? Why are you giving me the pick now? What do you mean, ah, Let's go--"

Jiang Cheng, Xiao Zijun: "..."

Xiao Zijun squatted on the ridge of the field, "Well, brother Guang, brother Niu can't move anymore?"

"Oh, Brother Jun," Photon turned his head, "This is the legendary Brother Cheng, right?"

"Hello, Jiang Cheng."

"Hello, hello," Guangzi washed the mud off his hands, and approached a little closer, "I'm Li Mingguang, just call me Guangzi."

Li Mingguang's complexion is similar to his father's, slightly dark, but his facial features are smiling and sunny, giving people a feeling of being easy to get along with.

Xiao Zijun looked at the plowed fields and said, "It's only plowed so much, so your skills have deteriorated?"

"No way," Li Mingguang patted Lao Niu's buttocks, "You're disobedient." He glanced at Xiao Zijun and waved his hand, "Come on, come on, you're good at this."

Xiao Zijun immediately stood up and patted his clothes, "What are you doing, my brother is so well-dressed to plow the fields for you, what's your brain?"

"Fuck, are you still pretending to be aggressive?" Li Mingguang jumped onto the ridge of the field, "See if I won't throw it down for you?"

"That's enough," Xiao Zijun retreated far away, "Can you impress me in front of your new friends?"

"Okay, I'm just kidding you," Li Mingguang took his coat, "Go home, it's time to eat, or my mother will come out and call people all over the village."

The countryside is quiet and simple, in nature, listening to frogs and birds, feeling the vigor of green wild flowers, and the green mountains and green waters complement each other.

Uncle Li and Aunt Li were very polite. After sweeping the tomb, they entertained them with home-brewed wine from their collection.Because Xiao Yu can't drink alcohol with his children, and his husband can only smell the fragrance when driving, so Uncle Li only finds Xiao Zijun in Jiangcheng to drink.

The rice wine had a lot of stamina. Jiang Cheng drank it for the first time. At first, he felt that it was slightly sweet and not irritating, so he drank more, but he didn't drink much before it got on his face, and he started to rub his forehead dizzily.

Li Mingguang joked: "Brother Cheng doesn't drink too much!"

Xiao Zijun poured him a cup of warm water, "Eat something, don't drink, go lie down when you're full."

Aunt Li pointed to the upstairs and said: "The rooms are all tidied up for you, if you feel dizzy, you can lie down for a while, and there will be supper if you get hungry later."

Xiao Zijun led Jiang Cheng upstairs, and originally wanted to help him but he pushed him away, "It's okay, I can still do it."

Here, Xiao Yu and his wife were leaving after dinner, bid farewell to Uncle Li and Aunt Li, and told Xiao Zijun to take good care of Jiangcheng before leaving first.

Xiao Zijun helped clean up the dishes and went back upstairs. Seeing Jiang Cheng bury his face in the pillow, he asked with concern, "Is your head dizzy? Is there some hangover soup, do you want it?"

"Stop drinking." Jiang Cheng turned over, "The bed is too soft for me."

"Would you like to sleep in Guangzi's bed?"

"Need not."

Xiao Zijun took a piece of Aunt Li's cut fruit with a skewer and handed it to him, "Why don't I sleep with Guangzi at night, this bed is not big, you won't be able to sleep well when we are squeezed together."

"Didn't he sleep on a small bamboo bed?" Jiang Cheng sighed, "Don't bother him."

Xiao Zijun smiled helplessly, "Okay, then I'll talk to him about the old days, and you can eat some fruit before going to sleep."

For the next two days, he listened to Xiao Zijun's arrangements, allowing Jiangcheng to experience his childhood. The fish he caught were not big, and he took them home for Aunt Li to make them into small fish.

Jiufeng Temple also went. Under the double suggestion of Guangzi and Xiao Zijun, Jiangcheng worshiped Buddha with them and asked for a lottery.

"You are signing up, saying that you will be a big boss and make a lot of money in the future."

Xiao Zijun glanced at Jiang Cheng, "You're asking for a career visa? Don't you ask about marriage and relationship?"

"I don't know," Jiang Cheng didn't pay attention at all, "I didn't think about anything when I shook it."

"I'm going to eat vegetarian here at noon." Li Mingguang squeezed over and put the tag back in Jiang Cheng's hand, and also interrupted Xiao Zijun's question.

"The vegetarian food here is very delicious." Li Mingguang said as he walked, "You will definitely be hungry in the afternoon, so I will take you into the mountains in the afternoon to get something good to eat."

"Take a few photos." Xiao Zijun suddenly suggested that Jiang Cheng didn't bring a DSLR when he came out this time. He really came here to relax, but Xiao Zijun wanted to keep something as a souvenir.

Jiang Cheng took out his phone, "I'll take a picture for you."

Outside the temple, the three of them found a few places to take group photos in a row. Xiao Zijun and Li Mingguang liked to make funny faces when they were framed together, and Jiang Cheng was serious for a second. on Jiang Cheng's shoulders.

In the afternoon, he went to the mountains to get honey and came back. Jiangcheng had never done this stuff before, so he watched the two of them operate the whole process. He didn't expect Xiao Zijun, a little man, to be quite capable, and he could handle these things in a way.

