Chapter 13 black and white plum

Love isn't the center of their brother's business, but that's where I'll start. Black Li is the elder brother and Bai Li is the younger brother. The elder brother is five years older than the younger brother.Both of them are my classmates, although as soon as Bai Li entered middle school, Hei Li and I graduated.Black Li is my good friend; because I often go to his house, I also know a thing or two about Bai Li.Five years is a long distance in this day and age.The difference between the two brothers is just like their nicknames - black and white.If black plums are "ancient", white plums are modern.They didn't quarrel over it, but they didn't see eye to eye on anything.Hei Li is not black; it just has a big mole on his left eyebrow.So he is "Black Li"; the younger brother does not have such a mark, so he is "White Li"; this is very logical for the middle school students who give them nicknames.In fact, their faces are very white, and they look very similar.

They both chased her—I won't name them—and she couldn't tell whom to love, and she couldn't say she didn't love anyone.So everyone was sweating for their brothers.Knowing that the two of them don't want to quarrel, but love is not friendship.However, Hei Li gave in. I still remember clearly: it was an early summer evening, with a little rain, I went to chat with him, and he was sitting alone in the room, with four red fish thin magnetic teacups in front of him.The two of us don't need to be polite, I sit and smoke, and he plays with the four bowls.Turn this, turn that, and point the red fish towards him exactly.After setting it up, lean back and look back like a painter after setting up a layer of color.Then, turn away one by one, and arrange the fish on the other side.He leaned back and looked at it carefully, then turned around and smiled at me, very innocently.

He loves to do these little tricks.I am not proficient in anything, but I like to move about everything.He doesn't pretend to be an expert, he only believes that this can cultivate character.Yes, he was a good-natured man.For some small things, such as gluing old books, etc., he can spend half a day in peace. After calling me, he smiled again, "I gave her up to the fourth son." According to the ranking, Bai Li is the fourth master, and there are brothers in their uncle's house. "You can't lose the kindness of your brothers because of a woman." "So you're not modern," I said, laughing.

"No; the old bear can't learn new tricks. A love triangle is useless. I told her that no matter who she loves, I will never associate with her again. I feel very happy!" "I've never seen such a talk about love." "Haven't you seen it? I'm not going to talk about it. Fuck her, don't fall out with the fourth child anyway. If we two have such a fight in the future, I hope it's either you withdrawing troops or I let it go." "So the world is peaceful?" We laughed. About ten days later, Hei Li came looking for me.I will see that whenever his brow darkens, there must be something on his mind.Whenever we have something on our minds, we will drink half a catty of lotus white.I hurriedly prepared the wine, because his forehead is not bright.

After drinking the second cup, his hands trembled a little.There is nothing in this man's mind.When something happened, he desperately wanted to calm down, but it still showed on his face.He is too kind. "I just came from her," he laughed, boredly; but really, because he wanted to tell a good friend about his suffocation.This man cannot live a day without a good friend. I didn't rush him; we didn't have to rush to talk, and our feelings came out in the spaces between the words.Looking at each other, smiling together, the expression and silent understanding are more important than words.Or why would Bai Li call us "a pair of bastards" when he saw us drinking.

"The fourth brother and I had a good fight," he said, and I understood the word "good"—first, he didn't want to say that the brothers quarreled, and second, he didn't want to just say that the younger brother was wrong, even if the younger brother was really wrong.This word brings out the twists and turns that one does not want to say but has to say. "Because of her. I'm not good, I don't understand women's psychology. Didn't I tell you that day, did I let it go? I have a clear intention, but she made a trick. She thought I humiliated her on purpose. You're right, I didn't Modern people, I regard love as a matter of what to do, and a woman who dares to be in love is willing to be followed by "everyone". She hates me. This is a revenge-I gave up on her, and she cut off the fourth. Of course Si had a fight with me. So I went to her again today to apologize. She scolded me to vent her anger, or she could make up with Lao Si. I hope so. Huh, she didn’t scold me. She also called me and Lao Si Sidu is her friend. I can't do this. I didn't tell her so clearly. I'll come here to tell you. If I don't do it, she will naturally stop talking to fourth brother. Fourth brother will have to talk to me again. trouble."

