Chapter 9 Chapter Nine Zou Yun

On the sixth day of the long vacation, 12-year-old Zou Yun came to the county seat for the first time by car for an hour and a half. He was accompanied by Xiangyuan and his elder brother whom he hadn't seen for many years. When the car bumped on the undulating mountain road, he who had never been out of the "far door" repeatedly asked Xiang Yuan, "What can we do if we go to the county seat?" Xiang Yuan always laughed, she said nothing, just go to Play, that's all. Do nothing, just go play!Zou Yun couldn't hold back the anticipation in his heart, but also felt a little bewildered. This was something he didn't even dare to think about. Usually, even the adults in the family might not go out to the county once a year when they have something to do occasionally.Xiang Yuan is usually so busy, and his brothers in the city only see each other in a few years, they would take him to play specially, which makes him feel a bit extravagant.

When going out, Zou Yun met Xiang Yao at the door of Xiang Yuan's house. He didn't quite understand why Xiang Yao was so hostile to him, but they were classmates and playmates when they were young. He didn't want their relationship to be too rigid. .So in a good mood, he ignored Xiang Yao's intentional ignorance of him, and took the initiative to say hello: "Xiang Yao, when are we going to leave?" "Who told you 'we', where are you going? I don't know what you said." The inexplicable look on Xiang Yao's face made Zou Yun doubt the authenticity of "going to the county town". Could it be that he heard it wrong?But last night, it was Xiang Yuan who came to his house to say hello. He heard that his brother would go too, and his father agreed—his father Zou Laizi got a lot of benefits from Ye Qianze. Quite politely.

Zou Yun was a little confused, and he hesitated in speaking, "No... Didn't you agree to go to the county to play today?" Before Xiang Yao had time to react, Xiang Yuan had already heard the sound and walked out. She smiled at Zou Yun, "You are here, ready to go." As if she had just realized that Xiang Yao was standing aside, Xiang Yuan also said to her sister He asked, "Are you going?" Xiang Yao was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly, "I'm not going if it's something rare." After she finished speaking, she turned around and ran into the house, and at the end, she did not forget to give Zou Yun a hard look.

When Zou Yun came to the county town, he was attracted by the wide streets with people coming and going and all kinds of interesting things. He felt that his eyes were not enough. He didn't understand why Xiang Yao said it was not rare.The three of them wandered many streets, entered many shops, and even had a great time in the small People's Park in the county town; when they passed the county hospital, Xiang Yuan suggested going in to draw blood for a blood type test. She said that now People in the city like to do it.After hearing what Xiang Yuan said, Zou Yun rolled up his sleeves with her and her brother in the laboratory, and didn't feel any pain after drawing a large tube of blood.All this is so novel to Zou Yun, he feels that he has grown so big, he has never had such a good time, he keeps asking his brother what time it is, Ye Qianze thought he was in a hurry to go back, but in fact he was just too scared It gets dark, and then the day will end.

But no matter how reluctant he is, the day will end sooner or later.Sitting in the car back home, Zou Yun looked at the scenery outside the window, how happy he was when he came, and how disappointed when he left.Ye Qianze, who was sitting next to him, patted his head and asked him why he was so preoccupied. After this day of getting along, the strangeness between Zou Yun and his brother disappeared a lot, but he still couldn't answer his brother's question.What was he thinking, he was obviously happy this day, but seeing the darkness fall, why did he feel sad?He suddenly regretted that he had put too much thought into thinking about what time it was along the way, so that he missed a lot of scenery.

Seeing that the car was getting closer and closer to home, Zou Yun was only reminded of his day's journey by the faint prickly pain in his hand. He suddenly remembered that he had been drawn so much blood for nothing, and he forgot to ask himself what the hell was going on. what blood type.He clutched his wrist, turned his head and asked Xiang Yuan who was sitting behind him, "Sister Xiang Yuan, what blood type did you find out just now?" Xiang Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, how can you know the result so quickly." "I'm type B, you might be the same as me, Ayun." Ye Qianze said half-casually.

"Brother, you know your blood type, why do you need a blood test today?" Ye Qianze glanced at Xiang Yuan, before Xiang Yuan had time to answer, Zou Yun's thoughts had already shifted from this question, "Sister Xiang Yuan, will I have the same blood type as you?" Xiang Yuan thought it was a little funny, "You can't tell for sure, what are you doing with the same blood type as me?" "If you need my blood, I can give it to you." Zou Yun said seriously, and before he finished speaking, Xiang Yuan was hit on the back of the head. "Bah, there are no taboos." Xiang Yuan cursed with a smile, looked at Ye Qianze and said, "Everyone in your family likes to say stupid things."

