When Ying Xun returned to the room, Rong Yu had already fallen asleep on the bed, half of his face was exposed, his delicate and white skin was bright red, his lips were puffed up from the pressure, and his breathing was heavy, presumably because sleeping on his stomach was uncomfortable.
Putting the two bowls on the old bedside table, Ying Xun sat on the edge of the bed, carefully stretched out his hand to keep the hair on his forehead away, stared at this face for a long time, and then called softly: "Rongrong, Rongrong, get up and eat." It's lunch."
"Don't make noise."
The drowsy man raised his hand and patted it, pushed away the annoying fingers, and fell down, just pressing on Ying Xun's arm. The rough cocoon brought a very obvious touch. Ying Xun turned over Rong Yu's hand, and the joints , Several thick yellow calluses appeared on the palm, and three vesicles appeared at the tiger's mouth.
Ying Xun touched lightly, and the person in the dream groaned in pain, and his breath became short of breath a few times, and then he recovered slowly.
The eye sockets were reddened, and the rough hands were covering the face, feeling the piercing pain. It took a long time for Ying Xun to recover from his emotions.
"Rong Rong, get up for lunch, and go to bed after eating." Ying Xun raised his voice this time, and lightly shook Rong Rong's shoulders, which finally woke him up, and got Rong and an angry Staring, Ying Xun reached out and rubbed his head, chuckled: "Wake up, get up and eat, I fried eggs for you."
Although Rong Yu didn't say anything, Ying Xun knew that he was greedy for meat, but Rong's family's finances were limited, and he was happy to eat meat twice a month. The best meal on weekdays was fried eggs.
When Rong Yu heard it, his eyes really lit up, and although he tried hard to suppress the smile on his mouth, it still leaked out.
Ying Xun knew that his face was thin-skinned, so he looked away and helped him up, but he didn't expect to see sweat on his chest.
Ying Xun frowned, it seemed that the room was still not cold enough.
Rong Yu injured his tailbone, so he couldn't sit up, and it was impossible to eat on his stomach, so he had to stand up. Although it was a bit uncomfortable, it was acceptable.
Ying Xun supported him with one hand, and held the egg in the other, while Rong Yu held the porridge, took a bite of the porridge, and took a bite of the egg. Whenever the egg was in his mouth, he would squint his eyes happily.
Ying Xun felt sore and painful in his heart.
Because the food in the Rong family was limited, they didn't eat dry rice at noon, and they couldn't fill their stomachs with porridge alone, so they would cook a pot of sweet potatoes and eat them together. Rong Yu is a sick patient, Ying Xun made him two bowls of drained porridge at noon today, Rong Yu was very satisfied after eating.
"Hi, will there be no rice?" Rong Yu remembered after eating.
"It's not what you're worried about, it'll make you full." Ying Xun didn't forget how the kid glared at him the day he came back because he took away Rong Yu's breakfast.
"Hi, I can eat enough. Hip, I'm not full when you come." Rong Yu knew how many fields and rice the Rong family had, but he didn't know how much rice a person would eat in a year, nor did he know how much rice they had. I know whether this field is enough to eat, but judging from the daily rice consumption of the family, the food of the Rong family is very tight.
"You're so full that you're hiccupping?" Ying Xun teased him, and couldn't hold him tight enough to keep him from lying on the bed. He lay down on the table just after eating, which was bad for his stomach.
"Hi, I want to lie down." Rong Yu irritably pushed Xun, but did not push.
"Don't move, just stand for a while." Ying Xun stretched out his hand and patted Rong Yu's back to let him breathe. The hiccups made him feel uncomfortable.
"The tailbone hurts." Rong Yu gritted his teeth, he wanted to kick him.
"Okay, okay, lie down!" Ying Xun was also afraid that letting him stand for a long time would be bad for the tailbone, so he helped him onto the bed, "Will it hurt to lie on the front side? How about lying on the front side?"
"No, it's very hot, and I can't move because of sweating." Rong Yu refused, he could still move his upper body while lying on his stomach!
Rong Yu lay down, avoiding the place where the quilt was soaked before, and yawned on his stomach.
Ying Xun looked at the drenched quilt in a daze. He had two Rong Yu in his memory. One was Rong Yu who lived in his mother's mouth. , There is still a little bit of fluff, others are not allowed to touch his things, throw away anything as long as there is a little flaw, wear the best clothes, and foreign shoes.
He lived recklessly, but never hit the bottom of the valley.
When Ying Xun first met him, he was still self-willed and could show his temper, but in those three years, unknowingly, he became forbearing, the brilliance of his eyes dimmed, and he became a boy who stood in the corner and stopped speaking.
Rong Yu fell asleep peacefully, even the chirping of cicadas outside could not wake him up.
The prosperity in the past has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't have to experience the pain in the future.
That's fine.
Ying Xun put away the bowl, and went back to the lobby room, only the two elders of the Ying family were left. Looking at it strangely, there was no one in the courtyard.
"A neighbor called him away just now." Father Ying explained.
"Yeah!" Ying Xun pulled a chair and sat opposite the two, with a calm expression, thinking about how to speak so that the two could go back.
"I still haven't figured out why you insisted on coming back." Dad Ying sighed softly. When he first came to meet Xun, he didn't object, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly explode after just over a week.
"Because I grew up here," Ying Xun replied, looking up at Ying's father and Ying's mother. He wanted to ask a question for a long time. He wanted to ask in his previous life: "Rong Rong has lived in Ying's family for fourteen years. , he can't let go of you, why are you willing to let him go and send him back by force?"