"No way!" I added this small sentence for him.After a while, "I'll go to Lao Si and explain?" "That's fine." He stared at the wine cup for a while, "Maybe it's useless. Anyway, I won't be in contact with her anymore. If the fourth child fights with me again, I'll just keep silent." The two of us talked about something else, and he said that he was studying religion these days.I know that he reads as he pleases, and I never think that he is a little world-weary or has any major spiritual changes just because he talks about religion.

After the elder brother left, the younger brother came.Bai Li doesn't come to my place often, it's probably because of something.He hasn't graduated from college yet, but he looks much smarter than Hei Li.If you look at him, you will feel that he should be a leader everywhere.With every sentence, he either leads you on the path he pointed out, or binds you to the guillotine.He has no kind words, the exact opposite of his brother. I was too polite to him, lest he call me a jerk. "Of course the second child has been here?" he asked; Black Li was the second in line. "Of course I also talked to you about our affairs?" Naturally, I couldn't rush to answer, because there are two "of course" here.Sure enough, without waiting for my answer, he continued: "You know, I'm just making use of it?"

I have no idea. "Do you think I really want that woman?" He smiled, just like his brother, except that Hei Li's smile never had the vigor of smiling at me with disdain. "I only go out with her to make trouble with my second child; otherwise, who has the time to greet her? The relationship between a man and a woman, fundamentally speaking, isn't it...? Why should I have her for this? Second child He thought this relationship should be called sacred, so he solemnly kowtowed to her, and when he kowtowed, he thought I should kowtow too, sorry, I don’t have that addiction!” He laughed.

I didn't laugh, and didn't dare to interrupt.I listened carefully to what he said, and paid more attention to his face.He looked like his brother in every aspect of his face, but he didn't look like his brother at all.This makes me suddenly feel like I am talking to a very familiar person, and sometimes it feels like I am sitting opposite a stranger.I'm a little uncomfortable - looking at a familiar face, but can't find the look I'm used to seeing. "You see, I don't kowtow; I just kiss her when I get a chance. She likes this, at least it's more enjoyable than receiving a few heads. But, this is not the original. The text is this. Do you think I should stay with the second master all the time? ?”