Ye Qianze couldn't help laughing, "It seems that Ah Yun treats you better than my own brother." Xiang Yuan laughed secretly that she was also a fool, and she found that she even had a slight expectation that Ye Qianze would show the slightest dissatisfaction with this.But no, his smile is so sincere and pure, it is entirely for the joy of harmony between the most important relatives and friends in his life. "He is still a child, and of course the child thinks that whoever spends more time with him is closer," she said. After hearing Xiang Yuan's words, Ye Qianze couldn't help being touched. He put his hand on Zou Yun's shoulder, "It's because I didn't take care of you enough. Ah Yun, let me ask you, if you had the opportunity to live with your brother every day, would you not want to?" ?”

"Are you going to move back to the village?" Zou Yun was obviously confused. "No, I meant that you came to town with me." "How is this possible." Zou Yun replied without thinking, "I'm not from the city, and if I leave, what will my father do?" "Zou...is your father treating you well?" Ye Qianze asked Zou Yun began to feel strange about his question, "He is not bad to me." Country people are busy with their lives and rarely express their emotions more delicately. In Zou Yun's view, the relationship between father and son should be like this.

"But……" "We're almost there, pack up your things." Xiang Yuan interrupted their conversation at the right time. Ye Qianze accompanied Zou Yun back to Cripple Zou's house, he didn't live here, Zou's house was not big, there were four people crowded, and there was room to be made for business, so Ye Qianze was a cousin who lived near his mother. relatives by marriage. Zou Yun, his father and his stepmother persuaded Ye Qianze to stay for a while before leaving. He said he had to go to Xiangyuan's house to see Ye Ling, so he left in a hurry.After Ye Qianze left, Zou Yun hurriedly ate dinner and returned to his room. After playing for a day, he was also a little tired. I don't know if it was an illusion. He always felt that his father looked at him a little strangely. Even when he closed the door, he seemed to be fine. He heard the conversation between him and his stepmother in a lowered voice.