The rhododendrons on the mountain are in full bloom, passing through the flowers and green trees with their harvest.

"Have you been very happy these two days?" After dinner, Xiao Zijun accompanied Jiang Cheng to sit on the roof and watch the stars. The starry sky in the countryside is also very beautiful.

"Not bad." Jiang Cheng smiled brightly at him, "Thank you."

"Why are you polite?" Xiao Zijun handed him a can of beer, and said reluctantly, "I'll be back tomorrow."

"Yeah." There was also a bit of reluctance in Jiang Cheng's ending voice.

Xiao Zijun turned his head to look at him for a moment, then called out suddenly and solemnly, "Jiangcheng—"

"what happened?"

Xiao Zijun drank most of the beer in his hand before saying: "How can I completely forget someone?"

Jiang Cheng was stunned when he heard the words, not understanding the meaning of the words, "Who do you want to forget? Lovelorn? No, when did you have someone you like?"

"It's not this." Xiao Zijun turned his gaze away, "I'm asking you, if you want to forget someone, what would you do?"

Jiang Cheng thought for a long time before answering him, "I don't have anyone I want to forget."

Xiao Zijun paused for a moment while holding the beer can, "If... I mean if, if Yang Yulang never came back, would you choose to forget him?"

When Jiang Cheng heard Yang Yulang's three words, his eyes were unconsciously stained with suffering, and his throat became dry like a conditioned reflex. He lowered his eyelids and said after a long while: "I will never forget him in my life." After a pause, he continued. One sentence, "No matter what, I will not choose to forget him."

After a long time, Xiao Zijun finally said: "I'm out of wine, I'll go get two more cans."

Later, Li Mingguang also came up, and several people chatted about other topics together, and then temporarily suppressed the sadness.

At noon the next day, a few people started their return journey after eating. Li Mingguang also took a ride with Xiao Zijun. He was going to the high-speed rail station to take a car back to school.

"What time does the car leave?" Xiao Zijun started the car and asked him.

"Eight fifty at night."

"Then go to my place first," Xiao Zijun said, "I'll treat you to dinner tonight, and I'll take you to the station when it's time."

"Let me invite you." Jiang Cheng looked at Li Mingguang, "Give me a chance to thank you for your warm hospitality these two days."

"Don't be polite to him," Xiao Zijun drove the car, "Go to my place, I cook, it's better than outside."

"Alright, let me cook two dishes together."

"Okay!" Li Mingguang clapped his hands, "That's right, it's not a loss or a loss to be able to taste the craftsmanship of both of you at the same time."

When they arrived at Xiao Zijun's apartment, they went to the supermarket to buy vegetables, and bought some snacks and drinks for Li Mingguang to bring to the car.After returning home, one person washes the vegetables, the other cuts them, and the other cooks them. The cooperation is quite tacit.

Li Mingguang was sitting on the sofa waiting to eat, he rested his chin to watch Xiao Zijun coming in and out, but his face was rare serious.

A table of dishes was almost all Jiangcheng's craftsmanship. Li Mingguang praised it repeatedly, and said that it was better than Xiao Zijun's craftsmanship.

Xiao Zijun didn't refute either, Jiang Cheng couldn't compare to him, but he was happier than eating his own cooking.

They went home to see Meng Zidi first. Before they left, Xiao Zijun asked him to take a straw grasshopper back, saying it was a gift for a child.

When it was time to send Li Mingguang to the station, Xiao Zijun sat with him in the waiting hall.

Li Mingguang sat there very silent, unlike him usually.

"What's wrong with you? Can't bear me?"

Li Mingguang raised his eyes to look at him, and said after a long time, "I discovered a big thing these two days."

Xiao Zijun didn't understand, so, "What's the matter?"

"After getting along these few days, I found—" Li Mingguang stared at him, "You always stare at him when Jiangcheng is not paying attention."

Xiao Zijun was startled suddenly.

"There's something wrong with your eyes," Li Mingguang shook his head. "I've been thinking about it for a long time. I've been thinking about it since the first time I discovered it. I didn't figure it out until dinner time."

Xiao Zijun turned his gaze away, his face became a little ugly.

"Only people who look at the person they like will have your eyes." Li Mingguang was distressed and puzzled, "How could you..."

Xiao Zijun pursed his lips, not knowing how to speak.

Li Mingguang sighed helplessly, "Does he know?"

"do not know."

"Then does your sister know?"

Xiao Zijun lowered his head, "You are the only one who found out and said it so far."

"Why?" Li Mingguang couldn't accept it, "You obviously like women, and you had a girlfriend before, why did you like him? Huh?"

Xiao Zijun himself didn't know whether it was the cause that Jiangcheng mistook him for Yang Yulang's hug and kiss to him that day, or whether he himself had a crush on him without knowing it. He also tried trying others, but in the end It turned out that that person could only be Jiang Cheng, and no one would accept it.

His silence made Li Mingguang even more uncomfortable, "What are you going to do? Tell him? Do you want to be with him?"

Hearing this, Xiao Zijun laughed, his voice was cold and bitter, "Being together...impossible."

Li Mingguang was greatly relieved when he heard this. Although he didn't know the reason, it would be fine as long as they were not together.