I couldn't answer it at the time. He smiled again—probably calling me an asshole in his heart. "I have my wish, my plan; he has his. It's better to go our own way, isn't it?" "Yes; what plan do you have?" I managed to think of this sentence; otherwise it would be too stiff Panic. "The plan, I won't tell you first. You have to separate first, and you will understand my plan later." "Because we're going to be separated, I'm arguing with my second child; making use of it?" I feel like I'm very smart. He smiled and nodded; he didn't say anything, as if he must know that I have another sentence.I do have a question: "Why don't you say it clearly, but argue?" "Can he understand me? You can tell him one by one, I can't. As soon as I talk about separating the family, he has to cry immediately. Then, it's the same thing - when the mother died, what did you say?" Come on? Didn't you say that we are old and beautiful? He must say this, as if the living must be controlled by the dead. There is another level, when he heard about the separation, he refused to guarantee it, and would like to keep it. The family property was given to me, I don't want to take advantage, he always treats me as a 'brother', always uses his own feelings to limit other people's actions, always pretends that he understands me, but in fact he is a laggard of the times. This era belongs to me, There's no need for him to worry about me." His face suddenly became serious. Looking at his face, my heart slowly changed - Bai Li is not only an arrogant young man who looks down on the "two bad guys", he really wants to establish himself.I also understood that if he discussed with Hei Li slowly, he would have to spend a lot of emotional talk and talk about brotherly friendship. Even if he didn't talk about it, Hei Li would always talk about it.Instead of doing this, it's better to be noisy, so as not to drag things around; he wants to make a clean break and go his own way.Besides, after negotiating slowly, the second child would never agree to it simply.The fourth child quarrels first, if the second child doesn't do it, it is obvious that he wants to take over his younger brother's property.Guessing this, my heart suddenly brightened: "Are you asking me to tell my second child?" "That's right. Save the noise." He laughed again. "I don't want to embarrass the second child too much. After all, I am a brother." It seemed that he didn't like to say the last two words—brother. I promised to do it for him. "The more resolutely you say it, the better. In twenty years, we cannot be brothers." He paused for a while, and a little smile emerged from the corner of his mouth. "I also thought about it for the second child. It's best to get married as soon as possible. If you give birth to a fat baby, you will easily forget your brother. Twenty years later, of course I will also fall behind. At that time, if I am still alive, I can go home and be an uncle. But , Tell him, when you are in love, you should kiss more, kowtow less, chase after you, and don't kneel down." He stood up, thought for a while, "Thank you." He made me realize clearly that this sentence is He said it specifically for me, and he is not responsible for what he said. For this matter, I go to Hei Li every day.Every day he prepares lotus white for me.After eating, drinking, and talking, they left without any results.It was like this for at least half a month.He understands what I said, and is willing for the fourth child to create and practice.But at the end of the sentence, it was always "I can't bear to part with my fourth child!" "Fourth's plan? Plan?" He walked over, walked over, and read like this.The mole on the eyebrow was caught in the wrinkles on the forehead, and it seemed to have shrunk a bit. "What's the plan? Just ask him, and I'll be relieved if he understands." "He won't," I've answered fifty times over. "If you don't say it, it's dangerous! I only have such a younger brother! Tell him to quarrel with me, and it's good to quarrel. He didn't do this in the past, but he only quarreled with me recently. Probably because of that woman! Persuade me to marry? It’s like this without getting married, and get married! What’s the plan? Really! Divorce? He can get what he wants. Probably because I offended him. Although I don’t quarrel with him, I know that I also have my own ideas. What plan? He can do whatever he wants, why split the family..." Grind back and forth in this way, and it takes more than one hour to grind.His gadgets are also increasing day by day: divination, divination, character testing, religious research... Nothing can help him guess the plan of the fourth child, only adding a lot of small horrors.This is not to say that he was obviously flustered.No, he is still such a mother-in-law.His actions seemed to be unable to catch up with his feelings, no matter how anxious he was, his movements were slow, as if he was teasing life as a toy. I said that the plan of the fourth child refers to the future career, not any specific method now.He shook his head. With such a delay, almost another month passed. "Look," I grasped some reason, "The fourth brother didn't rush me either, obviously he was talking about a long-term solution, not what to do right away." He still shook his head. The longer the time, the more stories he has.One Sunday morning, I saw him enter the chapel.Maybe watching friends, I thought.Waited for him outside for a while.He didn't come out.It is inconvenient to wait any longer, and I thought as I walked: Old Li must have been greatly