That night, Zou Yun still lingered in the hustle and bustle of the county town in his dreams. The outside world was so exciting, and he had never been so far away from home.It's just that he doesn't know that a test tube of blood from his body has traveled farther than him. It was arranged by the hospital staff who are familiar with Ye's family, and it traveled thousands of miles away. In the next few days, Ye Ling's body has fully returned to normal. The long vacation has passed, but Ye Qianze has no plans to return to the city. Zou Yun feels a little strange. It's not that he doesn't like staying with his brother, but their elementary school has started classes. Oh, are the schools in the city still on holiday?He asked Xiang Yuan, Xiang Yuan was busy going back and forth between school and home every day, and seemed to have no intention of answering his questions. Ye Qianze said that it was rare for him to go home, and he wanted to finish things before leaving.What's the matter?Zou Yun didn't like Ye Ling looking at him with a smile or not, and didn't like his father and stepmother whispering behind his back. He always felt that there was one thing that everyone knew, but he was the only one kept in the dark. On the way home from school that day, Zou Yun met Xiang Yao who was walking the same way. In the past, Xiang Yao always walked past him without saying a word, but this time, she unexpectedly walked in front of him and turned around again. Turning around, he said in a sneering tone: "Zou Yun, your luck is so good that you finally don't need to walk this mountain road anymore." "What are you talking about?" Zou Yun was puzzled. "You really don't know, or you're just pretending? People in the village are spreading rumors that you were not born to your crippled father." Xiang Yao tugged on the shoulder strap of his schoolbag, and raised his face halfway towards him. "You're talking nonsense!" Zou Yun was also annoyed, blushing and staring at Xiang Yao. If someone said such a thing, he would jump up and beat him up, but she was Xiang Yao, and he didn't want to have an affair with her, so he had to Trying to suppress the anger in my heart, I pretended not to hear what she was saying. Seeing that he didn't respond, Xiang Yao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, she squeezed out a smile and said loudly, "It's great, I don't have to go with you bastard at last." Then she ran away. Zou Yun looked at her back in a daze, feeling more and more uneasy and flustered in his heart, even the darkening sky in the distance seemed to be about to rain. All the uneasiness reached its peak when Zou Yun returned home and found that the door of the house was surrounded by people and two small cars. He stared at the two cars in a daze. And motorcycles, the most common ones are dilapidated minibuses that drive to the entrance of the village every other day.Like other boys of the same age, Zou Yun has an inexplicable love for cars, steel-structured speed machines, but after all, they are extremely far away from his life, and before he has time to think about how they stop at his door, A troubled person told the news of his return to the people in the house. Zou Yun looked at a tall middle-aged man who was watching the crowd separately, and approached him step by step. He subconsciously backed away, but the man squatted in front of him, reaching out his hand to touch him He stretched out his hand halfway, but hesitated with a mixed expression of sadness and joy. "Ayun, you are Ayun... It's my fault for growing up so big... Look at your eyebrows, your eyes, if I took a second look back then, how could I believe that you are not my son?" At a loss, Zou Yun grabbed his trouser legs tightly with his hands. He remembered that four years ago, it was the "uncle" from this city who took his elder brother away from home. That night, his mother hugged him, Tears flowed uncontrollably all night.What is he saying?Who is the son of whom?Zou Yun felt as if a pair of invisible hands pinched his throat, making him unable to utter a sound, even breathing was difficult.He wished he couldn't understand those words, but how familiar was the face he was looking at. Is this the ironclad proof of blood connection?When he thought of the word "blood", he was startled suddenly, as if he understood something. The next moment, his body was hugged by this tearful man. "My son, you are my son..." The man hugged him so tightly, his well-crafted coat rubbed against Zou Yun's worn clothes, Zou Yun was really worried that his muddy trouser legs would stain other people's clothes.He stiffened his body and let the man hold him and cry like a child, but his eyes looked through the other's shoulders to look at the onlookers. Many villagers also wiped their tears, and some of them even cried for 12 years. "Dad".Ye Qianze's eyes were moist, but there was a smile on his face, and Xiang Yao, who was standing far away in the corner, still had an expression on his face watching the show... Zou Yun's eyes swept over them, it was really like a play, he It was the first time he was the protagonist in a play, but he felt like an audience. The man's tears flowed down Zou Yun's neck, wet and itchy. Zou Yun struggled a bit, but failed. Finally, his stepmother came over, wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "This child is honest, no After seeing the world and seeing relatives, I can’t speak anymore.” Then the man let go of Zou Yun, and touched his head with his hand, "It's okay, it's okay, this kind of reaction is normal, I haven't fulfilled my responsibilities as a father these years, when I go back with me, it will be a long time Now, of course our father and son will become close." "Yeah, yeah, it will be better as time goes by, it seems that this child is a lucky person, it's true." Zou Yun's stepmother echoed, and Zou Zizi laughed "hehe" beside him.The surrounding villagers all envied Zou Yun's good fortune of being able to change his fate. "Binglin, you haven't been back for so long, you should stay for a few more days before leaving. "Next time, I still have things to do over there, and the children are going to school, especially Ah Yun's side is still rushing back to go through the formalities, and I will come back to see the folks when I have time." "Watching Zou Yun grow up, I feel very reluctant to leave all of a sudden." "Don't worry, he grew up here, and he will remember it. Whenever I have time, I will ask Qian Ze to bring A Yun back together. After all... After all, their mother is still buried here." Zou Yun listened to their discussion, as if it was a foregone conclusion that he was going to leave, but no one asked him what he meant from the beginning to the end. "So when is it set to leave?" "Pack up, go through the formalities and leave." ... Zou Yun suddenly yelled out the first sentence after returning, "Who said I want to go? I won't go, if you want to go, you go!" He pushed aside the spectators standing in front of him, quickly ran back to his small dark room, closed the door hard, and still heard his "father" and stepmother hurriedly saying outside the door, "It's okay for a child to have a temper, it's okay after a while." After that, we will pack up the child's things for him, don't worry." "It's okay, it's really too sudden, it's better to let him be quiet." Zou Yun didn't turn on the light, and sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the outline of the room in the dim light. In the small space shared by him and the younger brother brought by his stepmother, except for a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, Nothing else.In the past days, he couldn't say how much he loved this place, just like the muddle-headed person he called "Dad" for twelve years, and his stepmother who was a bit cautious later, they couldn't say how good they were to him . However, he never thought of leaving.