After living for so many years, Gu Yebai has never driven for such a long time, and it is more than 3000 kilometers to go back. Except for refueling, he has hardly entered the service area, and he has been all the way north in the endless driveway.
When you enter the familiar city, it's already dark, and the lights all over the sky are shining like stars. From day to night, from darkness to light, from loneliness to prosperity, it's only more than 30 hours, but it seems that he has spent his whole life.
His face was covered with stubble, and he knocked on the door of the old house exhausted. When his mother saw him with tears, she said, "smelly boy, how did you promise me before? You bastard, you are going to kill me in a hurry."
He was sleepy and tired. He fell on her shoulder and almost said to himself, "I'm sorry, mom, I won't run around any more..." I'll never go to Ancheng again. I'll never see her again.
"Ma'am, the young master seems to have a fever."
Next, he didn't know what they were saying or doing. He only knew that his whole body was boiling hot, and he had a lot of fragmented dreams.
He dreamt that when he was a child, he stepped into the mud pit and cried very sad. He dreamt that Gu Nianbei, a teenager, was holding his arm. His eyebrows were bent and he called his brother sweetly. He asked if he could help me hold a parents' meeting today?
When I dream that I don't know love, Ji Yueran marries me. When I dream that I finally know love, I can't love her. In the end, it's over. The red marriage certificate is very hot.
Later, I dreamt that it was snowing in the mountains of Shigatse. Countless snowflakes fell from the sky. In fact, it was not snow. It was Lunda all over the sky. It was his wish for his girl in the wind.
Open your eyes, I do not know how long time has passed, he was all over the body to support the body, the sun came in from the window, everything around is very familiar, is in his own room.
The cold liquid dripping from the infusion tube flowed into the blood vessels along the needle. My mother fell asleep on the edge of the bed, and half of her face was full of vicissitudes.
He pulled out the needle and got out of bed. He found a blanket from the cupboard and put it on for her. Even though the movement was deliberately slow, his mother still woke up. When he saw him, she was stunned and her smile relaxed. "After three days of illness, she finally woke up."
So, has it been three days?
"I'm sorry to worry you again." Just wake up, the voice between the throat dry and hoarse.
His mother didn't ask him what he was thinking, didn't ask him where he had gone, and probably knew that it was scar, so no one would mention it, "what do you want to apologize to me? What you should apologize for is Youyou, leaving a little girl outside alone, without even saying a word."
After that, he got up from the carpet with his hands on the edge of the bed. He sat for too long and his legs felt numb. When he got up, his legs trembled. He quickly reached out to help him, "be careful."
"Wake up and call youyou. You've been running for half a month. The child worries about you and runs to me after school every other day. Since you choose to come back, don't leave her behind."
Mother light smile, "in fact, everyone alive has everyone's difficulties, as well as responsibilities and obligations, can't escape all his life, night white, your age is not small, the sensible."
"I know." He knew what his mother meant and what she was reminding him, "I will take my own responsibility and never act willfully again."
"Taking care of your family is your grandfather's and father's whole life's hard work. You can do it yourself." His mother patted him on the back of his hand, turned and left, "clean up, come downstairs to eat."
He took a bath, shaved his beard, put on his clothes and went downstairs. When Lin Ma saw him, her eyes turned red and her mouth opened. She seemed to want to say something, but she didn't say anything after all. She just opened the chair for him, "young master, have something to eat."
He smiles, "thank you, Lin ma."
After hearing this, mother Lin turned to wipe her tears.
He knew that he was too headstrong. He knew that during his absence, everyone was worried about him, for fear that he would die where he didn't know and never come back.
As soon as he recovered from his illness, he could eat and drink like nobody else. After eating, he was ready to go to the company. However, as soon as he got up from the dinner table, he said, "sit down."
"Ma." He had no choice but to smile, "I haven't been to the company for more than half a month."
"Since I haven't been there for more than half a month, I don't think I'll have another day." Mother didn't even lift her eyelids. "Today, I'll have a good rest at home and wait for you to pick her up after school."
"Good." During the day, instead of stepping out of the old house, he rolled up his sleeves and weeded and planted flowers in the yard.
He had been working alone all the time. Later, somehow, Lin's mother came out with a hoe and followed his mother, "I'll see the soil here, and it's time to loosen."
He laughs and doesn't speak. For the first time in so many years, such a family has been working together, even if the family is not complete, even if they are all working hard without saying a few words.
The goldfish in the pool swam around happily. He threw the earthworms he had caught into the pond. The goldfish all opened their mouths to grab food and stir up the water.Summer has not yet completely passed, half of the lotus bloom, Lin Ma said, "have not dug lotus for many years, which do not know how many lotus."
"Young master, when we wait for the weekend, call youyou to come here. Let's dig the lotus root together. At that time, we can use it to stew the spareribs soup, stir fry, fry, stir fry, cold mix. If we can't finish eating, we can grind it into lotus root powder and let youyou take it back."
He still laughed, "OK."
When Chen youyou finished school in the afternoon, he told his mother and went out.
For more than half a month, he got used to the simple customs outside. When he went out, the prosperity of the city made him feel a little strange. He parked his car at the gate of the University, until some students came out, and then he dialed Chen youyou's phone number.
Soon the phone was connected, and Chen youyou's unbelievable voice came from the other end of the phone, "uncle?"
"Ah, it's me."
"It's really you." Chen youyou's voice was filled with tears. "I thought I was hallucinating. I didn't expect you to call me. Uncle, where have you been for so long?"
"That day, since you and Li Yang's sister called, they suddenly disappeared. They couldn't get through the phone and didn't return wechat. They left me in the hotel regardless. Do you know how scared I was?"
Chen youyou is not afraid that Gu Yebai will leave her. She has grown up and has money and ID card. Is she afraid that she can't go back?
She was afraid that he would disappear in the world forever. For a long time, she always felt that he would die at any time.