stimulated—broken love, quarrel between brothers, or something else.As far as I know these two things, he probably can't support it anymore.His actions seem to be taking life as a small thing, and that is precisely because he has to carefully consider any small matter.I feel uncomfortable if the patterns on the tea bowl are not aligned.Every little thing has to be settled in his heart, to make his conscience feel comfortable.To go to church and pray is to strengthen your conscience.Conscience was prepared for him by ancient sages and sages, but he was unwilling to wipe out all new things and new spirits.As a result, what he "thinks" is not as good as what "is already" is ready-made, and he doesn't know what to do.He probably really loved her, but for the sake of his younger brother, he had to give up on her, and it was hard to say that he was broken in love.He often said to me, "Let's take a flight too." After he finished speaking, he smiled. After noon, I went to see him.It is said that we have to talk about the fourth child as soon as we meet, and this has been the case for more than a month.This time he changed his style, his eyes were very bright, and he had a very quiet smile on his face, as if he was buying another old book with a rare book. "I saw you," I said first. He nodded and smiled again, "It's also very interesting!" He always said this when he encountered an old thing for the first time.Telling him a haunted joke is also "very interesting!" He doesn't debate the existence of ghosts with others, he believes in the story, "maybe there are stranger things in the world than this".According to him, anything is possible.Therefore, it is easy for him to accept, but he does not have any sophisticated insights.It's not that he doesn't want to understand more, but whenever he should use his brain, he uses his emotion. "It's all the same," he said, "always urging people to sacrifice for others." "Haven't you already sacrificed a lover?" I would like to say more facts. "That doesn't count. It's a negative parting. It's not about taking something out of myself. In the past ten days, I have finished reading the 'Four Gospels'. I have also thought about it. I should share the affairs of the fourth child, no It should be just that he is not allowed to leave me. Think about it, if it is really for dividing the family property, why didn't you come and tell me clearly?" "He's afraid you won't do it," I replied. "No! I've thought about it for the past few days. He must have a real plan, and it's dangerous. So he has to make a clean break so as not to hurt me. Do you think he's young and quick-tempered? He's just using This lied to us; he was really considerate of me, and would not make me suffer. Put me in a safe place, so that he can do it alone. It must be so! I can't let him go, I must die for him, mother When he died—" He didn't go on, because he knew I was familiar with that. I really didn't expect this layer.But I still don't believe his words; how can I know that he is not stimulated by religion and wants to fully vent his feelings? I decided to go to Bai Li, in case Black Li guessed right!Yes, I don't believe his words, but I don't dare to play mysteries either. No matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find Bai Li.The school, the dormitory, the library, the tennis court, and the small restaurant are all seen, but there is no sign of him.I asked people, and they all said that I hadn't seen him for several days.This is why Bai Li is Bai Li; if Black Li leaves home for a few days, he will even notify his good friends.Bai Li just disappeared without anyone noticing.I urgently came up with an idea—go to "her" to inquire. She also knows me, because I often hang out with Hei Li.She also hadn't seen Bai Li for several days.She seemed very dissatisfied with the Li brothers, especially Hei Li.I asked her about white plums, but she talked about black plums with me.I can see that she really pays attention to—if not love—Hei Li.Probably she wanted to trap the black plum and make a specimen.If someone is better than him, he will be dismissed; if no one is better than him, maybe he will follow him in the end.Thinking about it this way, even though it was just a thought, I didn't take this opportunity to match him up with her again; logically it should be done this way, but I love Lao Li so much, I always feel that he deserves to marry a fairy in the sky. Coming out of her, a drum opened in my heart.Where did Bai Li go?Can't tell Hei Li!As soon as he knows, he can immediately go to the newspaper to look for his younger brother, and he will get up in the middle of the night to take lessons and test words.But let's not talk, my heart is itching again.Why don't you go to him?It doesn't work either. Walking outside his study, I heard him moaning inside.He doesn't hum and play when he is not happy.But he usually hums, either poetry or the line "in the deep boudoir, the jade is flawless", which represents all songs, this time the humming is not these.I listened carefully, he was practicing hymns.He has no ear for music, no matter what, he hears the same tune.When he sang, it was naturally in the same tune.Anyway, anyway, I know he is very happy now.Why are you happy? When I entered the house, he quickly put down the hymn book in his hand, very happy: "It's just in time, I was just looking for you! The fourth child just left. I asked for a thousand yuan to go. I didn't mention the separation. ,Did not mention!" Obviously he never asked his brother what the money was for.Otherwise