"You," Ying's father didn't expect Ying Xun to ask this, and said angrily, "This is an adult's business, not to mention that you two have swapped the wrong one, shouldn't you switch back?"
"Blood relationship?" Ying Xun murmured to himself, with a sarcasm, did he give up his ten-year relationship just for this
"No, mom doesn't want to send Xiao Yu back either, but..."
"Okay, no need to explain to him."
"Clean up and go back with us, grandpa will be discharged from the hospital in two days." Father Ying frowned and said forcefully.
He is very powerless to this son, it can be said that he doesn't know how to get along with him. Especially more than a week ago, I felt that my whole temperament had changed, and those eyes were so deep that I couldn't see to the bottom.
Ying Xun shook his head: "I won't leave, I want to stay here."
Mother Ying was startled, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Xun, don't scare mother, here, here you can't even eat enough, how do you get used to it? And, and..."
Ying Xun said with a smile: "I came here like this for the first fourteen years, and there is nothing wrong with it."
"Ying Xun," Ying's father always felt guilty about Ying Xun, and he was always nice to him, and now he was really angry: "Don't make trouble, let's not talk about the environment, the education here is not as good as Beijing, do you want to farm for the rest of your life? ?”
"You can try to trust me."
"How can I believe you? Because you get up at five o'clock to feed chickens and pigs? Or because you ride a bicycle for more than an hour to go to school?"
"I don't think there's a problem."
"you you… "
Father Ying pointed at Ying Xun's nose, and was so angry that he couldn't speak. Mother Ying quickly gave him comfort and said, "Xiao Xun, the environment of Rong's family is not good. If you study here, you are just burdening others. Don't you That's fine."
Ying Xun was persuaded to go back like this in his previous life, but this life is different: "I will figure out how to pay for the tuition myself."
"You are only fourteen years old, how do you think of a way?"
"Of course I have a way."
"What way? Steal? Rob?"
"You can respect me a little more."
"Ying Xun, you are not yet an adult, you have no right to make decisions."
"What? Bind me to Beijing like you tied Rong Rong back?"
"Snapped!"
The loud applause finally startled Mother Rong in the kitchen, Rong Yao, and Father Rong who was standing outside the road, and the three of them ran out at the same time.
They had actually been listening for a while, but they were arguing so badly that it was not good to come out at this time, but no one thought that Dad Ying would hit someone.
Ying Xun didn't make a sound, but took the slap.
Dad Ying moved his hand when he was irritated for a moment, and regretted it when he came back to his senses: "Think about it carefully, I'll come back tomorrow."
"No… "
Ying Xun wanted to refuse at first, but Ying's father gave him a sharp look and told him to stop talking. Ying's mother quickly smoothed things over, and then pulled him away.
"Does it hurt?" Rong's mother pushed Rong's father to see off the guests, looked at Ying Xun's face and touched it with heartache, "Why did you beat someone!"
"Mom, I'm fine." Ying Xun's heart warmed, and he grabbed Rong's mother's hand.
"It's all right, it's all red, Yaoyao, go get a towel and cool it with well water, and apply it."
"Then why don't you go get the bottle of ice under Rongrong's bed and apply it."
"That's fine too."
Mother Rong thought it was a good idea.
"No, that's for Rong Rong to make ice at night," Ying Xun couldn't help but look at Rong Yao, "I can use well water to make ice."
Ying Xun turned and walked out, Rong Yao followed him and looked at his face openly: "Didn't you freeze two jugs? One jug is enough."
"You don't want to eat?" Ying Xun walked to the well, threw down the bucket tied with a rope, brought up a bucket of water, and splashed it on his face. The well water was cooler in summer and warmer in winter, and it could automatically adjust the temperature compared to tap water in later generations.
"Eat, eat, eat, I will ask my mother to cook mung bean paste now, let it cool down and add ice in the evening, Rongrong will definitely like it."
"you… "
"What?"
"Can I not call you Rong Rong?"
Rong Yao: "..."
"...Rongrong, Rongrong, Rongrong, Rongrong..." Rong Yao flickered towards the kitchen, repeating like a ghost, making Ying Xun laugh angrily.
Father Rong came back soon, saw Ying Xun wiping his face after washing, and beckoned him to come in and talk.
The sun at three o'clock in the afternoon is the hottest, and it will come in through the cracks in the tiles. Rong Yu slept on his stomach for a while, his clothes were wet again, it was too hot to sleep, so he climbed out of bed cautiously.
After resting for a while, the pain in the tailbone was not so great, and I could move the floor when I walked slowly.
Walking out of the small hall, it was even hotter, the sweat was forced out, Rong Yu wiped his face and looked around. The yard was quiet, and no voice was heard, and there was a sense of uneasiness in Rong Yu's heart.
Walking along the wall to the lobby room, as soon as you reach the door, you hear voices coming from inside. The mud wall is not soundproof, and the words inside can be heard clearly.
"I will always be your son, this cannot be changed, parents, let me stay."
"We are sorry for you, back then, back then..."
Rong's mother swallowed hard, her voice was very vague, Rong Yu didn't listen any more, but walked slowly towards the small hall while leaning on the wall. Inside, the father is kind and the son is filial, obviously very warm, but Rong Yu only feels a severe pain in his chest.
A gust of hot wind blows over, making Rong Yu shiver.
It turns out that summer is also cold.