he couldn't be so happy.He must be only asking his younger brother to live with him, and no longer care about his actions; it seems that even if his younger brother has dangerous plans, as long as the family is not separated, there is nothing to be afraid of.I see this. "Prayer works," he said solemnly. "I've been praying every day for the past few days, and it turns out that the fourth child doesn't mention it. Even if he throws away all the money, I still have a younger brother anyway!" I propose drinking our usual jug of lotus white.He smiled and shook his head: "You can drink, I will eat with you, I quit drinking." I didn't drink it, and didn't dare to tell him why I went to look for the fourth child everywhere.Now that the fourth child is back, why bother talking about it?But I mentioned "her" again.He didn't answer the question, just smiled. There seems to be nothing to say about the fourth child and "her".He told me some stories from the Bible.As I listened, I murmured in my heart—Old Li's attitude towards his younger brother and lover seemed a bit wrong; but I couldn't tell why.I was not very stable in my heart, and it was still the same when I returned home.Four or five days later, this matter is still hanging in my mind.One night, Wang Wu came.He has been pulling a cart at Li's family for four years. Wang Wu is an honest and reliable man, in his thirties, with a scar on his head—it is said that he was bitten by a donkey when he was a child.He has nothing wrong with him except that he likes to drink sometimes. He drank a little more, and the scar on his head was a little red. "Why are you here, Wang Wu?" I have a good friendship with him, whenever I come back from Li's house late, he always tries to lure me back, and naturally I always give him some "drink money". "Come and see you," he said, and sat down. I knew he was coming to tell me something. "The tea you just brewed, how about a bowl?" "That's fine; I'll pour it myself; I'm really thirsty." I gave him a cigarette and suggested something to him: "What's the matter?" "Huh, I drank two more jugs, and my heart itch; I shouldn't have said something!" He took a deep breath on the cigarette. "If it's about the Li family, you've told me that you're sure to be right." "I think so too," he paused for a while, but was urged by the smell of alcohol, and seemed to have to say, "I have been in Li's house for four years and thirty-five days! It's very embarrassing for me now. The second master treats me That's right, Fourth Master is my friend. So it's not easy. Don't tell Second Master about Fourth Master; Second Master is such a stupid and nice person. Tell Second Master, and I'm sorry for Fourth Master—— My friend. Don't mention how embarrassing you are! In theory, I should face the fourth master. The second master is a good man, yes; but after all, he is a master. No matter how good the master is, he is still the master, and he cannot be a brother with his shoulders. He really treats me Yes, for example, on this old hot day, when I take my second master out, he always tries to stop on the way for a while, buying a pack of matches, looking at the bookstall, why? To tell me to rest and breathe Panting. Otherwise, how can we say that he is a good master. He is good, and we have to respect him. This is called exchanging good for good. How can you not understand this after spending a long time on the street?" I gave him another bowl of tea, showing that I am not a person who does not know "outside".After he finished drinking, he pointed to his chest with a cigarette and said, "Here, we love fourth master here. What's the matter? Fourth master is young, so don't treat me as a cart puller. The strength of the two of them—the strength of the heart Son—it’s different. Second master, tell me to take a break when the weather is hot, fourth master doesn’t care about this, and has to drag him to run even in hot weather. But fourth master and I chatted At that time, he said, why should people pull people? He is pulling carts for us—all cart pullers in the world are counted together—to complain. The second master is good to 'me', but I can't think of the big guy Son. So you see, the second master is small, and the fourth master is big. The fourth master doesn't care about my legs, but he cares about my heart; the second master is short in the family, so he pities my legs, but he doesn't care about this place." He pointed again Point to heart. I knew he still had something to say, but I was afraid that the smell of alcohol would make the tea go away, so I tightened his grip again: "Go on, Wang Wu! Say it all, anyway, I can still pull my wife's tongue ?” He touched the scar on his head, bowed his head and thought for a while.Then he pulled the chair forward and lowered his voice: "You know, the tramway is almost finished? As soon as the tram starts, we'll finish pulling the carts! It's not about me worrying about myself, it's about the big guys Son." He glanced at me. I nodded. "The fourth master understands this; otherwise, we are friends. The fourth master said: Wang Wu, think of a way! I said: Fourth master, I have an idea, beat it! The fourth master said: Wang Wu, this is it That's right! Beat! We'll discuss it once and for all. I can't tell you that. What I want to say is this," he lowered his voice, "I saw it, the detective followed the fourth master! Not necessarily It's for this matter, but it's not appropriate to ask the detective to follow. This is where it gets difficult: I want to tell the second master? I'm sorry for the fourth master; don't tell? I'm afraid that the second master will be included in it. I can't help it!" After Wang Wuzhi left, I figured it out myself. Black Li guessed right, Bai Li did have a dangerous plan.The plan may not necessarily be to hit the tram, he must be very good at it.So we have to separate the family, so as not to drag my brother into it.Of course he wasn't afraid of sacrifice, and he wasn't afraid of other people's sacrifice, but he still refused to sacrifice his elder brother without saying a word—sacrificing Hei Li didn't help.Now, the matter of the tram has come to the fore, and even my brother can't take care of it.what can i doWarning Black Lee is enough to arouse his passion for loving his younger brother.Not only is it useless to persuade Bai Li, but it also puts Wang Wu in it. Things are getting tighter, and the tram company has announced days to drive.I can't waste any more, I have to tell Hei Li to go. He wasn't at home, but Wang Wu didn't go out. "Where is Second Master?" "out." "No car?" "It's been several days, and I don't take a car every day when I go out!" From Wang Wu's expression, I guessed: "Wang Wu, did you tell him?" The scar on Wang Wu's head was purple: "I drank two more cups, so I couldn't help but say it." "What about him? " "He was on the verge of tears." "What are you talking about?" "Ask me a question—Old Wu, how are you? I said, Wang Wu listens to Fourth Master. He said, OK.Nothing else to say, go out every day, and don't take a car. "I waited for three o'clock, and it was already dark before he came back. "How?" I asked everything with those two words. He smiled, "Not much." Never expected him to answer me like that.I don't need to ask any more, he's already decided what to do.I think I must drink some wine, but what's the taste of drinking alone.I just have to go.When we were parting, I mentioned: "Go out with me for a few days, okay?" "Let's talk about it in two days." He didn't say anything else. Feelings are the coldest when they are at their hottest.I didn't expect him to treat me like this. I went to see him again the night before the tram drove.He was not at home until midnight, and he still hadn't come back.Probably hiding from me on purpose. Wang Wu came back and smiled at me, "Tomorrow!" "Where is Second Master?" "I don't know. After you left that day, he used something to burn off the black scabs on his eyebrows, and stared into the mirror in a daze." It's over, without the mole, there is no black plum, so there is no need to wait for him anymore.I had already walked out of the gate, and Wang Wu stopped me: "Tomorrow if I—" He touched the scar on his head, "You can take care of my old lady!" About five o'clock, Wang Wu ran in, I ran until my pants were wet. "All—beaten!" He couldn't speak anymore.After panting for an unknown amount of time, he finally recovered, picked up the teapot and took a sip to his mouth. "Ah! It's all beaten up! The cavalry rushed down, and we left. The little horse six asked them to take it, and it was true. We have no one to lose, and we only rely on bricks! The little horse six is ​​going to be finished." "Where is fourth master?" I asked. "I didn't see it." He bit his lip and thought for a while. "Hmph, it's a big mess! If you want to take it, it's sure to take the fourth master, he is the leader. But don't say, the fourth master is not stupid, don't look at him young. The little horse is about to finish, and the fourth master may I can't." "I didn't see the second master either?" "He didn't come home yesterday." He thought about it again, "I have to hide here for two days." "That's fine." The next morning, it was reported in the newspaper that Li, the leader of the car-smashing thugs, was arrested on the spot, along with a student and five drivers. Looking at the words on the paper, Wang Wu could only recognize the word "Li", "Fourth master is done! Fourth master is finished!" He lowered his head and pretended to scratch the scar, tears fell on the newspaper. The news spread throughout the city, and Li——and Xiao Maliu were shot and paraded in the streets. The poisonous sun scorched the gravel on the road, but the street was still full of people.In an open car sat two men, their hands tied behind their backs.Patrolmen in khaki uniforms and soldiers in gray uniforms marched forward and backward, the light of their knives chilling in the sun.The car got closer and closer, and the two white tricks trembled slightly with the car.The one sitting in front had his eyes closed, his forehead was a little sweaty, and his lips moved slightly, as if praying.The car was not far from me, and he sat and swayed in front of me.My tears captivated my heart.After waiting for the car to pass for a long time, I woke up and followed the car to the execution ground.He didn't even look up once all the way. His brows were frowned, his mouth was slightly parted, and his chest was bleeding, as if he was praying when he died.I took his body. Two months later, I met Bai Li in Shanghai, if I hadn't greeted him, he would have run over. "Fourth!" I called out to him. "Huh?" He seemed taken aback. "Ugh, you? I think it's my second child who came back to life." Maybe my barking sounded like Hei Li's, not on purpose, or Hei Li who lives in my heart called out for me. Bai Li is obviously older, more like his brother.We didn't talk much, and he seemed reluctant to talk to me much.I only remember his two sentences: "The second child probably entered heaven, and he is very suitable there; I am still here smashing the gate of hell."